Sephadorus moved his right hand slightly and said casually: "I was accidentally shot. Fortunately, I didn't hurt my muscles and bones, and my blood was stopped. It's okay now, but I can't salute you for the time being."

"After the medical camp arrives, let them give you serious treatment. You are the hero who defeats the Spartans now. Don't be careless and get infected with the wound, causing serious illness, and you will not be able to enjoy any honors..."

"I said, sir, are you caring about me or cursing me?" Sephadorus said dissatisfiedly.

Seclian was more casual when getting along with the senior generals of the First Fleet. He laughed: "No need to respect the military salute for the time being. If you make up for it in the future, what is the situation now?"

"The Spartans sent an envoy to ask for peace talks with us. I couldn't make the decision, so I just..."

"We have completely defeated the Spartan army. They have no power anymore. Our soldiers can easily take over the city of Sparta. At this time, they want to have a peace talk? This is a dream! Drive this envoy away and we will lead our army into the city."

"This messenger said that he was Xenophon, a friend who followed His Majesty Davers to expedition to Persia."

"My Majesty's friend?" Secrean finally showed a look of importance, but he pondered for a while, and said: "I think your Majesty will never give up the most favorable measures for the kingdom because of his personal friendship... In this way, tell that...Sethon...Dionia will not accept peace talks unless Sparta surrenders immediately."

Sephadorus took the order and returned soon: "Sir, he agreed to Sparta's surrender, but-"

"But the army of Dionian cannot enter Sparta City, and cannot harass the Spartan people!" Xenophon, who followed Sephadorus, said loudly.

Seclien raised his head, looked at him with a squinted eyes, and sneered: "If we don't let us enter Spartans, we can't arrest the Spartans. What kind of surrender is this!"

"Sparta surrendered to Dionia, gave up all the city-states it controlled, and only retained Sparta's original territory. It could even accept some reforms of Dionia's Spartan political system. Moreover, the Spartans would remain consistent with Dionia's offensive and defensive relationship with Dionia in the future. No matter who Dionia fought in the future, Sparta must fight with... General, Athens finally failed in the Peloponnese War and surrendered to Sparta, the conditions accepted were almost the same. Now Sparta's voluntary surrender conditions are even more stringent, enough to show our sincerity. Isn't this enough?" Xenophon said neither humbly nor arrogantly.

Seclien was still suspicious: "Did the Spartans agree with these conditions you mentioned?"

"They have granted me full power and will never object!" Xenophon said confidently.

Seclian showed a few sneers again, stared at him, and said bluntly: "To be honest, I don't believe in your surrender, because the main force of Sparta is still in Arcadia. You only need to delay for a day or two, and they can return quickly... Haha, so whether it is the Spartan commander who was on the beach before or now you have proposed not to let us enter Sparta City, so that they can rush back and save them!"

"General, since the Spartans have agreed to surrender, they will keep their promises and will never repent!" Xenophon said excitedly as if he had suffered some insults: "They are descendants of Hercules. They swear in the name of Hercules and will never violate the agreement!"

"You said it was as if the Spartans were as capable as we, Dionia, but I don't believe you!" Seclien shook his head and said mockingly: "I remember that so many city-states in Greece signed that great king contract together, and they also swear to the gods, but you Spartans violated the contract not long after, and suddenly attacked the city of Thebes..."

"Then what should we do to make you believe?" Xenophon was speechless and soon he asked anxiously again.

Secrean ignored him and turned to Sephadorus and said, "The soldiers have all rested enough. Gather them immediately, enter Spartan City, and arrest all the Spartans for me!"

"yes!"

When Xenophon heard this, he went up and grabbed Seclian's sleeve and said earnestly: "Wait a minute! General, you can't do this!"

Seclian shook his hand hard: "And he, arrest him too!"

The commanded fleet infantry and the Seventh Legion soldiers quickly arranged and grew loosely, stepping through wheat fields, vegetable fields, vineyards, and passing through sparse thatched huts...

As they approached the densely packed houses, they were surprised to see many elderly people, women, and even children appearing between the houses, holding spears, short swords, and even wooden sticks, glaring at them.

The entire army of Dionian stopped moving forward.

After learning the news, Seclien was silent for a moment, and then ordered in a deep voice: "It is worthy of being Sparta, who is a country of martial arts. Since he has picked up his weapons, he is the enemy! Tell the soldiers that they should not be careless, nor be kind, and attack them immediately! But if they put down their weapons and stop attacking, they can no longer kill and can only arrest them. Do you understand?!"

"clear!"

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In the King's Office of the Turiyi Palace, Davers is listening to the report of the intelligence chief Aristillas: "Your Majesty, we have received secret reports from Greece in the past two days. The Citizens' Assembly in Athens has passed the decision to join the Greek Union and is ready to declare war on us. At present, military mobilization is carried out throughout the Attica area and a large amount of military supplies have begun to be prepared. At the same time, they cooperate with the priests of Delphi to send envoys to the surrounding city-states, trying to unite these city-states and declare war on us..."

After hearing this, Davers frowned slightly, then quickly stretched out again, muttering calmly: "Don't look at the Athenians often chanting "What freedom and equality, resistance to tyranny", in fact, compared with the Spartans who were dragged down by Black Rous and devoted more energy to stabilizing their own territory, the Athenians had much greater ambitions.

They wanted to control the Aegean Sea because it was their source of wealth; they also wanted to control the Eukshen Sea because it was their source of food; they had thought of controlling the Great Greece so that they could threaten the alliance between Sparta and the Peloponnese; they were also allies of Egypt to help them resist the invasion of the Persians... Athens wanted to establish a kingdom that controlled the entire Mediterranean!

This idea has basically not changed much from Bellici to the Athenian rulers today. It will inevitably conflict with the interests of our kingdom and eventually lead to war... This is what we expected."

"However, our army is still fighting Sparta in Peloponnese. Athens chooses to attack at this time, which will add a lot of trouble to us." Aristillas couldn't help but say.

Instead of responding directly, Davers asked, "In addition to Athens, are there any Greek city-states joining this alliance?"

“Elis has decided to join this alliance with the promise of the priest Olympia and Pisa; Corinth and Meggara seem to feel the threat of our fleet and have joined this alliance explicitly; Agos is still hesitating, mainly because their people do not want to help the Spartans; Fokis are also joined this alliance under the influence of the priest Delphi; after Fokis and Athens join, the Lochris join;

The Thebes declared to the outside world that we were their allies and helped them in their most difficult times. They could not break the oaths made to God and declare war on us, but they would not aim their spears at their neighbors that had helped them, so they remain neutral; influenced by Thebes, most of the city-states of Piosha's alliance also chose neutrality;

The priests of Delphi and the Athenian envoys both went to lobby the Thessals. The current information shows that Jason was still hesitating and did not express his opinion. In addition, Athens also sent envoys to western Central Greece in an attempt to win over the indigenous peoples in the Acananian and Etonia regions. The specific situation is not available yet... The overall situation is probably like this."

After listening to Aristillas' detailed introduction, Daphs tapped the table with his hand and said in a pondering voice: "Pelopidas of Thebes once quietly sent me a letter, explaining to me the reason why Thebes had to make such a choice. Considering the environment in which Thebes is in today, they have taken a lot of risks to make a neutral choice, and I can understand this.

Athens officially joined this alliance against us, which means that most of the Ionian city-states led by Athens will declare war on us; although Jason is still waiting and watching, I think since he has the ambition to become the Greek overlord, he should know that this is the only great opportunity for him to defeat our Dionia and achieve his goals, and he will eventually join..."

Speaking of this, his tone became extremely powerful: "These Greek city-states that oppose us are all gathered together, and it is also a good thing to fight against us. We can save time, eliminate them all at once, and completely control the Greek land!"

Then, a kind look appeared on his face: "The situation in Greece is becoming more complicated now, and it will be a good exercise for Clotokatax. I believe that with the assistance of several senior generals such as Printols and Secrean, he will not be in too much danger to lead the army in the Peloponnese."
Chapter completed!