Phoebe Das accepted happily, and he happened to be a little hungry, so he picked up another piece of bread, coated it with honey, and chewed it in big mouths.

Agsilous waited patiently for him to finish his meal before saying, "Can you tell me the details of your last mission to Greece?"

Phoebidas was refreshed. You should know that when he came back, when he reported to the Elders' Council, because King Akith died, the elders were busy handling funerals and electing the new king, and they were not concerned about other things.

Just as Phoebidas was briefly finished talking about the mission to Greece, the new king of Sparta expressed concern to Dionia, and Phoebidas immediately said the process of the mission to Dionia without any exaggerated details.

Agsilous supported his head with one hand, stretched out his lameness, listening carefully, and at the same time he looked thoughtful.

When Phoebedas finished speaking, he said, "It seems that the Dionians have embarrassed you, and you don't have a good impression of them."

"I was angry because Dionia lacked the respect she deserved for Sparta, but personally-" Febidas paused for a moment, showed a strange expression, and said truthfully: "Actually, I still admire Dionia's..."

"Oh?" Agsilous was a little surprised: "Why?"

"Maybe it was because of their toughness..." Phoebidas recalled the situation at that time and sighed: "Although I just hurriedly made a brief stop in Turiyi and did not have a deep contact with the citizens of Dionia, it gave me the feeling... the soldiers of Dionia are also very disciplined. I even heard that the Dionia Senate held a celebration ceremony for the defeated generals and soldiers. It gave me the feeling... it gave me the feeling..."

Phoebidas thought, and said, "Dionia is like Sparta of Great Greece..."

Teacher Agsi was stunned and then laughed jokingly, "You actually compared a city-confederate alliance ruled by tyrants to Sparta with equal and free citizens."

"Although Dionia has only one consul and is still a lifetime, they still have a Senate. And based on my experience in the Senate of Dionia, those senators seem to be able to influence the formulation of Dionia's bill, the relationship between the consul and the Senate... uh... how to say it? Anyway, unlike Syracuse, Dionysius has the final say!" Phoebidas said seriously.

"You don't seem to have a good impression of Syracuse." Agsilous said, looking at him.

"I think anyone who hears Syracuse can mobilize such a large army to attack Carthage will probably not be in a good mood!!" Phoebidas said very simply: "Those tens of thousands of infantry are nothing. The key is that he still has thousands of cavalry and a huge fleet that is not weaker than us! Dionysius is an ambitious person!"

Agsilous looked at him and smiled: "Pheebidas, I'm very happy that you can see this! In the late stage of the war with Athens, we began to pay attention to the West. It was through the alliance with Syracuse that Sparta could intervene in Western affairs. Carthage was an ally of the Persians in the Western Mediterranean. We needed an ally in the Western Mediterranean that we could suppress Carthage and protect the security behind Sparta. This is the reason why we support Syracuse, and at the same time, we also allowed our Spartan power to gradually deepen the influence of the Greek forces in the West. However, in the past, Sparta practices, blindly allowing Syracuse to expand and allow it to annex the Greek forces in Sicily, will probably cause trouble to ourselves in the end. We do not want our allies to be too weak, but we cannot make it too strong."

"Dear King Agesilaus, you are right! But now Carthage still has an advantage in Sicily, and our Sparta's power is concentrated in Asia Minor. At this time, we should continue to support Syracuse for the time being." Phoebidas understood Agesilaus' obscure words, but he still thought about the city-state and said frankly.

"We don't need to do anything, and the power to suppress Syracuse's expansion has appeared." Agsilous did not feel unhappy, but smiled at him with relief: "It's Dionia, who made you feel unhappy before."

"Dionia?!" Phoebidas was surprised at first, then shook his head: "It is impossible to compare with Syracuse at all. Whether it is territory, population, trade and military power, Syracuse is too strong."

"It is true now, but Dionia is expanding very quickly." Agsilous said here, showing a complicated look: "I just received news from Great Greece that Dionia defeated Crotone, and forced Crotone to cede the territory and signed an alliance treaty with it..."

"When did it happen?!" Phoebidas widened his eyes. Not long after he left Greece, Dionia actually defeated Crotone again?!

Phoebidas looked in disbelief: "Crotone is obviously stronger than Deonia, and this time the Crotone shouldn't make the last mistake again, how could it be..."

"100 years ago, before Sobaris and Crotone fought, many Greek city-states thought so, but the weak Crotone won!" Agsilous sighed: "Keritops is indeed right. Davers is a military genius. Although Sparta regretted missing him, it is also good to let him lead Dionia to fight against Syracuse."

"Dionia will definitely have a conflict with Syracuse?" Phoebidas was still thinking about how Dionya defeated Crotone, and was a little absent-minded, so he didn't pay much attention to his reply, with a strong tone of doubt.

Agsilaus didn't care and said, "Now Syracuse has occupied the eastern part of Sicily. With our support, he has accumulated such strong strength. It is not a big problem to drive Carthage out of eastern part of Sicily. Even if it cannot be done, Syracuse will definitely become the leader of the Greek city-state of Sicily. As you said, Dionysios is an ambitious person. Will he be satisfied?" Agsilaus said, dipping his fingers in cereal porridge and drawing a simple map of Sicily on the dining table.

Phoebe Das shook his head.

"Will he lead troops into Afilica?" Agsilous asked.

Phoebidas shook his head hard. Just kidding, that was Carthage's base camp. After hundreds of years of operation, Syracuse dared to send troops to the land of Afilica. Carthage would definitely let them go without returning, just like the army led by Dorius, the brother of Sparta who was exiled by King Cleomenes a hundred years ago.

"Then the only place where Syracuse can expand its power-" Agsilus casually drew a rough outline above Sicily: "Greece, he is only a narrow strait from Sicily, and is both a Greek city-state. Dionysius has always been cruel to his Greek compatriots..."

"You are right." Phoebidas nodded and said yes. He and Agsilous had never thought about the Greek land on the east side of Sicily. They believed that no matter how bold Dionysius was, he would not dare to offend these powerful countries with a long history on the Greek land.

"Dionia has now surrendered Crotone. Crotone goes south, and the only city-states with strength are Locre and Lijim. Locre and Syracuse are allies and are mortal enemies with Crotone. Crotone is now in alliance with Dionia, so it is a matter of time before Dionya and Syracuse conflict..." Agsilous analyzed.

Phoebedas stared at the table and shook his head and said, "Dionia is still too weak."

"As long as Dionysius' army set foot on the land of Great Greece, except for the Locre League and Tarantum, other city-states will probably unite around Dionyha." Agsilous said with a solemn expression: "We do not want another Syracuse in the Western Mediterranean, but as long as Dionyha can cause enough trouble for Syracuse, I believe that Davers can definitely do it, so that Dionysius cannot conquer Great Greece in a short time, then it is time for our Sparta to mediate. Don't forget that there is another Tarantum in Great Greece, which is our Sparta friendly sub-state."

Phoebidas remembered his experience in Tarantum and said, "Tarantum may not necessarily listen to us."

"When Dionys and Syracuse are strong, it will hear it." Agsilous sneered, stretched out three fingers and supported it on the dining table: "Syracuse, Dionys and Tarantum are the three important city-states that maintain the stability of the Western Mediterranean. This is the result of the discussion by the Elders Council after learning that the Syracuse army attacked western Sicily and Dionys defeated Crotone, so don't worry about Dionys anymore."

"Dear King Agsilaus, I understand!" Phoebidas understood that the cold old men in the elders' council would not care about the entanglement in the hearts of a young general, and Agsilaus came to comfort him. Phoebidas was extremely grateful for this.

Agsilous smiled faintly, as if it was just a slight effort, and he said again: "I'll call you, there's one more thing."

Phoebedas immediately leaned forward, looking serious.

Note: Agsilous and Phoebidas underestimated Dionysius's courage. In history, Dionysius really sent mercenaries to attack the Greek land with pirates. Of course, it was not Sparta, but Delphi, a sanctuary for all Greeks, attempting to loot the wealth of the Holy Cus that had accumulated for hundreds of years in the Temple of Apollo to make up for the treasury void caused by his long-term wars.

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