On a small hill called Prix in the southwest corner of Athens, a hundred years ago, the Athenian people built a magnificent conference hall to celebrate the overthrow of the tyrant Pisitratu. It can accommodate 500 people at the same time. It is opposite to the Acropolis not far from the east, next to the once famous Parliament of the God of War Mountain. It is a sign of the turn of the Athenian people. After experiencing the Persian burning of the city and Athens won the victory celebration of the Hippopotamian War, people rebuilt it again, which is the famous Parliament of 500 people!

Athens City Hall next to this magnificent building, it looks so inconspicuous, but the "Ten Generals" elected every year are here to work.

Today, the General General Committee of Athens held a meeting and invited Isocrates to participate in the discussion of the war situation in Corinth and the war in Greater Greece.

Chief General Serasiblos first spoke: "Generals, today Corinthians sent envoys to Athens to ask us for reinforcements. The situation in Corinth is not very good now. The Spartans are fierce in offensives, and they are a little unable to resist. This has greatly increased the arrogance of the pro-Spartan nobles in the city. They proposed to make peace with Sparta in the council, and they have received some support from the people. The morale of the Corinthians fighting is weakening..."

"We must support Corinth! Otherwise, once Corinth falls to Sparta, the Spartans can break through the barrier of the isthmus and force us to the city of Athens. Our long wall has not been repaired yet. We cannot let the dirty feet of the Spartans trample on our Piraeus port where we had just resumed trade and Attica territory that has not yet recovered! And if we are defeated, Sparta will definitely hurt Athens this time than the last time. Athens can no longer withstand such torture!" Andoquides, who was born in the speaker, said indignantly.

His words reminded the others here of the dark "Thirty Tyrants" ten years ago, so they expressed their opinions: "Aid Corinth immediately! Send more soldiers to support Corinth and block Spartan's attack!..."

"It is not enough to just block the Spartans. From the war to the present, our coalition has not defeated the Spartans in the wild. If this continues, the morale of the coalition will only become lower and lower. Those city-states that hate Sparta and are still watching will lose the courage to resist. Therefore, we must defeat the Spartans in order to finally win the war!" a younger general shouted.

"It would be so easy to defeat the Spartans on land, Iphicratus!" The loser of the Battle of Sheep River and the winner of the Battle of Knedogan, the general Connon, who returned to Athens and brought back a huge fleet, sighed: "If we could defeat the Spartans on land, and with our invincible navy, how could the Spartans be so rampant to this day!"

"So I ask the Council to authorize me to lead the troops I trained to support Corinth. I will do my best to defeat the Spartans!" Efikratus said firmly.

Serasibulos looked at the mountain man from the Kelathaia region of Attica (people born in Athens like to call those living in Attica "mountain or countryman"), and knew that due to the long-term ravages of the Attica region by the Spartans during the Peloponnese War, Efikratus hated the Spartans extremely much and had been studying how to defeat the Spartans: "The troops you train? Are you referring to the nearly one thousand troops composed of Serathrean light shield soldiers and Cretan archers? These light infantry alone can defeat the Spartans?!"

"We must admit that compared with the Spartans who have received cruel training since childhood, our citizens cannot compete with them. However, heavy infantry also has defects. They move slowly and are inconvenient to rotate. Therefore, the agile light infantry throws javelins and arrows at them at a long distance. The heavy infantry cannot catch up with the light infantry and can only be beaten passively." Efikratus said confidently: "I believe you all heard of the consul Davers of the Dionia, who was called the "unbeaten general" by the Great Greeks. He is a man who is good at using light infantry. I have learned that he also organized light infantry into a squad. Especially when the second war with Crotone, he made full use of the light infantry and defeated the heavy infantry flank of Crotone, which ultimately led to the failure of the Crotone battle. Therefore, I am confident to use this light infantry team to defeat the Spartans!"

After listening, Serasiblos looked at Conon.

Connon nodded and said loudly: "I expect Efikratus to defeat the Spartans!"

"I agree to send Ifikratus to lead his army to Corinth." Andoquides also agreed.

"I have no objection." The other generals also agreed. After all, when people in the world were afraid of fighting Sparta on land, a man suddenly stood up and said with confidence, "He can defeat Sparta!". This confidence alone is enough to cheer everyone up.

"I agree, too." Serasiblos voted in favor, and then he reminded: "But, Efitratus, while you lead the light infantry troops you trained to Corinth, you should also bring our citizens and let them join the battle against Sparta, so as to avoid misunderstandings from the Corinthians, saying that we are cheating and not doing our best."

"I understand, Serasiblos, or you are considerate." Efikratus sincerely expressed his gratitude and asked: "Then I need a civilian who will command us in the future."

Serasiblos thought for a while, looked back at Conon and said, "How about sending Timothus?"

Timothus was Connon's eldest son. Although he was only in his twenties, he was already a very experienced general because he followed his father to wander in Persia for many years, helping him handle military affairs and participate in combat, especially in naval warfare. Connon knew that Serasibulos' proposal was very helpful to enhance his son's influence in Athens. After all, he had been in Persia before, and Athenian citizens were not familiar with him. However, fighting with Sparta at the same time was also very dangerous for his life.

But Kennon answered without hesitation: "No problem."

Most others agreed.

"Since that's the case, I will make a proposal to the Council this afternoon, and it should be passed and send reinforcements to Corinth." Serasiblos made the decision, and his expression was still not relaxed. He looked around everyone and said in a deep voice: "Ifikratus talked about Dionia just now. Everyone should know the war in Great Greece. Dionia is in a very bad situation now. Not only will the battle fail, it is attacked from all sides and the sea is blocked, but there seems to be a rebellion in the country... Isocrates, you have been to Dionia, and you know more about it than we do. Do you think that with the current situation of Dionia, it can still withstand the attack of the Syracuses?"

To be honest, Isocrates felt a little embarrassed at this time. He had previously swear to tell Serasibulos that, 'Dionia is more dangerous to the Greek world than Syracuse.' Unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye, Dionys was about to perish. As a scholar and an orator, Isocrates was not a scholar who only knew how to use his brain, mouth, and hands without the power of a chicken, and did not understand military affairs. In fact, every Athenian citizen participated in at least one or two battles in his life.

Therefore, he cleared his throat and said slowly in a hoarse voice: "The Southern Italian coalition failed. Many large Greek city-states have been conquered by the Syracuse people. Dionys was also attacked from all sides, and the domestic political situation is unstable. But please note that Dionys' army has not yet suffered a complete defeat. Their commander Davers has not returned in Lucania. How can we rashly conclude that Dionys will completely fail! The Davers, who is said to be blessed by Hades and has created military miracles many times, will he turn the situation around if he creates miracles again!..."

"If a miracle can happen, of course we are all very happy, because it is beneficial to Athens. We also hope that Dionia can make a miracle happen, at least it must be able to hold back the Syracuses and let the war in Great Greece continue!" Seracibulos said with a serious expression: "But we must also be prepared to conquer Dionia by Syracuse. Once the Great Greece War is over, Diorinsius will likely agree to Sparta's request and send Syracuse's navy and army to aid Sparta!"

"I heard that Syracuse alone has more than 400 three-layer oar warships. Even if one-third is sent, it will change the current situation of Sparta's naval at a completely disadvantage!" Although Connon held heavy troops and defeated the Spartan Navy, the heavy veteran still did not relax his vigilance.

"And Syracuse also has a huge army of up to 80,000 people, which is twice the number of soldiers when Athens attacked Sicily! Athena is on top, is Syracuse still a Greek city-state?!" Andoquides exclaimed.

The other generals also expressed their uneasiness.

Serasiblos once again bet on Ifikratus and said with expectation: "So in the current severe situation, I hope you can give the arrogant Spartans a setback and boost the morale of the anti-Spartan alliance!"

Ifikratston felt a great responsibility, but he still said confidently: "Athena will protect me, you will wait for the news of my victory!"

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In the past two days, the Syracuse fleet frequently landed on the coast of Castron territory, attacked Castron people and destroyed villages and farmland outside the city.

People who lost their homes and loved ones gathered in front of the council every day, and demanded anger that the council should take immediate action to stop the invasion of the Syracuse people!

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