"Friendly discussions? How to talk about it? Lysippus frowned and asked.

Suddenly, the door to the venue was pushed open, and Ombudsman Endius walked in.

The rotating chairman, Lysippus, shouted with great dissatisfaction: "This is the most sacred place in Sparta, and as an inspector, don't you understand the procedures that outsiders must go through to enter here!" ”

"I'm sorry, Venerable Elder Lysipur!" Endius bowed down to plead guilty, his face still hard to hide his excitement: "Because the Council of Elders has been emphasizing the need to keep abreast of the progress of the Corinthian war, I-"

"Looks like there's some good news." Lusippus looked at him and said slowly: "Say it, young man, let us be happy too, there is too much bad news during this time. ”

"Corinth's report that King Agosilaus has captured the port of Lycaion!" Ndeus said loudly.

"Le Caion Harbor!" The elders suddenly showed joy.

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Corinth, the isthmus city-state leading from the Peloponnese to Central Greece, was the main battleground in the fierce battle between the Spartan League and the anti-Spartan League forces in this war.

Half a month ago, after more than half a year of fierce fighting, the Corinthians suffered heavy casualties and huge losses, and also made the people in the city begin to feel confused about the prospect of war, and some pro-Spartan citizens began to act, they were ready to launch a riot, overthrow the ruling oligarchs, and make Corinth surrender to Sparta. But their plans were revealed, and the establishment took immediate action to brutally hunt down the pro-Spartans.

The massacre weakened Corinth and shook the populace, so the families of the victims quietly opened the gates and allowed Praxitas to enter the outer city of Corinth with 1,000 hoplites.

The Corinthians hurriedly mobilized heavy troops to besiege them, and their allies Argos and Thebes also sent reinforcements to fight, and after many fierce battles, the two sides failed to completely repel the Spartans, but they did not allow the Spartans to achieve more success, and the Spartans occupied part of the outer city of Corinth, and the allies were at a standout.

But the Council of Spartan Elders, tired of Praxitas' long and poor record of not making progress in Corinth, decided to remove him.

When the news reached Praxidas, he was very angry, and he was troubled by the endless attacks of the enemy in the city, so he simply led his army to retreat from the outer city of Corinth, and did not take any offensive action, giving the Corinthians a respite, and the Athenians also led many carpenters and masons to rush to repair the repaired or destroyed walls, and the morale of the Corinthian soldiers was restored.

At the southern end of the isthmus is now the city of Corinth on the west side, and the affiliated city-state of Argolis on the east side, mainly guarded by the Argos, and the two cities are connected by a long wall, completely blocking the land passage through the isthmus, and on the north side of the two cities, reinforcements from Thebes and Athens are ready to come to their aid through the isthmus access roads on the east and west sides.

When Agosilaus rushed outside Corinth to take over the army, he was confronted with a morale-growing enemy and a fortified city, and after learning more about the battlefield, he did not continue with the frontal assault of his former commander, Praxilaus.

He pretended to storm the city of Corinth, but asked his younger brother Teleutias to quietly lead the fleet to cooperate closely, and led his elite troops on warships, bypassing Corinth, and suddenly landing in the port of Lecaion, north of Corinth, near the Corinth Canal.

The defenders of Lecaion were unprepared and soon allowed the Spartans to occupy the entire harbor.

By the time the Council of Spartan Elders received the good news, Agesilaus had repeatedly repelled the Corinthian army that had been sent to retake the port, and he had then led his army to capture the port of the city of Siggion, which was not far from Corinth and was also part of the anti-Spartan alliance.

A few days later, Agosilaus continued his efforts and captured the port of Pileon, a port further north of Corinth, which was the gateway between Corinth and Piosia. The Spartans occupied it, so that Corinth was surrounded by the Spartans in all directions, except for the eastern side, which could communicate with Argolis. More importantly, Agosilaus used this port as a base, sent his army north along the west side of the isthmus, and soon entered the Piosia region, and successively captured the city-states of Sidon and Clonmion, causing the city-states of Piosia to be shaken, and the rest of the city-states successively sent envoys to the camp of Agosilaus to sue for peace, and even Thebes finally sent envoys under the appeal of the people.

In such a trend, even the Corinthians began to waver.

During this time, Agosilaus was shrouded in an aura of victory and seemed to become the arbiter of all Greece, washing away the shame of his "crippledness" of previous decades.

At this time, the Athenian general Iphiclates led 3,000 mercenaries trained by him to cross the road on the eastern side of the isthmus, first entering the city of Argolis and finally the city of Corinth.

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Oudière, the former capital of the Mesapi Kingdom, is located in the center of the southern region of Apulia, surrounded by flat fields and dense forests, with relatively developed agriculture and animal husbandry, and is still the central town of the Mesapi people.

At this moment, in the noble council of Udière, there are people from Igratia, Ugentum, Manduria, Messane, and Odrum...... Sitting at the forefront, in the center of the field was the Urdié consul Pahimelus, a tall and majestic nobleman, a distant relative of the former king of Metsapi, Attas, but far superior in political skill than his relative, after years of hard work, he had basically controlled the council of the Urdiéan nobles, so that he could easily be elected consul every year, and rumors often spread about him in the city: we sent away an old king and ushered in a new one.

"Pasimelous, let's not wait, it seems that our allies will not come." Calmilus, the consul of Ugentum, couldn't help but say.

"Be patient, I think the Puchetti will come, but they are the furthest from here, and of course they will come later." Timogras, the consul of Igratia, persuaded.

"Timoglas, I heard that you Igratia have been in close contact with the Puchetti people in recent years, no wonder you speak for them, Igratia is about to become Pucheti's territory!" Brindisi's commander, Tyster, scoffed. After the recapture of Brindisi, the city-states voted for the tribe of Teoust, the former nobles of Udière, to be stationed in Brindisi, given that the original inhabitants of the city had been exterminated or sold into slavery by the Tarantums. According to the previous agreement, his clan and the Puchetti each occupied half of the city of Brindisi, and it was inevitable that there would be a conflict of interest between the two sides, especially over the management of the port, which made Teoster resentful of the Puchetti.

"Who said we Puchetti wouldn't come!" A loud voice sounded outside the venue, and King Puchetti's confidant Pullo pushed the room open and strode into the venue: "If it weren't for you delaying the attack on Tarantum again and again, and making us think that you were going to cancel this attack plan, we would have come a long time ago!" ”

Pasimarous smiled slightly: "Waiting is for a better time, and now the opportunity has come!" Tarantum suffered a heavy defeat from Dionia, most of the citizens were lost, and Dionia defeated Tarantum's ally Syracuse in Krotone, and now the two sides are facing off in Siritin, this is the best time for us to attack Tarantum boldly and boldly! ”

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In the backyard of the Grand Chief's Mansion in the city of Pothenia, Puamot was conferring with Valle.

The tribal leader said a little impatiently: "Great chief, Dionya has occupied Kopsa, and my tribal territory is no longer in danger, and I can lead my clansmen back to my territory...... But you also know that the evil Samonai have burned my territory, and most of my tribe's warriors have been killed and wounded, and now I don't have enough labor to rebuild my village, so you must give me some Samonai prisoners and enough food! ”

Puamot showed a look of embarrassment: "Although Davers gave us a lot of food when he left, but during this time, the various tribes returned to the territory and took a lot of it, so the food supply in the city is still a little tight, I can only give you a part of the amount of food, if you want the tribe to survive this winter, you have to think of a way yourself." ”

"Why do you only let me think of a way, and not let other tribes find a way?!" Valle felt unfair.

"Because your tribe is close to Kopsa." Puamot said softly.

Valer was not a fool as a leader, and he quickly understood the purpose of the great chief: "What if Kopsa doesn't have enough food either?" ”

"If Kopsa was also short of food, Polette would have asked me for help." Puamot said unhurriedly: "Vale, Samonai captives are not ordinary slaves, your tribe has too few warriors, can you tame them?" ”

"Great Chief, don't worry. You forget, if you want to say which tribe of Potentia is the most experienced in dealing with the Samonai captives, will there be anyone else besides our tribe! Valle said proudly.

Puamot stopped talking. Indeed, in the past, the Warer tribe lived next to the Samonai people, and in the event of a conflict between the two sides, the captured captives were often handed over to his tribe, and most of his people spoke Samoneh.

"If you hadn't asked us to release those former Greek slaves, I wouldn't have been in such a hurry to ask you for capture." Valle complained again, and when he saw that Puamot was about to speak, he hurriedly said, "I know! I know! Elijah is now our ally, and we want to have good relations with it! ……”

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