king of war

Chapter 34 Preparations before the war

Themis came here this time mainly to discuss the alliance between the city-states of Athens and Sparta, which is a top priority for Athens, so Themis, the newly appointed commander of Athens, temporarily gave up all kinds of military affairs and personally brought Come with your entourage to negotiate.

Although Themis came with great sincerity, the alliance negotiations were not smooth. Sparta agreed with Athens on the goal of fighting Persia, but was not keen on the alliance.

Both Sparta and Athens considered themselves the leaders of Greece, and usually refused to accept each other, so the two parties were at a stalemate on the issue of who would be the leader after the alliance.

Negotiations went on for a whole day, and finally, under the mediation of Qin Rongshuai, the two sides made concessions before reaching an agreement, and the commander of the navy and army was appointed by a Spartan.

Sparta's army is recognized as the strongest in Greece. Athens' advantage lies in the navy. There are not many infantry in total, so it doesn't matter if it is handed over to Sparta to command.

In terms of navy, the Spartans' navy is very weak, with only a few warships, while Athens has more than 300 warships. If you want to command the navy, you must rely on the Athenians, so the command of the navy is still in the hands of Athens.

Themis obtained an alliance by selling the name of an Allied commander, allowing Sparta to send troops to keep the city of Athens. What is a mere Allied commander? This deal is quite a bargain.

But later on, there were huge differences between the two sides on specific strategies, and they could not reach an agreement at all.

Due to the characteristics of the ancient Greek city-states, the Greeks had to stay away from the city-states when choosing a battlefield, because almost all Greek city-states were composed of a four-level circle structure of acropolis-urban area-city wall-farmland.

Once the war reaches the mainland, it means that farmland and cash crops outside the city will be affected, and the citizens of the city-state will suffer huge losses due to damage to crops and cash crops.

The concentration of a large number of people and animals in urban areas can also easily lead to food and water contamination, which can lead to plague diseases.Therefore, Greek city-states often agreed to fight on the borders and were unwilling to bring the war to the mainland.

But on the choice of the border, the two sides have quite different differences. Sparta and the nearby city-states all tend to be in the Isthmus of Corinth not far from them.

That place is only 6.5 kilometers wide and is the only channel from the Peloponnese Peninsula, where Sparta is located, to the Greek Peninsula.

The most important thing is that it is very close to Sparta, which is convenient for logistical supplies. If something happens to the city-state, it can quickly return to defense.

Themis was dumbfounded when he heard this plan. It is convenient for you, but the city of Athens is outside the Isthmus of Corinth. If you stay there, what about our city of Athens?
So Themis immediately proposed that no matter where the Allied defense line is set up, Athens must be included, otherwise we don't need to talk about it.Just shoot and break up, and when I go back, I will mobilize the whole city, men, women, old and young, to go to sea collectively, abandon the city of Athens, and go to other places to build a city and continue to live, far away from Persia, and fight the Persians yourself.

Finally, after a lot of verbal confrontation, Leonidas proposed that the two sides agree to set up the line of defense at Thermopylae Pass.But Athens had to guarantee two things.

First, all the logistics and supplies of the Spartan coalition forces should be handed over to Athens without delay or reduction, otherwise the army would retreat immediately.

Second, the Athenian navy must ensure the safety of the flanks of the coalition forces and prevent the Persians from cutting off the retreat of the army from the sea.

As for why it was chosen at Hot Springs Pass, because the terrain here is dangerous enough, not too far from Athens.There is another more important reason. Behind Thermopylae is the city-state of Thebes. This city-state has a feud with Athens, and the pro-Persian forces are very strong.

Once the hot springs fall, don't expect them to stop the Persians for Athens. Instead, they will surrender immediately and lead the Persian army straight to Athens.

So the difficulty of this battle can be called epic. Although Qin Rongshuai has made a lot of preparations, the outcome is still unpredictable.

Fortunately, the alliance between Athens and Sparta was finally reached, and the system still gave Qin Rongshuai a big reward.

[Congratulations to the commander for achieving the epic event - Fragile Alliance, Glory Point Reward +300, Merit Point +25000]

This generous reward made Qin Rongshuai ecstatic. He spent 15000 meritorious points to directly upgrade two levels, reaching lv.

He didn't dare to upgrade the remaining 10000 merit points. He was still thinking about the Hermes scepter in Pythagoras's hand. If he had a chance to touch it, it would be really troublesome if it didn't cost enough to copy. stupid.

So always keep enough reserves in your hands to deal with all kinds of accidents. This is an essential quality for a qualified commander.

Qin Rongshuai's joy had not faded yet, and then the second wave of rewards arrived.

[Congratulations to the commander for achieving the achievement—the deputy commander of the alliance, although this position is useless. 】

[Reward: Recruitment cap permanent +5]

[Acquire domain skills: Allied commander lv.1, all soldiers under the command of the commander can enjoy this domain bonus. After the commander opens the domain, the soldiers will gain a calming effect, keep their minds calm forever, and all attributes +1. 】

???

What do you mean this position is useless?

After all, I am the deputy commander-in-chief of the Greek Allied Forces. One person is inferior to ten thousand people. Okay, system, I allow you to reorganize the language.

[If the commander is not satisfied with the reward, the system can withdraw this part of the reward]

satisfaction!

Of course I am very satisfied, the system is really my caring little padded jacket, these rewards are very much to my liking.

Qin Rongshuai was overjoyed when he saw the newly increased recruitment limit. Now he is very short of manpower. Whether it is training slave recruits or arranging guards, he can use far from enough manpower. This reward came too timely.

So Qin Rongshuai started squandering his glory points again, and he didn't know if he didn't wash his hands today, or he had a non-chief physique attack. He didn't even get the special recruitment unit after swiping ten times, so Qin Rongshuai was so angry that he wanted to scold the street.

Seeing that 50 Glory points were wiped out, he calmed down a bit, thinking that it should not be suitable to recruit new recruits today, and he should wait until later, otherwise the remaining 850 Glory points would be wiped out in a flash of brain.

When Qin Rongshuai was sulking because he wasted his glory, someone suddenly came to report that his secretary Croesus had arrived and was waiting for his summons outside the door.

Huh?
This guy is not training slaves in Athens, receiving supplies, what is he doing here?
Krosos rushed in from the outside and shouted loudly: "It's bad, it's bad, my lord, our goods have been robbed."

???

There are still people who dare to steal my goods. Who can live impatiently?
Qin Rongshuai was so angry that he jumped up, pulled out his machete, and shouted: "Where is my great Qin warrior?!"

(End of this chapter)