"Every time I talk to you, I will always relieve a lot of my worries." Pelopidas said half-jokingly and half-seriously: "If I don't talk to you more, I will visit other members of the parliament... By the way, we should let the Dionians know how much pressure we have been under and how much effort we have put in to maintain this alliance. It is best if you send someone to Mesenia tomorrow, so that the Dionians know about this and prepare early."

"Okay, I'll leave the things to me." After Ipa Mironda sent Pero Pidas out of the door, he returned to the study, looked at the floor plan of the Dionia military camp drawn on the papyrus, and picked up the pen again, but his thoughts were too disordered and he couldn't calm down to write for a while. He subconsciously tapped the word "Dionia" on the paper with the tip of the pen, only thinking about one thing in his mind: No matter how beautiful Pero Pidas imagined, first of all, it depends on whether Dionia can completely defeat the Spartans as soon as possible...

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These days, the first fleet commander Seclian was in a bad mood. It was not because the new army commander Crotokataks. Although Seclian did not go to greet him because of the reserve of a veteran when he arrived, on the second day, the prince personally visited the First Fleet camp near the coast, and was very respectful to Seclian. In the end, he moved Seclian. He took the initiative to promise: he was willing to lead the fleet to cooperate with the army's operations.

The reason why Seclien was unhappy was that although he had occupied the island of Kissilla in the Gulf of Laconia and completely blocked the coast of Sparta, the mercenaries recruited by Sparta from the mainland still landed on the Peloponnese, making it more difficult for the army to conquer Sparta.

Although this is not the fault of the First Fleet, before leaving Turie, Davers once instructed him: After the First Fleet arrives in the southern waters of Peloponnese, try not to cross the Gulf of Lagconia, go to the east coast of the Peloponnese, or even patrol the waters northwards to avoid dissatisfaction with coastal city-states such as Agos, Corinth, and even Athens.

Seclien has always strictly followed the teachings of King Davers, but he did not expect that the cunning Spartans not only allowed mercenaries to land at the Corinth port, but also frequently entered the Corinth port in the past few days. With enough mercenaries and a steady supply of military rations, the Spartans have confidence and fought with the Dionian army...

Just as Secklien was sitting in the military tent sulking, the staff officer walked into the tent: "Mr. Commander, I just received the reward from the Clippers and found five cargo ships full of soldiers sailing towards the Isthmus of Corinth."

Seclian suddenly stood up: "Where did you find it? Which city-state's ship?"

"It should be near Naxos (not Naxos in Sicily, but islands in the Aegean Sea), and it is estimated that it has entered the port of Corinth. As before, these cargo ships are respectively hung with flags of Greek city-states in Asia Minor, such as Militus, Samos, Ephesus, and Halicanasus." The staff officer replied slightly angrily.

"Bang!" Secklian kicked the seat over. His face was as cold as frost. He walked quickly in the tent, but his hands tightly pulled into fists.

Suddenly he stopped and shouted like thunder: "Order the crew to push the boat into the sea and prepare to sail!"

The staff officer immediately understood his intention and hurriedly persuaded: "Commander, please calm down! His Majesty Davers has given an order--"

"That's not an order, it's just a reminder, and His Majesty uses the word 'try as much as possible'!" Seclien said excitedly: "We didn't want to conflict with these city-states, but these Greek city-states colluded with the Persians and used our forbearance to continuously transport grain to the Spartans. Now we transport soldiers to the Spartans again. If this continues, our war with Sparta will become very difficult, which will cause huge losses to the interests of the kingdom, so our navy can no longer watch and must take action!"

Speaking of this, he eased his tone: "You are still young and not familiar with His Majesty's style. He never issued death orders to the generals of the army who went on an expedition, but allowed them to independently formulate combat plans based on the actual situation on the battlefield. Now it is time for us to change our combat strategies!"

"Sir, I understand." The staff officer quickly accepted Seclian's point of view. In fact, he was also full of anger: "Which squadron are you going to send?"

Seclien answered firmly: "All warships of the First Fleet!"

"The entire First Fleet?!" The staff officer was surprised: The 1st Fleet had more than 500 warships, just to sink a few soldiers and grain ships, it was simply a slaughter.

Seclien saw through his thoughts and said in a deep voice: "This time, not only is it to capture or sink all the ships transporting grain to the port of Corinth, but to completely hurt them, so that they will never dare to help the Spartans again! At the same time, this is also an armed voyage of our 1st fleet of Dionia entering the Aegean Sea, showing our powerful strength to those Greek city-states, and let those city-states who want to do the right thing to us reconsider whether they have this ability!"

"Yes! I will immediately inform the entire fleet to prepare for sailing!"

More than an hour later, Seclien boarded his flagship and raised the flag for his sailing. The military roster was also sounded. In addition to the two ship columns anchored on Kissilla Island, a total of 50 warships were to block the Spartan coast (after the Western Mediterranean War, under the instructions of Davers, the Ministry of Military Affairs made some adjustments to the navy, not only changing the four major fleets into three major fleets, but also re-changing the fleet's organization, clearly stipulating that the squadron had 100 warships under the squadron, consisting of 4 columns, each column was 25 warships. Therefore, the warship column became the smallest unit of the Dionian Navy.) All the remaining warships, about 500, were arranged into four columns, and sailing eastward in a mighty manner.

After the fleet bypassed the cape and turned north, Seclian issued another order: given that there were many islands in this sea area and the fleet was not familiar with the sea conditions here, it slowed down and advanced along the east coast.

After giving the order, Seclian returned to his seat to rest.

After the end of the Western Mediterranean War, the Ministry of Military Affairs discussed with the fleet commanders and shipbuilding engineers on the issue of "whether the flagships of each fleet need to be redesigned and improved."

Some people proposed to build the flagship of the fleet based on "Carthage's double-headed dragon-mounted ship"; some people suggested that "it could improve the former Carthage four-layer oar warship as the fleet flagship"...

Sekrian raised an objection, believing that whether it is a double-headed dragon-mounted ship or a four-layer oar warship, they are too clumsy and bloated. The navy generals will never let a ship slow down the navigation speed of the entire fleet because of their desire for enjoyment, affecting combat efficiency...

Seclien's opinion was supported by Midolades, the commander of the 2nd Fleet, and Stefakas, the commander of the 3rd Fleet, and the matter of changing the flagship was finally left alone.

In addition to the slightly larger hull and the higher mast, Seclian's flagship is not much different from the Crow Warship. The place where Seclian sat is located is located at the stern, and the tail of the warship is raised up like a scorpion tail, forming a pocket, and a wooden chair is placed inside. Since the top can block the sunlight, it is quite comfortable to sit inside.

Seclian held the wooden chair handle with both hands and looked outside the warship: the sea water here is particularly blue, and the wind and waves are very small, and the warship sails very smoothly. Turning to the left, there are strange rocks and strange peaks on the coast not far away, because it is a good season of spring, green trees and red flowers are everywhere on the cliffs, which is pleasing to the eye; looking up at the sky, white clouds are floating leisurely in the clear sky, from time to time, flocks of sea birds chirping and passing by, and the cold water threads carried by the gentle sea breeze gently brushed across the face, which makes people feel refreshed...

Just as Seclien was enjoying a moment of comfort, the residents on the shore were very frightened. This coast is still a territory of Sparta. Although most of them are cliffs, there are still some small seaside villages and towns.

Wars broke out frequently in recent years. The villagers here often saw fleets passing by nearby waters, either from Athens and allies, or from the Peloponnese Alliance. However, they had never seen such a terrible scene: countless warships endlessly covered most of the sea surface within their sight, and each ship was pitch black, as if soaking the blue sea water into black...

Just as they ran north along the coast in panic, trying to inform the people in Spartan City of this amazing news, the forward of the black fleet had turned northeast.

After bypassing the peninsula east of the Agos territory, the 1st Fleet entered a large bay, Saron Bay, like entering a bustling town from a sparsely populated countryside. Hundreds of ships were everywhere carrying cargoes in and out of this large bay. Most of them were to Athens to the north, part to Corinth to the east, and very few to Meccara to the southeast, even during the war, so it was a long time ago, and it became one of the most prosperous bays in the Mediterranean.

But at this moment, the First Fleet of Dionia was like a hungry wolf breaking into the flock of sheep, causing chaos for a while, and panicked ships avoided it. Not long after, the extremely lively bay became much quieter, and no other ships appeared around the First Fleet warships.
Chapter completed!