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Chapter 152: Enemy and not friend

Since Davers is not in the Senate now, Kerithops and others did not need to enter the city and went north to the military camp.

When passing the second Arc de Triomphe outside the North City, Kerithops stood at the door, looked up for a while before leaving.

Turiyi's military camp is located on the north bank at the intersection of the Koseni River and the Tirou River. At this time, Turiyi's military camp is no longer a simple camp with only tents and fences when the city of Turiyi was first built, but a fully functional fortress.

Luzhai, moat, earthen trunks, wooden walls and sentry towers erected every 20 meters on the wooden wall form the outer defense of the military camp. In the camp are rows of barracks made of bricks and tiles, each building can accommodate a small team of soldiers, and the beds are made into upper and lower bunks, so the space in the room is relatively spacious.

In addition, there are stables, armorys, weapons maintenance workshops, kitchens, small hospitals, and even water trucks for cavalry, which brings the water from the Tilro River into the bathhouse in the barracks (only for soldiers to bathe in cold water).

Of course, there are the most important and indispensable parts of the military camp: the command center, consisting of the highest commander accommodation, senior military general accommodation, and conference rooms; the training ground has a light infantry training ground, a heavy infantry training ground, a cavalry training ground, a weapon testing ground (mainly the assembly and testing of large siege equipment), a large training ground (combination training, formation confrontation, and inspection troops are all here); in addition, there are several special training grounds, city defense training ground (i.e. training camps, defense and siege. The land on this site is often dug and replenished, replenished and dug, and is full of wild animals), training ground on both sides of the Deluo River (i.e. training to fight across rivers, as well as landing on boats, so there are more than a dozen small cargo ships), mountain training ground (training mountain combat, this training ground is not in the military camp, but on the west side of the military camp, crossing the mountains of the hot spring bath).

For Dionia, a country built in military power, the military camps built near the cities in the alliance are the camps with the most complete functions and advanced training methods among the Mediterranean countries, city-states, and ethnic groups in this era. Especially the Turiyi military camp, Turiyi, as the center of the alliance, has the largest number of civilian soldiers. Therefore, the military camp must train 5,000 people at a time, which can fully accommodate 50,000 people. There are 500 soldiers who are stationed in turn all year round, not including some alliance public servants.

It is precisely because of the existence of these military camps that countless formal citizens of the Dionian League who were born in the family, herdsmen, fishermen, vendors, etc., who had no war experience, were prepared citizens and free people after rigorous training to enter the military camps one after another. One or two years later, they were quickly forged into qualified legion soldiers. This made the Fifth Legion, which had never been on the real battlefield, not at a disadvantage in the confrontation with the elite Syracuse soldiers who had fought for many years.

At this moment, Kelithops saw the wooden wall ten meters high in front of him extending infinitely to both sides, and he couldn't see the head. He could imagine the size of this military camp.

This is obviously a city! He couldn't help but ask in surprise: "Is this your military camp?!"

"Yes, this is the Turiyi military camp. Turiyi, Amendorara, and Bissinian citizens are trained here," the official replied.

Kerithops looked up at the sentries patrolling back and forth on the wooden wall and the archers watching from the far away from the sentry tower. The heavily guarded barracks made him feel a little uneasy: "Let's go in."

Then the official stopped and turned to Kelithops and his entourage and said seriously: "Because the war is now in the middle of the war, the military secrets in this barracks cannot be revealed, His Majesty Davers requires you to wear a mask and blindfold your eyes before entering the barracks." As he said that, he took out a black mask from his arms.

At the same time, the camp suspension bridge was put down, the camp gate opened, and a team of fully armed soldiers lined up.

And Kerithops's entourage was already in a panic: "Dionians, do you know what you are talking about?!"

"You actually blindfolded us! Wherever we Spartans go on missions, the consuls and generals of the city-states always come out to greet us. This is a humiliation to us Spartans!"

"Dionians, aren't you afraid of getting our Spartan's anger?!"

The officials of the Dionian were completely unafraid of the accusations of the Spartan Envoys and sneered: "A few years ago, a Spartan Envoy threatened us with the same words and were driven out of Turiyi by us. If you are unwilling to fulfill our request, then we have to regret to ask you to leave Turiyi."

The followers suddenly became quiet. They knew that the person the official was Phoebidas, and after returning to Sparta from Turiyi, this guy became a joke among the Spartans for a long time. They didn't want to be like this, so they all looked at Kerithops.

This is Dionia's demonstration! Kerithops sighed in his heart.

Kerithops was not Phoebidas. He was one of the few talented people with true diplomatic qualities among the Spartans, so the Elders Council gave him the important task of sending the envoy to Great Greece. At this moment, seeing that the situation was not good, he took a deep breath, his eyes hit the officials of Dionia like substance, and said in a deep voice: "I accept your request, but I hope to see your king soon!"

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Five years later, Kerithops met Davers again in the conference room of the Turiy Barracks. The 24-year-old young man is now the king of Dionia. He sat in the middle of the room, except for a circle of stubble, and his appearance was almost unchanged, but the impression he gave Kerithops was completely different from when he left.

After Kerithops came in, Davers sat quietly and did not move, staring at him with a solemn expression. A majestic aura emanated from the young king, like a steep mountain slowly pressing towards Kerithops.

It seems that this is a formal meeting, and Davers is not going to talk to him about personal friendship, because there are other people sitting on both sides of Davers.

This forced Kerithops, who had just taken off his cover, to speak first to break the depression that made him feel: "Krithops, the Spartan messenger, went on a mission to Dionia on the order of the Elders' Council, hoping to get the respect and reception he deserves."

Sitting on the left side of Davers was Kunogorata. He said with a serious expression: "As the leader of Greece, Sparta should have maintained peace among Greek city-states. However, you rely on your strength to bully the weak and provoke wars everywhere. Such a city-state is not worthy of the respect of Dionia!"

Although Kerithops was uneasy before, he did not expect that Dionia would have such a bad attitude towards Sparta. Although he was unhappy, fortunately, he had many missions to other city-states and had rich experience. He quickly replied: "Who can tell who is right and who is wrong in the interests of city-states? Besides, it is something that happened in the Eastern Mediterranean, and it has nothing to do with Greece."

Scombras, a white-haired old man on the right side of Davers, stood up and accused him: "We don't want to care about your Greek affairs. But Sparta interferes in our war with Syracuse, assists the abominable Syracuses, trample on our land, and slaughter our people, that is our enemy! We have no respect for the enemy, only rage!"

Did they know?!Kelitops looked at Davers ahead.

Davers looked grim and stared at him with sharp eyes.

Kerithops defended calmly: "Although we Sparta and Syracuse have a covenant, Sparta has never intervened in the affairs of the Western Mediterranean, nor has he sent troops into the Western Mediterranean. Sparta has no hostility to Dionia!..."

"Pheebidas." Davers spoke out the name that made Kerithops afraid of hearing. His tone was cold and he said slowly: "The general of Sparta, the brother of Youdamidas, had also been on mission to Dionia, but now he appeared in the army of Syracuse, and in the battle with the Southern Italian League, he commanded the right wing of the Syracuse army. Don't tell me that this was his unauthorized action or that he had long been exiled by Sparta. As far as I know, he led his army to fight in Corinth a few months ago."

Davers's words blocked the possibility of Crithops' attempt to argue one by one. Kerithops was surprised at how Dionia had such detailed information about Phoebidas. At this moment, he had no more hesitation or concern, so he simply turned the topic and said bluntly: "I came this time for peace in Great Greece. Sparta hoped that Dionia and Syracuse could stop the war and sign a peace agreement so that the Great Greeks could rebuild their homes!"

"Did I hear it wrong?! Sparta actually began to care about our Great Greece!" Scomblas's mockery made Kerithops seem to have not heard of it, and his eyes were staring at Davers.

"Dionisius has agreed?" Davers asked instead of showing surprise.

"I will come to Turiyi first, and then go to Silitun after you ask for your advice." Krithops replied.

"What kind of armistice conditions are there?" Kunogorata interrupted.

Kerithops said carefully the plan he had considered along the way: "Although Dionia won a naval battle, you must admit that Syracuse had a great advantage in Great Greece. They had conquered other city-states of Great Greece and were about to enter your territory. And you Dionia are still unstable... so my suggestion is-"

Kerithops looked at Davers and said seriously: "The two sides put in a truce at their current position."

After Kelithops finished speaking, the conference hall was cold and silent. He immediately added: "Of course you can also kick out your armistice conditions, and we Sparta will be responsible for the coordination."
Chapter completed!
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