Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 1284

[Chapter 233 Davos to Egypt]

“Mediterranean Overlord of Ancient Greece ()”

Davos stayed here for two days and met members of the Messenian Council and a small number of Messenian citizens, causing a stir among the people of the entire territory.

And the high-level officials of the neighboring city-states such as Sparta, Arcadia Alliance, Alice, Argos, Corinth, etc. also came to see him one after another, causing Davos to stay for two more days.

Five days later, Davos said goodbye to the Peloponnesians who were sending off their farewells, and the fleet sailed southeast, passing through Crete, and after replenishing sufficient fresh water, it sailed straight south.

The following 500-mile long-distance voyage is a little risky, but under the leadership of the Dionysian Holy Kingdom in recent years, it has become the most prosperous exchange between the Western Mediterranean, mainland Greece, Cyrenaica and Egypt. One of the voyages (the other route was through Sicily to Carthage, and then along the coast of Africa to Egypt. Due to the storm in the African waters last year, which destroyed the fleet of the Egyptian envoy delegation, the Dionysian fleet was in order to the safety of the king, and chose this route).

The fleet sailed smoothly without any trouble and reached the coast of Cyrenaica.

Although Cyrenaica was once known as a sub-state of the Sub-State of Sparta, Dionysius and Cyrenaica established friendship as early as the time of Dionysius’ sea-crossing expedition to Dionia. And this friendly relationship has been continuously strengthened over time. Of course, Cyrenaica also consciously transformed from the initial equal status of the two sides to the respectful attitude of a small state serving a big country.

Since several waves of Dionysian troops have passed through Cyrenaica since last year, the people of Cyrenaica were not panicked, and were even quite used to it, but when the messenger of the Dionysian army informed the senior management of Cyrenaica When “King Davos is in the army”, these oligarchs of Cyrenaica hurriedly prepared rich gold, silver and military supplies, and then rushed to the temporary camp by the port to visit.

Davos patiently had a friendly conversation with them, and in the conversation made it clear that Dionysus would also do his best to ensure the political stability of Egypt during the war with Persia.

For the Cyrenaica who had never been invaded by foreign enemies, the war between Dionia and the Persians had no effect on them. The only things that could affect the security of Cyrenaica were civil strife and famine. The unrest will cause a large number of Libyans living in Egypt to flee westward, which will inevitably destroy the political stability of Cyrenaica. Although the Dionysian army helped Egypt put down the rebellion last year, its new pharaoh has not been elected. The Cyrenaica oligarchs have always felt uneasy, and now with the assurance of King Dionia, they can go back with confidence.

The Dionysian fleet rested for two days in the port of Cyrenaica, then continued to sail eastward along the African coast, and finally reached the coast of Egypt in mid-February.

Just as Davos led the fleet to rest throughout the journey, the courier clippers from Turii had arrived in Egypt eight days earlier, both at Yassi in Memphis. Steth, Tapirus, and Karsidis in Pe-Rameses all led their officers to the city of Naukrates.

When Davos’s ship successfully passed the checkpoint at the mouth of the Peleucia River, a tributary of the Nile River, and slowly entered the port, the Egyptian people who came to greet him gave out deafening cheers, which made Davos, who had not yet disembarked, also slightly Surprised.

After he stepped on the pier, Asisters and others immediately greeted him, bowing respectfully and salute.

“You have worked hard during this time. On behalf of the people of the kingdom, I would like to express my gratitude to you for your contributions to the kingdom!” Davos also returned the salute solemnly, and then looked around the densely packed Egyptian people and asked curiously: “This is Did you arrange it?”

“Because of safety concerns, we didn’t publicize it, it’s their spontaneous behavior,” Asisters explained.

“Oh!” Davos looked at the excited faces in the distance, and asked with interest, “Are they from all over Egypt?”

“Do not,

His Majesty.

“Asister answered honestly: “Most of them come from this city and surrounding villages and towns.

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Naukrates was a stronghold provided by Egyptian pharaohs for Greek mercenaries hundreds of years ago, and later gradually developed into the only Hellenistic Egyptian town that often traded with Greeks. Not to mention that in the past 20 years, most of Dionysian’s closer diplomatic and trade exchanges with Egypt have been carried out in this town, which made some Dionysian citizens settle here for a long time.

It is precisely because of the uniqueness of the city of Naukrates that it has been excluded and suppressed in the conservative Egyptian society. It is like an island in the ocean and has no political influence on Egypt. This time, the Dionysian reinforcements pacified Egypt. After the rebellion, they stayed for a long time without leaving, and even the Dionian shadow was faintly seen in the recent decree sent from Memphis to the towns of the Nile Delta, which made the sensitive Naukrates realize that the political situation in Egypt may have changed. Earth-shaking changes, this may be a great opportunity for them to turn over, so there will be today’s grand welcome scene, which is the Naukrates showing their loyalty to King Dionia.

Davos certainly thought of this, and he was slightly disappointed.

At this moment, a voice sounded in his ear: “Your Majesty the King, in fact, the people of other towns and cities in Egypt are also very happy with your arrival, but because of the long journey and the rush of time, we were unable to come here in time to welcome you, waiting for your majesty. On the way to Memphis, I believe that I will be able to witness the enthusiasm of other Egyptian people.” The person who spoke stood beside Asistes, with dark skin, a slightly fat body, obvious wrinkles on his face, and a pinch of gray under his jaw. The goatee, bowing slightly, looked at Davos with a flattering smile.

Davos saw that he was wearing a pure white short-sleeved linen robe, a golden hat, and a slender cane. He had already guessed the identity of this person in his heart, but he still asked in surprise: ” Who is this?”

“Your Majesty, this is the high priest appointed by Pharaoh Tanib when he was in power, Amonhotep from the Temple of Karak. After we came to Egypt, we received great help from him!” Asisters hurriedly introduced .

Davos smiled: “Nice to meet you. Asisters mentioned you many times in his letters to me. You have given us huge support!”

“Your Majesty the King, it is my honor to be able to meet you!” Amonhotep saluted respectfully and said enthusiastically in a slightly stiff Greek: “You are the son of Amon, the Lord of Upper and Lower Egypt, who can serve Your service is my honor and the honor of the Egyptian people, so you don’t have to be surprised that they are gathered here, because the people of Egypt will listen to your teachings sincerely in the future!”

Although Davos had already learned from the letter from Asistes that the honorable high priest had completely turned to Dionia, his overly flattering attitude still surprised Davos, in his heart I can’t help but wonder: Did Dionia’s powerful force frighten these pampered Egyptian priests and make their knees so soft!

You must know that three months ago, the advance force led by Karsidis not only eliminated the usurped Nictanipus, but also quickly extinguished the rebellion in other towns in the Nile Delta, scaring the already somewhat turbulent Thebes (not The Greek city-state of Thebes, but the religious center of Upper Egypt, Thebes) also quickly settled.

Since December last year, other legions in the Dionian Kingdom have arrived in Egypt one after another. Counting the first and second legions that arrived today, the number of Dionian legions in Egypt has approached 20 (including cavalry). Legion), the huge force of more than 100,000 people, coupled with its powerful combat power, is enough to destroy the whole of Egypt, how could Amenhotep not feel trembling!

Most of the people in the port of Naukrates know Greek, UU reading www.sonicmtl.

com Hearing the high priest Amon Hotep shout out the title of “Son of Amon, King of Upper and Lower Egypt”, there was an uproar, then cheers broke out, and then fell to his knees and shouted in unison, “Great and noble Dai. Pharaoh Firth”.

Facing the cheers of the Egyptian people, Davos did not get carried away. He knew very well that Amon Hotip called him so respectfully, which was actually a kind of temptation for him, so he smiled and said: “I am very grateful to the great Amon. I have been given such a great mission, but Dionia has a vast territory and my energy is limited. I hope that the servants of God Amon can help me to manage this ancient kingdom together, so that the Egyptian people can bathe in the radiance of God Amun’s kindness again. under.”

Davos’s direct and clear answer made Amonhotep greatly relieved. He immediately said loudly: “All servants of Amon are willing to dedicate all their loyalty to the great pharaoh!”

In the past few months, the agreement reached by Tapirus and the Amon monks in Egypt after many negotiations has been promised by Davos and Amon Hetep at this moment, and the cooperation between the two parties is officially established.

Then, Davos came to the front of the kneeling people, motioned them to stand up, and said loudly: “The subjects of Egypt, the Persians in the north have repeatedly sent troops to attack Egypt over the years, trying to occupy the land of the Nile, and then turn you into slaves, Forcing you to give up your belief in Amon and change to Ahura Mazda, and the Persians behind the rebellion of Niktanipos, the situation in Egypt is already very dangerous!

So the great god Amun has made me the new master of this land, and I have brought forth brave and fearless soldiers who will guard Egypt and defeat Persia, so that you may enjoy lasting peace and tranquility!

Guarantee that Egypt will always be the Egypt of the Egyptians!

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