Douluo: The Adventures of King Skin

"It rains on both the rich and the poor; on the just and on the unjust. In fact, the rain is not fair because it falls on a world without justice."

——"Camel Xiangzi"

Just over 30 years ago, Philip II first formed the Corinthian League after the Battle of Chaeronea, aiming to integrate the power of all Greece and compete with Persia.This alliance lasted until the outbreak of the Lamian War after Alexander's death.

The entire alliance only included Greece itself and most of the islands in the Aegean Sea. Except for the Spartans and Cretans, they did not participate. At that time, Asia Minor was under the rule of the Achaemenid dynasty, and the city-states of Magna Graecia were even more popular. Didn't fight either.

Said to be the Panhellenic Alliance, it was actually just a tool used by the Macedonians to control the Greek-occupied areas.

But this time is different.

The attendees included almost all the Greek city-states and colonies along the Mediterranean coast.

Of course, it is impossible for every city-state to send one person, and many small city-states are not only insignificant in terms of size, but also politically vassals of nearby large city-states, so most of them are represented collectively in the form of alliances or regions.

In mainland Greece, there are two alliances of Achaia and Arcadia in the Peloponnese, and four large independent city-states of Corinth, Argos, Elis, and Messenes;

The four confederacies of Aetolia, Phocis, Boeotia, and Euboea in central Greece, as well as Athens on the Attica Peninsula;

Northern Greece consists of Thessaly in the east and the Acarnanian League in the west, plus some scattered city-states such as Dolopia.

Sparta was still in isolation and sent no one, and no one from its die-hard brother Mandinia came. Moreover, Ambracia and Epirus were still under the control of Cassander, but Atamanea The region secretly sent representatives who "came in their personal capacity".

The Islander Alliance in the northern Aegean Sea, the Cretan city-states in the south, Cyprus under the direct control of Demetrius, and Rhodes who could not offend both sides.

Aeolia in the north of the coast of Asia, Ionia in the south, and large city-states such as Ephesus and Miletus were all under the control of Antigonus, so it was reasonable to send people here.

Some city-states and kingdoms in the Black Sea region did not send anyone, probably because they were afraid that if they offended Lysimakoska, she would be stuck in the Strait area.

The arrival of representatives from various Illyrian tribes and states caused a lot of discussion among the representatives of the Greek city-states, but it was just a discussion.

Demetrius invited Glaucias and Bardelius II, who had come in person, to sit next to him, and the Greeks did not dare to let out a single fart.

There are also more surprising participants who are representatives of Magna Graecia, including Ionia, the Messapian city-states and Tarantum.

There’s another twist here.

Cleonymus had previously captured these city-states and Corcula, becoming a very important power in western Greece. Both Demetrius and Cassander had sent envoys to win over this guy.

As a result, they pulled her hard and didn't shake her on either side.

Looking at him like that, he just wanted to sit by and watch the success or failure of both sides. When Dmitri and Cassander fought until the blood flowed out, he could calmly go off to pick peaches.At the top, the fisherman will gain, but at the bottom, he will take advantage of the situation. Even at the bottom, he can be a happy shit-stirring stick.

Forget it about Cassander, losing 2 people in Thessaly is already a big deal.But Dmitri would not get used to such shameless behavior.

He turned around and sent a lobbyist named Oxisimus to various city-states in Magna Graecia to deceive him. Suddenly, Cleonymus's younger brothers rebelled collectively, causing him to lose his position on the peninsula almost overnight. all spheres of influence.

Of course Cleonymus couldn't sit idly by and immediately sailed to southern Italy with an army of [-].

With the military power he currently has at his disposal, not to mention the [-] Spartan-born warriors, his numbers alone can overwhelm these city-states, and it will be easy to clean up this land from scratch.

But there's a problem here. It's already the month of Poseidon in late winter.

Even Pyrrhus didn't want to comment on this behavior of going to sea during the winter rainy season. Anyone in the Mediterranean who eats at sea can understand the truth.

—There’s a reason this month is named after the god of the sea.

Out of caution, he did not attack Tarantum directly.

On the one hand, he wanted to leave room for maneuver for both sides, and on the other hand, he had many Tarentum cavalry under his command who were also an important force to him. These people were still kept in the dark by him.

So he directly captured Thurii on the west side of the bay, and after plundering the city, he attacked from all sides.It went smoothly at first, but then they encountered a large Roman army invited by the Turii people.

In order to avoid conflict with this powerful force at the moment, he had no choice but to withdraw to the fleet.

Then just when he decided to continue sailing south and loot one or two small city-states to boost his morale, there was finally a loud sound in the sky.

A storm taught him how to behave.

No one can tell how many ships and troops he lost on that day. Anyway, since then he has changed from a powerful power to the owner of Corcula...

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This alliance can have so many city-states supporting it, and Pyrrhus has contributed a lot.

When he was in Argos before, he had analyzed the situation for Demetrius. As far as the current strength of Antigonus and his son were concerned, they were neither short of soldiers nor money and food. All they needed was a battlefield without constraints, and they were upright. Defeat other successors.

Therefore, instead of rushing to force the Greeks and tie them into chariots, it is better to use a generous and open-minded attitude to attract as many city-states as possible to keep them friendly and neutral.

One can prevent opponents from obtaining soldiers and materials from Greek city-states, and the other can lay the early foundation for the future Panhellenic Empire.

This was the short-term purpose of the Corinthian Council.

The deceiver deceived Mr. De into taking out more than 100 talents, the public opinion machine started, and expensive pieces of paper swept the Mediterranean Sea.

Of course, Pyrrhus would not be stupid enough to say that the Corinthian League was just good. Then no matter what he said, the Greeks who were hostile to the successors would refute them point by point - anyway, Demetrius couldn't follow the network line. Cut him - that will just lead to an endless war of words.

So he put on his vest and gave some pen names such as "A Greek Citizen" and "Hope", and then gave indirect guidance in an ordinary Greek voice and from the perspective of a Greek city-state.

Or else he said——

The League of Corinth was the war machine of Antigonus and his sons, and it was very bad!

However, our city-states can no longer live behind closed doors. We also need to have our own dialogue platform to help each other and cope with challenges together...

Otherwise, just say——

We cannot sit back and watch Demetrius ravage mainland Greece. When all the city-states on the mainland bow to him, won't it be our turn next?

Therefore, we Greek city-states must unite and not be timid. We must go to the Corinthian League. Not only must we go, we must also bravely fight against the successors. Helping the local city-states is helping ourselves...

Or else—

Although we can't defeat Antigonus and his son, we are not completely at his mercy. When the Greek people roar, the earth will shake three times!

Therefore, we must advance and retreat together in the Corinthian League. On the one hand, we must fight without breaking, and on the other hand, we must firmly occupy the moral high ground. As long as we persist in unity, we will definitely be able to turn the alliance into our own. , to finally cage power and make him serve us...