Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

By the time Jason reached Leuctra Heights, the battle had ended for seven days.

The messenger of the Spartan coalition also arrived in Sparta. The news of the failure of the battle shocked the Spartans. You must know that Sparta has been in constant war with foreign countries in these years. Many people have fallen to less than 2,000 people, and more rely on the troops of the Berias, Heros and allies to fight. Now 400 Spartans have died in the battle, including a Spartan king. Undoubtedly a huge loss for Sparta.

Not only was the people mourning, but according to tradition, a grand funeral was held for Cleombrotus, but now the situation was critical, and the Spartan coalition forces trapped in Pioxia were in urgent need of rescue. The Council of Elders and the Ombudsman had to implore the people to temporarily suppress their grief, and urgently mobilize the young and middle-aged men in the territory (including Periasis and some Heros) to form an army, led by the son of Agesilaus Archidamus commanded (because Agesilaus was unwell and could not lead the army), and the neighboring allies also provided support one after another.

Datis, the Persian messenger who remained in Sparta, was also shocked. He did not expect that the large Spartan army would suffer defeat, which made him begin to wonder if Persian support for Sparta was a mistake. Bis had already formed an alliance with Dionia, and it was impossible for Persia to switch to another supported Greek city-state in a short period of time, so he rushed to the council of elders to question him aggressively.

Many elders were angry, and Agesilaus swallowed his breath and assured him: This is just an accidental failure, the Spartan army is still strong, and will soon defeat Thebes again and re-establish Greek hegemony. .

Datis answered noncommittal to them, but proposed to them: Persia is not only willing to provide money and materials to support Sparta, but also willing to send troops to support.

Agesilaus quickly expressed his thanks, but politely refused the request of Persia to send reinforcements.

Money and material, Sparta is in urgent need, because it can use it to hire mercenaries, expand the size of the army, and continue to fight Thebes. But since the Hippo War, no Persian army has set foot on the Greek mainland for decades. If Sparta dares to invite the Persian army, it will undoubtedly arouse the indignation of the Greek city-states and become the target of public criticism, even its former allies Betrayal will occur.

Archiedamus led the army quickly north, and then took a boat through Corinth and landed in the port of Kleusis.

However, the speed of the Spartan reinforcements was still slower. When they were still on their way north, all of Thessaly's reinforcements had already arrived at Leuctra, and the strength of the Pioxia coalition had been greatly enhanced, and had surpassed The Spartan coalition, so Ipamironda proposed: Take this favorable opportunity to launch a fierce attack on the Spartan coalition camp and completely destroy the Spartan coalition in Piosa!

At this time, Jason did not have the excitement when he heard the news of the victory of the battle.

Because his most important minister, Asidamas, also came to Leuctra, and after analyzing the current situation in Greece with him in private, Jason made Jason realize that the battle of Leuctra had failed, and he had already The prestige of the Spartans caused a big enough blow, which indeed weakened the Spartan obstacle to Thessaly's domination of Greece, but at the same time allowed him to see the potential of the Thebes. If at this time, the Thebes are fully helped to completely annihilate the Spartan army, the strength of the Spartans will be severely weakened, and the Thebes will undoubtedly benefit the most. They will quickly take over the Spartans in China. Greece's heritage, the strength will be rapidly improved, but will become Thessaly's biggest opponent to dominate Greece.

After thinking about this, Jason did not agree to Ipamironda's request, but persuaded: The Pioxia coalition finally won the battle, and there is no need to take further risks, after all, attacking the camp is more difficult than fighting in the wild. More. Under the circumstance that Spartan reinforcements will come at any time, if the attack fails for a long time, it will put the coalition forces into a dangerous situation. It is better to take advantage of the current advantage and force the Spartans to sign an armistice agreement, so that the Troops on both sides were able to withdraw safely.

It sounds like Jason is right, but Ipami Ronda and Pelopidas still hope to pursue the victory, so the two sides continue to argue for a while, Ipami Ronda sees Jason's attitude is always firm, Unwilling to fight, and without the help of Thessaly reinforcements, the Pioxia coalition alone would have to pay a great price to attack the Coxparta camp. After weighing the pros and cons, he finally agreed to Jason's suggestion.

So Jason acted as a mediator for both sides, arranging peace talks between the two sides.

The reinforcements in the rear did not know when they would arrive, and the Thebes were obviously strong after receiving reinforcements from Thessaly, so the demoralized Spartan coalition quickly signed an armistice with the Pioxia coalition.

That night, the Spartan coalition quietly withdrew.

Able to successfully mediate the war between the former Greek overlord Sparta and the emerging power Thebes in today's central Greece, Jason showed his face greatly, and the power of the Thessaly also boarded for the first time. The political arena in the core area of ​​Greece has attracted the attention of many Greek city-states.

Satisfied, Jason led his army back to Thessaly and did another thing that shocked the southern Greeks. He led an army to attack Heraclea (not the city of Heraclea in the Holy Kingdom of Dionia), which was located in the west of Hot Springs Pass and was not far from it. The city-state had been controlled by Sparta and was defended by Hot Springs Pass. Strong guarantee, after all, the terrain of Wenquan Pass is narrow, and it is impossible for too many soldiers to be stationed for a long time.

Jason not only easily attacked it, but also destroyed it completely. In today's war-torn Greek mainland, it is common for a city-state to be captured or even destroyed, but what Jason did is not simple. In the eyes of the Greek people, this is a barbarian from the north who wants to step into Greece. Disrespectful behavior in the core area of ​​​​people.

The Thebes commander Ipamironda and Pelopidas, who had just returned to the city and were welcomed by the people, frowned when they heard the news. Jason was persuading them to practice with the Spartans. They had been uneasy at the armistice, and now they are more certain of the ambitions of this Thessalitagus: the Spartans have not been completely defeated, and the former allies will become our new enemies? !

More anxious than the Thebes are the Phokis, because the Thessaly smashed Heraclea and occupied the Hot Spring Pass. If they lead the army south, the Phokis area will be the first, followed by Pio. Xia area, so the priests of Delphi were very anxious, and finally became proactive and prepared to invite the Greek city-states to hold the Holy Alliance Conference to discuss how to deal with the threat of the Thessaly people in northern Greece, and it is best to solve Sparta and the bottom. The war between Bis can keep the two sides in a longer peace.

The hunch of the Delphi priests was correct, and Jason had indeed conceived a plan to conquer the Phokis region in his mind. Since the next year will be the year when Delphi will hold the Pythian Games, he has planned to show his great power in front of the Greek people of other city-states at this game, so he decides to return to Philae and issue an order requiring The city-states of Thessaly prepared cattle and sheep for the coming Delphic sacrifice, and promised a golden crown to the strongest bull. At the same time, he also asked the city-states to do a good job in military mobilization, to form a huge army, and he led them to Delphi to preside over the celebration.

Jason has made up his mind to use force to deprive the Holy Alliance Council of its rights and force himself to be the chairman of the Pythian Games...

In the history of his previous life, he made preparations according to this plan, which made the people of Delphi very panic, and even rumors that he was going to snatch the sacred vault of the Temple of Delphi were rampant, which aroused the wrath of Apollo's most devout followers. So one day a few months later, after Jason finished his inspection of the army, he sat down and listened to the petitions of his subjects. Seven young men with red-faced arguments came forward and pretended to report the dispute to him for settlement. . As they approached, they suddenly burst out and killed Jason on his seat. This assassination completely changed the course of history. Jason died before his ambitions were paid. Thessaly, who was united by him, was quickly divided. As a result, the Thebes were cheaper, and later the Macedonians were cheaper.

But in this life, Jason's plan had just begun to be executed, and had to be temporarily stopped because of a major event in the Peloponnese to the south.

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Because the port of Cleusius, which Thebes originally controlled, was occupied by the Spartans, Thebes had no port in the Gulf of Corinth, so the messenger sent to Dionia had to rush to the bay north of the Pioxia region. ferry. In this way, the passenger ships had to make a large circle in order to reach Dionia, and also had to be careful to avoid the patrols of the Spartan fleet, so when the Thebes and the Spartan army reached an armistice agreement, the messenger still Couldn't make it to Turii.

But Dionysus has been paying close attention to this war for a long time, and the spies sent by the intelligence department are hidden in the merchant ships that trade with the Greek city-states, so once the battle of Leuctra was over, Dionysus stayed in the port of Corinth. The Asian merchant ship quickly left the port and headed west quickly. The Spartan patrol warship did not dare to stop it, so when Jason got the news of the battle, the battle report of the battle had been sent to the palace of Turii.

Therefore, Davos summoned the assistant ministers, the main department ministers, and important military generals, and held an important meeting in the palace.

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