Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Pelopidas replied immediately: "If even Ipamiunda can't stop the enemy, then no one can beat the Spartans!"

The people around didn’t understand Peropidas’ confidence in where Ipamiunda came from. As far as they know, although Ipaminonda had fought many times in the past, they were all soldiers and team officers. He never had a command of fighting troops.But the confidence of Peropidas still infected them, and besides, they have no better way, so they can only press the concerns in their hearts and lead the remaining civilian soldiers together with Peropidas. The Acropolis advanced.

On the way to the South Gate, Ipamunda had already figured out the strategy of the enemy. He lived in Thebes for decades. He was familiar with the surrounding terrain. He knew the master of Thebes. The urban area is located in a lowland between mountains, especially in Nancheng. On both sides of the city are protruding mountains, forming a trumpet-like terrain.

Therefore, after arriving at the South Gate, he told his plan to others: lurking 800 people each in the mountains outside the South Gate. When the enemy’s reinforcements arrived, he would leave the remaining civilian soldiers out of the city to meet. Once the two sides fully meet the enemy, the ambushes on both sides immediately attack the enemy's side...

Some people disputed that it was too risky to go out of the city, especially in the face of the Spartan army, it is better to rely on the city wall for defense.

Ipamunda immediately refuted this conservative idea. He calmly said: "The new government of Thebes has just been established, it is not stable, and the Acropolis is still occupied by the enemy. If the Spartan garrison in the surrounding city states is allowed Gather a strong army in the city, and siege the Thebes, then the battle will become very long. When the Spartan army arrives, the battle will become more difficult... Going forward, the people's psychology may change, so we must take advantage of the enemy's different time to reach Thebes, take the initiative to attack, and defeat them one by one, in order to win time for Thebes's revival!..."

Everyone was persuaded by him, they did not expect that this quiet person can actually say such touching words.

Of course, there are also questions: "What if the Spartans are not fooled and do not attack us?"

Ipamunda calmly replied: "Then we will return to the city, which will not cause any loss to us. Even if they find our army ambushing in the mountains, they will not dare to pursue it because of the terrain here. The most familiar. However, I think the arrogant Spartans will immediately attack us, hoping to reoccupy Thebes as soon as possible."

"Damn Spartans, we will never let their conspiracy succeed..." The people expressed their anger and determination to the Spartans loudly.

Ipamunda also said in a deep voice: "Let us, let us work together to make this battle a Spartan nightmare!"

As a result, the crowd with high morale began to deploy in accordance with Ipamunda's plan.

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The messenger who asked for help rushed to Platia, the closest place to Thebes. The Spartan garrison was surprised when he heard the news of "the riot in Thebes and the overthrow of the pro-Spartan government." After losing Thebes, Sparta will have a big trouble in controlling the Pioxia area, so he did not hesitate to lead two thousand garrison soldiers (most of which are Peloponnesian soldiers), immediately March quickly towards Thebes and rushed out of Thebes at dusk.Then, he was surprised to see that the Thebes actually went out of the city array, and also used a bayonet to hit the round shield to provoke the Spartan army on the move.

How could the Spartan general allow Spartan's defeat to be so rampant, not to mention that Thebes was only a little more than his own army, so regardless of the fatigue of the soldiers, he immediately arranged the army to be the same length as the other. Array, and then sounded the offensive bugle.

At the same time, Ipamunda also issued an order to attack.And he himself was at the forefront of the battle array, holding up the shield spear, taking the lead, and charged the enemy.

The Thebes were full of anger, and the Spartan army trudged all the way, and their physical strength was slightly unsupported. When they first joined the battle, they were at a disadvantage. When they slowed down, they began to rely on their rich combat experience and stronger fighting. Skills and little by little back to the battle, Thebes' ambush suddenly killed from both wings, storming the side and rear of the Spartan army.

The Spartan army was unable to defend, and immediately collapsed, and the soldiers fled.

The entire battle lasted less than half an hour, and the Thebes won the final victory. While cheering, they also turned their admiration to the mastermind of this battle, Ipamiunda, who had been unknown before, This ordinary middle-aged man won their trust in just one battle.

Another Spartan garrison from Tespia, who was about to catch up to the city of Bispi, was shocked by the news that the "Platia’s army was defeated". Instead of advancing, he retreated westward to a small town halfway between Tespia and Thebes.

After learning of the enemy's retreat, Ipamiunda immediately led the army back to the city, stationed at the head of the city, and sent people to report the good news of the victory to the two military executives.

At this time, Peropidas and Filidas led the civilian soldiers to attack the Acropolis for a day, but failed to win.After all, the Acropolis is small, but the wall is very strong, and it is located on the hill, there is only one passageway, so that the superior force of Thebes can not be deployed.Moreover, the Spartan army was surrounded on all sides and did not retreat, so the desperate battle led to the failure of the Thebes to attack the city many times. Both the generals and the soldiers felt a little discouraged.

At this time, the good news of the "Southern Army defeated Spartan reinforcements" sent everyone's spirits up and morale picked up.

The generals also talked about Ipamiranda with a big smile, and Felidas even praised: "Peropidas, you are right, Ipamiranda is indeed an excellent Commander General!"

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The next day, the news of "the successful Coup in Thebes" spread throughout China and Greece. Countless exiles of Thebes began to rush back to their motherland from all directions. To defend the emerging Thebes government, exiles from Athens are among them The greatest force.For the citizens of Athens, this is what they are very happy to see. Although there is no opinion on this in the meeting on the bright side, there are a lot of Athenian volunteers who go to Thebes with the exiles, preparing to join the Thebes Fighting side by side, this also includes two newly elected generals this year, who joined the volunteer team in their personal capacity.

The team of the exiles marched westward excitedly, and also had several battles with the Spartan allied troops stationed in some city-states in the Pioxia region, who also rushed to Thebes, and they all won.

Thebes continued to receive assistance, and its power surged, and the Spartan reinforcements of Tespia could only retreat.

On this day, the Thebes’ attack on the Acropolis failed again, but the Spartan general did not feel happy. He stood at the head of the Acropolis and looked down, clearly seeing the increasing number of hills below The enemy, the situation is very obvious, Thebes received outside assistance, which also means that the Spartan reinforcements failed to attack Thebes, or they did not come at all, which not only let him, but also let the Spartan of the Acropolis The soldiers felt a little hopeless.

It was at this time that Peropidas sent a messenger to negotiate with the Spartan generals of the Acropolis, and put forward the conditions of "let the Spartans return to the Acropolis, and Thebes will let them leave safely", The two parties finally reached an agreement.

The return of the Acropolis allowed the new government led by Peropidas and Filidas to completely and completely liberate Thebes.Aside from cheering the people in the city, the leaders led by Peropidas still have a dignified expression, because they know that the test of Thebes has just begun, and the Spartans will never give up.

On the third day, the news finally reached Sparta and shook the council of elders. They no longer had the intention to add chaos to Dionia, but must quickly concentrate all their efforts to extinguish the fire that was ignited by Thebes. .

After some deliberation, the Council of Elders decided to be led by Agassipolis, who had been a king of Sparta for less than two years.

So Sparta began recruiting soldiers from the Peloponnesian allies.

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At the same time that Leotizides led the Dionysian coalition to defeat the Carthage army and intercepted a large amount of weight, the outer city of Serodiham on the north coast was broken by the Iberian army.

Why was Serodiham City, which had been defending steadily for nearly ten days and had Hasdruba's forces failing to attack the city many times, was suddenly broken?

It turned out that after several siege defeats, Hasdruba realized that the attack from the front was too expensive and difficult to break through, so he used Iberian infantry.

The Iberian infantry of Hasdrubal came from the southern part of the Iberian Peninsula. They were all recruited from the indigenous tribes conquered by the Magrid family. A total of 4,000 people. They were almost all wearing races made of white linen with purple mixed edges. Clothing, without armor outside, wearing a thick leather cap on their heads, they are equipped with a large oval shield, a shooting gun, and the most common and intimidating fakata dagger hanging from their waists, their The style and length are very similar to Dionysian short swords, and they are also extremely sharp. The slight difference is that the front of the sword is slightly curved.

These Iberians are not only brave and sturdy, but also good at fighting in the mountains, which is unmatched by the Carthaginians who have always lived on the flat coast of northern Africa.