Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

The news that "Dionysia defeated Carthage and forced him to sign a truce" spread throughout the Kingdom of Dionysia, and people from all over the place were jubilant.

Soon after, the news spread to the mainland of Greece, which shocked many city-states, especially Sparta.

In the dangerous situation where Dionia was caught in a siege by many parties, Sparta also secretly acted, instigating the escape forces in the Apulian region to regain their former territory, and now Dionya is clean by himself. The neat destruction of Rome, the surrender of Samonay, the defeat of Carthage, undoubtedly became the most powerful force in the Western Mediterranean.

But Sparta is now caught in the mire of war. In China and Greece, the situation has been slow to open. The Spartan elders, who are guilty of thieves, worry that their actions have not concealed the insightful people of the Kingdom of Dionysia. When Dionia suddenly turned over and wanted to get justice from Sparta, it would undoubtedly make the situation worse.

Therefore, Sparta hurriedly sent a messenger to Turui to congratulate Dionia on winning the war with Carthage in the name of a friend, and also made a tentative request: I hope that Dionysia can fight for the war Spartan in China provides some assistance.

Daveus had long seen the Spartans’ intentions. He neither broke his face with the Spartans, accused him of the sloppy things he did during the Western Mediterranean War, nor did he agree to the Spartans’ requests. It is a euphemistic expression: Dionia won the war, but after the war, rebuilding homes, rectifying order, appeasing the people, restoring trade, etc. A series of difficult affairs also need the kingdom to work together and work together to gradually recover Prosperity before the war, so there is no energy and time to care about the affairs of other countries.

Sparta felt relieved temporarily.

Daveus responded with similar words to the Athens messenger who came to him for help.

As for the Thebes, they were still under siege by the Spartan army at this time, tired of coping with various offensives, and were not very clear about the major events in the Western Mediterranean, and they did not have the energy to understand them.

Although Davis gave Sparta a peace of mind, the Spartan Council of Elders felt the urgency of the situation. They were dissatisfied with Spartan King Kleomblotus' long battle but failed to obtain Progress, finally decided to use more conscientious Agassius as commander of the whole army.

Agsilaus accepted it and declared: Since the elders and the people think he is the best candidate, he will definitely go all out!

He led the army to the Spartan border to sacrifice, and showed the soldiers auspicious, so the morale of the whole army was high.

Because the mountainous terrain on the southern edge of the Pioxia region adjacent to the Corinthia is equipped with the heavy defense of Thebes, and Athens and Thebes joined forces, the mountainous area from the Corinth is over the mountains and entered the Piosia region. Not only is the road difficult, but it is also full of danger.

Agassius led the army to speed up the march, arrived at the port of Sigion City, not far west of Corinth, and took a boat across the Gulf of Corinth to land on the beach of the Piosia area.Since he had already sent someone to inform a Spartan army stationed in the area to preemptively capture a mountain pass not far from the landing site, the whole army overturned the mountain without hindrance and entered the plains of the Piosia region Zone, and quickly joined forces with Tespia, who supported Sparta (the city is located to the west of Thebes, only 20 miles apart).

Originally, Agsilaus believed that his quick military action would disrupt the defense of the Thebes. As a result, he found that the Thebes and their allies had built fences and fences in all strategic areas around Thebes. Earth barriers, trenches were built, and Luzhai were laid out...

If the Spartan army wants to approach the city of Thebes, it will have to conquer one of these places, and the Thebes army will not let it do anything. The Agbis will lead the army to attack, Thebes will send Heavy troops stationed there.

Because Thebes is inside the battle, the mobilization of troops is more flexible and fast, and the Thebes army will not just be dead, they will also attack at the right time, attacking the Spartan coalition soldiers who have left the big army or are eating and resting...This The defensive strategy of the series is mainly from the hands of Ipamunda, which made Agsi Raus feel a headache, and the half-year battle failed to make breakthrough progress.

In the autumn, the Spartan soldiers returned to their hometowns, and Agassius also led the Spartan soldiers to return home, so he appointed Fibidas to lead the mercenaries to stay in the Tespia area and wait for the opportunity to attack the bottom. Bis.

Fibidas, who was extremely hated by the Thebes, adopted a more vicious strategy. He sent multiple small units to bypass the defenses of the Thebes and killed the people of Thebes who were hiding behind him. Destroy its fields...

The Thebes were extremely angry about this. They ignored the dissuasion of Ipamiunda and hurriedly dispatched troops to attack Tespia.

As a result, Fibidas was prepared early. He targeted arrays and repelled the Thebis army's attack in the battle.In order to expand the victories and weaken the power of the Thebes, he personally led the army to chase down the defeated soldiers. As a result, the Thebes cavalry and some infantry panicked and fled to an impassable canyon.

The defeated Thebes collapsed instead, and decided to fight desperately. At this time, because the pursuit speed was too fast, the heavy infantry of Tespia fell far behind, only Fibidas and a few hundred. The Thracian Light Shield soldiers stood in front of Thebes cavalry.

The incident happened too suddenly. Fibidas had just let the Thrace mercenaries line up. The Thebes cavalry launched a charge from the front, and the momentum generated by hundreds of horses running was undoubtedly scary.

After a long run, the already exhausted Thracians were afraid, and before the Thebes cavalry rushed to the front, the Thracians had begun to retreat.

The Thebes army took advantage of the situation, the Thracian mercenaries retreated across the board, and Fibidas mixed in the defeated soldiers in an attempt to escape.

But how could the Thebes cavalry let him escape, kept staring at him, soon surrounded him, and stabbed to death with a spear.Then they drove the defeated soldiers to riot the subsequent heavy infantry of Tespia, and the Spartan coalition defeated.

The Thebes army chased into the darkness, and then retreated to the camp.

In this battle, the Thebes defeated first and then won, not only killing their most hated enemy-Fibidas, but also weakened Thebes's heart and soul-Tespia's strength, the bottom The people of Bis cheered for it, and they also inspired other people in the city of Pioxia controlled by Sparta.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Thebes even sent troops again to actively attack Tespia and its surrounding city-states attached to Sparta, forcing Sparta to send an army in winter to help defend Tespia.

In the early spring of the second year (377 BC, 17 years in the Kingdom of Dionia), the Spartan Council of Elders and Ombudsmen once again appointed Agsi Raus as the coalition commander.

This time Agassius fought east and west, led the army by land, hurriedly marched through the isthmus of Corinth, taking advantage of the lack of defense of the Thebes, broke through their defenses in the mountains and attacked the area east of Thebes. Using Platia as a base, the land was ravaged, and although some victories were also won, the resistance of the Thebes was still very tenacious, preventing the Spartan army from making breakthrough progress.

In the autumn, Agsi Raus had to recapture his troops and return home.

At this time, Thebes experienced a serious shortage of food. Because of the destruction of the war, their land had been harvested for two years. In the history of the previous life, the Thebes sent a fleet to the northern town of Cesari. To buy food, but this time Peropidas proposed: to buy food in the Kingdom of Dionia across the Adriatic Sea.

Some people objected that Dionia and Sparta have always signed friendly agreements and have close relations with each other. It is impossible for Dionia to buy food for Thebes.

Peropidas' answer is: anyway, the distance is close, the road is very convenient, and it is no big deal to try.But once we succeeded, we not only opened up new channels for food purchases, but also detected the attitude of the Dionysians towards this war, which is of great significance!

Eventually, Peropidas’s proposal was passed. Thebes sent three three-tiered paddle warships, carrying 10 Tarientes, taking advantage of the winter Spartan troop and the maritime blockade in the Corinthian Gulf. Sail out of the Gulf of Corinth, across the Adriatic Sea, and reach the port city of Odrum on the east coast of the Kingdom of Dionysia.

The Chief Executive of Odrum heard that the Thebes came to buy food. Considering the political significance behind it, if they dare to make a claim, they immediately sent a messenger to Turiyi for instructions.

After knowing it, Daveus set the tone with a seemingly joke: "The Spartans can let the Apulian fugitives travel to our country, why can't we give the Thebes a little bit small Help, not to mention that this is just an ordinary business conduct."

Therefore, Odrum City not only sold grain to Thebes at a low price, but also sent shipping ships to help transport it.

In fact, the Spartan fleet has received the news that the Thebes sent their fleets to buy food. They have made arrangements to capture the Thebes fleet when they return to Corinth.

As a result, when the crew of the Spartan fleet saw the ships with the flag of the Kingdom of Dionysia on the sails of the Thebes fleet, they did not dare to act rashly, watching the Thebes pile land on the north side of the bay, Unhurriedly unloaded the goods.

Afterwards, the commander of the Spartan Fleet hurriedly reported the matter back to Sparta. The elders' council and the inspectors were shocked and quickly dispatched a messenger to Turui.

Daveus didn't show up at all. The rotating chairperson of the Senate Anta Oris met the messenger. In response to the Spartan question, he responded lightly in the king's original words: "This is just an ordinary business activity, not worth it. Make a fuss."