Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 153: Form a Greek coalition army

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"There is no way. Only by uniting the entire western part of Asia Minor can we have enough strength to fight against the great king!" Aliobazenis said in a deep voice, "Stridatus is a cautious man. Since he dared to take the initiative, it shows that he is quite sure to persuade the other governors and can keep the secret."

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After the Dionian army occupied the territory of Sparta, the remaining Greek city-states headed by Athens were actively organizing coalition forces and preparing to fight against it.

At the same time, the Department of Military Affairs of Dionia conveyed the order of King Davos to Leotichides to speed up the assembly of the Eighth and Fifteenth Army in Lili (the military camp is in Thira). Kuza, the source of troops is from the Syracuse region), the 16th Army (the military camp is in Agrigento, the source of troops is from the south coast of Sicily), the 17th Army (the military camp is in Lilibo, the source of troops is from the western region of Sicily) These four regiments, the Fourth Cavalry Corps and the Numibian Hussar Corps, waited until the transport fleet arrived, and immediately headed to Egypt.

At the same time, another order from the Ministry of Military Affairs was sent to Midolades, asking him to lead the Second Fleet to prepare for the **** for the expedition to Egypt.

In addition, King Davos issued an order to the Phoenician allies headed by Carthage on the coast of Africa, requiring them to immediately form a large number of transport fleets to be responsible for gathering the Dionian army in Lilibo. Ship to Egypt.

At the same time, the Ministry of Military Affairs transferred the former commander of the 14th Army Corps and the current northern border commander Patroclus, who was still quelling the Liguria riots, back to Turri, and Hasdruba replaced him. Position.

At the same time, the Ministry of Military Affairs also issued orders to military camps in various regions: Except for the Peloponnese expedition and the army that is about to go to Egypt, the rest of the troops in the kingdom began to gather. In addition, it was specifically proposed that the Po area must provide 6,000 fighters and 2,000 Gallic cavalry.

In addition, the Ministry of Military Affairs transferred the 3rd Fleet, which is responsible for the security of the kingdom’s west coast, to Brindisi to make preparations.

Although the issuance of these orders means that a large military operation will take place, what each barracks announced to the outside world is to conduct joint training for the entire army. Since such military training will take place at least once in two months, Therefore, people everywhere did not feel any strangeness.

However, the principal officials of the various departments of the Kingdom of Dionia in Turei have already begun to be busy, preparing for the next war.

On the surface of Dionia, there is still a peaceful scene, but there are already wars in Greece.

In June, Cesaritagus Jason led nearly 40,000 infantry and 4,000 cavalry, surpassing the hot spring pass, and entered Central Greece.

Although he made a high-profile statement, "This time he led the army to help the Greeks in the south and repel the invading aliens." However, the people of Central Greece still felt nervous. People from various city-states hid in the city and closed the city gates. Strengthen your guard.

Jason said that he must do it. He tried his best to restrain the troops. Although there were still some incidents of soldiers looting the property of the villages outside the city, the military discipline of his army was not bad overall, which greatly greatly increased the high level of the city-states. Relieved.

After entering the Piotja area, Jason sent an envoy into Thebes and asked the council: Thessaari army wanted to establish a longer-term camp in Thebes.

The high-level Thebes, led by Pelopidas and Ipamirunda, tactfully argued: Both Thessaly and Dionia are allies of Thebes, and they both provided great help to Thebes. Because of this, Thebes had to remain neutral to avoid harming the friendship of one party. If the request of Thessaly was agreed, Dionia would misunderstand and believe that Thebes had already joined the counter. The Dionian League, so they had to refuse.

Jiasson’s request was actually only a test of the attitude of the Thebes, so he was denied an answer. He was not angry, but patiently asked the returning messenger. At that time, everyone in the Thebes Council His attitude and reaction gave me a bottom line.

A few days later, Thessari army arrived at the northwest border of Attica in Athens and built a camp near Oropus, the city state of Peosia, which is close to Athens. This was discussed in advance with Athens, because The port of Oropus is not small, and the sea distance between Philae and Philae is very close, which is convenient for the transportation of materials and soldiers.

Athens high-level leaders headed by Calistratus warmly welcomed the arrival of Jason and the army of Thessaly, and a day later held a military meeting of the Greek alliance in Megara on the Isthmus of Corinth and joined the alliance The generals of the city-states expressed their opinions.

Many generals of Chinese and Greek city-states suggested that they should use the geographical advantage of the Isthmus to hoard heavy troops in Corinth to defend against the attacks of the Dionian army, just like the Corinthian War ten years ago. The Dionians attacked across the sea, which consumed a lot of materials, which was not conducive to long-term combat and could not be attacked for a long time. In the end, they would inevitably choose a truce and seek peace.

The generals of the Peloponnesian city-state headed by Argos and Corinth expressed their opposition. They believed that: Now the Dionian army has conquered Messenia and Sparta, and Arcadia has also become Its alliance, which makes the Dionians' power in the Peloponnese become very strong. If the coalition forces do not take the initiative to attack, but passively defend, the Dionians will definitely turn to attack the Peloponnese. Other areas.

Once it has completely conquered the entire Peloponnese, it will not only weaken the strength of the Greek Alliance, but also the Dionian army can attack Corinth without any worries, and it is difficult to say whether it can hold Corinth in the end. . Now the number of coalition forces has reached 80,000, far exceeding the number of soldiers in the Dionian army, and they can take the initiative to defeat the Dionian army in Sparta.

After both sides expressed their opinions, Jason said: "Everyone, the purpose of the establishment of the Greek Alliance is to repel the invading Dionia and guarantee the freedom of the Greek city-states and the security of their territories, if only in Corinth. To defend, it is tantamount to abandoning the entire Peloponnesian Peninsula. This not only goes against the original intention of the alliance, but also makes the city-states that join the alliance complain to each other and undermine the unity. Therefore, I advocate that we should not waste time anymore. Immediately led the coalition forces into the Peloponnese, quickly engaged in a battle with the Dionian army, defeated them, and let the Spartans regain their freedom!"

Jason, with hands on his hips, looked at the generals in the venue, and declared loudly: "If everyone disagrees with my opinion, or keeps arguing and wastes time, then I will lead Thessaly army and go south alone with Dio. The Armed Forces of Nya are in a decisive battle!"

Jason’s words fell like a rock into the deep pool. While stirring up waves, they also received a positive response from the generals of Corinth and Argos: "I, a citizen of Corinth (Argos), will follow Sessa. The Lebanese army will attack the Dionians together!"

Although Thessaly’s army accounted for half of the soldiers enlisted in the entire alliance, Thessaly, who has been on the edge of traditional Greek power for decades, did not attract the attention of the Greek city-states, so Jason was in this alliance. He didn't have much prestige, but the support of these two powerful states made Jason's prestige shocked.

Although so far, the number of soldiers sent by Athens to Corinth is only half that of Thessaly’s army, but with Sparta’s decline, most of the Greek city-states prefer to see only Athens’ heads, so other city-state generals will His gaze turned to another person-the famous Athens general Iphikratus.

The battle-tested veteran glanced at Jason, then looked around everyone, and said calmly: "I agree that the coalition should seize the time to take the initiative and seek a decisive battle with the Dionian army, but with this At the same time, we have to do two things.

The first is that we immediately sent envoys to the Arcadian Alliance to persuade them to join our side and fight against Dionia together. With the coalition forces occupying the upper hand, it is very likely that the Arcadian Alliance will fall to us. After all, Dionia is an outsider. If it succeeds, it will increase the strength of the coalition forces and at the same time provide greater convenience for us to fight in the Peloponnese. If rejected, we can also attack the Arcadia Alliance with confidence.

The second is the reason why Dionia was able to defeat Sparta, and Dionia had a powerful navy, and was able to use a fleet to carry troops to land in Messenia at the beginning and quickly occupy Messiania. Territory has a lot to do with, so we have to be careful about the repetition of Dionian’s old tricks, taking advantage of our army to fight in the Peloponnese, and landing on the sea through the sea to defend the more empty rear, cutting off our way of return, threatening Our mother country, it will be a huge disaster! Therefore, I suggest that part of the army must be kept and stationed at the beaches of Central Greece that can be landed, especially the Port of Chleusis in the Piosia area, and must be firmly controlled in the hands of the coalition forces! "

"But Chleusis now belongs to the Thebes!" someone reminded.

"As most of our Greek city-states gather to resist invading outsiders, Thebes, as a strong power in China and Greece, chooses neutrality. Necessary trouble, we have temporarily tolerated the willfulness of the Thebes." Iphikratus said with a serious face: "But the inaction of the Thebes will inevitably cause us to distrust them! Therefore! We should send envoys to Thebes and tell them clearly that we will temporarily take over Chleusis and return them after the war. If Thebes disagrees, then we will treat them as enemies and crusade against them!"