Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 2: The Thebes Saints are showing their first appearance

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The Spartan messenger asked Dionia to make an assurance that Spartan’s enemies would not be funded next time.

Anta Auris responded with the original words of King Daves, but there was more fire in his words: "You can all let the Apulian rebels who fled to the Peloponnese It is easy to travel back to the kingdom, why can't we sell a little grain to Thebes. Sparta should be grateful that we only sell grain in Dionia, not anything else!"

The Spartan messenger returned angrily. The words of the Dionians raised the vigilance of all Spartan elders and inspectors, and made them realize that the Dionians have always had a grudge against Sparta.

This makes them feel more urgent, but in the new year, when the spring returns to the earth (376 BC, the 18th year of the Kingdom of Dionian), Agsilaus was ill in bed, unable to expedition, monitoring The officials had to accept the order of another Spartan king, Cliomblotus, as the commander-in-chief of the whole army and continue to attack Thebes.

After the coalition forces gathered, Kleombrotus decided to take the path of Agsilius’s first attack on Thebes-crossing the Corinth Gulf by boat, landing in the western part of Piotsia, and Thai The Spians meet.

However, the Thebes have already suffered a loss, so how can they be fooled again? They laid ambush in the mountains south of Tespia beforehand, waiting for the landing Spartan army to pass through the valley pass, and then suddenly attacked. Knock it back.

Kleomblotus saw the Thebes occupy the main road, and thought that it was impossible to enter Thebes through this, so he led his army back to Peloponnese.

After that, envoys from various allied states gathered in Sparta. They were dissatisfied with the fact that Sparta had recruited its citizens to fight in Thebes all the year round, but there was no obvious progress. They complained: The citizens are more and more concerned about this war. The more slack they are, and if they continue to fight like this, I'm afraid they will refuse to fight again.

They put forward a new suggestion: The Thebes have a heavy defense in the south. It is really difficult to make a breakthrough, but the number of warships of the coalition forces exceeds that of the Athenians, why not use a fleet to transport an army and bypass it from the sea Athens, landed in the north of Central Greece, united with the Phokes, and attacked Thebes from the northwest?

In the end, Sparta adopted this suggestion and sent a fleet of 60 three-tiered paddle warships, but while circling the waters near Athens, it also hijacked the transport from the Black Sea to Attica. Food ship.

Athens almost fell into famine, and immediately sent 80 warships to catch up with the Spartan fleet near Naxos (not the city of Naxos in Sicily, the Kingdom of Dionian). The two sides started a fierce battle. The Da fleet was defeated, leading to the failure of the previously planned military operation.

The Athenians were inspired by the victory, and because of the request of the Thebes, they decided to also send a fleet of 50 three-layered warships to bypass the Peloponnese and attack Sparta. Alliance navy, harassing its allies.

The Athens Council appointed Timothy, one of the heroes of the restoration of Athens and the son of Conon who had served in Persia, as the commander of the fleet.

In 375 BC (the 19th year of the Kingdom of Dionian), Timothy led a fleet to sail, and did not make a landing on the Peloponnese on the way, but he did an important thing, that is Landed on Corfu Island, but he neither enslaved the local residents nor forced them to change their political system. As a result, all the city-states on the island were willing to join the Athenian Maritime Alliance.

Know that Corfu Island is the Greek land closest to the Kingdom of Dionian, which means that the maritime power of Athens has extended to the vicinity of the Adriatic Sea, but the Kingdom of Dionian has nothing to do with it at this time. Express.

Since the Athens fleet circumvented the Peloponnese Peninsula, the Spartan forces had to beware of it, so they did not launch a large-scale attack on Thebes. The Thebes seized this favorable opportunity and boldly attacked everywhere. , In an attempt to liberate and conquer the neighboring city-state of Piosia controlled by the Spartan army.

Among these, a military operation commanded by Peropidas is the most famous.

When the Thebes received information, the Spartan troops originally stationed in Orchomenos were transferred away. Peropidas thought it was a good opportunity to conquer the neighbors to the north (Orho Minos and Thebes are separated by a Lake Kopais), so he led 300 infantry and dozens of cavalry hurriedly marching northward around Lake Kopais.

As a result, when he approached the city of Orchomenos, he got a frustrating news: The Spartan garrison had returned to the city.

Peropidas was unwilling to attack the city forcibly, because this would increase the casualties of the soldiers, so he had to lead the army back without success.

Who knows that when the army was passing through a place called Tisia, it suddenly encountered a Spartan army from the north.

The incident happened hastily, beyond Peropidas' expectations, and the Spartan army had more soldiers than he led.

There is a strong enemy in the front, and the city of Orchomenos is not far behind. The Spartan garrison in the city may attack at any time, and there is Kopais Lake on the side. The Thebes army is deeply trapped. Desperate, unable to escape, Peropidas can only lead his army to fight to the death.

He placed 300 infantrymen in the middle, with cavalry on two wings.

As soon as the formation was formed, the Spartans stormed over. Not long after the two sides fought, the Thebes cavalry on both wings was defeated.

But in the middle, the Spartan army, which had more soldiers than its opponents, fell into a bitter battle. This is because they were faced with specially formed by the Thebes government and specially trained by Ipermenunda. The holy army of Thebes.

The 150 pairs of Thebes **** youths are not afraid to face powerful enemies. They not only attack fiercely, but also cooperate very well. They also encourage each other during the battle, so they are always morale high.

After a period of fierce fighting, the Spartan army actually began to retreat under their impact. What's worse, their commander died in the battle, and the Spartan army was finally defeated.

Because of the dangerous situation, Peropidas did not dare to order a pursuit, and led the victorious division back to Thebes in a hurry.

In this battle, the number of people on both sides did not exceed 1,000. Although the scale was small, it was more significant. Unlike the battle that killed Phoebedas, this time I won a face-to-face battle. The defeated Spartan army had many real Spartans, so the victory shocked the whole of Central Greece. , Inspired many people in the city-states of Central Greece controlled by the Spartan army to resist, and also made the fledgling Holy Army of Thebes famous in the mainland of Greece.

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"Beep! Beep! Beep!..." Early in the morning, the manic copper whistle sounded from the Turye Slave Camp.

Under the urging of the foreman, the slaves quickly got up to wash, and then lined up into the cafeteria for breakfast.

The building of the canteen in the slave camp is similar to that of the Turiyi army barracks, except that it has a smaller area. It is a square tetrahedron, with more than 20 pillars supporting a 4-meter-high stone flat roof, which is open on three sides. The kitchen is unobstructed, and on the other side is airtight. In the spacious hall, dining tables and benches are arranged neatly and densely, which can accommodate two or three hundred people at a time.

The slaves smelled the scent of food in the air, and did not rush to them. They still lined up in a long line, in accordance with the order, and walked to the steaming shop window. You must know that these slaves didn't observe the discipline in this way at the beginning, they learned to understand the rules after many severe punishments.

"Uncle, what is good for today's breakfast?" A slave asked impatiently after he stood in front of the window and passed his wooden plate and crock in.

Most of the cooks and helpers who served as slave camps were also slaves or liberated slaves who were freed. Therefore, they tended to have a good attitude towards the slaves who came to eat in the cafeteria, and sometimes gave some extra care.

The middle-aged chef with a wooden spoon in his hand smiled and said: "You have a good taste today! Not only do you have bread, porridge, and broth, but you also have a piece of pastrami for each person, and each piece of bread is also put on There is honey!"

"Really?!"

"Do I still need to lie to you!" The chef held the served breakfast on a wooden tray and handed it to him: "Take a good look at yourself."

"Wow, there is meat!" the slave exclaimed excitedly.

Hearing his shouting, the slaves in the back showed a commotion.

"What's going on! Be quiet!" The foreman yelled and immediately restored the team to quiet, but every slave's face was full of desire.

"After receiving the breakfast, leave quickly, don't block there!" The foreman urged harshly.

The slave bit the honey bread, holding the wooden tray, and quickly sat down at the table nearby.

The chef was from the liberation of slaves. He was not a fierce foreman at all. Instead, he knocked the copper pot full of broth with a wooden spoon and said loudly to the slaves: "Do you know why today's breakfast is so rich? Me? I heard that it was because more than 20 slaves fainted at the quarry site yesterday, and... several slaves were injured (7 slaves were actually killed). The doctors discovered that they were fainted during the treatment. Rather, it was because you were too hungry... Later, for some reason, your Majesty learned about this and gave instructions specifically to let you eat well and ensure your health.

After receiving the order, Master Akalus did not have a good rest at night, so he immediately called us to discuss, and urgently sent people to the Turíy market to buy food...In the future, not only will your breakfast be very rich, Dinner is also very rich, and food will be delivered to the construction site at noon for you to eat! "

The slaves cheered immediately, and the whole cafeteria boiled.

The foremen changed their faces and were about to shout loudly.

The chef has already yelled: "Let us thank the benevolent Majesty Daves together!"

"Thanks to your merciful Majesty Daves!!!" cheers in the canteen.

More than half of these slaves came from the Western Mediterranean War a few years ago. They each had their own deities worshipped by their own race, but under the long-term influence of other slaves and the environment in the camp, most of them They all began to believe in Hades.