Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 84: The Thebes Incident (2)

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For more than a year since then, the exiles died down. Although the team continued to grow, they did not make any efforts. Instead, time wasted their fighting spirit. There were more and more people who sighed, and more and more people aspired to revenge. few.

Pelopidas always pays attention to the trends in the west: the rulers of Thebes have the backing of the Spartans, they go against the rules, impose high-handed rule on the city-states, and the people are miserable and complaining; and Pi Other city-states in the Oxia region have also surrendered to Sparta...

The strong sense of responsibility made Pelopidas unable to bear it anymore. He decided to take immediate action because he was afraid of leaks. He did not discuss with the other leaders of the exile, but privately found six like-minded friends. , To assist him in implementing his long-thinking "Recovery of Thebes Plan."

They pretended to be hunters, and set off from the border of Athens early in the morning, traversing mountains and ridges, and drove non-stop. When they arrived outside Thebes, night was approaching, so they mixed in with the team of farmers returning to the city from the ground. Here, he passed the city gate smoothly, then hid in the residence of his good friend Charon, and asked Charon to send slaves to call his other good friend-the clerk Felidas under the military consul.

After several people discussed it, they had this banquet the next night.

Now they have successfully killed two pro-Spartan military consuls. Pelopidas just breathed a sigh of relief, and Felidas raised the letter in his hand anxiously: "Pello Pidas, things are not good! Someone noticed our plan and wrote to inform us!"

Pelopidas hurriedly took the letter and read it. The content of the letter warned Archias: Some exiles have sneaked into the city, trying to assassinate the pro-Spartan leaders, reminding him to be careful! "

Pelopidas changed his face and asked hurriedly: "Who wrote it?!"

Filidas shook his head: "There is no signature on the letter. The messenger left immediately after delivering the letter. It can be seen that this person is not a friend of Azias. Maybe he is just an ordinary city-state official who accidentally was in the city. I saw you..." After all, although Pelopidas was young, he still had some reputation among the people of Thebes.

"What should we do now?!" The others looked nervous and all looked at Pelopidas.

Pelopidas calmed down at this moment, he said with a firm expression: "When we set out, we had already made a wish to Zeus and were ready to sacrifice! The matter has been carried out now, should we retreat halfway? We should speed up our actions and complete our plan quickly while the enemy may not understand the situation!"

Pelopidas’ words gave others a boost, and everyone quickly reached a consensus. They left the mansion in the dark and headed to the two true leaders of the pro-Spartan faction-Leonti. At the home of Adas and Sypatas.

The lustful Sypatas was spending the night in the high-end brothel in the city. Charon had bought the people from the brothel early, and the exiles easily entered the bedroom and stabbed him to death.

Leon Tiadas is not as negligent as his colleagues, he never goes out at night, and the mansion is guarded by guards. But Pelopidas had a plan of assassination in his mind. He was not idle for more than a year on the border of Athens. He asked Charon in Thebes to find opportunities to contact these guards, and finally convinced him. Some guards who hated Sparta, they flooded their colleagues with wine that night, and quietly opened the courtyard door for Pelopidas.

When Pelopidas entered the bedroom, Leon Tiadas was still asleep. Pelopidas covered his mouth with his hand and pierced his heart with a sharp dagger. The cunning pro-Spartan leader Leonti who caused the fall of Thebes and caused countless civilian deaths and injuries. Yadas died just like that.

Immediately afterwards, Pelopidas rushed to the prison with some guards, posing as Leon Tiadas’s entourage, using his personal token to deceive the door, and then killing all The jailer released all those who were detained against Sparta.

They all expressed their gratitude to Pelopidas, but Pelopidas asked them to go to the city immediately and contact all the people who were dissatisfied with Sparta.

Everyone was pleased to be ordered.

As a result, the city of Thebes became restless in the middle of the night. The pro-Spartans noticed the abnormality, but they couldn't contact their leader at all, so they couldn't respond in time. The Spartans in the acropolis didn't know what was happening in the city because no one had notified them, so they didn't dare to act rashly in the dark, so they could only guard the city carefully.

As soon as dawn broke, the whole city of Thebes was boiling.

Most of the people in the city rushed to the square, and Iparmenonda was among them. When Pelopidas quietly wrote to him about his plan, Ipamenonda was as opposed to such a risky plan as some friends of Pelopidas, but now he sees Pelopidas standing in the square. When the corpses of Leon Tiadas and others were shown on the central platform to the public, he couldn’t help but sigh Pelopidas’ resolute action. Such a seemingly extremely difficult thing actually made him give It's done!

Pelopidas heartbrokenly told the people the sins committed by the Spartans and the pro-Spartans in Thebes, and the people in the square felt it, and then he made an impassioned appeal: The People of Thebes Take up arms, unite, and fight bravely against those traitors and invaders! Revenge for the dead compatriots and let Thebes regain freedom and independence! ...

The people were said to be full of enthusiasm. They chanted the name of Pelopidas, and excitedly put on the crowns for those who participated in this assassination plan led by Pelopidas, and at the same time, they were unanimous. Elect Pelopidas and Felidas as military consuls.

They did not hesitate to accept the appointment given by the people, and at the same time announced the establishment of the City-State Council of Hundred People. The members of the City-State Council of Hundreds will take turns to be the members of the city-state.

The people cheered and cheered, celebrating Thebes becoming a democratic government.

Then Pelopidas immediately issued an order to the people: take up the shield and spear, form an army, capture all the pro-Spartan personnel, retake the acropolis occupied by the Spartan army, and defend at the same time The Spartan army is likely to come to intervene.

The people of Thebes acted immediately. The pro-Spartans were uncovered, either killed or imprisoned. Only a few people fled Thebes.

When the heavily armed civic soldiers gathered in the square again, Pelopidas did not lead the army immediately. He requested the appointment of Ipalmenonda as the commander of the army and fight with him.

Many of the citizen soldiers didn't even know who Epameronda was, but Pelopidas was very prestigious at this time. Out of trust in him, most of the people chose to agree.

When they saw a middle-aged man with an ordinary appearance and a bookish spirit walking onto the platform, they couldn't help but regret the choice they had just made.

But Pelopidas was very happy. He knew the abilities of Ipamenonda, so he excitedly said to him who was slowly walking up the stage: "Ipa, we can finally fight together again. !"

Ipermenonda looked calm on the surface, but he was also extremely excited. He is a humble and low-key person. Because of his aversion to factional struggle, he did not participate in the series of political adventures carried out by Pelopidas. He spent most of his time in reading, music and physical exercise. But when the people shouted for victory, the high revolutionary enthusiasm also infected him. What's more, his close friends gave him so much trust, so he even knew that the new Thebes government was facing a precarious situation. , He still said without hesitation: "I will do my best to defend Thebes with the citizens!"

Ipermenonda's first public office in the city-state was such an important position related to the rise and fall of the city-state. At this time, he was forty-one years old.

At this moment, the citizen soldiers guarding the south gate hurriedly reported: "A small group of Spartans came out of the acropolis, broke through their obstacles, and fled the city."

It turned out that pro-Spartan personnel ran into the Acropolis and reported to the Spartan commander the shocking news that "riots occurred in the city, the pro-Spartan government has been overthrown, and the leader was killed." The commander was taken aback when he heard that, but he had only 400 soldiers under his command, and his strength was too small. Without the cooperation of the Thebans, he did not dare to send them out to quell the rebellion. Even if all the soldiers were brave, it was impossible. It was an opponent of thousands of angry Thebes mobs, so he quickly made a decision: taking advantage of the riots in Thebes, the mobs had not completely controlled the city, and quickly sent people out of the city to force the neighboring city-state Platia. And the Spartan garrison of Tespia asked for assistance.

The news from the city guard made the coup instigators nervous.

At this time, Ipamenonda, who was just appointed as the commander of the army, offered to ask: "Perot, please let me lead a force to the south gate to block the incoming Spartan reinforcements, and you Go back to the Acropolis!"

Peropidas saw the firm eyes of Ipamenonda, and answered without hesitation: "Okay!"

Then, he immediately assigned 3,500 civilian soldiers to Epaminondah, but only 2,000 soldiers were left for himself. The generals equipped with Epaminondah were all close friends of his own, and he shared with Iraq. Parmenonda is also familiar, so that Iparmenonda can be more convenient to command.

Ipermenonda didn't have time to thank him, so he hurried to the south gate with the army.

At this time, another military consul, Felidas, asked worriedly: "Can Ipamenonda block the Spartans' reinforcements?! Should we make more preparations?!" /