Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 87: Jason’s decision

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By the time Jason reached the Leuktra Heights, the battle had ended for 7 days.

The messenger of the Spartan coalition forces also arrived in Sparta. The news of the defeat of the battle shocked the Spartans. You must know that Spartan wars have continued over the years, and the true Spartan fighters have been the most prosperous. The number of more than 3,000 people in the period has dropped to less than 2,000. Most of them rely on the Piriasi, Black Laos and Allied forces to fight. Now 400 Spartans have died in battle, including a Spartan. Dar King is undoubtedly a huge loss for Sparta.

Not only did the people grieve, but according to tradition, a grand funeral was held for Cleombrotus. However, the situation is critical now. The Spartan forces trapped in Piorcia are still in urgent need of rescue. The council of elders and the inspectors headed by Sis had to implore the people to temporarily suppress the grief in their hearts, and urgently mobilize the young and middle-aged men in the territory (including the Piriassi and some black Laos) to form an army. Commanded by Archidamus, son of Routh (because Agsilius was unwell, unable to lead the army), nearby allies also provided support.

Datis, the Persian envoy who stayed in Sparta, was also shocked. He did not expect that the large Spartan army would suffer defeat, which made him wonder whether Persia’s support for Sparta was a mistake. But now Thebes has formed an alliance with Dionia, and Persia cannot be replaced by a supporting Greek city-state in a short period of time, so he aggressively rushed to the Council of Elders to question.

Many elders were angry, and Agsilius swallowed his assurance: "This is just an accidental failure. The Spartan army is still strong and will soon defeat Thebes again. Casting the hegemony of Greece."

Datis did not comment on his answer, but suggested to them: "Persia is not only willing to provide money and materials to support Sparta, but also willing to send troops to support it."

Agsilius quickly expressed his gratitude, but tactfully rejected the request of "Persia to send reinforcements."

Money and material, Sparta is in urgent need, because it can be used to hire mercenaries, expand the size of the army, and continue to fight Thebes. But since the Hippo War, no Persian army has set foot on the Greek mainland in decades. If Sparta dares to invite the Persian army, it will undoubtedly arouse the indignation of the Greek city-states and become a target of public criticism, even its former allies. There will be betrayal.

Archidamus led this army quickly northward, and then took a boat through Corinth and landed in Port Chleusis.

But the speed of the Spartan reinforcements was still a little slower. While they were still on their way north, all of Thessaly’s reinforcements had arrived at Leuktra, and the strength of the Pioxia coalition forces had been greatly enhanced. It has already surpassed the Spartan coalition forces, so Ipamirunda proposed: "Take advantage of this favorable opportunity to launch a fierce attack on the Spartan coalition army camp, and completely wipe out the Spartan coalition forces in the territory of Piotsia!"

At this time, Jason did not have the excitement he had just heard about the victory of the battle, because his most important minister, Asidamas, also rushed to Leuktra and analyzed the current situation with him in private. After the situation in Greece, Jason realized that the failure of the Battle of Leuktra had dealt a sufficiently large blow to the prestige of the Spartans and indeed weakened Sparta’s obstacle to Thessaly’s dominance of Greece. But it also allowed him to see the potential of Thebes. If at this time to help the Thebes completely annihilate the Spartans, the Spartans’ strength will be severely weakened, the Thebes will undoubtedly benefit the most, and they will quickly take over the Spartans in China. Greece's heritage, strength will be rapidly improved, but will become Thessari's biggest opponent to dominate Greece.

I figured this out, Jason did not agree to Ipamirunda’s request. Instead, he persuaded: "The Piosha coalition finally won the battle. There is no need to take further risks. After all, attacking a camp is comparable to fighting in the wild. It is much harder. Under the situation that Spartan reinforcements will come at any time, once the attack fails for a long time, it will put the coalition into a dangerous situation. It is better to take advantage of the advantage and force the Spartans to sign a truce. The agreement allows the armed forces of both sides to withdraw safely."

It sounds like Jason is right, but Ipamirunda and Pelopidas still hope to be able to win and pursue, so the two sides continue to argue for a while. Ipamirunda sees Jason’s attitude Always resolute and unwilling to fight, and without the help of Thessaly’s reinforcements, Piotsia’s coalition forces alone would have to pay a great price to attack Quesparta camp, weighing the pros and cons, and in the end he had to agree to Jason. Suggestions.

So Jason acted as the mediator between the two parties, arranging peace talks between the two parties.

The reinforcements in the rear did not know when they would arrive, and the Thebes were obviously strong after receiving the reinforcements of Thessaly. Therefore, the low morale of the Spartan forces quickly signed a copy with the Piotsia forces. Armistice agreement.

That night, the Spartan coalition forces withdrew quietly.

Able to successfully mediate the war between the former Greek overlord Sparta and the emerging power of Central Greece, Thebes, Jason made a big appearance, and the power of the Thessaly was also the first time. Boarded the political arena in the core area of ​​Greece, attracting the attention of many Greek city-states.

The proud Jason led his army back to Thessaly and did another thing that shocked the Greeks in the south. He led an army to attack Heraclea (not the city of Heraclea in the Holy Kingdom of Dionian), which was not far from Hot Spring Kanxi, which was previously controlled by Sparta and was defended by Hot Springs Pass. There is a strong guarantee. After all, Wenquan Pass is narrow and cannot keep too many soldiers stationed for a long time.

Jason not only easily attacked it, but also completely destroyed it. In the mainland of Greece, where wars are frequent, it is common for a city-state to be captured or even destroyed, but what Jason did is not simple. In the eyes of the Greek people, this is the barbarians of the north who want to step into Greece. Disrespectful behavior in the core area of ​​the person.

The Thebes commanders Ipamirunda and Pelopidas, who had just returned to the city and were welcomed by the people, frowned when they heard the news. Jason was persuading them to and Sparta. When the Masters implemented the armistice, they felt uneasy, and now they are more certain of the ambition of this Cesaritagus: The Spartans have not been completely defeated, but the former allies will become our new enemies. ? !

The Phokis are more anxious than the Thebes, because the Sesari destroyed Heraclea and occupied the hot spring pass. If they lead their troops south, the Phokis area will be the first to bear the brunt, followed by the rounds. When they arrived in the Piorcia region, the priests of Delphi were very anxious and finally became proactive, ready to invite the Greek city-states to convene the Holy Alliance Conference to discuss how to deal with the threat of the Thessari in North Greece, and it would be best to resolve the Spaniards. The war between Da and Thebes allowed both sides to maintain a longer peace.

The premonition of the Delphi priests is not wrong, Jason has indeed conceived a plan to conquer the Phokis region in his heart. Since the next year is the year that Delphi will hold the Pitia Games, he has planned to show his mighty power in front of the Greek people of other city-states at this Games, so he decided to issue an order after returning to Philae. The city-states of Thessaly prepared cattle and sheep for the upcoming Delphi sacrifice, and promised to award a golden crown to the strongest bull. At the same time, he also asked the city-states to do a good job of military mobilization and form a huge army, led by him to Delphi to preside over the celebration.

Jason has made up his mind to use force to deprive the Holy League Committee of the rights and force himself to be the chairman of the Pythia Games...

In the history of the previous life, he prepared unobtrusively according to this plan, which caused the Delphi people to panic very much, and even the rumors that "he was going to seize the sacred library of the Delphi Temple" were rampant. This aroused the anger of the most devout followers of Apollo. So one day a few months later, after Jason completed his inspection of the army, he sat down and listened to the petitions of his subjects. Seven young people with red-faced arguments came forward, pretending to report the dispute to him for settlement. . When they got closer, they suddenly violent and killed Jason in his seat. This assassination completely changed the course of history. Jason died before he was rewarded. Thessaly, who was powerfully unified by him, quickly split. As a result, the Thebes were cheaper, and the Macedonians were later cheaper.

But in this life, Jason’s plan had to be temporarily stopped just as soon as it was implemented, because a major event happened in the Peloponnese Peninsula to the south.

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Since the port of Chleusis originally controlled by Thebes was occupied by the Spartans, Thebes had no port in the Gulf of Corinth, so the messengers sent to Dionia had to rush to the north of the Piosia area By boat in the bay. In this way, if the passenger ship wants to reach Dionia, it has to go around a large circle and be careful to avoid the patrols of the Spartan fleet. Therefore, when the Thebes and the Spartan armies reached an armistice agreement, the messenger still Failed to reach Turey.

But Dionia has been paying close attention to this war for a long time. The spies sent by the intelligence department were hidden in the merchant ships that traded with the Greek city-states. Therefore, once the Battle of Leuktra ended, they stayed in the port of Corinth. The Dionian merchant ship quickly left the port and headed west quickly. The Spartan patrol warship did not dare to stop it. So when Jason got the news of the battle, the battle report of the battle was sent to Turei. Of the royal palace.

So Daves called the auxiliary ministers, main ministers, and important military generals to hold an important meeting in the palace.