Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 1136

[Chapter 85 The Battle of Leuctra]

“I understand, I will go back to discuss with others and strive for more benefits for the kingdom in the covenant…” Ancitanos responded.

“And…” Davos hesitated and said, “Do you want to reconsider your resignation as foreign minister? Seeing that a war may start again, and it is in the complicated Greek world again. Homeland, foreign affairs are the top priority, and it is precisely because you are an experienced veteran at the helm, how can you leave at this critical time?”

Ancitanos stretched out his thin fingers and touched the gray hair on his head. He raised his hair and said, “Your Majesty, I’m old, and I don’t have enough energy to deal with such a heavy task, especially when the war is about to break out. It’s better to resign from the post of foreign minister and make use of the remaining time to do something you like to do. For example, hurry up and write “The History of the Kingdom of Dionia in the First 20 Years”.”

“Okay…” Davos didn’t reluctantly, thought about it, and then said: “I read the diplomacy you listed. The candidate for the minister has been considered for a long time, and I feel that Tapirus is more suitable. He has made great contributions in the Western Mediterranean War and the Gallic War. Both his qualifications and ability are sufficient, what do you think?”

“Your Majesty’s decision. , I totally agree.” Ancitanos replied without hesitation.

“Then after this covenant with Thebes is signed, I will convene the six deputy ministers to finalize this matter.”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

“Heney, give me a gift to your teacher. ”

Teacher, how much of your “History of the Kingdom of Dionia in the First 20 Years” has been written? It’s better to publish it at the same time as my “War in the Western Mediterranean”, so that readers can compare with each other. It’s more helpful for them to understand the history of that period…” Henipolis kept talking on the way to send Ancitanos.

Ancitanos has been listening quietly, occasionally responding twice, until he walked out of the palace, and he said with a serious expression: “Hernepolis, you have to pay attention to the tone of your speech to His Majesty in the future, it is best not to be so casual. !”

“I’ve always talked to His Majesty like this, is there any problem?” Henipolis was a little puzzled.

“His Majesty is not what he used to be. Not only is his prestige in the kingdom unprecedented, but his power is even greater!…” Ancitanos said in a low voice with emotion, and the scene just now appeared in his mind: he recommended a total of Among the four candidates for foreign ministers, three of them were his students, and they were no worse than Tapirus in terms of qualifications and achievements, but Davos chose Tapirus, who was not so closely related to him.

If it was a few years ago, the appointment of important personnel such as the kingdom’s foreign minister generally had to be discussed by the ministers and finally submitted to the Senate for deliberation and approval,

but now it only needs to be discussed by His Majesty and the six auxiliary ministers, and the decision can be roughly made. Basically, it’s up to Davos to decide.

“Teacher, Your Majesty is the same as before, it’s not different, you think too much.” Henipolis had a different opinion on this, and in turn comforted Ansitanos.

Ancitanos can only say helplessly: “It seems that I am really old, and I like to think wildly…

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After that, according to the contract, the contracting parties must recall their troops stationed abroad and dismantle their military fortresses in foreign countries.

Therefore, Athens is recalling the army led by Ifikrates stationed in Kerkyra, but Sparta did not execute the contract. The Daren had a sense of urgency. They wanted to send the messenger Xenophon to Dionia to persuade King Davos not to provide support to the Thebes, but the Persian messenger Datis, who had not left, warned The Spartans were not to communicate too closely with Dionia, and also said: In order to support Sparta in punishing Thebes, a large number of supplies from Persia to Sparta are being carried by the fleet of Miletus, and will soon be arrival.

In such a situation, Sparta decided to attack Thebes first.

This time, the Spartans summoned the alliance army as quickly as ever. Due to Agesilaus’ ill health, the army was still commanded by another Spartan king, Cleomblotus, who had already been commanded before the contract was signed. Ordered to be stationed in Phokis, reinforcements led the troops across the Gulf of Corinth in May and rushed to join him.

At this time, the news of “Dionia and Thebes forming an alliance” had reached Sparta, which made the Spartans feel nervous.

Later, Dionia’s messenger Tapirus also came to Sparta and reminded the council of elders: Dionia had formed an alliance with Thebes, hoping that Sparta could stop the war with Thebes, restore peace, and avoid Dionia had to get involved in the war because of the Covenant, thereby destroying the friendship between Dionia and Sparta for more than 10 years.

However, the elders headed by Agesilaus said: Sparta did not know that Dionia had allied with Thebes before, so the army had already set off, and may even have fought against Thebes.

Under such circumstances, it is difficult to bring the army back in a short period of time, but they will do everything in their power to restore peace to Greece.

Tapirus saw the perfunctory Spartans, but his trip was just a notice according to traditional etiquette. King Davos did not ask him to prevent the war from happening, so Tapirus quickly left. On the way out of the city, he also encountered the Persian messenger Datis, who was threatened and ridiculed by his malicious words.

Seeing that most of the Spartans were on the side of the Persian messengers, and the enemy was outnumbered, Tapirus did not refute it with all his strength.

In mid-June, Cleombrotus was stationed at Chronia, the gateway of Phokis and Pioxia, and after waiting for the subsequent reinforcements to arrive, he immediately marched towards Thebes.

Now all the native Greek people believe that the decisive battle between Thebes and Sparta is inevitable, and the vast army of Sparta makes them believe that Sparta has an absolute advantage, and then they just wait for Thebes to be defeated. Destroy it completely or become a puppet controlled by Sparta.

Even many Thebes did not give up hope for victory, and even suggested with a sad face: surrender to Sparta.

Some city-states, such as Athens, rejoiced that Thebes was about to suffer; some city-states, such as Argos, had sympathy and silently prayed for Thebes; and a few city-states extended a helping hand to Thebes at this time, the most famous one. There is none more than Tagus Jason of Thessaly, who quietly formed an alliance with Thebes as early as a year ago, and at this critical time, sent three hundred Thessa by sea to Thebes The cavalry (because the overland Thermal Pass was controlled by Sparta, the Thessaly could not go south through it).

At the beginning of July, Cliombrotus unexpectedly let the army quickly pass through a small intestine path in the mountains, avoiding the ambush of the Thebes coalition, arriving at Thebes, and raiding Thebes’ only occupied seaport – Kleu The Sith, captured the few warships of Thebes, thus ensuring the safety of the back road.

After two days of rest, the Spartan coalition with more than 10,000 soldiers then marched directly north to Thebes.

On reaching the Leuctra Heights, the Spartans found that the road ahead had been blocked by the Thebes.

Originally, when the Spartan coalition entered the territory of Pioxia, many Thebes generals believed that the Spartan coalition was aggressive this time, and the number of the Spartan coalition was much larger than before, and it was impossible to face it head-on, so it was recommended to temporarily avoid its edge. , abandoned the outer military fortresses and returned to the city of Thebes for defense.

However, Ipamironda is firmly opposed. He firmly believes that: we should take the initiative to meet the enemy, and not allow the Spartans to invade the core area of Thebes, otherwise let them try to destroy farmland and villages, which will shake the citizens to fight. determination.

Because Ipamironda led the Thebes to successfully resist the invasion of the Spartan coalition in these years, he has a high reputation among the citizens, and he has been elected as the military commander of the Pioxia Union at this time. (The highest position in the Pioxia Union, one election a year, two at a time, and the other is Pelopidas), and Pelopidas, who has returned to Thebes, fully supports Ipamironda’s Therefore, the Pioxia Alliance led by Thebes finally decided to fight the Spartan coalition to the death.

Ipamironda led the Pioxia coalition with about 6,000 troops, and arrived at the Leuktra Heights early, waiting for the arrival of the enemy.

The Leuctra Heights is located at the southern end of the plain where Thebes is located. com is also a place for heavy infantry to gather.

When Ipamironda learned that the Spartan coalition had arrived, it did not immediately start to form a formation and put on a battle posture, but moved to the hill opposite the Spartan coalition and began to build a camp.

At this time, some Thebes generals suggested that Ipamironda should attack the Spartans when they had just marched to this point and the teachers and soldiers were exhausted.

Ipamironda did not take it.

On the second day, the Spartans still did not take military action, but Cleombrotus had learned through the sentry that the Pioxia coalition in the opposite camp was significantly smaller than himself, which finally prompted him to fight in the third day. Early in the morning, he led the fully rested Spartan coalition forces out of the camp and began to form formations along the gentle hillside.

After learning the news, Ipamironda immediately rushed outside the camp, looked towards the opposite hill, and then smiled: because the formation of the Spartan coalition was the same as the battle formation that the Spartans participated in in the past. , the army is still lined up, and the Spartans in red cloaks are on the right flank and stand out from the entire array.

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