Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 636

[Chapter 55 Advances in Downey’s War]

“I will never surrender to the Spartans, even to death!” Pelopidas was full of grief and indignation.

Epiminonda still maintained a calm expression, and gently persuaded again: “Calm down, my dear friend, your sacrifice is of no benefit to Thebes, the best thing you should do now is to hurry to find the people who haven’t been killed. Capture the anti-Spartan citizens and lead them to escape from the city of Thebes.”

“You made me run away as a coward?!” Pelopidas looked at Epiminonda in disbelief, as if Don’t know him.

Epiminonda looked earnest and said in a deep voice: “When the Thirty Tyrants of Athens were in power, Thrasybros escaped from Athens. Later, he led the rebels to attack many times, and finally liberated Athens… I hope you can be like him!” You

must know that Thalassibolos led the exiles to hide in Thebes, and it was the Thebes who provided them with refuge and support, so his deeds are in the Thebes is well known.

Pelopidas fell into contemplation, and Charon and other friends also came to persuade him.

Pelopidas finally made up his mind: “Okay, I’ll go to Athens!”

Friends bid him farewell, and Charon gave him a package containing gold and silver.

Pelopidas hurriedly embarked on the road of escape, but he swore to the gods: he would return to Thebes, just left the Spartans!

After Pelopidas left, everyone focused their attention on Ipaminonda.

When the bad news came and everyone panicked, Ipaminonda was able to keep calm and persuaded the stubborn Pelopidas away, which made Charon and the others admire this ordinary-looking man and insisted on keeping him. at home.

Until the riots in the city subsided, Ipamironda immediately left.

Walking in an urban area that used to be extremely lively due to festivals, but now has few pedestrians, I see shocking puddles of blood on the streets from time to time, and I am also questioned by the rude and arrogant Spartan patrols. Ipaminonda’s heart was burning with anger…

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On this day, Sparta’s raid on Thebes was carried out perfectly, and Phoebe Das completely controlled the city of Thebes.

This incident also quickly shook the other city-states in mainland Greece. “Sparta rashly captured a city-state that was not hostile to it without declaring war”, which obviously violated the Greek tradition and violated the king’s contract. Feel extremely disturbed.

Athens, Corinth, Megara, Argos and other city-states all sent messengers to Sparta

to question them and ask them to withdraw their troops stationed in Thebes.

The Spartan Council of Elders fell into a passive state for a time, and some elders scolded Phoebe for the chaos, but more elders were very satisfied with the success of Phoebe’s raid on Thebes, especially Agesilaus , he declared: Phoebe Das established a pro-Spartan government in Thebes, a great victory!

Even during the Peloponnesian War and after the victory, Lysander couldn’t bring Thebes down completely to Sparta, but Phoebedas did, he’s amazing!

But in order to perfunctory other city-states and quell their anger, superficial efforts still need to be done.

As a result, the Council of Elders made a decision: Phoebe Das misconducted his words and deeds, fined 100,000 drachmas (in fact, the money was not paid by Phoebe Das at all), and transferred back to Sparta to reflect behind closed doors.

But the reason why Phibbidas attacked the city of Thebes was because someone accused Ismailias, another military consul of Thebes, of insinuating Persia.

As one of the anti-Spartan leaders of Thebes, Ismailias was arrested by the Spartans on the day the city was broken, so Sparta placed the charge on him and declared that he would make peace with him. Other city-states organized juries to try the matter.

The Spartans actually tried to interrogate a consul of Thebes for the crime of insinuating Persia?

!

This is terribly funny!

Isn’t Sparta the biggest lackey in Persia!

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The local Greek people who scold “Sparta is too overbearing” look at the jury again: except that the Spartans are the citizens of Sparta’s allies on the Peloponnesian Peninsula, there is no justice at all, completely Sparta has the final say!

In the end, Sparta executed Ismailias for “collaboration with the enemy”, and then transferred back to Phoebedas, but sent another general to take over the defense of the Acropolis of Thebes, Sparta’s 1,500 troops of the army are still stationed at the Acropolis of Thebes.

The Spartans were cheeky, and in the face of accusations from other city-states, they firmly grasped the achievements of Phibidas in their hands without any change, and the city-states such as Athens, Corinth, and Argos were only in the face of this result. Protesting, no tougher action was made, the king’s peace treaty weakened their power, and the strength of Sparta also made them can only hold back their dissatisfaction, but Athens began to provide support for the Thebes who kept fleeing to its territory.

Phibbidas was recalled, but the task of suppressing the Chalcedic League in northern Greece had to continue, so the Council of Elders appointed Telius, brother of Agesilaus, who had excelled in the Corinthian War. Expeditionary army general.

At the same time, the Council of Elders also decided to restore the city of Platia, which was destroyed by Sparta 50 years ago. This town is in the south of Thebes, guarding a passage from the Isthmus of Corinth to the territory of Pioxia. Sparta It’s time to start expanding its power in Central Greece…

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“Brothers, get up, there is a mission!” The team leader got into the tent.

shouted.

The soldiers who were lying on the bed and were resting immediately rolled over and sat up.

“Captain, what is the mission?!” Adoris asked first.

“Commander Alexis ordered our Fourth Army to attack Sipontum,” the squad leader replied.

“Just us?”

“Of course it’s just us, other legions also have their own tasks. For example, the First Corps is going to attack Vieste…”

“Vieste, that’s really a troublesome one. Mission.” Adoris’ casual sentence aroused the curiosity of his comrades: “Adoris, is it difficult to attack West?”

“That’s not it.” Compared with these comrades who knew nothing about the Downey area, Adoris had learned from his father about the situation in the Downey area before the start of the Downey War: “West is a small town. , It is said that the number is less than 10,000 people, but it is located at the top of the Lara Peninsula, at least 150 miles from Lusenia to West, and half of it is mountain road. If the First Army takes a detour for safety, along the If we

march on the coast, the journey will be further…”

“How far are we to West Pentum?” asked another soldier.

Adoris thought for a while and said, “It should be no more than 50 miles.”

“That’s great!” The soldiers breathed a sigh of relief.

“Don’t be too happy, there may be soldiers from the Downey tribe harassing us at any time on the way, so the Olivers Corps commander asked us to march in full armor!”

The captain’s reminder did not make the soldiers dissatisfied, from the beginning of the war to the present , Although the casualties of Dionia’s army were not large, the recruits who had experienced many wars had lost their initial enthusiasm and vision, and felt the cruelty and ruthlessness of the war, including Adoris.

“Hurry up and put on your armor, grab your weapons, and gather outside. If you are late, you will experience the power of the Olivers Corps!”

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Although Dionia’s army captured the central city of the Downeys, Lucerne Ya, but Alexis only let the first legion enter the city to maintain order, and the other legions were still stationed in the original barracks outside the city.

After all, the Downeys will soon become the people of Dionia. Too many soldiers enter the city, and it is difficult to manage them, which will inevitably lead to conflicts and disputes. In case the Downeys are extremely disgusted with the Dionias If the riots were caused, and I am afraid that it will not be easy to govern in the future, King Davos may not praise Alexis for his contribution to conquering Downey, but will blame him for the mistakes he made.

After the Fourth Army had assembled in the battalion, it left the battalion and headed east.

Not long after walking, I saw the ruined city walls of the city of Luceria standing not far to the north, quietly telling the tragic siege of the previous day.

Adoris still clearly remembers:

“That morning, the army surrounded the city of Lucena, with thousands of cavalry cruising around and the Tenth Army as a reserve force to detect and defend the arrival of reinforcements from Downey.

His Fourth Army was responsible for attacking the west . On

their side alone, they were equipped with 20 ballistas and four large siege towers.

Commander Olivers gave an order. The

ballistas were fired, and the siege towers moved forward, and the soldiers carried the The cloud ladder, shouting the name of Hades, rushed to the city wall. The grand and fierce scene made Adoris more excited than the previous battle on the Ovanto River, because this time his brigade was the second echelon of the siege, not immediately into the battle, so he can see the entire battlefield more clearly from the rear.

He doesn’t know if it is because of him that Olivers let his brigade serve as a backup, but he has never stopped worrying about the stalemate in the siege battle, I

was saddened by the fact that other soldiers fell from the city head from time to time.

However, when a company attacked the city head, Captain Olivers ordered the reserve troops to fight. Adoris and his comrades followed the siege tower with high fighting spirit and fast speed. The wooden ladder, rushed to the head of the city, and attacked the already panic-stricken defenders…

The resistance of the Downeys did not last long and ended. The wounded and moaning comrades-in-arms, as well as many brothers who died in battle, Adoris, who was in his spirits, seemed to have been splashed with a can of cold water. He loved fighting and experienced the cruelty of war at that moment…”

“You said to wait for this When the war is over and we return to Turii, can we still see the Rugby Finals?” A teammate next to him interrupted Adoris’ thoughts.