The Spartan emissary demanded a guarantee from Dionya that he would not finance Sparta's enemies next time.

Antaoris responded with King Davers's exact words, but with more anger: "You can make it easy for the Apulian rebels who fled to the Peloponnese to travel back to the kingdom, why can't we sell some grain to Thebes." Sparta should be glad that we Dionyas are only selling grain, and nothing else! ”

The Spartan envoy returned in a huff, and the words of the Dionians raised the alarm of all the Spartan elders and inquisitors, making them realize that the Dionians had always had a grudge against Sparta.

This made them feel more urgent, but in the new year, when spring returned to the earth (376 B.C., 18 years of the Dionian kingdom), Agosilaus was bedridden and unable to go on the expedition, and the procurators had to appoint another Spartan king, Cleombrotus, as the commander of the army and continue the attack on Thebes.

After the coalition forces had gathered, Cleombrotus decided to take the path of Agesilaus' first attack on Thebes, crossing the Gulf of Corinth by boat, landing west of Piosia, and joining the Thesbians.

However, the Thebans had already suffered a loss, so how could they be fooled again, they had laid an ambush in the mountains south of Tespia beforehand, and when the landed Spartan army passed through the valley pass, they suddenly attacked and repulsed it.

Seeing that the Thebans occupied the artery, Cleombrotus decided that it was impossible to enter the territory of Thebes again, so he withdrew his army to the Peloponnese.

Afterwards, the envoys of the allies gathered in Sparta, and they were dissatisfied with the fact that Sparta had been recruiting its citizens to fight against Thebes for many years, but had not made any significant progress, and complained that the citizens were becoming more and more slack in this war, and that if they continued to fight like this, they would refuse to fight again.

They made a new proposal: the Thebans had a heavy defense in the south, and it would be difficult to break through, but the coalition had outnumbered the Athenians, so why not use a fleet to transport an army, bypass Athens from the sea, land in the north of Central Greece, and unite with the Phokis to attack Thebes from the northwest?

Eventually, Sparta accepted this suggestion and sent a fleet of 60 three-sculled ships, but also seized grain ships from the Black Sea to Attica as they circumnavigated the waters around Athens.

Athens was almost in the midst of famine, and immediately sent 80 warships to catch up with the Spartan fleet (the city of Naxos in Sicily, a non-Dionian kingdom), near Naxos, and the two sides fought fiercely, and the Spartan fleet was defeated, resulting in the failure of the previously planned military operation.

Motivated by the victory, and at the request of the Thebans, the Athenians decided to send a fleet of 50 three-sculled ships around the Peloponnese to attack the Spartan navy and harass its allies.

The Council of Athens appointed Timothyus, the son of Conon, one of the heroes of the revival of Athens and a former Persian servant, as commander-in-chief of the fleet.

In 375 BC (19 years of the Dionian kingdom), Timothys sailed with his fleet without a landing raid on the Peloponnese, but he did an important thing to land on Corfu, but he did not enslave the local population or force them to change their political system, and as a result, all the city-states on the island were willing to join the Athenian maritime alliance.

You must know that the island of Corfu is the closest Greek land to the Kingdom of Dionia, which means that Athens' maritime power has extended to the vicinity of the Adriatic Sea, but the Kingdom of Dionya does not say anything about this at this time.

As the Athenian fleet circumnavigated the Peloponnese, the Spartan coalition had to be wary of it, so they did not launch a major attack on Thebes, and the Thebans seized this favorable opportunity to boldly attack everywhere in an attempt to liberate and conquer the neighboring city-state of Piosia, which was controlled by the Spartan army.

Among them, one of the most famous was a military operation commanded by Peropidas.

When the Thebans received information that the Spartan army had been stationed in the city of Orhomenos had been transferred, Peropidas thought that this was a good opportunity to conquer his northern neighbor (Orhomenos and Thebes were separated by a lake of Kopais), so he led 300 infantry and dozens of cavalry to hurry north around Lake Kopais.

As a result, as he approached the city of Olhormenos, he received the dismal news that the Spartan garrison had returned to the city.

Peropidas was reluctant to force a siege because it would lead to more casualties among his soldiers, and he had to lead his army back in vain.

Unbeknownst to them, the army was passing through a place called Titia when it suddenly encountered a Spartan army from the north.

It happened in a hurry, beyond Peropidas's expectations, and the Spartan army outnumbered the soldiers he led.

There is a strong enemy in front of the way, the city of Orhomenos in the rear is not far away, the Spartan garrison in the city may attack at any time, and there is a lake of Kopais on the side, the Theban army is in a desperate situation and cannot escape, and Peropidas can only lead the army to fight to the death.

He placed 300 infantry in the center, and the cavalry was divided into two wings.

As soon as they were in formation, the Spartans stormed. Not long after the two sides flanked the battle, the Theban cavalry on both flanks was routed.

In the center, however, the Spartan army, outnumbered its opponents, was in a bitter battle because they were facing the sacred army of Thebes, specially formed by the Theban government and specially trained by Epaminonda.

These 150 pairs of young Thebes gay men were undaunted by a fierce attack, a tacit cooperation, and encouragement in battle, so their morale was always high.

After a period of fierce fighting, the Spartan army began to retreat under their onslaught, and to make matters worse, their commander died in the battle, and the Spartan army was finally routed.

Due to the danger of being in a dangerous position, Peropidas did not dare to give the order to pursue, and led the victorious army back to Thebes in a hurry.

This battle, with no more than 1,000 people on both sides, was small in scale but even more significant. Unlike the battle in which Phoebidas was killed, this time it was won in a face-to-face battle, and there were many real Spartan warriors among the defeated Spartan army, so the victory shocked the whole of Central Greece, inspired many people in the Central Greek city-states controlled by the Spartan army to rise up and revolt, and also made the fledgling Theban holy army famous in Greece itself.

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"Tick! Backbite! Backbite! ...... "Early in the morning, the manic brass whistle of the Turii slave camp sounded.

At the urging of the foreman, the slaves hurriedly got up and washed, and then marched into the canteen for breakfast.

The canteen building of the slave camp is somewhat similar to that of the Turiyi military camp, except that the area is smaller, it is a square tetrahedral building, more than 20 columns support a 4-meter-high stone flat roof, three sides are open and unobstructed, the other side is closed is the kitchen, and the spacious hall is neatly and densely arranged with tables and benches, enough to accommodate two or three hundred people at a time.

The slaves, smelling the smell of food in the air, did not rush up, but still lined up in a long line and walked to the steaming shop windows in order. You must know that these slaves were not so disciplined in the beginning, and they only learned to understand the rules after many severe punishments.

"Uncle, what's delicious for breakfast today?" As soon as a slave stood in front of the window and handed his wooden plate and crockpot inside, he couldn't wait to ask.

Most of the cooks and helpers in the camps were also slaves or freed slaves, so they tended to have a good attitude towards the slaves who came to the canteen to eat, and sometimes gave them extra care.

The middle-aged chef with a wooden spoon in his hand smiled and said, "You guys have a good day today!" Not only did you have bread, porridge and broth for breakfast, but you also had a piece of pastrami per person with honey on each piece of bread! ”

"Really?!"

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

"Wow, there's really meat!" The slave shouted excitedly.

Hearing him shout this, there was a commotion among the slaves in the back of the line.

"What's going on! Be quiet! A shout from the foreman immediately restored silence to the procession, but the faces of each slave were filled with longing.

"Leave as soon as you're done with breakfast, don't be stuck there!" The foreman urged in a stern tone.

The slave took a honey loaf of bread and a wooden plate, and hurried to the nearest table to sit down.

The cook, who had come from an emancipated slave and was not at all frightened, tapped a copper pot full of broth with a wooden spoon and said loudly to the slaves, "Do you know why breakfast is so rich today?" I heard it was because more than twenty slaves fainted yesterday at the quarry site, and ...... Several slaves were injured (7 actually died), and when the doctors treated them, they found that they had fainted because they were too hungry...... Later, for some reason, His Majesty found out about this and gave special instructions to let you eat well and ensure good health.

After receiving the order, Lord Acarus did not have a good night's rest, and immediately came to us to consult, and urgently sent people to the Turiyi market to buy food...... In the future, not only will you have a rich breakfast, but also a rich dinner, and at noon we will transport the food to the construction site and give you additional food! ”

The slaves immediately cheered, and the entire canteen boiled.

The foremen's faces changed and they were about to shout loudly.

The cook was already shouting, "Let us thank His Majesty the Merciful Davers together!" ”

"Thank you to His Majesty the Merciful Davers!!" The cafeteria was cheering.

More than half of these slaves came from the Western Mediterranean War a few years ago, and each had their own gods and goddesses, but most of them came to worship Hades after a long period of influence from other slaves and the environment in the camp.