By the time Iason reached the Lyuktra Heights, the battle had been over for seven days.

The messenger of the Spartan coalition army also arrived in Sparta subsequently, and the news of the defeat of the battle shocked the Spartans, you must know that the Spartan foreign wars have continued in recent years, and the real Spartan warriors have dropped from more than 3,000 people at their peak to less than 2,000 people, and more rely on the troops of the Periasians, Helots and allies to fight, and now 400 Spartan warriors have died, including a Spartan king, which is undoubtedly a huge loss for Sparta.

Not only was the people grieving, but according to tradition, a solemn funeral was held for Cleombrotus, but now that the situation was critical, and the Spartan coalition army trapped in Piosia was in urgent need of rescue, the Council of Elders and the Inspectors headed by Agesilaus had to implore the people to suppress their grief for the time being, and urgently mobilize the young and middle-aged men in the territory (including the Periassi and some Helots) to form an army, commanded by Agesilaus's son Archidams (because Agesillaus was unwell and could not lead the army), Neighboring allies have also provided support.

The Persian envoy Datis who stayed in Sparta was also shocked, he did not expect that the large Spartan army would actually suffer a defeat, which made him begin to wonder if Persia's support for Sparta was a mistake, but now that Thebes had allied with Dionia, it was impossible for Persia to replace a supporting Greek city-state in a short time, so he rushed to the Council of Elders to question.

Many of the elders were angry, and Agosilaus reassured him: "This is just a fortuitous defeat, the Spartan army is still strong, and it will soon defeat Thebes again and recast Greek hegemony." ”

Datis was noncommittal to his answer, but told them: "Persia is not only willing to support Sparta with money and materials, but also willing to send troops to support it." ”

Agosilaus hastened to express his gratitude, but politely declined the request for reinforcements from Persia.

Money and material, Sparta was in dire need, as it could be used to hire mercenaries, grow the army, and continue to fight Thebes. But since the Greco-Persian Wars, not a single Persian army had set foot on Greek soil for decades, and if Sparta dared to invite Persian troops, it would undoubtedly arouse the indignation of the Greek city-states and become the target of public criticism, and even its former allies would be betrayed.

Archidamus led this army quickly north, and then sailed through Corinth and landed in the port of Chrysis.

However, the speed of the Spartan reinforcements was still slow, and when they were still on the way north, all the reinforcements of Thessaly had arrived in Leuctra, and the strength of the Piosian coalition army had been greatly enhanced, and it had surpassed the Spartan coalition army, so Ipamironda proposed: "Take advantage of this favorable opportunity to launch a fierce attack on the camp of the Spartan coalition army, and completely wipe out the Spartan coalition army in the territory of Piosia!" ”

At this time, Iason did not have the excitement when he first heard the news of the victory in the battle, because his most important minister, Asidamas, also rushed to Lyuctra, and after analyzing the current situation in Greece with him in private, he made Iason realize that the defeat of Lyuctra had dealt a big enough blow to the prestige of the Spartans, and indeed weakened the Spartans' obstacles to Thessaly's hegemony in Greece, but at the same time made him see the potential of the Thebes. If at this time, we will help the Thebans to completely annihilate the Spartan army, so that the strength of the Spartans will be seriously weakened, and the real most beneficial will undoubtedly be the Thebans, who will quickly take over the Spartan heritage in Central Greece, and their strength will be rapidly improved, but they will become Thessaly's biggest opponent for hegemony in Greece.

Thinking of this, Iason did not agree to Ipamironda's request, but persuaded him: "The Piosian coalition has finally won the battle, and there is no need to take further risks, after all, it is much more difficult to attack the camp than to fight in the field." In the case that Spartan reinforcements will arrive at any time, once they are not conquered for a long time, they will put the coalition forces in a dangerous situation. It is better to take advantage of the current advantage and force the Spartans to sign an armistice, so that the armies of both sides can withdraw safely. ”

It sounded right, but Ipamilonda and Pelopidas still wanted to take advantage of the victory, so the two sides continued to argue for a while, and Ipamilonda saw that Iason had always been resolute and unwilling to fight, and without the help of Thessaly's reinforcements, the Piosian coalition alone would have to pay a great price to capture the Kspartan camp, and he finally had to agree to Iason's suggestion.

As a result, Iason acted as a mediator between the two sides and arranged peace talks between the two sides.

Reinforcements in the rear did not know when they would arrive, and the Thebans were clearly strong after receiving reinforcements from Thessaly, so the demoralized Spartan coalition soon signed an armistice with the Piosian coalition.

That night, the Spartan coalition quietly withdrew.

Able to successfully mediate the war between the former Greek overlord Sparta and the emerging power of Thebes in today's central Greece, Iason's face was greatly revealed, and the power of the Thessalians also appeared on the political stage in the heart of Greece for the first time, attracting the attention of many Greek city-states.

On the way back to Thessaly, the complacent Iason did another thing that shocked the southern Greeks. He led his army in an attack on Heraclia (not the city of Heraclia in the Divine Kingdom of Dionia) to the west of Thermopyla, which had been under Spartan control and was a strong guarantee for the defense of Thermopylae, which was too narrow to allow too many soldiers to stay there for long.

Iason not only easily defeated it, but also completely destroyed it. In today's war-torn Greece, it is common for a city-state to be captured or even destroyed, but what Iason did was not simple, and in the eyes of the Greek people, it was a rude move by the barbarians of the north to step into the core area of the Greeks.

The Theban commanders Ipamilonda and Pelopidas, who had just returned to the city and were welcomed by the people, frowned when they heard the news, and they had felt uneasy when Iason had persuaded them to establish a truce with the Spartans, and now they were even more sure of the ambition of this Thessalitagous: the Spartans have not been completely defeated, but their former allies are going to become our new enemies?!

More anxious than the Thebans were the Phokis, because the Thessalians destroyed Heracria and occupied the Thermothermal Pass, and if they led the army south, the first to bear the brunt of the Phokis region, followed by the Piosia region, so the priests of Delphi were very anxious, and finally became proactive, and prepared to invite the Greek city-states to convene a meeting of the Holy Alliance to discuss how to deal with the threat of the Thessalians in Northern Greece, and it was best to resolve the war between Sparta and Thebes, so that the two sides could maintain a relatively long peace.

The Delphi priests had a good hunch, and Iason had indeed conceived a plan in mind to conquer the Phorgis region. Since the following year was the year of the Pythian Games in Delphi, he had already planned to show his might in front of the Greek populaces of the other city-states, so he decided to issue an order on his return to Philae to prepare 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 mobilize militarily and raise a large army, which he led to Delphi to preside over the celebrations.

Iason had made up his mind to deprive the Holy Alliance Council of its rights by force and force himself to become president of the Pythian Games......

In the history of his previous life, he had made undisguised preparations according to this plan, which caused great panic among the Delphi people, and even rumors that he was going to rob the temple vaults of Delphi were rampant, which aroused the anger of Apollo's most devout followers. So one day, a few months later, after Iason had finished his inspection of the army, he sat down to listen to the petitions of his subjects, and seven young men with red faces who were arguing came forward and pretended to present the dispute to him for settlement. As they approached, they suddenly rose up and killed Iason in his seat. This assassination changed the course of history forever, and Iason's ambition was not rewarded, and Thessaly, which he had strongly united, was soon divided, resulting in cheaper Thebans and later Macedonians.

But in this lifetime, as soon as Iason's plan was executed, it had to be temporarily halted because a major event had taken place in the Peloponnese to the south.

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Since the port of Cleusis, which Thebes had originally controlled, was occupied by the Spartans, and Thebes had no port in the Gulf of Corinth, messengers sent to Dionya had to rush to the bay north of the Piosia region to take a boat. As a result, the passenger ship had to make a large circle in order to reach Dionia, and had to be careful to avoid patrols from the Spartan fleet, so that when the armistice between Thebes and the Spartan armistice was reached, the messenger still failed to reach Turiyi.

But Dionyas had been paying close attention to this war for a long time, and the secret agents sent by the intelligence department were hidden in the merchant ships that traded with the Greek city-states, so as soon as the battle of Leuktra ended, the Dionian merchant ships that stayed in the port of Corinth quickly left the port and headed westward quickly, and the Spartan patrol warships did not dare to stop them at all, so at the same time that Iason got the news of the battle, the battle report of this battle had been sent to the royal palace of Turiyi.

So Davers summoned the auxiliary ministers, the main ministers, and important military generals to convene an important meeting in the palace.