Since it was difficult to break through from the front, the coalition generals decided to find another way after deliberation. They left the main force to continue the attack in the north, to confuse and pin down the Dionians, and divided more than 10,000 soldiers around Argos.

This army, drawn mainly from the Thessalian and Athenian armies, consisted mainly of Illyrian and Thracian light shields, and was led by Iphiclates himself, and was to cross the mountains from the northeastern frontier of Sparta, and then raid Tetia (not Tegoa), and after capturing it, it would be much better to continue the attack south from here as a relay base for the coalition forces.

But the secret movement of the Greek coalition did not escape the eyes of the mountain scouts, and Printols, who received the news, immediately guessed the intentions of the Greeks, and he advised Klotockataks to quickly adjust the military deployment.

When Iphiclates and his light shieldmen crossed the mountains and arrived in Tytia breathlessly, they were surprised to find that the Dionian army was already in formation.

Iphiclates decisively ordered a retreat, but the Diorian army quickly launched a pursuit, and although the mountain people of Illyria and Thrace were good at running through the mountains, many of them were overtaken by the lightly armored soldiers of Dionia, who were already exhausted, and as a result, the battle was not fought, and the Greek coalition army had nearly 1,000 men captured, and even Iphiclates himself was frustrated.

The Greek generals had to deliberate again and finally decided to shift their attack and concentrate on Messenia, which was relatively flat and wide in the north compared to the northern border of Sparta.

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After the conquest of Sparta, the 1st Fleet of Dionyas soon received an order from the Ministry of War: to stop routine patrols in the Aegean Sea, in addition to some warships to defend the waters south of the Peloponnese, its main force should join the 3rd Fleet, with the 9th Army and the 10th Army Corps, which had been assembled, to attack the four islands on the west coast of mainland Greece, which were Corkyra, Lucas, Kailalonia, and Zakensus from north to south.

Not long after Corfu became an ally of Athens, Lucas, Kelalonia, and Zakynsus all belonged to the Peloponnesian League, and after the Dionian army raided Messenia, in order not to arouse the hatred of the Greek city-states, although a fleet of ships carrying supplies passed through the three islands every day, no military action was taken against them, but the 3rd Fleet was sent to patrol its perimeter from time to time to deter them.

And the people of these four islands, after learning that the Dionian army had captured Messenia and declared war on Sparta, were terrified every day, and did not dare to make any hostile actions against Dionia, but they did not expect that what they feared most still happened.

The Corkyra had already suffered many wars in the past two or three years, and like grass on the wall, they fell to Sparta and Athens, and in the face of the attack of the more powerful Ionian army, the Corkylars chose to surrender directly. The Dionian landing force immediately seized the few dozen or so ships that were left and strictly controlled the entry and exit of ships in several ports on the island.

Later, the weak Lucas and Kailalonia also chose to surrender one after another, and only the people of Zakynsus resisted. But two legions of Dionya, together with nearly 10,000 infantry of the fleet, attacked a small island, and in less than four days, Zakynsus was completely conquered.

The surrender of the four islands of Corfura, Leucas, Kailalonia, and Zakynsus meant that the west coast of mainland Greece could be completely blockaded by the Dionian fleet.

During this period, the Ellis opposite Zakynsus were very nervous, and they hurriedly transferred the troops attacking Messenia back and deployed them on the coast to defend against the possible landing of the Dionian army, which could be regarded as relieving the pressure on the defense of Messenia.

Also during this time, Leoticides led his army, boarded the fleet provided by the Phoenician allies led by Carthage, and sailed east along the coast of Africa under the escort of the Second Fleet, encountering two storms on the way, but fortunately, the Phoenicians traveled to and from this channel for many years, and were very familiar with the sea conditions, so they went ashore in time to avoid it, so that the entire fleet and fleet did not suffer major losses.

Seven or eight days later, a huge fleet of ships entered the waters near Egypt, and in order to prevent accidents, Leoticides led his army to quickly land on the beaches near the western part of the Nile Delta.

In fact, there was no need for him to be so nervous, the Persian king Artaxerxes had just arrived in Phoenicia with an undead army, and although there were thousands of Persian warships gathered in Tyre at this time, they came from various regions (including the Phrygian fleet led by Timosius), and there was no unified command, and the appointment of its wartime naval commander would be decided by Artaxerxes himself after meeting with the admirals.

Therefore, during this time, some Persian admirals were busy running relations and listening to news in Tyre, and did not have much energy to manage the fleet, and hundreds of thousands of sailors from various regions were crowded in various ports of Tyre with nothing to do, and conflicts and contradictions inevitably occurred. The Tyre and the generals of the various fleets are already very troubled just to maintain order, and where do they still have the heart to take the initiative to carry out combat missions.

Only Timothys insisted on leading the Phrygian fleet to patrol the waters near Egypt once every four days, not only to detect the enemy, but also to familiarize himself with the sea conditions, even though this task was relatively easy, the Phrygian crew still had a lot of grievances.

And on this day, the Phrygian fleet did not go on patrol, in fact, even if it went on patrol, facing the 2nd Fleet of Ionia, which was tasked with guarding the fleet, it was impossible for the Phrygian fleet, which only had a few dozen warships, to confront it.

Hundreds of thousands of Persian troops gathered in Phoenicia, how huge, Egypt and it is only separated by a small Canaanite kingdom, and the sea route is closer, so the news of "the Persian army is about to invade" has spread throughout Egypt, at this time the arrival of nearly 40,000 Dionian troops has undoubtedly given a shot in the arm to the panicked Egyptian people.

The Dionian reinforcements were first warmly welcomed by the populace of the city of Naucratis, which had a Greek colonial tradition, and the Persian officials of the city did their best to accommodate any demands made by Leoticides.

And when Pharaoh Tanis got the news, he was overjoyed and went to meet him by boat, which was an unprecedented honor for the Dionian reinforcements.

Leoticides agreed to Pharaoh's request, and all the soldiers were armed, lined up in neat columns, and marched along the banks of the Nile to Memphis, which amounted to an armed procession.

When the Egyptians heard the news, they greeted the Dionian army, and the image of the Dionian army greatly boosted their confidence in fighting the Persians.

After completing the transport mission, the 2nd Fleet and the Phoenician flotilla began to return westward, but when it reached the waters of Cyrenaica, the 2nd Fleet did not continue westward, but turned north, passing through Crete, entering the Gulf of Ragnia, and joining the 1st Fleet.

At the end of July, when the Greek coalition had been unable to break through the Dionian army's defensive line on the northern border of Messenia and Sparta, all the port towns of the Dionian Holy Kingdom on the east and south coasts of the Italian peninsula suddenly became lively, with hundreds of cargo ships flocking to the ports, and the townspeople all flocking to the ports with their children and the elderly, and praying for Hades to protect them and return with honors.

On this day, from Riminim in the far north, to West Pentum in the east-center, to Brindisi and Odrum in the south-east, and then to Lockry, Siritin, Crotone, Turriy, Tarantom in the south...... Ship after ship laden with soldiers sailed out of these port towns, gradually forming a long line of seas, which crossed the Adriatic Sea, passing through Corfu, Lucas, Kephalonia, Zakynsus, etc.

The islands are now under the full control of Dionia, and the fleet can stop at any of them to rest and replenish their water. Moreover, several fleets of Dionya also made full use of these islands to blockade the west coast of mainland Greece, so that the Greek people, especially the Ellis, were unaware that thousands of ships laden with Oria soldiers were passing through the waters near them.

These troop carriers converged on the Gulf of Messenia and the Gulf of Ragnia, where they entered the port one after another and landed on the shore.

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As the Greek coalition approached, the Spartans were once again confined to the port of Hilles, and their adult males were temporarily confined to the port of Hilles, while the females and children were forced back to live in the warrior training camps, where they were guarded by thousands of heavily armed helots who had been allocated land.

Angered by this, Agosilaus protested to Crotocatactacs, but the reason given by the prince was very good: one of the important reasons for the Greek coalition to declare war on Dionya was to save Sparta, and for the safety of the Dionian army, and to prevent some Spartans from doing wrong, and putting the entire Spartan population in a terrible situation, such measures had to be taken.

Now that man is a sword and I am a fish, Agesilaus, despite his anger, could not do anything about it, and had to retreat in a huff.

Once they turned over and became their masters, the black laborers took care of their former masters very seriously and strictly, which made the Spartan warriors feel very aggrieved, and a fire burned in their hearts.

However, today, they were surprised to see that the Gulf of Ragnia was filled with dense ships, heavily armed Dionian soldiers were constantly disembarking from the ships, and the entire coast of Sparta was crowded with people.