Asidamas thought for a moment and said in a deep voice: "Since Dionya invaded Messenia, I have taken the time to investigate the situation in Dionya in detail, and it turned out that this kingdom of the Western Mediterranean has actually controlled all the coastal forces in the Western Mediterranean, and has become a well-deserved overlord of the Western Mediterranean!" In the last two wars, this kingdom sent 100,000 troops and six or seven hundred warships to fight, and it was able to maintain an offensive for more than half a year, and its strength was very amazing!

Moreover, Dionya's development from a small city-state to its current kingdom 20 years ago was ushered in through constant wars and annexations, it could not have come to Greece to fight against Sparta just to help Thebes, its ultimate goal must be the whole of Greece!

My opinion is...... Either you send an emissary to Turiyi to seek an alliance with Dionysia, and thus preserve the independence of Thessaly; Either you go and call the Athenian envoys who are staying in the city and join the Greek alliance, so that you can gather the power of all Greece and repel the Dionians! ”

Speaking of this, Asidamas's expression became solemn: "I am inclined to the former suggestion, because I don't think that a makeshift alliance can defeat a kingdom that has grown strong in constant battles. ”

"Asidamas, you are always cautious." Iason stood up abruptly and said loudly, "I choose your latter suggestion!" You're right, Dionya wants to conquer all of Greece, and it's impossible for us to stay out of it and preserve our strength, and the war will eventually burn into the land of Thessaly. It's better to take this opportunity to gather the forces of all Greece and fight with Dionya with all your might!

I think that during the Greco-Persian War, only half of the castles in Greece were united, and they could repel Persia, and this time there was our Thessaly joining, and Dionya was not as strong as Persia, so couldn't we defeat them! Let's unite with the city-states to the south and defeat Dionya with all our might, and then compete with Athens and Thebes for the supremacy of Greece, what do you think?! ”

Asiddamas looked at the somewhat excited Iason, and was not surprised by the choice he made, because with his understanding of this Tagus, it was almost impossible for Iason, who had always been determined to forge ahead, to adopt a strategy of forbearance and retreat, but he also had to remind: "If you form an alliance, you must divide the priorities, just like Sparta was the leader of the alliance in the Greco-Persian Wars——"

"Of course, I, Cessaly, will be the leader, and I will command all the coalition forces!" Iason said categorically, unabashedly about his ambitions: "Sparta has declined, the Athenian army is not good, and although Thebes won the battle with Sparta, they did not have enough soldiers (he did not know that Thebes remained neutral)...... Only I, Thessaly, can raise a force of more than 40,000 people, and the combat effectiveness is very strong, and the number of warships in our fleet is also more than 100, surpassing Athens, and we are not the leader of this alliance, who would dare to do it?! ”

Becoming the leader of the Greek Alliance, although it is only temporary, but as long as this battle is won, it will inevitably greatly improve Thessaly's status in the Greek city-states, and make the Thessalian people raise their eyebrows, you must know that in the past, Thessalian people were called "barbarians" in Athens and Sparta, so not only Iason had this will, but Assidamas was also optimistic.

So, he suggested, "My lord, we may make this a prerequisite for joining the alliance, and negotiate with the Athenian envoy, but first invite him to review our army in Thessaly." ”

"Asidamas, you and I want to go together again!" Iason applauded and smiled, with a confident face: "I'll go and gather my army, and in the afternoon you will take the Athenian envoy to the military camp outside the city." ”

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On the second day of the Battle of Tegya, Klotocatax led his army to repair near the Sanctuary of Hercules in the southeast of Tegya (the former Spartan coalition camp), and at the same time sent 5,000 soldiers to escort tens of thousands of captives back to Messenia, most of whom were citizens of Tegya, who would be sent back to Turiyi, or become a public **, sent to mining, or sold openly (Greek native slaves were still more popular in the Turian slave market, first, they were highly educated, intelligent, studious, and easy to communicate; The second is to satisfy the Dionian Greek citizens' colonial ostentatious mentality towards their mother country. ）。

As a result, the city of Tegea became almost empty, temporarily garrisoned by 1,000 Dionian soldiers.

In addition, at the request of Tegatinos, the 3,000 soldiers of the Seventh Legion, who had suffered almost no losses, quickly moved south early in the morning to block the border between Tegea and Sparta and intercept the Spartan rout.

In the afternoon, Mandinia's 2,000 soldiers and a group of emissaries finally arrived at the new camp in Dionia, and eagerly told Klotocatax that Mandinia was willing to accept his proposal to take over Tegya.

At the same time, they also hoped to enter into a secret agreement with Dionys, forming a closer alliance to fully support Dionys's military operations in Greece proper.

The Mandinians are not fools, although they covet the land of Tigea, they also know that they are weak, and if they make such a move, they will inevitably be excluded and suppressed by other Greek city-states, and even war, and throughout Dionia's reputation with allies in the past, they must hold on to Dionia's thighs if they want to completely annex this land.

Therefore, 500 of the 2,000 Mandinian soldiers were prepared to stay in the city of Tigoya, and the remaining 1,500 were to obey the command of the Dionian army and participate in the subsequent military operations to show the sincerity of the Mandinians.

Crotocatactus achieved his goal, and he was more than happy to negotiate with the Mandinian envoys, and soon signed a secret military pact that excluded the Arcadian alliance and was limited to Dionya and Mandinia.

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At the same time, the Spartan king Agosilaus led the remnants of his army on a difficult trek through the mountains.

Before the battle, Mr. Agosy had been mentally prepared to defeat the battle, and he made two plans:

First, the Dionian army, like the Thebans, withdrew its troops after the victory of the battle, so he could first retreat to the camp, and after a little rectification, then lead part of the army with Spartan warriors as the main force, and quietly withdraw south to the territory at night;

The second is that the Dionian army took advantage of the victory to pursue and force the Spartan army into the mountains, judging from the previous examples of Dionia, this possibility is very high, so he secretly informed the Spartan warriors who were familiar with the terrain that once this situation occurred, they would meet in the Pelagus Jungle and then withdraw to the territory.

But he never imagined that after the victory of the battle, the Dionian army would force the rout into the mountains by pursuit, and then divide part of the army to continue the pursuit. These Ionian soldiers (who were actually the Mountain Scouts) ran through the mountains and were adept at hiding and sneaking up, forcing the demoralized Spartan routs to run through the mountains, including Agosilaus himself, who had almost fallen into the hands of the Dionian soldiers had it not been for the desperate rescue of the soldiers of the King's Guard.

It didn't take long for night to fall, and it was difficult to find a way out of the mountains, and to avoid wild beasts, so it was not until noon on the second day that the Spartan rout began to gather near the Pelagus Forest.

By the afternoon, there were less than a thousand soldiers assembled, and most of them were Periasians, after all, the Spartan warriors fought on the first line during the battle, and then the entire right flank was flanked by the Dionian reserves, and it was undoubtedly much more difficult for the Spartan warriors in a semi-encircled state to escape smoothly.

What's more, Agosilaus did not see his son Archidamus appear, and his heart was unspeakably worried, but he knew that he could not wait any longer, otherwise the soldiers who had no food to eat would starve to death in the mountains before they could return to the territory.

So he resolutely gave the order to "go", and refused the support of the guards, and walked at the front of the line with a cane.

Encouraged by him, the tired and hungry soldiers could only follow closely.

Since they had not been able to retreat in time last night, in their current condition, they did not dare to march close to the Tigoya Plain at all, otherwise it would be a disaster if they were discovered by the Dioria Scouts, so they had to trek through the mountains, which meant that the time to return home would be greatly extended......

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On the third day, Klotocatax left 2,000 soldiers in the camp, and more than 2,000 wounded soldiers were treated and recuperated in the camp, gathering 15,000 Dionian soldiers and 1,500 Mandinian soldiers, marching south.

Not long after leaving the camp, he encountered a herald sent by Tegtinos.

What the?! The 1st Fleet has already captured Sparta ?! …… Klotocatax read the autographed report over and over again, his face full of astonishment.

It turned out that after Tegatinos led 3,000 soldiers to the Spartan border yesterday, he did not catch many routs, and later, at the repeated requests of the meritorious legionnaires, he finally decided to send two companies into the Spartan territory to find out the truth.

From Tegura to Sparta is a mountain range, and the best way to take it is through a narrow passage formed by the valley of the Eurotas River. Ever since the Dionian army conquered Messenia, Sparta felt a great threat, and at the suggestion of Agosilaus, the Spartans concentrated their efforts not only on the southern coast, but also on the northern valley of the Eurotas River and at the perilous terrain of the other two major roads.