The news that Dionya had defeated Carthage and forced it to sign an armistice spread throughout the kingdom of Dionia, and the people everywhere were jubilant.

Soon after, the news spread to Greece proper, shocking many city-states, especially Sparta.

In the dangerous situation of Dionya being besieged by many forces, Sparta also secretly manipulated and instigated the fleeing forces in Apulia to regain their former territory, and now Dionya has single-handedly eliminated Rome cleanly, subdued Samonay, defeated Carthage, and indisputably became the most powerful power in the Western Mediterranean.

And Sparta is now stuck in the quagmire of war, Greece in China has been unable to open the situation for a long time, and the Spartan elders who are thieves are worried that what they have done before will not be able to hide from the people of insight in the Kingdom of Dionia, if Dionia suddenly turns around at this time and wants to seek justice from Sparta, it will undoubtedly make the situation worse.

Therefore, Sparta hurriedly sent an envoy to Turiy to congratulate Dionya on winning the war with Carthage in the name of a friendly nation, and at the same time tentatively made a request: Dionya could provide some assistance to Sparta in the war.

Davers had already seen through the Spartans' intentions, and he did not tear up his face with the Spartans, accusing them of the dirty things they had done during the Western Mediterranean War, nor did he agree to the Spartans' requests, but euphemistically stated: Dionyas won the war, but after the war rebuilt the homeland, put order in order, pacified the people, and resumed trade...... A series of thorny affairs such as the kingdom still need to work together and work together to gradually restore the prosperity before the war, so there is no energy and time to care about the affairs of other countries.

Sparta was relieved for a moment.

Davers responded with similar words to the Athenian envoy who came to ask for help.

As for the Thebans, they were still under siege by the Spartan army, tired of dealing with various attacks, and did not know much about the events taking place in the western Mediterranean, and at the same time did not have the energy to understand them.

Although Davos gave Sparta a reassurance, the Spartan Council of Elders still felt the urgency of the situation, and they were dissatisfied with the fact that Spartan King Cleombrotus had been fighting for a long time and had not been able to make progress, and finally decided to once again appoint the more scheming Agesillaus as the commander of the whole army.

Agosilaus accepted and declared that since the elders and the people thought he was the best candidate, he himself would do his best!

He led his army to the borders of Sparta to make sacrifices and show them to the soldiers as good signs, so the morale of the whole army was high.

Because of the heavy defense of Thebes in the mountainous terrain on the southern edge of the Piosia region adjacent to the Isthmus of Corinth, and the fact that Athens joined forces with Thebes, it was difficult and dangerous to cross the mountains from the Isthmus of Corinth to the Piosia region by land.

Agosilaus led his army on an accelerated march, and after reaching the port of Ciudad Sitzion, not far west of Corinth, he crossed the Gulf of Corinth by boat and landed on the beach in the Piosia region. Since he had sent in advance to inform a Spartan army stationed in the area that they had taken a mountain pass not far from the landing place, the whole army crossed the mountain without hindrance and entered the plains of the Piosia region, and quickly joined forces with the Spartan support of Tespia (the city was located only 20 miles west of Thebes).

Believing that his swift military operations would disrupt the Debanes' defenses, Agosilaus discovered that the Thebans and their allies had built fences and ramparts, ditches, and deer barrages on all strategic points around the city of Thebes......

If the Spartan army wanted to approach the city of Thebes, it had to conquer all these important places, and the Theban army would not let it go, and Thebes would send heavy troops to garrison wherever Agosilaus led his army.

Since Thebes was fighting on the inside, it was more flexible and quick to move troops, and the Theban army would not just defend to the death, but would also attack the Spartan allied soldiers who were separated from the main army or were eating and resting...... This series of defensive strategies was mainly carried out by Epaminonda, which was a great headache for Agosilaus, and he failed to make a breakthrough in the battle for half a year.

In the autumn, when the soldiers of the Spartan allies had returned home, and Agosilaus was about to lead the Spartan warriors home, he appointed Phoebidas to lead the mercenaries to stay in the region of Thespia, and wait for an opportunity to attack Thebes.

Hated by the Thebans, Phoebidas adopted an even more vicious strategy, sending small forces to bypass the Deban defenses, killing the Theban populace behind them, and destroying their fields......

The Thebans were furious at this, and despite Ipaminonda's dissuasion, they rashly sent an army to attack Tespia.

As a result, Phoebedas was well prepared, and he carried out targeted formations and repelled the attack of the Theban army in the battle. In order to expand the success of the battle and weaken the strength of the Thebans, he personally led his army in a fierce pursuit of the rout, with the result that the Theban cavalry and some infantry panicked and fled into an impassable ravine.

The desperate Theban army gathered together and decided to fight to the death, but the pursuit was too fast, and the heavy infantry of Tespia was far behind, and only Phoebidas and a few hundred Thracian light shieldmen stood in front of the Theban cavalry.

It happened too suddenly, and as soon as Phoebidas had lined up the Thracian mercenaries, the Theban cavalry desperately charged from the front, and the momentum generated by the galloping of hundreds of horses was undoubtedly terrifying.

The Thracians, who had been exhausted from a long run, were frightened, and before the Theban cavalry could rush in front of them, the Thracians had already begun to retreat.

The Theban army took advantage of the situation to storm and the Thracian mercenaries retreated, and Phoebidas mixed in with the rout, trying to escape.

But how could the Theban cavalry let him escape, they kept an eye on him, and soon surrounded him and stabbed him to death with spears. Then they drove the rout and charged the Taspia hoplites, and the Spartan coalition was defeated.

The Theban army pursued until dark, and then withdrew its troops and returned to the camp.

In this battle, the Thebans were defeated and then won, not only killing their most hated enemy, Phoebedas, but also weakening the strength of Thebes' heart, Tyspia, to the cheers of the Theban populace and the excitement of the other Spartan-controlled city-states of Piosia.

Taking advantage of this favorable opportunity, Thebes even sent an army again to attack Tespia's and the surrounding city-states attached to Sparta, forcing Sparta to send an army to help defend Tespia.

In the early spring of the following year (377 BCE, 17 years of the Dionian kingdom), the Council of Spartan Elders and the Proctors once again appointed Agosilaus as commander of the coalition.

This time, Agosilaus led his army by land, marched through the Isthmus of Corinth, took advantage of the lack of defense of the Thebans, broke through their defensive line in the mountains in one fell swoop, attacked the area east of the city of Thebes, and used Platia as a base to ravage this land, although there were some victories, but the resistance of the Thebans was still very stubborn, so that the Spartan army could not make a breakthrough.

In the autumn, Agesilaus had to return home again.

At this time, there was a severe shortage of food in Thebes, because of the destruction of the war, their land had not been harvested for two years, in the history of the previous life, the Thebes had sent a fleet to the northern town of Thessaly to buy food, but this time Peropidas proposed: to buy food in the Kingdom of Dionya across the Adriatic Sea.

Some objected that Dionya and Sparta had always signed an agreement of friendship and that they had a close relationship with each other, and that it was impossible for Dionya to buy grain for Thebes.

Peropidas's answer was: Anyway, the distance is short and the distance is very convenient, so it's not a big deal to give it a try. But once we succeeded, we not only opened up new channels for purchasing grain, but also found out the attitude of the Ionians towards this war, which is of great significance!

Eventually, Peropidas's proposal was approved, and Thebes sent three three-layer oared warships carrying 10 Talientes to venture out of the Gulf of Corinth, cross the Adriatic Sea, and reach the port city of Odrum on the east coast of the Kingdom of Dionia, taking advantage of the winter spartan ceasing and the relaxation of the naval blockade of the Gulf of Corinth.

When the governor of Odrum heard that the Thebans had come to buy grain, he dared to make a claim in view of the political significance behind it, and immediately sent messengers to Turii to ask for instructions.

When Davers found out, he set the tone for the matter with a seemingly joking sentence: "The Spartans can let the fugitives from Apurians travel to our country, why can't we give the Thebans a little help, especially if this is just an ordinary business practice." ”

As a result, the city of Oldrum not only sold grain to Thebes at a low price, but also sent cargo ships to help deliver it.

In fact, the Spartan fleet had received the news that the Thebans had sent a fleet out to buy food, and they had already made arrangements to capture it when the Theban fleet returned to the Gulf of Corinth.

As a result, when the crew of the Spartan fleet saw the ships in the Theban fleet with the flag of the Kingdom of Theban painted on their sails, they did not dare to act rashly, and watched the Theban ships land on the north side of the bay and unload their cargo unhurriedly.

After the incident, the commander of the Spartan fleet hurriedly reported the matter to Sparta, and the Council of Elders and the Inquisitors were shocked and hurriedly sent messengers to Turiyi.

Davers did not show up at all, and the rotating president of the Senate, Antaoris, received the envoy, and when confronted with the Spartans, he responded lightly in the king's original words: "This is just an ordinary business activity, and it is not worth making a fuss." ”