Chapter 153 Forming the Greek Coalition

"There is no way to do this. Only by uniting the entire western part of Asia Minor can we have enough strength to fight against the king!" Ariobazenis said in a deep voice: "Stridatus is a cautious person, since he The courage to take the initiative shows that he is very sure to convince the other governors and to keep the secret."

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After the Dionian army occupied the Spartan territory, the rest of the Greek city-states, led by Athens, were actively organizing a coalition to fight against it.

At the same time, the Dionysian Ministry of Military Affairs conveyed the order of King Davos to Leoticides to speed up the assembly of the 8th and 15th legions at Lilibay (the barracks were at Syracuse, The troops came from the Syracuse area), the XVI Corps (the barracks was in Agrigento, the troops came from the south coast of Sicily), the 17th Corps (the barracks were in Lillibe, and the troops came from the western region of Sicily). These four The corps and the 4th Cavalry Corps, the Numidian Hussar Corps, waited for the arrival of the convoy, and proceeded to Egypt immediately.

At the same time, another order from the Ministry of War was sent to Midorades, asking him to lead the 2nd Fleet and prepare for the escort of the army in the expedition to Egypt.

In addition, King Davos also issued an order to the Phoenician allies on the coast of Africa, headed by Carthage, requiring them to immediately form a huge fleet of transport ships, responsible for transporting the Dionian army gathered in Lilibe to Egypt. .

At the same time, the Ministry of Military Affairs transferred Patroclus, the former commander of the XIV Corps, who was still quelling the Liguria riots, and now the commander of the northern frontier, Patroclus, back to Turii, and Hasdrubal succeeded him.

At the same time, the Ministry of Military Affairs also issued orders to the military camps in various regions: except for the expedition to Peloponnese and the legion that was about to go to Egypt, all the rest of the troops in the kingdom began to assemble. In addition, it was specially proposed that the Po region must provide 6,000 soldiers and 2,000 Gallic cavalry.

In addition, the Ministry of Military Affairs transferred the 3rd Fleet, which is responsible for the security of the west coast of the kingdom, to Brindisi for preparation.

Although the issuance of these orders means that a large military operation will take place, the military camps announced that they will conduct joint training of the entire regiment. Because such military training occurs at least once in two months, people everywhere Didn't feel anything different.

However, the main officials of the various departments of the Dionia Kingdom in Turii have already begun to busy themselves, preparing for the next big battle.

On the surface of Dionia, there is still a peaceful scene in the country, but there is a cloud of war in the Greek mainland.

In June, Thessalita Gus Jason led nearly 40,000 infantry and 4,000 cavalry, mightily crossed the Thermal Pass and entered Central Greece.

Although he declared in a high-profile manner that "this time he led the army to help the Greeks in the south and repel the invading aliens." However, the people of Central Greece were still nervous, and the people of various city-states hid in the city, closed the city gates, and strengthened the guard.

Jason did what he said and did his best to restrain the troops. Although there were still some incidents of soldiers looting the property of villages outside the city, overall the military discipline of his army was not bad, which greatly relieved the senior officials of the city-states. .

After entering the Pioxia area, Jason sent an envoy into the city of Thebes and made a request to the council: Thessaly's army wanted to establish a longer-term camp in Thebes.

The top executives of Thebes led by Pelopidas and Ipamironda tactfully argued that both Thessaly and Dionysus were allies of Thebes, and both provided great help to Thebes, precisely because In this way, Thebes had to remain neutral in order to avoid hurting the friendship of one party. If he agreed to Thessaly's request, he would probably misunderstand Dionysus, thinking that Thebes had joined the anti-Dionysian. sub-league, so they had to say no.

Jason made this request, in fact, just to test the attitude of the Thebes, so he was rejected. He did not feel angry, but patiently asked the returning messenger. At that time, the attitude of everyone in the Thebes Council React, let yourself have a bottom.

A few days later, Thessaly's army arrived at the northwestern border of Attica in Athens, and built a camp near Oropus, the city-state of Piosia, which had close relations with Athens. This was discussed with Athens in advance, because Oropus The port of Sri Lanka is not small, and the sea distance between Philae and Philae is very close, which is convenient for the transportation of materials and troops.

The Athenian leadership, headed by Callistratus, warmly welcomed Jason's arrival with Thessaly's army, and a day later called a military meeting of the Greek League at Megara on the Isthmus of Corinth, joining the city-states of the league. The generals expressed their opinions.

Many city-state generals in Central Greece suggested that they should use the geographical advantage of the isthmus to hoard heavy troops in the city of Corinth to defend against the attack of the Dionian army, as they did in the Corinthian War more than ten years ago. The Dionysians attacked across the sea, which consumed a lot of materials, which was not conducive to long-term combat.

The Peloponnesian city-state generals headed by Argos and Corinth expressed their opposition. They believed that the Dionysian army had now conquered Messenia and Sparta, and Arcadia had become its ally. , which made the Dionysian forces in the Peloponnesus very strong. If the coalition did not take the initiative to attack, but passively defended, the Dionysians would definitely turn to attack other Peloponnesians. area.

Once it completely conquers the entire Peloponnese, it will not only weaken the strength of the Greek alliance, but also the Dionysian army, which has no worries, can attack Corinth with all its strength, and it is difficult to say whether it can hold Corinth in the end. Now the number of coalition forces has reached 80,000, far exceeding the number of Dionysian army soldiers, and they can take the initiative to defeat the Dionysian army in Sparta.

After the two sides expressed their opinions, Jason spoke: "Everyone, the purpose of the establishment of the Greek Alliance is to repel the invading Dionysus and ensure the freedom of the Greek city-states and the security of their territories. If it is only for defense in Corinth, That would be equivalent to giving up the entire Peloponnesian Peninsula, which not only goes against the original intention of the alliance, but also makes the city-states that join the alliance complain about each other and destroy the unity. Therefore, I suggest that we should not waste any more time and lead the alliance immediately. Enter the Peloponnese, and quickly engage in battle with the Dionian army, defeat it, and set the Spartans free!"

Jason put his hands on his hips, looked at the generals in the venue, and declared loudly: "If everyone disagrees with my opinion, or keeps arguing and wasting time, then I will lead the Thessaly army and go south alone with the Dionysian army. Let's fight!"

Jason's words were like a stone smashed into a deep pool. While stirring up waves, they also received positive responses from the generals of Corinth and Argos: "I, the citizens of Corinth (Argos), will follow the Thessaly army together. Attack the Dionians!"

Although Thessaly's army accounted for half of the entire alliance's soldiers, Thessaly, who has been on the fringes of the traditional Greek forces for decades, did not attract the attention of the Greek city-states, so Jason did not have much in this alliance. A lot of prestige, but the support of these two powerful countries made Jason's prestige shock.

Although the number of soldiers sent by Athens to Corinth so far is only half of Thessaly's army, but with Sparta in decline, most Greek city-states prefer to follow the lead of Athens, so other city-state generals have turned their attention to Another person - the famous Athenian general Ifikrates.

The battle-hardened veteran glanced at Jason, then looked around at everyone, and said calmly: "I agree that the coalition should seize the time to take the initiative to seek a decisive battle with the Dionysian army, but at the same time, we Also set out to do two things.

The first is that we immediately sent messengers to the Arcadia Alliance to persuade them to join us and fight against Dionia together. In the current situation where the coalition forces have the upper hand, there is a high possibility that the Arcadia Alliance will fall to us. After all, Dionia is an outsider. If successful, it would strengthen the coalition and make it easier for us to fight in the Peloponnese. If rejected, we can also justifiably attack the Arcadia Alliance.

The second is that the reason why Dionia was able to defeat Sparta was that Dionia had a strong navy and was able to use a fleet to carry troops to land in Messenia at the very beginning and quickly occupy the territory of Messenia. Great relationship, so we also have to be careful of Dionia’s old trick, taking advantage of our army fighting in the Peloponnesus, and landing by sea in our more vacant rear, cutting our way of return and threatening our mother Bang, that would be a huge disaster! Therefore, I suggest that part of the army must be left behind and stationed on the beaches of Central Greece that can be landed, especially the port of Kleusis in the Pioxia region, which must be firmly controlled by the coalition forces! "

"But Kleusis now belongs to the Thebes!" someone reminded.

"In the case that most of our Greek city-states have gathered to defend against the invading outsiders, Thebes, as a powerful central Greek state, should choose neutrality. This is really not right! It's just that the war is imminent, in order to avoid unnecessary troubles. , we have temporarily tolerated the willfulness of the Thebes." Ifikrates said with a serious expression: "But the inaction of the Thebes will inevitably cause us to distrust them! Therefore, we should send The messenger went to Thebes and clearly told them that we would temporarily take over Kleusis and return them after the war. If Thebes does not agree, then we will treat them as enemies and attack them!"

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