Chapter 154 Dionia VS Greek Coalition

For the first suggestion, the vast majority of the generals agree, and for the second suggestion, everyone also agrees, but there are some different voices.

"We agree with your opinion, General Ifikrates. It is very important to ensure the safety of our back road, and Kleusis must be in our hands!" This was a positive response from the generals of the Athenian maritime allies.

"Thebes are traitors, and it is they who colluded with Dionia that led to the bad situation in Greece today, and they must be punished! Not only do we have to control Kleusis, but we should also allow the other city-states of the Pioxia alliance to gain Independence!" This is the clamor from the Phokis and the Rokris.

"We have a large number of people, and Thebes should agree with our proposal. We don't need to stimulate the Thebes any more to prevent them from giving up neutrality and turning to Dionia. Now we should first defeat the people. The Dionysian army is the most important thing!" This is the opinion of the generals of Corinth, Argos, and Megara.

Only a few generals of the city-states of Pioxia who had joined the Greek League remained silent.

Ephetrax's suggestion was quickly approved by the generals, which made Jason realize that a large army alone could not guarantee command of the entire coalition.

A few days later, the troops of the Greek League began to intensify their concentration on Corinth.

Just then, a messenger from Clotokatax arrived in Mandinia.

"Commander Dionia hopes that we will withdraw all the people stationed in Taigea and hold the city of Mandinia for a while..." Lucomedes said to the other members of the council with a solemn expression after reading the letter. .

As one of the advocates of the establishment of the Arcadia Alliance, Lucomedes was originally elected by the citizens of Mandinia as the main member of the Arcadia Alliance, shouldering the important task of forming and improving the alliance. However, after Mandinia annexed Tygea, it had a conflict of interest with other city-states in the alliance. Although the quarrel was temporarily subsided, a rift has been created between Mandinia and other city-states, with Lycomed Several Mandinian MPs headed by Daniels were obviously alienated and ostracized by other city-state MPs.

Just at this time, the envoy of the Greek Alliance came to Megalopolis, threatening the Arcadia Alliance "must immediately tear up the covenant with Dionia and join the Greek Alliance, otherwise it will be attacked by the coalition forces."

After learning of the astonishing number of the Greek coalition forces, and because now the main force of the Dionian army has completely retreated to the Spartan territory, the Arcadia Alliance faced the threat of the Greek coalition forces and felt a lot of pressure, so most of the deputies began to Hesitating, and a few people made it clear that they could accept the messenger's request, only Lycomedes and several other Mandinian congressmen were firmly opposed, and their fierce emotions also made the Arcadia Alliance not make any response to the messenger.

But at night, the messenger secretly contacted and discussed with the parliamentarians of several city-states, but did not come to Lucomedes.

So at the meeting of the Arcadian Union on the second day, when discussing this issue, the decision to "cut off ties with Dionia and join the Greek Union" was passed with more than one vote. Lycomedesco could not accept this. As a result, he angrily attacked the short-sightedness of the Alliance, believing that such perfidious behavior would inevitably be punished by the gods.

Afterwards, Lycomedes led several Mandinian deputies and decisively left Megalopolis and returned to his home country, which actually meant the break of Mandinia and the Arcadia alliance.

At this time, the MPs of Mandinia were all nervous after listening to Lycomedes' words, and someone asked anxiously: "Now that the Greek alliance has gathered a large army in Corinth and is about to invade south, we in Mandinia are not like other Akka. The city-state of Dia has abandoned its covenant with Dionia, and will surely become the first target of this army. Shouldn't Dionya fulfill the covenant and rescue us?!"

Facing the excited Mandinian parliamentarians, the messenger Karias said calmly: "Judging from the current situation of the war, the enemy's troops clearly surpassed our Dionysian army in the Peloponnese. , it is not a sensible way to confront them at this time, so His Royal Highness Clotokatax hopes that you can hold on to the city of Mandinia and wait for the new reinforcements from Dioria to arrive in Burrow. Pennissa, let's fight the enemy again!

Our Dionysian country is powerful, with a regular army of no less than 200,000 people. As long as there is enough time for them to reach the Peloponnese, we will surely win this war! Of course, the enemy's army is large now. If you feel that your manpower is insufficient, we will send reinforcements to assist you in defending the city. "

The Mandinian deputies were a little surprised when they heard that the Kingdom of Dionia had no less than 200,000 soldiers, and gradually calmed down. In their opinion: The Dionysian army is very strong in combat, and only sent an army of 30,000 people to easily conquer the tyrannical Spartans, and there are so many soldiers in the country, no matter how easy it is to send With tens of thousands of people, it is definitely not difficult to defeat the so-called Greek coalition.

"Commander Dionia asked us to abandon Tygea. Is this a temporary abandonment? Or a long-term abandonment?" Lycomedes asked worriedly, because Mandinia broke with the Arcadia alliance. , causing his previous efforts to be in vain, the root cause is because of Taigea, he did not expect that after the end of the war, Mandinia's bamboo basket was empty and nothing was obtained.

"Of course it is a temporary abandonment." Karias understood the minds of the Mandinians to some extent, so he said loudly: "Since we Dionia have promised, 'Tigeria's land belongs to Mandinia. 'Then that will never change that promise! In addition, I bring another promise made by His Highness Klotokatax—"

Callias said, took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Lucomedes.

Lucomedes took the letter, and after reading it, he looked at Karias with surprise.

Callias said solemnly and loudly: "Our wise and wise King Davos once said, 'Only in times of crisis will you know who your true friends are.' We came to Peloponnese. Although the time has not been long, it has experienced many betrayals. Only you, Mandinia, have always stood firm on our side. Even if the enemy army is crushing the border, it has not wavered!

Your performance has won Dionia's trust, so His Highness Clotokatax made a promise, 'After the victory of the war, I will fully support Mandinia to rebuild the Arcadia Alliance! ’”

Carrias's words made all the members of the meeting excited, and they all said: Mandinia will defend the city with all its strength in accordance with Dionia's request, waiting for the arrival of Dionia's reinforcements!

At this moment, Lucomedes also swept away his previous depression and began to conceive in his heart: This new Arcadia alliance must no longer be the same as before, but should be like Thebes in the Pioxia alliance. , with Mandinia as the absolute center!

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A few days later, the Greek coalition entered the territory of Arcadia. After the persuasion to surrender was invalid, the city of Mandinia was surrounded in circles.

And on the second day, the most active Thessaly army took the lead in attacking the city, but the Mandinian defenders, which had been reinforced by the two battalions of Dionia, easily defeated the coalition offensive.

In the days that followed, the coalition failed to make any progress in the siege of the city, and had to temporarily turn to a siege.

Two days later, Thessaly's army as the vanguard occupied the city of Tygea.

Although Taigea was an empty city at this time, and there was no battle, the news still shook the rest of the Peloponnese city-states who didn't know the truth.

Soon, the Arcadia Alliance fulfilled the new covenant and sent 3,000 soldiers. Ellis, who had been hesitant for a long time, finally sent an envoy to the coalition forces to "join the alliance". Even the city-states in Achaia, which had been neutral until now, sent envoys to make the same request.

For a time, the power of the Greek alliance increased greatly, and its prestige was greatly shaken.

The coalition generals headed by Ifikrates and Jason decided after deliberation: the armies of Alice, the Arcadia alliance, and the city-states of Achaia attack Mesenia, and the coalition forces mainly attack Sparta.

The Greek coalition forces continued to move south and reached the border of Arcadia, but what they did not expect was that since the Dionysian Expeditionary Force occupied the Spartan territory, in accordance with the instructions of King Davos, the Ministry of Military Affairs issued an order : Point out that the Greek city-states are forming a coalition in an attempt to defeat the expeditionary force, so it is required that Clotokatax should lead the army to hold the territory of Messenia and Laconia, and wait for the opportunity to counterattack.

Clotokatax obeyed the order, and accepted the advice of several generals such as Plintos, and built a number of defensive camps on the communication routes and mountains on the northern border of Sparta and Messenia. Tens of thousands of soldiers participated, and the Piriasis and the original Heros also responded positively...

Therefore, in just two months, the Dionysian army has initially established relatively systematic defense facilities on the two borders.

The Greek coalition was quickly hampered by these complex Dionian fortified camps. Especially in the northern part of Sparta, where the mountains are continuous and the terrain for passage is narrow, the superior forces of the coalition forces cannot be deployed at all, and camping and rest have become a big problem. The Dionysian army defended the dangerous terrain, not only blocked the enemy's offensive, but also through night raids from time to time, causing casualties to the Greek coalition soldiers who had to scatter their camps.

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