Asidamas thought for a while and said in contemplation: "Since Dionia invaded Mesenia, I spent time investigating the situation in Dionia in detail. It turned out that this Western Mediterranean Kingdom had actually controlled all the coastal forces in the Western Mediterranean and became the well-deserved overlord of the Western Mediterranean! In the last two wars, this kingdom sent 100,000 troops and 6700 warships to fight, and was able to maintain an offensive for more than half a year. Its strength was amazing!

Moreover, Dionia developed from a small city-state to its current kingdom 20 years ago through constant wars and annexation. It could not have come to Greece to fight Sparta just to help Thebes, and its ultimate goal must be the entire Greek!

My opinion is...either you send an envoy to Turie to strive for an alliance with Diony, so as to preserve the independence of Thessali; or you call the messengers of Athens who are in the city and join the Greek alliance, so that you can gather the power of the entire Greek and fight back the Dionys!"

Speaking of this, Asidamas looked solemn: "I tend to the previous suggestion, because I don't think a temporary patchwork alliance can defeat a kingdom that has become stronger in constant battles."

"Asidamas, you are always cautious." Jason stood up suddenly and said loudly: "I choose your latter suggestion! You are right. Dionys wants to conquer the entire Greece. If we want to stay out of the matter, it is impossible to preserve our strength. The war will eventually burn on the land of Thessali. It is better to take this opportunity to gather the power of all Greece and fight Dionys with all his strength!

I remember that during the Hippopotamian War, only half of Greece's castles could defeat Persia. This time, the addition of Thessali, but Dionia is not as powerful as Persia. Can't we still defeat them? We first united with the city-states in the south, defeated Dionia with all our might, and then competed with Athens and Thebes for the Greek overlord. What do you think?!"

Asidamas looked at Jason, who was a little excited, and was not surprised by the choice he made, because with his understanding of this Tagus, Jason, who had always been enterprising, could almost not adopt the strategy of tolerance and concession, but he had to remind him: "If a coalition is formed, you must distinguish the main and secondary, just like Sparta was the leader of the alliance in the Hippolar War that year-"

"Of course, I, Thessali, should be the leader and command all the coalition forces!" Jason said firmly, without hiding his ambitions: "Sparta has declined, the army of Athens is not good. Although Thebes won the battle with Sparta, their soldiers were not enough (he didn't know that Thebes remained neutral)... Only Thessali, I, could form a unit of more than 40,000 people, and had strong combat power. The number of warships in our fleet was also more than 100, exceeding Athens. If we are strong and strong, we will not be the leader of this alliance, who would dare to do it?!"

Although it is only temporary to become the leader of the Greek League, as long as you win this battle, it will inevitably greatly improve the status of Thessali in the Greek city-state and make the people of Thessali to be proud. You should know that in the past, the Thessali people were called "barbarians" in Athens and the Spartans, so not only Jason had this intention, but Asidamas was also optimistic about his success.

So he suggested: "Sir, we can use this as a prerequisite for joining the Union to negotiate with the Athenian Messenger, but invite him to review our army in Thessali."

"Asidamas, you and I think of going together again!" Jason clapped and smiled, with a confident look on his face: "I will gather my army now, and you will take the Athenian envoy to the military camp outside the city in the afternoon."

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On the second day of the Battle of Tegea, Crotokataks led his army to repair the Sanctuary of Hercules in the southeast of Tegea (formerly the Spartan Alliance Camp). At the same time, he sent 5,000 soldiers to escort tens of thousands of prisoners back to Mesenia, most of whom were the people of Tegea. They would be sent back to Turii, either become public servants, sent to mining, or sold publicly (Greek native slaves are still relatively popular in the Turii slave market. First, they are of high cultural quality, smart and studious, and easy to communicate; second, they can satisfy the colonists' showing off their mother states like the Greek citizens of Dionia.).

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

In addition, at the request of Tigtinos, the 3,000 soldiers of the Seventh Legion, which had almost no losses, quickly moved south early in the morning to block the border between Tigtinos and Sparta and intercept the defeated Spartans.

In the afternoon, 2,000 soldiers and a regiment of envoys sent by Mantinia finally arrived at the new military camp of Dionia and anxiously told Crotokatax that Mantinia was willing to accept his advice and take over Tegaya.

At the same time, they also hope to enter into a secret agreement with Dionia to form a closer alliance and fully support any military operations in Greece.

The Mantinians are not fools. Although they covet the land of Tegaia, they also know that they are weak. Once they make such a move, they will inevitably be excluded and suppressed by other Greek city-states, and may even be war. Looking at the past, Dionia has always had a good reputation for allies. Therefore, if they want to completely annex this land, they must hold Dionia's thighs tightly.

Therefore, 500 of the 2,000 Mantinian soldiers were preparing to stay in the city of Tegaya, while the remaining 1,500 were obeying the command of the Dionian army and participating in subsequent military operations to show the sincerity of the Mantinians.

Crotokataks achieved his goal. He was very happy to negotiate with the Mantinian messenger and soon signed a secret military covenant that excluded the Arcadia alliance, limited to the secret military alliance between Dionia and Mantiniana.

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At the same time, Spartan King Agsilaus led the remnants of the army to trek through the mountains.

Before the battle, Mr. Agessi was mentally prepared to defeat the battle, and he made two plans:

First, the army of Dionians, like the Thebes, would withdraw after victory, so he could retreat to the camp first, and after a little rectification, he would lead some of the army mainly with Spartan soldiers to retreat south quietly at night;

Second, the army of Dionia took advantage of the victory to pursue the Spartan army and forced the defeated Spartan army into the mountains. Judging from the previous battle 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 occurs, they will gather in the Muslim Forest of Pelags and then withdraw their territory.

But he never expected that after the victory of the battle, the army of Dionys had forced the defeated soldiers into the mountains through pursuit, and then divided some troops to continue pursuing. These Dionys soldiers (actually the mountain reconnaissance brigade) ran in the mountains as if they were on the flat ground, and were good at hiding and sneak attacks, forcing the Spartan defeated soldiers who were depressed due to defeat to run away in the mountains, including Agsilous himself. If it weren't for the soldiers of the King's Guard's desperate rescue, he would have almost fallen into the hands of the Dionys soldiers.

Not long after, night fell, and it was difficult to tell the direction in the mountains, and we had to avoid wild animals, so it was not until noon on the second day that the Spartan defeated troops gathered one after another near the Pelags forest.

In the afternoon, there were less than a thousand soldiers gathered together, and most of them were Piriasi. After all, the Spartans fought on the first line in the battle, and later the entire right wing was attacked by the Dionian reserve troops. It was undoubtedly much more difficult for the Spartans to escape successfully in a state of semi-encirclement.

More importantly, Agsilous did not see his son Achidams appear, and he was indescribable worry, but he knew that he could not wait any longer, otherwise the soldiers who had no food would starve to death in the mountains before they could return to their territory.

So he resolutely issued the order to "depart" and refused the guards' support. He staggered at the front of the team with a crutch.

Under his inspiration, the tired and hungry soldiers could only follow closely.

Because they failed to retreat in time last night, during the day, they did not dare to march near the Tegera Plain in their current situation. Otherwise, once they were discovered by the Dioria scout, it would be a disaster. Therefore, they could only trek among the mountains, which means that the time to return to their hometown will be greatly extended...

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On the third day, Crotokatax left 2,000 soldiers to garrison the camp, and more than 2,000 wounded soldiers were treated and recuperated in the camp, gathering 15,000 Dionian soldiers and 1,500 Mantinian soldiers to march south.

Not long after leaving the camp, he met the messenger sent by Tigtinos.

What?! The 1st Fleet has occupied Sparta?!... Crotokataks repeatedly read the battle report signed by Seclian, his face full of surprise.

It turned out that after Tigtinos led 3,000 soldiers to the Spartan border yesterday, he did not catch many defeated soldiers. Later, after repeated requests from the legion soldiers who were eager to make contributions, he finally decided to send two companies into the Spartan territory to explore the truth and reality.

There are continuous mountains from Tegaya to Sparta City, and the best way to take is a narrow passage formed by the Eurotas Valley. Since the Dionian army captured Mesenia, Sparta felt a great threat. At the suggestion of Agsilaus, the Spartans not only focused on building defense facilities on the coast in the south, but also built small defense camps in the dangerous terrain of the Eurotas Valley and the other two major roads to the north.
Chapter completed!