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Chapter 1162 Meeting with Ipamilonda

"Ahem!" When Adoris said this, Clotokatax was drinking soup and choked several times. He responded in a somewhat embarrassed manner: "Brother, you underestimate me too much. I am If an army commander shows favoritism to his own relatives, how can he command other soldiers to fight to the death! Don’t worry, I won’t do that!”

Adoris looked at him and asked again: "Really?!"

"Really!" Krotokartax responded frankly.

"Okay!" Adoris picked up the soup bowl in his hand and said with great enthusiasm: "Using soup as wine, I wish us brothers to join forces and achieve brilliant achievements in Greece!"

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Since the new commander of the Dionian army had not arrived, Ipamelonda stayed in the city of Messenes for several days. Not only did he not complain, but he was very happy because Thebes belonged to Dionia. Allies, so Ipamelonda was not blindfolded and restricted from going out like Agesilaus. Except for some sensitive areas, he could roam freely in Messenia.In order to avoid misunderstandings, with the consent of Leoticides, staff officer Muklu also equipped him with a Dionysian officer as a guide.

During this period of time, Ipamironda not only carefully understood the entire operation of the new Messenian government from villages to towns, but also comprehensively observed the daily life of the Dionysian army. Organized morning exercises, rushing to construction sites to build cities and houses during the day, and in the evening, under the supervision of team officers, everyone returned to their military tents to rest...

Not only did he run to the pass of Taygetos Mountain to watch the Dionian soldiers building guard towers to strengthen the defense against the Spartans; he also ran to the coast and watched the warships of the First Fleet in Messenia. Patrolling and training in the bay; he even watched the baggage battalion use multiple camel teams to transport food and supplies from the simple port to the camp, cook and distribute food to the soldiers in the camp, and medically rescue and treat injured soldiers... except for the engineering battalion. He almost visited the entire camp since he was prohibited from entering because it involved making some military equipment.

Until this day, he received a notice from the team officer's guide: the new commander of Dionia wanted to see him.

In fact, he already knew the arrival of the new commander, because that day he rushed to the seaside and witnessed with his own eyes the entire process of another Dionia army of more than [-] people landing on the coast in countless ships and quickly gathering.

Entering the military tent, Ipamilonda nodded with a smile to five or six generals in uniform. Finally, he focused his eyes on the young man sitting in the middle, and then solemnly bowed and saluted: "Thebes The Si messenger Ipamironda meets Commander Dionia!"

"Please take a seat, General Ipamilonda!" Crotocatacus asked the soldiers to bring the wooden chairs that had been prepared, and said very politely: "You are the military commander of the Boeotian Alliance, and you are also The hero who led the Boeotian coalition to defeat the Spartans at the Battle of Leuctra, your visit makes us even more honored!"

Ipamilonda thanked the guards, sat down, and said humbly: "Leuctra's victory is indeed a great encouragement to the people of Thebes and Boeotia, but just like the people who often starve, When a person has a full meal, he will feel very satisfied, but for people who often eat full meals, this is nothing, and Dionia is a person who often eats full meals. I am right. Bar?!"

Epamironda's words made Ctissus, Olivers and others feel comfortable listening to them.

"The general is too modest!" Clotocartax said immediately: "When my father talked to me about the situation in Greece a few years ago, he mentioned you, and he said that you and Pelopidas were Thebes. The most important pillar of Sri Lanka’s rise, facts have proven that his judgment was correct!”

Hearing this, Ipamironda's heart moved, of course he knew who the other party's father was, and couldn't help asking: "I would like to ask when His Majesty King Davos first mentioned me? "

Clotocatax thought for a while, and said: "Hmm... It seems that after the war with Carthage, it was mentioned in a letter to me... I was working in Rome at the time, so It’s a town in the northern part of the kingdom.”

After the war between Dionia and Carthage... Ipamilonda recalled carefully: It was the most difficult period for Thebes. Facing Sparta's attack, even the Thebes government struggled to support itself. Some of the congressmen do not have much hope for the future, but the king of Dionia, who is far to the west, firmly believes that Thebes will rise, and he also understands himself who was not well-known at the time. It can be seen that Dionia has long been Got a lot of attention on Thebes...

Seeing that Ipamironda was silent, Olivers interjected: "The great Davos is a descendant of Hades, the god of heaven, and has been favored by the gods, so he can always make accurate judgments. The hostile forces in Asia will eventually suffer the punishment of defeat!”

"That's right!" Ctissus and Tagetinos immediately agreed.

Worried that the threat implicit in Olivers' words would displease Ipamilonda, Clotocatacus hurriedly took over the conversation and said: "If I had known, General, that you had come to Messenia, I would have arrived earlier." Come here so you won't have to wait here for more days."

"It doesn't matter. Staying here for a few more days has given me a deeper understanding of the Dionysian army, and it also made me deeply feel why the Dionysian army is strong. If your army is an adult , the armies of the Greek city-states, including us in Thebes, are still children!" Epamelonda said with a serious face.

Clotokatax was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "General Ipamilonda, you are too humble!"

He did not continue to talk in depth on this issue, but instead asked: "Is there anything important for the general to come here this time?"

"This time, on behalf of the people of Thebes and Pioxia, I would like to express my gratitude to the ally Dionia!" Ipamironda said with a solemn expression, "Thebes and Dionia have just married As an ally, we didn't have much contact with each other in the past. This time, Thebes' enemy is the most powerful city-state in Greece. We originally only expected that Dionia would be able to provide food and supplies during the most difficult time of the war. came to help us, but to our surprise...you really fulfilled the covenant, took the initiative to go to war against Sparta, and soon launched an attack on Sparta, just like the rumored "Dioni Asia is a country that keeps its promises, and Thebes is very lucky to be able to form an alliance with Dionia!"

After hearing these words, Crotokartax was very proud. He tried his best not to let this emotion show up, but said humbly: "Keeping promises is the principle of the founding of Dionia, and sending troops when allies are in danger. Assistance is what we should do! It’s just that Thebes’ ability to escape from the predicament mainly depends on your own efforts. It is precisely because the general led his army to defeat Sparta at Leuctra that our attack on Sparta became easy."

Clotocathax's words were also very frank, but Ipamilonda showed a grateful and helpless smile: "Leuctra's victory is indeed very important to Thebes, but it only temporarily makes Thebes To get out of the predicament, Thebes fell into even greater trouble."

Clotokatax glanced at Printoles, then looked puzzled.

Epamironda explained seriously: "Athens and Thebes have been enemies for decades. Because of Sparta, it has only formed an alliance with Thebes in these years. It should be said that it has given Thebes a lot. A big help. But as the strength of Thebes gradually recovered, Athens' attitude towards us changed. When signing the Callias Contract, I clearly felt that Athens and Sparta had reached an agreement. They jointly excluded us from Thebes. After the Battle of Leuktra, Athens even sent troops to garrison the western border, clearly showing hostility to us.

Our other ally, Jason of Thessaly, also gave us a lot of help in the previous war against Sparta, but after the Battle of Leuctra, he suddenly sent troops to occupy Thermopylae, And they also carried out large-scale military mobilization in Thessaly, threatened to send troops south, and refused to receive our envoys. The city-states in western Central Greece, including our Thebes, were very nervous. We Thebes was our leader. The Lord's Boeotia, Phocis, which is dominated by Delphi, and Locris are already discussing how to unite to resist the invasion of the coming people——"

"Are the Thessalians very strong militarily?" Olivers couldn't help but ask. He, like Davos, is a Thessalian, but he has been away from Thessaly for decades and has no idea about the current situation in his hometown. He didn't understand, but his impression of Thessaly was still based on the situation a few decades ago when city-states were at war with each other, resulting in a weakened state and frequent bullying by the indigenous people in the surrounding mountains.

“Since Jason, the tyrant of Philae, became Tagus of the Thessalians, all the city-states of Thessally were under his control. He could form at least an army of more than 3 people, and the combat effectiveness of the soldiers was still high. Not weak, this is a huge threat to us in Greece!" Ipamilonda reminded in a heavy tone.

"There is actually Tagus in Thessaly!..." Olivers was a little surprised, and the words "an army of more than 3 people" also attracted the attention of the other army commanders.

Clotokatax had received repeated instructions from Davos before leaving. Chief of Staff Printols could obtain more information from the Ministry of Military Affairs, so the two of them looked calm.

"After the Battle of Leuctra, we in Thebes suddenly faced threats from the north (Thessaly), east (Athens), and south (Sparta). The situation is quite dangerous! It is precisely because of you Dio Neia generously sent troops to reinforce Messenia, diverted the attention of the Spartans and Persians, and temporarily relieved Thebes from the greatest danger. We are grateful for this! Of course, I also want to ask for your forgiveness. , Thebes has to concentrate on dealing with the threat from the north, so it does not dare to send troops to join you to deal with the Spartans! I am very sorry for this!" At this point, Ipamilonda bowed his head. Waist, respectfully apologize to Crotokatax.

(End of this chapter)