Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

In the more than a year since then, the exiles have died down, and although the team continues to grow, but they have not been savage, they have been killed by time, more and more sighs, and less and less revenge.

Pelopidas has always been concerned about the movements in the west: the powers of Thebes have the support of the Spartans, the reverse, the high-pressure rule of the city, the people are miserable, complaining; and the Piosia region Other city-states have also surrendered to Sparta...

The strong sense of responsibility made Pelopidas unable to endure anymore. He decided to take immediate action. Because he was afraid of leaking secrets, he did not negotiate with other leaders of the exiles. Instead, he privately found six like-minded friends to assist him. Implement his long-recognized "Recovery of the Bios plan."

They pretended to be hunters. They set off from the Athens border early in the morning, over the mountains and over the mountains, and stopped on the road. When they arrived outside the city of Thebes, the night was coming, so they mixed in the farmer’s team from the ground back to the city. Passed the gate, then hid in the residence of his good friend Kathy, and asked Kathy to send a slave to his other good friend, the clerk of the military governor, Filidas.

After a few people had been negotiating, they had the banquet the next night.

Now they succeeded in killing the two military spartans of the Spartan faction. Pelopidas had just breathed a sigh of relief. Filidas raised his letter in an anxious way: "Pelopidas The situation is not good! Someone noticed our plan and wrote a letter!"

Pelopidas hurriedly took the letter and looked at it. The content of the letter was to admonish Akias: the exiles sneaked into the city in an attempt to stab the heads of the Spartan faction, reminding him to be careful! ”

Pelopidas changed his face and asked: "Who wrote it?!"

Filidas shook his head: "There is no signature on the letter. The messenger immediately left after sending the letter. It shows that this person is not a friend of Azias. Maybe he is just an ordinary city-state official. He accidentally saw you in the city. ..." After all, although Pelopidas is young, he is still somewhat famous among the people of Thebes.

"What should we do now?!" The other people looked nervous and looked at Pelopidas.

Pelopidas calmed down at this moment, and he said with determination: "When we set out, we have not made a wish to Zeus, ready for sacrifice! Things have been carried out until now, is it necessary to retreat midway! We We should speed up the action, and the enemy may not understand the situation and complete our plan quickly!"

The words of Pelopidas gave other people a strong shot, and the people quickly reached a consensus, taking advantage of the night to go to the house and go to the two real leaders of the Spartan faction - Leon Tiadas. And Supatas home.

The lascivious Sepatas was spending the night in a senior brothel in the city. Cathy bought the brothels early, and the exiles easily entered the bedroom and stabbed them.

Leon Tiadas is not as negligent as his colleagues. He never goes out at night, and there are guards waiting in the house, and the defense is more strict. But Pelopidas had long had a plan for assassination. He had not been idle for more than a year on the Athens border. He asked Cathy in the city of Thebes to look for opportunities to contact these guards and finally convinced them. Some hated the guards of Sparta, who poured their peers with wine this evening and quietly opened the door for Pelopidas.

When Pelopidas entered the bedroom, Leon Tiadas was still asleep. Pelopidas grabbed his mouth with his hand and stabbed his sharp dagger into his heart. The pro-Spartan leader Leonti, who caused the fall of Thebes, caused numerous deaths and injuries, and deceitfulness. Adas died in this way.

Then Pelopidas rushed to the prison with some guards, impersonating Leon Tiadas's entourage, swindling the door with his personal belongings, then smashing it, killing all the jailers. All the detained Spartans were released.

They all expressed their gratitude to Pelopidas, but Pelopidas asked them to go to the city immediately and contact all the people who were dissatisfied with Sparta.

Everyone is happy to be ordered.

So in the middle of the night, the city of Thebes became unsettled. The people of the Spartan group noticed the anomaly, but they were completely unable to contact their own heads, so they could not respond in time. The Spartans in the Acropolis did not know what happened in the city because no one had informed them. They did not dare to act rashly in the dark, and they could only guard the Acropolis.

The day was just dawning, and the whole city of Thebes was boiling.

Most of the people in the city rushed to the square, and Ipami Lianda was among them. When Pelopidas told him his plan quietly, Ipami Lianda was as opposed to some friends of Pelopidas against such an adventurous plan, but now I saw Pelopidas standing in the square. On the central platform, when he showed the bodies of several people, such as Leon Tiadas, he couldn’t help but sigh Peropidas’s determined and courageous action. Such a seemingly intractable thing actually gave him Made it!

Pelopidas was saddened by the people who counted the sins of the Spartans and the Spartan factions in Thebes, and made the people of the square feel the same. Then he gave an impassioned appeal: The people of Thebes took up the weapons. Unite, bravely fight those traitors and those invaders! Revenge for the dead compatriots and let Thebes regain freedom and independence! ......

The people were said to be full of blood. They shouted the name of Pelopidas, excited to wear the laurels for the initiators who participated in the assassination plan headed by Pelopidas, and also unanimously elected Pello. Pidas and Filidas served as military consuls.

The two did not hesitate to accept the appointments given by the people, and at the same time announced the establishment of the city-state 100-member council, whose members were rotated by the citizens of Thebes every month, and established the highest authority of the city-state as the citizen assembly.

The people cheered and celebrated that Thebes became a democratic government.

Then Pelopidas immediately issued an order to the people: pick up the shield spear, form the army, arrest all the Spartan personnel, and recapture the Acropolis occupied by the Spartan army, while also defending the most likely The Spartan army came to intervene.

The people of Thebes acted immediately, and the people of Sparta were sent out, not killed or detained, and only a handful of people fled from Thebes.

When the heavily armed civics gathered in the square again, Pelopidas did not immediately lead the way. He requested the appointment of Ipami Lianda as the commander of the army and fought side by side with him.

Many of the civic soldiers did not even know who Ipaminda was, but at this time Pelopidas had a high prestige, and most people chose to agree because of their trust in him.

When they saw a middle-aged man who looked ordinary and had a book, he walked on the platform and couldn't help but regret the choice they had just made.

But Pelopidas was a happy face. He knew the power of Ipami Honda, so he excitedly said to him who slowly came to the stage: "Ipa, we can finally fight together again!"

Ipami Nanda appears to be calm on the surface, but the heart is also very excited. He is a modest and low-key person. He did not participate in this series of political adventures by Pelopidas because of his dislike of the factional struggle. He spent most of his time reading, music and physical exercise. But when the people shouted for victory, the rising revolutionary enthusiasm also infected him, not to mention his good friends gave him such great trust, so even if he knew the next new situation, the situation of the Thebes government was facing a dangerous situation. He still said without hesitation: "I will do my best to defend Debys with the citizens!"

Ipaminda’s first city-state public office was such an important position that it was related to the rise and fall of the city-state. At this time, he was forty-one years old.

At this moment, the cadres who guarded the South Gate hurriedly reported: "A small group of Spartans from the Acropolis broke through their block and escaped from the city."

It turned out that some people from the Spartan faction ran into the Acropolis and secretly reported to the Commander of Sparta "The riots in the city, the pro-Sparta government has been overthrown, and the head was killed", the commander He was shocked, but he had only 400 soldiers. His strength was too little. Without the cooperation of the Thebes, he did not dare to send them out to squash the rebellion. Even if the soldiers were very brave, they could not be thousands. An angry opponent of the Thebes mob, he quickly made a decision: just as the riots in Thebes had just occurred, the mobs did not completely control the city, quickly sent people out of the city, to the neighboring city states Platia and Tes Pia's Spartan garrison requested assistance ~www.readwn.com~ The news brought by the city guards made the coupers feel nervous.

At this time, Ipami Honda, who had just been appointed as the general of the army, took the initiative to ask: "Perot, please let me lead a force to the south gate to block the upcoming Sparta reinforcements, and you will recapture. Acropolis!"

Peropidas saw Ipami Nanda’s firm eyes and answered without hesitation: “Good!”

Then, he immediately assigned 3,500 civic soldiers to Ipami Honda, leaving only 2,000 soldiers for himself, and the generals assigned to Ipaminda were his own close friends, and with Ipami Da is also familiar, so that Ipa Minoda can be more convenient to command.

Ipami-Dinda had no time to thank him, and he rushed to the south gate with the army.

At this time, another military governor, Filidas, was worried: "Ipami Nanda can block the Spartans' reinforcements?! Do we have to prepare more?!"

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