Agsilous was taken away by Ipamironda's powerful words and fearless spirit on his face, and was stunned for a moment.

Seeing that the situation was a little bad, Kalistratus was about to speak to resolve it.

But he heard the Persian envoy Datis sternly say: "When signing a contract, you must act according to the contract, stop all wars, and restore Greek peace. This is the desire of the people of the Greek city-states, and it is also the urgent demand of the great Persian king for you! After that, if any city-state dares to provoke another war and invade other states, Persia will strongly support other city-states that signed the contract to form a coalition force and impose severe punishment on it! The people of Thebes, I advise you to fulfill the contract obediently!"

Ipa Mironda sneered a few times, looking straight at the Persian messenger, with a cold light in his eyes: "Before, we signed the contract of the king and dissolved the Piosha League, and the result! As a result, the Spartans violated the contract, attacked Thebes, captured our acropolis, and enslaved our people! What did you Persia do to such shameless acts of violating the contract? Nothing was done! So...hehe, what peace! What independence! Let them all go to hell! We Thebes only believe in ourselves now!"

When Ipa Mironda said excitedly, he even pulled his fist tightly, causing the Persian messenger to subconsciously take several steps back.

However, Ipa Mironda did not hit the Persian messenger in the face, but turned around and walked out of the venue, and several other Thebesians followed out of the venue.

The group of messengers of Thebes left without anyone stopping them, and for a moment, the venue was silent.

"Is this signature of the Thebesians worth it?" Calistratus's voice broke the silence.

"Of course not count!" Agsilous said with a calm face and angrily: "Since the people of Thebes are unwilling to sign the contract, there is no need for us to force them in. I suggest deleting this signature!"

The envoys of various city-states expressed their agreement one after another, and the envoys of Athens were the same.

"The people of Thebes are unreasonable and may continue to start wars after they go back. The Persian king will never allow such a thing to happen!" At this time, the Persian messenger Datis yelled in anger: "We Persia will strongly support you to form an army and punish Thebes to maintain the sacredness of the peace treaty!"

"Datis is right, we should do this!" Agsilous immediately looked at Carlistratus: "What do you Athenians think?"

Kalistratus said without hesitation: "We athens also support this decision. If Sparta wants to punish the Thebeans, we will provide naval support, just as we did when they helped the Thebeans."

The Thebes had no navy at all, and the navy you Athens provided was completely useless... Agsilous knew in his heart, but he did not raise any objection, because he felt that no matter whether the Navy provided by Athens had practical help to Sparta or not, the action of Athens was of great significance in itself, so that other city-states in Greece could see that Athens was on Sparta's side, and with this first support, there would be a second and third time... the days ahead would be long.

So Agsilous immediately expressed his gratitude to the Athenian Envoy.

Just as the city-state envoys continued to discuss the contract, the group of the Thebes envoys had already ridden out of Sparta and headed straight to the port by the sea.

At this time, a Thebes envoy had time to complain: "Ipa Mironda, although your speech at the venue was exciting, it would inevitably anger Sparta and strengthen the attack on our Thebes!"

Ipa Mironda looked back at them and said in a deep voice: "Some of us had some fantasies about this peace talk before, and I believe they can give up completely now! Our ally Athens betrayed us. Like the Spartans, they did not want us Thebes to unify the entire Piosha area!"

"Ipa Milonda, you are right!" Another Thebes messenger said angrily: "Although in that contract says, "It is necessary to ensure the independence and freedom of each city-state, and to dissolve the various alliances or alliances established," it also says, "Each city-state can voluntarily support each other'. Even if Athens and Sparta dissolved their alliance, with the influence and strength of their city-states, the original allies will still voluntarily rely on them and be driven by them. Once we dissolve the Piosha League, it will soon become a mess!"

"It is precisely because Athens and Thebes are worried that we will be able to fight against them after integrating the Piosha area, that we will try our best to stop us. We must not give in!" Ipa Mironda said firmly.

"But this time Sparta has the support of Athens and Persia, and its attack on us will be even more fierce!" said the messenger of Thebes.

"We are not fighting alone, the Thessalians will support us with all their might, and we can also seek help from the Kingdom of Dionia." Ipa Mironda comforted them.

“Dionia and Sparta have been in friendly contact for more than ten years. Will they choose to help us?”

"Perotis and I discussed this issue and agreed that Persia and Dionia must have a grudge. Since why Sparta reached a contract and ruined the friendly agreement with the Kingdom of Dionia and chose Persia, then Dionia is likely to accept our suggestions and form an alliance with Thebes."

Ipa Mironda's words made the other messengers of Thebes fall into deep thought.

"But no matter who we form an alliance with, thebes will have to rely on our own strength to become stronger!" Ipa Mironda looked forward with determination.

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Two days later, the Athenian emissaries also left Sparta and returned to the mother state.

On the way, Kalistratus was proud and said to Kalias: "In this peace talk, we at Athens have the most benefits and the greatest gains."

Kalias was a little puzzled: "Under the favoritism of the Persian envoy, we had to assist Sparta in attacking Thebes, which was actually re-recognizing Sparta's position as leader, and Sparta should have gained the most."

Although Calistratus despised this messenger of Athens who had a mediocre talent, as the torch holder of Eleusismith, Calias also had a considerable influence not only in Athens, but also in Peloponnese. Otherwise, this contract would not be named in his name in the end: Calias contract.

Since Calistratus agreed to assist Sparta in attacking Thebes, after returning to Athens, he would definitely be attacked by some political enemies. He needed to be fully maintained by Calias, so he patiently explained to him: "Since the Peloponnese War, our strength was completely weakened. Not only was our control of Sparta, but we were also forced to disband all allies. This was undoubtedly an extremely important blow to Athens, which relied on maritime trade. It was not until the Corinthian War that our national strength in Athens was restored, but the signing of the contract of the King forced us to disband our allies again until this time the contract was signed-"

Kalistratus said in a stressed tone: "Sparta has recognized the existence of the Athenian maritime alliance, and has actually placed Athens on the same position as Sparta. As for our agreement to assist Sparta in fighting, it is just to give Sparta a false reputation. In fact, fighting with Thebes does not require a navy at all. Even if Sparta wants us to send an army in the future, we can find ways to do it perfunctorily.

Sparta has become our ally now, but will still have interests with Athens in the future; Thebes has become ally because of Sparta and us, but don't forget what it was because of it as the enemy of Athens for a long time.

This time Thebes did not sign a contract in the end, which would inevitably lead to the continued war between them and Sparta, which is a good thing for us. Thebes' national strength has grown greatly now, and Sparta will not defeat it so easily. The continued war will consume the strength of both sides. When the right time comes, Athens will intervene again to decide the final victory and lose, thereby earning the greatest benefit!..."

Kalias was convinced by him.

After the emissary returned to Athens, Calistratus received an emergency notice from the Council: Secret news came from the city of Thebes, and they sent Pero Pidas to the envoy of Dionia in an attempt to form an alliance with him!

Kalistratus was shocked.

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Despite being king for many years, experiencing many things, and seeing many famous people, Daphs could not suppress his curiosity and looked at the messenger of Thebes standing in the center of the palace hall, because this person was too legendary.

When Sparta conquered Central Greece and Northern Greece, almost all Greek city-states surrendered under the force of the Spartans, the young man, who was still not famous at the time, bravely sneaked back to Thebes with a few like-minded friends, assassinated the puppets supported by the Spartans, and called on the people to drive away the Spartan army in Thebes. When many Greeks believed that Thebes' resistance was just a flash in the pan, the Thebes government led by him not only did not destroy the continuous attacks of the Spartan army, but instead Thebes gradually grew stronger in the war and could even compete with the Spartans in the end.

Pero Pidas...Davs was muttering this name in his heart. In his previous life, he did not know much about the history of ancient Greece. He only remembered Ipa Mironda for Thebes. Now he thinks that the person in front of him is also an amazing person.

Peropidas was also looking at King Dionya curiously. He thought that he had done a great career so far, but compared to the one in front of him, he was too far behind: when he was just adult and was keen on attending banquets, competing, and enjoying dramas, this man had led mercenaries to go through thousands of dangers, returned from the Persian hinterland, and won a great reputation. Then he went to Great Greece, used less than a thousand troops to repel the indigenous people, occupied Turi, founded the Kingdom of Diony, defeated Crotone, defeated Syracuse, and defeated Carthage. In just over 20 years, this kingdom became the real overlord of the Western Mediterranean!
Chapter completed!