By the time Jason arrived at the Luketra Highlands, the battle had ended for 7 days.

The messenger of the Spartan coalition also arrived in Sparta. The news of the failure of the battle shocked the Spartans. You should know that in recent years, Spartans have been constantly fighting against foreign wars. The real Spartan warriors have dropped from more than 3,000 at their peak to less than 2,000. They rely more on the Piriasi people, Black Rous and the troops of the allies. Now 400 Spartan warriors have died in battle, including a Spartan king, which is undoubtedly a huge loss for Sparta.

Not only were the people sad, but also a grand funeral was held for Cliombrotus according to tradition. However, the situation is critical now, and the Spartan coalition trapped in Piosha is still in urgent need of rescue. The elders' council and the ombudsmen, led by Agsilaus, had to plead for the people to temporarily suppress their grief and urgently mobilize young and middle-aged men in the territory (including the Pirias and some Black Rouss) to form an army, commanded by Achidams, the son of Agsilaus (because Agsilaus was unwell and could not lead the army), and the nearby allies also provided support one after another.

Datis, the Persian messenger who stayed in Sparta, was also shocked. He did not expect that the large Spartan army would suffer failure, which made him begin to doubt whether Persia's support for Sparta was a mistake. But now Thebes has formed an alliance with Dionys, and Persia cannot change to a Greek city-state that supports it in a short time, so he rushed to the Elders' Council to question it.

Many elders were angry, and Agsilous promised him with a breath of anger: "This was just an accidental failure. The Spartan army was still strong. It would soon defeat Thebes again and rebuild Greek hegemony."

Datis answered him without any comment, but asked them: "Persia is not only willing to provide money and supplies to support Sparta, but also willing to send troops to support him."

Agsilous quickly expressed his gratitude, but politely refused the request of "Persia's dispatch of reinforcements."

Money and material things were urgently needed, because it could be used to hire mercenaries, expand the size of the army, and continue to fight against Thebes. However, since the Hippola War, no Persian army has ever set foot on the Greek land in decades. If Sparta dared to invite Persian army, it would undoubtedly arouse the indignation of the Greek city-states and become the target of public criticism, and even its former allies would be betrayal.

Archidams led the army to the north quickly, and then took a boat through Corinth and landed in Port Cleus.

However, the speed of the Spartan reinforcements was still a little slower. While they were still heading north, all the reinforcements of Thessali had arrived at Liuquetra. The strength of the Piosha coalition was greatly enhanced and had surpassed the Spartan coalition. Therefore, Ipa Mironda proposed: "Take advantage of this favorable opportunity to launch a fierce attack on the Spartan coalition's camp and completely eliminate the Spartan coalition in Piosha!"

At this time, Jason was no longer excited when he heard the news of the victory of the battle, because his most important minister Asidamas also came to Liuketra. After analyzing the current situation in Greece with him, Jason realized that the failure of the Battle of Liuketra had caused a large enough blow to the prestige of the Spartans. It did weaken the obstacles of Spartans to dominate the Greeks, but it also allowed him to see the potential of the Thebes. If he had made every effort to help the Thebeans completely annihilate the Spartans' army at this time, the strength of the Spartans was seriously weakened. The one who really benefited the most was undoubtedly the Thebeans. They would quickly take over the legacy of the Spartans in Central Greece, and their strength would be rapidly improved, and instead they would become Thessali's biggest opponent to dominate the Greece.

After figuring out these, Jason did not agree to Ipa Mironda's request, but instead persuaded: "The Piosha coalition finally won the victory of the battle. There is no need to take further risks. After all, attacking a camp is much more difficult than fighting in the field. When Spartan reinforcements will come at any time, if they fail to attack for a long time, they will put the coalition in a dangerous situation. It is better to take advantage of the fact that the Spartans are now in a position to force the Spartans to sign a ceasefire agreement so that the troops of both sides can evacuate safely."

It sounded like Jason was right, but Ipa Mironda and Pelopidas still hoped to take advantage of the victory, so the two sides continued to argue for a while. Seeing that Jason was always firm and unwilling to fight, and without the help of Thessali reinforcements, the Piosha coalition alone would have to pay a lot of money to conquer the Spartan camp. In the end, he had to agree to Jason's suggestion.

So Jason acted as the mediator for both sides and arranged for peace talks between the two sides.

The reinforcements in the rear were unknown when they would arrive, and after the Thebes received the reinforcements of Thessali, they were obviously strong, so the depressed Spartan coalition soon signed a ceasefire agreement with the Piosha coalition.

That night, the Spartan coalition forces quietly evacuated.

Jason showed his face a great show of his face to be able to successfully mediate the war between Sparta, the former Greek hegemony, and Thebes, the emerging Greek force in Central Greece for the first time. The power of the Thessalians also appeared on the political stage in the core area of ​​Greece for the first time, attracting the attention of many Greek city-states.

On the way back to Thessali, Jason led his army to do something that shocked the Greeks in the south. He led his army to attack Heraclia, not far from him (not Heraclia, the sacred kingdom of Dionia). The city-state had been controlled by Sparta before and was a strong guarantee for the defense of the Hot Spring Pass. After all, the Hot Spring Pass was narrow and it was impossible to allow too many soldiers to station for a long time.

Jason not only easily attacked him, but also completely destroyed him. In the Greek land where wars are frequent, it is common for a city-state to be captured or even destroyed, but what Jason did is not simple. In the eyes of the Greek people, this is an irrespectful act of the barbarians from the north to step into the core area of ​​the Greeks.

Just now, the commander of Thebes, Ipa Mironda and Pelopidas, who were welcomed by the people, frowned when they heard the news. When Jason persuaded them to put in a truce with the Spartans, they felt uneasy. Now they are even more sure of the ambition of Thesalitagus: Are the Spartans not completely defeated, but their former allies want to become our new enemies?!

The people who were more anxious than the Thebes were the Fokis, because the Thessals destroyed Heracria and occupied the hot spring pass. If they led their troops south, the Fokis region was the first to be the Piosha region, and the second was the turn of Piosha region. Therefore, the priests of Delphi were very anxious and finally became proactive and prepared to invite the Greek city-states to convene a meeting of the Holy Alliance to discuss how to deal with the threat of the Thesales in Northern Greece, and best to resolve the war between Sparta and Thebes, and to maintain a longer peace between the two sides.

The priests of Delphi were not wrong. Jason had indeed conceived plans to conquer the Fokis region in his heart. Since the next year was the year for Delphi to hold the Pitiya Games, he had planned to show his powerful strength in front of the Greek people of other city-states at this game. Therefore, he decided to issue an order after returning to Philae, requiring the city-states of Thessaly to prepare cattle and sheep for the soon-to-be Delphi sacrifice, and also promised to award a golden crown to the strongest bull. At the same time, he also asked the city-states to make military mobilization and form a huge army, and led them to Delphi to preside over the celebration.

Jason has made up his mind to use force to deprive the rights of the Holy Alliance Commission and force himself to be the chairman of the Epitiya Games...

In the history of his previous life, he prepared without any concealment, which made the Delphi people very panic. Even rumors about "he was going to steal the Holy Custody of the Delphi Temple" were rampant, which aroused the anger of the most devout believers of Apollo. So one day a few months later, after Jason completed his inspection of the army, he sat down to listen to the petitions of his subjects. Seven young men with red faces of argument came forward and pretended to report the dispute to him to resolve. When they got closer, they suddenly rose up and killed Jason in their seats. This assassination completely changed the course of history. Jason died before he fulfilled his ambitions, and the Thessali, who was strongly unified, quickly split, and ended up cheaper in the Thebesians and later cheaper Macedonians.

But in this life, Jason's plan had to be temporarily stopped as soon as it began to be implemented, because a major event occurred in the Peloponnese Peninsula to the south.

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Since the Port of Cleus, which was originally controlled by Thebes, was occupied by the Spartans, and Thebes had no port in the Bay of Corinth, the messenger sent to Dionia had to rush to the bay north of the Piosha area to take a boat. In this way, if the passenger ships wanted to reach Dionia, they had to circle around and carefully avoid patrols of the Spartan fleet. Therefore, when Thebes and the Spartan army reached an armistice agreement, the messenger still failed to arrive at Turiyi.

However, Dionia had been paying close attention to this war. The spies sent by the intelligence agencies were hiding among the merchant ships that traded with Greek city-states. So as soon as the Battle of Luketra ended, the Dionia merchant ships stayed at the port of Corinth quickly left the port and drove westward quickly. The patrol warships of Sparta did not dare to stop them at all. So while Jason received the news of the battle, the report of the battle had been sent to the palace of Turiyi.

So Davers convened the regent, the main department ministers, and important military generals to hold an important meeting in the palace.
Chapter completed!