"Ahem!" When Adoris said this, Crotokataks was drinking soup and choked several times. He responded in a hurried manner: "Brother, you underestimate me too much. I am the commander of the army. If you favor personalities with your relatives, how can you 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!" Crotokataks responded calmly.

"Okay!" Adoris picked up the soup bowl in his hand and said passionately: "Use soup as wine, I wish our brothers to join forces to make brilliant achievements in Greece!"

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Since the new commander of the Dionys army has not arrived, Ipa Mironda stayed in Meseni for several days. Not only did he not complain, but he was also very happy. Because Thebes was an ally of Dionys, Ipa Mironda was not blinded by black scarves like Agsilaus and was restricted from going out. In addition to some sensitive areas, he could wander around in Mesenia at will. In order to avoid misunderstandings, after obtaining Leoticides' consent, the staff officer Mukru also equipped him with a Dionys team officer as a guide.

During this period, Ipa Mironda not only carefully understood the entire operation of the new Mesenian government from villages to towns, but also comprehensively observed the daily life of the Dionian army. From morning exercises organized by various brigades every morning to rushing to the construction site to build cities and houses during the day, and under the supervision of the team officials at dusk, they all returned to the military tent to rest...

He not only ran to the pass of the Tigertos Mountain to watch the soldiers build sentinels and strengthen their defense against the Spartans; he also ran to the coast to see the First Fleet warships patrol and train in the Gulf of Mesenia; he even watched the baggage battalion transport food and supplies from simple ports to the camp, cook and distribute food for the soldiers in the camp, and medically rescue the injured soldiers... In addition to the engineering battalion forbidding him from entering because it involved in the production of some military equipment, he almost visited the entire camp.

Until this day, he received a notice from the team leader: the new Commander Dionia wants to see him.

In fact, he had already known the arrival of the new commander, because that day he rushed to the beach and witnessed the entire process of another army of more than 10,000 people landing on countless ships on the coast and quickly assembled.

Walking into the military tent, Ipa Mironda smiled and nodded with five and six generals in full military uniforms, and finally turned his eyes to the young man sitting in the middle, and then solemnly bowed and saluted: "Ipa Mironda, the messenger of Thebes, met with Commander Dionys!"

"Please sit down quickly, General Ipa Mironda!" Crotokataks asked the soldiers to bring the prepared wooden chairs and said very politely: "You are the military commander of the Piosha Alliance, and you are also the hero who led the Piosha Alliance to defeat the Spartans in the Battle of Liuketra. Your visit makes us feel glorious!"

Ipa Mironda thanked the guards, sat down and said modestly: "Liuquetra's victory is indeed a great encouragement to the people of Thebes and Pioxia, but just like a hungry person who has a full meal, he will feel very satisfied. But for those who have a full meal, this is nothing, and Dionia is the one who has a full meal, right?!"

Ipa Mironda's words made Kticus, Olivers and others feel comfortable.

"The general is too modest!" Crotokatacs immediately said: "When my father talked to me about the situation in Greece a few years ago, he mentioned you. He said that you and Pero Pidas were the most important pillars of the rise of Thebes. As it turns out, the judgment he made was correct!"

Hearing this, Ipa Mironda felt aroused in his heart. Of course he knew who the other party was talking about, and couldn't help asking: "I would like to ask when was the first time His Majesty King Davers mentioned me?"

Crotokatax thought for a while and said, "Well... it seems that after the war with Carthage was over, I mentioned it once in a letter to me... At that time, I was in Rome, a town in the north of the kingdom."

After the war between Dionia and Carthage... Ipa Mironda recalled carefully: It was the most difficult period of Thebes. Faced with the attack of Sparta, some members of the Thebes government did not have much hope for the future. However, the King of Dionia, far west, firmly believed that Thebes would rise and knew his unknown self at that time. It can be seen that Dionia had long paid great attention to Thebes...

Seeing Ipa Mironda silent, Olivers interrupted: "The great Majesty Davers is a descendant of the god Hades, and has been favored by the gods. Therefore, he can always make accurate judgments. The forces hostile to Dionia will eventually be punished by failure!"

"That's right!" Ketisus, Tigtinos immediately echoed.

Worried that the threat implicit in Olivers's words made Ipa Mironda unhappy, Crotokatax hurriedly took over the conversation and said, "If I had known that General, you had come to Mesenia, you would have come here early, so that you would not have waited here for these more days."

"It doesn't matter. Staying here for a few more days has given me a deeper understanding of the Dionian army and has also made me deeply feel why the Dionian army is powerful. If your army is an adult, the armies of all Greek city-states, including our Thebes, are still children!" Ipa Mironda said seriously.

Crotokatax was stunned and then smiled and said, "General Ipa Mironda, you are too modest!"

He did not continue to talk deeply on this issue, and instead asked, "Is there anything important about the general coming this time?"

"This time I am expressing my gratitude to the allies of Thebes and Piosha!" Ipa Mironda said with a solemn expression and earnest words: "Thebes and Dionia have just become allies. In the past, we did not have much contact. This time the enemy of Thebes is the most powerful city-state in Greece. We originally only hoped that Dionia could help us with food and materials when the war was most difficult, but to our surprise... you truly fulfilled the covenant, took the initiative to start a war against Sparta, and soon launched an attack on Sparta. As expected, just as the rumored saying, "Dionia is a country that keeps its promises," Thebes felt very glad to be able to form an alliance with Dionia!"

After hearing these words, Crotokatax was proud. He tried his best not to let this emotion appear, but said modestly: "Keeping promises is the norm for the founding of the country of Dionia. We should do when allies are in danger! But the fact that Thebes can escape from difficulties mainly depends on your own efforts. It is precisely because the general led his army to defeat Sparta in Liuquetra that our attack on Sparta was made easier."

Clotokatacs was also honest, but Ipa Mironda smiled gratefully and helplessly: "Liuquetra's victory is indeed very important to Thebes, but it only temporarily freed Thebes from the predicament, but it put Thebes in greater trouble."

Crotokataks glanced at Printols and then showed a puzzled look.

Ipa Mironda explained seriously: "Athens and our Thebes have been enemies for decades. Because of Sparta, they have formed an alliance with Thebes over the years. It should be said that it has given Thebes great help. But as our strength of Thebes gradually recovered, Athens' attitude towards us changed. When signing the contract of Calias, I clearly felt that Athens and Sparta reached an agreement to exclude us together. After the Battle of Liuquetra, Athens sent troops to the western border, which obviously showed hostility to us.

Another ally, Jason of Thessal, also gave us considerable help in the previous war against Sparta, but after the Battle of Lüktra, he suddenly sent troops to occupy the Hot Spring Pass, and also carried out large-scale military mobilization in Thessal, and threatened to send troops south, and refused to receive the envoys we sent. The city-states in western Central Greece, including our Thebes, Piosha, mainly the Thebes, Fokis, mainly the Delphi, and Lochris were already discussing to unite to resist the invasion of people-"

"Does the Thessali have strong military strength?" Olivers couldn't help asking. He was a Thessali like Davers, but he had been away from Thessali for decades and had no idea about the recent situation of his hometown. His impression of Thessali was still in the situation where the city-states fought each other decades ago, resulting in weak strength and frequent bullying by indigenous people in the surrounding mountains.

"Since Philare's tyrant Jason became Tagus of the Thessalites, all the city-states of Thessalites were under his control. He could form an army of at least 30,000 people, and the combat effectiveness of the soldiers was not weak. This is a huge threat to us Greece!" Ipa Mironda reminded in a heavy tone.

"Thessali actually has Tagus!..." Oliverus was a little surprised, and the sentence "an army of more than 30,000 people" also attracted the attention of the other legion commanders.

Before leaving, Crotokataks had received repeated instructions from Davers that Chief of Staff Printols could obtain more information in the Military Affairs Department, so the two of them looked calm.

"After the Battle of Liuquetra, we, Thebes, suddenly faced threats from the north (Thessali), east (Athens), and south (Sparta), and the situation was quite dangerous! It was precisely because you, Dionia, generously sent troops to reinforce and restore Mesenia, restrained the attention of the Spartans and Persians, and temporarily relieved the greatest danger for Thebes. We are grateful for this! Of course, I want to ask you to forgive me, Thebes must concentrate on dealing with the threats from the north, so they dare not send troops to join you and deal with the Spartans together! I am very sorry for this!" Speaking of this, Ipa Mironda bowed his head and bent down, and expressed his respectful apology to Clotokatax.
Chapter completed!