Although everyone here did not know much about the difficulties faced by Thebes, they never thought of asking Thebes to provide assistance to Sparta. Therefore, Ipa Mironda's frank apology made everyone led by Crotokatacs a little surprised and moved.

Crotokatacs immediately said: "General Ipa Mironda, Thebes is facing difficulties and cannot support us. We can understand all this. Therefore, His Majesty specially sent enough soldiers to Peloponnese to deal with Sparta. The power of our Dionia alone is enough. When Sparta is completely defeated, we will lead our troops north to help you relieve other threats and restore peace to Thebes completely!"

Crotokatacs did not make a promise casually because of his momentary excitement. He considered that since the Kingdom of Dionia would dominate the Greek situation, it would be likely to have conflicts with Athens and Thessal in the future. Then, using the excuse of helping the ally Thebes, he could not only get the gratitude and assistance of Thebes, but also cover up his true purpose. Why not do it?

Printols also considered this, so when Crotokataks made his promise, he did not interrupt or cover it up.

After hearing this, Oliver, Tigertyos and other legion commanders learned that there were other battles to fight besides Sparta, so they naturally agreed.

Ipa Mironda looked quite moved, and he said emotionally: "When I go back, I will tell every Thebesian, everything that Dionia has done for Thebes, so that the Thebes will never forget your kindness! Apollo is above, and I swear in your name that the best of the power of Thebes will make Thebes the most determined ally of Dionia in Greece!"

When Ipa Mironda knelt halfway down, his palms facing the sky and solemnly swore, Crotokatax was a little stunned. He suddenly felt a little ashamed and quickly stepped forward to help him up: "General Ipa Mironda, you...you are..."

"Compared with the great help that you, Dionia, to Thebes, all I can do is this." Ipa Mironda said sincerely.

Crotokatax was a little moved and didn't know what to say for a moment.

Ipa Mironda said again: "You are fighting with Sparta now, and Thebes cannot send troops to the war for the time being, but we have convinced the Arcadias to support you."

"I have heard from the former commander about this matter." Crotokatakus frowned and said in a gentle tone: "However, I heard that Sparta had sent envoys to restore friendship with the Arcadias, so the Arcadias have not sent envoys to ask for help."

Ipa Mironda smiled slightly and said seriously: "The Arcadia Alliance has just been established. The city-states it belongs to have always been Spartan allies. Hesitation is inevitable in the face of the Spartans' rare show of kindness. However, the leader of the Arcadia Alliance is Mantinia. The city of Mantinia was once destroyed by Sparta. The Mantinians were displaced for more than ten years. They had a deep hatred with the Spartans, and it was impossible to reconcile with the Spartans.

What's more, Mantinian chief general Lucomedes was the main figure who promoted the establishment of the Arcadia Alliance. Not only did he have a high reputation in Mantinian, but he once went to Thebes as an envoy to seek help, but was persuaded by us to ask for help from Dionia. On the way to Mesenia, I spent a few days with him. I think he is a very wise and visionary person. He will definitely not allow the Spartans' conspiracy to succeed!"

"Since the general said that, let's wait a little longer." Crotokatax recognized Ipa Mironda's suggestion.

Olivers next to him had some objections to this and wanted to express his opinion, but was stopped by Printols with his eyes.

His unwilling expression fell into Ipa Mironda's eyes. Ipa Mironda seemed to have not seen him and continued to talk to Clotokatax calmly.

The two sides exchanged some views and suggestions on "How to defeat the Spartans", and later even exchanged questions on "How to train soldiers and how to organize the army". Even Olivers, several commanders of the legion, joined in, and the conversation lasted for more than three hours. Until Ipa Mironda said goodbye and left, the others were still unsatisfied.

Looking at his departure back, Crotokatax couldn't help but sigh: "Ipa Mironda is not only very military-informed, but also very knowledgeable, but also so humble and studious. He is such a respected old man!"

"What a pity." Printols said in a deep voice: "We came to Greece, which will definitely limit Thebes' continued growth. Ipa Mironda may not have the opportunity to continue to display his talents!"

"But at least more Thebeans were avoided from dying." Clotokatacs whispered.

"Your Highness." Oliverus interrupted, "Do we really have to wait until the Arcadia decides before leading our army to attack the Spartans from the north?"

"Uncle Olivers." Although Crotokatax's tone was gentle, his expression was quite firm: "The situation in Peloponnese is complicated, so we cannot be anxious, otherwise we may turn what should be friends into enemies."

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As it turns out, Ipa Mironda's judgment is not wrong, and Crotokataks' waiting is also correct. On the second day after Ipa Mironda left Mesenia, the Arcadia messenger arrived, and the leader was Lucomedes.

Originally he was just here to ask for help, but in Mesenia he saw the powerful army of Dionia and the army of Dionia being fully committed to helping the Mesenians rebuild the new Mesenian government and Mesenian city.

After thinking about it, Lucomedes changed his mind and decided to form an alliance with Dionia.

Crotokatax held talks with him as commander of the Dionian Expeditionary Force and the prince.

After two days of consultation, the two sides initially drafted a resolution, which was mainly composed of: Dionia recognized the Arcadia Alliance and ensured that the interests of its alliance were not violated;

The Arcadia Alliance also acknowledged that Mesenia would maintain friendly relations with it;

Dionia will assist the Arcadia Alliance in building the city of Megalobilis as a symbol of friendship between the two sides;

The alliance between Dionia and Arcadia is a military alliance. When one side is invaded by a strong enemy, the other side will provide full assistance. If you want to work together to attack the enemy, it will only target Sparta...

Judging from this alliance treaty, Dionia's side undoubtedly suffered some losses, but when Clotokatax and Printols discussed privately, they had reached an agreement: as long as they can get the support of the people in the Arcadia area in the center of Peloponnese (even if they are just neutral), Dionia's attack on Sparta will undoubtedly be much smoother, and it's okay to suffer some losses for the time being.

The agreement was reached, and Lucomedes did not stay in Mesenia and immediately returned to Arcadia, preparing to persuade the alliance so that the agreement could be finally passed.

Crotokatax also sent a messenger to bring the agreement back to Turi and handed it over to Davers for review.

It naturally took some time to go there. During this period, at the suggestion of Printols, Crotokataks suspended the soldiers to continue to engage in construction activities, all replaced by the Mesenians, and began to strengthen the training of the army. He stayed at the training ground every day, supervising the military training, and also made the soldiers get used to his existence.

After the alliance agreement with the Arcadia Alliance was submitted to King Davers, it was quickly approved. However, the Arcadia Alliance had a great controversy over this matter. In fact, the members of the entire alliance had already had quite a bit of disagreement on the issue of "accepting Sparta's sum, or asking for help from Dionia?". Lucomedas also spent a lot of effort to finally get the alliance to agree to ask for help from Dionia.

It is said that the Spartans are conservative, and the Arcadias are even better than that. This is because the Arcadia region is located in the center of the Peloponnese Peninsula. It is not near the sea, and is mostly mountainous. It is geographically relatively closed. The local people have a strong vigilance against foreign forces.

Among them, the Mantinians are much better. After all, they have been wandering outside for more than ten years and have a wider experience. However, after Tegaya and Ocomanus a hundred years ago, they were the most determined to oppose it.

Tegea is located in the southeast of the region. Since joining the Peloponnese League a hundred years ago, Sparta has been using it as a barrier to the north of the Laconia region. Therefore, it has long used methods that both suppress and win over. Now that Tegea has joined the Arcadia League, there are still many pro-Spartan people in its country. Therefore, when Sparta sent envoys to seek peace with the alliance, it was the most active; while Ocomemenus is located in the east of the Arcadia area and is adjacent to Pisa, the two are intimate. When the Olympian Games were held, Ocomemenus even shared some interests, such as allowing Ocomemenus merchants to set up stalls in some good areas of Olympia, allowing Ocomemenus priests to participate in the game... However, Pisa was fully supported by Sparta, which made the Ocomemenus's feelings for Sparta very complicated...

In the eyes of these city-states of the Arcadia Alliance, it was a necessity to be independent from Sparta's control, but it was unacceptable to help an alien force fight Sparta. Even if Lucomedas argued that "in order to ensure the security of the Arcadia Alliance, this is just a temporary measure." The members of these city-states still expressed difficulty in accepting it. Therefore, for several days, the Council of the Arcadia Alliance debated endlessly on the issue of "alignment with Dionia".

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