"There is no way. Only by uniting the entire western Asia Minor can we have enough strength to fight against that king!" Aliobazenis said in a deep voice: "Stridatus is a cautious person. Since he dares to take the initiative, it means that he is very sure to convince the other governors and be able to keep the secret."

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After the Dionian army occupied Spartan territory, the remaining Greek city-states led by Athens were actively organizing coalition forces to fight against them.

At the same time, the Military Affairs Department of Dionys conveyed the order of King Davers to Leoticides, asking him to speed up the assembly of the Eighth Legion, the Fifteenth Legion (the barracks are in Syracuse, and the source of the troops come from the Syracuse area), the Sixteenth Legion (the barracks are in Agrigento, and the source of the troops come from the south coast of Sicily), the Seventeenth Legion (the barracks are in Lilibe, and the source of the troops come from the western Sicily), the Fourth Cavalry Legion, and the Numibian Light Cavalry Legion, when the transport fleet arrives, they will immediately go to Egypt.

At the same time, another order from the Ministry of Military Affairs was sent to Midolades, asking him to lead the 2nd Fleet to prepare for the escort of the army expedition to Egypt.

In addition, King Davers also issued an order to the Phoenician allies headed by Carthage along the coast of Afiliga, requiring them to immediately form a large number of transport fleets and be responsible for transporting the Dionian army gathered in Lilibi to Egypt.

At the same time, the General of the Military Affairs Department was also quelling the former commander of the 14th Legion who was in the Ligurian riot. The current commander of the northern border Paltrowros was transferred back to Turi, and Hasdruba took over his post.

At the same time, the Ministry of Military Affairs also issued orders to the military camps in various regions: except for the expedition to Peloponnese and the legions that were about to rush to Egypt, all the remaining troops in the kingdom began to assemble. In addition, it was also specifically proposed that the Po River area must provide 6,000 soldiers and 2,000 Gaul cavalry.

In addition, the Ministry of Military Affairs also transferred the 3rd Fleet, which was responsible for the security of the Kingdom's west coast, to Brindisi, to prepare for the preparations.

Although the issuance of these orders means that a large number of military operations will occur, the military camps announced that they would conduct joint training for the entire legion. Since such military training was at least once in two months, the people in various places did not feel anything unusual.

However, the main officials of various departments of the Kingdom of Dionia in Turiy have begun to be busy and ready for the war to come.

On the surface, Dionia is still a peaceful scene, but it is already covered with clouds in Greece.

In June, Thesalitagus Jason led nearly 40,000 infantry and 4,000 cavalry to cross the hot spring pass and enter Central Greece.

Although he made a high-profile statement that "this time he led his army to help the Greeks in the south and repel the invading alien races." However, the Chinese Greek people still felt nervous, and the people of various city-states hid in the city, closed the city gates, and strengthened their vigilance.

Jason did his best to restrain his troops. Although some soldiers still plundered property from villages outside the city, the military discipline of his army was quite good, which made the senior officials of the city-state breathe a sigh of relief.

After entering the Piosha area, Jason sent an envoy into the city of Thebes and made a request to the Council: Thessalian army wanted to establish a longer-term camp in Thebes.

The senior executives of Thebes, led by Pelopidas and Ipa Mironda, argued tactfully: Thessali and Dionia are both alliances of Thebes and both provided great help to Thebes. Because of this, Thebes had to remain neutral in order to avoid hurting the friendship of one side. If Thessali's request was agreed, it would probably lead to misunderstandings from Dionia, mistakenly thinking that Thebes had joined the anti-Dionian league, so they had to refuse.

Jason made this request, in fact, was just a test of the attitude of the Thebes people, so he received a rejected answer. He did not feel angry, but patiently asked the messenger who returned. At that time, the attitude and reaction of everyone in the Thebes Council made him feel at ease.

A few days later, Thessali troops arrived at the northwestern border of Athens and built a camp near the city-state of Piosha, which was close to Athens. This was negotiated with Athens in advance, because the port of Oropus is not small and the sea distance between them and Philae is very close, which is convenient for transporting materials and soldiers.

The senior officials of Athenians, led by Kalistratus, warmly welcomed the arrival of Jason's army, and a day later, a military meeting of the Greek Union was held in Meccara in the Isthmus of Corinth, and the generals of the city-states who joined the Union expressed their opinions.

Many generals from the Central Greek city-state suggested that they should use the geographical advantages of the isthmus to hoard heavy troops in the city of Corinth, just like during the Corinth War more than ten years ago, and defend against the attack of the Dionian army. The Dionians attacked across the sea with a large amount of materials, which was not conducive to long-term combat and could not defeat them for a long time. In the end, they would inevitably choose to make a ceasefire and seek peace.

The Peloponnese city-state generals led by Argos and Corinth expressed their opposition. They believed that now the Dionian army has conquered Mesenia and Sparta, and Arcadia has also become its alliance, which makes the Dionians very powerful in the Peloponnese. If the coalition forces do not take the initiative but instead defend passively, the Dionians will definitely turn to attack other parts of the Peloponnese.

Once it completely conquered the entire Peloponnese, it will not only weaken the power of the Greek alliance, but also the Dionian army, which has no worries, can attack Corinth with all its might. It is difficult to say whether it can defend Corinth in the end. Now the number of coalition forces has reached 80,000, far exceeding the number of soldiers in the Dionian army. It can take the initiative to attack and defeat the Dionian army in Sparta.

After both sides expressed their opinions, Jason spoke: "Everyone, the purpose of the Greek Union was to repel the invading Dionys and ensure the freedom of Greek city-states and the security of the territory. If only defending in Corinth, it would be equivalent to giving up the entire Peloponnese Peninsula. This not only violates the original intention of the establishment of the alliance, but also makes the city-states that join the alliance complain and destroy unity. Therefore, I advocate that we should not waste our time anymore. We should immediately lead the coalition into the Peloponnese, quickly fight with the Dionys army, defeat it, and regain the freedom of the Spartans!"

Jason put his hands on his hips, looked down on the generals in the venue, and loudly declared: "If everyone disagrees with my opinion, or has been arguing endlessly and wasting time, then I will lead the army of Thessali and go south alone to fight against the army of Dionia!"

Jason's words were like a stone smashing into a deep pool. While causing trouble, they also received positive responses from Corinth and General Agos: "I, Corinth (Agos) citizens, will follow the Thessalian army to attack the Dionians!"

Although Thessali army accounts for half of the number of soldiers going to the entire alliance, Thessali, which has been on the brink of traditional Greek forces for decades, did not attract much attention from Greek city-states. Therefore, Jason did not have much prestige in this alliance, but the support of these two powerful states shocked Jason's reputation.

Although so far, the number of soldiers sent to Corinth by Athens is only half of the Thessalian army, when Sparta has declined, most Greek city-states are more willing to follow the leader of Athens, so other city-state generals have turned their attention to another person - Athenian star Iphiclats.

The veteran veteran looked at Jason in a tone, then looked around everyone, and said calmly: "I agree that the coalition forces should seize the time to take the initiative to attack and seek a decisive battle with the Dionian army, but at the same time, we must start two things.

The first is that we immediately send envoys to the Arcadia Alliance and persuade them to join us and fight against Dionys together. With the current coalition being dominant, there is a high possibility that the Arcadia Alliance will turn to us. After all, Dionys is an outsider. If it can succeed, it will strengthen the strength of the coalition and provide greater convenience for us to fight in the Peloponnese. If it is rejected, we can also launch an attack on the Arcadia Alliance with confidence.

The second is that the reason why Dionia was able to defeat Sparta has a strong navy and was able to carry troops to land on Mesenia at the beginning and quickly occupy Mesenia's territory. Therefore, we must also be careful that Dionia's old tricks will be repeated. Taking advantage of our army's battle in the Peloponnese and landing on our relatively empty rears through the sea, cutting off our way back and threatening our mother state, which will be a huge disaster! So I suggest that some of the troops must be left behind, and guarding the various beaches of Central Greece that can be landed, especially the Port of Kreuss in the Piosha area, must be firmly controlled in the hands of the coalition forces!"

"But Cleus is now part of the Thebes!" someone reminded.

"With most of our Greek city-states gathered together to resist the invading outsiders, Thebes, as a powerful central Greek state, should not choose neutrality! It is only when the war is imminent, and in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, we temporarily tolerate the willfulness of the Thebes." Ephiclatus said with a serious expression: "But the inaction of the Thebes will inevitably arouse our distrust of them! Therefore, we should send envoys to Thebes and tell them clearly that we should temporarily take over Cleuss and return them after the war. If Thebes disagree, then we will regard them as enemies and attack them!"
Chapter completed!