Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

"Your Majesty, our army is engaged in a war with Sparta in the Peloponnese. The rations and materials consumed are huge, and they are mainly transported from the port of Turri. To complete the task smoothly, the various regions of Turri Department officials will naturally have to deal with more affairs. Now... the Kingdom Administration Office and the Ministry of Military Affairs have also notified the regions to request the assembly of the corps. This requires the preparation of more military supplies and more transport ships for the upcoming Prepare for the war.

Therefore, the affairs of Turrii officials have to deal with more onerous tasks. As the chief executive of Turrii region, if I don’t lead by example, how can I order the officials to do their work with all their responsibilities."

"It looks like you have some grievances! Do you know where we will attack first in the enlarging war?"

"Your Majesty, I have been out of the army for many years--"

"It's Thessaly!"

"Cesari?!"

"We have left Thessaly for more than 30 years. I am afraid you have forgotten what your hometown is like... When we left Thessaly, the city-states of Thessaly were still fighting against each other. But Sali has a Targus. This Jason is not weak. He has allowed Thessali to join the Greek Alliance, and he is summoning the army to fight against our army. This may be a problem for our army. No small trouble."

"So, your Majesty, are you planning to let the army raid the territory of Thessaly by boat while Jason leads the army to the south?"

"I also said that you have been away from the military for many years and are unfamiliar with the military, but your intuition on the battlefield is still very keen!"

"Such a long-distance, large-scale landing operation is not easy!"

"It is not easy, but it will also go beyond the enemy's expectations, and we have the advantage of the sea. As long as the army is carefully prepared and trained, they can definitely do it!"

"Your Majesty, the army has landed in the territory of Thessaly, and after conquering those city states, will it deal with the whole of Thessaly in the future?"

"You also know that the city-states in Greece are fickle. Even if we win the war this time, we will eventually force them to surrender, but after a few years, some Greek city-states will stand up against us and eventually form an anti-Dionian alliance. …So Thessaly is very important to us! Macedonia is to the north, and the Greek states to the south. As long as we hold it thoroughly in our hands, we can completely suppress the expansion of the power of the Greek city-states in the south. To punish them, or to surrender to the north, Macedonia, a kingdom that looks ignorant, backward and chaotic, has a vast territory and great potential..."

"You mean... let the city-states of Thessaly become affiliates of the kingdom?"

"No! I do not intend to make Thessaly become the second Carthage, nor do I intend to make them the second Tarantum! I want the whole of Thessaly to become part of the kingdom territory completely, Our former compatriots have become citizens of the kingdom! This is why I called you here today. I want to appoint you as the chief executive of Thessaly region, and I want to ask your opinion.

Of course, whether Thessaly can be successfully captured is still uncertain, and even if you occupy thessaly in the future, it will still be a difficult task to integrate thessali into the kingdom, not to mention that you are now the chief executive of the central area of ​​the kingdom. Suddenly transfer you to a place far away from the kingdom, where everything is uncertain... Alas, it is indeed too difficult for you!It doesn’t matter if you disagree, I can choose another person—"

"Your Majesty, I am willing to go to Thessaly!"

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Hiros did not regret accepting the appointment of King Daves so readily. On the contrary, he was excited by the news that "the landing army passed the valley pass smoothly". He was only worried about whether the army could take it further and more smoothly. Larissa, after all, that is his hometown.

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Just when the soldiers of the Second Legion landed on the coast of Peleus, the huge fleet led by Patroclus also reached the northern end of Euboea, and then each ship quickly stowed its sails and began to turn west. Sailing.

There are many offshore islands in the mainland of Greece, and the coastline is winding. Although most of the captains of the entire fleet have rich sailing experience in the Aegean Sea, they still steer the ships carefully in order to smoothly pass this long and narrow waterway.

There is a city-state at the northern end of Euboea called Artemisium. The people of this city-state were panicked when they saw countless ships suddenly appeared in the sea near the port.They closed the city gates and ports, and the young and middle-aged citizens all held weapons and went up to the city on guard.

Under their horrified gaze, this huge fleet did not approach the coast, but slowly went westward.

Finally, Dionia's fleet entered the Gulf of Mariakos.

A river called Spercheus flows between the lofty mountains on the southern border of Thessaly and the rolling mountains on the northern border of China and Greece. The river has been flowing for thousands of years to form a long and narrow riverside plain. The entrance to the sea also has a large range of tidal flats, only on the northwest side of the bay is a sandy beach full of pebbles and a port.

The Dionia fleet leaned in without stopping for a moment. Patroclus followed the 12th Army and landed first. Instead of letting the landing soldiers attack the small port not far away, he ordered the 12th Army. Fast westbound.

These soldiers from the Campania Plain and the Samana Mountains had accepted the command of Patroclus several years ago and created the glory of annihilating the Gallic invasion army, so they trusted the command of Patroclus without hesitation. People lined up in a column, and their feet in leather sandals stepped on the hard and slippery pebbles, staggering to the west.

The city of Lamia was about 15 miles from the landing site. About an hour later, the soldiers of the Twelfth Army rushed to the city out of breath.

Patroclus saw that the gates of Lamia were closed and the city was full of soldiers, and his heart sank: The Lamians were prepared!

Patroclus has been mentally prepared for this. After all, the speed of the fleet is slow in the narrow waterway, which is very likely to give the Lamians time to fully guard.

Since the raid failed, Patroclus quickly adjusted his mentality and called the messenger to rush to the landing site on horseback, and notify the troops behind: first capture the port, and then come to meet.

After the messenger left, he ordered the soldiers of the 12th Army to rest on the spot, regain their strength, and bring their guards to observe the defense deployment and surrounding geography of Lamia.

Lamia is somewhat similar to Peleus. It was also founded by the Sesari people. Because the city is located outside the traditional territory of Sesari, and because of the inconvenient transportation, other city-states of Thessari are alienated from it, and even Some believe that Lamia is not a city-state of Thessaly.

The Lamians themselves despise their identity as Thessaly, and are more willing to get close to the Greeks in the south. Although some Greeks regard him as barbarians, it does have deeper contacts with the Greek city-states in the south, and of course it is also because of the Greeks in the south. The city-state has more convenient maritime transportation.

After Jason became Thessaly Tagus, he did not eagerly force Lamia to join the Thessaly Alliance, because he was afraid to arouse the vigilance of the southern Greek city-states.It wasn't until the battle of Leuktra that the Greek overlord Sparta was defeated that he finally did not conceal his ambition. When he led the army northward and returned to Thessaly from Thebes, he destroyed the city of Heraclea (not Dio). The Kingdom of Nya in Heraclea, Great Greece), occupied the hot spring pass. Lamia succumbed under the deterrence of his force, but was still a little unwilling. Therefore, this time when Jason carried out military mobilization, Lamy Ya did not provide too many soldiers.

Now the Lamians feel fortunate that they still have enough strength to protect themselves in the face of the raid by the Dionian army.

An hour later, the Tenth Army, Eleventh Army, Third Cavalry Army and Gaul Brigade all arrived...

The Lamian civic soldiers stood on the wall, breathing almost stopped: countless Black Helmets and Black Armored Dionian soldiers stood on the riverside plain south of Lamia, like howling from the coast of Malakos Kuroshio, can't see the side at a glance.Particularly eye-catching are the Dionian soldiers (in fact, they are Gaul soldiers) standing under the city. They are tall and strong, with vicious faces, wearing horned helmets, wearing lian armor, holding large swords, and roaring like thunder. Human-shaped beasts make people palpitate...

At the time when the Lamian citizen soldiers were frightened by the mighty power of the Dionian army, Patroclus did not immediately issue an order to siege the city. He had carefully observed the city of Lamia before: the Lamian should be After learning the Greeks’ habit of building a city, instead of building the city on a flat riverside plain, it was close to the mountains to the north, and a low hill was included in the city, which became its acropolis, the north and the left and right sides. The side is surrounded by hills that are more than 200 meters high. Although it provides a barrier to the city, it also limits the expansion of the city. Therefore, the Lamians can only extend the city to the southern plain, making the entire Lamia city shaped like A long-necked and round-bottomed earthenware bottle, such a geographical location makes the Lamians feel that they have a good defensive advantage. They only need to focus on the southern wall to protect the safety of Lamia.

Patroclus ordered the 12th Army and the Gaul Group to attack the hills on the north and south sides respectively.

Although the height of the hill is not too low, but the slope is gentle. Although the Lamians have defensive camps on the top of the hill, they have few troops. Half of the Twelfth Army is Samona soldiers, and they are both Gauls. He was good at mountain combat and was very tough. After paying some casualties, he occupied the top of the mountain.