Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

"This order... Yesterday Patroclus has already emphasized it. There are no Gaul soldiers in our army. I believe soldiers will not easily violate it..." Lizaru said, pretending to remember What it looks like: "Oh, I forgot who said that you are from Larissa?"

Lizaru’s words smashed into Matonis’ heart like a stone, setting off those old memories. Instead of jokingly quarreling with Lizaru, he turned his head and looked at the northwest for a while, then he was stunned. Said: "You have a wrong memory. I am not from Larissa, but from Orosson (the city-state of Sesari in the northwest of Larissa, adjacent to the mountains of Ipilus), and I am a mountain man like you. "

After finishing speaking, he called his staff officer: "You immediately send someone to Peleus and inform Master Shiros that we have captured his hometown."

The staff officer was a little surprised, but didn't ask much, and turned to look for the messenger.

"Please, Lizaru, I will take you to see the largest city in the north of Thessaly." Matonis made an inviting gesture.

"The largest city...is there Turriyi?"

"How can it compare to Turey!"

"What about Crotone?"

"That's incomparable!"

...

Surrounded by the soldiers, the two entered Larissa on horseback, talking and laughing.

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After the main forces of Dionia successfully landed and captured the nearby coastal city-states, the transport fleet entered the port and quickly unloaded the army's auxiliary personnel and materials, and then escorted them in the 1st Fleet Squadron Next, began to return to Sparta and Messenia.

Before long, the fleet in Pagaza Bay of Sesali received the notice from the Clippers and immediately ordered the soldiers who were still pretending to pave the mudflats of Mildoros to return to the ship as soon as possible, because the fleet will move the 13th Legionnaires were sent to the neighboring Mariakos Bay to land.

The defenders of Thessaly saw that the Dionian soldiers used straw and planks to pave the road to the foot of the mountain. They were all ready to attack, but suddenly saw the enemy retreating to the sea to board the ship. All warships and troop carriers disappeared from their sight.

After squatting on the mountain for most of the day, the deliciousness of the mouth suddenly ran away, which made Polyfuron feel uncomfortable. He immediately suggested to Polydorus: "We should let the fleet at Philae port attack immediately. , You can’t let Dionia’s fleet come and leave if you want, or bite off a piece of their flesh anyway!"

Polydorus said cautiously: "You don't know that the reason why our fleet stayed in the port and did not dare to attack is because the number of Dionian warships in the bay far exceeds ours, since Dioni Yaren has already retreated, there is no need to take this risk."

"Before I suggested that the soldiers take the initiative to attack the enemy in the tidal flat. You disagree! Now I suggest that the fleet attack, but you disagree! You only know that you are sitting here and being stupid and dare not do anything. You serve as the Sesali. What's the use of a military commander!" Polifuron screamed at his brother angrily, groaning torn apart the tent, and strode out of the camp.

The adjutant in the tent complained quietly: "General, Polifuron is too much. Ignore you--"

"Forget it." Polydurus waved his hand helplessly: his younger brother has been brave since he was a child, and his temperament is even more tyrannical when he grows up, he has no respect, he has long been used to it.Because of this, the eldest brother Jason did not dare to let the youngest brother take on any important tasks, but kept letting him do things with him. He originally hoped to make him change, but unfortunately he hasn’t grown much...

Polidorus put this annoying thing behind his head. He shouldered the heavy responsibility of defending Thessaly and was unwilling to have more troubles, so he let the Dionia fleet leave, but he still had doubts in his heart: Could it be that Delnia dispatched such a huge fleet, and as a result, spent most of the day here in vain, and then left without gaining anything?Will there be other conspiracies?

While thinking about it, Polytorus did not forget to give the adjutant an order: "You send your soldiers to burn the road that the Dionians paved in the tidal flat."

"Yes, my lord."

As soon as the adjutant was out of the account, Larissa's messenger rushed to the camp.

"The Dionian army is landing on the coast of Peleus!!!" Polydurus was shocked when he heard the news, and his anxiety was finally confirmed. The Dionians used the tactics of slamming him by surprise.

At this moment, he knew very well: because the Dionian army had landed on the coast of Mildoros with great fanfare, he drew the citizen soldiers from the surrounding city-states to support. Now the defense on the west is very empty. Once the Dionian army passes through the pass Dao, rushing into the northern plains, the consequences will be disastrous, Peleus can be captured, but the valley must be blocked!

Polydurus made up his mind and immediately issued an order: two thousand Philae civic soldiers stationed at the Mildoros Coast Camp, and the rest immediately rushed to the valley pass camp.

Considering that the city of Larissa is more than 100 miles away from the coast of Mildoros, and the valley pass is farther from here, the arrival of the Courier Larissa has been delayed for a long time, and the situation on the side of Peleus may have changed a lot. ... just in case, Polydurus specifically ordered: let the only 500 cavalry under his command quickly reinforce the valley pass.

After all the orders were issued, Polydurus felt a little more at ease. He led the main force of more than 10,000 people to march towards the river valley at a faster speed.

When night fell, Thessaly's army had traveled less than 40 miles, but Polydurus was worried about the battle ahead and did not dare to stop the soldiers from rest, but let them continue to move forward with torches.

It didn't take long for Polydurus to finally get the exact news ahead, which was brought back by the cavalry unit he had sent before.

It turned out that the Thessaly cavalry rushed from the Mildoros coast in the southeast to the valley pass just north. They did not encounter the Dionian army heading to Larissa. When they arrived near the valley pass camp, they found The camp was full of Dionian soldiers with black helmets and black armor. The shocked Thessaly cavalry dared to go forward and fight, and worried about the safety of Larissa not far away, so they turned to the south to explore. It happened to see the Dionian army attacking the city of Larissa.

"Are you sure that the Dionian army has captured the city of Larissa?!" Polidorus asked the cavalry general with a sullen face.

"General, I'm not sure, because the Dionians had discovered us at the time and sent a cavalry to attack us. Since they were far more numerous than us, we didn't fight, but we took them around. After a while, I chose to retreat." The cavalry general tried his best to express the bravery of his team: "In the process, we heard the cheers of the Dionian soldiers. The cheers were loud. I think it should be Dioni. The demi captured Larissa."

"Should it be?" Polifuron listened to the side, and said dissatisfied: "Since you haven't seen it with your own eyes, don't guess wildly. Larissa is a big city. The Nya army easily captured!"

The cavalry general was a little aggrieved. He just wanted to explain, he listened to Polidorus asking: "How many people are there in the Dionian army?"

"Because it's getting dark, I can't see clearly, and the Dionian cavalry rushed up quickly, there is no more time to observe... But according to my judgment, it should be more than 20,000."

"Another'should be'——" Polifuron expressed his dissatisfaction again.

"Thanks, you go down first and let the soldiers rest." Polydurus interrupted Polyfuron in time.

After the cavalry general left, Polifuron shouted again: "That guy must be talking nonsense, you should speed up the army to Larissa!"

"Shut up! I am the commander-in-chief of this army. You don't need to tell me what to do!" The bad news that followed made Polidorus in a bad mood, and he finally couldn't stand the brother's noise and shouted sharply. : "Get me back to your own team immediately, don't disturb my thinking here!"

For the first time Polydurus angered his younger brother unabashedly, making Polyfuron a little startled, and then his face flushed red, and he let out a heart-piercing roar, frightening everyone around him. One jump, then he turned and left angrily.

Polydurus knew that Polyfuron was annoyed by himself, but now he is not in the mood to apologize or comfort him. He must quickly figure out a way to solve the current predicament. After some thinking, he finally did it. A decision was made: the whole army stopped advancing and immediately returned to the camp outside Philae!

At the same time, he sent multiple outposts to Larissa to ascertain the enemy's situation as soon as possible.

As the temporary military commander of Thessaly, Polydorus knew that the soldiers in Larissa and its surrounding areas had been emptied. If the incoming Dionian army exceeds 20,000, the Larissa will definitely be unable to resist. Their offense, so the cavalry general’s judgment is likely to be correct.The army rushed to reinforce Larissa late at night.This Dionian army only took one day to complete the landing on the coast of Peleus, breaking through the valleys, and capturing Larissa. The combat power is quite terrible. The Thessari troops under his leadership could not be one of them. opponent.

It was precisely because of this that he decided not to act rashly, but to concentrate his forces on Philae, and then send people to notify Jason and request reinforcements while observing the enemy's movements and looking for fighters.