Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

These words of Agul Rios made the other generals ponder.

"But even if we don't tell the Greek coalition forces, Thessaly will send a messenger to Peloponnese to tell the tyrant, and the Phokeths to the north will also..." Someone raised objections.

"I think Agul Rios's suggestion is very reasonable." Kabrias first agreed: "We can send a messenger to quietly inform Iphikratus, and let him urge the Greek coalition forces to increase their time. Attacks on Messenia and Sparta. As for the messengers sent by Thessaly, whether by sea or land, they must pass through the sphere of influence under our control. We only need to strengthen the patrol of the Saron Bay and the Isthmus. , Courier Thessari can't escape our palms, we just need to—" Kabrias stretched out his right hand and made a slashing gesture, everyone knew.

"As for the Phokes, they are more afraid of Thessaly than Dionia. We just need to send an army to support them, and they will agree with our approach."

After Cabrias finished speaking, there was silence around for a while, and soon someone said: “I think Cabrias’s suggestion is feasible. Even if the tyrant will get news in the end, we won the time, maybe During this time, we have retaken Sparta."

"I agree."

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The generals of Athens all agreed. Only Kallistatus hesitated, but the general situation was settled.

His father Agul Rios closed his eyes calmly again.

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After the army set off by ship this morning, the generals stationed in Peloponnese, such as Croto Catacs and Printors, have been thinking about the important thing of "the success of the landing in Sesali". For the big event, they waited until late at night when the fleet returned one after another before they got the exact news, and finally they could celebrate the successful landing.

But this is only the beginning, because from tomorrow, whether it is Thessaly, Central Greece, or even the city-states of the Peloponnese, they may know the news of the "Dionian Army's raid on Thessaly." There will be corresponding measures, and it is impossible for Dionia to often send such a large fleet to Sesali to transport supplies. After all, the owner and crew are not soldiers and should not take such a big risk.The nearly 100,000 army in the Peloponnese consumes a huge amount of armaments every day, and it is necessary to occupy Thessaly as soon as possible to obtain all the supplies of Thessaly to support the army's continued fighting. Therefore, the next few days will be both for both parties. Is the key.

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After Polyfron killed his second brother Polydaurus, he immediately let the squad that he commanded surrounded the Chinese army’s big tent, saying that "Polytorus was assassinated by the Dionians and the guards On the grounds of dereliction of duty, all the soldiers of the guards of Polydorus were arrested, and then the lieutenant generals were notified to come to discuss matters urgently.

Before dawn, the generals of Thessaly gathered in the big tent and were shocked to learn that "Polytorus was assassinated by the Dionians", but also inevitably doubtful.

But Polyfuron didn't give them more time to think, and he didn't listen to their dissuasion. He directly announced that all the guards soldiers who had "dereliction of duty" would be taken out of the account and beheaded.

In an instant, heads of people rolled in the camp, screaming again and again.

This scene frightened the generals in the Great Tent. Faced with the sharpened Polifuron's belly team, they soon admitted that Polifuron would succeed Politorus and become the interim military commander of Thessaly. .

After taking control of the camp, Polyfuron first completely blocked the camp, prohibiting anyone from going out, and then sent a messenger to Philae, in the name of Polydurus, spoofing that "there is important Military affairs should be discussed with the left-behind Minister Asidamas and others, and I hope they can go to the camp for a while."

Asidamas was worried about the "Sudden Landing of the Dionian Army in Sesali", and stayed up all night. After hearing the words of the Polifuron messenger, he thought the situation in Sesali had changed again. Without thinking carefully, he hurried to the military camp outside the city with several other ministers.

As a result, as soon as he entered the barracks, he was arrested by soldiers sent by Polifuron.

Immediately afterwards, Polifuron sentenced Asidamas and others to death for "collaborating with the Dionian army and attempting to rebel".The generals desperately tried to dissuade him, but Polifuron insisted not to listen and forcibly executed 6 people including Asidamas.

When the soldiers brought the heads of these six people into the big tent, Polifuron pointed at Asidamas's head and cursed. It turned out that he thought Asidamas had always looked down on him, and Jason never gave him a heavy responsibility alone. , That is, Asidamas and others are causing trouble.

Of course, killing people and venting their anger is only one of Polifron’s goals. More importantly, he believes: Asidamas and others hold the administrative power of the Thessaly City-State Alliance. With their existence, he wants to be free on this land. Action will inevitably be hindered.

At this time, the sky was just getting bright, and Polifuron quickly assembled his army and entered Philae.

At the beginning, the Philae people were still excited, because their safety was more guaranteed with the presence of the army.

Who knows, after Boliforon gathered Philae officials, he asked them to mobilize the city, gather all the citizens, and follow his army to repel the Dionian army near Larissa. .

Upon hearing this, the officials immediately rejected the excuse that "we only obey Lord Asidamas' orders."

Polifuron immediately raised the head of Asidamas, and the two officials who opposed the most fiercely were also executed on the spot for "colluding with the Dionians to rebel".

Polifuron's fierce intimidation frightened Philae officials, and they could only follow and execute them tremblingly.

Jason had previously mobilized the whole of Thessaly and conscripted the army to go south to fight. The other city-states are the more the better, but only less than 1,000 soldiers were enlisted in Philae, because Philae, his hometown, needed There is enough power to stabilize Thessaly's situation as a mainstay after he leads the army away.

Since Philae was originally in a state of combat readiness, more than 6,000 civilian soldiers were assembled in just half a day. If you count the 2,000 soldiers stationed in Philae, the number of soldiers Polifuron has is close to 30,000 people.

He thought he had a strong army even though he had received the scout’s return that "The Dionian army captured Larissa", he still confidently believed that he could lead his army to repel the Dionian army, so He did not listen to the dissuasion of Philae officials, and soon led his army out of the city and marched towards Larissa.

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Also in the early morning of this day, Patroclus summoned Eleventh Corps commander Efiart and gave him the order: The 11th Corps should garrison Lamia and Heraclia, and seize the hot spring as soon as possible, while also blocking Thessaly reinforcements from the south.

Accepting this order meant that the Eleventh Army could no longer participate in the military operations to conquer Thessaly. After a little hesitation, Effiart accepted the order, but at the same time he also made a request: If a fighter is found, the Eleventh Army Can you continue to attack Greek towns south?

In view of the fact that Efiart is also a battle-tested veteran and a heavy soldier, Patroclus agreed to his request, but at the same time emphasized that no matter what military action he takes, he must first ensure that Lamia and Herakli Safety at Yahe Hot Spring Pass.

After accepting the order, Effiart immediately began to prepare for the military operation to capture Wenquan Pass. Although according to the confession of the Sesari soldiers captured in Heraclea, there were only more than 200 mercenaries stationed at Wenquan Pass, but it was dangerous. The terrain and the legendary story made Effiart take a cautious attitude. He left 2000 soldiers to garrison Lamia and 1000 soldiers to Heraclia, personally led 5000 soldiers and engineering battalions, and also brought along Several Lamian guides.

Although the legendary story showed the world the difficulty of seizing the Wenquan Pass, it also told the world that "there are remote mountain roads that can go to the south of the Wenquan Pass." Therefore, Efiart decided to adopt "the main force to contain and send surprise soldiers from the front." To capture Wenquan Pass by means of a detour from the mountain roads, he drew out the Sammonite soldiers from the Light Armored Brigade and Light Infantry Brigade to form a surprise army (the 11th Army Barracks is in Lucenia, the soldiers are from the Dawney area, In recent years, many Samonais voluntarily came out of the mountains and voluntarily applied to become Dionian citizens. Most of their places of residence are in the eastern plains of Campania and the Dawni region). They will be in Lamia. Under the leadership of the guide, he used his excellent mountain combat ability to complete the roundabout raid on Wenquan Pass.

At the same time that the Eleventh Army was preparing to take military action against Hot Springs Pass, Patroclus had already led other corps to climb the mountains north of Lamia in order to enter the southern plains of Thessaly.In order to prevent being intercepted by the Sesali army in the mountains, he divided the army into three parts, led by Lamia guides, and advanced into Sesali territory through three routes respectively.

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Also in the morning of this day, Shiros brought a large group of middle and low-level officials from various departments of the kingdom (these officials were carefully selected by the Kingdom Administration Office and were ordered to govern the region of Thessaly that was about to be conquered. Among them were More than half of them were originally refugees from Thessaly) and came to Larissa.

Note: According to historical records, after Polyfron took over as Targus, the first thing he did was to arrest and execute the auxiliary Jason, headed by Asidamas, who governed Thessaly without any reason. The 8 best administrative ministers also banished many officials, and then ruled Sesali in a brutal way, which caused great dissatisfaction among the people of Thessaly.

In less than a year, Alexander, his general, raised his troops to rebel under the banner of "Vengeance for Polydurus", killed him, and became the new Targus.But this Alexander was also a tyrant. Under his rule, Thessaly's national power declined and eventually fell into turmoil, and was later conquered by the rise of Macedonia.