Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Standing in front of the familiar and unfamiliar city of Larissa, Silos inevitably sighed: 30 years ago, he had to accept the employment of the Spartans who came to recruit soldiers in order to survive more than 30 years ago, and went out to fight.When he left here, his mood was gloomy, because the stories he heard about the Thessaly mercenaries made him foresee that he would probably die on the battlefield like most of them, and never return to his hometown... He really did not expect that he would return to his hometown as a conqueror.

Shiros stood in a daze on his horse. Most of the officials behind him already knew that Larissa was the hometown of the great minister of the kingdom, so no one stepped forward to disturb him.But Hiros quickly broke away from this sad mood, took a deep breath, turned around and said to the officials: "Go, let's go into the city."

The officer in charge of guarding the city gate saw the arrival of Hiros and his party and immediately greeted him and said, "Master Hiros, salute you! Commander Martonis and Commander Lizaru are waiting for your arrival at the mansion of the city lord! "

After speaking, he turned and led the way.

Hiros rode a war horse, slowly walked into the city, wandering around: the streets are clean and tidy, obviously after some serious cleaning, but occasionally you can still see blood on the ground; no pedestrians are seen on the road, only one fully armed, Legionnaires standing upright on the side of the road; but through the gaps in the doors and windows of the houses on both sides of the street, you can see a pair of eyes intertwined with anger and fear...

The mansion of the city lord is near the square in the center of the city. This building existed when Hiros left. It was the residence of the tyrant at that time. Due to the age, he can no longer remember the name of the tyrant.

"Captain, I finally waited for you!" Seeing Hiros walked into the yard, Matonis greeted him with a smile on his own initiative, and his voice was loud as a bell: "Yesterday, Lizaru and I led the brothers hardly After resting for more than 100 miles, he launched an attack on Larissa. When the city was captured, the brothers were almost exhausted and fell on the ground! I remember your instructions and be strict with Lizaru Enforcing the military law, there has been no incident of looting or harming the people of Larissa since the brothers entered the city. How about? Are you satisfied?!"

Although Matonis used his former name in the mercenary to show his closeness to Hiros, Hiros still said without a word: "What is the use of satisfying me? The key is whether you can satisfy your majesty and the kingdom! Expedition! Thessaly is an important decision made by His Majesty and the Ministry of Military Affairs. Whether we can completely conquer Thessaly and further control Greece depends on whether you can strictly implement the strategy set by the Ministry of Military Affairs!"

Having said this, his eyes stretched out: "Commander Lizaru, Commander Matonis, congratulations! From landing to now, you have led the army to successfully achieve the original goal and set off for the next battle. A good head!"

With that, he solemnly made a fist with his right hand, pressed it against his left chest, bowed his head vigorously, and paid a military salute to Martonis and Lizaru.

Matonis and Lizaru hurriedly responded respectfully. Not only Matonis, but Lizaru had also been under Hiros. He respected the old officer, otherwise he would not specifically join Matonis. Waiting for his arrival here.

After Shiros finished his military salute, he said seriously: "But I still want to remind you that time is of the essence for landing raids. Although we have gained some advantages, you should not be satisfied and stay here to continue repairing. You should seize the time to lead your army to continue the offensive, and without giving the enemy a chance to breathe, occupy the entire territory of Thessaly as soon as possible, and initially achieve the strategic goals set by the Ministry of Military Affairs!"

Martonis explained a little dissatisfied: "We don't want to hurry up and continue the attack, but the brothers continued to fight yesterday. They were physically exhausted. They need enough rest before they can continue fighting. I decided after discussing with Lizaru. , Will gather the army again tomorrow morning and march towards Philae."

Lizaru immediately said: "Martonis is right. Many soldiers have not woken up until they slept. They are indeed relatively tired. We have sent a heavy camp to buy cattle and sheep in Larissa, and are going to give them a meal. Pause, let them recover as soon as possible..."

"Of course, we have solemnly reminded the servants that we must never buy or sell. We will follow the seller's wishes and conduct transactions at market prices." Matonis quickly added another sentence.

Hiros nodded, remembering what he was going to do next, and said: "Matnis, since you are only leaving tomorrow, lend me your armor to wear for a long time."

"Why wear my armor?" Matonis was a little puzzled. He looked at Shiros and suddenly understood: "Oh... you are going to meet your old friends and want to let them know that you are now A great figure in the Kingdom of Dionia!"

"It is to let them know that I am valuable now, so they will be willing to cooperate with us to stabilize Larissa's order faster!" Silos said with a serious face.

He did not know that he had retired from the army, and it seemed inappropriate to wear the armor of the legion commander. It was just that as the chief executive of the senator district of the Senate, the pure white Bolton he wore with embroidered black stripes was in the eyes of the people of Dionia It is a symbol of dignity, but in the eyes of Larissa, it may only be of good quality and nothing special. The general’s armor directly shows the level of status, which can save a lot of tongue. Tonys borrowed a team of guards.

Matonis didn’t say anything, he did everything one by one, but when Hiros was about to leave the mansion, he finally couldn’t help but ask: “Captain, when your Majesty gave us the order to attack Sesali, he didn’t do anything to Peleus. Give any special instructions...I wonder if he has any instructions to you about Peleus?"

Silos stopped and replied without hesitation: "Yes!... Your Majesty has asked me not to have any special care for the city of Peleus, just manage it like other towns in Thessaly."

Having said this, he sighed softly: "However, I quietly sent someone to inquire yesterday... Back then, the Macedonians raided the village where His Majesty lived, killed all the villagers, and burned it down. His parents Like the other corpses, his body was burned indistinguishable, and was finally buried in a hurry... Now there is a wasteland with weeds, no one remembers the specific location of the burial place..."

"Damn Macedonian!" Matonis roared angrily.

Shiros wore Matonis' armor and armed with guards to go to the civilian area of ​​Larissa. He attracted much attention all the way. He quickly found some former neighbors and friends.

When they learned that Shiros, who had been away from Larissa for more than 30 years, had become a heavy minister of the Kingdom of Dionia, they were all very surprised.

At the beginning, the young Hiros was helpful and good at fighting injustices, and had a good reputation in civilian areas. Therefore, although he returned to his hometown as an intruder, he did not arouse the disgust of his former friends, but believed what he said. Some of the policies that Dionia will implement against the occupied town of Thessaly" and are willing to promote it for him.

When Dionian captured Rome more than 10 years ago, in order to win the trust of the Roman civilians, he also specially selected Roman slaves and entrusted them with important tasks, and gradually dispelled the doubts of Roman civilians.Now, Shiros was originally from Larissa and had a lot of fame in the area. Using similar methods to stabilize and govern Larissa would naturally be twice the result with half the effort.

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Early in the morning of the third day, Martonis and Lizaru left 2,000 soldiers to assist Hiros to stabilize the order in Larissa. They led the main force out of the city and marched eastward, encountering the eager Sesali army halfway through.

At first, Polyfuron, who had just received the news, was excited because he could defeat the main force of the Dionian army first without having to rush to Larissa, but then he saw the enemy in black helmet and black armor in the distance. The stop rushed up, causing Dionia’s army to continue to extend to the two wings... He suddenly realized that the number of Dionia soldiers may far exceed 20,000, and they deployed quickly, obviously because of training. Vegetarian.

Polifuron was a little panicked. Although he had always fought bravely, he was always under the command of his elder brother Jason. He had never independently commanded such a large-scale battle. At this moment, he could only continue to exclude the messenger. He urged the generals to line up the army as soon as possible according to his deployment, and even he was eagerly riding a horse behind the army, shouting hysterically, "Let the soldiers speed up the array. There will be heavy punishments!"

Just as this improvised army of Sesari’s city-states was spreading out in a mess, Dionian’s army suddenly changed. It suddenly disconnected from the center, and the distance became wider and wider, even splitting. It is divided into two parts, each corresponding to the left and right wings of Thessaly army...

The reason why the Dionian army did this was that Martonis and Lizaru were commanders of the same level. In order to facilitate command and avoid conflicts, they each commanded their own troops to fight; the other was In order to disrupt the enemy's deployment, the two forces were deliberately brought together at the beginning.

The sudden change of the Dionian army really confuses the inexperienced Polyfuron. For a while, he didn't know how to deal with it, but at this time the Dionian army launched an offensive.

Not long after the battle, the two wings of the Thessaly army were defeated and quickly spread to the entire army.

Polifuron's rapid defeat was not only due to his lack of experience and improper command, but also because of his perverse actions that caused strong dissatisfaction among the citizens of Thessaly.