Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

During this period, in order to reserve sufficient rations for the Thessaly army fighting on the Peloponnese Peninsula, Asidamas had to buy food from outside (originally Jason had to go south to conquer the mainland of Greece). Because of the military plan, a lot of food was stored in advance. However, because the Dionian army suddenly invaded the Peloponnese and disrupted the original plan, Jason led his army to fight south for nearly two months. It’s almost exhausted, but the end of the war seems to be far away. By this time August, there is not much food left in the city-states of Thessaly, but the harvest season in September has not yet arrived, so it needs to be purchased. Grain will survive this relatively difficult time), and the food of Youke Xinghai has naturally become Philae’s first choice.

For this reason, the Ministry of Military Affairs found Sostatus, who has trade channels throughout the Mediterranean. Sostatus promised to cooperate actively. He asked the fleet responsible for trade in the Eurostar Sea to pretend to be merchant ships from the city-state in the Eurostar Sea. I have carried food to Philae many times to sell, and most of the sailors of the fleet are served by soldiers from the Mountain Reconnaissance Brigade. The management and patrol team of Philae Port are familiar with this fleet from the Yoke Xinghai. .

So just the day before the Dionian army landed in Thessaly, Sostatus’s fleet deliberately arrived at Philae Port in the afternoon. After unloading the grain, it was already dusk and the night was sailing in the Aegean Sea. After all, it was dangerous, so the entire fleet "had to" stay at the dock. When the Dionian fleet suddenly blocked the Philae port on the second day, Sostatus' fleet naturally couldn't leave.

For the next few days, the Dionian fleet was patrolling the nearby waters and crashed into many merchant ships trying to escape Philae. Sostatus’ fleet stayed in Philae’s port for safety reasons. Of course, there are many merchant ships from other countries that have also chosen this aggressive approach. Therefore, there are many ships anchored in Philae's port, making Sostatus's fleet inconspicuous.

But what Tagtus did not expect was that Philae suddenly strengthened the management of the port, not only forbidding outside crews to move around the port at will, let alone entering the city, but also sending additional troops to the port.

In fact, this is a precautionary measure taken by Asidamas when he saw that there were too many foreign ships and crews in the port, and was worried about accidents during the war.Although it is impossible for Asidamas to know that the Dionian army has been lurking in the port, he still made the right decision with his years of experience in government affairs.It’s just that he never expected that Polyfuron killed Polydurus and then violently killed him and several other ministers. Philae’s high-level officials were wiped out, which made the other officials panic. Livron mobilized most of Philae’s civilian soldiers, and no one followed the order to monitor the port. This gave the members of the Sostatus fleet a chance to get into the city.

"Captain Keominis, what good news did you hear?" Tagus asked eagerly.

Koominis, a citizen of Dionian, one of the chiefs of Sostatus’s fleet, is responsible for the trade in the Sea of ​​Eunice. After these years of travel, he has earned a lot of wealth. He is in the Turíy Chamber of Commerce. It was a small reputation, but in front of Taigtus, he did not dare to be big at all, after all, this was a famous kingdom hero.

He rubbed his face vigorously with his hands. The drunken appearance just disappeared quickly, and he said with a straight face: "Did I not invite some port officials I know to drink in a restaurant? Guess what, it doesn't cost me any money. After taking a few sips of wine, they took the initiative to tell me something... It turned out that the reason why the port was suddenly released in the past two days was because of the great changes in Philae. !"

"What happened?!" a mountain reconnaissance brigade officer next to him asked urgently.

"After the Tagus Jason of Thessaly led the army to leave, he temporarily handed the military command of Thessaly to his younger brother Polydorus, and the administrative power to Asida. Maas and the other ministers, what do you guess?"

Koominis said in one word: "Polytorus suddenly died in a military camp outside Philae. It is said that we sent an assassin to kill, but the murderer was not caught—"

"It's impossible!" Taigtus shook his head: "The Ministry of Military Affairs has not formulated an assassination plan against Polydorus, not to mention the assassination of the coach in a heavily guarded barracks, even the trained ones. It’s hard to do, let alone escape smoothly."

"The officials told me quietly that many people suspected that Polifuron killed his elder brother--" Kominis saw the expressions of astonishment on the faces of the three of them, and continued to expose Philae with some complacency. Secret: "Because according to them, just after taking over the military command, Polifuron violently killed Asidamas and other ministers they respected, and then hurriedly mobilized most of the citizens of Philae. , Led by him to attack our army in Larissa.

Before leaving, he also appointed one of his confidants as the city lord of Philae. This new city lord has been doing one thing in the past two days, busy catching officials who are dissatisfied with Polifuron and disturbing the city. The internal order is in chaos. Not only are officials like them reluctant to continue their official duties, but some people are worried about their safety and start to flee..."

After listening to Tagus and others, they felt incredible. The series of things that happened in Philae simply provided great help to the Dionian army. If it had not been for the military affairs department before the landing, it had not given the mountain. Special reminder from the reconnaissance brigade, Tagus would even think that General Thessaly named Polyfuron was a spy sent by the kingdom.

"Have you asked them how many soldiers there are in the city now?" Tagtus asked.

"Of course I will not forget such an important question." Koominis said confidently: "Polifuron left 500 soldiers for his henchmen when they left. They are loyal to Polifuron. This is the Philippines. The reason why the people of Lai did not dare to resist the new city lord... As for how many citizen soldiers are still in the city? They don’t know too much. But there should not be much left. They revealed to me a piece of news that the new city lord is said to be there when necessary. The port forcibly recruited foreign crew members like us to participate in the battle."

"Call us? This is a good thing! So we can take the opportunity to get into Philae's army, assist our siege troops, and capture Philae!" a team officer said excitedly.

"Captain, now the city of Philae is chaotic and people are panicking. This is a great opportunity! Why don't we launch a raid in the dark and capture Philae directly!" Another team officer made his own suggestion.

Taigtus pondered for a while, and said solemnly: "This time we have less than 200 brothers who have mixed into Philae. We have too few troops, and we are not very familiar with the terrain in Philae. We launched a surprise attack in the dark. , The danger is too great! Once we suffer a failure, not only the previous efforts will be wasted, but the brothers will also lose their lives in vain. We cannot take risks!"

Targtus paused, looking at his two powerful captains, and then encouraged: "You don't need to worry, now we all know that our army has not only successfully landed, but also entered the Thessaly Plain. At this time, the Thessaly army went out of the city to meet, and could only suffer defeat. According to the tradition of the kingdom army, and Philae was also the focus of the landing army’s offensive, they will continue to chase the fleeing routs and see if they can take the opportunity to capture Philae. This—this is our opportunity!"

"Captain, I understand! I immediately sent a few soldiers into the city to closely observe the movements of several city gates."

After one team officer finished speaking, the other team officer continued: "I keep my brothers ready at any time. Once our army gets to the city, we will rush to respond."

Tagus nodded in satisfaction: "Just do it!"

The soldiers of the Mountain Reconnaissance Brigade lurking in the port of Philae did not wait long. At dusk, many Thessaly soldiers rushed to the city of Philae, driven by the Dionian Cavalry Corps.

The defenders on the city saw the Dionian army following them. Amidst the pleading and anger of the soldiers, they had to execute the orders of the new city lord and refused to open the door.

At this moment, the soldiers of the Mountain Reconnaissance Brigade who received the news took out the daggers and leather shields hidden under the planks of the ship, rushed into the city of Philae, and slammed the southern gate wall which was the nearest to them and the fewest soldiers on the guard.

After they defeated the defenders at the head of the city, they quickly opened the gates and swarmed in. The Dionian cavalry, light armoured, and light infantry rushed into Philae...

On the same day, the southern and northern strong states of Thessaly surrendered and the other fell...

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"Woo!...Woo!..." The high-pitched bugle sounded continuously from the back of the battlefield, and the Greek soldiers fighting fiercely in front of the defensive camps hurriedly retreated.

It didn't take long for the battlefield that had been tumultuous for most of the day to fall into silence. Only the countless corpses and wounded soldiers on both sides of the trenches and wooden walls showed the fierceness of today's battle.

The setting sun had fallen to the bottom of the mountain, and only a few bleak rays of blood remained on the horizon.

Efekratus looked at the Dionian camps that were separated and horned from each other. He stood for a long time, and he stood up for a long time, and finally sighed: "Just as before, send someone to Dai The Onia demanded to clean the battlefield."

According to Greek tradition, the defeated side after a battle can also send someone to clean the battlefield and take away the compatriots who died in order to give him a decent funeral.