Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 166: Back to hometown

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

Silos rode a war horse and stood in a daze. 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 you at the city lord’s mansion. Is coming!"

After speaking, he turned and led the way.

Silos rode a war horse, slowly walked into the city, and looked around: the streets were clean and tidy, obviously after some serious cleaning, but occasionally you can still see blood on the ground; there are no pedestrians on the road, only one by one. Fully armed Legionnaires standing upright on the side of the road; but through the gaps between 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 Shiros 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 Shiros walk into the yard, Matonis greeted him with a smile on his own initiative, and his voice was loud as a bell: "I and Lizaru led the brothers yesterday. We ran for more than 100 miles almost without rest, and then launched an attack on Larissa. When the city was captured, the brothers were almost all tired and got down! I remember your instructions, and Liza Lu together strictly enforced the military law. Since the brothers entered the city, there has been no incident of looting or harming the people of Larissa. How is it? 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's the use of satisfying me? The key is whether you can satisfy your majesty and let the kingdom Satisfaction! The expedition to Thessaly is an important decision made by your 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 formulated by the Ministry of Military Affairs!"

Speaking of this, his eyes stretched out: "Commander Lizaru, Commander Matonis, congratulations! From the landing to now, you have led the army to successfully achieve the original goal, for the next It’s a good start to fight!"

Speaking, he solemnly clenched a fist with his right hand, pressed it against his left chest, lowered his head vigorously, and saluted Martonis and Lizaru.

Matonis and Lizaru hurriedly responded respectfully. Not only Matonis, but Lizaru had also been under Hiros. He respected this old officer, otherwise he would not specifically talk to him. Tonis is here together waiting for his arrival.

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 forever. Rectify, but you should seize the time to lead your army to continue the offensive, not to give the enemy a respite, occupy the whole 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, and they were physically exhausted. They need adequate rest before they can continue fighting. Lizaru and I After discussing it, it was decided to 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 exhausted. We have sent a heavy camp to buy cattle and sheep in Larissa, and prepare to give them to the soldiers. Let’s eat a good meal so that they can regain their strength 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.

Silos 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. You are now a big man in the Kingdom of Dionia!"

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

It’s not that he didn’t know that he had retired from the army, and it seemed inappropriate to wear the legionnant’s armor. It was just that as the chief executive of the senator’s district, the pure white Bolton he wore with embroidered black stripes was in Dionysian In the eyes of the Asian people, it is a symbol of dignity, but in the eyes of the Larissa people, it may only be of good quality and nothing special. The generals’ armor directly shows the level of status, which can save a lot of tongue. For this reason, he Also borrowed a team of guards from Matonis.

Martonis didn’t say anything, he followed them one by one, but when Hiros was about to leave the mansion, he finally couldn’t help asking: “Captain, when your Majesty gave us the order to attack Sesali, he didn’t respond to Pei. Luce gives 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."

Speaking of 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. , The remains of his parents were burned indistinguishable like other corpses, and they were hurriedly buried together...now there is a wasteland with weeds, no one remembers the specific location of the burial place..."

"Damn Macedonian!" Matonis roared angrily.

Heros, wearing Matonis' armor and armed guards, went to the civilian area of ​​Larissa. He was eye-catching all the way. He quickly found some former neighbors and friends.

They were very surprised when they learned that Hilos, who had been away from Larissa for more than 30 years, had become an important minister of the Kingdom of Dionia.

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 friends and friends, but believed what he said. Said that "Dionia will implement some policies against the occupied town of Sesali", and is willing to promote it for him.

When Dionian captured Rome more than 10 years ago, in order to win the trust of 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 reputation in the area. Using similar methods to stabilize and govern Larissa would naturally be more effective.

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In the early 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 eagerly arriving Cesar in the middle of the journey. Lee army.

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 black helmet and black armor in the distance. Enemies of Gloria kept pouring up, making Dionian’s army continue to extend to the two wings... He suddenly realized that the number of Dionian soldiers might far exceed 20,000, and they deployed quickly. Obviously It is well trained.

Polifuron was a little panicked. Although he has always been fighting bravely, he is under the command of his big brother Jason. He has never independently commanded such a large-scale battle. At this moment, he can only continue to rule out The messenger urged the generals to line up the army as soon as possible according to his deployment. He even rode anxiously on horseback to the rear of the army, shouting hysterically, "Let the soldiers speed up the array, if anyone executes Slowness will inevitably be punished heavily after the war!"

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

The reason why the Dionian army did this is that Martonis and Lizaru are commanders of the same level. In order to facilitate command and avoid conflicts, they each command their own troops to fight. ; The second is to disrupt the enemy’s deployment, so 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, and just then 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 whole 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.