Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 168: Conquer Thessaly

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At this time, in order to reserve sufficient rations for the Thessaly army fighting on the Peloponnese Peninsula, Asidamas had to purchase food from outside (originally Jason had to conquer the south For the military plan of the Greek mainland, a lot of food was stored in advance. However, due to the sudden invasion of the Peloponnese by the Dionian army, the original plan was disrupted. Jason led his army to fight south for nearly two months. The food in the city has almost been consumed, but the war seems to be far away from the end, and by this time August, the food in the city-states of Thessal is not much left, but the harvest season in September has not yet arrived, so It is necessary to purchase grain to survive this relatively difficult time), and the grain from 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 made the fleet responsible for trade in Youke Xinghai pretend to be a city-state from Yoke Xinghai. The merchant ships of Philae carried food to Philae many times to sell, and the sailors of the fleet were mostly served by soldiers from the Mountain Reconnaissance Brigade. More familiar.

So on the day before the Dionian army landed in Sesali, Sostatus’s fleet deliberately arrived at Philae Port in the afternoon. When the grain was unloaded, it was already dusk, and the night was in love. After all, the ships in the Qinhai are 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.

In the next few days, the Dionian fleet has been patrolling in the nearby waters and crashed into many merchant ships trying to escape Philae. Sostatus’ fleet stayed in Philae for safety reasons. In the port, of course, many merchant ships from other states have also chosen this kind of overwhelming approach. Therefore, there are many ships anchored in the port of Philae, making Sostatus's fleet inconspicuous. .

But what Tagtus did not expect was that Philae suddenly strengthened the management of the port. Not only did it prohibit foreign crews from walking around the port at will, let alone entering the city, but also sent additional troops to the port.

Actually, this is the precaution that Asidamas took when seeing too many foreign ships and crews in the port, worrying 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 based on 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. Riveron 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 have you heard?" Tagtus asked eagerly.

Koominis, a citizen of Dionian, one of the chiefs of Sostatus’s fleet, is responsible for the trade of the Yoke Xinghai. After these years of travel, he has made a lot of family fortune. In Tuli The Iraqi Chamber of Commerce can be considered small and famous, but in front of Tagus, he did not dare to be big at all, after all, this is a famous kingdom hero.

He rubbed his face vigorously with his hands. The drunken appearance just disappeared quickly, and he said with a serious face: "Didn't I invite some port officials I know to drink in the restaurant? Guess what, not at all. It took me to bother to dig out their words. After a few sips of wine, they took the initiative to tell me something... It turns out that the reason why the port is suddenly released in the past two days is because of the very happenings in Philae. Big change!"

"What happened?!" An officer of the Mountain Reconnaissance Brigade nearby asked urgently.

"After the Tagus Jason of Thessaari led the army to leave, he temporarily handed the military command of Thessaari to his younger brother Polydorus, and gave the administrative power to Asidamas and several 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!" Tagus 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 if it is well-trained. It’s difficult for us to do it, let alone escape smoothly."

"The officials told me quietly that many people suspected that Polifuron killed his brother--" Kominis saw the expressions of surprise on the faces of the three of them, and continued to expose with some contentment. The secret of Philae: "Because according to them, just after taking over the military command, Polifuron violently killed Asidamas and other ministers they respected, and then hurriedly transferred most of Philae. Citizen soldiers of, led by him personally 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 for these two days, busy catching officials who are dissatisfied with Polifuron. Disturbed the order in the city, not only officials like them are reluctant to continue their official duties, but some people are worried about their safety and start to flee..."

Tigertus and others felt unbelievable after listening. The series of things that happened in Philae simply provided great help to the Dionian army. Without giving any special tips to the Mountain 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?" Tagtus asked.

"Such an important question, of course I will not forget." Koominis said confidently: "Polifuron left 500 soldiers for his henchmen when he left. They are loyal to Polifuron. This is the reason why the Philae people dare not 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 in When necessary, go to the port to forcefully recruit foreign crew members like us to participate in combat."

"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.

Tegtus thought for a while, and said solemnly: "This time we had less than 200 brothers in Philae. We have too few troops, and we are not very familiar with the terrain in Philae. It is in the dark. Launching a surprise attack in China is too dangerous! Once you fail, not only your previous efforts will be wasted, but your brothers will also lose their lives in vain. We can’t risk it!"

Tigertus 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 Thessa. On the Plains of Leigh, the Thessaly army is out of the city to meet at this time, and they can only suffer defeat. According to the tradition of the kingdom army, and Philae is also the focus of the landing army’s offensive, they will continue to chase the fleeing routs and see if they can seize the opportunity. Philae, this—this is our opportunity!"

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

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

Tigertus 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 were driven by the Dionian Cavalry Corps and swarmed under Philae.

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 got the news took out the short swords and leather shields hidden under the ship's plank, rushed into Philae City, and slammed the south gate which was the nearest to them and the fewest guards. City wall.

After they defeated the defenders at the head of the city, they quickly opened the city gates and burst into the city. The Dionian cavalry, light armoured, and light infantry followed and 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 to be quiet after most of the hustle and bustle. Only the numerous corpses and wounded soldiers on both sides of the trenches and wooden walls showed the fierceness of today's battle.

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

Effikratus looked at the Dionian camps that were separated and horned from each other. He stood for a long time, and he stood there for a long time, and finally sighed: "It's still the same as before. People went to the Dionians and asked 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 the battle, so as to give him a decent funeral.