Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 167: Fassarus surrenders

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Polytorus was gentle and stable, and he treated the soldiers kindly. The citizen soldiers agreed with him as the commander. His death was strange, which made the soldiers suspicious. The six ministers including Asidamas were all famous people in the big city-states of Thessaly. They were specially selected by Jason to help him unify the entire Thessaly region. They were only killed by the Polish government. Livron was killed on an unreasonable charge. How could this not make the citizen soldiers from various city-states feel angry, but feared Polifuron's lewdness and temporarily endured it.

When the swift and swift attack of the Dionian soldiers led to a disadvantageous situation, the lowly motivated Thessaly soldiers quickly gave up fighting and chose to flee. There were even Philae citizen soldiers who were dissatisfied with what Polifuron did. In the rebellion, he killed Polyfuron who was also fleeing.

The whole army of Thessaly was defeated, and the soldiers were no longer restrained. Each wanted to escape to their home country. They fled in all directions, causing the entire area to be full of troops. It seemed that the Dionian army was pursuing after the war. Some disadvantages.

Martonis and Lizaru did not expect that Thessaly army would be defeated so quickly, but at the same time they thought that the victory of this battle would help them as soon as possible to capture the city of Philae, which may have been completely defensive, completely empty. To solve the problem of the supply of the Dionian army’s rations, this was originally the purpose of their eastward march, so the two ordered the light armor, light infantry brigade, and cavalry corps with little effort in the battle and with good physical strength not to chase the ruined soldiers, and Is to rush to Philae.

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Just when Matonis, Lizaru’s army and Thessaly’s army were fighting in the northern plains, Patroclus had led the army over the mountains and entered the same flat southern plains of Thessaly. Regardless of fatigue, the soldiers continued to march towards the hilly area in the northeast, and in the afternoon they reached the center of the southern plain-Fasalus.

Before the Dionian army landed in Mariakos Bay, the Lamians once sent messengers to ask Fasalus for help, so the Fasaluss were prepared for the arrival of the Dionian army. , They even sent a messenger to Philae for help, but when the messenger arrived at Philae, Polifuron had already led his army to Larissa, and what he got turned out to be "respected by the Fasalus people." The news that Asidamas was killed" has not had time to transmit the news back to the city-state.

The Fasalusians did not expect that the Dionian army would come so fast, and the number was so large, the citizen soldiers looked down from the city and could only see the endless black surging. It's chilling.

The city of Fasalus was built on a hill. It was prepared in advance and it was not early. In addition, the Dionian soldiers marched for a long time and lacked physical strength. So Patroclus ordered the army to Set up a camp and rest less than one mile from the city of Fasalus. The two sides are so close, it is easy to be attacked, but Patroclus, relying on his dominant force, not only does not worry, but is happy to see it happen.

But when the soldiers began to dig trenches and build camps, he received a return from the scouts: There were a lot of Thessaly's defeated soldiers in the north.

After thinking about it for a while, Patroclus immediately issued an order: let some of the troops who were building the camp immediately surround the city of Fasalus to prevent any routs from escaping into the city. At the same time, the cavalry corps and light infantry and light armoured troops were sent to hunt down Sesali's defeated troops.

These Thessaly’s ruined soldiers who had been running for several hours thought they had escaped the pursuit of the Dionian army, but they did not expect to run into another huge Dionian army head-on. This pair was extremely It was a big blow to them who were tired, and many of them simply chose to surrender.

Before dusk, the hunt was coming to an end. The Dionian army captured more than 2,000 Thessaly soldiers, most of whom were Fasalusians.

Through the interrogation of them, Patroclus learned about the general actions of the troops of Matonis and Lizaru in the north in the past few days. They have attacked Peleus, Larissa, and defeated Thessa. Li was pleased with the results of the main force, and at the same time reminded himself to speed up military operations to avoid waiting for the rendezvous of the two armies due to too little combat achievements, which would reduce his prestige, even though he took the initiative to land on the most difficult southern coast.

So, Patroclus selected 5 high-ranking and prestigious prisoners from the captured Fasalus soldiers. First, they assembled the army and let these prisoners follow him to review the tens of thousands. A high-spirited soldier, and then called Lamia’s guide to explain to him, "The fact that the Dionian army has occupied Lamia, Heraclea, and Hot Spring Pass in the south.

After that, Patroclus officially talked with them again, telling them clearly: Dionia has sent an army of 100,000 to attack Thessaly, and the main force of his army is far away in the Peloponnese. The city-states of Sali are definitely hard to resist, but as long as Fasalus surrenders to Dionia, he can swear in the name of'Hades, the protector of the Kingdom of Dionia, the Dionian army will not harm the law. The Salus people do not plunder their property at will. But if Fasalus still refuses to surrender before dawn, he will execute the more than 2,000 prisoners of Fasalus, and then lead the army to attack the city of Fasalus. After the city is captured, all Fasalus will Become a slave to Dionia.

Soon, Patroclus let these prisoners serving as messengers into the city of Fasalus.

The prisoners rushed to the Fasalus Council, conveyed the Dionian's request to the members who had not left, and at the same time told them what had happened in Thessaly in the past few days.

The Fasalus congressmen were shocked after hearing this: The Dionians sent an army of 100,000 to conquer Thessaly (although the captives based on what they saw in the southern and northern plains of Thessaly The number of the Armed Forces of Nia gave an affirmative answer, but members of the Senate still had some doubts about such a large number). They have already captured Peleus, Larissa, Lamia, Heraclea, Hot Spring Pass (this information is less doubtful). On the side of the Thessaly Alliance, not only was the interim commander Polidorus murdered, but the only defensive army in Thessaly had just suffered a crushing defeat in the battle. What made the Fasalus annoyed was their backbone. ——The highly respected Asidamas was actually executed by Polifuron as a traitor...

The invasion of the Dionian army is irresistible, and the Jason family is not trustworthy. What should Fasalus do?

At dusk, the bells in the city of Fasalus rang, and the councilors urgently convened a citizens’ assembly. As one of the strongest states in Thessaly, there were less than 2,000 citizens and less than 500 young and middle-aged citizens. Most of its citizens either became prisoners of Dionia or were still in the army led by Jason.

In fact, the citizens of Fasalus have been stunned by the huge Dionian army outside the city, and now they know that the enemy is stronger than they have seen, and that they have been isolated. Unaided, so the vast majority of citizens agreed to surrender to Dionia.

The Citizens Assembly quickly passed a resolution. They declared that the reason for the resolution was to preserve the lives of compatriots outside the city, and to prevent the destruction of Fasalus (after all, the Taigeya betrayed the covenant and were eventually The tragedy of Dionia's complete destruction and becoming an empty city has spread throughout Greece under the efforts of those who care about it, and the Fasalusians do not want to repeat the same mistakes).

That night, Fasalus sent an envoy to go out of the city to discuss the surrender with the Dionian army.

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Among the strong states of Thessaly, Philae is quite special. It is surrounded by undulating hills. Due to the topography, its urban area is not large, and there is no flat and fertile land in its territory. Therefore, wealth depends on sea trade. Especially after Jason became the tyrant of Philae, he vigorously expanded the port, making the area of ​​the port area almost half of the entire city, so it is difficult to connect it with the main city. Completely separated.

A dozen cargo ships were moored at a pier in the port. A fat middle-aged man staggered towards the pier. He hiccuped while greeted the owner of a nearby merchant ship. He didn't stop until he approached the innermost one of the dozen or so cargo ships, and assumed a posture that he was going to get drunk, but after taking the opportunity to quietly scan the surroundings and found nothing unusual, he stepped He staggered and jumped onto the boat, stumbling into the cabin.

Compared with the sleepy crew on the deck, three people sitting in a small cabin are discussing something quietly.

"Captain, I'm back!" the sailor who jumped onto the boat whispered.

The man called the captain is about 40 years old. He has an unusually large physique. There are several conspicuous scars on his face and body. There is a Hitman's aura between his hands and feet. He is Dionia. The current captain of the Mountain Reconnaissance Brigade of the Holy Kingdom-Tagus.

Why did Tagus, who was supposed to follow Klotokatax to fight in the Peloponnese, appeared in Philae’s port?

Originally, the military plan for the landing raid on Thessaly was formulated by the Ministry of Military Affairs. The Zhongshanling Reconnaissance Brigade was originally an important part. Since the landing army must capture Thessaly as soon as possible to alleviate the problem of tight food supplies, how can it go smoothly? The capture of Philae, the center of Thessaly, became a top priority. Sending a small group of troops to infiltrate in advance and cooperate with the main siege forces inside and outside is an important method for the Dionian army to conquer the city in previous wars. The Mountain Reconnaissance Brigade happens to be the most adept at this kind of tactics. For the second time, he was assigned to be responsible for sneaking into Philae.