Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 170: Confrontation Hot Spring Pass

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Effikratus nodded in relief. With Jason’s statement, at least his efforts were not in vain.

He looked at the Thessaly Barracks, where the fire was already blazing, countless torches gushing out of the camp gate, extending to the north, and gradually forming a winding fire dragon...

Efekratus prayed silently with a solemn expression: May Athena bless, and the Sesari people will go well in this trip!

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Due to the departure of Thessaly's army, the military spirit was fluctuating. In the following days, the Greek coalition forces were unable to close their camps. At the same time, out of fear, they had to strengthen their defenses.

While Efekratus was busy appeasing the coalition generals and soldiers, he sent people to notify the allies of the Peloponnese and warned them to strengthen their defenses.

Sure enough, as expected, Cloto Catacs, who had ascertained the enemy’s situation, dispatched the First Army from Sparta to the siege of Mandinia at the suggestion of Plintors. Part of the Greek coalition forces, the Greek coalition forces ordered by Iphikratus took the initiative to retreat, and Mandinia was temporarily relieved.

The 1st Corps, which failed to fight with the Greek coalition forces, continued northward and went straight to Corinth, located on the Isthmus.

Ifkrates, who received the news, did not lead his army to rescue, but kept the main coalition forces at Camp Leprion, and at the same time put on an offensive against the Dionian camp in Messenia at any time. The posture forced Dionia not to easily transfer away from the army in Messenia. Only the Greek coalition forces that had besieged Mandinia followed the First Army. But once the First Army turned to attack, they quickly Avoid. But their existence prevented the First Army from launching an attack on Corinth, which seemed to be relatively tightly defended.

Two days later, the First Army, which failed to achieve the goal of mobilizing the main force of the Greek coalition forces, did not dare to stay in a completely unfamiliar enemy territory for a long time. In addition, the rations it carried had already been consumed a lot, so it turned around again and returned south. Gonia.

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Just when the fighting in the Peloponnese subsided temporarily and the two sides presented a strange situation of confrontation, Jason had led an army across the Gulf of Corinth, landed on Chleusis in Thebes, and quickly moved north, passing through Pass the Piotia area and enter the Phokis area.

At this time, the Phokes no longer repelled the Thessaly as much as a few months ago. After all, the two sides are now allies, and Phokes is facing the threat of the Dionian army stationed in the north, and urgently needs the Serbia. With the help of the Sali army, the Thessali army was welcomed by the Phokes, and Greek reinforcement generals rushed to greet them.

After some discussions, Jason got a general idea of ​​the situation in the north: The Dionian army occupied Heraclea, and at the same time they captured Hot Spring Pass, and for a while, they continued to move south and encircled Kitignan. Thanks to the timely reinforcements from the Athenians in advance, the Phokes have repelled the attack on the Dionian army several times. Yesterday the Dionians may have detected the news that Thessaly’s army returned to the division. Tignan withdrew from the siege and returned.

After some consideration, Jason decided to lead his army northward along the coast, first to seize the hot spring pass, and then enter the Lamia region. The reason for this choice was that he considered the difficulty of the mountainous areas in northern Central Greece. The trek is not conducive to the march of the army, and the Dionian army also occupied Heraclia, guarding the gateway to the north of the mountain. He has already seen the defensive ability of the Dionian army in Peloponnese. It is extremely dangerous to conquer Heraclea and tens of thousands of troops to be blocked in the mountains.

Jiasson knew very well that although the Hot Spring Pass was known for being easy to defend and difficult to attack in Greece, the Greeks built this pass to defend against the barbarians in the north (mainly Thessaly), so it was a defense against the north but not the south , It’s just a one-sided pass. That’s why the Persian army sent squad soldiers to bypass the hot spring pass, and they could easily capture it. So Thessari army attacked directly from the south, and it should be easier to seize the pass. .

But when Jason led his army to the steamy coast, he was dumbfounded: a Dionian barracks stood in the front, stuck between the mountain and the sea cliff, and behind it was the familiar hot spring. Guan Shiqiang...

It turned out that Aifeiart led the army’s main force to attack Wenquan Pass at the same time with both positive and odd sides. Although Wenquan Pass defenders were also prepared for the mountain road, they were too weak. After a day of fighting, the Twelfth Army went smoothly. Occupied the hot spring pass.

As a result, Effiart quickly discovered the flaws of this pass. The main task of the Twelfth Army was to block the Sesari army returning to the division, but the Hot Spring Pass was unable to defend against the enemy from the south. But it’s not difficult to help Aifeiart. After all, the terrain here at Wenquan Pass is narrow, and the superior force cannot be deployed. It is beneficial to prevent more with less. This feature is the same for both the south and the north. So he called the engineering battalion and commanded more than half of the troops. Soldiers built a camp next to Wenquan Pass, and he himself led 3,000 soldiers from the coast to the inland, surveying the terrain all the way, and quickly surrounded the city of Kinnan after discovering it.

At this time, his purpose of doing this is no longer to expand the results, but to attract the attention of the enemy and ensure the smooth construction of the camp.

Now, Jason looks at the Dionian camp ahead and feels a headache. In the Peloponnese, his army has eaten enough to attack the Dionian camp, but at this moment he cannot retreat, only Only after breaking through this camp with all his strength can he return to Thessaly.

After the offensive order was issued, the Sesari soldiers eager to return to their homes were divided into teams, and along the narrow coast, they continued to attack the Dionia camp.

After the Hippocratic War a hundred years ago, a **** battle broke out on a grand scale again near Wenquan Pass.

However, compared to the Spartan army guarding here a hundred years ago, the Dionian army on the defensive side now has more advantages.

First of all, Dionia's defense forces are not at an absolute disadvantage. The 12th Corps had 8,000 soldiers, and in order to prevent accidents, Efiart also forced Lamia, who had surrendered to Dionian, to recruit 1,000 civilian soldiers as a reserve force for the defense of the hot spring pass. Except for the 1,000 Dionian soldiers garrisoned in the Acropolis of Lamia and Heraclea, they cannot be mobilized. Effiart can have 7,000 soldiers into the battle. These soldiers will continue to pass through the hot springs and enter the camp. , Take turns to participate in defensive operations. At this time, the Thessaly army had been fighting in the Peloponnese during this period, and it had been reduced from the original 40,000 to more than 36,000. The strength of the army was only more than four times that of the defending army, unlike the Persian army in the past. Up to hundreds of thousands.

Secondly, Effiart learned the lessons of the Spartan army, and built small defense facilities on several known mountain trails, guarded by Samona soldiers who are good at mountain warfare, to prevent Thessaly People's sneak attack. Moreover, the 12th Corps has a diverse range of arms, with a reasonable combination of heavy infantry, light armoured soldiers, javelinmen, and archers. Defending in narrow coastal camps can effectively contain the offensive of the Sesari.

In addition, Effiart also asked the soldiers to move several ballistas from the army to the head of Wenquan Pass. The stone bullets fired were able to fly over the camp, giving the intensive attacking Sesali soldiers the greatest damage.

Therefore, the Thessaly army launched a fierce attack on the camp for several days, which not only had little effect, but also paid a lot of casualties.

Just when Jason in the back was so anxious that he could never break through the Dionian line of defense, the Thessaly soldiers who were preparing to attack the camp again were stunned to see the wooden door of the camp suddenly opened and came out. There were dozens of Thessaly men in casual clothes. They shouted that they were XXX from a certain city-state of Thessaly, while demanding to meet with the citizens of their own city-state.

It turned out that when Jason led the army approaching the hot spring pass, Efiart immediately sent a messenger to Thessaly and informed the commander-in-chief Patroclus that the main force of Thessaly had returned.

At this time, it has been more than half a month since the landing army captured Philae and forced the surrender of Fasalus. Because the main power of Thessaly has been controlled by the Dionian army, the landing army continued to divide its forces and seize the land. The city-states of Thessari that had been gone either surrendered or were conquered, so the Dionian army basically conquered the southern and northern plains of Thessari during this period.

The army is advancing vigorously, and the chief executive of Thessaly, Shiros, leads the officials under him to work intensely. While promising to give benefits to civilians, it also wins over celebrities from various city-states. In addition, they are all born in Thessaly. Many people in Thessaly begin to accept them. So there is a saying that soon became in the territory of Thessaly. It has been spread: King Dionia is a Sesari and is a descendant of Hades, the king of Hades. Compared with the tyrant Jason, he is more capable of protecting Sesali and more suitable to serve as Sesari Tagus. ...

At the same time, the legend of "Daves creating the Kingdom of Dionian and the rapid rise of the Kingdom of Dionian" also began to spread among the people of Thessaly.

After receiving the news from Efiart, Patroclus was already prepared. He immediately asked Hiros, who had been handling the entire Thessaly affairs in Philae, to help him, and gathered all the people who had returned to the Kingdom of Dionia. The prestigious council members of the city-state of Thessaly then clearly told them: Jason is leading the army to return, and Dionia is ready to gather the 100,000 army in Thessaly and defeat it completely.

There are many members of these Sesari city-states, but they have witnessed the huge army of Dionia and their terrible fighting power. Although the number of troops led by Jason is also large, most of them don’t think Jason was able to win in the end. They are very worried about this.