Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 171: If you don’t fight, you will collapse.
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It’s not because of their sympathy for Jason’s impending defeat. Although the tyrant of Philae is not too cruel, he did not lack in the process of conquering the whole of Thessaly and becoming Targus. The **** method, although with the assistance of Asidamas and others, the integration and governance of the city-states of Thessaly gradually became softer, but this has only been a few years, and everyone's memory has not faded.
These Thessaly city-state councillors were worried that the coming war would cause considerable casualties to the citizens of their city-state in the Jason army, so they asked Patroclus to go. Persuade the citizens of Jason’s army to come and surrender.
Patroclus achieved his goal, but he did not let these people set off to the hot spring gate immediately. Instead, he first called an emergency military meeting. The only participants in the meeting were himself, Matonis, and Lizaru. A military commander, as well as Shiros, the chief executive of Thessaly region, after some consultations, the four finally reached an agreement:
Martonis led nearly 26,000 people from the 5th, 9th and 1st Cavalry Corps of the Second Army to temporarily stationed in Thessaly to continue to stabilize the order in this newly conquered area, prevent turbulence and repetition, and also Be wary of the Epirus people in the mountains to the west, because it is said that Alkaitas, a king of Epirus, has a close relationship with Jason and is likely to help him. In addition, Matonis will also assist Hiros to protect the upcoming wheat harvest in Thessaly area and provide protection for the subsequent delivery of military rations.
And Patroclus and Lizaru will lead the rest of the troops, a total of more than 40,000 soldiers will immediately go south The Dionian army in Sali does not have 100,000 people, because it is necessary to exclude the nearly 20,000 infantry of the Dionian Navy and the 12th Army in the defense of Lamia), after solving the hidden danger of Jason , March into Central Greece.
For these generals of the kingdom, it is undoubtedly a great honor to be able to lead the army into Central Greece and finally conquer Athens, and to wash away the shame that has been denounced as barbaric by the Greeks headed by Athens. The reason why Matonis agreed to stay was due to the persuasion of Hiros on the one hand, and on the other hand, as a Sesari, he was also willing to contribute a little to his hometown from the bottom of his heart.
Solved the problem of staying behind in Sesali, Patroclus led the army across the mountains in the south and entered Lamia, and then the previous scene appeared.
These Sesari councillors are all celebrities in their respective city-states. The Sesari soldiers quickly recognized them and immediately scrambled to ask them about their home states.
When Jason heard the news, the news that "Dionia’s 100,000 troops landed in Thessaly has already conquered all the city-states, and the people of all the city-states are eagerly waiting for the citizens to return home safely." The spread has had a great impact on the morale of the army. Citizen soldiers from various city-states gathered around the councillors of their own city-state one after another, eagerly discussing the matter of returning home, and the whole army has begun to show a tendency to fall apart.
The frustrated Jason sent mercenaries to arrest them on the grounds that "these congressmen surrendered Dionia and are traitors to Thessaly", and wanted to isolate them from the citizen soldiers. , Then went to reassure the soldiers of the army, but the arrest of the mercenaries aroused resistance from the civic soldiers and even triggered small-scale conflicts.
Seeing that the riot may gradually evolve into a civil war, Jason had to withdraw the mercenaries urgently. Looking at the angry faces, he felt that he had lost control of these civilian soldiers and was unwilling. He simply walked into the civic soldiers alone and assured them loudly that he had no intention of harming these Senators of Sesali, as long as he wanted to learn the true situation of Sesali from their mouths.
In the end, a few congressmen who had a good relationship with him told him in front of many citizen soldiers about a series of things that happened in Thessaly during this period, and they also answered his various questions seriously.
During the whole process, the surrounding civic soldiers looked at Jason’s guard eyes gradually with more sympathy, but Jason’s face became more and more ugly, and finally he walked out of the crowd with a gloomy expression and turned over. After getting on the horse, he did not take another look at the turbulent citizen soldiers and the congressmen who caused this terrible scene. Instead, he turned his horse's head around and left here surrounded by mercenaries.
On the way back to the rear camp, Jason never said a word. However, as soon as he entered the camp, he suddenly fell off his horse, vomiting blood, and fell into a coma. Under the rescue of a military doctor, he became ill. It's getting better.
The guards guarding the big tent that night heard Jason muttering to himself: "Dorus, my good brother!... Asidamas, I'm sorry for you!... Pori Furlong, you devil!...Damn Dionia, you ruined everything!...Dorus, my good brother..."
All night, Jason's sorrowful self-talk never stopped.
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The arrival of the councillors of the city-states of Thessaly completely disintegrated Jason’s army. In just one day, the citizens who were eager to go home followed the requirements of the Dionian camp, put down their weapons, and platooned to grow. The team passed through the camp and the hot springs in an orderly manner. Then they saw thousands of Dionian soldiers spreading across the depressions of the Lamia Plain. Not only did they completely believe the congressmen’s words, but they also had some thoughts in their hearts. The fluke was also swept away.
The citizen soldiers of Thessaly left Jason. Seeing that the situation is not good, the native mountain warriors who were recruited by Jason will naturally not be able to fight for Jason anymore, but most of the soldiers are unwilling. Put down the weapons in their hands, so they chose to cross the mountains and travel long distances to return to their hometown. Of course, this would be very risky.
There are only nearly 8,000 mercenaries (after being in Targus, Jason once increased the number of mercenaries to tens of thousands. This time he fought in the Peloponnese and left 3,000 mercenaries. Commanded by Polydurus and stationed in Thessaly) In return for Jason’s care and trust in them over the years, he remained loyal to him. When they saw the army falling apart and the situation was critical, they quickly assembled and guarded. Jason, who was not fully awake, retreated southward.
The sentry sent by Wenquanguan Military Camp quickly reported the news to Patroclus, the commander-in-chief who had come to Lamia.
The news that Jason’s army collapsed without a fight made Patroclus very excited. He issued an order: The Thirteenth Army escorted these 20,000 unarmed citizens to return safely to Thessaly. The rest of the Legionnaires seized the time to rest and march into Central Greece tomorrow morning.
On this day in early September, Patroclus led an army of 40,000 through the hot spring pass. The soldiers lined up in neat columns, singing "Song of the Legion" vigorously, and heading south along the road along the coast. After traveling for more than 10 miles, the troops turned to the south and began to trek through the low mountains and hills. They entered the plains of the Phokis region in the morning of the second day without any hindrance.
The Phokes farmers harvesting in the wheat fields panicked and hid in the town, but the Dionian army neither attacked the towns of Phokes, nor did they wreak havoc on the farmland and villages outside the city. The whole army They continued to march south without stopping, and apart from thanking the gods for their blessings and making them escape, the fragile city-states of Phokis did not dare to send troops to stop the advance of the Dionian army.
In the afternoon, the cavalry regiment, as the vanguard, had entered the area of Piotsia and approached Caronia, the westernmost city state of Piotsia.
The Caronian people felt very nervous when facing the black and oppressed Dionian cavalry under the city. But the Diorian envoy who entered the city gave them a reassurance: Thebes is an ally of Dionia, and Caronia is an ally of Thebes, as long as Caronia is not against the Diorian army. Taking any hostile action, the Dionian army will not cause any damage to the Caronian region.
The people of Caronians relaxed and said: Dionia is the alliance of Thebes, and of course it is also the alliance of Caronia. Caronia will do its best to help allies.
After getting a satisfactory answer, the Cavalry Corps did not stay longer, and continued to travel south, obtaining similar promises from the Piosha city-states one by one, and all the way from Caronia to Bis was smooth. Although the cavalry corps was walking and resting on the road, it still arrived under the city of Thebes at noon on the second day.
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In this battle between Dionia and the Greek Alliance, Thebes and the Piotsia Alliance remained basically neutral, but they have also been watching the battle on the Peloponnese. For Ipa For the top leaders of Thebes such as Mirunda and Pelopidas, what they worry most is the victory of the Greek League, because that means that the prestige of Athens and Thessari will increase greatly. It would be a huge trouble to settle the old accounts with Thebes. Therefore, even though Thebes had to provide some help at the request of the Greek Alliance, such as providing Port Chleusis, they still hoped that Dionian would win. It is just from the current situation that the Dionian army is in The disadvantages make them a little anxious.
However, Ipamilunda often comforted his colleagues: He firmly believed that the advantage of the Greek coalition forces improvised by the city-states could not be sustained, and the powerful Kingdom of Dionia would surely counterattack.