Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 56: Thessaly is in action

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In order to show his sincerity, Jason also stopped the siege and led the army back to Philae.

The Fasalusians faced a difficult choice, and finally they decided to make a final effort to send Polydamas to Sparta for help.

At the council of elders in Sparta, Polydamas told the elders and prosecutors of Sparta to the elders and prosecutors in detail, and he also reminded: "If you Sparta decide To rescue us Thessaly, it is best to send your most elite troops, because if you just send an army of ordinary officers as the commander and mainly composed of the released Black Rollers to the north, then it is best not to act rashly! Because Jason Not only does he have a powerful army, but he is also a shrewd and visionary general. The battle he has commanded has never failed, so he will be Sparta’s strong enemy!"

Polydamas’ speech ended, and the Spartans did not immediately make a decision on this, but they obviously took it seriously and sent someone to Sesali to find out the situation. At the same time, careful statistics were made on the number of troops stationed overseas.

Finally, the Council of Elders gave Polydamas a clear answer: "Dear Polydamas, our main force in Sparta is either at war with the Athenian Navy or with Thebes. People are fighting, so we cannot provide you Fasalus with enough reinforcements for the time being. However, we hope that the Allied State of Thessaly, headed by Fasalus, will not easily surrender Jason, as long as you can continue to resist the Philippines. The invasion of the Rai army, once our war with Thebes is over, we will immediately send strong reinforcements to support!..."

When Polydamas came to Sparta, he saw that it was sparsely populated, and he had an expectation in his heart. Therefore, after receiving a definite reply from the Council of Elders, he did not show any negative emotions such as surprise or disappointment. , He calmly thanked the Spartans for their frankness, and then set off to return home.

As soon as he returned to Fasalus, he demanded that a citizens' assembly be convened immediately to inform everyone of Sparta's decision.

The disappointed and frustrated citizens of Fasalus finally made a decision after intense discussions.

Polydamas once again served as an envoy to Philae, met with Jason, and stated to him: "As long as Jason makes a promise, he will not harm the people of Fasalus or occupy Fasalus. Without destroying the acropolis of Fasalus, the Fasalusians are willing to become Jason’s sincere allies and help him establish the rule of Targus..."

After hearing this, Jason was overjoyed, and immediately made an oath with Polydamas.

Afterwards, Polydamas even sent his son to Jason as a hostage.

It didn’t take long for the Fasalus people, headed by Polydamas, to persuade the allies close to them, and in the spring of 374 BC (the 19th year of the Kingdom of Dionian) the messengers of the city-states of Thessaly gathered In Fasalus, Jason was jointly elected as the Targus of the Thessari.

After Jason became Tagus, he began to unite the city-states of Thessaly. While promising not to interfere in the internal affairs of the remaining city-states of Thessaly, he also formulated a new Tagus law: no occurrence between the city-states In wars, conflicts and disputes must be handed over to him for negotiation and adjudication; each city-state shall not sign any agreement with other city-states or join any alliance, and all foreign affairs shall be determined by him; each city-state must pay tributes on time every year, and the amount paid will be determined by him. He decides based on the financial resources of each state; each city-state must provide a certain number of cavalry and heavy infantry. The specific amount is determined by him according to the strength of each state. In peacetime, he will regularly train these soldiers and lead them out in war... …

In addition, he also adopted the opinion of Polydamas, unified and reduced the commercial tax between the city-states, and allowed the free circulation of goods, which greatly strengthened the economic ties between the city-states of Thessaly and made Inland trade gradually became prosperous.

By the end of the year, Jason had recruited more than 8,000 cavalry and heavy infantry from the entire territory of Thessaly, and the number of heavy infantry was no less than 20,000, and the number of light shields was comparable. After the strength was further strengthened, he immediately issued instructions to the various races and tribes in the mountains surrounding Thessaly, asking them to follow the rules of the Tagus-Skopas of the Sesari during the Hippo War decades ago. If you don’t pay, you will be punished by his army.

Some tribes were afraid of Jason's terrible strength and chose to yield, but some unruly tribes refused his request.

So Jason decisively led his army to crusade, which also ignited war in Northern Greece.

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At the same time that Jason was elected to Cesaritagus, the Athenians encountered a dilemma: On the one hand, they saw their former enemy-the neighbor Thebes, with their own help. It continues to increase, but still refuses to pay tribute to help maintain the expenses of the Athens fleet; on the other hand, Athens’s own finances are stretched due to various military expenditures. Of course, even so, the citizens of Athens are unwilling to reduce subsidies for watching dramas. .

So, under the proposal of the chief general Callistratus and others, the citizens' assembly passed a resolution: to negotiate a peace with Sparta alone.

Soon Athens sent envoys to Sparta.

Spartans couldn’t ask for it: In the past few years, their army has been fighting in Piotja. Although they have won some small victories, they have not been able to defeat Thebes. Instead, the strength of Thebes has increased. The stronger, the prestige of Sparta declines year by year, and now it is more and more difficult to fight with it. The Athens Navy made Sparta a headache. Not only were they unable to fight against it, they could not stop the Athens Navy from cruising in the Peloponnese waters like wandering in their back garden, attacking Spartan’s allies indiscriminately and seriously threatening. To the rear of Sparta is safe.

So, the armistice agreement between Sparta and Athens was quickly signed.

After being notified by the General’s Executive Committee, the Athenian admiral Timothius, who was out in the war, was ready to lead his fleet back to Athens. But on the way back, he landed on the island of Zakynthos without authorization, controlled the city-state on the island, and announced that the city-state’s deportees were allowed to return to their homeland. The support of the Spartans expelled the democrats).

After learning of this news, Sparta believed that Athens had violated the armistice agreement, so he called on the allies to jointly fund the formation of a fleet to protect the rights and interests of all allies in this sea area.

At the same time, Sparta also asked the new commander to lead the fleet to launch an expedition against Corfu.

The Corgis who were attacked rushed to Athens for help.

Athens cannot allow Corfu, who has just joined the maritime alliance, to be bullied by the Spartans, otherwise Athens, as the leader of the maritime alliance, will inevitably lose the trust of the allies. What's more, Corfu’s unique geographical location controls the Gulf of Corinth and the city-states south of Corfu Island. It is the best base to launch an invasion of the Peloponnese from the west. At the same time, this is also an important trade route between the Western Mediterranean and the Eastern Mediterranean, so it must not be abandoned.

For various reasons, this time the citizens of Athens did not elect Timothy as the commander of the fleet, but chose one of the generals of Athens, Iphikratus.

So the armistice agreement between Athens and Sparta lasted less than a few months, and another war broke out.

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On the east side of the Adriatic Sea, wars continue, and the west side is a scene of peace and prosperity.

In September, after enjoying the harvest, the people of Dionians are looking forward to the Hades celebrations coming soon. Thousands of people flood into the Western Mediterranean every day. Turii, the largest city, makes the center of the Kingdom of Dionian hustle and bustle and cheers every day.

It was in such a lively and suffocating joyous atmosphere that Okriton entered the inner city of Turriy.

Since the Western Mediterranean War, he has not been sent to Dionian again. This time he came to Turii because the Dionian sent an invitation, demanding that Carthage must send an envoy to participate. The Nords also had important matters to discuss with Dionia, so they forcibly appointed Okriton, who was fairly acquainted with Dionia, to attend the Hades celebration.

Although Okridun has repeatedly negotiated with Dionia on behalf of Carthage in the past, in fact he has never been to Turri in the future, and this large city of hundreds of thousands of people gave him more shock than before. Hakka was even older when he came to Turei, after all, there were far more floating populations in the city during the festival than usual.

He stood at the bow of the ship, looking at the busy scene of countless piers on both sides of the Craty River, and couldn’t help thinking: If Carthage had won in that war, would Carthage be the same. Fan Jing? !

But the facts can’t be changed. Thinking more about it will only increase troubles. The more prosperous Turiyi is, the more it demonstrates the strength of the Kingdom of Dionia. This undoubtedly adds a lot of difficulty to the subsequent negotiations... ...Okliton frowned, lost in thought.

I took a boat into the inner city of Turriy, but stopped outside the wharf, because there are already many ships docked in the wharf and are busy unloading. There are no extra trestle bridges for the time being, so there are still some passenger ships in a long line. , Waiting outside the pier, and the passenger ship from Carthage arrived at the latest, and could only be the last.

The entourage next to Okriton took a small boat and went ashore to inquire about it. After returning, he reported: "My lord, I have found it clear. Now it is an Etruscan fleet that is unloading. They are here. I heard that most of the boats were loaded with bronze utensils, blankets, cloth, gold and silver products, olive oil, wine and other items. I heard a few Iberian crew members boasted at the dock that their alliance even offered Dio King Niah built a golden crown with many gems..."