Chapter 159 Landing in Thessaly (1)

"Calistratus, calm down!" Cabrias shouted with a serious expression: "Look at the Dionian warships there, they are far more numerous than us, and their combat effectiveness is also very strong. , before I led the fleet to try to attack the Lagonia Gulf and failed, if I rashly led the fleet to break through the blockade, I would only be surrounded by them, causing the few warships to be lost. We will completely lose control of the Aegean Sea!

Even if they really want to land, we have already prepared for it. Marathon Beach, the only place where the Dionysians can land, has temporarily built a defensive camp. There are thousands of soldiers stationed there. Sending several thousand more soldiers can completely guarantee the safety of the whole of Attica. "

"Athens is well-defended, of course I don't need to worry about it, I am worried about Dionysian attacking other allies, if they are attacked by Dionysian, the Greek coalition forces that are fighting the Dionysian army in the Peloponnese with all their strength It will definitely be affected!" Callistratus said anxiously.

Cabrias said calmly: "Don't panic, first of all we have to determine whether the Dionias are really going to land. Although the Dionia fleet blocked the Gulf of Salon, it is impossible for them to block it again. Attica's north coast with few coastal towns, but we have quite a few fishing villages on the north coast..."

"I immediately sent messengers to notify the fishermen on the north coast, and let them row the fishing boats to carefully check whether there is anything unusual in the Aegean Sea!" Kalistratus suddenly realized, turned and ran away.

Cabrias turned his eyes to the sea again, sighed softly, and felt a bit of shame in his heart: He had led the navy to defeat the Spartan fleet several times, and now he is indeed a little timid in the face of the powerful Dionysian navy... …

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Shortly after the First Fleet blocked the Gulf of Salon, the Third Fleet had also bypassed Euboea Island on the northeast side of Attica and approached the Gulf of Pagasa.

The mountains on the northern border of Thessaly extended to the sea in the southeast, and then tried their best to move closer to the mountains on the southern border, forming both a natural breakwater and an approximately circular bay with an entrance only about ten miles away.

It may be because the mountains that form the breakwater are too high, so the Thessaly did not build water gates and lighthouses at the entrance. Instead, it was beneficial for the Third Fleet to blockade here, which caused the merchant ships in the bay to hide in panic. Philae port, and Philae fleet even more shrinking in the port dare not show up.

About 20 minutes later, the Dionysian troop convoy arrived, and the Third Fleet immediately sailed into the bay to reach Philae, the only port town in the bay, which made the people of Philae even more nervous.

At this time, it was Jason's right-hand man, Asidamas, who was sitting in Philae City.

After he learned the news of "the attack of the Dionia fleet", he did not panic, and immediately ordered the defenders in the city to rush to the breakwater of the port for defense.

Philae's territory is the last among the city-states of Thessaly, and its urban area is even narrower. The reason why it is rich is that it has the only commercial port in the whole of Thessaly. The area was almost surrounded by mountains, and foreign land trade was extremely inconvenient. Philae completely occupied the convenience of sea trade, and Philae people naturally paid great attention to the safety of the port.

After Jason became the tyrant, he made great efforts to defend the port. He not only strengthened the breakwater, raised the city wall on the ground, narrowed the water gate, but also added a military port and formed a fleet in the port... The Onia fleet arrived suddenly, and Asidamas was not at all worried that they would threaten the safety of Philae's port.

But it didn't take long for him to be rewarded by the scout: "A Dionian fleet has appeared on the coast of Almiros, and many Dionian soldiers have landed there!"

The Almiros coast is the only low-lying area on the eastern coast of Thessaly. Why did the Thessaly prefer to build the city of Philae in such a narrow position to the north, rather than the larger seaport town of Almiros?

Because several rivers in Thessaly flow into the bay from here, the soil washed by the river accumulates here for many years, forming a large area of ​​swamps and tidal flats. The land for human habitation and cultivation requires people’s uninterrupted efforts and advanced soil filling and drainage technology. The Thessaly people were regarded as barbarians by the Greeks dozens of years ago, and there is enough rich and fertile land in their territory. , so they had no urgent need to build a city here, and the pristine state of the Almiros coast has been preserved to this day.

After receiving the news, Asidamas felt a little panic. Although he knew that the coast of Armiros was full of silt and difficult for people and horses to travel, he was uneasy about what he had learned about the Kingdom of Dionia these days. While he sent someone to inform Polydorus, he led the guards on horseback and drove out of the city.

Standing on the hills south of Philae, Asidamas could clearly see the vast Almiros depression: there were many ships docked on the coast, and even some Dionian warships, Dionian soldiers (mainly fleet infantry) were constantly disembarking from various ships and standing on the pitch-black mudflat. If you didn't look carefully, you couldn't tell. But there is a conspicuous yellow mark on the tidal flat that is constantly extending and expanding...

Asidamas watched carefully for a while, and his heartbeat suddenly accelerated: The Dionysians are building roads on the tidal flats!

Just when he was very disturbed, Jason's brother Polydorus arrived, accompanied by another brother Polyphron.

After carefully observing the situation in the Almiros Depression, Polydorus, who was granted temporary military authority in Thessaly by Jason, comforted Asidamas: "You don't have to worry, the army we left behind has entered Al. All preparations for battle were made in the defensive camps in the mountains around Miros, and at the speed of the Dionian road construction, when they walked out of the tidal flat, the citizen soldiers mobilized by the city-states of Thessaly had already arrived. It is impossible for the Dionian army to break through the camp guarded by our heavy troops and enter the hinterland of Thessaly!"

Having said that, he looked up at the sky and said confidently: "If they don't retreat at dusk, they will be bitten by countless mosquitoes at night. When we attack again tomorrow, maybe they will raise their hands and surrender. !"

Compared with Jason, Polydorus was more stable, so his words dispelled Asidamas's anxiety. He immediately said goodbye to the two and rushed back to Philae to appease the panicked people and stabilize the order in the city.

"Poridorus, why don't I lead the light shield soldiers, go down to attack the Dionysians, and give them a good taste first!" Polyphron shouted for orders.

Polydorus waved his hand and refused: "No need! Attacking now will only scare them away, we don't move anything, giving the Dionysian the illusion that 'Thessaly is really empty behind', making them tired for a long time After that, we'll consider the issue of raids."

Polly Furlong was rejected and was a little annoyed in his heart. Looking at the back of his second brother leaving, he couldn't help but spit and cursed in a low voice, "Coward!"

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What the Polydorus brothers did not know was that the Thirteenth Dionysian Legion and the fleet infantry that landed on the coast of Mildoros were just feints, keeping Thessaly at bay, and the real landing place was not here.

Half an hour later, the people of Peleus were horrified to see a huge Dionysian fleet approaching the coast near the city.

The northeastern border of Thessaly is separated by a series of mountains connected by a series of high mountains such as Olympus, Osa, and Pelion. Among these unreachable mountains, there is a place to compare. It is easy to pass through and smoothly enter the territory of northern Macedonia. This is the valley pass formed by the Pinhos River running through the mountains. The soil wrapped by the rivers for many years has accumulated at the mouth of the sea north of the mountains, forming a small In the depression, the Thessaly built a small town called Peleus here.

Since Peleus is outside the traditional Thessaly territory and close to the Macedonian territory, in fact, many Thessaly people do not regard it as a member of the Thessaly city-state, but for its own safety, It also often relies on Macedonia, so the city-states of Thessaly in the south of it often alienate it and are unwilling to communicate with it, and its own products are not rich, and port trade has not developed.

Until Jason became Tagus, he was officially included in the Thessaly Alliance, and in order to promote the prosperity of the Thessaly trade, Asidamas also dismantled the checkpoint on the south side of the Valley Pass, not only Peleus's The sea trade has improved, and the land trade has also developed. Therefore, the Peleus people are full of gratitude to Jason and always actively respond to his call. Although Peleus is not a big city, Jason mobilized before to form the Siege. When Sally went south, Peleus provided nearly 3,000 soldiers, almost all the young and middle-aged citizens of its entire city-state. Now, seeing the Dionian soldiers rushing to the coast like a tide, they were frightened and regretted. .

"Hurry up! Hurry up! Brothers, hurry up!..." The 50-year-old commander of the 2nd Corps, Matonis, was the first to land on the shore, roaring like thunder, and kept urging his men. soldier.

Inspired by the old officer, after jumping off the boat, the soldiers of the Second Legion did not care about rest at all. Under the leadership of their respective squad leaders, they held shields and spears and stepped on the soft soil with one foot deep and one shallow foot. Run south.

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