Chapter 161 Landing in Thessaly (3)

"Your Majesty, our army is in a war with Sparta in the Peloponnese. The rations and materials consumed are huge, and they are mainly shipped from the port of Turii. The officials of the department will naturally have more affairs to deal with. Now... the Kingdom Administration Office and the Ministry of Military Affairs have notified various regions and require all legions to assemble, which requires the preparation of more military supplies and more transportation ships to prepare for the upcoming arrival. prepare for the war.

Therefore, the affairs of the officials in Turii are even more onerous. As the chief executive of the Turii region, if I do not lead by example, how can I order the officials under my command to work diligently. "

"It looks like you have some resentment! Do you know where we will attack first in the upcoming war?"

"Your Majesty, I've been out of the military for years—"

"It's Cesare!"

"Thessaly?!"

"We have been away from Thessaly for more than 30 years, and I am afraid you have already forgotten what your hometown looks like... When we left Thessaly at that time, the city-states of Thessaly were still fighting each other. Sally has a Tagus, this Jason is not weak, he has already made Thessaly join the Greek alliance, and is gathering an army, ready to go south to fight our army, this may be a problem for our army. Not a little trouble."

"So, Your Majesty, are you planning to let the army raid Thessaly's territory by boat while Jason leads the army south?"

"It also said that you have been out of the army for many years and are unfamiliar with the military, but your intuition on the battlefield is still very keen!"

"Such a long-distance and large-scale landing operation is not easy!"

"It's not easy, but it will be beyond the expectations of the enemy, and we have the advantage of the sea. As long as the army is carefully prepared and trained, they can definitely do it!"

"Your Majesty, after the army has landed in Thessaly's territory and conquered those city-states, will the whole of Thessaly be disposed of in the future?"

"You also know that the city-states in Greece are capricious. Even if we win the war this time and force them to surrender, maybe in a few years, some Greek city-states will stand up against us and eventually form an anti-Dionian alliance. ... Therefore, Thessaly is very important to us! It has Macedonia to the north and the Greek states to the south. As long as we have it in our hands, we can completely suppress the expansion of the Greek city-states in the south, and we can do it at any time. Punishing them can also subjugate Macedonia to the north, a kingdom that looks ignorant, backward and chaotic, but actually has a vast territory and great potential..."

"You mean... to make the city-states of Thessaly the kingdom's appendages?"

"No! I don't intend to make Thessaly the second Carthage,

Nor are they going to be the 2nd Tarantum! I want to completely turn the whole of Thessaly into a part of the kingdom's territory, and let our former compatriots become citizens of the kingdom! That's why I called you here today. I want to appoint you as the chief executive of the Thessaly region, and I want to ask for your opinion.

Of course, it is still uncertain whether Thessaly can be successfully captured, and even if Thessaly is occupied in the future, integrating Thessaly into the kingdom will still be a daunting task, not to mention that you are now the administrator of the central area of ​​the kingdom, Suddenly assigning you to a place far away from the kingdom, where everything is uncertain... Alas, it's really embarrassing for you! It doesn't matter if you don't agree, I can choose someone else—"

"Your Majesty, I am willing to go to Thessaly!"

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Hiros did not regret accepting the appointment of King Davos so readily at the beginning. On the contrary, he was excited by the news that the "landing army passed the river valley pass smoothly". Now he is only worried about whether the army can go further and capture more smoothly. Larissa, after all, that's his hometown.

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Just as the soldiers of the Second Legion landed on the coast of Peleus, Patroclus' large fleet reached the northern tip of Euboea, and then each ship quickly put up its sails and began to fold westward. sail.

There are many offshore islands in the mainland of Greece, and the coastline is winding. Although most of the captains of the entire fleet have relatively rich sailing experience in the Aegean Sea, they still drive the ship carefully so as to smoothly pass through this long and narrow channel.

At the northern tip of Euboea, there is a city-state called Artemisium. The people of this city-state are very panicked when they see countless ships suddenly appear in the waters near the port. They closed the city gates and ports, and all the young and middle-aged citizens were armed and went to the city to be on guard.

Under their terrified gazes, the huge fleet did not approach the coast, but slowly moved westward.

Finally, the Dionysian fleet entered the Gulf of Maliakos.

A river called Spelcius flows between the lofty mountains on the southern border of Thessaly and the rolling mountains on the northern border of Central Greece. The estuary also has a large range of tidal flats, only on the northwest side of the bay there is a sandy beach full of pebbles and a port.

The Dionysian fleet approached without stopping for a moment. Patroclus followed the 12th Army to land first. He did not let the soldiers who landed go to attack the small port not far from it, but ordered the 12th Army. Fast westbound.

These soldiers from the plains of Campania and the mountains of Samona were under the command of Patroclus a few years ago and created the glory of annihilating the Gallic invasion army, so they trusted Patroclus's command without hesitation They lined up in a column, their feet in leather sandals stepping on hard and slippery pebbles, stumbling to the west.

The city of Lamia was about 15 miles away from the landing site. After about an hour, the soldiers of the Twelfth Legion rushed to the city, out of breath.

Patroclus saw that the gates of Lamia were closed and the city was full of soldiers, and his heart sank: Lamias are already prepared!

Patroclus was already mentally prepared for this. After all, the fleet sailed slowly in the narrow channel, which most likely gave the Lamians enough time to be on guard.

Since the raid failed, Patroclus quickly adjusted his mentality, called a messenger, and asked him to rush to the landing site on horseback, informing the troops behind: first capture the port, and then come to rendezvous.

After the messenger left, he ordered the soldiers of the 12th Legion to rest in place and recover their strength. He brought the guards and approached to observe the defense deployment and surrounding geography of Lamia City.

Lamia is somewhat similar to Peleus. It was also established by Thessaly. Because the city is located outside the traditional territory of Thessaly, and the transportation is inconvenient, the other city-states of Thessaly are alienated from it, and even Some argue that Lamia is not a Thessaly city-state.

The Lamians themselves also despised their Thessaly identity and were more willing to get close to the Greeks in the south. Although some Greek people regarded them as barbarians, they did have a deeper relationship with the Greek city-states in the south, of course, because of their relationship with the Greek city-states in the south The sea transportation of the city-state is more convenient.

After Jason became Thessaly Tagus, he did not eagerly force Lamia to join the Thessaly Alliance, because he was afraid of arousing the vigilance of the Greek city-states in the south. It was not until the battle of Leuctra and the fiasco of Sparta, the Greek overlord, that he finally did not hide his ambitions. When he led the army from Thebes and returned to Thessaly, he destroyed the city of Heraclea (not Dio). The Kingdom of Nia in the city of Heraclea in Greater Greece), occupied the hot springs pass, Lamia succumbed under his deterrence by force, but he was still a little unwilling, so this time when Jason carried out military mobilization, Lamia Asia did not provide many troops.

Now the Lamians are fortunate that they have enough strength to defend themselves in the face of the surprise attack of Dionia's army.

An hour later, the Tenth Legion, Eleventh Legion, Third Cavalry Legion, and Gallic Brigade all arrived...

The citizens of Lamia stood on the city walls, their breathing almost stopped: countless Dionian soldiers in black helmets and black armor filled the riverside plain south of Lamia, as if the coast of Maliakos roared. Kuroshio, can't see the edge at a glance. Particularly striking are the Dionian soldiers (in fact, Gallic soldiers) standing under the city, who are tall and strong, with ferocious faces, wearing horned helmets, wearing lian armor, holding great swords, and roaring like thunder. The head of a human-shaped beast makes people palpitate...

Just when the Lamia civic soldiers were shocked by the powerful strength of the Dionysian army, Patroclus did not immediately issue an order to siege the city. He had carefully observed the city of Lamia before: the Lamia people should be Learned the habit of building a city from the Greeks. Instead of building the city on a flat riverside plain, it was close to the mountains in the north, and a low hill was included in the city to become its acropolis, with the north and left sides. The side is surrounded by hills up to 200 meters high. Although it provides a barrier to the city, it also limits the expansion of the urban area. Therefore, the Lamia people can only expand the urban area to the south plain, making the entire Lamia city shape like A pottery bottle with a long neck and a round bottom, such a geographical location makes the Lamia people feel that they have a good defensive advantage. They only need to focus on defending the southern city wall to ensure the safety of Lamia City.

Patroclus ordered the Twelfth Army and the Gallic Brigade to attack the hills on the south and north sides, respectively.

Although the height of the hill is not too low, the slope is gentle. Although the Lamians have defensive camps on the top of the mountain, they are not very strong. More than half of the Twelfth Legion are Samonai soldiers, both of them and the Gauls. Good at mountain combat, and very sturdy, after paying some casualties, he occupied the top of the mountain.

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