Chapter 163 Landing in Thessaly (5)

"This order... Patroclus has already emphasized it yesterday, and there are no Gallic soldiers in our army. I believe the soldiers will not easily violate it..." Lizaru said, pretending to remember What does it look like: "Oh, I forgot as if someone said, you're from Larissa?"

Lizaru's words smashed into Matonis' heart like a stone, stirring up those old memories. He did not quarrel with Lizaru as a joke, but turned his head and looked at the northwest. After a while, he was disappointed. said: "You remember wrong, I am not a Larissa, but an Oroson (the city-state of Cesari in the northwest of Larissa, adjacent to the Epirus Mountains), and I am a mountain person like you. "

After he finished speaking, he called his staff officer: "You immediately send someone to Peleus, inform Lord Hiros, and say that we have captured his hometown."

The staff officer was a little surprised, but did not ask any further questions, and turned to look for the messenger.

"Please, Lizaru, I'll take you to see the largest city in the north of Thessaly." Matonis made an inviting gesture.

"The biggest city...is it bigger than Turiyi?"

"How can it compare to Turii!"

"And what about Crotone?"

"That can't compare!"

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Surrounded by soldiers, the two rode horses, chatting and laughing, and entered the city of Larissa.

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After the main force of Dionia landed successfully and captured the neighboring coastal city-state, the transport fleet entered the port, quickly unloaded the auxiliary personnel and materials of the army, and then escorted the 1st Fleet Squadron. Next, begin the return journey to Sparta and Messenia.

It didn't take long for the fleet in Thessalipagaza Bay to receive a notice from the Clippers and immediately ordered the soldiers who were still pretending to be paving the Mildoros beach to return to the ship as soon as possible, because the fleet was going to send the 13th. Legionnaires were sent to the adjacent Gulf of Mariacos to land.

The Thessaly defenders saw that the Dionian soldiers had already laid the road to the foot of the mountain with straw and planks, and were all ready to attack, but suddenly saw the enemy retreating to the seaside to board the ship, and soon. All the warships and troop transports disappeared from their sight.

After squatting on the mountain for a long time, the delicious food that was about to be eaten suddenly ran away, which made Polyfron feel uncomfortable. He immediately suggested to Polydros: "We should let the fleet at Philae port attack immediately. ,

Dionia's fleet can't be allowed to come and leave as soon as they want, and they have to bite off a piece of their meat anyway! "

Polydorus said cautiously: "It's not that you don't know that the reason why our fleet stayed in the port and did not dare to attack is because the number of Dionysian warships in the bay far exceeded us, since Dionysus The demi-humans have already retreated voluntarily, so there is no need to take this risk."

"Before I suggested that the soldiers take the initiative to attack the enemy in the tidal flat, you disagree! Now I suggest the fleet to attack, but you disagree! You only know that you are stupid sitting here and don't dare to do anything. You are the Cesari. What's the use of the military commander!" Polyfron danced and shouted angrily at his brother, ripped apart the tent angrily, and strode out of the tent.

The adjutant in the tent then complained in a low voice: "General, Polyfron is too much, ignoring your—"

"Forget it." Poridorus waved his hand helplessly: his younger brother has been brave and ruthless since he was a child, and when he grows up, his temper is even more tyrannical and has no respect. He has long been used to it. Because of this, the eldest brother Jason did not dare to let the youngest brother take on any heavy responsibilities, but kept him doing things with him. He originally hoped to make him change, but unfortunately, there has been no progress...

Polydorus put this annoying thing behind him. He shouldered the heavy responsibility of defending Thessaly and did not want to cause more trouble, so he let the Dionysian fleet go away, but he still had doubts in his heart: Could it be that? Dernia dispatched such a huge fleet, and ended up spending most of the day here in vain, and then left with nothing? Could there be another conspiracy?

While thinking about it, Polydorus did not forget to give the order to the adjutant: "You send soldiers to burn the road that the Dionians paved in the mudflat."

"Yes, my lord."

As soon as the adjutant came out, Larissa's messenger arrived at the camp.

"The Dionian army has landed on the coast of Peleus!!" Polydorus was shocked when he heard the news, and his anxiety was finally confirmed, and the Dionian people used the tactics of attacking the east and west to catch him by surprise.

At this moment, he knew very well: because the Dionysian army had landed on the coast of Mildorus with great fanfare before, he had dispatched the citizens of the surrounding city-states to come to support, and now the defense in the west is very empty, once the Dionysian army passed through the pass. Dao, rushing into the northern plain, the consequences will be disastrous, Peleus can be captured, but the valley pass must be blocked!

Polydorus made up his mind and immediately issued an order: 2,000 Philae citizens were stationed at the Mildoros coast camp, and the rest of the troops rushed to the valley pass camp immediately.

Considering that the city of Larissa is more than 100 miles away from the coast of Mildoros, and the valley pass is farther away, it has taken a lot of time for the Larissa messenger to arrive here, and the battle situation on Peleus' side may have changed a lot. ... Just in case, Polydorus ordered another special order: let the only 500 cavalry under his command quickly reinforce the valley pass.

After all the orders were issued, Polydorus felt a little at ease. He led the main force of more than 10,000 people to advance towards the river valley pass at a relatively fast marching speed.

When night fell, Thessaly's army had advanced less than 40 miles, but Polydorus, worried about the battle ahead, did not dare to let the soldiers stop to rest, but just let them start the torches and continue on.

It didn't take long for Polydorus to finally get the exact news from the front, and this news was brought back by the cavalry troops he had sent before.

It turned out that the Thessaly cavalry rushed from the coast of Mildoros in the southeast to the valley pass in the north, and did not encounter the Dionysian army that was rushing to Larissa. When they approached the valley pass camp, they found that The camp was full of Dionian soldiers in black helmets and black armor. The surprised Thessaly cavalry dared to go forward to fight, and worried about the safety of Larissa, not far from here, so they turned to the south to explore. Just in time to see the Dionian army attacking the city of Larissa.

"Are you sure the Dionian army has captured the city of Larissa?!" Polydorus asked the cavalry general with a gloomy face.

"General, I'm not sure, because the Dionians had spotted us at that time and sent a cavalry to attack us. Since they far outnumbered us, we didn't fight, but took them around. After a while, I chose to retreat." The cavalry general tried his best to express the bravery of his team: "During this process, we heard the cheers of the Dionysian soldiers, the cheers were loud, I think it should be Dionysian The demi-humans captured Larissa."

"Should it be?" Polyfron listened, and said dissatisfiedly: "Since you didn't see it with your own eyes, don't make random guesses, Larissa is a big city, and it is impossible for a Dio who just landed so soon. The Nia army can easily capture!"

The cavalry general was a little aggrieved. Just as he was about to speak up, he heard Polydorus ask, "How many people are in Dionia's army?"

"Because it was getting dark, I couldn't see clearly, and the Dionysian cavalry rushed up quickly, so I didn't have more time to observe... But according to my judgment, it should be more than 20,000 people."

"Another 'should be'—" Polyfron expressed his dissatisfaction again.

"It's hard work, you go down first and let the soldiers have a good rest." Polyodorus interrupted Polyfron in time.

After the cavalry generals left, Polyfron shouted again: "That guy must be talking nonsense, you should speed up the army to Larissa!"

"Shut up! I'm the commander-in-chief of this army, I don't need you to tell me what to do!" The bad news that followed made Poridorus in a bad mood. He finally couldn't bear the noise of this younger brother and shouted sharply. : "Go back to your own team immediately, don't disturb my thinking here!"

For the first time, Polydorus was unabashedly angry with his younger brother, which made Polyfron a little stunned, and then his face flushed red, and he suddenly let out a heart-piercing roar, scaring everyone around him. With a jump, he turned away angrily.

Polydorus knew that Polyfron was annoyed by himself, but now he was not in the mood to apologize and comfort him. He had to quickly find a way to solve the current predicament. After some thought, he finally did it. A decision was made: the entire army stopped advancing and immediately returned to the camp outside Philae!

At the same time, he sent a number of sentries to Larissa to find out the enemy's situation as soon as possible.

As the temporary military commander of Thessaly, Polydorus knew very well that Larissa and its surrounding areas had been evacuated. If the incoming Dionysian army exceeded 20,000 people, the Larissas would definitely be hard to resist. their attack, so the judgment of the cavalry generals is likely to be correct. It was totally pointless for the army to rush to reinforce Larissa late at night, and it would be vulnerable to surprise raids by the Dionians. This Dionian army took only one day to complete the landing on the coast of Peleus, breaking through the valley pass, and capturing Larissa. The combat effectiveness was quite terrifying. opponent.

It was because of these thoughts that he decided not to act rashly, but to concentrate his forces to defend Philae, and then send someone to notify Jason and ask for reinforcements, while observing the enemy's movements and looking for fighter opportunities.

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