Chapter 164: Tragedy in the World

But Polydorus didn't know that, after the order was issued, Polyfron in the front team's face was ashen, and the warhorse under his crotch was violently pulled off a mane by him, and the painful neighing continued...

Late at night, the Thessaly army returned to the camp outside Philae, and the exhausted soldiers soon fell asleep.

Confused by the tension in front of him, Polydorus tossed and turned, unable to sleep.

Suddenly, he heard several loud noises outside the door. He sat up subconsciously and shouted, "Philox (the guard on duty at the door), what happened outside?"

No one responded, but then he heard the footsteps of "dong dong dong", and a tall figure suddenly appeared in front of him, but it was Polyfron. .

Poridorus was startled, and immediately shouted: "Third brother, you are—"

Polyfron widened his eyes, swung his dagger quickly and forcefully, and cut a bloody mouth on Polydorus' face. The blood and pain stopped his shouting abruptly, and he fell on his back. on the bed.

Without hesitation, Polyfron stabbed his dagger towards his brother's chest, blood splashed all over his face, until Polydorus stopped struggling, he stood up and stared down in the pool of blood. His brother, he whispered viciously: "You coward, you should have died a long time ago! Next, I will let Jason know that only I can save Thessaly!"

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At dusk, the messenger of Oropus rode to Athens.

The Athenian General's Executive Council soon convened an emergency meeting on this.

"Everyone, I just got the news from the Oropus people." Callistratus said with a serious expression: "Their crew found that a large number of Dionian warships and troop transports entered Mariakos. Gulf and Pagasa Bay, and long stays..."

The other eight generals were shocked when they heard the news, and some couldn't help exclaiming: "The Dionysians are going to land in Thessaly!"

Some people said worriedly: "It's not just about landing in Thessaly, if the Dionians successfully land in the Gulf of Mariacos, they can completely capture Heraclea and Hot Spring Pass, and then continue south, they can attack Buddha. The city-state of Keith..."

"Since the start of the war, we in Athens have been prepared for the possible landing of the Dionysians, and Thessaly should also be prepared. The Dionysian army may not be able to land successfully.

"A general said uncertainly.

"The key is how many troops the Dionians sent?" Cabrias asked. "Did the Oropus say how many Dionian troop transports there were?"

"I asked," replied Callistratus. "They can't give a specific number, but one thing they're sure about is that the Dionian ships and troop carriers they've seen must be more than Thousands."

"Thousands..." Cabrias reckoned: "If Dionysian's entire fleet is counted at 1,000 ships, even if the troop transports accounted for half, it would be about 25,000 soldiers. And we It is very clear that warships and transport fleets are mixed in formation, and the number of warships often only accounts for 1/4 of the entire fleet, or even less. After excluding some ships for transporting materials, I estimate that Dionia will land on the ground. There are at least 30,000 troops in the army..."

"30,000!..." The other Athenian generals looked at each other, and one of them said with a fluke: "It is reported that there are more than 30,000 Dionian troops defending the attack of our Greek coalition in the Peloponnese. Could it be that they transported the main Dionysian force, defending in Messenia and Sparta, to the north?"

"It shouldn't be!" Kabrias said with certainty: "If the Dionysians had withdrawn their army in the Peloponnesus, then the remaining soldiers would certainly not be enough to resist the attack of the Greek coalition. When Ya and Sparta were taken back by us, we cut off the back road of their army that had just landed in the north. I don't think the Dionians would make such a big mistake!

Besides, when Dionia and Carthage fought a war a few years ago, 100,000 troops were dispatched, and the Dionysian landing army in the north is likely to be a new army just sent from their country..."

"The news that Dionia dispatched 100,000 soldiers to fight Carthage is just a rumor, and it is not certain to be true. Who knows if Dionia deliberately exaggerated the facts and used it to scare the surrounding forces." The general is still Stubbornly retorted: "Even if that's the truth, it's just because they fought on the mainland at that time, and now they carry tens of thousands of soldiers from Dionia to the landing in Thessaly, which is hundreds of miles away. And how much it costs, you should be very clear in commanding the navy these years, I don't think Dionia has the strength to re-transfer troops from their territory!"

Kabrias said seriously: "During the Peloponnesian War, we Athens could send 40,000 troops to expedition to Syracuse, and the territory controlled by the Kingdom of Dionia is now much larger than us at that time. More, of course they are more able to do it.”

The general sneered: "The territory of the Kingdom of Dionia is indeed much larger than our Athens, but most of them are barren and barren. How could it be as rich as Athens at that time, when we controlled the entire Aegean Sea trade!—"

"Everyone, stop arguing!" Callistratus persuaded with a serious expression: "It doesn't matter whether the Dionysian army that landed in Thessaly was drawn from the Peloponnese or re-entered from Dionysus. From the territory of the Kingdom of Asia, the current problem is that the defense in the territory of Thessaly should be very empty, I am afraid it is difficult to resist such a large army, what should we do about it?!"

"Immediately send someone to inform Phokis and Lokris of the city-states' Dionian landing in Thessa, let them strengthen the defense of the city, and send someone as soon as possible to find out that the Dionian army is in Thesa The movement in Lesotho." Kabrias said calmly: "At the same time, we should immediately send someone to Peloponnese and tell Jason the news, he will definitely lead his army back to Thessaly as soon as possible and defeat Dai. Oniya army, eliminate the hidden dangers in the north, and we should send reinforcements when necessary."

"Cabrias, I can only agree to half of your proposal." A slow voice came from the corner. The speaker was a gray-haired old man. He had been closing his eyes and resting. This opening immediately attracted everyone's attention.

His name is Agul Rios, an Athenian aristocrat, one of the former leaders of the democracies, he has been elected as the general of Athens many times, and worked together with Thrasibulus to gradually bring Athens out of the shadow of defeat with Sparta. He began to restore the strength of the past, and he pursued the principle of "the interests of the city-state first", which directly contributed to the emergence of the theater allowance system, so he was very popular with the Athenian people. But he no longer ran for the Athenian general in these years, and his age was only one reason, and more importantly, he was the father of Callistratus, and he wanted to make way for his son who had already made a name for himself and had greater ambitions. .

Two months ago, a pro-democracy general was seriously ill and was unable to act as a director, and recommended him to replace him. The citizens' assembly finally passed this somewhat absurd resolution. The possible reason is that Carla Listratus successfully signed with Sparta. The contract, excluding Thebes, was a great benefit for Athens and won him a great reputation. In addition, in the face of the great changes in the Greek mainland, such as the invasion of the Dionian army, the decline of Sparta, the rise of Thebes, and the ambitious Thessaly, Agu, who had experienced the Peloponnesian War and the Corinthian War, Errios sits on the executive committee of the generals, which is expected to reassure the Greek people, so there is an anecdote of a father and son serving as the generals of Athens at the same time, which has never happened since Athens adopted a democratic system.

"At present, the Greek coalition forces are aggressively attacking Messenia and Sparta occupied by the Dionians, and they are in an absolute advantage. It may take a few days or more than ten days to break through the defenses of the Dionians. , completely drive it out of the Peloponnese... If we tell that Tagus at this time that 'Thessaly was attacked by the Dionysian army', he will immediately lead the army back to Thessaly, It will be at least two or three months before it is possible to rejoin the Greek coalition..."

Agul Rios glanced at everyone with deep eyes, and finally landed on his son: "It is even possible that he will not lead the main force to the south again to avoid Thessaly being attacked again! According to Ifikrates' report, Cessa The Li army not only accounts for half of the Greek coalition army, but also has a strong combat effectiveness. It is the main force of the coalition army to attack the Dionysian army. Once the Thessaly army leaves, the combat effectiveness of the coalition army will be greatly weakened, and it will also shake other Greek city-states The confidence of the army, the Greek coalition will not only no longer have the advantage, but may also suffer defeat!"

Callistratus moved in his heart, and said hesitantly: "Father, what do you mean... We will not tell Jason this news for the time being. But this way, Cesare is in danger. Onia has occupied Thessaly, they can not only threaten Central Greece from the north, they may even threaten our son Amphipolis in the north of Macedonia... In the long run, we will lose more than the gains!"

Agul Rios did not respond immediately, he looked forward with cloudy eyes, and with some memories, he said unhurriedly: "You all know that I was once the Battle of Amphipolis (Peloponnes) Survivors of a pivotal battle in the Saskatchewan War, the defeat of Athens, which cut off its food passage from the Euke Sea to Athens), but you don't know that before that battle, I was in Thessaly. After a while, I have a certain understanding of Cesare...

The land is flat and vast, the population is large, the city-states are fighting all year round, and the surrounding mountains are mostly fierce and aggressive natives who are constantly at war with the Thessaly... Jason was finally able to unify them, I was actually surprised. A unified Thessaly is the main force to resist Dionia, but it is also a threat to Athens. I think Jason has fully demonstrated his ambition before!

I don't think Dionia, as an alien race, can completely conquer Thessaly and its surrounding area with only these 30,000 soldiers, it is more likely that they will arouse the wrath of the xenophobic Thessaly, like Before Sparta invaded Pioxia, it was completely caught in the quagmire of war. And a Thessaly, thrown back into chaos, is no longer a threat to us in Athens..."

Note: According to historical records, after Jason was assassinated, his brother Polydorus took over as Targus, who died suddenly on the way to Larissa with Polyphron, who was then replaced by Polyphron. Takes over from Thessaly Tagus. Since Polydros died suddenly and without any warning, many people believed that Polyphron killed Polydros while he was asleep at night.

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