Chapter 166 Return to Hometown

Standing in front of the familiar yet unfamiliar city of Larissa, Hiros unavoidably sighed: more than 30 years ago, he had to accept the employment of the Spartans who came to recruit soldiers to go out to fight more than 30 years ago. When he left here, his mood was gloomy, because the stories of the Thessaly mercenaries he had heard made him have a hunch that he would probably die in battle like most of them, and would never be able to return to his hometown... He really did not expect that he would return to his hometown as a conqueror.

Hiros rode a war horse and stood in a daze. Most of the officials behind him already knew that Larissa was the hometown of this important official of the kingdom, so no one came to disturb him. But Hiros quickly got out of this feeling of loss, took a deep breath, and turned back to the officials and said, "Come on, let's enter the city."

The officer in charge of guarding the city gate saw the arrival of Hiros and his party, and immediately greeted them, salutes and said, "Sir Hiros, salute you! Commander Matonis and Commander Lizaru are waiting for your arrival at the city lord's mansion! "

After that, he turned around and led the way.

Hiros rode his warhorse, walked into the city slowly, and looked around: the streets were clean and tidy, obviously after some careful cleaning, but occasionally bloodstains could be seen on the ground; no pedestrians could be seen on the road, only all of them were fully armed, Legionnaires standing upright on the side of the road; but through the gaps in the doors and windows of the houses on both sides of the street, a pair of eyes intertwined with anger and fear can be seen...

The city lord's mansion is near the square in the center of the city. This building existed when Hiros left. It was the tyrant's residence at the time. Due to the age, he could no longer remember the tyrant's name.

"Captain, I finally waited for you!" Seeing Hiros walk into the yard, Matonis took the initiative to greet him with a smile on his face, and his voice was as loud as a bell: "Yesterday, Lizaru and I led the brothers to almost nowhere. After resting and running for more than 100 miles, we launched an attack on Larissa. When we captured the city, the brothers were almost all tired! I will keep your instructions in mind and be strict with Lizaru. Enforcement of military law, brothers have entered the city and there has not been a single incident of looting or harming the people of Larissa, how is it? Are you satisfied?!”

Although Matonis used his old mercenary title to show his closeness to Hiros, Hiros still said without pretense: "What's the use of satisfying me, the key is whether it can satisfy His Majesty and the kingdom! Expedition! Thessaly is an important decision made by His Majesty and the Ministry of Military Affairs. Whether we can completely conquer Thessaly and further control Greece depends on whether you can strictly implement the strategy formulated by the Ministry of Military Affairs!"

Having said this, his eyes widened: "Commander Lizaru, Commander Matonis, congratulations! From the landing to the present, you have led the army to successfully achieve the initially planned goal, and start the next battle. A good head!"

As he spoke, he solemnly clenched his right fist, pressed it against his left chest, bowed his head forcefully, and gave a military salute to Matonis and Lizaru.

Matonis and Lizaru hurriedly returned their salutes respectfully. Not only Matonis, Lizaru also served under Hiros. He respected the old officer, otherwise he would not have been with Matonis. Waiting for his arrival here.

After Hiros finished the military salute, he said sternly: "But I still want to remind you that time is of the essence in landing raid operations. Although we have achieved some advantages, you should not stay here and continue to repair for this. You should seize the time to lead your army to continue the offensive, do not give the enemy a chance to breathe, occupy the entire territory of Thessaly as soon as possible, and initially achieve the strategic goals set by the Ministry of Military Affairs!"

Matonis explained with some dissatisfaction: "It's not that we don't want to hurry up and continue to attack, but the brothers fought continuously yesterday, and their physical strength was extremely exhausted. They need sufficient rest before they can continue to fight. After discussing with Lizaru, I decided to , and gather the troops tomorrow morning to march on Philae."

Lizaru then said: "Matonis is right, many soldiers have not woken up from sleep, and they are indeed quite tired. We have sent the baggage battalion to buy cattle and sheep in Larissa, and prepare to give the soldiers a meal. Okay, let them recover their strength as soon as possible..."

"Of course, we have solemnly reminded the shipping officer that we must not force buying or selling. We will follow the seller's wishes and trade at the market price." Matonis quickly added another sentence.

Hiros nodded, remembering what he was going to do next, and said, "Matenis, since you are leaving tomorrow, lend me your armor for a long time."

"Why are you wearing my armor?" Matonis was a little puzzled, he looked at Hiros, and suddenly understood: "Oh... you are going to meet your former friends, and want them to know that you have now He is a big man in the Kingdom of Dionia!"

"Just to let them know that I am valuable now, they will be willing to cooperate with us and stabilize the order of Larissa faster!" Hiros said with a stern face.

It's not that he didn't know that he had quit the army, and it seemed a bit inappropriate to wear the armour of the legionnaire. It was just that as the chief executive of the senatorial area, the pure white Bolton with black stripes he wore was in the eyes of the people of Dionia. It is a symbol of dignity, but in the eyes of the Larissas, it may only be of good quality and nothing special, and the armor of the generals directly shows the level of status, which can save a lot of words. Tony borrowed a team of guards.

Matonis didn't say anything else, he did everything one by one, but when Hiros was about to leave the mansion, he finally couldn't help but ask: "Captain, when His Majesty gave us the order to raid Thessaly, he didn't do anything to Peleus. Any special instructions...I wonder if he has any instructions for you about Peleus?"

Hiros stopped and answered without hesitation: "Yes! ... Your Majesty instructed me not to take any special care of Peleus City, and to govern it like other Thessaly towns."

Having said this, he sighed lightly: "However, I quietly sent someone to inquire about it yesterday... Back then, the Macedonians raided the village where His Majesty lived, killed all the villagers, and burned them down. His parents His body was burnt to the point of indistinguishability like the others, and was hastily buried together at the end... Now it's a wasteland, overgrown with weeds, and no one remembers the exact location of the burial..."

"Damn Macedonian!" Matonis roared indignantly.

Dressed in Matonis armor and heavily armed guards, Hiros made his way to the civilian area of ​​Larissa to the attention of the public, and he soon found some former neighbors and friends.

They were all surprised when they learned that Hiros, who had been away from Larissa for more than 30 years, had become an important minister of the Kingdom of Dionia.

Back then, the young Hiros was helpful and good at fighting grievances, and had a good reputation in the civilian area. Therefore, although he returned to his hometown as an intruder, he did not arouse the disgust of his former friends, but believed what he said." Some of the policies that Dionia will implement with respect to the occupied towns of Thessaly," and is willing to preach for him.

When Dionia captured Rome more than 10 years ago, in order to win the trust of the Roman civilians, he also specially selected Roman slaves and entrusted them with important tasks, which gradually dispelled the doubts of the Roman civilians. Now, Hiros was originally from Larissa, and has a lot of fame in the area. Using similar methods to stabilize and govern Larissa is naturally more effective.

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In the early morning of the third day, Matonis and Lizaru left behind 2,000 soldiers to assist Hiros to stabilize the order in Larissa, leading the main force out of the city and marching eastward, encountering the eagerly approaching Thessaly army halfway through.

Polyfron, who just got the news at first, was excited because he didn't have to rush to Larissa to defeat the main force of Dionia's army, but then he saw that the enemy in black helmet and black armor in the distance was not The rushing up stopped, causing Dionia's army to continue to extend to the two flanks... He suddenly realized that the number of Dionia's soldiers might be far more than 20,000, and they deployed quickly, obviously trained white.

Polyfron was a little panicked. Although he has always fought bravely, he was under the command of his elder brother Jason. He had never had the experience of independently commanding such a large-scale battle. At this moment, he could only constantly eliminate the messengers. He urged the generals to form an army formation as soon as possible according to his deployment, and even he was eager to ride at the rear of the army formation, shouting hysterically, "Let the soldiers speed up the formation. Then there will be heavy punishments!"

Just as this army, which was made up by the city-states of Cesari, was chaotically spreading out, Dionia's army changed. It suddenly disconnected from the center, and the distance became wider and wider, and it split. It became two parts, each corresponding to the left and right flanks of the Thessaly army...

The reason why the Dionysian army did this was because Matonis and Lizaru were commanders of the same level. For the convenience of command and to avoid conflicts, they commanded their own troops to fight; In order to disrupt the enemy's deployment, the two units were deliberately combined at first.

The sudden change in the Dionysian army really confused the inexperienced Polyfron. For a while he did not know how to deal with it, and at this moment the Dionysian army launched an attack.

Not long after the battle, the flanks of Thessaly's army collapsed and quickly spread to the entire army.

The rapid collapse of Polyfron was not only due to his inexperience and improper command, but also because of his rebellious actions, which aroused strong dissatisfaction among the Thessaly civic soldiers.

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