Chapter 167: Pharsalus Surrenders

Poridorus had a gentle and steady personality, and had a kind attitude towards soldiers. The civic soldiers agreed with him as a commander. His death was very strange, which made the soldiers suspicious. And the six ministers including Asidamas are very famous people in several big city-states in Thessaly. They were specially selected by Jason to help him unify the entire Thessaly region. How could it not make the citizen soldiers from various city-states feel angry that Livlong was killed on an trumped-up charge, and they only tolerated it temporarily because of fear of Polyphron's lewd power.

When the swift and rapid attack of the Dionian soldiers led to the unfavorable situation of the war, the Thessaly soldiers who were not very motivated quickly gave up the fight and chose to flee. There were even Philae citizens who were dissatisfied with the actions of Polyphron in the chaos. Killed Polyfron, who was also fleeing.

Thessaly's entire army was defeated, and the soldiers had no restraints. They wanted to flee back to their home country. They fled in all directions, causing the entire area to be full of routed soldiers, which seemed to be unfavorable for the Dionysian army's post-war pursuit.

Matonis and Lizaru did not expect Thessaly's army to be defeated so quickly, but they both thought that victory in this battle would help them capture the city of Philae, which may have been completely empty of defenses, and completely solve Dio. The problem of the supply of rations for the Nia army was originally the purpose of their eastward march, so the two ordered the light armoured, light infantry and cavalry corps not to pursue the defeated soldiers, but to hurry up. to Philae.

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Just as Matonis, Lizaru's army and Thessaly's army were fighting in the northern plains, Patroclus had already led his army over the mountains and into the equally flat southern plains of Thessaly. Exhausted, they continued their march to the hills in the northeast direction, and reached the center of the southern plains - Pharsalus in the afternoon.

Before the Dionysian army landed in the Gulf of Mariacos, the Lamians had sent messengers to ask Pharsalus for help. Therefore, the Pharsalus were prepared for the arrival of the Dionysian army. They even He also sent a messenger to Philae to ask for help, but when the messenger arrived at Philae, Polyfron had already led his army to Larissa, and what he got turned out to be "Assi, who is respected by the Pharsalus people. Damas was killed", before it had time to pass the news back to the city-state.

The Pharsalus did not expect that the Dionian army would come so quickly and in such a large number that the civic soldiers looked down from the city and could only see the boundless black surging, which was terrifying. .

The city of Pharsalus was built on a hill, and it had been prepared in advance, and the time was not early. In addition, the Dionysian soldiers marched for a long time and lacked physical strength, so Patroclus ordered the army to be at a distance from France. Camp and rest less than a mile from Salus City. The distance between the two sides is so close that it is easy to be attacked, but Patroclus, with his overwhelmingly dominant force, not only does not worry, but is happy to see it happen.

But just as the soldiers began to dig trenches and build camps,

He received a report from the scout cavalry: there were many Thessaly's rout in the north.

After thinking for a moment, Patroclus immediately issued an order: let some of the troops building the camp immediately surround the city of Pharsalus to prevent any defeated troops from escaping into the city. At the same time, a cavalry corps, light infantry, and light armour were sent to hunt down Thessaly's rout.

These Thessaly routed soldiers who had been on the run for several hours thought they had escaped the pursuit of the Dionian army, but they did not expect to run into another huge Dionysian army. It was a big blow, and many of them simply chose to surrender.

Before dusk, the pursuit was coming to an end, and the Dionysian army captured nearly 2,000 Thessaly routed soldiers, most of them Pharsalus.

Through their interrogation, Patroclus learned about the general movements of the troops of Matonis and Lizaru in the north these days, not only for them to attack Peleus, Larissa, and defeat the main force of Thessaly He was happy with the victory, and at the same time reminded himself to speed up military operations to avoid his prestige being reduced due to the lack of military success when the two armies meet, even though he had voluntarily chosen to land on the most difficult southern coast.

Therefore, Patroclus selected 5 prisoners of high status and certain reputation from the captured Pharsalus route, first assembled the army, and let these prisoners follow him to review these tens of thousands of high-spirited soldiers. Then he called Lamia's guide to explain to him "The fact that the Dionian army has occupied Lamia, Heraclea, and Thermal Pass to the south.

After that, Patroclus formally talked to them again and told them clearly: Dionia had sent 100,000 troops to attack Thessaly, and the main force of his army was far away in Thessaly, Peloponnese. The city-state must be hard to resist, but as long as Pharsalus surrenders to Dionia, he can swear in the name of Hades, the protector of the kingdom of Dionia, that the Dionysian army will not harm Pharsalus The people, do not arbitrarily plunder the property of the people. But if Pharsalus still refuses to surrender before dawn, he will execute the more than 2,000 Pharsalus prisoners, and then lead the army to attack the city of Pharsalus. After capturing the city, all Pharsalus will be killed. Become a slave of Dionia.

Soon, Patroclus let the prisoners who acted as messengers enter the city of Pharsalus.

The captives hurried to the Council of Pharsalus and conveyed the demands of the Dionians to the councillors who had not left, and told them what had happened in Thessaly these days.

The Fasallus senators were astonished: the Dionysians sent 100,000 troops to conquer Thessaly (though the prisoners were based on what they saw in the southern and northern plains of Thessaly with the Dionysian army) The number of , gave an affirmative answer, but the deputies still had some doubts about such a large number), have captured Peleus, Larissa, Lamia, Heraklia, Hot Spring Pass ( This information is less skeptical). On the side of the Thessaly Alliance, not only was the interim commander Polydorus murdered, the only defensive army in Thessaly had just suffered a fiasco in the battle, and what annoyed the Pharsalus even more was their backbone ——The highly respected Asidamas was executed by Polyfron as a traitor...

The invasion of Dionia's army is irresistible, and the Jason family is untrustworthy, what should Pharsalus do?

At dusk, the bells in the city of Pharsalus rang long, and the parliamentarians urgently convened a citizens' assembly. As one of the most powerful states in Thessaly, there were less than 2,000 citizens and less than 500 young and middle-aged citizens. Most of them Citizens either became prisoners of Dionia or remained in the army led by Jason.

In fact, the citizens of Pharsalus had been stunned by the huge Dionian army outside the city, and now they knew that the enemy was stronger than they had seen, and they were alone and helpless, so The vast majority of citizens agreed to surrender to Dionia.

The Citizens Assembly soon passed a resolution, and they declared to the public that the reason for the resolution was to save the lives of compatriots outside the city, and to prevent the destruction of Pharsalus (after all, the Tygeans betrayed the covenant and were eventually killed by Dionysus). The tragic incident of the complete destruction of Asia and becoming an empty city has spread throughout Greece under the efforts of people with a heart, and the Pharsalus people do not want to repeat the same mistakes).

That night, Pharsalus sent a messenger out of the city to discuss the surrender with the Dionian army.

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Among these powerful states in Thessaly, Philae is special, surrounded by undulating hills, limited by the terrain, its urban area is not large, and there is no flat and fertile land in its territory. The reason why it is rich is that Relying on maritime trade, especially after Jason became the tyrant of Philae, he vigorously expanded the port, making the area of ​​the port area nearly half of the entire city, so it is difficult to completely separate it from the main city. .

There are more than a dozen cargo ships moored at a pier in the port. A middle-aged man with a fat body staggered toward the pier. While burping, he greeted the owner of the nearby merchant ship until he approached the pier. It was only when he was the most innermost among the dozen or so cargo ships that he stopped, posing as if he was about to fall into a drunken state, but after taking the opportunity to scan the surroundings quietly and found nothing unusual, he jumped staggeringly. On the boat, swayingly got into the cabin.

Compared to the sleepy crew members lying on the deck, there were three people sitting in the small cabin, discussing something in a low voice.

"Captain, I'm back!" whispered the sailor who jumped aboard.

The man who was called the captain was about 40 years old, with an unusually burly physique. There were several conspicuous scars on his face and body, and there was an aura of a Hitman in his gestures. The current captain of the reconnaissance brigade——Tigertus.

Why did Tigertus, who was supposed to fight with Clotokatax in the Peloponnese, appear in Philae's port?

It turned out that the military plan for the landing raid on Thessaly was formulated by the Ministry of Military Affairs. The Shanling Reconnaissance Brigade was an important part. Since the landing army must capture Thessaly as soon as possible to alleviate the problem of tight food supply, how to successfully capture Thessa Philae, the center of profit, became a top priority. Sending a small group of troops to sneak in in advance and cooperate with the main siege force is an important means for the Dionysian army to capture the city in previous wars, and the mountain reconnaissance brigade happens to be the most adept at this tactic. He was assigned the responsibility of infiltrating Philae.

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