Chapter 169 Jason Returns

According to Greek tradition, the defeated side after a battle can also send someone to clean up the battlefield and take away the fallen compatriots in order to give them a decent funeral. In the past, Dionia seldom fulfilled this tradition, because they were victors most of the time, and in order to expand the results, they were good at continuing to pursue after victory. This Greek military tradition was well fulfilled only during this period of time when the Dionian army defended against the Greek coalition.

Tens of thousands of exhausted Greek coalition soldiers began to slowly retreat to Leprion's camp.

Leprion is less than 20 miles from the northern border of Messenia. This small town located in the southern part of the Elis region was originally attached to Elis, but was later taken away by Sparta. After Elis joined the Greek Alliance, he was justified. to take it back. Since the Greek coalition troops were frequently harassed by Dionysian soldiers when they were camping during the attack on Lagonia, after moving to Messenia, Ifikrates learned his lesson and stationed the army there. Leprion, which is far from the battlefield, is mainly for safety.

On the way back to the battalion, the commanders of many other city-states came to complain to Ifikrates, saying "their soldiers suffered a lot of casualties in today's battle..." and so on. Everyone outside revealed a similar meaning, they were unwilling to carry out such a tragic siege battle again.

In fact, after the attack on the northern part of the Lagonia area suffered a loss, the army of the city-states had some scruples about attacking the Dionia defense camp, if not because they captured a Dionia camp some time ago, re-encouraged Confidence, and today Ifikrates took most of the Athenian army into battle first as an example, and issued an order for a full-scale attack, other city-state armies would not fight so hard.

But it turns out that the small victory a few days ago was just an illusion. The defense of the Dionians not only did not weaken, but instead increased, and although the siege ability of the Greek coalition had improved somewhat (in the continuous attack on Dio In the battle of the Dionia camp, a lot of experience was learned), but it was still not enough to break through the complex camp defense system of the Dionysian army.

For the vague expressions of these generals, Ifikrates gave the same answer: the coalition will no longer storm the Dionysian defense camp!

The generals were surprised by Ifikrates' affirmative answer, but the coalition commander did not say a word.

Returning to the military tent in Leprion's camp, Ifikrates just took off his armor, the guards outside the tent came in and reported: "General, General Jason asks for an interview."

"Invite him in now."

Jason strode into the military tent, and before Ifikrates could speak, he said bluntly: "I heard that you announced that you will give up attacking the Dionysian camp in Messenia, this is true. ?!"

Looking at Jason, who looks like he is asking for guilt,

Ifikrates said calmly: "General Jason, I was about to send someone to find you, but I didn't expect you to come first. That's right, I said that, but—"

"This is a stupid decision!" Jason looked directly at him, and said firmly: "We can't give up the attack because of the large losses today. We have a lot of casualties, and the Dionysians are not much better. Go, before you withdraw, my soldiers have attacked the wooden wall several times. Although they were finally driven down by the enemy, this shows that our attack is effective! As long as we maintain this kind of attack in the next few days, We will definitely be able to break through the Dionian line of defense!"

Having said this, Jason showed a fierce look: "Don't listen to the various excuses of the city-state generals, you should continue to give orders to attack like today! If you really want to stop attacking Dionia's camp, So sorry, I will no longer participate in your war with Dionia, and lead the army back to Thessaly!"

Facing Jason's threat, Ifikrates blinked his eyes and showed a helpless smile: "Respected General Jason, of course I know that as long as I continue to attack, I will definitely break the Dionysian camp, but I This decision was made not because of fear of excessive casualties, but because of—”

Ifikrates paused for a moment and said in a serious tone: "I just received a message from Athens that four days ago, the Dionysian navy suddenly blocked the Gulf of Saron, which prevented our warships from leaving the port, but our ships on the north coast were unable to leave the port. The fishermen still found an anomaly, a large number of Dionysian ships carrying soldiers around Euboea and into the Gulf of Mariacos—"

"The Dionysians are going to raid my Thessaly!" Jason's face changed suddenly, he glared at Ifikrates: "Why didn't you tell such important news earlier?!"

"In such a large-scale war, any decision must be made carefully. After my council in Athens got the news, I tried my best to find out the truth. For this reason, many ships were lost, and finally Dionia was determined. The army did land in Thessaly, and the General’s Executive Committee urgently dispatched messengers on fast horses to come here day and night—”

"How many Dionysian troops landed in Thessaly?!" Jason interrupted him rudely and asked eagerly.

"According to our judgment, it will not be less than 30,000."

Jason didn't say a word, and strode out of the military tent with an anxious look on his face.

Ifikrates also hurriedly called his adjutant: "Hurry up and send someone to inform the generals of the city-states, and say... 'Because the traces of Dionia's army were found in Thessaly, Thessaly's army was going to rush Go back to the rescue, let them not be nervous, and control their soldiers'..."

The adjutant also felt nervous after hearing this, and said quickly, "I'll do it right away."

"And—" Ifikrates said solemnly: "You go to the Thessaly Barracks yourself, tell Jason, and say that I suggest that he lead his army directly north, through the Alice area, from A boat across the Gulf of Corinth from the ports of Patras or Cape Ryan...it will save a lot of time by going this route."

After speaking, he took out a few more letters from his arms: "This is a letter I wrote in the name of Athens to Elis, Patras, and Cape Ryan, hoping that they can help the Thessaly. Give these letters to Jason."

After sending off the adjutant, Ifikrates also walked out of the military tent. Through the still very thin night, he looked in the direction of the Thessaly military camp.

In fact, Ifikrates lied to Jason, the Athenian General Executive Council sent him a letter not only asking him to intensify his attack on Dionysus, but also ordering him to hide the news from the Thessaly , only in another letter written to him by Kalistatus, who had a good relationship with him, he gently mentioned: he can make the decision that is most in the interests of Athens according to the situation of the battlefield.

During the period of confrontation and engagement with the Dionysian army, Ifikrates had come to realize that the Dionysian army had a strong ability in defensive operations, which the city-state armies of the Greek Union obviously did not experience. After such intense siege operations, he did not dare to suffer too many casualties, so he always worked, but not very much, in previous battalion battles, including the Athenian army itself. After receiving the order from Athens, Ifikrates finally issued a death order today and launched a strong attack, but the result was still disappointing. Not only did he fail to break through the enemy, but the sharp increase in casualties not only caused the allied generals to fight. Retired, he himself was startled.

If he continues to launch a storm as Jason said, I am afraid that before the defense of Dionia can be broken, the Greek coalition will be torn apart, and he himself may be impeached by the Athens Citizens Assembly. What's more, even if the Greek coalition paid a heavy price and finally defeated the Dionysian army in Messenia, the Dionysian kingdom would send a new army to Greece, just as they sent another army to land in Thesa Like profit, the Greek coalition forces, which have already suffered heavy losses, will use what to defend against their invasion!

Ifikrates had realized that the war with Dionia could not end with just one or two victories, and to fight the mighty Dionysian army for a long time, it was necessary to win over Thesa. benefit people. During the period of fighting side by side, Ifikrates found that the Thessaly army not only accounted for half of the Greek coalition army, but also its combat effectiveness was the strongest among the coalition forces, especially the nearly 10,000 mercenaries not only fought bravely, And strict discipline. As the commander-in-chief of Thessaly's army, Jason had some contradictions with Ifikrates because he failed to become the commander of the Greek coalition, but he was very conscientious and focused on every battle, and his commanding ability was also very strong.

As an enemy, Thessaly's army is undoubtedly terrifying, but as an ally against a powerful enemy, Thessaly's army is undoubtedly the best helper, so Ifikrates decided to disobey the order of the general's executive committee and delay After a day's time, he personally told Jason that "Thessaly was attacked by the Dionysian army". Even if the General's Executive Committee asked about the matter in the future, he could falsely claim that "Jason got Thessa. The news from the messenger of Italy", anyway, Athens could not completely block the roads of Thessaly to the Peloponnese.

However, he was still ready to send his confidant servants back to Athens, and secretly disclosed the matter to his friend Callistratus. He believed that with the vision of Callistratus, he would definitely support him, because this Everything is for Athens!

Just when Ifikrates was standing outside the tent, his adjutant had rushed back to report to him: "General, I have given the letter to Jason, who thanked you and said to wait. After he has driven out the Dionian army in Thessaly and stabilized the rear, he will definitely lead his army to come again to fight against the Dionian people with the Greek coalition..."

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