Chapter 171
It wasn't because of their sympathy for Jason's impending fall. Although the tyrant of Philae was not too cruel, he did not lack bloody means in the process of conquering the whole of Thessaly and becoming Targus. Although the integration and governance of the city-states of Thessaly gradually softened with the assistance of Asidamas and others, it has only been a few years, and everyone's memory has not faded.
These Thessaly city-state councilors were worried that the upcoming war would cause the citizens of their city-states in Jason's army to suffer a lot of casualties, so they asked Patroclus one after another, willing to persuade Ia Citizen soldiers in the Song army came to surrender.
Patroclus achieved his goal, but he did not let these people set off for the Hot Springs Pass immediately, but held an emergency military meeting first. The three military commanders who attended the meeting were himself, Matonis, and Lizaru. Officials, and Thessaly Region Chief Executive Hiros, after some consultations, the four finally reached an agreement:
Mattonis led the Second Army, the Fifth Army, the Ninth Army, and the First Cavalry Army, with nearly 26,000 people temporarily stationed in Thessaly, to continue to stabilize the order in this newly conquered area, to prevent turmoil and repetition, and to be vigilant in the west. The Epirus in the face of the mountains, since it is said that one of Epirus' kings, Alquetas, was close to Jason, and was likely to help him. In addition, Matonis will assist Hiros in protecting the upcoming wheat harvest in the Thessaly region, as well as providing protection for the subsequent shipment of rations.
Patroclus and Lizaru will lead the rest of the troops, and a total of more than 40,000 soldiers will immediately go south (Patroclus's words to those Thessaly have greater moisture, at this time in the territory of Thessaly The Dionysian army does not have 100,000 people, because it is necessary to exclude the nearly 20,000 fleet infantry of the Dionysian Navy and the 12th Corps defending in Lamia), after solving the hidden danger of Jason, marching Greece.
For these generals of the kingdom, it is undoubtedly a great honor to be able to lead the army into Central Greece, and finally conquer Athens, and wash away the shame that the Greeks headed by Athens have always been denounced as barbarians. The reason why Matonis agreed to stay, on the one hand, was due to the persuasion of Hiros, on the other hand, as a Thessaly, he was willing to contribute a little to his hometown from the bottom of his heart.
Solving the problem of choosing the candidate to stay behind Thessaly, Patroclus led the army across the mountains in the south and entered the Lamia area with high spirits, and then the previous scene appeared.
These Thessaly councillors are celebrities of their respective city-states, and the Thessaly soldiers quickly recognized them and immediately scrambled to ask them about the situation in their home states.
When Jason heard the news, the news that "The 100,000-strong Dionysian army landed in Thessaly had conquered all the city-states, and the people of the city-states were eagerly waiting for the citizens to return home safely" quickly spread among the soldiers. , had a great impact on the morale of the army. Citizen soldiers from various city-states have gathered around the councillors of their city-states, eagerly discussing the matter of going home, and the entire army has begun to show a trend of disintegration.
Desperate, Jason sent mercenaries to arrest them on the grounds that "these members have surrendered to Dionia and are traitors to Thessaly," and wanted to isolate them from the civic soldiers before going to The army soldiers were appeased, but the arrest of the mercenaries provoked resistance from the citizen soldiers and even sparked small-scale clashes.
Seeing that the riot was likely to gradually turn into a civil war, Jason had to withdraw the mercenaries urgently. Looking at the angry faces, he felt that he had lost control of these civilian soldiers. He walked into the civic soldiers alone and assured them loudly that he had no intention of harming these Senators of Thessaly, as long as he wanted to know the real situation of Thessaly from their mouths.
In the end, several congressmen who had a good relationship with him told him in detail a series of events that had happened in Thessaly during this period in front of many civic soldiers, and also answered his various questions earnestly.
During the whole process, the guarded eyes of the surrounding citizens looking at Jason gradually became a little more sympathetic, but Jason's face became more and more ugly. Finally, he walked out of the crowd with a gloomy face, turned on his horse, and did not Glancing at the restless civic soldiers and the congressman who caused this bad scene, he turned his head and left here surrounded by mercenaries.
On the way back to the camp at the rear, Jason never said a word, but the moment he entered the camp, he suddenly fell off his horse, vomited blood, and fell into a coma. After the rescue of the military doctor, his condition improved slightly. .
That night, the guards guarding outside the tent heard Jason muttering to himself: "Dorus, my good brother! ... Asidamas, I'm sorry for you! ... Polyfron, You devil!...Damn Dionia, you ruined everything for me!...Dorus, my good brother..."
All night, Jason's mourning voices never stopped.
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The arrival of the city-state deputies in Thessaly completely disintegrated Jason's army. In just one day, the citizens who were eager to go home put down their weapons and lined up in long queues according to the requirements of Camp Dionia. They passed through the camp and the Hot Spring Pass in an orderly manner, and then they saw thousands of Dionysian soldiers spread across the depressions of the Lamia Plain. Not only did they completely believe the words of the councillors, but some flukes in their hearts were also rejected. Sweep away.
Thessaly's civic soldiers left Jason. Seeing that the situation was not good, those mountain native warriors who were recruited by Jason could no longer fight for Jason, but most of the soldiers were unwilling to let go of their hands. Weapons, so they choose to climb over the mountains and travel long distances to return to their hometowns, of course, there will be great risks.
There are only nearly 8,000 mercenaries (after joining Tagus, Jason once increased the number of mercenaries to tens of thousands. This time he went south to Peloponnese, and he left 3,000 mercenaries to Pori. Dorus commander, stationed in Thessaly), in return for Jason's care and trust for them over the years, still loyal to him, when they saw that the army was disintegrating and the situation was critical, they quickly assembled, guarding the incomplete Sober Jason, retreating south.
The sentries from the Wenquanguan Barracks soon reported the news to Patroclus, the commander-in-chief who had come to Lamia.
The news that Jason's army had collapsed without a fight made Patroclus very excited, and he issued an order: The Thirteenth Corps should escort the more than 20,000 unarmed citizens back to Thessaly. The rest of the legionnaires took the time to rest and marched into Central Greece early tomorrow morning.
On this day in early September, Patroclus led 40,000 troops through the hot springs pass. The soldiers lined up in neat columns, singing "The Song of the Legion" in high spirits, and went south along the road along the coast. After a few miles, the troops turned south and began to trek through the low mountains and hills, entering the plains of the Phokis region unimpeded by the morning of the second day.
The Phokis farmers who were harvesting in the wheat fields hid in the towns in panic, but the Dionysian army neither attacked the towns of Phokis nor destroyed the farmlands and villages outside the city. Continue to march south, and the weak Phokis city-states, in addition to thanking the gods for their blessings, let them escape, how dare they send troops to stop the march of the Dionysian army.
In the afternoon, the cavalry corps as the vanguard had entered the Pioxia area and approached the westernmost city-state of Pioxia, Chaeronia.
The people of Chaeronia felt very nervous in the face of the dark Dionian cavalry under the city. But the Diorian messenger who entered the city gave them a reassurance: Thebes was an ally of Dionysian, and Chaeronia was an ally of Thebes, as long as Chaeronia did not disobey the Dionysian army Taking any hostile action, the Dionysian army will not cause any damage to the Chaeronia region.
The people of Caronia felt relieved, and immediately said: Dionia is the alliance of Thebes, and of course, is also the alliance of Caronia.
After the cavalry corps got a satisfactory answer, they didn't stay any longer, and continued to drive southward. They obtained similar promises from the city-states of Pioxia, and the road from Chaeronia to Thebes was a smooth road. Although the cavalry regiment was walking and resting, it still arrived under the city of Thebes at noon on the second day.
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In this war between Dionia and the Greek alliance, Thebes and its Pioxia alliance remained basically neutral, but they also kept an eye on the battle on the Peloponnesian Peninsula, and for Ipamironda , Pelopidas and other Thebes executives, they are most worried about the victory of the Greek alliance, because it means that the prestige of Athens and Thessaly will greatly increase. Thebes settles old accounts and will be a huge trouble. Therefore, although Thebes had to provide some help at the request of the Greek alliance, such as providing the port of Kleusis, they still expected Dionia to win in their hearts, but from the current situation, the Dionysian army was in The disadvantage makes them a little anxious.
However, Ipamironda often comforted his colleagues: he firmly believed that the advantage occupied by the Greek coalition forces temporarily assembled by various city-states could not last, and the powerful Kingdom of Dionia would definitely fight back.
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