ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 1215 Brutal Polifuron

Agurrios' words made the other generals think.

"But even if we don't tell the Greek coalition the news, Thessaly will send a messenger to the Peloponnese to tell the tyrant, and the Phocians in the north will also..." Someone raised an objection.

"I think Agullios's suggestion is very reasonable." Cabulias first expressed his approval: "We can first send a messenger to quietly inform Iphicrates and ask him to urge the Greek coalition forces to seize the time to increase the number of troops. Attack on Messenia and Sparta. As for the messengers sent by Thessaly, whether by sea or land, they will inevitably pass through the sphere of influence under our control. We only need to strengthen the patrol of Saron Bay and the isthmus. , The Thessaly messenger cannot escape from our hands, we only need-" Cabrias stretched out his right hand and made a slashing gesture, which everyone understood.

"As for the Phokis, they are more afraid of the Thessalians than Dionia. We only need to send troops to support them, and they will agree with our approach."

After Cabrias finished speaking, there was silence for a moment, and soon someone said: "I think Cabrias's suggestion is feasible. Even if the tyrant will eventually get the news, we have won time, and maybe in the During this time we have retaken Sparta."

"I agree."

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The Athenian generals all agreed, and only Callistratus hesitated, but the general situation was set.

His father Agurrios once again calmly closed his eyes to rest.

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After the army set off by boat this morning, Clotocathus, Printors and other generals stationed in the Peloponnese have been thinking about the important matter of "whether the landing in Thessaly can be successful." It was such a big deal that they waited until late at night, when the fleet returned one after another, to get the exact news, and they could finally celebrate the successful landing.

But this is just the beginning, because starting from tomorrow, whether it is Thessaly, Central Greece, or even the city-states of Peloponnese, they may know the news of the "Dionysian army raiding Thessaly", and they will inevitably Corresponding measures will be taken, and Dionia cannot often send such a large fleet to Thessaly to transport supplies. After all, the ship owner and crew are not soldiers and should not take such a big risk.The nearly [-] troops in the Peloponnese consume a huge amount of rations every day, and they must occupy Thessaly as soon as possible to obtain all the supplies in Thessaly to support the army to continue fighting. Therefore, the next few days will be very difficult for both sides. is the key.

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After Polyfulon killed his second brother Polydorus, he immediately let the trusted troops under his command surround the Chinese army's tent, saying "Polydorus was assassinated by the Dionians, and the guards "Dereliction of duty" was the reason, and all the guards of Polydorus were arrested, and then the lieutenant general was notified to come to the big tent to discuss matters urgently.

Before dawn, the Thessalian generals gathered in the big tent and were shocked to learn that "Polydorus was assassinated by the Dionians". At the same time, they were inevitably doubtful.

But Polifulon didn't give them more time to think at all, and didn't listen to their dissuasion, and directly announced that all the "negligent" pro-guard soldiers would be taken outside the tent and beheaded for public display.

In an instant, the camp was filled with heads and screams.

This sight frightened the generals in the big tent. Faced with Polyfulon's loyal troops who were sharpening their swords, they quickly recognized that Polyfulon would succeed Polydorus and become the temporary military governor of Thessaly. .

After taking control of the camp, Polyfulon first put a complete blockade on the camp, prohibiting anyone from going out, and then sent a messenger to the city of Philae. In the name of Polydorus, he falsely claimed that "there is an important mission." Military matters need to be discussed with the left-behind minister Asidamas and others, hoping they can come to the camp."

Asidamas was worried about the "Dionian army's sudden landing in Thessaly", and he didn't fall asleep all night. Hearing the words of the Polivron messenger, he thought that the battle situation in Thessaly had changed again , in his eagerness, without thinking about it, he hurried to the military camp outside the city with several other ministers.

As a result, as soon as he entered the military camp, he was arrested by soldiers sent by Polyfulon.

Immediately afterwards, Polyfuron sentenced Asidamas and others to death for the crime of "colluding with the Dionian army and intending to rebel".The generals tried their best to dissuade them, but Polyfuron insisted on refusing to listen, and forcibly executed Asidamas and six others.

When the soldiers brought the heads of these six people into the big tent, Polyfuron pointed at the head of Asidamas and cursed. It turned out that he thought that Asidamas had always looked down on him, and Jason never gave him important tasks alone. , it was Archidamas and others who caused trouble.

Of course, murder is only one of Polyfuron's purposes. More importantly, he believes that Asidamas and others hold the administrative power of the Thessaly city-state alliance. With their existence, he wants to be free in this land. Actions are bound to be hindered.

At this time, it was just dawn, and Polyfulon quickly gathered his army and entered the city of Philae.

At first, the people of Philae were excited because with the army stationed, their safety would be more guaranteed.

Unexpectedly, after Polyfulon summoned the Philae officials, he asked them to conduct military mobilization in the city, gather all the citizen soldiers, and follow his army to repel the Dionysian army entrenched near Larissa. .

When the officials heard this, they immediately refused on the grounds that "we only obey the orders of Lord Asidamas".

Polyfulon immediately raised the head of Asidamas, and also executed the two officials who opposed the most fiercely on the spot for "colluding with the Dionians with the intention of rebellion."

The ferocious power of Polyfulon frightened the officials of Philae, and they could only obey the instructions with trepidation.

Jason had previously carried out military mobilization across Thessaly and recruited an army to go south to fight. The more the better in other city-states, but he only recruited less than 1000 soldiers for the city of Philae because the city of Philae, where he made his fortune, needed There is enough power to serve as the mainstay to stabilize the situation in Thessaly after he led the army to leave.

Since the city of Philae was originally in a state of war readiness, more than 6000 citizen soldiers were summoned in just half a day. Counting the 2000 soldiers originally stationed in Philae, the number of soldiers in Polyfulon was close to 3 people.

He thought he had strong military strength. Even though he had received the report of the reconnaissance cavalry at this time, "The Dionian army captured the city of Larissa", he still confidently believed that he could lead his army to repel the Dionian army, so He ignored the dissuasion of Philae officials and soon led his army out of the city and marched towards Larissa.

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Also in the early morning of this day, Patroclus summoned Ephialt, the commander of the No. 11 legion, and gave him an order: the No. 11 legion was stationed in Lamia and Heraclea, and to seize Thermopylae as soon as possible, and at the same time block the Thessalian reinforcements coming from the south.

Accepting this order meant that the No. 11 Legion could no longer participate in the military operation to conquer Thessaly. After a moment of hesitation, Ephialt accepted the order, but at the same time he also made a request: If a fighter plane is discovered, the No. 11 Legion Is it possible to continue southward and attack Greek towns?
In view of the fact that Effialt was also a veteran general who was experienced in the battlefield and used his troops prudently, Patroclus agreed to his request, but at the same time emphasized that no matter what kind of military action he took, he must first ensure that Lamia and Hercules The safety of Asia and Thermopylae.

After Effialt accepted the order, he immediately began to prepare for the military operation to capture Thermopylae. Although according to the confession of the Thessalian soldiers captured in Heraclea, Thermopylae was only garrisoned by more than 200 mercenaries, but its dangerous terrain The terrain and the legendary story still made Ephialt adopt a cautious attitude. He left 2000 soldiers to garrison Lamia and 1000 soldiers to garrison Heraclea. He personally led 5000 soldiers and engineering battalions, and also brought Got several Lamian guides.

Although that legendary story showed the world the difficulty of capturing Hot Spring Pass, it also told the world that "there are remote mountain roads that can go around to the south of Hot Spring Pass." Therefore, Efialt decided to use "the main force to contain it from the front and send strange soldiers." To seize Thermopylae using a "detour through mountain roads", he removed the Samnite soldiers from the light armored brigade and the light infantry brigade to form a surprise force (the No. 11 legion camp was in Lucenia, and the soldiers came from the Dauni area. In recent years, many Samoni people have taken the initiative to come out of the mountains and voluntarily applied to become Dionian citizens. Most of their residences are in the eastern plains of Campania and the Dauni region). They will be in Lamia Under the leadership of the guide, he used his excellent mountain combat capabilities to complete a circuitous raid on Hot Spring Pass.

While the No. 11 legion was preparing to take military action against Thermopylae, Patroclus had led other legions to begin crossing the mountains north of Lamia in order to enter the southern plains of Thessaly.In order to prevent being intercepted by the Thessalian army in the mountains, he divided his army into three parts, led by Lamia guides, and advanced into Thessally's territory through three routes.

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Also on the morning of this day, Hilos brought a large group of mid-level and low-level officials from various departments of the kingdom (these officials were carefully selected by the Kingdom Administration Office, and were ordered to govern the Thessaly region that was about to be conquered, and some of them More than half of them were originally refugees from Thessaly and came to Larissa.

Note: According to historical records, after Polyfuron took over Tagus, the first thing he did was to arrest and execute the assistant Jason headed by Asidamas and the governor of Thessaly without any reason. The eight best administrative ministers also exiled many officials, and then ruled Thessaly in a brutal way, which caused great dissatisfaction among the people of Thessaly.

Within a year, his general Alexander rebelled under the banner of "avenging Polydorus", killed him, and then became the new Tagus.But this Alexander was also a tyrant. Under his rule, Thessaly's national power declined and eventually fell into turmoil, and was later conquered by the rising Macedon.

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