Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 1215

[Chapter 164]

But Polydorus didn’t know that after the order was issued, Polyfron, who was in the front team, had a pale face, and the warhorse under his crotch was violently pulled down by him, and the painful neighing continued… In the middle of the

night, The Thessaly army returned to the camp outside Philae, and the exhausted soldiers soon fell asleep.

Confused by the tension in front of him, Polydorus tossed and turned, unable to sleep.

Suddenly, he heard several loud noises outside the door. He sat up subconsciously and shouted, “Philox (the guard on duty at the door), what happened outside?”

No one responded, but Then he heard the footsteps of “dong dong dong”, and a tall figure suddenly appeared in front of him, but it was Polyfron.

Poridorus was startled, and immediately shouted loudly: “Third brother, you are—”

Polyfron widened his eyes and swung his dagger quickly and forcefully. A bloody mouth was drawn on it, the blood and severe pain stopped his shouting abruptly, and he fell on his back on the bed.

Without hesitation, Polyfron stabbed his dagger towards his brother’s chest, blood splashed all over his face, until Polydorus stopped struggling, he stood up and stared down in the pool of blood. His brother, said in a low voice viciously: “You coward, you should have died a long time ago! Next, I will let Jason know that only I can save Cesari!”

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In the evening of this day, the messenger of Oropus arrived in Athens on horseback.

The Athenian General’s Executive Council soon convened an emergency meeting on this.

“Everyone, I just got the news from the Oropus people.” Callistratus said with a serious expression: “Their crew found that a large number of Dionian warships and troop transports entered Mariakos. Gulf and Pagaza Bay, and long stays…”

The other eight generals were shocked when they heard the news, and some couldn’t help exclaiming: “The Dionians are going to land in Thessaly!”

Others said worriedly: “It’s not just about landing in Thessaly. , if the Dionians successfully land in the Gulf of Mariacos, they can completely capture Heraclea and Thermal Pass, and then continue to the south to attack the city-state of Phokis…”

“Since the start of the war, we have been in Athens. I have always been prepared for the possible landing of the Dionian people, and Cesari should also be prepared, the Dionian army may not be able to land successfully.

” A general said uncertainly.

“The key is to see how many troops the Dionians sent?” Kabrias asked. “Did the Oropus say how many Dionian troop transports there were?”

“I asked.” Listratus replied: “They can’t give a specific number, but one thing they are sure about is that they must have seen more than a thousand Dionian ships and troop carriers.”

“Thousands .

. . . ” Cabrias reckoned: “If Dionia’s entire fleet is counted as 1,000 ships, even if the troop transports accounted for half, it would be about 25,000 soldiers. And we all know that , a mixed formation of warships and transport fleets, the number of warships often only accounts for 1/4 of the entire fleet, or even less, and excluding some ships that transport materials, I estimate that the Dionian army that landed at least has 30,000 people…”

“30,000 people!…” The other Athenian generals looked at each other, and one of them said with a fluke, “It is reported that there are more than 30,000 people defending our Greek coalition in the Peloponnese. The Dionian army, could it be that they transported the main Dionian main force defended in Messenia and Sparta to the north?”

“Probably not!” Cabrias said with certainty: “If the The Onias have withdrawn their army in Peloponnesus, so the remaining soldiers are definitely not enough to resist the attack of the Greek coalition. Once Messenia and Sparta are taken back by us, it is equivalent to cutting off their army. The rear of the army that just landed in the north, I don’t think the Dionians would make such a big mistake!

Besides, 100,000 troops were dispatched when Dionysus and Carthage fought a few years ago, and the Dionysian landing army in the north is probably the new army just sent from their country…”

“Dionysius The news that Asia dispatched 100,000 soldiers to fight against Carthage was just a rumor, and it could not be determined to be true. Who knows if Dionysus deliberately exaggerated the facts to scare the surrounding forces.

The general still stubbornly retorted: “Even if that’s the truth, it’s just because they fought on the mainland at that time, and now they carry tens of thousands of soldiers from Dionia to the landing at Thessaly, which is hundreds of miles away. , How much is the consumption and cost of this, you should be very clear in commanding the navy these years, I don’t think Dionia has the strength to redeploy troops from their territory!

”

Cabrias said seriously: “During the Peloponnesian War, we Athens could send 40,000 troops to expedition to Syracuse, and now the territory controlled by the Kingdom of Dionia is bigger than us at that time. Much more, of course they are more able to do it.

The

general sneered: “The territory of the Kingdom of Dionia is indeed much larger than our Athens, but most of them are barren and barren. How could it be as rich as Athens at that time, when we controlled the whole love Qinhai’s trade!

—”

“Everyone, stop arguing!

Callistratus said solemnly: “Whether the Dionysian army that landed in Thessaly was drawn from the Peloponnese or re-delivered from the territory of the Kingdom of Dionia, The question now is that the defenses in the territory of Scesaly should be very empty, and I am afraid it will be difficult to resist such a large army. What should we do about it?

!

”

Immediately send someone to inform the city-states of Phokis and Lokris that the Dionians have landed in Thessaly, so that they can strengthen the defense of the city and send people as soon as possible to find out that the Dionian army is in Cyprus.” Trends in Sally.

“Cabrias said calmly: “At the same time, we should immediately send someone to Peloponnese and tell Jason the news. He will definitely lead his army back to Thessaly as soon as possible to defeat the Dionysian army. To eliminate the hidden dangers in the north, we should also send reinforcements when necessary.

”

“Cabrias, I can only agree to half of your proposal.” A slow voice came from the corner. The speaker was a gray-haired old man. He had been closing his eyes and resting. This opening immediately attracted everyone’s attention.

His name is Agul Rios, an Athenian aristocrat, one of the former leaders of the democracies, he has been elected as the general of Athens many times, and worked together with Thrasibulus to gradually bring Athens out of the shadow of defeat with Sparta. He began to restore the strength of the past, and he pursued the principle of “the interests of the city-state first”, which directly contributed to the emergence of the theater allowance system, so he was very popular with the Athenian people.

But he no longer ran for the Athenian general in these years, and his age was only one reason, and more importantly, he was the father of Callistratus, and he wanted to make way for his son who had already made a name for himself and had greater ambitions. .

Two months ago, a pro-democracy general was seriously ill and was unable to act as a director, and recommended him to replace him. The citizens’ assembly finally passed this somewhat absurd resolution. The possible reason is that Carla Listratus successfully signed with Sparta. The contract, excluding Thebes, was a great benefit for Athens and won him a great reputation.

In addition, in the face of the great changes in the Greek mainland, such as the invasion of the Dionian army, the decline of Sparta, the rise of Thebes, and the ambitious Thessaly, Agu, who had experienced the Peloponnesian War and the Corinthian War, Errios sits on the executive committee of the generals, which is expected to reassure the Greek people, so there is an anecdote of a father and son serving as the generals of Athens at the same time, which has never happened since Athens adopted a democratic system.

“At present, the Greek coalition forces are aggressively attacking Messenia and Sparta occupied by the Dionians, and they are in an absolute advantage. It may take a few days or more than ten days to break through the defenses of the Dionians. , completely drive it out of the Peloponnese… If we tell that Tagus at this time that ‘Thessaly was attacked by the Dionysian army’, he will immediately lead the army back to Thessaly, It will not be possible to rejoin the Greek coalition for at least two or three months…”

Agul Rios glanced at everyone with deep eyes, and finally landed on his son: “It is even possible that he will not lead the main force to the south again to avoid Thessaly being attacked again! According to Ifikrates’ report, Cessa The Li army not only accounts for half of the Greek coalition army, but also has a strong combat effectiveness. It is the main force of the coalition army to attack the Dionysian army. Once the Thessaly army leaves, the combat effectiveness of the coalition army will be greatly weakened, and it will also shake other Greek city-states The confidence of the army, by that time the Greek coalition will not only be unable to gain an advantage, but may also suffer defeat!”

Callistratus said with some hesitation: “Father, what do you mean… This news tells Jason. But this way, Thessaly is in danger. Once Dionia takes Thessaly, they can not only threaten Central Greece from the north, but may even threaten our sons in the north of Macedonia. Bangamphipolis… In the long run, we will lose more than the gains!”

Agul Rios didn’t respond immediately, his cloudy eyes looked ahead, with some memories, he said unhurriedly : “You all know that I was a survivor of the Battle of Amphipolis (a pivotal battle in the Peloponnesian War in which Athens was defeated and cut off its food passage from the Sea of Eukes to Athens) er, UU read www.sonicmtl.com But you don’t know that before that battle, I spent some time in the territory of Thessaly and had a certain understanding of Thessaly…

There the land is flat and vast, the population is large, the city-state They have been fighting all year round, and the surrounding mountains are mostly fierce and aggressive natives, and they are constantly at war with the Thessaly…I am actually surprised that Jason can finally unify them. A unified Thessaly is the resistance to Dio The main force of Niea, but it is also a threat to Athens. I think Jason has fully demonstrated his ambitions before!

I don’t think that Dionia, as an alien, can completely conquer with only these 30,000 soldiers. Thessaly and its surrounding areas, it is more likely that they will arouse the wrath of the xenophobic Thessaly, just like the Spartan invasion of Pioxia before, completely plunged into the quagmire of war. And a re-entered chaos Thessaly is no longer a threat to us in Athens…”

Note: According to historical records, after Jason was assassinated, his brother Polydorus took over as Targus, who died suddenly on the way to Larissa with Polyphron, who was then replaced by Polyphron. Takes over from Thessalitagus.

Since Polydros died suddenly and without any warning, many people believed that Polyphron killed Polydros while he was asleep at night.

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