"Callistratus, calm down!" Cabrias shouted with a serious expression: "Look at the Dionian warships there, they are far more numerous than us, and their combat effectiveness is also very strong, before I led the fleet to attack the Gulf of Lagenia and failed, if I boldly lead the fleet to break through the blockade, I may only be surrounded by them, so that the already small number of warships are lost, and then we will completely lose control of the Aegean Sea!"

Even if they do want to land, we have already taken precautions, and the only temporary defensive camp on Marathon Beach for the Ionians to land on is stationed, and thousands of soldiers are stationed there, and if an abnormal situation is detected, a few more soldiers can be sent in the city, which can completely ensure the safety of the whole of Attica. ”

"Athens is well defended, of course I don't need to worry, I'm worried that Dionya will attack the other allies, if they are attacked by Dionia, the Greek coalition that is fighting against the Dionian army in the Peloponnese will inevitably be affected!" Callistratus said anxiously.

Cabrias said calmly: "Don't panic, first of all, we have to determine whether the Dionians really want to carry out the landing. Although the Dionian fleet has blockaded the Gulf of Sarong, it is impossible for them to blockade the north coast of Attica, where there are almost no coastal towns, but we have many fishing villages on the north coast......"

"I immediately sent a messenger to inform the fishermen on the north coast and asked them to row their fishing boats and carefully investigate if there is anything unusual in the Aegean Sea!" Callistratus suddenly realized, turned and hurried away.

Turning his gaze back to the sea, Cabrias sighed lightly, a little shame rising in his heart: he had led the navy to victory over the Spartan fleet several times, and now he was indeed a little timid in the face of the powerful Dionian navy......

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Shortly after the First Fleet blockaded the Gulf of Sarong, the Third Fleet had also bypassed the island of Euboea, on the northeast side of Attica, and approached the Gulf of Pagasa.

The mountains on the northern border of Thessaly stretch out to the sea to the southeast, and then try to move closer to the mountains on the southern border, forming both a natural breakwater and an approximately circular bay with an entrance of only about ten miles.

Probably because the mountains that formed the breakwater were so high that the Thessalian did not build a water gate or lighthouse at the entrance, but instead made it easier for the Third Fleet to blockade the area, causing the merchant ships in the bay to hide in fear in the port of Philae, and the fleet of Philae cowered in the harbor and did not dare to show its face.

About 20 minutes later, the Dionian troop convoy arrived, and the Third Fleet immediately sailed into the bay and reached Philae, the only port town in the bay, which made the people of Philae even more nervous.

At this time, it was Iason's right-hand man Asidamas, who did not panic too much when he heard the news of the "attack of the Dionian fleet", and immediately ordered the defenders of the city to rush to the breakwater of the port to defend it.

Philae's territory is the last few in the Thessaly city-states, and its urban area is even smaller, and it is rich because it has the only trading port in the whole of Thessaly, and the entire Thessaly region is almost surrounded by mountains, and the land trade with the outside world is extremely inconvenient, Philae completely occupies the convenience of maritime trade, and the Philae people are naturally very concerned about the safety of the port.

After Iason became a tyrant, he made great efforts to defend the port, not only strengthening the breakwater, increasing the ground wall, narrowing the water gate, but also adding a military port in the port and forming a fleet...... So despite the suddenness of the arrival of the Dionian fleet, Asidamas had no fear that they would threaten the security of Port Philae.

But it didn't take long for him to get a return from the scouts: "A Dionian fleet has appeared on the coast of Almyros, and many Dionian soldiers have landed there!" ”

The coast of Almiros is the only low-lying land on the eastern coast of Thessaly, so why did the Thessalian prefer to build the city of Philae in such a small area to the north than the harbor town of the much larger Almilos?

Because several rivers in Thessaly flow into the bay from here, and the soil washed down by the rivers has accumulated here for many years, forming a large area of marshland and tidal flats, it takes people's continuous efforts to completely fill it up and drain it and eventually turn it into land suitable for human habitation and cultivation, and it also requires advanced filling and draining technology, the Thessalian people were regarded as barbarians by the Greeks dozens of years ago, and there is enough rich fertile land in their territory, so they have no urgent need to build a city here. The coast of Almiros has been preserved in its pristine state to this day.

Ashidamas was a little panicked when he got the news, and although he knew that the coast of Almiros was muddy and difficult for people to travel, he was disturbed by the fact that he had learned about the kingdom of Dioonia these days. While he sent men to inform Polydorus, he led his guards out of the city on horseback.

Standing on the hill south of Philae, Asidamas could clearly see the vast Almyros Depression: there were many ships docked along the coast, and even some Dionian warships, and the constant disembarkation of Dionian soldiers (mainly fleet infantry) on the dark mudflats could not be distinguished without looking closely. However, there is a conspicuous yellow mark on the tidal flats that is constantly extending and expanding......

Asidamas looked at it carefully for a moment, and his heart suddenly accelerated: the Dioonians were building roads on the tidal flats!

Just as he was feeling very uneasy, Iazon's brother Polydorus arrived, accompanied by another brother, Polyfron.

After carefully observing the situation in the Almyros Depression, Polydorus, who had been granted temporary military authority to Thessaly by Iason, comforted Asidamas: "You don't have to worry, our remaining army has entered the defensive camp in the mountains around Almiros and is ready for battle. Moreover, with the speed of road construction of the Dionians, by the time they had stepped out of the tidal flats, the citizens of the various city-states of Thessaly had already arrived, and it was impossible for the Dionian army to break through our heavily guarded camp and enter the heart of Thessaly! ”

Speaking of this, he looked up at the sky, and then said with confidence: "If they don't retreat at dusk, they will suffer from countless mosquito bites at night, and when we attack again tomorrow, maybe they will raise their hands and surrender!" ”

Compared to Iason, Polydorus was more sedate, so his words dispelled Asidamas's uneasiness, and he immediately took his leave of the two and rushed back to Philae to calm the panicked populace and stabilize order in the city.

"Polydorus, why don't you let me lead the light shield soldiers down to attack the Dionians, and give them a taste first!" Polyflon cried out for his life.

Polydorus waved his hand and refused: "There is no need! Now the attack will only scare them away, and we will not move anything, giving the Dioonians the illusion that thessaly is indeed empty in the rear, and after they have been tired for a long time, we will consider the surprise attack. ”

Polyflon was rejected, a little annoyed in his heart, looking at the back of the second brother leaving, he couldn't help but take a sip and scolded in a low voice: "Coward! ”

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What the Boridoros brothers did not know was that the Thirteenth Dionian Army and the fleet infantry that had landed on the coast of Mirdoros were merely a feint to contain the remaining Thessaly's army, and that the actual landing place was not here.

Half an hour later, the people of Peleus were horrified to see a large Dioonian fleet approaching the coast near the city.

The northeastern border of Thessaly is separated by a series of mountains connected by a series of high mountains such as Olympus, Osa and Pillion, but there is a place in these unattainable mountains that can be easily passed through and smoothly enter the territory of northern Macedonia, which is the valley pass formed by the Pinhos River passing through the mountains, and the mud carried by the river over the years is piled up at the mouth of the sea north of the mountain range, forming a small depression, where the Thessalian people built a small city called Peleus.

Because Peleus was outside the traditional Thessalian territory and next to the territory of Macedonia, in fact, many Thessalian people did not regard it as a member of the Thessalian city-state, and it often leaned towards Macedonia for its own safety, so the Thessalian city-states to the south of it were often alienated from it and did not want to interact with it, and its own wealth was not abundant, and the port trade has not developed.

It wasn't until Iasom became Tagus that it was officially incorporated into the Thessalian League, and in order to promote the prosperity of Thessaly trade, Assidamas also dismantled the checkpoint south of the valley pass, not only Peleus's maritime trade improved, but also the land trade developed, so the Peleus people were full of gratitude to Iason, and always responded positively to his call, although Peleus was not a big city, but when Iason mobilized the Thessalian army to the south, Peleus provided nearly 3,000 soldiers, It was almost all the young and middle-aged citizens of its entire city-state, and now they regretted it in horror when they saw the Ionian soldiers rushing to the shore like a tidal wave.

"Quick! Hurry up! Brothers, hurry up! ......" The commander of the 2nd Army, who was in his 50s, was the first to land, standing on a reef and roaring like thunder, constantly urging his soldiers.

The soldiers of the Second Legion, encouraged by the old commander, jumped out of the boat, did not care to rest at all, and under the leadership of their respective detachment leaders, they stepped on the soft soil with one foot deep and one foot shallow, and rushed south like a swarm.