The Lamians were not too panicked about this, and for a hundred years they continued to renovate the hills around the city, making the slopes close to the city completely unsuitable for climbing, and the top of the mountain was 100 meters away from the city at a parallel distance from the city, and the threat of archery to the Lamians in the city was greatly reduced.

But soon the Lamians began to panic: palm-sized boulders continued to roar down from the tops of the hills on both sides, and even the strongest houses were easily smashed by them like papier-mâché, and the people were unfortunately hit by one and died even more miserably, and even the temple of the Acropolis could not escape its attack, and after only 10 minutes, the core of Lamia became a chaotic city.

Just when the people of Lamia were panicking, Patroclus sent an envoy and demanded in a loud voice: as long as Lamia surrendered immediately, Dionya would guarantee the safety of the people of Lamia, otherwise the city would be completely destroyed and all the people in the city would be turned into slaves!

Now that Dionia's war in Greece has become the focus of attention of the whole Greek people, the Lamians certainly know the tragic experience of the people of Tegya before, not to mention that they have just seen the huge number and ruthless methods of the Dionian army with Olya, and they think that they are difficult to resist, so they have no choice but to surrender the city.

Patroclus fulfilled his promise and did not harm the surrendering Lamian people, but he sent two brigades into the city's acropolis and took complete control of the city-state.

It was already afternoon, and it was no longer practical to continue leading his army over the mountains to the north into Thessaly, but Partroclos did not let his soldiers rest there, but gave the order to attack south.

In fact, with the exception of the 12th Legion and the Gallic Brigade, the rest of the legions did not participate in the battle, and were well rested in front of the city of Lamia, and they were more eager to win with their own hands.

The soldiers of the 10th, 11th and 3rd Cavalry Corps followed the route of the Persian invasion of Greece decades earlier, quickly crossed the Sperkeos River, and approached Heraclia at dusk.

Heraclia is directly opposite the city of Lamia, only a dozen miles apart, located at the northern foot of the mountains of northern Central Greece, and is the northern gate from Thessaly to Central Greece. There are two roads to the south through it, one is to go directly to the south, trek the trail between the mountains, and finally enter Doris, but the northern border mountains are continuous and towering, the mountain roads are bumpy and difficult, and the transportation is extremely inconvenient, which is not conducive to the passage of large troops, so the Persian army did not choose to take this road, but chose to reach Heraclea after turning eastward, passing through the hot spring pass near the coast, and then going south along the coast, which caused the Spartan king Leonidas to lead 300 soldiers to resist the Persian army alone. The legend of the final heroic sacrifice.

After Sparta defeated Athens and became the overlord of Greece, he kept Heraclia and Thermopoque in his hands. After the Battle of Leuktra, Iason led the Thessalian army to destroy Heraclia and take control of Thermopyla, but he soon regretted it, because Thermopylae was only a pass, and the territory there was extremely narrow, which was not conducive to the long-term stationing of large troops, and he could only rely on the logistics of Heraclia, which was very close to it.

In order to control the road south for a long time, Iason had to rebuild the city of Heracles. But a few months later, when the Dionian army landed in the Peloponnese and caused a new war, Iason's army went south again, Heraclia had just built a wall of earth, and there was no city gate, and he left 3,000 soldiers to garrison it, and hurried south.

3,000 soldiers was a large number for any Greek city-state, even if the city was not yet perfect, but the occupation was dangerous enough to block the possible attacks of these Greek city-states to the south, so as to ensure the safety of the Thessalian army.

But Iason never imagined that the attack would come from the north, and that the number of soldiers would be so large and so ferocious, that the three thousand Thessalian soldiers would soon be surrounded and routed by the Ionian soldiers who frantically poured into the city.

By this time, night was approaching, and Patroclus stood on the earthen wall, looking east. The setting sun gilded the earth with a layer of gold, and the view that greeted him was extremely clear, but even so, he could not see the outline of the nicknamed "Hot Spring Seki" (there are so many hot springs near Onsen Seki that it is always hot, hence the name).

Pressing the regret in his heart, he ordered: The soldiers should camp on the spot and recuperate their spirits for the next battle.

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When the Dionian armies in the south were gathered in the city of Lamia, the legions in the north also passed through the valley pass, and four infantry legions and one cavalry corps, plus a Balearic slinger brigade (2,000 men), a total of nearly 40,000 men, rested at the mouth of the valley, and Mattonis and Lizaru gave the order at the same time: march south, aiming at Larissa.

This time, the army did not make another rapid march, and the soldiers marched south along the south bank of the Pinhos River, on the flat and soft ground, with the 3rd Cavalry Regiment at the head of the line.

Nestled in the middle of the northern plains of Thessaly, on the banks of the Pirios River, the city of Larissa was once a powerful state in the northern plains of Thessaly, and has long been the central city of Thessaly. However, after the rise of Philae, Iason conquered the neighboring city-state and deliberately suppressed it, resulting in its strength becoming much less powerful than it once was. During this military mobilization, Iason's military mobilization was also emphasized: Larissa must provide no less than 5,000 soldiers.

To this end, Larissa had recruited most of the young and middle-aged citizens into the army, and just a few hours earlier, they had received an order from Polydorus: the Dionian army was landing on the coast of Mirdoros, and the city-states were sending troops to reinforce them as soon as possible!

Larissa had to urgently send another 1,000 citizen soldiers.

By the time Peleus's messengers came to ask for help, the Larissa had few troops to send, but they knew it well; It was nothing if Peleus was captured, but it was terrible to let the Ionian army rush through the valley pass into the plains north of Thessaly.

So Larissa had to cobble together nearly 300 more soldiers (including some citizens over the age of 50) and have them rush to the Taniguchi camp to defend themselves, while sending messengers to call for help from Polydorus.

Halfway through Larissa's reinforcements, she saw that the ground in front of her was covered in rising dust, and even the ground trembled slightly.

The army of Dionyas has arrived! …… The Larissa looked at the countless faint figures of soldiers in the dust and mist, almost stupefied, and turned to flee.

At the same time, the 2nd Cavalry Regiment of Dionya also spotted them and immediately chased after them, and the unmotivated Larissa reinforcements raised their hands and surrendered.

Although it was already afternoon, Matonis and Lizaru learned from their interrogating captives that the city of Larissa was air-defended and severely short of major generals, and that the remaining forces of Thessaly were all concentrated on the coast of Almyros, and that they did not know anything about the attack of the Dionian army from Peleus...... Both commanders thought it was an excellent opportunity and immediately ordered their troops to speed up.

Larissa was nearly forty miles from the valley mouth, and it was all smooth roads, and the Dionian legionnaires marched normally, and their strength had gradually recovered, and after receiving the order, they began to run wild again.

By the time we could see the outline of Larissa in the distance, the sun had already set in the western mountains, and there were only a few rays of afterglow left in the sky, and night was about to fall.

Matonis and Lizaru were both decisive commanders, and since they had already made a decision, they would not change it lightly, and the order to "attack the city of Larissa" was immediately issued.

The city of Larissa had a defensive advantage with the Pinhos River and its tributaries as a natural barrier, but they had just sent away reinforcements a few hours earlier, and had not received any unusual news, and now that it was getting late, they naturally slackened in their hearts, and when the sentry at the head of the city saw the enemy troops rushing in the distance like a tide, they sounded the alarm in horror.

The panicked Larissa had to close the city gates, and at the same time urgently mobilize the people to defend the city, and the city was in such a mess that there was no time to burn the pontoon bridge over the river.

The Dionian soldiers quickly reached the city of Larissa on the pontoon bridge of a tributary of the Pinhos River, and in the process did not even suffer from long-range attacks from the bow and javelin. When they put siege ladders up the city walls, the people of Larissa, who were chasing ducks to the shelves, took rusty weapons and climbed to the top of the city in a hurry, and defeat was inevitable.

"Report to the two commanders, we have captured the city of Larissa!" The herald excitedly reported loudly to Matonis and Lizaru.

"Which army captured the city first?" Mattonis asked with a smile.

"Eighth Brigade of the Second Army."

Martonis smiled even brighter and turned his head to look at the side: "Oh, Lizaru, I'm sorry, my men have won the first prize again!" ”

Lizaru said coldly: "The Larissa people don't have any resistance at all, and this is also a credit?" The Second Legion just took advantage of being ahead of the ranks! ”

"I said Lizaru, don't be ignorant, if it weren't for the Second Army's timely opening of the river valley pass and my timely notification to you, I'm afraid you would still be climbing in the mountains of Macedonia with your troops!"

"That's because the Ministry of War believes in my abilities, so they give me the most difficult tasks and the easiest ones to you."

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The two veterans in their 50s quarreled with each other like children, and the staff officers and guards around them were not easy to dissuade, so they could only hold back a smile on their faces and stand like puppet clay sculptures.

The two quarreled for a while, and Matonis suddenly remembered something, and said to the herald who was standing very uncomfortable: "Go and inform the troops entering the city at once, you must not loot the property of the people of Larissa, harm their lives, and if you violate it, you will be punished by military law!" ”

"Yes!"