It happened that during this period, in order to reserve sufficient military rations for the Thessalian army fighting on the Peloponnese, Asidamas had to purchase grain from outside (originally Iason had a military plan to conquer Greece in the south, so he had a lot of food in advance, but due to the sudden invasion of the Peloponnese by the Dionian army, the original plan was disrupted, and Iason led the army south to fight for nearly two months, and the original reserve of food was almost exhausted, but the war seemed to be far from the end, and it was August, The city-states of Thessaly had little food left, but the harvest season in September had not yet arrived, so it was necessary to purchase grain to survive this relatively difficult time), and the food of the sea of Yukexing naturally became Philae's first choice.

To this end, the Ministry of War found Sostatus, who had trade channels throughout the Mediterranean, and Sostatus promised to cooperate actively, and he asked the fleet responsible for trading in the Eunex Sea to pretend to be merchant ships from the city-states of the Eunex Sea, and carried grain to Philae many times to sell, and most of the sailors of the fleet were soldiers of the Mountain Reconnaissance Brigade.

So the day before the Dionian army landed in Thessaly, Sostatus' fleet deliberately arrived at the port of Philae in the afternoon, and by the time the grain was unloaded, it was already past dusk, and it was dangerous to sail in the Aegean Sea at night, so the whole fleet "had to" be stranded at the dock, and on the second day the Dionian fleet suddenly blocked the port of Philae, and Sostatus's fleet naturally could not go.

In the days that followed, the Dionian fleet cruised the nearby seas, crashing into a number of merchant ships that wanted to escape from Philae, and Sostatus's fleet stayed in Philae's harbor for safety reasons, and of course many merchant ships from other states also chose this method, so many ships were moored in Philae's harbor, making Sostatus's fleet inconspicuous.

But what Tegetus didn't expect was that Philae suddenly strengthened the management of the port, not only forbidding foreign sailors to move around the port at will, let alone entering the city, but also sending additional troops to the port.

In fact, this was a precautionary measure taken by Asidamas when he saw that there were too many foreign ships and crews in the harbor and feared that something unexpected would happen during the war. Although Asidamas could not have known that the Dionian army was lurking in the harbor, he still made the right decision with his years of experience in government affairs. It's just that he never expected that Polyflon killed Polydorus, and then brutally killed him and several other ministers, and Philae's high-ranking officials were wiped out, which made other officials panic, and then Polyfron transferred most of Philae's citizen soldiers, and the order to monitor the port was no longer carried out, which gave the members of Sostatus's fleet the opportunity to blend into the city.

"Captain Keomenes, what good news have you heard?" Tegetus asked with a little urgency.

Keomenes, a citizen of Dionia, one of the captains of Sostatus's fleet, was in charge of the trade of the Eunex Star Sea, and after all these years of traveling, he earned a lot of money, and he was also a little famous in the Turriyi Chamber of Commerce, but in front of Tegetus, he did not dare to hold it up at all, after all, this was a famous hero of the kingdom.

He rubbed his face vigorously with his hands, and the drunken appearance just now quickly disappeared, and he said with a straight face: "Didn't I go to invite a few port officials I am familiar with to a restaurant to drink?" Guess what, I didn't have to bother digging for their words, and after a few sips of wine, they took the initiative to tell me something...... It turns out that the reason why the port has suddenly lifted the blockade in the past two days is because a big change has happened in Philae City! ”

"What's the change?!" An officer of the mountain reconnaissance brigade next to him asked urgently.

"And guess what the result of the departure of the Tagus Isason of Thessaly, who led the army away, temporarily handed over the military command of all Thessaly to his brother Polydorus, and the administrative power to Asidamas and several other ministers?"

Keomenies said word for word: "Polydorus suddenly died violently in the military camp outside the city of Philae, it is said that he was killed by the assassins we sent, but the murderer was not caught-"

"It can't be!" Tegetus shook his head: "The Ministry of War has not formulated an assassination plan against Polydorus, let alone assassinating the commander in a well-guarded military camp, it is difficult for us to do it even if we have been trained for a long time, let alone be able to escape smoothly." ”

"The officials whispered to me that many suspected that Polyflon had killed his brother—" Keomenies saw the surprised looks on the faces of the three men, and continued to reveal the secrets of the city of Philae with some smugness: "Because they say that as soon as Poliflon took over the military command, he brutally killed the ministers they respected, such as Asidamas, and then hastily transferred most of the citizen soldiers of the city of Philae, and he himself led the attack on our army in Larissa.

Before leaving, he also appointed one of his henchmen as the lord of Philae, who had been doing one thing for the past two days, he was busy arresting officials who were dissatisfied with Polyflon, and causing chaos in the city, not only because officials like them were unwilling to continue their official duties, but also because some people began to flee for their safety......"

After hearing this, Tegetus and the others felt unbelievable, this series of events in the city of Philae simply provided great help to the Dionian army, if it were not for the fact that the Ministry of War did not give special hints to the mountain reconnaissance team before landing, Tegetus would even think that this Thessaly general named Polyflon would have been a spy sent by the kingdom.

"Have you asked them how many soldiers there are in the city?" Tegtus asked.

"Of course, I will not forget such an important issue." Keomegnis said confidently: "Porifron left with 500 soldiers for this henchman of his, and they were loyal to Poliveron, which is why the people of Philae did not dare to rebel against the new city lord...... As for how many citizen soldiers are still in the city? They don't know much either. But there wasn't much left, and they told me that the new lord was planning to go to the port if necessary to forcibly recruit foreign crews like us to join the battle. ”

"Recruit us? That's a good thing! This will allow us to infiltrate Philae's army and assist our siege forces to capture Philae! One of the team officers said excitedly.

"Captain, now that there is chaos in Philae City, people are panicking, this is a great opportunity! Why don't we launch a surprise attack in the dark of night and take Philae City directly! Another officer offered his own advice.

Tegetus pondered for a while, and said solemnly: "This time, we have less than 200 brothers in Philae City, the troops are too small, and we are not very familiar with the terrain in Philae City, and we launched a surprise attack in the dark night, which is too dangerous!" Once we fail, not only will our previous efforts be in vain, but our brothers will also lose their lives in vain, and we can't take any chances! ”

Tegetus paused, looked at his two capable captains, and then encouraged: "You don't need to be in a hurry, now we all know that our army has not only landed successfully, but has also entered the Thessaly Plain, and the Thessalian army can only suffer defeat when it goes out of the city to meet the battle at this time. According to the tradition of the kingdom's army, and Philae is also the focus of the landing army's attack, they will definitely continue to pursue the fleeing routs to see if they can take the opportunity to capture Philae, this is our chance! ”

"Captain, I see! I immediately sent a few soldiers to infiltrate the city and closely observe the movements at several city gates. ”

After one officer finished speaking, another continued: "I told my brothers to be ready at all times, and as soon as our army is under the city, we will rush to meet it." ”

Tegetus nodded with satisfaction: "That's it!" ”

The soldiers of the Mountain Scout Brigade lurking in the port of Philae did not wait long, and at dusk many Thessaly's routs, driven by the Dionian cavalry, poured into the city of Philae.

The defenders of the city saw the Dionian army following them, and in the midst of the cries and angry shouts of the routs, they had to carry out the orders of the lord of the city and refuse to open the door.

At this moment, the soldiers of the Mountain Reconnaissance Brigade, who had received the news, took out their short swords and leather shields hidden under the planks of the ship, and rushed into the city of Philae, killing the city wall of the South Gate, which was closest to them and had the fewest defenders.

After they had routed the defenders at the head of the city, they quickly opened the gates of the city, and the rout army poured in, followed by the Dionian cavalry, light armoured soldiers, and light infantry who rushed into the city of Philae......

On the same day, the northern and southern states of Thessaly surrendered and fell......

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"Woo! …… Woo! ......" The high-pitched trumpets sounded in the rear of the battlefield, and the Greek soldiers who were fighting fiercely in front of the various defensive camps hurriedly retreated.

It didn't take long for the battlefield to fall silent, with only the countless corpses and wounded soldiers on both sides of the trenches and wooden walls showing the fierceness of today's battle.

The setting sun had already fallen below the mountain, and there were only a few bleak traces of blood left in the sky.

Iphiclates looked at the Dionian camps in front of him, with both unwillingness and helplessness in his eyes, he stood for a long time, and finally sighed: "As before, send someone to ask the Dionians to clean up the battlefield." ”

According to Greek tradition, after a battle, the defeated side could also send someone to clean up the battlefield and take away the dead compatriots in order to give them a decent funeral.