It is not because they have much sympathy for Jason's upcoming defeat. Although this tyrant of Philare was not too cruel, he did not lack bloody means in the process of conquering the entire Thessali and becoming Tagus. Although with the assistance of Asidamas and others, the integration and governance methods of the city-states of Thessali gradually became softer, but a few years have just passed and everyone's memories have not yet been forgotten.

These Thessaly City-Party members were worried that the upcoming war would cause considerable casualties to the citizens of their own city-Party in Jason's army, so they asked Patrocross to persuade the citizens of Jason's army to surrender.

Paltros achieved his goal, but he did not ask these people to set out to the Hot Spring Pass immediately, but first held an emergency military meeting. In addition to himself, Matonis, Lizaru, three military commanders, and Hilos, the Chief Executive of the Thessali Region, finally reached an agreement after some consultation:

Matonis led nearly 26,000 men of the Second Legion, the Ninth Legion and the First Cavalry Legion to temporarily station in Thessali, continuing to stabilize the order of the newly conquered area, preventing turmoil and recurrence, and also being alert to the Epirus people in the western mountainous areas, because it is said that Alketas, a king of Epirus, is closely related to Jason and is likely to help him. In addition, Matonis also assists Hilos in protecting the upcoming wheat harvest in the Thessali area and providing protection for the subsequent baggage brigade transporting military rations.

Patroclus and Lizaru led the remaining troops, with more than 40,000 soldiers immediately heading south (Patroclus had a lot of water on what he said to the Thessalians. At this time, there were no 100,000 troops in the Dionian Navy, because nearly 20,000 infantry soldiers in the Dionian Navy and the 12th Legion defended in Lamia), and after solving the hidden danger of Jason, he marched into Central Greece.

For these generals and officials of the kingdom, it is undoubtedly a great honor to lead the army into Central Greece, eventually conquering Athens, and to clean up the shame of being deposed as barbarians by the Greeks headed by Athens. The reason why Matonis agreed to stay was, on the one hand, thanks to Hilos' persuasion, and on the other hand, as a Thessalian, he was willing to contribute some effort to his hometown from the bottom of his heart.

After solving the problem of the candidate for the stay-behind Thessali, Paltrox led his army over the mountains to the south and into the Lamia area, and then the previous scene appeared.

These Thessali members were all famous people from their respective city-states. Thessali soldiers quickly recognized them and immediately rushed to ask them about the situation of their respective mother states.

When Jason arrived after hearing the news, the news that "Dionia's 100,000 troops landed in Thessali and had conquered various city-states. The people of each city-state were eager to return to their homes safely" spread rapidly among the soldiers, which had a great impact on the morale of the army. The citizens of each city-state gathered around the members of their city-states and eagerly discussed the matter of going home. The entire army had begun to show a trend of falling apart.

The furious Jason sent mercenaries to arrest him on the grounds that "these parliamentarians surrendered to Dionia and were traitors of Thessali", hoping to isolate them from the civilians first and then appease the military soldiers. However, the mercenary arrests aroused the resistance of the civilians and even triggered small-scale conflicts.

Seeing that the riots were likely to gradually turn into a civil war, Jason had to withdraw his mercenaries urgently. Looking at the angry faces, he felt that he had lost control of these civilians. He was unwilling to accept that he simply walked into the civilians alone and made a loud assurance to them that he had no intention of hurting these MPs, and as long as he wanted to learn about the real situation of Thessali from them.

In the end, several members of parliamentarians with good relationships told him in detail the series of events that happened in Thessali during this period, and also answered his various questions seriously.

During the whole process, the surrounding citizens gradually felt a little more sympathy in their alert eyes when they looked at Jason, but Jason's face became increasingly ugly. Finally, he walked out of the crowd with a gloomy face and turned over the horse. He no longer glanced at the uneasy citizens and the MPs who caused this bad scene, but turned his head and left here surrounded by mercenaries.

On the way back to the camp behind Jason never spoke. However, the moment he entered the camp, he suddenly fell off his horse, vomited blood, and fell into a coma. With the rescue of the military doctor, his condition improved slightly.

That night, the guards guarding outside the tent heard Jason muttering: "Dorus, my good brother!...Asidamas, I'm sorry for you!...Polyfron, you devil!...Damn Dionia, you ruined everything about me!...Dorus, my good brother..."

Throughout the night, Jason's grief never stopped talking to himself.

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The arrival of the MPs of the Thessali city-states completely disintegrated Jason's army. In just one day, the militia eager to go home put down their weapons in their hands, lined up in a long line, and passed the camp and hot spring pass in an orderly manner. Then they saw thousands of DIONIA soldiers spread throughout the Lamia plains, not only completely believed the words of the MPs, but also some of the luck in their hearts were also wiped out.

Thessali's civilians left Jason. Seeing that the situation was not good, the indigenous mountain soldiers recruited by Jason naturally could not fight for Jason anymore. However, most of the soldiers were unwilling to put down their weapons, so they chose to cross the mountains and travel a long distance to return to their hometown. Of course, this would be a great risk.

There were only nearly 8,000 mercenaries (after becoming Tagus, Jason once increased the number of mercenaries to tens of thousands. This time, he fought south to Peloponnese, and left 3,000 mercenaries to be commanded by Polydorus and stationed in Thessali). In order to repay Jason's care and trust for them over the years, he was still loyal to him. When he saw the army falling apart and the situation was critical, they quickly gathered together to protect Jason, who had not yet been fully awake, and retreated south.

The sentry sent by the Hot Spring Pass military camp quickly returned the news to the commander-in-chief Paltrowros who had arrived in Lamia.

The news that Jason's army collapsed without fighting made Patroclus very excited. He issued an order: The Thirteenth Legion escorted the more than 20,000 bare-handed civilians to return to Thessali safely. The other legion soldiers seized the time to rest and marched into Central Greece early tomorrow morning.

On this day in early September, Paltrowros led 40,000 troops through the hot spring pass. The soldiers lined up in neat columns and sang "The Song of the Legion" in full spirit. They headed south along the coastal road. After more than 10 miles, the troops turned south and began to trek through low mountains and hilly areas. Unhindered, they successfully entered the plains of the Fokis area on the morning of the second day.

The Fokis farmers who were harvesting in the wheat fields hid in panic, but the Dionys army neither attacked the various towns of Fokis nor destroyed the farmlands and villages outside the city. The entire army continued to march south continuously. The weak Fokis city-states not only thanked the gods for their blessings and allowed them to escape, but they dared not send troops to stop the advance of the Dionys army.

In the afternoon, the cavalry legion, which was the vanguard, had entered the Piosha area and approached Karonia, the western city-state of Piosha.

The people of Karonia were very nervous when facing the dark Dionian cavalry under the city. But the Dionian envoy who entered the city gave them a reassurance: Thebes is an alliance of Dionia, and Karonia is an ally of Thebes. As long as Karonia does not take any hostile actions against the Dionian army, the Dionian army will not cause any damage to the Karonian region.

The people of Karonia felt relieved and immediately said: Dionia is the Thebes alliance, and of course it is also the alliance of Karonia. Karonia will do its best to help its allies.

After receiving a satisfactory reply, the cavalry did not stay for a long time and continued to travel south. They obtained similar promises from the city-state of Piosha one by one. The road from Karonia to Thebes was flat. Although the cavalry army still arrived at the city of Thebes at noon on the second day.

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In this war between the Dionysian and the Greek League, Thebes and its Pioxia alliance remained basically neutral, but they have also been paying attention to the battle on the Peloponnese Peninsula. For the senior executives of Thebes such as Ipa Mironda and Pelopidas, what they were most worried about was the victory of the Greek League, because it meant that the prestige of Athens and Thessali increased greatly. Once the two major forces in the East and the North were freed to settle the old accounts with Thebes, it would be a huge trouble. Therefore, although Thebes had to provide some help at the request of the Greek League, such as providing the Port of Cleuss, they still expected Dionys to win. However, from the current situation, the Dionysian army was at a disadvantage, which made them a little anxious.
Chapter completed!