Douluo: The Adventures of King Skin

"The law is the king over all."

—— Pindar

Cassander's garrison stationed in Larissa also served as the Tagui of the Pyrrhatis region under Thessaly, which was a subordinate title with the same origin as Tagus.Tagui received news of the riots in Pharsalus a few days ago, and immediately began to recruit troops on the spot to prepare for the rebellion.

But there's a problem.When Philip went south, he did not expect that there would be a rebellion in Thessaly. Among the [-] soldiers left with him, [-] were Thessalians.

Wouldn't it be suicidal to continue recruiting Thessalian soldiers under such circumstances?

But in fact, this problem is not difficult to solve

——Because the so-called Thessaly is not monolithic.

In Homer's time, the owners of this land were called Aeolians, and the Thessalians were actually a tribe of invaders from Thesprosian - yes, this Thessprosian was Epirus The southernmost of the three allied tribes.

Just like the Spartans turned the conquered natives into helots who were eternal slaves, the Thessalians also called the conquered Aeolians "Pannisters", while other surrounding races that surrendered Known as 'Xenophon'.

The Thessalians, who claimed to be descendants of Heracles, did not maintain a unified country. They divided the country into four parts.The so-called Tagus in Thessaly was originally the title of the highest judicial official who coordinated among the four regions.

As often happened in the course of early human civilization, the judicial officials who adjudicated conflicts between tribes began to concurrently serve as military commanders of tribal alliances, and Tagus eventually became the exclusive title of the supreme leader of Thessaly.

It is a pity that Thessaly is too backward. Together with Epirus and Macedonia, it is called the three last brothers of the Greek-speaking world.

This title of "More than Dictadoes, but not enough Basileus" means that the Thessalians have gone the farthest way in the process of unification.

In the past hundred years, this position of Tagus was often held concurrently by the kings of Macedon.

Perhaps the only time it rose to prominence was during the period known as the Philais, a few decades ago.

At that time, Macedonia was in civil strife, and Jason of Philae unified the states of Thessaly into Tagus. It is said that he had [-] infantry and [-] cavalry under his command at that time.The exiled Philip II also relied on being his son-in-law before he could return to his country and inherit the throne.

Later, the father-in-law's family was unlucky and Thessaly fell into despair. Philip II took advantage of the situation and became Tagus himself.

At that time, Philip II used his father-in-law's legacy to establish four satrapies according to tradition: Histiotis in the northwest mountainous area, Pyrrhatis in the middle to the northeast, and Thessalyotis in the middle to the southwest. and Phishutis in the extreme south, and the administrator of each area was called a 'Tagui'.

Among the four satrapies, only Pyrrhus, centered on Larissa and Philae, and Thessalyotis, centered on Pharsalus, were Thessaly in the core sense. The regions were only integrated during the heyday of Philais.

In addition, there are actually two important areas.

One is Perhybia at the foot of Mount Olympus in the north. This place name is inextricably related to Pella, the current royal capital of Macedonia. In terms of population composition, it is actually the transition area between Macedonia and Thessaly. This strategically important territory had long been claimed by the Macedonians as their own territory;

One is Magnesia on the eastern coast, which is the territory of Xenophon. In fact, neither Thessalians nor Macedonians directly rule here.

After this calculation, the current Tagui of Pyrrhus actually has many choices. In addition to Greek mercenaries with no interests, he can also recruit Perhybia, Magnesia and Histiotis. These warriors of the Xenophons.

Of course, he can also choose the most poisonous move:

Free the Panisterians to suppress the Thessalians!

It's a pity that our bitch is not such a decisive person and cannot do this kind of big business that is ahead of the times - especially since the Macedonian nobles have embezzled a large amount of land in Thessaly and have begun to enslave the Panisterians themselves. situation.

At any rate, by the time he received further news of Pyrrhus's landing at Iolcos, he had gathered an army of 500 men at Larissa.

He decided to let go of the rebels in Pharsalus first and save the Philais in his own jurisdiction.

So he completely separated his 600 Thessalian cavalry and mixed them into various teams, and then left 900 people to guard the acropolis of Larissa. He took [-] people south to Philais to meet Pyrrhus.

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Just as Tagui's army was marching out of the city of Larissa, the leaders of all the famous families in Pilaspertis were holding a secret gathering in the city.

"The time Mr. Zenas said has finally come! There are only 600 people left in the city, and they are all new recruits!"

A young man stood in the atrium and made an impassioned appeal to the representatives of various families under the pillars:

"What are we waiting for? Waiting for King Pyrrhus to defeat Cassander alone and then deliver freedom into our hands?"

"The war is not as simple as you think! Scopus, if you speak louder, the six hundred 'recruits' will rush in at any time!" A rich middle-aged man complained, "We have to think long term first!"

"We should hang that liar Zenas and hand it over to the Macedonians!" an old man retorted fiercely:

"I have heard - the news is more reliable than that of Tagui - that the so-called King Pyrrhus only has 3000 men! If 3000 men could defeat Cassander, I would have done it myself! Why wait for that The empty-headed Basileus who doesn’t even have land!”

The young man named 'Skopas' refuted loudly:

"Without land? What is land? Except for the blind Epirus people, there are countless people in the world who hope that a wise king like Pyrrhus will lead them! If it is not out of justice and sex, With the sympathy of the Sali people, why would he personally risk his own life to come to such a poor and depopulated country to fight against Cassander with a weak enemy?"

"How dare you talk to me like this? Have you ever been on the battlefield?" Seeing the young man contradicting him, the old man became angry: "I followed King Alexander all over the world! What qualifications do you have for a young boy like you to discuss such a big matter? ?”

"Skopas, don't speak like this to your seniors." The rich middle-aged man acted as a peacemaker, "Alias, please calm down. Scopas represents the family here, and all of us are qualified to discuss it." .

"Besides, Arias, haven't you seen? How many fields outside this city have been taken away by the Macedonians. You should be the most aware of this."

"Dear Arias, I apologize to you." Scopas sincerely held the old man's hand and said:

"It is true that I have never been on the battlefield, but that doesn't mean that I don't value honor! You are a hero who followed Alexander to conquer the world, and you are also a descendant of Heraclea. Why did you succumb to the usurper from the north?"

"Yes, Arias!"

"Aleuas, let's fight together!"

The other representatives had been convinced and tried to persuade the stubborn old man.

"What honor? What usurper? It's all bullshit!" The old man slammed his cane on the ground:

"You can do whatever you want! The Areuas family will never participate!"

After saying that, he left and entered the inner courtyard, leaving everyone in the courtyard looking at each other.