Back to the Warring States Period as Zhao Kuo

After occupying these two cities, these two large-scale cities all attacked the city of Baktra, the key city of the eastern governorship of the entire Seleucid Empire.

This city is now the seat of the governor of the Seleucid Empire. As long as this city can be conquered, the entire eastern governor of the Sedegu Empire will be completely dispersed, and no one will be able to give these troops to the city. Together, it is convenient for Zhao Kuo to easily annihilate them individually.

Now stationed here is Diodotus, the eastern governor of the Seleucid Empire, but Diodotus is in the capital of the Seleucid Empire, so the defense of this place is temporarily managed by his son Diodotus Jr. to take charge.

Diodotus Jr. was a young and ambitious man. He not only actively assisted his father, but even more actively wanted to promote his father's independence from the Seleucid Empire as the governor of the East.

After independence, the young Diodotus would undoubtedly become the next generation of kings, but just as he was actively advancing towards this goal, war broke out.

Little Diodotus sat in the place that originally belonged to his father, staring at the numerous officials of the eastern governor of the Seleucid Empire who had no masters in front of him and said in a deep voice: "Those treacherous guys from the Han Kingdom have already called, what are we going to do now? manage?

Someone come up with an idea! "

For half a minute after he finished speaking, no one responded.

This time little Diodotus was really angry. He slapped the table angrily and roared: "Did my father spend so much money and official positions in your hands just to let you stay here?" Turn into statues?"

These words are obviously quite heavy, and the officials present have no way to continue to pretend to be dead.

An official bite the bullet and said: "Your Excellency, judging from the current situation, I'm afraid we just can't defend this city. Why don't we retreat in time to join His Majesty's army."

This is actually a suggestion that sounds quite pertinent. After all, Zhao Kuo's 20 army has already approached at a speed of one south and one north, and a mere city seems to be insufficient to defend.

But it is obvious that Diodotus Jr. did not agree with this suggestion. He said very unhappy: "Father handed over this governorship to me when he left, and I haven't fought the enemy yet. I ran away, how do you want me to meet my father?"

As soon as this sentence was said, the other officials present immediately had nothing to say.

But in fact, these officials have already started complaining in their hearts. You must know that the real governor is the father of the little Diodotus, not him.

Therefore, the safety of this governor's district actually has nothing to do with Diodotus Jr., after all, the governor is not hereditary.

But the complaints are all complaints. This little Diodotus has indeed obeyed his father's order to temporarily rule the governorship. This is also the tradition of the Seleucid Empire, so everyone It's really hard to object.

Little Diodotus glanced at all the people present, and after finding that no one objected, he said in a very authoritative tone: "It will take at least four or five days for the enemy to come here. In time, you must pull up all the troops for me, and hoard all the hoarded food and supplies for me. This time, we must give the invaders of the Han Kingdom a good look. When the time comes, your majesty will let your majesty Witness the might of the people of our Eastern Governor's District!"

This meeting is over.

Little Diodotus was also quite ambitious. He was determined to make great contributions in this war to give a good look to all the high-level empire, including his father and the newly appointed emperor, Antiochus III.

Everyone wants to improve, but in this era, is there anything easier to improve than military exploits?

But what Little Diotuotus didn't know was that after this meeting ended, there was another small meeting, which was held in a certain noble mansion not far from the Governor's Mansion.

Those who participated in this meeting all spoke on condition of anonymity, and even they preferred to sit in the dark when they were in the meeting.

An old voice that sounded like it should be the owner spoke slowly.

"Young little Theodotus wanted to make his mark in battle, but he didn't know what a powerful enemy he was about to face."

Another voice sounded like a male duck's voice, and said: "Everyone should have not forgotten the war a few years ago. At that time, our emperor who had just ascended the throne commanded this war, and we, as generals, I witnessed with my own eyes how our army was beaten to death by the Han army."

After the voice of the male duck finished speaking, there was a low echo in the darkness.

The old voice spoke again: "That's why we absolutely can't fight the Han people head-on this time. You must know that the last time was a few years ago. This time, the territory of the Han country has been expanded a lot again. The military of this country will only get stronger than last time."

After these words were finished, the room suddenly fell into a strange silence.

After a while, the male duck's voice opened again.

"So what should we do now?

At least I think we should not continue to be buried with this city. "

Although no one spoke, one could clearly see someone nodding vaguely in the shadow of the room.

The old voice smiled, and said calmly: "Why do we have to find those excuses for ourselves now, let me start, I have already planned to surrender to the Han Dynasty, how about you?"

This sentence seemed too straightforward, and the other Seleucid officials in the room were speechless for a while.

But after a while, the male duck also spoke.

"You're right, things have come to this point, and we don't need to hide any more. I also hope to surrender to the Great Han Kingdom. After all, it seems that the great Han Kingdom, His Majesty the Emperor, If he really wants to destroy this country and rule this land, if that is the case, then he must need some loyal and loyal courtiers who are familiar with the local area.”

This sentence seemed to wake up everyone in the room.

The next moment everyone began to scramble to express their opinions.

"That's right, there is a very close trade relationship between the caravans of the Great Han Kingdom and my family, and their merchants have always been very trustworthy. It must be a very trustworthy country. I am willing to join this country."

"In this world, only the strong are eternal.

As the weak, our Seleucid Empire has actually suffered enough in the past many years. I don't want to be a member of the weak anymore, so I am also willing to join the Han Kingdom. "

Everyone said it again, and no one objected.

After listening to these words, the old voice smiled.

"Now that everyone has agreed, let's go back and secretly organize our own forces.

By the way, I will also send someone out to contact His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Han Kingdom during this time. I believe he will be quite happy after learning the news of our surrender. "

At this point, the old voice actually guessed wrong.

When the envoy he sent found Zhao Kuo's army and expressed his intention, Zhao Kuo frowned, somewhat disappointed in his heart.

"Did these guys choose to surrender so quickly?

At least fight with me first. "

Zhao Kuo is really not purely complaining, but a thought in his heart. After all, for Zhao Kuo, he has not personally set off to command a war for three or four years.

This is also Zhao Kuo, who has not fought for such a long time since crossing.

So Zhao Kuo really wanted to use this opportunity to relive the feeling of fighting with thousands of troops, but unfortunately judging from the current situation, this feeling seems to be temporarily broken up.

Beside Zhao Kuo, Xiang Yan couldn't help laughing, and said to Zhao Kuo: "Why are you so anxious, Your Majesty?

Isn't there information that the Seleucid emperor who has just won the throne has assembled an army and is heading for us? "

Zhao Kuo chuckled, and said to Xiang Yan: "That's why you don't know. Generally speaking, when we are engaged in a big battle, we should do some previews first. Otherwise, if we come up, we will directly take the big test. How much more?" It’s still a little uncomfortable.”

Xiang Yan snorted, and then said, "If it's according to His Majesty's statement, why don't we reject them directly."

Zhao Kuo laughed again: "Forget it, after all, this is someone who took the initiative to surrender. If we refuse to drop, then the other wall-riding factions in the Seleucid Empire will definitely refuse to surrender. .”

Of course, Zhao Kuo agreed to the oathed surrender of these nobles from Baktra City. After all, the reason why he delayed attacking the Seleucid Empire for these few years was to allow Nightingale to develop in the Seleucid Empire. More native capitulators like this.

As long as there is the support of these local capitulators, Zhao Kuo will be able to establish a new order of the Han Kingdom in the Seleucid Empire with the least cost and the fastest speed.

Three days later, Zhao Kuo led his 10 troops to surround the city of Baktra in this way.

Before Zhao Kuo even ordered the attack on the city, he found that the gate of the city had been opened.

Immediately afterwards, a soldier and horse drove out of the city like this, and came directly towards the direction of Zhao Kuo's commander-in-chief flag.

"Let them come, but only a few representatives."

Zhao Kuo quickly issued an order.

Zhao Kuo's order is the imperial decree, so after a while, only a few people really appeared in front of Zhao Kuo.

An old man saluted Zhao Kuo and said, "Your Majesty the Great Emperor from the East, we surrender to you and offer you the highest salute we can offer you."

Another middle-aged man with a duck voice said: "This is the son of the governor of the eastern part of the Seleucid Empire, Diodotus Jr. He was originally the supreme commander of this city, but now he is your captured."

Zhao Kuo glanced at the little Diodotus in front of him, and found that he was looking at him with resentful eyes.

Little Diodotus said with great hatred: "Don't you invaders from far away only use such despicable and shameless means?

Let me out if you can, and I'll fight you to the death. "

After hearing what Little Diodotus said, Zhao Kuo laughed.

"Young people, if you push the time back another 10 years, maybe I will really agree to your request, but unfortunately, as an emperor, what I pursue is to conquer the greatest with the least loss. soil of.

So let’s die, and be your captive. In the future, you will have the opportunity to witness with your own eyes how I defeated all the most powerful troops in your empire. "

After saying this, Zhao Kuo waved his hand and asked others to take this little Diodotus down.

After the little Diodotus was taken down, Zhao Kuo looked at the old man and the man with a duck voice and smiled.

"You two have done a good job. Your next task is to help us appease the hearts of the people in this city. Remember my words. Anyone who resists will be killed, but as long as they are willing to surrender, they will be safe. .”

This is also the final policy adopted by Zhao Kuo after careful consideration.

When fighting against alien races, kindness is an option, but the most important thing is to show your muscles. Only when you let all alien races know that they are really unable to fight, can they accept your rule wholeheartedly.

The two nobles were naturally apprehensive, and nodded respectfully in response.

Just when they were about to leave, Zhao Kuo suddenly stopped them again, and said a word to them with a smile.

"I know you don't know the language of the Great Han Kingdom now, but I hope you can learn it as soon as possible, because language and characters are necessary to be officials of our Great Han Kingdom."

After hearing Zhao Kuo's request, the two men not only didn't have any worries, but were overjoyed. They knelt down and kowtowed to Zhao Kuo before leaving.

Zhao Kuo looked at the backs of the two noble men leaving, and then looked up at the city of Baktra in front of him.

Historically, this city was actually the capital of the Kingdom of Bactria, also known as the Kingdom of Great Xia in Chinese history, or the Kingdom of Tocharo.

But now everything is over, from now on this is the territory of the Great Han Kingdom.

It will become part of the "everything" of Chinese people!

Chapter 1225 The Seleucid Empire With Internal and External Troubles

The army of the Seleucid Empire has been gathering non-stop, and there is a tense atmosphere everywhere in the city of Antioch.

The new emperor Antiochus III sat on the throne, looked at the many governors in front of him, and spoke with obvious dissatisfaction.

"Everyone, our speed of gathering troops is really too slow! If this continues, until the whole of Persia is occupied by the Han Dynasty, I'm afraid we still won't be able to start from Antioch City!"

The two core areas ruled by the Seleucid Empire are Mesopotamia and Persia. Persia is usually regarded as the best line of defense against attacks from the east due to its location on the plateau. It is no wonder that Antioch III So anxious to get angry.

But the emperor's anger belongs to anger, and the courtiers also have reasons.

The governor of Persia said helplessly: "Your Majesty, there have been a lot of rebellions in Persia for some reason recently, which has greatly affected the speed of our troop assembly.

Although we have accelerated as much as possible, it is really difficult to get rid of their influence for a while. "

What the Governor of Persia said is also true. In the Seleucid Empire, many rebels suddenly appeared during this period. They were either under the banner of the Great Prince or under the banner of the previous emperor Antioch II The banner, in short, is not to recognize the current emperor Antiochus III.

After the governor of Persia finished speaking, the other governors spoke one after another, and what they said was basically the same as that of the governor of Persia.

After listening to what these governors said, the young Antiochus III frowned.

If it was in normal times, these so-called rebellions would not be taken seriously by Antiochus III at all. As long as a few troops were dispatched to suppress them, the so-called rebellions would not be a problem.

But the problem is that these rebellions just happened to be stuck at the time when the Han Kingdom attacked the Seleucid Empire. At this time, Antiochus III had to devote all his attention to resisting the Han Kingdom, and he had no way to deal with these rebellions. up.

After a moment of silence, Antiochus III gritted his teeth and said: "Continue to send orders to various places, ignore those small-scale rebellions for now, and concentrate on gathering troops.

Also, we can't wait any longer for our troops in Antioch City, we will set off in three days, and gather our troops while heading east! "

Antiochus III realized that this time the war was different from the previous wars that were fully prepared before going out. Whether the Seleucid Empire was willing or unwilling, they had to fight against the big man in this passive situation. country to fight.

Time is ticking!Three days later, Antiochus III set off with a force of troops.

For the Seleucid Empire, many people have realized that this war is a war that affects the life and death of the Seleucid Empire.

But could the Seleucid Empire win?

At least at this time, no one can come up with a definite answer.

However, what Antiochus III never imagined was that his troubles did not stop there.

After advancing all the way for half a month, Antiochus III's troops had arrived at the city of Ecbatana, which was also a stronghold of the Seleucid Empire on the west side of Central Asia.

It was also here that Antiochus III got the news that not only the Eastern Governor-General, but even the Parthian Governor-General had basically fallen.

"So fast?"

Even though he had already been mentally prepared, Antiochus III couldn't help being surprised.

The Parthian Governor's District is actually the southern part of Central Asia. This area has deserts and is rich in fine horses. It is a Governor's District with relatively strong combat effectiveness in the Seleucid Empire.

But such a governor's district was actually conquered by the Han Kingdom in just half a month, which undoubtedly put an extremely strong psychological pressure on Antiochus III.

The bad news didn't end there.

A little later that day, the news came again, but this time it did not come from the Han Kingdom in the East, but from the West.

"Your Majesty is bad. Taking advantage of the emptiness after our army's departure, the Ptolemaic Dynasty has already launched an attack on our western border."

After hearing these words, Antiochus III's expression changed drastically.

The Ptolemaic dynasty was located in Egypt, which was very close to the core area ruled by the Seleucid Empire.