Back to the Warring States Period as Zhao Kuo

In the letter, Zhao Kuo claimed that the Roman Republic was an out-and-out invader, and that the Han Kingdom had now destroyed Seleucus, and was willing to resist Roman aggression together with the Carthaginians.

The hometown of the Carthaginians is the Phoenicians, and the hometown of the Phoenicians is the Antioch city under the rule of Zhao Kuo today. From this perspective, it is reasonable for Zhao Kuo to support the Carthaginians.

As for the second letter, it was written to Greece. In the letter, Zhao Kuo spoke very harshly, claiming that he was a friend of Alexander the Great and was invited to quell the rebellion.

Rebels like Antigonus must be wiped out, and Alexander's heirs must regain the throne of God, otherwise Zhao Kuo will lead an army to wipe out all disobedient people.

Although the contents of these two letters are different, the meaning inside is the same, which is to make these places more lively.

Judging from the time, the Carthaginians at this time should be defeated by the Romans soon. Perhaps this letter from Zhao Kuo can make them delay a little longer.

As for Greece, the glory of Athens and Sparta has long gone, and now Greece is nothing more than a confederation of small waste countries. To cause some chaos internally, it would be best if the two countries could fight each other.

The reason for doing this is also very simple.

On the second day after the letter was sent out, Li Mu, Sima Shang, Xiang Yan, and Wang Jian gathered in the city of Antioch.

These four generals have calmed down the situation in various parts of Seleucus in the past six months, and it is relatively rare to be able to meet each other.

Zhao Kuo cut to the chase: "You all go back and prepare for it. In the spring of next year, I will continue to attack the Antigonid Empire and the Ptolemaic Dynasty."

Today's Ptolemaic dynasty controls the entire Egypt, Jordan and Jerusalem areas. As long as this place is destroyed, the next step will be to go all the way west along the Mediterranean coast and take Carthage.

As for the Antigonian Empire, this country quietly expanded its power to the entire Asia Minor peninsula when Seleucus fell, which is all the territory of modern Turkey in later generations. What Zhao Kuo needs to do is to destroy Antigonus, so that It can further cross the Bosphorus in the future and officially attack the Balkan Peninsula in southern Europe.

After Li Mu listened, he hesitated immediately: "Your Majesty, isn't our progress too fast?"

For Li Mu, after all, he is one of the three prime ministers of the Great Han Kingdom. After working with the two prime ministers Xu Li and Pang Nuan for so long, he has more or less developed a vision for the overall situation.

What Li Mu was worried about was that if he attacked Antigonus and Ptolemy too quickly, the strength of the Han Kingdom might be stretched, and it would be inconvenient to control the newly conquered land.

Zhao Kuo smiled when he heard this, "It's okay.

I have sent an order to return to the country. By next year, [-] new soldiers and horses will come here, and they will bring many immigrants and officials. At that time, our control over the Seleucid region will not only not weaken, but will get stronger.

As for Antigonus and Ptolemy, these two countries are now under our noses. If we don't go to them, they will actually come to trouble us.

Since that's the case, it's better for us to take the initiative. "

Zhao Kuo's words quickly convinced the four generals present.

For these four generals, they actually prefer to fight, after all, it means more credit!Seeing that everyone had no objections, Zhao Kuo made an arrangement with a smile: "Li Mu, next year you will take Sima Shang to attack the Antigonian Empire in the north.

Wang Jian, follow me south to attack the Ptolemaic Dynasty.

Xiang Yan, when the time comes, you will sit in Antioch, in case there is any internal rebellion.

If all goes well, we will be able to formally return to court next spring! "

After hearing Zhao Kuo's words, the four generals present also showed smiles on their faces, and said in unison: "Obey!"

Chapter 1233 Zhao Kuo went south to Ptolemy and shocked

The winter passed like this.

For Zhao Kuo, the winter in Antioch City is actually better than that in Imperial Capital City, which is why the Mediterranean climate area often becomes a modern holiday resort for Europeans.

However, Zhao Kuo still misses the life in the imperial capital. Without him, the main reason is that the three wives are not around and it is not that no one has offered beauties to Zhao Kuo, but Zhao Kuo has no interest in these women.

It is really not in line with aesthetics.

Many people subconsciously think of blondes when they hear Western girls, but in fact, there are indeed blonde beauties, but they have nothing to do with Macedonian or Greek races.

Those who are truly blond and blue-eyed are mainly East Slavs and Nordics, that is, Russia, Belarus, Poland, Sweden, Finland and Norway. The Han Kingdom has not expanded to those places yet.

Women like West Asia, although they also have some Aryan blood, but overall, they are not too tall.

The most important thing is that Zhao Kuo has been busy analyzing intelligence and planning the next war during this time, and he has no mind to think about these things.

For a modern person, having three wives is actually a relatively satisfying thing.

If you really meet that kind of beautiful woman next, Zhao Kuo certainly doesn't mind accepting it, but if not, Zhao Kuo actually doesn't care.

I am the emperor of the Han Kingdom, the most powerful man in the world, so when looking for a woman, of course I would rather be short than excessive!This winter is also a test for the Han Dynasty's rule in the old land of Seleucid. After all, we all know that winter is a place where it is difficult to mobilize large troops, so many rebel forces will plan to launch a real rebellion at this time.

Fortunately, Zhao Kuo had already made preparations for this, and the garrisons everywhere were also ready. Several rebellions came as expected, and they were suppressed immediately without any accident.

Every rebellion will inevitably bring about a large number of deaths. Anyone related to the rebellion will end up being degraded as a slave and sent to the Central Plains at best. Others will face death.

Although Zhao Kuo is a benevolent emperor, this kind of kindness is for those who are willing to surrender to Zhao Kuo. It is another matter when these guys dare to make trouble after surrendering to Zhao Kuo.

"This state cannot last for too long. We must speed up the pace of building order."

This is Zhao Kuo's judgment, which is actually very clear.

At present, the order of the Great Han Kingdom is actually maintained by a large number of garrisons, but the Great Han Kingdom cannot maintain this large-scale garrison for a long time, and the 20 troops will eventually return to the court.

Therefore, what must be established is an order that allows officials and the people to support each other, that is, the order in the Central Plains of the Han Kingdom, so that the financial pressure of the Han Kingdom can be greatly reduced.

Zhao Kuo predicts that it will take about three to five years to completely stabilize the ruling order of the Han Kingdom here. During this period, there will be at least 30 garrisons stationed here. Ryugu, as well as Antigonus and Ptolemy, who were about to be conquered.

On the earth now, there are actually relatively few civilizations. Except for these few, there are only Carthage and the Roman Republic in the west, and the Maurya Dynasty in the South Asian subcontinent, so Zhao Kuo can safely and boldly station a large number of troops, and There is no need to worry about the country.

This is also the advantage of the early age. If it is 1000 years later, there will be various countries on the Eurasian continent, which will be more troublesome.

After the arrival of spring, Zhao Kuo ordered all the soldiers and horses.

The 20 soldiers and horses had to be divided into two groups, and at the same time, they had to take care of the garrisons in various places. Therefore, this time Zhao Kuo only led a servant army composed of [-] musketeers and [-] slaves and captives to the south. Li Mu's army going north was also the same. troops.

Regarding this troop strength, Li Mu has no opinion at all, and even thinks it can be less: "Your Majesty, if you bring 3 troops, I will bring [-] people."

This request was naturally rejected by Zhao Kuo: "Don't talk nonsense, just take down the Asia Minor peninsula of Antigonus. In terms of commanding the level of war, I am better than you!"

Li Mu had no choice but to go north with [-] troops.

Zhao Kuo continued to go south.

Marching along the Mediterranean Sea is actually a very pleasant thing. After all, there is no industrial pollution in this era. The whole beach is very beautiful, which is a real gift from nature.

Whenever the army camps, Zhao Kuo likes to stand by the beach for a while, watching the vast sea.

When you face the incomparably vast sea, even a person like Zhao Kuo, who is destined to be hailed as "one emperor through the ages" in the history books, can't help but feel a sense of his own insignificance.

Zhao Kuo sighed, and said to Wang Jian who was beside him, "The sea is a place worthy of awe. If one day you become proud and complacent, come and take a look at the sea. It will help you."

Wang Jian responded respectfully, and then said: "Actually, I'm telling you, Your Majesty, I feel that it's okay to be a little proud because of the strength of our Han Kingdom, which is now number one in the world."

Zhao Kuo knew that it was Wang Jian who was comforting him, so he smiled, "I never thought you would be able to flatter me now, and it's so subtle."

Wang Jian looked upright: "To flatter others is of course flattery, but to flatter His Majesty is nothing.

After all, every word I said was the truth, how could telling the truth be flattering? "

Under the sunset on the beach, Zhao Kuo couldn't help laughing out loud.

Zhao Kuo laughed very happily, but the monarchs and ministers of his opponent Ptolemaic Dynasty couldn't laugh at all after they learned the news that the Han army was going south.

The capital of the Ptolemaic Dynasty is called Alexandria, a city with a short history. It was built after Alexander the Great conquered the place decades ago, but after the careful development of the Ptolemaic Dynasty over the years, it It has become the largest city in Egypt.

The current king of the Ptolemaic dynasty is Ptolemy II, an old man with gray hair. If history follows, he will die within a few years. Unfortunately, history has been completely changed now.

Ptolemy II sighed, and said to Arsinoa II beside him: "My queen, what do you think of these enemies from afar?"

The system of the Ptolemaic Dynasty is obviously strange to the Han Dynasty from the East. For example, the queen actually has the title of a king. This Arsinoa II is the queen of Ptolemy II. Sister of Ptolemy II.

Sisters and brothers marry and rule the country together. This is a rule from the time of the pharaohs in ancient Egypt. Although the Ptolemy family was the Macedonian conquerors who followed Alexander the Great, they still followed this rule.

Arsinoa II was once a beautiful woman, but when she aged to this age, any beauty has gone away from her, and she looks like just an old woman who is also aging That's all.

Arsinoa II also sighed, and said: "My king, I just went to the temple two days ago, and the priest told me that we are about to face an unrivaled and powerful enemy.

Perhaps, we should gather all the forces we can and fight these enemies desperately.

Or, we should submit to this emperor, who may be stronger than Alexander the Great, and become his new loyal subjects. "

After hearing this sentence, before Ptolemy II had time to speak, another voice rang out first: "Father, Queen Mother, this must not happen!"

All eyes were on the Eldest Prince, and it was the Eldest Prince who spoke just now.

Ptolemy II frowned, and said with some displeasure: "Son, I'm discussing important matters with your queen mother."

According to the rules, when the king and queen discuss state affairs, other people cannot intervene, and only when the king and queen allow them to speak can they speak.

The eldest prince took a deep breath, saluted each of Ptolemy II and Arsinoa II, and then said: "My son is indeed guilty, but before punishing him, I ask Rong Erchen to say Thoughts in mind."

Arsenoah II sighed, and said slowly: "When a child grows up, he will always have his own ideas, won't he?

Speak, Speak. "

After getting permission from his mother, the eldest prince continued: "I have had some contact with those armies from the east. They have powerful weapons that we can't understand. The Seleucid Empire, which has been fighting against us for many years, is under their hands. It only took less than a year to completely collapse, which is enough to prove their strength."

Ptolemy II frowned and said slowly, "So, do you think we should surrender?"

The eldest prince shook his head: "No, I think we should strive for peace, but at the same time we must also be prepared for war."

Arsenoah II said slowly: "Tell me your reason, child."

The eldest prince said: "The reason is very simple, if we go to war with the Han Kingdom now, our chances of defeating that Emperor's Majesty are very slim.

Therefore, we can propose marriage with him and marry our most beautiful woman to that emperor.

If His Majesty the Emperor agrees, we can have peace. "

Ptolemy II said slowly: "But His Majesty the emperor may not agree, after all, he is very likely to be the same figure as Alexander the Great."

, What kind of character was Alexander the Great?

That is a character who will never stop expanding. If Zeus hadn't called Alexander the Great back to the kingdom of heaven in advance, the whole world would surrender at the feet of Alexander the Great at this moment.

When Alexander the Great was conquering all over the world, the current Ptolemy II was just a baby in his swaddling arms. He never imagined that when he was very old, there would be another one from Ptolemy II. The new emperor of the East entered their territory with the same violent attitude as Alexander the Great.

The eldest prince said: "Yes, if His Majesty the Emperor is the same as Alexander the Great, then he will not give us any hope of peace, so we must make second-hand preparations, that is, gather all The elite navy and army of the Ptolemaic Dynasty fought a desperate fight with His Majesty the Emperor to maintain the rule of our Ptolemaic Dynasty."

After the eldest prince finished speaking, there was silence in the hall.

After a while, Ptolemy II sighed, and said slowly: "It seems that we really have no third choice."

Arsinoa II also nodded and said, "Yes, when a country is weak, it never has too many choices."

Ptolemy II slowly stood up from his seat, looked at the many courtiers in front of him, and said: "Then issue an order, call all warriors and ships capable of fighting, and go to Jerusalem.

If His Majesty the Emperor is unwilling to give us peace, then we will fight them here.

This time, I will personally lead the army, and I hope Zeus and the pharaohs will bless us. "

Arsinoah stood up and gently knocked the scepter in his hand on the ground: "Zeus and Pharaoh will protect us, otherwise, they will lose their most loyal followers in this world."

After hearing these words, the eldest prince's eyes flickered, and his expression was obviously a little disappointed.

In the eyes of the eldest prince, he should be the commander of Ptolemy's army this time, but he did not expect that Ptolemy II would choose to conquer himself at this point in time.

But in any case, the current eldest prince actually has no doubts about his power, because this is a decision jointly made by the king and queen.

If it is placed in the Han Kingdom, it is equivalent to a decision made jointly by the emperor and the three prime ministers, and it is impossible to be disobeyed.

In such an atmosphere, the Ptolemy dynasty began to launch their war machines, and a large number of warriors gathered in the city of Alexandria, and soon set off under the leadership of Ptolemy II.

A full 15 Ptolemaic army, plus a navy composed of [-] large and small ships, this is the number of Ptolemy's army.

This number may not seem large, but in fact, the Ptolemys have relied on such an army in the past few decades to compete with the Seleucid Empire.

Therefore, even the most pessimistic Ptolemy is not completely desperate at this time.

In their view, Seleucid's failure may have been just an accident, and the Ptolemaic dynasty still had hope of being able to fight back.

Then, what the Ptolemys have to do next is to go to Jerusalem, where they will wait for the army of the Han Dynasty and Zhao Kuo, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, for a reply.

Peace, or war?

Chapter 1234 The weak are not worthy of peace

On the second day after Ptolemy's army arrived in Jerusalem, Zhao Kuo also arrived.

Staring at the ancient city in front of him, Zhao Kuo was also quite emotional.

Jerusalem is actually not that big, and the city looks like it can only accommodate 4 to [-] people, which is like a small city in the Han Kingdom.

But in history, this place has become the birthplace and holy place of many religions. I have to say that sometimes when you look at a city, you really can't judge it by its size alone.

However, the two major religions that were born here and spread to the whole world in history, Christianity and Islam, have not yet been born, but Buddhism has become the state religion of the Mauryan Dynasty in India.

This made Zhao Kuo sigh again: "Sure enough, it is good to be born early."

Whether it is Jesus Christ or a prophet, it will be hundreds or even thousands of years later.