The Macedonian heavy cavalry had already surrounded both sides of the city, rushing out of the streets on both sides at the same time, and with the strong pressure of the frontal infantry, the Carthaginian soldiers in the central square could not resist the enemy at all.

The Macedonian siege team fought in one fell swoop and devoured the last of the forces of the city of Neput.

Macedonia declared the occupation of Neput.

The Sith led the Invincible Legion back to the port of Carthage, and the Imperial Brother entrusted him with the management of North Africa. The honorary king was ready to establish a royal palace in the city of Carthage.

The Sith ordered the Aegean Naval Regiment to continue its march eastward to destroy the last remnants of the Carthaginian Republic.

The state of Polype accomplishes this task with ease. When traveling through Tripolitania, there was no Carthaginian army to be found except for the desert and desert. When they reached the center of the city, Veliky Leptis, there was not even a single soldier in sight of the city.

The rebellious royal family of Carthage had weakened, and there were not even soldiers willing to fight for them. The last king of Carthage, Akbar Baecula, was cowered in the city of Great Leh, with only one guard at his disposal. But about eighty people.

The infantry of the Aegean naval regiment entered the city without much difficulty, and the pikemen faced off with Akbar's cavalry guards in the square. The cavalry of Carthage was too weak, and the Macedonian phalanx crushed the opponent. Akbar died in the chaos and did not have any name.

In 204 BC, Carthage fell.

Parmanuel pursued Aquat's army of war elephants, even though by this time the enemy had been reduced to a rebel army. When Aquat learned of the fall of Neput, he kept running.

Once Parmanuel had stabilized the town, he led the First Legion in pursuit of the detachment. Hurrying through the desert with siege engines makes it difficult to catch up with Aquat. But if you don't have a catapult against an elephant, you increase the risk. During this period, Carthage fell, and Parmanuel did not stop, insisting on destroying the war elephant army.

In the end, Parmanuel decided to dismantle the catapult and travel lightly before catching up.

Seeing that he couldn't escape, Aquart simply turned around and fought to the death. At this time, Parmanuel quickened his march.

Aquatt seized the high ground behind him, and the Macedonian cavalry rushed like arrows. The infantry also followed with a brisk run to the high ground.

When the cavalry came into contact, the Macedonian heavy cavalry easily defeated the opposing cavalry and occupied the commanding heights. The infantry followed.

Aquat led his army forward, and Macedonian archers aimed at enemy elephants and fired rockets. Increase the range from high places, and if you get far away, the elephant loses its combat effectiveness and goes crazy.

The phalanx infantry attacked from high to bottom, and the cavalry flanked behind. The combined attack was successful, and the rebels were defeated. Aquat was beheaded by a horse in a rebellion of Macedonian cavalry.

Parmanuel cleaned up the battlefield and led his troops in the direction of Baisasian, preparing to join the Sith king.

At this time, the other honorary king of the Empire, Anaxaxos, was also fighting. He was busy suppressing the rebellion of the Druids in Britain.

After a series of raids and skirmish battles, Anaxaxosos finally captured the leader of the Druid rebellion, Prasutagus. He hanged the bandit on the spot to correct the law. This rebellion killed many soldiers and civilians, but they were all barbarians.

Anak sent only 200 cavalry and 1,000 infantry to wipe out all the rebels. This is the gap between the rebels and the regular forces.

The emperor, who was far away in the Roman palace, was relieved to receive these news, and it seemed that he was still very discerning in employing people and talents.

By working together, the Western world has stabilized. Britain and Carthage, the two most stubborn camps, no longer existed, and the Druids were devastated. Western Europe and North Africa have become Macedonia's reliable rear, and there is no need to worry about this side.

Podarre Rios turned the preparation for the Eastern Front into an all-out strategic eastward shift. He divided the main army into five parts, and three-fifths entered the northern theater of operations, which was divided into the Asia Group Army; Two-fifths remained in Africa, designated as the Southern Theater of Operations, known as the Eastern Mediterranean Army, which threatened the Nile Delta to the east.

The forces allocated to Army Group Asia were quickly transported in both directions to Byzantium and the Greek peninsula.

With such a deployment, Podare Rios formed a north-south pincer offensive. The countries of the East clearly feel the threat of active aggression from the West.

But Podare Rios still didn't think it was enough, and he conceived of creating at least three more assault corps. At that time, it will land from the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea and launch a flank or rear raid. The direction of the raid was mainly Jerusalem, Acre, Damascus. In this way, the process of destroying the enemy will be accelerated.

These were based on the assumption that Emperor Podare Rios had a powerful imaginary enemy of the East, and that this imaginary enemy was Egypt, which had been deeply ingrained in the Antigonus family for generations. Therefore, in order to defeat such a powerful psychological opponent (even to the point of psychological shadows), Podare Rios devoted almost all his national strength to increase his legions and increase his troops. He wanted to beat it.

It was in his time, the period when the empire was at its strongest. The Macedonian emperor was the most capable, and the Macedonian army was invincible. He wanted to win too much, and his desire to conquer was too strong.

The cost of this is the rapid decline of Macedonia's state treasury and the deterioration of its fiscal position. Since the expansion of the army, Macedonia's treasury has shrunk by half, and its finances have been declining every year.

It is important to know that without money the army will be disbanded. No matter how united the troops, no matter how convicted the corps, there is no material basis to shake immediately.

And the stock of salaries that Podare Ríos can issue to his army is approaching the red line.

The emperor was very, very aware of this, and he had two options: one was to declare war and plunder resources; Another option is to cut the troops.

Podare Rios did not hesitate, just waiting for the moment. It takes time for troops to move from west to east.

In 203 BC, Egypt fell.

The news was insignificant to the Macedonians, but it was a surprise to Podare Ríos, which was completely unexpected.

Egypt, the biggest beneficiary of the war for supremacy in the East. Militarily powerful, the pharaohs were all militant warriors.

Why?

Why was Egypt destroyed?

Macedonia knows very little about the intelligence of the East, and the countries of the East do far better than the Western world in terms of intelligence security.

In the East, due to differences in ethnicity, culture, and religious beliefs, it was difficult for Macedonian spies to infiltrate or buy intelligence. This, coupled with the fact that the previous strategic resources were biased towards the West, resulted in a lack of understanding of the countries of the East. Now it is necessary to intensify espionage work, and Podare Rios directly sent "Hawkeye".

The emperor immediately lost interest in Egypt and was even more determined to go eastward.

"Since there is no strong and unified political entity in the East, then I only need to break through each and conquer the city."

The Macedonians are still speculating that perhaps it was their economic and trade war that knocked the Egyptians down.

(End of chapter)