The Egyptian pharaoh decided to use force directly against Seleucus!

This current hegemon has stood in the way of them, as if to say:

"If you want to develop, you have to pass this hurdle." The pharaohs of Egypt were well aware of this.

Now that the situation has developed to this point, it is necessary to replace the old Seleucid hegemony by establishing Egypt's own new hegemony in a drastic way.

Pharaoh Heckham was a very strategic man, and he did one thing before he attacked.

That was the anti-Seleucid alliance he painstakingly ran for decades. On the surface, they were just trading contacts, but a tacit understanding was slowly formed in their interactions with each other.

The earliest social circles were only Egypt and Parthia. As I said before, Parthia is a poor country on the sidelines, and they can afford to fight because there is nothing to lose.

Later, the Parthians pulled into the neighboring mountain country of Armenia. The three countries gradually formed an iron triangle relationship. At this point, Heckham felt the time was right.

Egypt suddenly went to war against Seleucus.

Pharaoh decisively attacked the large city of central Seleucid, Damascus. This incident opened the real prelude to the struggle for hegemony in the East.

Soon after Egypt and Seleucus went to war, Parthia and Armenia declared war on Seleucus.

Parthia launched an offensive on the plains of Mesopotamia and laid siege to the city of Seleucia; Armenia sent troops to block Seleucid reinforcements and rob trade convoys on the roads. Pontus and the Greeks took advantage of the war in the Near East and joined forces to attack Seleucid cities in Asia Minor.

A spark can start a prairie fire. What's more, at this time, a raging flame has formed and swooped up.

The Seleucid behemoth was attacked on all sides and was besieged by the surrounding countries. At this moment, their strong army seems to be overstretched, and things do not care about each other.

This long-planned plan became a reality with the active promotion of the Egyptians. The Egyptians watched as they wished, and things were going in the direction they had hoped. Egypt has always been the organizer and main force in the struggle against hegemony, but they themselves may have other plans.

After all, he was once from the same lineage, and Antigone had been following the news of Seleucus. His judgment of the Seleucid dilemma is:

Rational use of the depth of the territory to delay the enemy, and then find a breakthrough direction to concentrate the attack, may be able to turn the situation around.

Now when it comes to the East, it feels too far away from the Macedonian kingdom. However, the changes that took place in Western Europe were closely related to the Kingdom of Macedonia.

Rome suffered heavy losses in the war against Macedonia, with the Brutus family nearly collapsing and Scipio becoming the last crossbow. Only the Julius family in the north survived, and in order to defend Rome, they abandoned the favorable situation of further expansion to the north and turned to peace and negotiations with the Gauls and Dacians. In this way, the barbarians in the north attacked more brazenly and frequently.

Gaul deployed more forces to the Germans, and the allies Britain gained an initial advantage over the Germans in the north.

Dacia finally freed up their hands and deployed their army to the Macedonian border, ready to move.

Dacia is adjacent to Germany, and the two countries have always maintained traditional friendly relations. The Germanic tribes and tribes are numerous and vast, but they have not yet formed a unified state, but they jointly defend against the enemy in the form of tribal alliances. Of course, their opponents, Gaul and Britain, were in a similar situation.

The Germanic people attached great importance to cavalry, their cavalry was great, and there were a large number of pikemen in the infantry. This pikemen can also form a phalanx, which is effective against cavalry. However, their spear phalanx was poorly trained, and their battle formations were relatively stiff, not comparable to the infantry phalanxes of Greece and Macedonia.

On the other hand, the Germanic opponents, the Gallic warriors fought bravely, and the individual combat effectiveness on the battlefield was very prominent, but they lacked team strength. The Gallic army was mediocre. Although there are a large number of them, the actual combat effectiveness is average.

Thus, the Germanic people did not care how many Gauls came, and their main adversary was Britain.

The indigenous people of Britain live mainly on the island of Great Britain and own a plot of land in northwestern France.

Britain lacked equestrian skills and therefore no cavalry. It was the chariots that accompanied the infantry movements. In the history of human warfare, chariots were used earlier than cavalry. (Cavalry requires equestrian)

In those days the chariot was a common effective combat unit, drawn by two horses, and the speed was faster. It is divided into bow and arrow chariots and heavy chariots. As the name suggests, the members of the chariot shoot with bows and arrows, while the heavy chariot is mainly used as a breakthrough force. If used correctly, the chariot could restrain the cavalry.

When Britain used a chariot to attack the flank of a Germanic pikeman, it often had a good effect. But the front of the phalanx of pikes is a complete chariot. Even if they are attacked from behind, the phalanx infantry can deal with the chariot if they move faster. It's a bit more difficult on the side because you have to rotate the formation.

The infantry on both sides is not bad, and the elite infantry of Britain is hoplite, with good protection, and they all have excellent swordsmanship.

However, the Germans had elite archery infantry, with no missing arrows, strong penetration, and could also fight in close combat. And Britain had no foot archers.

Generally speaking, the situation in Western Europe is constantly at war, but the borders of the various camps have not changed much.

The Iberian Peninsula is located in southwestern Europe, and the Pyrenees act like a high wall separating it from Western Europe.

There are three types of inhabitants living here: Spaniards, Carthaginians, and Gauls. Unlike the complex strife of Western Europe, the inhabitants of this place live a secluded life without any quarrel with the world. Although there are three powers, they are able to live in peace with each other. The stable life lasted for a long time.

Until Carthage began to implement a policy of colonial expansion.

Spain is a coastal country with three sides of the sea. It is also a mountainous country with undulating mountains, rugged roads and poor traffic conditions.

Interestingly, the Spaniards have a strong sense of identity with their own people, and the regions are closely connected and united.

They basically got rid of the ignorant primitive tribal society and moved towards the state system.

Carthage has two cities on the Spanish peninsula, one is Córdoba and the other is called New Carthage.

Two coastal cities. It was the first seafaring adventure of the Carthaginians to be founded in Spain by themselves.

New Carthage is an excellent port with a good location on the west coast of the Mediterranean. The Carthaginians named it New Carthage, which shows the importance attached to the city.

Since Carthaginian policy became radical, their trade and diplomatic actions were aggressive, which caused discontent among the Spaniards.

The opposing actions of each other have made the situation tense.

However, in the face of it, the Spaniards did not want to go to war with the Carthaginians yet. Because Rome expanded more violently, and the appetite was much greater. The Roman Scipio family not only went to war with the Carthaginians in Sicily, but also fought at sea with Spain. A Spanish army had landed on Roman soil, but was wiped out. A Roman expeditionary force was also driven back to the sea.

At the end of the day, Carthage and Spain had a common enemy.