Hermias was a prominent Macedonian nobleman, young, only 22 years old, highly educated and well-trained. He was a member of the Emperor's Virginity Camp. Later, because of his strong family background and his own excellent talents, he was transferred to the Far Eastern Theater to serve in the military. Two years later, he was directly promoted to the rank of general of the Saudi Auxiliary Corps.

He was able to rise in a straight line, and the most important internal reason was money. More than half of the establishment of the Saudi mission was funded and sponsored by his family. Later, he became the governor of the city of Altassar.

The troops are well raised in Saudi City, and they already have the strength of the main battle corps. Therefore, the prefect of the theater of operations, Brick, assigned them the military task of capturing Fraspa and regaining control of the province of Atropatne. This is the stronghold that the Macedonians were once forced to abandon. Now the time is ripe for recapture.

Hermias gladly accepted the task. Finally a chance to perform.

Garrison of Fraspa was still the Parthian Matrakshana. It served as an outpost of the capital city of Asyas, the gateway to Parthia. The defenders were less than two thousand.

Hermias led his troops straight into Atropat, wiped out a reconnaissance party, and found no other Parthian troops. However, he did not go to the siege of Fraspa easily. Instead, he guarded the Arras River, defending himself against danger and detecting the enemy. After confirming that everything was correct, he began to besiege Fraspa and prepare for the siege.

At this time, the economic situation in Parthia was even worse and the politics were in turmoil. The old king was deceased, and the two heirs competed for the throne against each other, dividing the country into North and South Parthia. The army was weakened.

Trakshana appealed to the north and south for help, but no one heeded. In the end, the northern regime only sent a group of reinforcements, a thousand troops, but it was not enough to relieve the siege.

Hermias attacked the city as scheduled, and Trakshana defended it with all his might. On either side of the rudimentary Fraspamu fence, Macedonia fought to the death with Parthian soldiers. The Parthian archers were in the bars, and they shot with their bows; The Macedonian archers were outside the city, and the fire was suppressed. The wall-breaking team braved arrows to approach the wooden fence.

After a fierce firefight, all the archers were killed, and the Macedonian pikemen entered the city. Traxia's cavalry blocked the streets into the city, with dozens of ironclad cavalry behind him. The brave Parthian generals did not use attacks, and waited for the pikemen and infantry to form a phalanx before attacking like a wind and slaughtering into the spear forest. The ironclad cavalry split the phalanx.

The excellent full-body iron armor allows them to easily resist the killing of the platoon guns. To penetrate the first phalanx, simply break through head-on, pierce the front chest of the infantry with the iron cavalry spear, and slash the enemy with a mace in the middle of the formation. The phalanx, however, seemed to be passively responding. Traxana was completely fearless, using the remaining impact to make it to the second phalanx.

The halted cavalry immediately halved the threat, and the phalanx infantry surrounded the enemy and grappled them. Iron cavalry continued to fall, and infantry suffered more casualties.

The eastern infantry rushed up to reinforce and was held back by the phalanx behind. In the end, the Parthian general Trakshana was outnumbered and killed in the chaos.

The Macedonian soldiers took advantage of the situation to destroy the remnants and take the city.

When the people of Pontus faced a desperate situation, the methods they used began to become extreme. Terrorists were carried out in various cities of Asia Minor, they created rumors, caused disturbances, sabotage and arson, causing a certain panic. The bazaars of Sardis and Ankara were burned down; Ten Pontus spies or assassins were executed in the city of Masaka; One general and two high-ranking officers had been confronted by the Assassins, but none of them were successful. These did not have much impact on the war.

General Gela's guards identified the assassin and executed him on the spot; The two officers, on the other hand, were outstanding in their own martial arts and fought back against the assassins. The high level of security in the city is better, and it is difficult for the Assassins to attack. However, after this series of events, Aristackler ordered an intensification of anti-infiltration activities, sending Hawkeye and military-hired assassins to strengthen security.

For a time, the stable rear became a bloody gladiatorial arena, and the assassin spies engaged in a brutal and cold-blooded battle of wits and courage. The lives of the people here were also affected, and many people in the city were arrested in Tarsus on suspicion of a rebellion plot. Two large-scale purges were carried out, and many of them were ordinary people.

Ankara, Sardis, and Pergamon all had several spies and saboteurs, real or fake, killed.

Floods in Lower Germania caused damage to the Badawi military camp, shops and other buildings, and farmland was damaged, with few casualties. Local Rumors: Alarming Rise in Water Levels... No one can stop the flood of the gods' wrath. Truth be told, at this time, the Germanic forests of Europe were full of rebels and bandits, and the state should not be able to take care of it, and the security forces sent were far slower than the bandits committed crimes.

The Norman Kingdom of England, as the direct government, should have lowered taxes on the Lower Germanic regions in order to speed up recovery and reduce the burden on the people. But the hard-hearted Hanover not only did not receive any assistance, but still demanded to pay taxes as it had been.

Middle East

Apalos finally led his army into the interior of Asia, but a river of Orantis crossed them, and it became the ideal moat for Antioch. The bridge over the river leads directly to the city gates. The vanguard of the Eastern Crusade encountered problems at its first stop. Pergamon's decision was rational: leave Antioch to Apalos to conquer, and the rest of the troops will be organized into the main force to make a detour through Crow Syria to seize the territory and cities deep in Pontus. A small number of defenders are stationed in Tarsus.

At this time, the Templar Legion divided into three directions, advancing in the direction of Petra, Perz, and Jerusalem.

The current situation is that there is only one gateway to Antioch in Pontus that can be temporarily invaded, and there is no danger to defend other places.

Macedonia attacked the major cities of Pontus from both north and south. Leave them no respite at all.

King Mithridas III of Pontus was exhausted, but stubbornly resisted. He himself declared that he would defend the city of Antioch to the death.

Mira III was annoyed by his general's abandonment of the front-line city of Tarsus, and when Aspugus withdrew his troops to the city, the king ordered that the door should not be opened. Aspropus and Hingis looked at each other and had to accept reality. The leader of the army stood in front of the city of Antioch and garrisoned the bridge.

When the Macedonian army came to attack, Hingis asked the king to help him defeat the enemy vanguard with good terrain. However, the angry Mira III did not respond positively, neither refusing the request nor agreeing to send troops. All they said was that they should do their duty, because the king himself would fight to the death in Antioch.

Behind him is the gate of the country, this kind of scene seems familiar, isn't that the scene where Pondu chased and beat Seleucus in the past? At this moment, Aspgus they had no choice. But the master behind him, who had worked so far, had abandoned them first. It chilled the soldiers.