After Greece joined the League, the Kingdom of Macedonia had a more stable environment in the east. The situation in which Hondu was the dominant family in Asia Minor was reversed in an instant, and the powerful Macedonia announced an alliance with Seleucus, and Greece defected to the opposing camp. At this time, the cunning king of Pontus was trying to make a truce with Seleucus. Antioch's political marriage was immediate, with unexpected results.

This time it was the turn of the King of Pontus, who was anxious. The formation of the Hellenistic alliance camp made Pontus's originally solid and stable rear territory become stormy and dangerous. Although Ponticus's only enemy was Seleucus, within a few days it had two more allies. Although Macedonia and Greece have been ambiguous and have not taken any military action, the threat is ever-present.

Pontus occupies more than half of the territory in Asia Minor. Greece occupies the western coastal regions of Phrygia and Lysia. Now that the allies had defected, Sardis was in the middle of the Greeks' trapping. At the same time, Greece threatens them from behind.

Macedonia is so powerful that I'm afraid the king of Pontus has heard of it for a long time. Now that Macedonia was supporting Seleucus, it was too much for Bendu to cope. Because Macedonia annexed the land of Scythia, the Bosphorus and Meotis of Scythia were across the sea from Pontus. If they did send troops to help Seleucus, it was likely that they would cross the Sea of Euxaine from Chenissos and Tanes, directly threatening the safety of Sinoin, an important city in Pontus. At that time, it may be necessary to divide the army at the same time to fight against the Greeks in the west and the Seleucids in Silesia in the south, and it will be dangerous to do so.

Moreover, during the period of the struggle for the Seleucid land, Pontus was at odds with its neighbor Armenia. The two sides, both countries on the southeastern coast of the Eukesain Sea, have not only quarreled over the division of sea areas and fishing grounds, but also fought over the narrow strip of land along the coast over the determination of the boundary between the mainland and Armenia's Kolchis. These are still the border frictions that have always been tolerated, but the two countries have completely broken up in order to fight for the Assyrian region.

Assyria was secretly promised to Armenia by Egypt as a condition for joining the war. However, the people of Pontus did not know the truth, and the king sent an army through the valley of Cappadocia to prepare for a surprise attack on the city of Hatla, where Seleucid was empty at the time. As a result, the Pontic army left the valley and entered the Armenian territory, where they met the Armenian army. The two armies clashed, and a standoff ensued outside the city of Hatla, where they camped for a month. During this time, dozens of skirmishes and tentative battles took place.

Later, Egypt stepped forward to arbitrate the matter as the leader of the coalition forces. The hypocritical Egyptians, who appeased all sides under the slogan of restoring internal unity, always turned out to favor the Armenians, which caused discontent among the Ponticians. The Egyptian pharaoh simply came forward strongly: if Ben did not obey the verdict, he would oppose the coalition and engage in internal division. Egypt will defend the interests of its friends and punish those who rebel.

Pontus was forced to obey the verdict and withdrew his troops from Assyria. Seeing that the fat in his mouth was given to others, the king of Pontus hated the Egyptians. Since then, Pontus has effectively withdrawn from the coalition camp and has become the main force of the Northern Anti-Race on his own. After Armenia gained Assyria, they got their wish, and in order to prevent Pontic retaliation, they also withdrew from the coalition forces. But the seeds of war were sown on both sides.

Pontus was on the brink of war with Egypt, and the direct cause was naturally the Egyptians' interference in their seizure of Assyria. What about the underlying triggers? It is the general outbreak of contradictions between the two countries. Seleucus fell, and Egypt and Pontus became the most powerful powers in the East. The focus of their attention was on the question of hegemony in the East.

At present, the people of Pontus dominate several wealthy cities in the Near East, all of which are concentrated on the land of Asia Minor, and the national strategy is shallow. At this time, they looked around, and there was no one with them anymore, they were all enemies or potential enemies. The treacherous King of Pontus was frightened and hurriedly begged for an end to the Seleucid Wars. It's time to restore the domestic economy and replenish the national strength. He also learned the Seleucid way and gave one of his many daughters to Antiochus as a sign of friendship and sincerity.

Although Antiochus hated the Ponticians, it was the Pontics who killed his second son during the Battle of Silesia not long ago. But with Seleucus's current strength, one less strong enemy can keep Seleucus's hopes of keeping the country by half.

Moreover, Antiochus saw that the princess of Pontus was young and beautiful, and the temptation of youth and immaturity. He gladly accepted the king's offer and took him as a concubine. The king talked about Gueras all day long, saying that he was a womanizer who could not walk when he saw a woman, but that he himself was not very good.

The king of Pontus was scheming, and in his opinion, it was not enough to make peace with the Seleucids, and he also wanted the friendship of the Seleucids. To this end, he spared no expense in gifting Antioch a large amount of gold coins. This was a relief to the Seleucid kings, whose finances were squeezing. In fact, these are only a small part of the countless riches that Pontic plundered in the first place.

Pontus wanted to rely on Seleucus and then use the power of the Hellenistic alliance to contend with its old enemies, Egypt and Armenia.

Macedonia has gained a thick shield in the southeast, and strife in the Middle East will not disturb Macedonia itself. Gueras was very pleased with this, and he spoke highly of his peace and pro-diplomacy. Once again, he brought solid peace to Macedonia. Oonos does not seek merit but no fault, and silently ponders his own affairs. What "private affairs" did he have?

For him, the military affairs of the kingdom were his private affairs. It was said that it was a private matter, because some things were openly opposed by the king, but he had to deal with things in disguise for the sake of the country's strength. Macedonia has always maintained a good friendship with Carthage. As early as the time of Antigones, it was decided to unite with Carthage and work together to contain and deal with Greece and Rome. The two sides have maintained good economic and trade relations for many years, and although they have no military ties, they can be called allies in the economic and trade fields. It is also due to the fact that the two sides do not have too many common economic interests and are irrelevant to each other.

Later, Macedonia defeated the Greeks and Romans one after another, which virtually relieved the pressure on Carthage. Rome had lost control of the Mediterranean and was active only in northern Italy. On the other side of the sea, the Carthaginians on the southern shore unscrupulously expanded their sphere of influence and trade. Now that Macedonia is gradually assimilating into Mediterranean life, they also feel the greed and rudeness of these Carthaginian merchants.

After settling the affairs of the East, Oonos focused his attention on Western interests.