Alexander held a feast at the Persian palace in Sardis, the largest city in Asia Minor, which was not only the capital of Lydia, but also the capital of the Lydian kingdom hundreds of years ago, and was established here during the Persian Empire. In the main hall of the palace, everyone was talking about various things freely.

"What is that secret weapon that Your Majesty said earlier? You haven't told us yet? Garras stirred up the conversation.

"Hehe, in fact, that secret weapon is not a secret weapon to everyone here, even to Lysimachus and Cassander, but for those barbarians—" Alexander looked at everyone's expressions, and then said, "In fact, not only for those barbarians, but for all of Europa, except for the Greeks and Macedonians, this secret weapon is an extremely terrifying existence, because they have not seen it yet." The deterrent effect at first sight is still quite large, and I believe everyone can imagine that kind of shocking scene. ”

"You mean war elephants?" Garrus reacted instantly.

"That's right, isn't it a war elephant?" Oldmouth said: "Except for war elephants, what other weapons can have this effect, not chariots, but fortunately there are 21 of them, and the deterrent power is enough." I think that after the complete defeat of Cassander and Lysimachus, I will have to go back to India to train some elephant soldiers, Your Majesty's goal is so ambitious, this little elephant soldier is not enough, although the role of war elephants is getting smaller and smaller, but for those uncivilized barbarians, it is definitely a god-like existence, and almost the whole north of Europa is in the world of barbarians, and we need to spread Greek culture. ”

"That's right, there are also chariots, I remember that the Britons in the Celts used chariots, and the other barbarians probably haven't seen this thing, in fact, chariots are still more effective against cavalry and non-pikeman infantry, I plan to make good use of the rest of the chariots, in addition to the scythes on both sides, I plan to add two halberders to the chariot." As he spoke, Alexander called for a piece of straw paper and drew it for everyone to see.

"You may not know this halberd, but in the Zhou State in the extreme east, this halberd is a standing weapon for infantry. In fact, the halberd is the most effective to use on the chariot, it can be used not only for assassination, but also for cutting and hooking, it is conceivable that in the moment of staggering with the cavalry, you don't even have to aim, as long as you hold the halberd in front of the opponent, you can pull them off the horse, against the infantry too, and you sit on the chariot, you don't have to worry about the center of gravity is unstable. The length of the general knife is too short, and if it is not realistic to build a knife as long as a halberd, the weight of the knife will be unbearable for ordinary people in the first place. When the battle here is over, it's time for the army to rest for a while, this battle has been fought long enough. Although Peusestas has not yet surrendered, I am not worried about him, but Chandragupta is different, I am afraid that the war on our side is not over, and he will have to make a move on the eastern frontier of the empire, and things are always a lot and continuous. Alexander worried, and it was rare for everyone to see Alexander worried, but they all knew that His Majesty was also worried about this king, who had risen to power for a few years with which they were not very familiar.

"What kind of Chandraguga is afraid of him! When the first emperor arrived in India, this kid was almost cut down by the first emperor without saying anything, and he actually swept North India, and he knew that he should have killed him in the first place, and he would not have the trouble now. But it's not a big deal, when we are internally unified, the first one will go and kill him. When Kassander and Lysimachus were destroyed, I accompanied His Majesty to exterminate Peusestas, and then by the way, I knocked Chandragupta to the point of kowtowing and surrendering, and if he did not submit, I cut off his dog's head. Ares said lewdly.

"In the future, I don't plan to make this chariot in large quantities, I always feel that this thing is flashy and easy to be cracked by the enemy, and it is necessary to fight a few halberds. As for Chandragupta, do you think he is just a tribal leader? Alexander said with a smile.

"Yes! How can it be as light as you say, I heard that Chandragupta has developed very rapidly and has unified most of North India, do you know how far away his capital city is from here? At least 20,000 stadia away. Odysmos said.

"20,000 Statia? What is this concept? Ares meditated.

"Forget it, let's solve the matter in front of us, put aside the affairs of India, not only India in the future, but also go to the farthest east of Alexandria, more than 17,000 Stadia, to take a mysterious country - Zhou, that country is as big as our Macedonia, and the strength is strong, but that country is somewhat similar to us, there are many princes, and they are constantly fighting each other, and the royal family is weaker than before me, and it is not able to unify at all. Among them, seven princes were quite powerful, and they could easily mobilize hundreds of thousands of people to fight each other. ”

"A single prince can pull hundreds of thousands of people to fight, so isn't their population huge?"

"Of course, although the Zhou royal family has declined, the population and military strength of the Zhou State are still very strong overall, and their land area is nearly one-third smaller than ours, but we in Macedonia now have about 20 million people, and their population has reached 30 million, which is the most populous country in the world."

"Wow! This country is constantly fighting, and there are still so many people, so the living conditions of the people in this country must be very good, right? Otherwise, how could you be so born! Cretos was surprised.

"Well, the land is still very fertile overall, but India is not bad. The whole of India is half the size of our Macedonian Empire, but the population is even larger than ours, reaching 25 million. Therefore, Chandragupta has a great war potential, and it will be troublesome if he is allowed to unify India, but I think he will definitely go to war against me if he can't wait to unify India, after all, the climate and topographical conditions in southern India are too harsh, and the unification of India will not be achieved overnight. However, although the conditions are harsh, the resources are abundant, especially the climate there is very suitable for growing food, so in the future, after defeating Chandragupta, I will turn India into the granary of the Macedonian Empire. Of course, there are many other treasures that we don't know about. Alexander smiled as he thought of the spices of the South Indies and the gems of Ceylon, which were definitely great treasures, especially spices, which were enough to change the way people lived.

"Hearing you say that, it's a shame that we didn't continue to fight back then." Oldmouth said with a sigh.

"If I hadn't heard that there was another powerful country in the east with hundreds of thousands of troops, I might have fought it at that time, hundreds of thousands of troops! And it's in their place, how to fight? ”

"That's to scare you, at that time, the Magadha Nanda Dynasty said that there were 200,000, but even if there were so many, it would not be a big deal, their army composition is different from ours, just imagine how strong the militia force can be even if it is 200,000! In addition to the good war elephants and longbows, their weapons, armor, and military literacy are too far behind us, otherwise how could a small number of nobles gathered in Chandragupta defeat the Nanda Dynasty so easily, in just three years, Chandragupta ascended from a broken nobleman to the throne of the king. Alexander said dismissively.

"So, this kid really has a hand! At that time, almost everyone didn't take him seriously, and he was almost killed because of his words, and now it seems that it was a mistake not to kill him back then. According to his level, it will not be easy for us to eliminate him in the future! "Eumenes was very sorry.

"I estimate that by the time I go over to fight him or he comes to fight me, I will have at least 200,000 troops, or even 300,000." Alexander said that it is said that Chandragupta once formed a huge army with 600,000 infantry, 30,000 cavalry, and 9,000 elephants, and most of the records at that time were exaggerated.

"No, how many troops do we need to fight him?" Docamos exclaimed.

"At least 100,000, maybe more, and they need to be all elites, they must have an unimaginable number of war elephants." Antignis estimated.

"If we only need 100,000 people, then we can still get together, but if all the elites are transferred, then I'm afraid we will have to gather more than half of the empire's troops, so won't there be no soldiers to guard other places?"

"So when we get rid of Lysimachus and Cassander, we must recuperate for a few years, and we must not go to war immediately, and if Chandragupta wants to trouble us, even if we give him some sweetness first. But if Ptolemy occupies such an important grain-producing region in Egypt, is His Majesty prepared to deal with him? Patrocles, who had not spoken, said suddenly.

Alexander smiled and said: "Ptolemy depends on his attitude, if he doesn't know what to do, then I can only send troops to Egypt, if he can take the initiative to serve it would be the best, he was also a good assistant to his father back then, but his ambition was too great, and half of the Babylonian partition agreement was due to him." After speaking, Alexander glanced at several veterans present, Antizhenis and Oldmouth both lowered their heads, these two are not only governors, but also have done things in the next place, and the case record is not very good! Even Polybocon's expression was not very natural, but he was a little better, because he was the first prince to support Alexander, and he was a veteran of the regent, so he had a special status.

Then Alexander added: "But not everyone is as ambitious as he is, bent on claiming hegemony and dividing the empire. First of all, the old general Polybebones was the first to respond to the king's call, and the great general Eumenes was concerned about the safety of the royal family of Ajid from beginning to end, and General Antizhenis received the order of General Polybecon and did not hesitate to go to support General Eumenes, and finally General Eudemus, who was far away in India, also came to help with a war elephant army. It can be said that the fact that I am here today is inseparable from the wholehearted support that you have always given me. Here, I would like to toast a few people today. With that, Alexander picked up a glass of wine and drank it in one gulp. Since Alexander almost never drank alcohol, many people did not react at once. Several veterans saw that Alexander thought of their good and praised them to their faces, and their hearts were extremely warm. Polybocon's inner displeasure after being assigned disappeared without a trace, and Eumenes was sincerely pleased with the wisdom of this king, and even Antigianis's sense of identification with Alexander became stronger and stronger, and many schemings and ambitions in his heart also fell to the lowest point, and he suddenly had the same feeling as when he fought with Alexander the Great more than ten years ago. Even the always very dark Thotamos had to admire Alexander's maneuvering methods, after all, he was like this at this age, and he didn't know what would happen in the future.

"This second drink I would like to salute the soldiers of the Empire stationed everywhere, it is they who guard our borders and rear day and night, so that we can leave everything behind to deal with our enemies. Dry! ”

"And this third cup is for those soldiers who sacrificed for the empire, it is their blood that has made Macedonia strong, and their spirit will live forever in our hearts." After saying that, Alexander drank the third cup, and after the third cup, the young Alexander's face began to flush, but he was not drunk, and he looked forward to a battle with Cassander, a battle with Ptolemy, and a battle with Chandragupta, and sweep them all into the dustbin of history.

Alexander held a feast at the Persian palace in Sardis, the largest city in Asia Minor, which was not only the capital of Lydia, but also the capital of the Lydian kingdom hundreds of years ago, and was established here during the Persian Empire.

"What is that secret weapon that Your Majesty said earlier? You haven't told us yet? Garras stirred up the conversation.

"Hehe, in fact, that secret weapon is not a secret weapon to everyone here, even to Lysimachus and Cassander, but for those barbarians—" Alexander looked at everyone's expressions, and then said, "In fact, not only for those barbarians, but for all of Europa, except for the Greeks and Macedonians, this secret weapon is an extremely terrifying existence, because they have not seen it yet." The deterrent effect at first sight is still quite large, and I believe everyone can imagine that kind of shocking scene. ”

"You mean war elephants?" Garrus reacted instantly.

"That's right, isn't it a war elephant?" Oldmouth said: "Except for war elephants, what other weapons can have this effect, not chariots, but fortunately there are 21 of them, and the deterrent power is enough." I think that after the complete defeat of Cassander and Lysimachus, I will have to go back to India to train some elephant soldiers, Your Majesty's goal is so ambitious, this little elephant soldier is not enough, although the role of war elephants is getting smaller and smaller, but for those uncivilized barbarians, it is definitely a god-like existence, and almost the whole north of Europa is in the world of barbarians, and we need to spread Greek culture. ”

"That's right, there are also chariots, I remember that the Britons in the Celts used chariots, and the other barbarians probably haven't seen this thing, in fact, chariots are still more effective against cavalry and non-pikeman infantry, I plan to make good use of the rest of the chariots, in addition to the scythes on both sides, I plan to add two halberders to the chariot." As he spoke, Alexander called for a piece of straw paper and drew it for everyone to see.

"You may not know this halberd, but in the Zhou State in the extreme east, this halberd is a standing weapon for infantry. In fact, the halberd is the most effective to use on the chariot, it can be used not only for assassination, but also for cutting and hooking, it is conceivable that in the moment of staggering with the cavalry, you don't even have to aim, as long as you hold the halberd in front of the opponent, you can pull them off the horse, against the infantry too, and you sit on the chariot, you don't have to worry about the center of gravity is unstable. The length of the general knife is too short, and if it is not realistic to build a knife as long as a halberd, the weight of the knife will be unbearable for ordinary people in the first place. When the battle here is over, it's time for the army to rest for a while, this battle has been fought long enough. Although Peusestas has not yet surrendered, I am not worried about him, but Chandragupta is different, I am afraid that the war on our side is not over, and he will have to make a move on the eastern frontier of the empire, and things are always a lot and continuous. Alexander worried, and it was rare for everyone to see Alexander worried, but they all knew that His Majesty was also worried about this king, who had risen to power for a few years with which they were not very familiar.

"What kind of Chandraguga is afraid of him! When the first emperor arrived in India, this kid was almost cut down by the first emperor without saying anything, and he actually swept North India, and he knew that he should have killed him in the first place, and he would not have the trouble now. But it's not a big deal, when we are internally unified, the first one will go and kill him. When Kassander and Lysimachus were destroyed, I accompanied His Majesty to exterminate Peusestas, and then by the way, I knocked Chandragupta to the point of kowtowing and surrendering, and if he did not submit, I cut off his dog's head. Ares said lewdly.

"In the future, I don't plan to make this chariot in large quantities, I always feel that this thing is flashy and easy to be cracked by the enemy, and it is necessary to fight a few halberds. As for Chandragupta, do you think he is just a tribal leader? Alexander said with a smile.

"Yes! How can it be as light as you say, I heard that Chandragupta has developed very rapidly and has unified most of North India, do you know how far away his capital city is from here? At least 20,000 stadia away. Odysmos said.

"20,000 Statia? What is this concept? Ares meditated.

"Forget it, let's solve the matter in front of us, put aside the affairs of India, not only India in the future, but also go to the farthest east of Alexandria, more than 17,000 Stadia, to take a mysterious country - Zhou, that country is as big as our Macedonia, and the strength is strong, but that country is somewhat similar to us, there are many princes, and they are constantly fighting each other, and the royal family is weaker than before me, and it is not able to unify at all. Among them, seven princes were quite powerful, and they could easily mobilize hundreds of thousands of people to fight each other. ”

"A single prince can pull hundreds of thousands of people to fight, so isn't their population huge?"

"Of course, although the Zhou royal family has declined, the population and military strength of the Zhou State are still very strong overall, and their land area is nearly one-third smaller than ours, but we in Macedonia now have about 20 million people, and their population has reached 30 million, which is the most populous country in the world."

"Wow! This country is constantly fighting, and there are still so many people, so the living conditions of the people in this country must be very good, right? Otherwise, how could you be so born! Cretos was surprised.

"Well, the land is still very fertile overall, but India is not bad. The whole of India is half the size of our Macedonian Empire, but the population is even larger than ours, reaching 25 million. Therefore, Chandragupta has a great war potential, and it will be troublesome if he is allowed to unify India, but I think he will definitely go to war against me if he can't wait to unify India, after all, the climate and topographical conditions in southern India are too harsh, and the unification of India will not be achieved overnight. However, although the conditions are harsh, the resources are abundant, especially the climate there is very suitable for growing food, so in the future, after defeating Chandragupta, I will turn India into the granary of the Macedonian Empire. Of course, there are many other treasures that we don't know about. Alexander smiled as he thought of the spices of the South Indies and the gems of Ceylon, which were definitely great treasures, especially spices, which were enough to change the way people lived.

"Hearing you say that, it's a shame that we didn't continue to fight back then." Oldmouth said with a sigh.

"If I hadn't heard that there was another powerful country in the east with hundreds of thousands of troops, I might have fought it at that time, hundreds of thousands of troops! And it's in their place, how to fight? ”

"That's to scare you, at that time, the Magadha Nanda Dynasty said that there were 200,000, but even if there were so many, it would not be a big deal, their army composition is different from ours, just imagine how strong the militia force can be even if it is 200,000! In addition to the good war elephants and longbows, their weapons, armor, and military literacy are too far behind us, otherwise how could a small number of nobles gathered in Chandragupta defeat the Nanda Dynasty so easily, in just three years, Chandragupta ascended from a broken nobleman to the throne of the king. Alexander said dismissively.

"So, this kid really has a hand! At that time, almost everyone didn't take him seriously, and he was almost killed because of his words, and now it seems that it was a mistake not to kill him back then. According to his level, it will not be easy for us to eliminate him in the future! "Eumenes was very sorry.

"I estimate that by the time I go over to fight him or he comes to fight me, I will have at least 200,000 troops, or even 300,000." Alexander said that it is said that Chandragupta once formed a huge army with 600,000 infantry, 30,000 cavalry, and 9,000 elephants, and most of the records at that time were exaggerated.

"No, how many troops do we need to fight him?" Docamos exclaimed.

"At least 100,000, maybe more, and they need to be all elites, they must have an unimaginable number of war elephants." Antignis estimated.

"If we only need 100,000 people, then we can still get together, but if all the elites are transferred, then I'm afraid we will have to gather more than half of the empire's troops, so won't there be no soldiers to guard other places?"

"So when we get rid of Lysimachus and Cassander, we must recuperate for a few years, and we must not go to war immediately, and if Chandragupta wants to trouble us, even if we give him some sweetness first. But if Ptolemy occupies such an important grain-producing region in Egypt, is His Majesty prepared to deal with him? Patrocles, who had not spoken, said suddenly.

Alexander smiled and said: "Ptolemy depends on his attitude, if he doesn't know what to do, then I can only send troops to Egypt, if he can take the initiative to serve it would be the best, he was also a good assistant to his father back then, but his ambition was too great, and half of the Babylonian partition agreement was due to him." After speaking, Alexander glanced at several veterans present, Antizhenis and Oldmouth both lowered their heads, these two are not only governors, but also have done things in the next place, and the case record is not very good! Even Polybocon's expression was not very natural, but he was a little better, because he was the first prince to support Alexander, and he was a veteran of the regent, so he had a special status.

Then Alexander added: "But not everyone is as ambitious as he is, bent on claiming hegemony and dividing the empire. First of all, the old general Polybebones was the first to respond to the king's call, and the great general Eumenes was concerned about the safety of the royal family of Ajid from beginning to end, and General Antizhenis received the order of General Polybecon and did not hesitate to go to support General Eumenes, and finally General Eudemus, who was far away in India, also came to help with a war elephant army. It can be said that the fact that I am here today is inseparable from the wholehearted support that you have always given me. Here, I would like to toast a few people today. With that, Alexander picked up a glass of wine and drank it in one gulp. Since Alexander almost never drank alcohol, many people did not react at once. Several veterans saw that Alexander thought of their good and praised them to their faces, and their hearts were extremely warm. Polybocon's inner displeasure after being assigned disappeared without a trace, and Eumenes was sincerely pleased with the wisdom of this king, and even Antigianis's sense of identification with Alexander became stronger and stronger, and many schemings and ambitions in his heart also fell to the lowest point, and he suddenly had the same feeling as when he fought with Alexander the Great more than ten years ago. Even the always very dark Thotamos had to admire Alexander's maneuvering methods, after all, he was like this at this age, and he didn't know what would happen in the future.

"This second drink I would like to salute the soldiers of the Empire stationed everywhere, it is they who guard our borders and rear day and night, so that we can leave everything behind to deal with our enemies. Dry! ”

"And this third cup is for those soldiers who sacrificed for the empire, it is their blood that has made Macedonia strong, and their spirit will live forever in our hearts." After saying that, Alexander drank the third cup, and after the third cup, the young Alexander's face began to flush, but he was not drunk, and he looked forward to a battle with Cassander, a battle with Ptolemy, and a battle with Chandragupta, and sweep them all into the dustbin of history.