Before Eumenes left Babylonia, Antigonus, who was still in the Viceroyalty of Mesopotamia, received a letter for help from Seleucus and Pesson, and immediately entered Babylon with his army at full speed, trying to catch him before Eumenes approached the royal treasury of Susa. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info However, he was still one step late. Soon after, he heard the news of the alliance between Eumenes and the Governor of the East. Antigonus decided to slow down, bringing in more reinforcements from Asia Minor, while his new allies, Peezon, the governor of the Medes, and Seleucus, the governor of Babylon, provided him with some troops. However, there was one more thing that worried him more than the coalition forces of Eumenes.

In the palace of Babylon, in a palatial palace, an old man who was over the age of sixties, with gray hair but in good spirits, was sitting on the throne and worried. The mind is constantly spinning, thinking about everything that has been experienced and what has happened......

When Antigonus, who basically unified Anatolia, was satisfied, there was only one barely breathing Eumenes in front of him who was still fighting against him, he was like an unbeatable Xiaoqiang, after unexpectedly escaping from Nora Fortress, he actually got the support of the Silver Shield Soldiers, and now he even became the "Great General of the East", taking his original position, and was recognized by the princes of the East, which made him indignant.

But this was not what he feared most, but what frustrated him the most was that he would face a great obstacle to his unification of the world, Alexander IV, a man who had dealt a major blow to his ambitions of domination, for Alexander was about to become his enemy, and his nominally master, the king of the Macedonian Empire, might become his nightmare. Antigonus was a brave man, as he had proven when he followed Alexander the Great in his conquests of the north and south, and he was also a faithful and capable general, but after the death of the Emperor the Great, he was degenerate, and his ambition was inflated, and he wanted to own his own territory and even create a great feat like Alexander the Great. Among the Diadochi, Antigonus did the best, but now that Alexander IV, the son of the Great, and the king of the Macedonian Empire supported by many generals, Antigonus had a contradiction in his heart for the first time, not how much he was spurned by the act of rebelling against his master, but that he had lost a step in the righteousness of resisting the king, and with the power of the eastern provinces gathered by Eumenes, his own power no longer seemed so powerful. Originally, the attack on Eumenes was at best a contest between the Diadochi, but the king clearly supported Eumenes and had already acted against himself, so it was no longer just Eumenes who was facing him. Flinch? I don't have such a bag; Offensive? Victory or defeat is still unknown. But even if he gave up the decisive battle with Eumenes now, I am afraid that the king would not let him go. The arrow had to be sent on the string, and the only way to do it was to give it a go.

Although he struggled inwardly for a while, he quickly made up his mind with perseverance and determination. At this time, a young man came outside the door.

"Father, according to the spies, Alexander's army has already moved north, and if they are allowed to enter Cilicia or advance east to Mesopotamia, it will cut off our logistical supply lines, and even cause a disadvantageous situation of flanking from the front and rear, but let Amisus lead his army south before you, at least temporarily block Alexander's army." The young Dmitry was heroic, young but wise and courageous, and had the air of a father, and the father and son always fought together on the battlefield, just like Philip II and Alexander the Great in those days, invincible on the battlefield.

"Do you think Amisus alone will be able to hold back Alexander's army?"

"Of course I can't stop them, but maybe I can delay them for a while."

"Alas, my fear is not so much Alexander's march into Cilicia, but eastward attack from our rear. For now, the only way to do this is to make a quick decision, quickly solve Eumenes, integrate his troops, and then there will be no need to fear Alexander. Antigonus said his decision, but then his face showed mixed emotions, and he said sadly: "I didn't expect that I would be the enemy of the king's army. In the past, he only existed as a tool in the hands of the Diadochi, and did not actually participate in any political affairs, so I naturally had nothing to care about, but now he is the king's own conquest. Perhaps seven years ago I could have been glad that such a great emperor had such a wise son, but now I have nothing but sorrow. When ambition swells to a certain extent, all ethics, morality, courtesy, righteousness, and shame have to be left behind. ”…,

"Father, at this time today, nothing can be changed, and this throne on which you sit, do you want to give it to someone else? No, that's what you've worked so hard for decades, can you still succumb to a child and live a terrified life? Never again, you don't have to contradict each other. All of us are ready and waiting for your command. ”

"Well, you have Seleucus, Pesson, Nicanor, Evagoras, Philotas and others come and discuss what to do."

"Yes." Dmitry replied with great pleasure that it was because he knew that his father was a father after all, and that he was still so resolute and resolute that he would not let his ambitions go to waste for the sake of fame.

After Dmitry had gone, Antigonus went to the window and looked into the distance, at the rich and magnificent city of Babylon, and he gazed at the beauty for a long time, completely intoxicated. He thought that Alexander the Great had stood here and looked out the window, but the feng shui took turns, the era of Alexander the Great had passed, and now it was his Antigonus's world, and he wanted to open up a new era, and what he was better than Alexander was that he had an adult heir who was as good as him, just like Philip II, which Alexander the Great did not have when he died young. Therefore, Antigonus believed that his dynasty would be well passed on and not like the Ajdian dynasty. In fact, Antigonus was right, and in history he had not only an outstanding son, but also an excellent grandson, Antigonus II, the founder of the future Antigonus dynasty of Macedonia.

In the council hall, everyone was silent, waiting for the alliance leader Antigonus to speak, but Antigonus sat leisurely, without any desire to speak, everyone look at me and I look at you, and they don't know what to say. Finally, it was the young Dmitry who took the lead and said: "Generals, I think everyone already knows that General Polybecon and the Queen Mother have already captured Tyre and are preparing to go north, I don't know what everyone thinks about this. ”

"To be precise, the king must have led his army to capture Tyre. The king and Eumenes are all the way, and it is clear that we have now become the king's enemy, and we can only go all the way to the end, and there is no other way out, are you ready to give up your hard-won glory and wealth? Pei Song looked at the crowd and continued: "Even if we surrender to that little king now, then we will get nothing and nothing good, and what awaits us will either die or lose power forever, so we must unite and fight our king to the end." Pei Song said in a low voice, this was originally something that everyone was entangled in their hearts, and when Pei Song said this, everyone's face was hot. Although it is an indisputable fact, when I really face it, I feel a little pimple in my heart. Even Antigonus seemed a little uncomfortable, he didn't expect Pei Song to be so brazen, and he couldn't help but be a little more vigilant in his heart. But overall, Pei Song's words reminded everyone and united everyone.

And the most helpless is Niacas, as the Greek with the highest status during the lifetime of Alexander the Great, he was very angry about this kind of blatant clamor against the emperor's son, but he had already become one of them, and the thought that he who originally wanted to live in seclusion was instigated by Antigonus for the sake of Balchin's mother and son, and his heart ached. But after the heartache, the thought that his nephew Hercules would be the only one to have the inheritance of the Macedonian Empire made his heart a little moved. Therefore, angels and demons are often only in one thought.

At this time, Seleucus sat expressionless, but many thoughts kept coming to his mind, the death of Alexander the Great had plunged the empire into extreme chaos, and as a companion who had grown up, he loved his king deeply. However, man is powerless in the face of fate, and because of Pei Song's instigation and his ambition, he is involved in the whirlpool of various conspiracies step by step. If it is excusable to say that he participated in the murder of the regent Padica, then now he has to face the only king of the Macedonian Empire (the other king, Aridaus, that is, Philip III, who has been executed by Olympias) Alexander IV, if he wants to fight again, then he will not be forgiven, I am afraid that even his wife Apama will feel that she is too much, after all, he is not Peison, not so ambitious and unscrupulous. …,

However, no one could see through Seleucus's mind, and everyone had their own little calculations, but among the generals present were either loyal to Antigonus or were already full of desire for power and could not extricate themselves, they were afraid of losing, afraid that everything they had would be gone in an instant, and they all thought that now they had to tie themselves firmly to the carriage of Antigonus and go all the way to the end, because without him, they could not be saved at all, and the king would not let them go. Who knows, the more afraid you are of losing, the easier it is to lose......

Everyone was speculating about Antigonus's thoughts, and Antigonus was also observing the attitudes of the people, but at this time, the expressions of the generals were recorded by a person they did not expect, he was the historian Hilonimus, who was Antigonus's staff at this time, and occasionally made a cameo appearance as a diplomat.

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Neakas: A Greek, naval commander, he was once one of the top five important figures around Alexander the Great, but after Alexander's death, he lost power due to his origins and support for Hercules as king, and he retired from history.

Silonimus: Like Eumenes, he was also a native of Cadia and served as Eumenes, Antigonus, Dmitry, Antigonus? Gonatas (Antigonus II) was a member of the staff and wrote a history of the post-Alexandrian era.