The Tribaly, the Geta, and the Illyrians all fought against the Macedonians, especially the Tribaly and the Geta, who united against Macedonia after Philip's death, but were defeated by Alexander. Farther to the northwest and northeast were the Celts and the Scythians, who were widely distributed, fighting between the Scythians and Macedonians in Asia, but in Europe these Scythians had no contact with Macedonia. The Celts have always been scattered, and the tribes are constantly attacking each other or competing with the Germanic people going south, but Alexander the Great once signed an alliance with the Celts, but to this day I am afraid that no one cares about the so-called alliance, the covenant is only used to tear up.

Philip and Philaetarus were the first to go to the kingdom of Odelicia, where they met with King Seuthes III. In 323 BCE, he fought a great war with Lysimachus, but after the defeat of Theodes III, Lysimachus married the princess of the Odeician kingdom, so their relationship was not bad. Although Lysimachus's prestige was not as high as that of the later reign of King Thrace, the battle-hardened veteran was a figure that would be feared by the barbarians of the north. Because of his affinity, Theodes III agreed to Lysimachus' request and sent 8,000 troops to help in the war.

Geta, although Lysimachus often fights with the Getas now, he thinks that the Getas are easy to win over, because the Getas are warlike, although they are not adjacent to Lysimachus's ruling area, but they are not once or twice, but with the attraction of land, the Getas are still likely to be co-opted. Moreover, because of their proximity to the Scythians and their long-term residence in the plains, the Getas are better at riding and archery, so they are better helpers. The result pleased Philateros, and the Gaita readily agreed to send 3,000 cavalry and 5,000 infantry to help in the battle. With the exception of the Scythians, the peoples of central and northern Europe were basically infantry, and only the Scythians living in the steppes of Eastern Europe and the Serbs in northern Central Asia were mainly cavalry.

Then they went west to the settlements of the Tribalys, hoping to get the support of the Tribalytes on the same terms, but since several of the tribal leaders of the Tribaly did not agree, for they had a large number of tribes in Alexander's ranks, and were suspicious of the intentions of Philateros, the Tribaly lived in the north of Macedonia, and the Macedonians had three days to reach Navissos from Pella. In the end, Philip and Philaeandros managed only a few reinforcements totaling 3,000 men.

The Illyrians lived in the mountains far to the west, and it was too far to walk, so they did not go, but went to the Dacian settlement on the north bank of the Easte River, where there were already many Macedonian colonies, but because they were enclaves, Macedonia did not pay much attention here, but since almost all the northern barbarians needed goods from Greece and Macedonia, these places were occasionally attacked, but they still survived with difficulty. The Dacia region has gold mines that everyone envies, so many nobles can afford to buy a lot of luxury goods from Greece. On the contrary, the level of civilization is a little higher than that of the Gethas and Tribalys, because they are closer to Greek culture. Of course, their armies were also relatively well equipped, as there were also abundant iron mines on the western side of the Transylvanian plateau. The current Dacia is tribal, and it was not until 70 BC that Brebista unified the whole of Dacia. When Philateros told the Dacians of his intentions and promised a good reward, about a third of the tribes of the Dacians agreed to the request to send troops. In this way, Lysimachos has another 6,000 men.

In this way, the northern barbarians sent a total of 25,000 troops, Lysimachus mobilized 17,000 troops, and Cassander sent 28,000 troops, and agreed to attack Alexander's army together. This time the coalition is still huge, but the military strength is not as good as before, less than half of the elite of the Lisimachus and Cassan German army, most of them are newly recruited soldiers, and they can't be compared with the tens of thousands of people in Antigonus in the battle of Issus, and the 25,000 combat effectiveness of the barbarians is not bad, but the composition is too complicated, it is difficult to control, and it is even more difficult to unify the command. But in any case, this is a huge force, and if it is assembled, it will be an absolutely terrifying existence in Europe at that time.

However, the actions of the allied forces of various tribes were uneven, and many tribes clashed with the tribes along the way, which led to a big fight, causing chaos throughout Thrace and Dacia, which really gave Philip and Philaetarus a good headache.

At this time, at the governor's palace in Sarddis, Alexander met with Polybecon and Alexander, and convened a royal council to discuss with his generals how to attack Cassander and Lysimachus.

"Your Majesty, I think we will land directly in Byzantium, arrange the battlefield in Thrace as much as possible, so that the war does not spread to Macedonia, and then defeat Lisimachus and Cassander." Polybucon suggested.

"Then it depends on whether the other party concentrates first, but even if they concentrate their forces, they will definitely not be our opponents." Antignis said confidently.

"I don't think they're going to sit still, they're certainly no match for us with the strength they have now, but the Greeks don't support Cassander as much as they used to be. Now even the situation in Athens is very chaotic, the lower class of the Athenian people and the democrats are already very dissatisfied with Dmitry of Falerum, he is not only a puppet rule under the support of Cassander, but also luxurious by nature, spending even more on meals, banquets and love than all the kings, even if the king's army is not there, as long as he dares to support Cassander, I am afraid that the Athenian masses will not let him go. The Spartans have now submitted to us, the Aetolians are still hiding in the mountains and licking their wounds, and the Paeonia are near, but judging by their relationship with the Macedonian royal family of Ajid, if they knew that the Macedonian king was coming, they would definitely not help it. At best, I think he will mobilize some troops from Fokia and Thessaly, which are closer to Macedonia. "Nyakas carefully analyzed Cassander's current situation.

"And how many people does he estimate he can mobilize now?" Ares scratched his head and looked at the king's new favorite, who had just been freed.

"It's hard to say, we have to send a lot of spies to get information before we send troops." Silonimus said.

"I'll leave this to you, Amintas." Alexander patted Amintas on the back and said.

"I think maybe they will attract some barbarians this time, after all, in this time of life and death, in order to defeat us, it doesn't matter how much it costs them, then there are so many barbarians in the vast land of the north, they won't not take advantage of it, right?" Eumenes analyzed.

"That's right! If those barbarians are brought over, then things will be different, so many tribes, there are always those who are willing to send troops, and it may be possible to gather twenty or thirty thousand people when the time comes! Gretas worried.

"What are you afraid of, those barbarians have no discipline at all, it's okay to fight with the wind, and when there are any bad signs, they will only run, what use can they end." Ares said dismissively.

"You're right, and I have a secret weapon against the barbarians, and then their numerical superiority will be negated." Alexander said with a smile.

"What a secret weapon, why don't I know?" Cretos asked.

"Hehe, let's talk about my strategy first." Alexander pointed to the map and said: "I plan to arrange a force of about 6,000 men to be stationed on the island of Lemnos first, according to the deployment of Cassand, and then arrange it at that time, if Pela is empty, then go straight to the capital, and if heavy troops are deployed, then assemble with the large army." And the army I am going to arrange a landing in Byzantium, to surround Lysimachus as quickly as possible, if Lysimachus is trapped in the lonely city, it is just what I want, then we will besiege but not attack, but ambush those reinforcements, this is called encirclement and reinforcements, and when all his reinforcements are killed, then the destruction of Lysimachus is a matter of time, and then turn around to deal with Cassander and the other repulsed reinforcements, this result is the most labor-saving. If Lysimachus is not prepared to defend the city, then we will pursue him all the way, and it is best to destroy him before his reinforcements arrive, if not, then we will simply turn the spearhead and attack the reinforcements first, but this requires great skill, not to let Lysimachus see our intentions and quickly annihilate the reinforcements without being flanked from front and back. The worst thing is that they have already met before our army arrives, which will be troublesome, but it does not necessarily have to be a battle, we can still try to break their morale, divide them, or attack them by other means, such as attacking their capitals, burning their grain and grass, bribing the weak-willed in their camps, and dividing the relations between several forces. At this time, it is their turn to rush to find us for a decisive battle, otherwise they will probably not be able to support it, and then the initiative to choose the battlefield will be in our hands. Of course, if the other party's strength is not good, maybe we don't need to spend so much thought. It's just that after the Battle of Issus, I don't want the same thing to happen to me again. Alexander finished his plans in one breath.

"I didn't expect Your Majesty to think so thoughtfully, and have already calculated all the possible situations, it seems that this time the coalition is in a catastrophe, hahahahaha!" Ares laughed loudly, and everyone in the room agreed.

"Then what are you waiting for, let's go, I can't wait!" Cretos said eagerly.

"Don't worry, the commander of this Einsatzgruppen hasn't been appointed yet."

"Then leave it to the old black."

"Aren't you afraid that there will be no fight?"

"Uh-it seems to be, maybe those grandsons don't fight, and then the war is over, then I won't have anything to do, no, no, absolutely not." Cretos thought about it and refused to do it again.

"Look at you, you're more anxious than me, I'm following Your Majesty anyway, I'll go wherever he goes." Ares teased.

"Patrocles!" Alexander suddenly shouted solemnly.

"In!"

"I'll leave the 6,000 people to you. I will send someone to contact you at any time, I believe that you will receive my messages every day, and when the time comes, wherever it is, quickly kill and deal a fatal blow to the enemy. Alexander simply gave a series of orders.

"Yes!" Patrocles didn't expect that so many of his cronies, Alexander, would not choose him but him, which was a great trust in him, and he couldn't help but be moved.

"Do you know why you were chosen?"

"This is Your Majesty's care for your subordinates, both to train me and trust me, and I will never live up to Your Majesty's expectations."

"The reason why you are allowed to lead the army, one is that your reputation is not obvious, the other is that you are calmer in trouble, over time, you must be a general, I am more assured that you are in charge, and at the same time, I do want to exercise you, the sword is sharpened from the sharpening, and the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold, do you understand?"

"My subordinates understand!"

"Your Majesty is too philosophical, and this way of speaking doesn't seem to have been taught by Teacher Theophrastus, right?" Epicurus said.

"Hehe, what I said is also true! Needless to say, the banquet is almost ready, let's go to the banquet. Alexander didn't know what to say to him, so he had to talk to him.