Chapter 61: The Meeting

Ever since receiving a letter from Alexander IV, Eumenes has been thinking about how to unite the power of the East for the king. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 Info Previously, he had only temporarily stabilized the viceroy of India, Audmus, the elamite governor, Antijanis, the Bactria and Sogdiana governors, the Persian governors, Peusestas, the Kalmaniya Teleboles, the Dragiana and Aria governors, the Stasandr, and the Arajosia and Gederosian governors, Sybiltius, among others. But few of these satraps were determined to follow Eumenes, and the only ones who followed Eumenes from beginning to end were Phoenix, also Greek, and Phanacabazos, who had deceased. However, Alexander's grandfather, Oak Xiates, was an exception, and he was personally leading troops to support.

One day in late spring, the Royal Palace of Susa.

"What, the Queen Mother and the King have arrived in Phoenicia?"

"Yes, the king has captured Tyre and is preparing to use it as a base to fight Antigonus in the north."

"That's great! Antigonus had already conquered almost all of Anatolia, his army had now reached Babylon, and a new great war was about to be triggered, the outcome of which was still uncertain, and the king's northern expedition to attack Antigonus's rear would surely turn the tide of the whole of Asia. "Eumenes is particularly happy today, because His Majesty, to whom he has always been allegiant, can be so good, when he first received the letter from Alexander IV, Alexander had just begun to set out, and he did not expect to receive the king's envoy in a few months, and he would come to his aid at the most critical time, and the feeling in his heart is beyond words.

"By the way, the king's grandfather is also about to come to help with his troops."

"Oh! That was great, and I think His Majesty must have been very keen to see his grandfather. By the way, His Majesty has sent Raometon to the kingdom of Atrobatus to persuade Atrobatus to send troops to help and recognize the independence of his kingdom, but it is still unknown whether he will send troops. ”

"Laomedon? He's by His Majesty's side, huh? ”

"That's right! His Majesty sent me to Pisidia to rescue him, along with Attalus, Polemon, and Docamos. ”

"It's amazing! There are a few more veterans around the king at once, and they have been rescued by the king, and they must be loyal to the death in the future, and your credit is not small! ”

"Where, this is what I should do, there are some young generals around Your Majesty, but most of them have not experienced any big scenes, while Atalus and General Dokhamos have rich combat experience, and Laomodon is well-informed and familiar with local customs and languages, and will be Your Majesty's right-hand man in the future."

"Hehe, I think when the Babylonian partition agreement was signed, the king had not yet been born, and he was just an infant child when the Terry Palladisus partition agreement was signed, but now he is already a genius boy, and he is a genius king, and there is hope for the revival of the Macedonian Empire!" With that, Eumenes walked to the balcony of the palace and looked into the distance, his eyes full of hope, and there were no more worries of the past.

Amintas watched Eumenes silently, knowing that the man in front of him had done his best for the Macedonian Empire, relying on his intellect to maneuver among the many Diadochi. Although it was very difficult, he did not hesitate. This made Amintas feel great reverence.

"His Majesty's wisdom and sagacity were far beyond all imagination, and he not only defeated the combined fleet of Cassander and Antigonus, but also captured the new city of Tyre overnight. You know what a magnificent city it was, but His Majesty did it, and the next day he forced the old city to surrender without blood. Of course, the most clever thing is that he completely controls the Macedonian army, you must know that many of them are the generals of the empire, especially Polybocon, the regent of the former general, nearly half of the army is his, but now the soldiers only listen to the king's orders, and General Polybocon has also been appointed commander of the navy, and will stay away from the army system for a long time in the future. However, His Majesty is not ungrateful, he also has his considerations, because the military expenditure occupied by the navy is too high, and after the invasion of Asia, they are almost useless, but His Majesty has assigned them new tasks, mainly responsible for the escort of merchant ships and the raid on the coastal areas of Antigonus and Cassander, and even participate in the commercial activities of the Thiel Chamber of Commerce. Amyntas said with a grin, immensely proud of the king's prowess. …,

"I didn't expect His Majesty to have such a high level of wisdom at the age of 7, I'm really ashamed! Even the first emperor, he was not so smart at this age. O Emperor! Eumenes has not disgraced you, your son has not disgraced you, God bless my Macedonian Empire, and the rebuilding of the Macedonian Empire is just around the corner! Rao was also impressed by the brilliant man of Eumenes, and finally shouted even more heroically. This is the second time he has shouted so loudly, just as when Antigones asked Eumenes to recognize his superiority first in the conversation at Nora Castle, the proud Asian said to the Macedonian: "As long as I can wield a sword, I will not treat anyone as superior." Eventually, Antigonus finally sent his nephew Ptolemy into the city as a hostage, so Eumenes went out of the city to meet Antigonus.

"General, Your Majesty has instructed me to convey to you that you must try to avoid a decisive battle with Antigonus in the short term, and wait for an opportunity to fight a decisive battle after Your Majesty cuts off Antigonus's supplies and sends reinforcements to reinforce it, and you can adopt an active defensive strategy before the odds of victory are obvious. This is the twelve-character guideline that Your Majesty asked me to give you. After speaking, Amintas took out a piece of paper, on which was written "The enemy advances and I retreat, the enemy is stationed and disturbs me, and the enemy retreats and I chase." This was supposed to be a guerrilla warfare strategy to defeat the enemy, but it was borrowed to instruct Eumenes to act, and Eumenes looked at it, said three wonderful words in a row, and put away the note.

"Please tell Your Majesty that I will act according to his established strategy, please rest assured."

"Well, but there is one more thing Your Majesty asked me to remind you of, that is, to pay attention to those governors, their loyalty is still unknown, in short, it will not be ideal, especially the deputy commander of the Silver Shield team, Thotamos, this person is two-faced, cunning, and has long been in contact with Antigonus, you must pay special attention to prevent him from defecting at a critical moment, remember to remember."

Amintas's words made Eumenes fall into deep thought, he was not ignorant of the virtues of Thotamos, but because he had to rely on the powerful Silver Shield, and he was the deputy commander of the Silver Shield, so he had not taken any action. After all, if he was attacked, then Antijanis, the commander of the Silver Shields, would definitely have an idea, after all, Antignis is not a good stubble, otherwise he would not have joined forces with Pesson and Seleucus to murder Paddicka because of the defeat in the battle of Padica. Thinking of this, Eumenes smiled wryly, perhaps only after meeting with the king could he handle the matter properly.