"You have always been steady, but this time you brought more than 15,000 people, and you only brought back 6,000 people, and 5,000 elite friends and infantry all folded in Issus. www.biquge.info I think it won't be long before Alexander will come across the sea, and with the support of Polybeccon's powerful navy, crossing the Aegean Sea is no different from crossing an ordinary river, and we can't stop it at all. Cassander said angrily, looking at Philip who didn't say a word, he didn't have much blame in his heart, he knew his brother's ability, if he wasn't alert, maybe 6,000 people wouldn't be able to bring it back, but anger is anger, which can't be suppressed.

"Big brother, for the sake of now, we only have Unilysimachus and other Greek city-states close to us, even barbarians." Philip suggested.

"Lisimachos you go there in person, I think he won't be so stupid in a crisis, this time the main thing in the past is to talk about how to dispatch the army, deploy the troops, if you can, it is better to win the support of those Thracians. However, it may be difficult to get the support of the Greek city-states, after the battle of Issus, those guys knew that Alexander would definitely fight back to Macedonia, and it was unlikely that they would send any more troops. ”

"Alright, I'll go to Thrace at once."

Thrace's Lysimachus has been on pins and needles for many days, compared to Antigonus, Ptolemy, Cassander, he is the weakest Diadochi, and the battle with the northern barbarians is also more defeated and less victorious, the army has always been stretched, this time the three alliances sent out 8000 people are already ruthless, but I didn't expect the result of the battle of Issus was defeated, Phileteros and Ottolicus only brought back less than 2,000 people, so that he was so angry that he almost vomited blood. He now has less than 13,000 people in total, not to mention Alexander, even if one or two tribes join forces to fight him, he can't bear it.

While he was frowning, Philaeros told Lysimachus that Philip had arrived.

"Your Excellency the Governor, I have come to consult with you on behalf of my brother about defending against the enemy. I don't think I need to say that you also know that Alexander's next stop will be Macedonia and Thrace. Although the Battle of Issus suffered heavy casualties on both sides, Alexander had an innate advantage as king, believing that he could easily swallow up Antigonus's forces. With his current strength and our heavy losses this time, if we don't join forces, we have no chance of winning. Macedonia is now able to put together more than 25,000 people, and it is not at all comparable to the quality of Alexander's army. I wonder how many people you can muster? ”

"Although I don't have as many losses as Cassander, but I have been fighting for many years, and my troops are already insufficient, I'm afraid it's almost enough to barely put together more than 18,000, and those thousands of newly recruited soldiers don't have much combat effectiveness at all."

"It's so miserable, if that's the case, unless the other party is a fool, there is no chance of winning this battle at all. To put it mildly, Alexander and Eumenes are both extremely clever men, and without foreign help this time, I am afraid that we will not be able to escape the fate. Philip said pessimistically.

"General Philip, I think we can try to unite the Thracians and Dacians, they have many tribes and are relatively strong in combat, if we can win them over, then we can increase the strength of at least 20,000 people, and it is not certain who will die at that time."

"Yes, Your Excellency the Governor, my brother has also told me that I can enlist the help of the barbarians, and that we can all lobby for the Bife, the Geta, the Bastanians, the Skdissky, the Tribalys, and the Kingdom of Dricia. I think I can go to the tribes with Philaeros and Phileteros to lobby on behalf of our two families, as long as you don't spare the benefits, I believe that the chances are still great, and now that Antigonus is dead, if you defeat Alexander, you don't have to nest in Thrace and fight with the barbarians every day, the whole of Asia Minor is so big, it is not up to you to decide which piece you want, and it doesn't hurt to give them this Thrace together. Philip said excitedly.

"Then I'll leave this matter to you, to be honest, I don't have much confidence, it's better than Antigonus is dead, I'm afraid that the next one to die may be me." Lisimachos drooped his head, listless.

"Brother, I'll go too." Ottolicus clamored to go too.

"Shut up for me, you guy who has more than enough success and more than enough to lose, you have to do everything you have to do. You give me a good place to stay, and I'm not allowed to go anywhere. Lysimachus scolded angrily, and Ottolicus was as pitiful as a lamb, but his heart was full of hatred, but he did not dare to show it.

The Dacians lived in the lower reaches of the Danube and the Carpathians, and the Celts at this time were mainly found in the middle and upper Danubes, southeastern England, most of France, and the Rhine region. It was not until the 80s of the 3rd century BC that the lower Danube region was basically occupied, and even the famous Galatian invasion occurred. Compared to the pure barbarians of the Celts, the Dacians were quite civilized, and they began to trade with the Greeks at an early age, speaking the Thracian dialect. Lysimachus had been in Thrace for many years and was very good at communicating with the barbarians around him, and Philetyrus was also very good at this.

Ptolemy, who was far away in Egypt, was stunned on the spot after receiving the battle report from Issus, his heart could not be calm for a long time, full of helplessness and anger, he did not expect the war to end so quickly, if Antigonus had not been so unlucky to die on the spot, maybe the matter would not have ended so quickly, but now Alexander has become a sweeping trend, everything is irreparable. If when Alexander first landed on the Asian continent, it was only a disease of scabies, then the battle of Babylon Ptolemy felt the crisis for the first time, and now Ptolemy felt helpless, he knew that it was only a matter of time before Alexander's army overwhelmed the border.

Seleucus, who was in Cyrenaica, looked at the report of his subordinates and was full of emotion, he regretted that he did not follow Alexander at the beginning, in fact, compared to Antigonus, Ptolemy, and Cassander, his ambition was the smallest, and he only wanted to guard his own acres and three points. If he hadn't been the governor of Babylonia and had occupied Babylon with Alexandria as its capital, forcing Alexander to conquer it, he and Alexander wouldn't have had such a stalemate.

If he was the governor of any of the surrounding provinces, then when Alexander occupied Babylon, it was probably when he went to serve, he asked himself to be loyal to Antigines, and even such a ruthless character as Antignis took refuge in Alexander, but he came to Cyrenaica by mistake, and it was not a good feeling to be under the fence, after all, he was under his former friends, which was really uncomfortable.

After all, Antignes was not ambitious at the beginning, when Polybeccon, as the regent, made Eumenes the "Great General of the East", he went to meet Eumenes who was in defeat, and the weak Eumenes had to rely on Antignes, so that he repeatedly used ingenious means to establish some authority in front of the governors. But Antignanius, who mastered the silver shield soldiers, was not using the title of "Great General of the East" to increase his influence and show his importance, because it was impossible for anyone to echo him just by raising his arms, and only by borrowing Eumenes could he justifiably convene many governors in the East, and as the person who originally had a higher status and was the first to respond to Eumenes, he was naturally of high status, and Eumenes was a Greek, while he Antignes was a Macedonian, which was a very important difference.

No matter what Antigonus's eyes were, but his luck was still very good, he was originally going to fight with Antigonus, but Alexander turned Antigonus over, and now Antigonus is dead, he learned from Alexander's mouth that after defeating Cassander, he will be promoted to marshal, take control of the Central Asian Military District, one of the four major military regions to be established, and become a veritable "General of the East", although under Alexander and Eumenes there are also Polybecon, Arestonos, The three Niakas were in charge of the other three military districts, but he never imagined that he could be alongside them. Once upon a time, Nyakas was the third man under Alexander the Great, Polybeccon was the regent of the Empire, and Arestonus was Alexander's greatest hero when he raised his army, and was also the Emperor's personal bodyguard.

However, Seleucus, who was once second only to the close guard, was now not enough in front of Antiochinus, who was of equal status. This is the most unbalanced part of Seleucid, but it has to lament the injustice of fate.