Due to the departure of Polybecon and Alexander, and the assignment of other important tasks by several of Alexander's capable generals, Alexander promoted two more young generals from among his fellow cavalry, among whom was Garras and Conas's son, Cornus the Younger. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info and Polybecon took with him 800 Greek heavy infantry and all the Greek heavy leather shieldmen (the Greeks made it easy to conquer and govern the Greek region), which was originally deployed by Polybeccon, as well as 400 Cretan archers and 200 Rhodes slingers, Cassandrós with 1,000 Macedonian cavalry, Amintas with 300 Agrian javelinmen (all the soldiers changed into javelinmen on horseback) and 200 Macedonian cavalry, who had already left Tyre early after receiving the order； 600 archers (the remaining 400 were incorporated into the Cretan archers), 300 Rhodes slingers, 200 Greek hoplites, 600 Macedonian pikemen and 600 shield-wielding men remained in the city to keep the city safe and vigilant against Ptolemaic's army. Among the remaining 25,000 people in the army, the Tyre army was reinserted, and the Macedonian pikemen and shield bearers were re-assembled, and these selected people were the elite of the Tyre army, although there was still a gap in quality, but it could be enhanced by actual combat, and Alexander did not want them to become an army alone, because then they would always leave the imprint of the Tyre soldiers, and the combat effectiveness could not be improved to the level of the Macedonian soldiers. The deeper reason was that the Macedonian soldiers' innate sense of self-superiority made them look down on the soldiers of any other people, even the Greeks, which was not conducive to the policies of Alexander the Great and Alexander the Younger. So whether it affects combat power or not, Alexander has to try to do it. The rest of the people were all used as Tyre's garrison, and with the newly recruited militia, Tyre had more than 6,000 soldiers to defend the town, and another 2,000 reservists, most of whom were very young or very old civilians with little combat power. However, Alexander still let them train with the other Tyre soldiers, ready to support the expeditionary army, and this is the limit of the manpower that Tyre can provide, but only more than 2,000 of them are elite troops, and the rest has yet to be tested.

The military was then reappointed: Arestonos was the commander of the Guards (1,200 royal cavalry and 2,000 royal spearmen), Ptolemy the Younger became the commander of the 1,800 Thessalian cavalry, Gueras was the commander of the remaining 1,800 Macedonian cavalry, Cretos commanded 2,000 Greek hoplites, Ares commanded 3,000 shieldmen, Amintas commanded 1,200 Agrian javelinmen, Cretan archers and Rhodes slingers were commanders as before, The brothers Seraxis and Seris were given full authority to command more than 3,000 barbarian mercenaries due to their bravery in the siege of Tyre, while 6,000 Macedonian pikemen were placed under the command of Krien, Dokhamos, and Konas, and Dias led the engineering troops and baggage troops to follow the army.

Alexander and Epicurus sat together in a carriage and talked about philosophy, and Aris Andros never seemed to be bored, thinking alone in another carriage. Pelitas and Pegasus automatically followed by the car, and Agasso was now Alexander's royal knight, riding Pegasos. Agasso felt very honored for this errand, and Pegasus slowly got used to him. And Pelitas had good physical strength, let alone walking with the army, and was not tired at all, so he walked obediently, but sometimes he would bark at the carriage a few times, and then Alexander poked his head out and waved at it, and the little dog jumped up and down with joy to show his joy. The carriage was surrounded by a group of friendly cavalry, and each of them carried a number of attendant knights, this was Alexander's grace to take care of the cavalry, in the face of the king's favor, all the knights were overjoyed, they were all nobles, and they migrated to Asia with their families, and their families and all the other soldiers were arranged in Tyre, they had ample funds to hire attendants, and the attendant cavalry also had the necessary weapons, so although the companion cavalry was only three hundred people, But their squires numbered seven or eight hundred, some of them were their squires, some of them were actually their civilian friends, invited and sponsored by them to join them in the war, and of course some were slaves, and they became the ancient version of medieval knights and squire knights. In any case, the comprehensive strength of this team of more than 1,000 people cannot be underestimated. …,

Tyre's journey to Sidon was short, only sixty miles, and he arrived before dinner in the morning, and the Sidon defenders, who had long heard of Alexander's approaching army, knew that they were invincible, and sent someone to inform Alexander that Sidon was willing to provide Alexander with the necessary supplies. Alexander was very pleased with the acquaintance of the Sidonians, and he sent to comfort the friendly people in the city, received a large number of supplies, and did not linger in the city, but marched straight north ten miles outside the city of Sidon.

"The Sidonians are as weak as sheep, and before our army arrived, they sent men early to beg for surrender." Epicurus scoffed.

"Hehe, isn't it very good, just like ten years ago, they are still so friendly, if every city is so friendly to me, then I can enjoy it with peace of mind, just like you, always maintain inner peace, but I can't do it! There's still a lot of work to be done. The Sidonians may always be so docile, but not in other cities, and there is Antigonus waiting for me to subdue, it is a great lion, and it will be very difficult to bring him to his knees! ”

"Hehe, I still continue to study my theories, to be honest you inspire me a lot, you tell me more advanced and logical than I have learned from Democritus, sometimes I wonder, are you the incarnation of Hermes?"

"Hahaha, if I were Hermes, then I would also be Athena, Artemis and Apollo, and their brilliance could all fall on my head, wouldn't it? That's not what you say! You don't seem to believe in myths! ”

"Well, that's right, I've always been an atheist, that's why I'm following you, because you're also an atheist, and in this day and age, we're all outliers."

The two spent a long time laughing until nightfall.

Alexandria's next stop is the ancient Phoenician city of Byblos, one of the oldest cities in Lebanon, inhabited since the Neolithic period and linked to the legends and history of the Mediterranean region for thousands of years. At the same time, Byblos was also closely related to the development and spread of the Phoenician alphabet.

This time, Alexander sent people to the city of Byblos in advance, made his intentions, and sent many gifts from the merchant group, and conducted a trade in the city's market. When the army came five miles outside of Byblos on the morning of the third day, the Byblos, like the Sidonians, sent a large number of supplies and gifts. In fact, Alexander was not short of supplies, and his military supplies were sufficient to sustain his arrival in Mesopotamia. However, he liked this friendly way, which could not only contribute to the friendship between the two sides, but also make the road unimpeded, and exchange many special products, so that he could earn money while marching.

In this way, Alexander made his way to Raqqa after passing through Sidon, Byblos, and Tripoli (Tripoli), where Alexander found a large amount of open-pit oil, so he loaded countless barrels of oil, a small part of which was shipped back to Tyre, and most of which remained in the army. For this reason, he even threw away some supplies, which puzzled the people, so he had to tell them about the usefulness of oil and some of the principles of natural science, for which Alexander pointed out some of the fallacies of the past philosophical circles. His argument finally worked, and most people were convinced, after all, Alexander's erudition was already well known to many. So, after having a large quantity of sugar beets (a specialty of the Raqqa region), Alexander's army continued its march along the Euphrates River to Babylonia.