At the town hall of Tyre, all of Alexander's important subordinates are in place, and a strategic plan to determine the order of Asia is about to be released. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Bringing everyone together today is an important matter to discuss, and that is the strategic plan for the future." Alexander looked at everyone, and saw that they were all solemn and listened attentively, and he continued: "Now that we have captured Tyre, and Antigonus is pursuing Eumenes all the way, now Antigonus should be in Babylon, and Eumenes should have reached Susa. Both sides have been stepping up the deployment of troops and the build-up of supplies, and a new battle could break out at any time. Now that we have captured Tyre and are about to head north, we may cut off Antigonus's supplies at any moment, and if I am right, he will quickly seek another decisive battle with Eumenes, so we must send reinforcements as soon as possible. ”

"You are the king, he is only the governor, although he is invincible now, the army is strong, but if you attack Your Majesty, it will be a great disapproval of the world, I am afraid that his subordinates will oppose it, and when the army is unstable, I am afraid that it will collapse without a fight." Amintas said.

"You underestimate Antigonus too much, when the first emperor was alive, in addition to the veteran Pameni and the veteran general Craterus, the most prestigious and senior in the army belonged to Antigonus, Antigonus fought bravely, and his son Dmitry was also a wise and brave general, and he had many subordinates, including Nicanor, Ptolemy (Antigonus's nephew), Tellesphros, Ehuagoras, Amisus, and the support of Philotas and Menander, plus the two strong armies of Seleucus and Pesson, whose combat power was immeasurable. It is impossible to say that his subordinates did not react at all, at least the Macedonian soldiers will be somewhat resistant to him, but it is not enough to say that he will collapse without a fight, and many of his soldiers are now recruited in Anatolia, if in the name of the king can easily let his army collapse, it would be too much to underestimate his ability to command. Polyboko solemnly explained to everyone, so that everyone knew in their hearts that the opponent was not so easy to deal with.

"General Polybecon is right, Antigonus and Ptolemy were the best of the emperor's subordinates, and Artetas and I easily defeated the Minander army, but we were also easily defeated by Antigonus, and then Artetas committed suicide in defeat, and I became a prisoner." Attalus's words grew softer and softer, and at last he let out a long sigh and sat back in his seat in shame.

"If we cross the desert eastward, the road is long and extremely difficult to walk, and there will be a lot of non-combat attrition on the way, and even if we barely reach the valley of the two rivers, it will be exhausting, and if Seleucus sends troops to attack us at this time, I am afraid that it will be difficult for our army to resist. Even if there were no obstacles, we might not be able to reach the battle site before the decisive battle between Antigonus and Eumenes. And if we go north, the situation is completely different, on the one hand, we go north to cut off the supplies that Antigonus is transporting from Anatolia, and lead the army to march through Mesopotamia to Babylon, and on the other hand, let Eumenessi try to avoid the decisive battle with Antigonus, so that Antigonus is in a dilemma, and it is difficult to find the main force of Eumenes in the east, and we also harass his rear, and can attack Babylon, and then follow all the way, but do not fight with it, and when the distance between the three sides is reduced to a certain extent, we will be flanked back and forth, In such a situation, we have a good chance of winning. If he does not dare to advance eastward, then he will attack our army with a division, and then in turn our army will avoid the front first, and wait for the army of Eumenes, which is following Antigonus, and it will also be flanked in front and rear. I have always believed that even with 60,000 infantry and 10,000 cavalry and a few chariots, it would be difficult for him to win. Cassandrus gave a detailed account of the route and the pros and cons it brings, and everyone agreed. …,

However, Antigonus saw that the situation was unfavorable and would inevitably unite with Ptolemy, and Ptolemy saw that the king was in full swing, and he would surely disturb his dream of becoming king of Egypt one day, so he was likely to send troops north to reinforce him. And if he doesn't come, I'm afraid he will fight with all the strength of the country, otherwise it will be difficult to win. As the close guard officer of the first emperor, I know him well, and once he makes up his mind, he will go all the way to the end. Just like the body of the first emperor, he was transported to Egypt. While the crowd was basking in the joy of victory, Arestonos poured a pot of cold water on them, and the scene fell silent again.

Seeing that everyone was talking about it, Alexander began to express his thoughts: "No victory is absolute, but we can make a strategic plan detailed and feasible in advance, so that victory can come relatively easily." I am sure that Ptolemy will have to fight against him, and perhaps he may be vague, but we must not be naïve enough to think that he will only sit back and watch the fight, and if we suffer a defeat, he will surely fall into the ground. The war between us and Antigonus is a war that determines the order of Asia, not some inconsequential local war, and victory or defeat will have a major impact on Ptolemy. One thing must be clear to everyone, if Antigonus is defeated, although his strength will increase greatly, but he will not escape the name of disloyalty, Ptolemy can unite Lysimachus and Cassander against him, Antigonus is difficult to defeat Ptolemy, the last time Paddicka attacked Egypt The outcome must be very clear to everyone, although the betrayal of Seleucus, Pesson and Antignis played a very important role, but at least it can be shown that Egypt is very strong under his rule. As king, if I defeat Antigonus, I will naturally increase my strength, and nominally I am Ptolemy's superior, and it will become morally logical to recover Egypt. At that time, the whole Greek world will also be defeated by my strength, and it will be difficult for any force to fight against me......"

Alexander said and said, picked up a glass of water and drank it all, and suddenly heard the sound of "snoring", so he looked up at the opposite side, only to see Ares lying on the table and sleeping, and the people next to him showed embarrassed expressions, originally Ares was not qualified to attend such a meeting as the captain of the Guard, but because of his great achievements in the siege of Tyre and has always been Alexander's bodyguard and deeply trusted, so he was allowed to attend this meeting, but he did not expect to be embarrassed like this. Sleeping in such a solemn meeting was no joke, and was usually punished as contempt for the king and his ministers, and even a loss of his head if he was unlucky. However, Alexander was not angry, and then Dochemus smiled and said: "Maybe he is really not suitable here, he is full of energy on the battlefield, but he is like a dead pig in the meeting." Your Majesty, forgive him. ”

"Maybe I'm too wordy." Alexander didn't care about the rudeness of his subordinates, for him, as long as his subordinates were loyal and capable, some small etiquette was not important at all, loyalty was the best etiquette for himself.

"Well, with all that said, it's time for us to weigh the pros and cons and come up with a sound strategic plan. First of all, advocate the northward march of the army or the east? With that, Alexander looked at everyone, expecting their answers.

"Your Majesty, I advocate going north." Attalus was the first to speak.

"I agree!" Docamos chimed in.

"Agreed!" Next up is Laomodon.

Almost everyone in the "......" agreed to go north.