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Once the law becomes a need, people no longer deserve to be free.

- Pythagoras (ancient Greek philosopher, mathematician, and music theorist)

Seleucus VII, after leading his army to victory in the decisive battle against the 100,000 counteroffensive army of the Pontus Kingdom, also temporarily lost the strength to continue the attack on the capital area of the Pontus Kingdom; In particular, the Seleucid army also captured more than 30,000 Pontus soldiers on the battlefield, and these captives were a factor of instability, and Seleucus VII could not continue to attack north until these problems were resolved.

Seleucus VII was more concerned about the heavy casualties his army had paid in the battle than the problems posed by these captives; Seleucus VII was recognized by Seleucus VII for their outstanding performance on the battlefield, and all the pirate soldiers who survived the battle were incorporated into the Silver Shield Legion, becoming part of the most elite Silver Shield Legion in the Seleucid Empire.

After this adjustment, the number of soldiers of the Silver Shield Legion was restored to 19,000, while the most elite ironclad cavalry under Seleucus VII was reduced to only 5,000, and the Scythe Chariot Force was only 3,000 soldiers at its disposal; However, the army of the Pontus Kingdom was as high as 30,000 people, and it was not easy for the Seleucid Empire to completely destroy the Pontus Kingdom.

Regardless of how many new soldiers the Pontus Kingdom will recruit again for the defense of Sinop after this war, even the existing 30,000 infantry of the Pontus Kingdom will be enough to inflict considerable casualties on the elite troops of the Seleucid Empire in the siege battle; Therefore, Seleucus VII's immediate priority was to restore the combat effectiveness of his army.

As for how to restore combat effectiveness specifically, in addition to letting the soldiers who had experienced brutal battles rest well, what Seleucus VII needed to do more was to replenish the soldiers lost by his army; The most elite ironclad cavalry and scythe chariot troops are difficult to replenish, but the soldiers of the Silver Shield Legion can be replenished quickly.

While ordering 5,000 ironclad cavalry to escort 30,000 captives back to Silesia, Seleucus VII also had his generals bring half of the 20,000 men stationed at Tarsus to Masaka; With the reinforcement of this 10,000 soldiers, the size of the Silver Shield Legion could be restored to 30,000 people, and Seleucus VII would have enough strength to stabilize the Cappadocia region.

This victory not only allowed Seleucus VII to completely defeat the counteroffensive army of the Pontus Kingdom, but also allowed Seleucus VII to obtain all the sophisticated weapons and equipment that the Pontus Kingdom had worked so hard to accumulate; The 20,000 Cappadocian cavalry, the most elite cavalry of the Pontus Kingdom, were wiped out, but the weapons and equipment they used in front of them became the trophies of Seleucus VII.

More importantly, will the Cappadocia region, which is rich in high-quality war horses and excellent cavalry, lack suitable war horses and suitable cavalry candidates? As long as Seleucus VII could firmly control Cappadocia, it would not be difficult to assemble a large Cappadocian cavalry; At the very least, Seleucus VII was confident that he would be able to recruit 10,000 Cappadocian cavalry within a month!

Whether the young men of Cappadocia were willing to serve the Seleucid Empire or not, Seleucus VII had a way to make them the Cappadocian cavalry of the Seleucid Empire; Don't think that the weapons of the Seleucid Empire's army will only be aimed at the enemy on the battlefield, those ordinary people who are unwilling to accept the rule of the Seleucid Empire are also enemies of the Seleucid Empire's army!

While the elite army of the Seleucid Empire was engaged in a fierce battle with the army of the Kingdom of Pontus under the leadership of Seleucus VII, the army of the Brutus Empire and the army led by Alexander himself began a brutal battle in Pergamon; The 80,000 troops of the Brutus Empire held on to the city of Pergamon, while Alexander's 70,000 infantry launched a fierce attack on the city.

Except for the 10,000 ironclad cavalry cruising on the edge of the battlefield, the rest of the 40,000 Alexander infantry and 30,000 Pontic infantry were all thrown into Alexander's attack on the city of Pergamon; On the first day of the attack alone, Alexander's army of 70,000 troops dispatched 30,000 infantry and paid the price of 7,000 killed. 【】

Under the attack of the combined forces of the Kingdom of Alexander and the Kingdom of Pontus, the army under the command of Ganeus also paid a heavy price for casualties; Although the defenders on the walls repelled six enemy attacks in a single day, the price paid was not light.

At this time, the reinforcements of the Brutus Empire had just boarded the ship from the port of Attica; When Tiberius learned of Gnaeus's request for help, he was unable to draw enough troops to reinforce Gnaeus for a while.

You must know that the current Brutus Empire has a total of fifteen regular legions and four leader legions, and the army of Gnelius in the Phrygia region has reached twelve legions, and the total number of troops that can be put into battle within the Brutus Empire is only the last seven legions, which are still needed to maintain the safety of the entire Brutus Empire.

In desperation, Tiberius had no choice but to improvise two new leadership legions and three regular legions on the Greek peninsula; After these five legions were quickly formed, Tiberius drew the elite Third Legion from the other seven legions and rushed to the Phrygian region with these five legions to reinforce Gnieus.

From receiving Gnaeus's request for help to the formation of all five new legions, the Brutus Empire completed the formation of an army of 50,000 on the Greek peninsula in seven days; As for the specific combat effectiveness of these 50,000 troops, it can only depend on how Ganeus uses these five recruit legions, which is already the limit of what Tiberius can do.

In his plea for help to Tiberius, Gnaeus highlighted the 10,000 ironclad cavalry of Alexandria, in order to give Gnaeus the strength to compete head-on with Alexander's army; Tiberius also sent the most elite cavalry legion of the Brutus Empire to Gneeus along with the reinforcements of these six legions, which can be regarded as Tiberius's best effort.

The current cavalry legion of the Brutus Empire is not the cavalry legion of the past, after five or six years of accumulation, the most elite legion of the Brutus Empire has a full 10,000 ironclad cavalry; Even if the ironclad cavalry of the Brutus Empire is not as powerful as the ironclad cavalry of the Kingdom of Alexander, it is also a genuine ironclad cavalry, and its combat effectiveness on the battlefield should definitely not be underestimated.

As long as the ironclad cavalry of the Brutus Empire can fight with the ironclad cavalry of the Kingdom of Alexandria, can't the elite hoplites under the command of Ganeus defeat the infantry of the Kingdom of Alexander and the Kingdom of Pontus head-on in battle? With the ironclad cavalry under the command of Ganeus, the ironclad cavalry of the Kingdom of Alexandria could not be the decisive weapon of victory.

As it turned out, Tiberius was quite right; When the 70,000 reinforcements of the Brutus Empire arrived in Phrygia, the army of Gneus had been holding out in the city of Pergamon for eleven days, and the army of Gneeus, which had 80,000 elite troops of the Brutus Empire and 10,000 Phrygian recruits, was left with only 60,000 soldiers.

Under the continuous onslaught of the combined forces of Alexandria and Pontus, Ganeus's army paid the price of 30,000 killed, not counting the wounded soldiers; Alexander's 80,000 allied troops also paid the price of more than half of the casualties, and the only troops that still retained their intact combat effectiveness were the ironclad cavalry who did not participate in the siege battle.

Even as the battle progressed so far, Alexander still did not discover the true number of Brutus Imperial troops, and he still insisted that the Brutus Imperial army in the city of Pergamon would not exceed 40,000 men; This was the conclusion he had come to after learning that there was a 40,000-strong army of the Brutus Empire in the northern border region of Phrygia fighting against the Pontus army.

This miscalculation led Alexander to insist that it would take only three days at most for his army to capture the city of Pergamon; At that time, the army of the Brutus Empire will be completely wiped out in the city of Pergamon, and the Brutus Empire's ambitions for the Eastern Continent will also be completely shattered, which is the result that Alexander wants!

Unfortunately, after three days, Alexander's army was still unable to capture Pergamon; The army of Alexander's kingdom and the army of the kingdom of Pontus, who suffered heavy casualties, could only continue to attack under Alexander's orders, and Ganeus, who led the army to defend the city of Pergamon, also became accustomed to the enemy's offensive rhythm in such a day-to-day battle, and launched some counterattacks appropriately.

On the seventeenth day of the siege of Pergamon led by Alexander, the 70,000-strong army of the Brutus Empire finally landed in the port of Phrygia; Helenius led the Third Legion and three other legions of recruits to march slowly in the direction of Pergamon, while the 10,000 ironclad cavalry of the Cavalry Corps galloped quickly in the direction of Pergamon City immediately after landing.

When 10,000 ironclad cavalry of the Brutus Empire appeared on the battlefield, the 10,000 ironclad cavalry under Alexander's command were also shocked and immediately greeted him; Seeing the arrival of reinforcements, Ganeus also ordered the soldiers in the city to open the city gates and counterattack the combined forces of the Kingdom of Alexander and the Kingdom of Pontus.

The more than 50,000 elite troops of the Brutus Empire in the city of Pergamon counterattacked with less than 30,000 exhausted infantry of the Kingdom of Alexandria and the Kingdom of Pontus; The fierce battle broke out for only half an hour, after which the combined forces of the kingdoms of Alexander and Pontus completely collapsed.

After defeating the enemy's infantry units, Ganeus commanded the hoplites to cooperate with his own ironclad cavalry to launch an attack on the ironclad cavalry of Alexander; No matter how strong the ironclad cavalry of the Kingdom of Alexandria was, it was impossible to hold out under the attack of the ironclad cavalry and hoplites of the Brutus Empire, and soon Alexander himself broke through with the ironclad cavalry with soaring casualties. (To be continued.) Mobile phone users, please browse and read, a better reading experience.