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The Brutus family sent a new emissary to the kingdom of Alexandria before they could launch an attack on the allied Greek forces; The task of this emissary was to inform the Brutus family of Alexandria of the plan of attack and to demand that the kingdom of Alexandria fulfill the agreement.

When the army of the Brutus family arrived in the frontier area, the envoy also reached the Ionian port of Alexandria by boat; After that, the messenger was received by Alexander himself, and at this time the New Year was only one day away.

When Alexander learned that the Brutus family would launch an attack on the city-states of Athens and Sparta on New Year's Day, he also promised the envoy that his kingdom of Alexander would launch an attack on the city-state of Pergamon before the city-state received the news; As for the Brutus family's request for the Kingdom of Alexandria to attack at the same time, Alexander directly refused.

This is not to say that Alexander was unwilling to fulfill his agreement with the Brutus, but it was impossible for Alexander's kingdom to complete the preparations for war in a single day, let alone launch an attack on the city-state of Pergamon on New Year's Day.

It is undeniable that the Kingdom of Alexandria did have two legions of troops stationed on the border between the Ionian region and the city-state of Pergamon, but how could the 20,000-strong army of those two legions have the strength to attack the city-state of Pergamon; If Alexander's kingdom had attacked the city-state of Pergamon with only these two legions, then Alexander's kingdom might have tasted defeat first.

Of the seven legions of the Kingdom of Alexandria, two were stationed in the border area of the city-state of Pergamon, one in the border area of the Kingdom of Ankara, and one in the newly occupied region of Lysia; In addition to these four legions, the remaining three legions were stationed in Thaddis, the capital of Alexandria.

It would take at least five days to get from Sardis to the border between the Kingdom of Alexandria and the city-state of Pergamon, not counting the delay in the event of an overreaction from the Kingdom of Ankara; Because the city-state of Pergamon was separated from the Ionian region of Alexandria by a large river, the only bridge that could be used by the army was in the easternmost part of the city-state of Pergamon and the Ionian region.

The easternmost location of the city-state of Pergamon and the Ionian region happens to be the junction of the three forces of the city-state of Pergamon, the kingdom of Alexander, and the kingdom of Ankara; With this sensitive area as the center, it was possible to attack either the city-state of Pergamon in the west or the kingdom of Ankara in the east, and the three legions of the Kingdom of Alexandria against these two forces were only five miles apart.

Therefore, once the army of at least two legions of the Kingdom of Alexandria has moved to this area, it will inevitably cause panic in the Kingdom of Ankara; No one can guarantee that the Kingdom of Ankara will not jump over the wall to take any measures against the Kingdom of Alexander, you must know that the current Kingdom of Ankara is not the Kingdom of Ankara a month ago.

After the successful defeat of the Kingdom of Alexandria and the occupation of the Lysia region by the Kingdom of Halicarnassus, the isolated Kingdom of Ankara completely fell to the powerful Kingdom of Pontus; Although the Kingdom of Ankara retains its nominal independence, it has in fact become a vassal state of the Kingdom of Pontus.

The Kingdom of Pontus is a powerful kingdom that can compete with the Seleucid Empire, and it is also one of the five most powerful kingdoms on the Eastern Continent; In addition to the Seleucid Empire, the most powerful of all, and the Kingdom of Egypt, which was second only to the Seleucid Empire, the Kingdom of Pontus was in third place, followed by the Kingdom of Parthia and the Kingdom of Armenia.

In fact, this ranking is an embarrassing thing for the Seleucid Empire; The five most powerful kingdoms on the Eastern Continent, if the Seleucid Empire itself is not counted, three of the other four kingdoms are actually kingdoms split from the Seleucid Empire, which has to be said to be the biggest irony of the Seleucid Empire.

If the emperor of the Seleucid Empire could make good use of his advantages back then, where would so many things happen in the Eastern Continent now, it would have been a country in the Seleucid Empire that ruled the entire Eastern Continent long ago; It's a pity that fate is so fair, giving the Seleucid Empire its once unrivaled strength, and letting the emperor of the Seleucid Empire destroy the Seleucid Empire with his own hands.

Regardless of the relationship between the Seleucid Empire and the other three kingdoms, the power of the Pontus Kingdom is an indisputable fact; After the Kingdom of Ankara was protected by the Kingdom of Pontus, the Kingdom of Alexander had to consider the threat of the Kingdom of Pontus if it wanted to continue to use force against the Kingdom of Ankara.

If the Kingdom of Ankara had lived in peace after being sheltered by the Kingdom of Pontus, then Alexander would not have had such a headache; The Kingdom of Ankara felt that with the support of the Kingdom of Pontus, they no longer needed to fear the military threat of the Kingdom of Alexander, and they even took the initiative to gather all the troops of the entire Kingdom in the border area with the Kingdom of Alexander.

In the face of the unaware Ankara Kingdom, Alexander could only see that the Pontus Kingdom ignored the Ankara Kingdom jumping up and down, and sent a legion to garrison the border area with the Ankara Kingdom to prevent the Ankara Kingdom from doing anything excessive; These helpless considerations have made Alexander even more headache now.

The agreement between the Kingdom of Alexander and the Brutus family was something that Alexander must fulfill, and the restlessness of the Kingdom of Ankara made Alexander very helpless; Eventually, Alexander made up his mind to lead all three legions to the border.

Based on Alexander's understanding of the city-state of Pergamon, if the Kingdom of Alexandria wanted to destroy the city-state of Pergamon in one fell swoop and complete the conquest of Phrygia, it needed to use at least three or more legions; And the strength of the Kingdom of Ankara is almost not considered, any legion of the Kingdom of Alexandria can easily destroy the entire army of the Kingdom of Ankara.

However, considering the Kingdom of Pontus behind the Kingdom of Ankara, Alexander made his general Ephestionas the commander of the First and Fifth Legions; His task was to lead these two legions to garrison the border area between the Kingdom of Alexandria and the Kingdom of Ankara, and to ensure that the troops of the Kingdom of Ankara could not cross the border area even a single step.

If the Kingdom of Ankara really took the initiative to attack the Kingdom of Alexander, then the task of Ephestionas was to lead the First and Fifth Army Corps to directly destroy the army of the Kingdom of Ankara and take the opportunity to capture the entire Galatia region; As for the Pontus Kingdom behind the Kingdom of Ankara, if war is unavoidable, then it can only be bravely challenged.

After making all this decided, Alexander completed the assembly of the army in two days, and after all the soldiers had spent a warm New Year with their families, Alexander led the army of three legions to the border area.

Alexander's army, which had successfully reached the border, successfully joined forces with the three legions in the border area; After that, Alexander left Efestionus and his two legions to remain in the border area, while Alexander himself crossed the border with four legions, including the Guards Legion, and launched an attack on the city-state of Pergamon!

The army of the Kingdom of Pergamon did not expect that the army of the Kingdom of Alexandria would take the initiative to attack the city-state of Pergamon at such a time, and even when the army of the Kingdom of Alexander's army surrounded the army of Pergamon in the border area, the soldiers of the army of the city-state of Pergamon were still sleeping in the barracks; Unexpectedly, in their sleep, they became captives of Alexander's kingdom.

After the garrison of the city-state of Pergamon in the border area was settled, the remaining army of the city-state of Pergamon was less than two-thirds; More importantly, the total annihilation of the garrison in the border area of the city-state of Pergamon means that the city-state of Pergamon will not receive the news of being attacked by the Kingdom of Alexander for the time being, as long as Alexander seizes this good opportunity, it will be the most beneficial thing for the Kingdom of Alexander.

With the strength and heritage of the city-state of Pergamon, even if the kingdom of Alexandria gains a temporary advantage, as long as the city-state of Pergamon is given enough time to react, they will have a chance to achieve a protracted war in this war; Needless to say, what the Kingdom of Alexandria needed was not a protracted war that would take time and effort, but a quick victory.

So, Alexander seized this rare opportunity and led the army of Alexander's kingdom to quickly march towards the city of Pergamon in the city-state of Pergamon; Three days later, Alexander's three-and-a-half legions came to the outside of Pergamon and surrounded the whole city, while the remaining half of the legions watched over the prisoners in the border area.

The unprepared city-state of Pergamon simply did not have enough troops to resist the attack of Alexander's army, and only a quarter of the army of the city-state of Pergamon was in the city, and the rest of the army was still stationed in the border areas of the city-state of Pergamon; You know, the city-state of Pergamon is not only connected to the kingdom of Alexander, but also to the kingdom of Nicomedia.

After only three days of the 8,000 defenders of the city-state of Pergamon, the city of Pergamon was declared to have fallen, and all the ruling classes of the entire city-state of Pergamon were destroyed by Alexander; After that, Alexander sent his army to divide the entire Phrygian region, and the city-state of Pergamon was finished.

Compared to the surprise of the city-state of Pergamon, the kingdom of Ankara came prepared; Since the Kingdom of Alexandria increased its troops in the border area, the Kingdom of Ankara has indeed sent its own army to attack the Kingdom of Alexander, as Alexander expected.

After the army of the Kingdom of Ankara crossed the border line, Ephestionas led the forces of two legions to directly destroy the invading army of the Kingdom of Ankara, and counterattacked all the way to take the entire Kingdom of Ankara; Even the arrogant king of the Kingdom of Ankara was hanged by Ephestionas in the square inside the city of Ankara. (To be continued.) )