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- Aristotle (one of the great philosophers, scientists, and educators in the ancient history of the world)

Seleucus VII of the Seleucid Empire has always been wary of the Kingdom of Egypt in the south, and the Kingdom of Egypt has always been wary of the Seleucid Empire in the north; You know, the Seleucid Empire was the strongest empire in the East that almost unified Alexander's empire.

If it weren't for the disintegration of the Seleucid Empire under internal chaos, it is unknown whether there would be an Egyptian kingdom on the current Eastern continent; Even though the Seleucid Empire later had only five provinces left, the Kingdom of Egypt's fear of the Seleucid Empire never diminished, after all, it was an empire with unrivaled ironclad cavalry!

At the beginning, the Kingdom of Egypt took advantage of the chaos between the Seleucid Empire and the three rebellious kingdoms, and gathered the most elite army of 100,000 troops in the entire Egyptian Kingdom to launch a surprise attack on the unsuspecting Seleucid Empire; In just half a month, the army of the Kingdom of Egypt occupied almost all of the Syrian region of Koro and the southern part of the Syrian region, and even Antioch was under the front of the Kingdom of Egypt.

As a result, tens of thousands of ironclad cavalry of the Seleucid Empire, which was fighting with the three kings' ** teams on the front line, quickly returned to aid Antioch, and launched a large-scale Armageddon with the 100,000-strong army of the Kingdom of Egypt outside the city of Antioch; Among the 100,000 troops of the Kingdom of Egypt, almost all the elite troops of the Kingdom of Egypt were included, and even the number of the Chosen Archers was as high as 5,000.

What's more critical is that it was the pharaoh of the Kingdom of Egypt who led the 100,000 army of the Kingdom of Egypt at that time, and it was an active attack by the true strength of the Kingdom of Egypt; The army of the Seleucid Empire only had less than 30,000 exhausted ironclad cavalry who had rushed back from the front line, and the strength of both sides did not look like an army on the same level.

In the eyes of the pharaoh of the kingdom of Egypt, this was simply a battle that the Egyptian army would win; Therefore, he refused the security measures of the generals to persuade him to evacuate to the rear, and personally led the cavalry of the Pharaoh's Praetorian Guard to watch the battle.

No one thought that these ironclad cavalry of the Seleucid Empire would have invincible combat effectiveness; The chariot troops of the 30,000 Egyptian army and the ironclad cavalry of the Seleucid Empire rushed together, and the chariot troops of the Egyptian army were completely torn in half by the ironclad cavalry of the Seleucid Empire, and the soldiers of the Egyptian kingdom did not even have the ability to resist.

In the next half hour, the 30,000 chariot troops of the army of the Kingdom of Egypt quickly collapsed under the constant charging and fighting of the ironclad cavalry; The elite pikemen and infantry of the Egyptian army were put into battle in time, but unfortunately they could not stop the strong attack of the enemy's ironclad cavalry on the battlefield, and only increased their own casualties.

The elite army of the Kingdom of Egypt, which numbered 100,000 men, was completely routed in four hours of fighting; More than 50,000 Egyptian soldiers were killed in the battle, while the ironclad cavalry of the Seleucid Empire paid the price of less than 10,000 casualties.

Even though the army of the Kingdom of Egypt had collapsed on all fronts, the ironclad cavalry of the Seleucid Empire did not give up the attack, but continued to pursue the Egyptian army that dared to take the opportunity to invade the Seleucid Empire; The pharaoh of the kingdom of Egypt was scattered with his own Praetorian Legion cavalry in the midst of the rout, and was reduced to the point of being trampled to death by the fleeing soldiers of his kingdom.

A battle that lasted only four hours wiped out the 100,000 elite army of the Kingdom of Egypt; After this battle, less than 30,000 troops escaped back to the Kingdom of Egypt alive, and the remaining 70,000 troops became the achievements of the Seleucid Empire's ironclad cavalry.

If the loss of 70,000 troops was a catastrophe for the kingdom of Egypt, then the death of the pharaoh of the kingdom of Egypt turned this catastrophe into a catastrophe for the kingdom of Egypt; Because the pharaoh of the kingdom of Egypt did not expect that he would die on the battlefield before he set out on the expedition, so naturally he did not leave his kingdom with a legitimate heir to the pharaoh.

Several princes of the Kingdom of Egypt had great ambitions for the position of pharaoh, and they all had their own powerful forces behind them; With the support of these powers, the Kingdom of Egypt soon fell into a civil war over the throne of the pharaoh.

After the ironclad cavalry of the Seleucid Empire completely defeated the 100,000 army of the Kingdom of Egypt, they did not have time to counterattack the Kingdom of Egypt, and they did not even have time to rest, so they rushed back to the front line of the northern region without stopping.

Although it was suddenly attacked by the Kingdom of Egypt, the Seleucid Empire had no strength to fight back against the Kingdom of Egypt; After the Kingdom of Egypt fell into a civil war, the Seleucid Empire also had no chance to free up its hands to insert a pole, and the two sides fell into a state of war and discord, and no one cared about anyone.

After the Seleucid Empire completely defeated the invading armies of the three kingdoms and stabilized the situation in the northern and eastern border areas, the battle for the position of pharaoh of the Kingdom of Egypt also came to an end; At this time, the Kingdom of Egypt and the Seleucid Empire were already in ruins, and the two former sworn enemies did not have the strength and energy to fight anymore.

Thus, with the tacit cooperation of the new pharaoh of the Kingdom of Egypt and the emperor of the Seleucid Empire, the Kingdom of Egypt and the Seleucid Empire formally signed a peace agreement; Later, in order to promote the economic development and strength recovery of the two countries, the two countries also signed a mutually beneficial trade agreement.

At this point, the hostility between the Kingdom of Egypt and the Seleucid Empire was officially over, and both countries devoted all their energies to the restoration and development of their own countries; This peace lasted until Seleucus VII ascended to the throne of emperor.

Originally, the Seleucid Empire had nothing to do with the Kingdom of Egypt as the emperor, but a series of reform measures taken by Seleucus VII in the Seleucid Empire made the Kingdom of Egypt feel a serious threat; In particular, Seleucus VII himself was an enterprising emperor from a military background, and his efforts in the affairs of the Seleucid emperor were particularly disturbing.

A powerful Seleucid Empire was not only undesirable for the four kingdoms of the Northern Kingdom Alliance, but also for the Kingdom of Egypt in the south; The entire Eastern Continent is so big, the Seleucid Empire is getting stronger and stronger, and it will naturally compress the living space of other kingdoms, and the Kingdom of Egypt must also improve its own strength if it wants not to be left behind by the Seleucid Empire.

However, while improving his own strength, the pharaohs of the Kingdom of Egypt did not forget to let the Kingdom of Pamela, which was attached to the Kingdom of Egypt, test the Seleucid Empire; He wanted to see if the Seleucid Empire was really strong, or if it was pretending to be strong.

The king of the kingdom of Pamela faithfully fulfilled the orders of the Kingdom of Egypt, but made his kingdom the first enemy to be destroyed by the re-emerging Seleucid Empire; What's even more tragic is that the pharaoh of the Kingdom of Egypt, after seeing that the Seleucid Empire was really rising again, did not dare to send troops to avenge the Kingdom of Pamela, nor did he dare to provoke the powerful Seleucid Empire at this time.

Even after Seleucus VII led the army of the Seleucid Empire on an expedition to the East, the pharaohs of the Kingdom of Egypt did not dare to take the initiative to start a war against the Seleucid Empire; For the Kingdom of Egypt, which had been beaten by the Seleucid Empire's ironclad cavalry, they would not take the initiative to attack the Seleucid Empire until they found a way to deal with the Seleucid Empire's ironclad cavalry.

Although the kingdom of Egypt ruled more prosperous and fertile than the Seleucid Empire; However, the Kingdom of Egypt ruled only six provinces, including the island of Cyprus.

After the Seleucid Empire annexed the kingdom of Pamela, it once again had a real ruling area of six provinces; Coupled with the fact that Seleucus VII had personally led a large army to launch an expedition to the east, the territory of the Seleucid Empire would definitely expand again, and the pharaoh of the Kingdom of Egypt did not think that the 20,000 ironclad cavalry of the Seleucid Empire would return in vain.

Then the problem arises, in addition to improving its own strength, the Seleucid Empire is also actively expanding outward to gain strength; If the Kingdom of Egypt wants to keep up with the development of the Seleucid Empire, how can it be limited to the development of its own strength?

Within the area of the Kingdom of Egypt, there were only four powers directly connected to the Kingdom of Egypt; In addition to the Seleucid Empire in the north, there were only the kingdoms of Petra and Persud in the east, and the kingdom of Libya in the west.

The Seleucid Empire in the north is an existence that the Kingdom of Egypt cannot afford to provoke for the time being, and the Kingdom of Libya in the West is involved in the chaotic situation in the entire North African region. As a result, the only objects that the Egyptian kingdom could expand were the kingdoms of Petra and Persuda in the east.

In fact, the kingdom of Petra and the kingdom of Persud are the same as the kingdoms of Pamela and Dumassa, and it is very easy for the kingdom of Egypt to destroy these two small kingdoms; However, these two kingdoms also have their own shortcomings, that is, the desert-covered terrain makes the strength of the Egyptian kingdom quite limited, and it also has to pay a high price for rule.

Just when the pharaohs of the Kingdom of Egypt were hesitating to attack these two kingdoms in the desert region, the news came from the Seleucid Empire that Seleucus VII had successfully annexed the Kingdom of Dumassa; If the Seleucid Empire could annex the kingdoms of Pamela and Dumassa, which were also in the desert, why couldn't the Kingdom of Egypt annex the kingdoms of Petra and Prodro?

No matter how barren and backward these two kingdoms are, no matter how sparsely populated, they are also two kingdoms, aren't they? In any case, the annexation of these two kingdoms will always increase the overall power of the Kingdom of Egypt; Thinking of this, the pharaoh of the Kingdom of Egypt did not hesitate any longer, but ordered the 40,000-strong army of the Kingdom of Egypt stationed in the Jewish region to immediately launch a war of annexation against the kingdoms of Petra and Persad. (To be continued.) )