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After Alexander finally agreed to the deal, the Brutus emissaries immediately ordered the fleet to unload the ships, and boxes of gold and weapons were transported to the port, where they were removed by Alexander's guards.

And Alexander also asked his personal guards to transfer 2,000 ironclad cavalry, and brought the training methods of ironclad cavalry in the palace with him; As for the forging technology of the full set of armor, Alexander directly provided the Brutus family with four craftsmen who were proficient in the forging technology of the full set of armor, and the envoy of the Brutus family brought back to the Brutus family.

After seeing the envoys of the Brutus family leave with two thousand ironclad cavalry and their families in a convoy, Alexander also returned to Sardis with the gold and weapons he had just obtained; In the next period of time, the kingdom of Alexander, which has nearly doubled in size, will enter a stage of rapid development.

In addition to improving the combat effectiveness of his legions, Alexander also wanted to integrate the people of Ionia with the people of Lycia as soon as possible; It was only when the Ionian and Lycian regions were developed that Alexander's kingdom could truly become powerful.

The emissaries of the House of Brutus quickly returned to the House of Brutus after leaving the Ionian region; Since the occupation of Thessaly by the Brutus, the Brutus family did not have to travel from the port of Semon to the nearest Ionia from the port of Thessaly.

In addition, Larissa, the capital of the province of Thessaly, is also the fifth largest city on the Greek peninsula, after Corinth, the capital of the Peloponnese region, Thessalonica, the capital of the Kingdom of Macedonia, the city of Athens in the city-state of Athens, and the city of Sparta in the city-state of Sparta.

Since the Macedonian region, where the capital of the Kingdom of Macedonia was located, had been devastated by the plague not long ago, Larissa in the province of Thessaly naturally became the fourth largest city on the Greek peninsula; After the Brutus family occupied the province of Thessaly, they encountered an unprecedented plague crisis, and did not dare to transfer the family ruling center to Larissa, which was closer to the source of the plague.

With the return of the remaining army of Tiberius to the House of Brutus unharmed, the gloom of the plague gradually dissipated; Thus, under the auspices of Tiberius, the center of rule of the Brutus family shifted to Larissa.

The entire administrative and military center of the Brutus family was transferred to Larissa, and Tiberius himself naturally lived in Larissa; As soon as the messenger landed in the port of Thessaly, he marched in the direction of Larissa under the escort of two thousand ironclad cavalry.

Within a hundred meters of Larissa's city, the envoy placed two thousand ironclad cavalry in the barracks that had been prepared outside the city, and he himself went into the city to report the results of his trip to Tiberius; Although Tiberius felt that Alexander would not refuse his deal at first, he still felt a little uneasy in his heart before the final result came out.

When the envoy came to Tiberius's mansion and informed Tiberius of all the details of the successful mission, Tiberius smiled and breathed a sigh of relief; Tiberius then arranged for his messenger to go down and rest, while he himself quietly went through the matter from beginning to end in his study, and only after making sure that nothing had been missed.

In fact, the fundamental purpose of Tiberius in this transaction between the Brutus family and the Kingdom of Alexandria was not to obtain the two thousand ironclad cavalry of the Kingdom of Alexandria, nor to obtain the training methods of the ironclad cavalry and the forging technology of a full set of armor; If you just want to get these things, you only need to pay half the price at most, so where do you need such a high price?

The real purpose of Tiberius was to have the Kingdom of Alexandria cooperate in the attack on the city-states of Pergamon when the Brutus family attacked the city-states of Athens and Sparta; However, Tiberius's purpose in doing this was not to fear that the Spartan city-state would receive support from the city-state of Pergamon, but to have other arrangements.

With the current military strength of the Brutus family, even if the Spartan city-states had the support of the city-states of Pergamon and Rhodes; In the face of absolute strength, these so-called resistances are only more than an increase in casualties.

All along, what really made Tiberius feel jealous and uneasy was the strength of the Sulla and Pompey families; Whether it was their seemingly inexhaustible wealth or the countless hole cards in their hands, Tiberius felt extremely uneasy in his heart.

With the strength shown by the Sulla family and the Pompey family, the combined strength of these two families is definitely stronger than the Brutus family; Even if they were as they appeared to be, because there were not enough people among the Romans to develop their own power and be dependent on the Brutus, Tiberius did not believe that they were really loyal to the Brutus.

From the very beginning of Sulla and Pompey's request to each take control of the two legions, Tiberius was wary of the two families in his heart; Even if these four legions were formed by these two families, Tiberius did not allow the Brutus family to have an army controlled by other families.

As the leader of the Brutus family, Tiberius would never blame the ordinary soldiers who would only obey orders, and he would only put these responsibilities on the Sulla and Pompeys; The crux of the matter is that the ambitions of the Sulla family and the Pompey family are so great that they have the idea of establishing their own family's power.

This means that the Sulla and Pompey families hope to help the Brutus family expand, and then slowly gain a position on an equal footing with the Brutus; This is simply ridiculous for the leader of the Brutus family like Tiberius!

However, when the Brutus family still needs the Sulla family and the Pompey family to contribute to themselves, Tiberius will not tear his face with the Sulla family and the Pompey family; Even, in order to gain the full support of these two families, Tiberius did not hesitate to give four legions to these two families, and let these two families get everything they want in the Brutus family.

Of course, these were only superficial appearances, and Tiberius never relaxed his wariness of the Sulla and Pompeys; In particular, preventing the infiltration of the army by these two families was a top priority for Tiberius.

Now that the situation on the Greek Peninsula has become clearer, it is the perfect time for the Brutus family to attack the city-states of Athens and Sparta and unify the entire Greek peninsula after the seven legions of the Brutus family have regained their strength.

Once the Brutus family successfully annexed the city-states of Athens and Sparta, the Sulla and Pompeys will definitely ask the Brutus family to fulfill their promise to help them march to the eastern continent, and they will justifiably take the four legions with them.

Tiberius was reluctant to let go of the four elite legions of the Brutus family, nor was he willing to lose the strong financial support of the Sulla and Pompey families for the Brutus family; Therefore, the best thing to do is to make the Sulla family and the Pompey family lose their attack.

In this way, the Sulla and Pompey families must continue to be attached to the Brutus until they find a new target for attack; After they tried their best to find a new target for attack, at that time, maybe the Brutus family had secretly devoured the strength of these two families, and it was time to completely solve these two families.

According to the agreement between the Sulla family and the Pompey family and the Brutus family, after the Brutus family completed the unification of the Greek peninsula, the object of the attack of the two families was the Phrygian region on the eastern continent across the sea from the Greek peninsula; In addition, Lysisia, ruled by the Kingdom of Halicarnassus, was also one of the targets of attack.

Originally, Tiberius's price was for Alexander to attack the kingdom of Halicarnassus and the city-state of Pergamon, but when the envoy arrived in Ionia, Alexander had already led his army to defeat the kingdom of Halicarnassus and occupy the region of Lycia; In this way, the envoy did not mention the kingdom of Halicarnassus again, which made Alexander feel that the price of the Brutus family was too high.

No matter what the process was, Tiberius didn't care, all he wanted was the result; It wouldn't be a big deal for the Brutus family to have a little extra gold, and they could get it back from the Sulla family and the Pompey family with a casual excuse.

It is important to note that Alexander has succeeded in conquering the region of Lycia, as long as he continues to defeat the city-state of Pergamon and occupy the region of Phrygia; Then the Brutus family's promise to the Sulla family and the Pompey family will be unfulfilled as it should be.

The Brutus family promised to help the Sulla and Pompey families deal with the isolated city-states of Pergamon and the kingdom of Halicarnassus, not to be the enemy of a new kingdom that ruled over a vast territory; What's more, this emerging kingdom is likely to be a suitable ally of the Brutus family, and the Sulla family and the Pompey family can't embarrass the Brutus family in this matter, right?

However, were the Sulla and Pompey families really so easy to be calculated by Tiberius? Could it be that Sulla and Pompey, who were able to amass such a huge fortune, were so easily toyed with by Tiberius? Perhaps, it was not only Tiberius who had been secretly plotting the conspiracy, but the Brutus family was not so invulnerable; Nothing is yet known. (To be continued.) )