The people should fight for the law, just as they fought for the walls. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ?

- Heraclitus (a legendary philosopher and a representative of the Efes)

After the alliance of the kingdoms of Armenia and Parthia was formally established, the alliance between the two countries was naturally formed; Before the integration of the armies of the two countries was completed, the kingdoms of Armenia and Parthia began to recruit new armies, and the weapons and equipment that needed to be provided to these new armies were also being built rapidly.

Of the 30,000 infantry and 10,000 cavalry, the 30,000 infantry was mainly composed of 20,000 Armenian infantry and 10,000 hoplites, while the 10,000 cavalry consisted of 8,000 archers and 2,000 ironclad cavalry. Such a cavalry force is still too weak for the Kingdom of Armenia, and it is impossible to compete with the Seleucid Empire alone!

The Parthian kingdom had 20,000 infantry and 25,000 cavalry, all of which were composed of the eastern infantry who were vulnerable in combat, which can be described as miserable; Fortunately, their cavalry strength was still very strong, consisting of fifteen thousand archers and five thousand ironclad cavalry, and five thousand ironclad camel cavalry.

With the formation of the new coalition army, the infantry army under the command of the Kingdom of Armenia will be expanded to 80,000 men; Among them, 20,000 Armenian infantry and 30,000 heavily armed pikemen will be the absolute main force, and the remaining 30,000 Eastern infantry will be used to assist the battle.

The Parthian kingdom was more concerned with the expansion of cavalry than in terms of infantry, while the kingdom of Armenia also put its hope on the cavalry army; After all, the duel between the two countries and the Seleucid Empire is more of a war between cavalry and cavalry, and it is difficult for infantry to dominate the battlefield of the Eastern 6 after all, which is also the status quo of the entire Eastern 6.

When the cavalry units of the Parthian and Armenian kingdoms were combined, they had 7,000 ironclad cavalry, 5,000 ironclad camel cavalry, and 23,000 archers; The scale of such a cavalry is absolutely unparalleled in the entire Eastern Great 6, but in the eyes of the Parthian Kingdom and the Armenian Kingdom, this cavalry force is still not strong enough, at least the number of ironclad cavalry is too small.

Even after losing a large number of ironclad cavalry during the attack on the kingdom of Pontus, the Seleucid Empire still had no less than 10,000 ironclad cavalry; In addition, the elite cavalry of Cappadocia, which originally belonged to the kingdom of Pontus, also became the cavalry of the Seleucid Empire, which made the Parthian kingdom and the Armenian kingdom even more nervous.

Although there is still a certain gap between the Cappadocian cavalry and the ironclad cavalry in terms of combat effectiveness, such a gap can definitely be made up by numbers; More importantly, it was much easier to assemble a large-scale Cappadocian cavalry than a large-scale ironclad cavalry, and once the Seleucid Empire had a large number of Cappadocian cavalry, it would be an unacceptable disaster for the Parthian and Armenian kingdoms!

In order to cope with this almost certain catastrophe, the Parthian and Armenian kingdoms had to do everything they could to raise stronger cavalry to strengthen themselves; A mere 7,000 ironclad cavalry and 5,000 ironclad camel cavalry were certainly not enough, and the focus of the massive expansion plans of the Parthian and Armenian kingdoms was to increase the number of ironclad cavalry.

Of course, the number of archers also needs to be appropriately expanded, and the Media region of the Parthian Kingdom and the Colchis region of the Armenian Kingdom are the best archers on the Oriental 6, so the two countries naturally cannot waste such good resources in vain.

More importantly, the cost of the formation of the archers is still very low, as long as there is a suitable source of troops, it can be formed on a large scale; You must know that the archers of the Parthian Kingdom and the Kingdom of Armenia are just a combination of a knight and a war horse plus a bow and arrow, which is definitely the most inexpensive and the most practical class of troops on the battlefield.

According to the established plan of the two countries, the number of archers in the coalition cavalry will be expanded to 50,000, of which the most elite Persian archers will have 10,000 people, which can be regarded as the main force of 50,000 archers; As for the formation of the ironclad cavalry, it is impossible to be as casual as the archers, after all, the formation of the ironclad cavalry is still very expensive.

The existing 7,000 ironclad cavalry will be expanded to 15,000, and the 5,000 ironclad camel cavalry will be expanded to 10,000; In this way, the Parthian and Armenian kingdoms would have a full 25,000 ironclad cavalry.

In addition to the ironclad cavalry, ironclad camel cavalry, and archers, the Parthian kingdom also had an exceptionally powerful cavalry, that is, the war elephant army with unparalleled combat effectiveness; However, the number of war elephants possessed by the Parthian Kingdom is still very small, and it is not able to turn the tide of battle on the battlefield, at most it is only to deter the enemy.

But in the Medes region of the Parthian kingdom and in the Atropene region of the Armenian kingdom, there were still considerable herds of wild elephants; As long as the Parthian and Armenian kingdoms can cooperate in the capture of wild elephants, there is still hope that the allied cavalry will have the goal of having 100 war elephants, which is enough to play a powerful role on the battlefield.

If the expansion plans of the kingdoms of Parthia and Armenia can be carried out smoothly, then in a year at most the combined forces of the two countries will have a force of 75,000 cavalry with 25,000 ironclad cavalry and 100 war elephants as the core; Such a large cavalry force is simply an almost invincible torrent of ironclad on the battlefield!

It is no exaggeration to say that once the combined cavalry of the Parthian Kingdom and the Kingdom of Armenia could be expanded to such a size, with the current military strength of the Seleucid Empire, it would simply not be able to compete with such a powerful cavalry on the battlefield.

In fact, even if the combined cavalry of the Parthian and Armenian kingdoms did not expand, the 35,000 cavalry was enough to fight head-on with the Seleucid army without falling behind; The reason why Seleucus VII was able to quickly destroy the Pontus Kingdom was not only the strength of the Seleucid Empire, but also the cooperation of the Brutus Empire.

If the four kingdoms of the Kingdom Alliance had been closely linked and cooperating in battle, it would have been impossible for the Seleucid Empire to destroy the Pontus Kingdom; Even if the Seleucid Empire were united with the Brutus Empire, it would not be easy to bring down the kingdoms of Alexander and Pontus, it would be a protracted war, not the destruction of the kingdoms of Alexander and Pontus in a matter of months.

It's a pity that the four kingdoms of the Kingdom Alliance have never been unusually close allies with each other, which gave the Seleucid Empire and the Brutus Empire the opportunity to defeat them one by one; Now that the awakened Parthian Kingdom and the Armenian Kingdom have been closely united, can the Seleucid Empire successfully destroy the Parthian Kingdom and the Armenian Kingdom?

After the fall of the Pontus kingdom, Seleucus VII was unable to mobilize enough troops to attack the Parthian and Armenian kingdoms in a short period of time; Not only because the Seleucid army lost a large number of troops during the attack on the kingdom of Pontus, but also because the newly occupied Pontus region and Cappadocia needed to be suppressed by the Seleucid army.

Pontus and Cappadocia had been separated from the Seleucid Empire for so many years, and the people of these two regions were naturally reluctant to accept the rule of the Seleucid Empire again; Of course, whether they want to accept it or not has nothing to do with Seleucus VII, no matter what these people think in their hearts, the army of the Seleucid Empire will let them make the right choice.

After expanding the Seleucid Empire by two provinces, Seleucus VII returned to Antioch with the remaining ironclad cavalry and the newly recruited Cappadocian cavalry; As for the garrisons of these two provinces, they were temporarily served by the soldiers of the Silver Shield Legion, and then Seleucus VII would make new arrangements.

After returning to Antiochus, Seleucus VII soon received information that the Parthian and Armenian kingdoms were officially moving towards a union, and Seleucus VII was also well aware of the large-scale expansion of the two kingdoms; Even these two kingdoms were in a hurry to expand their armies in such a situation, how could the Seleucid Empire slow down its expansion after such a great victory?

After this war against the kingdom of Pontus, Seleucus VII's prestige in the Seleucid Empire had reached a new peak; Even in the city of Antiochus, Seleucus VII was said to be the second largest emperor in the history of the Seleucid Empire after the Seleucid Empire.

If Seleucus VII could really recover all the three kingdoms that were independent back then, then his prestige would directly surpass Seleucus I, the founding emperor of the Seleucid Empire, and become the most eloscent emperor in the history of the Seleucid Empire; Needless to say, this is also a fact recognized by all Seleucid Empires.

Seleucus VII himself naturally had great ambitions for the conquest of the kingdoms of Armenia and Parthia, so after learning that the two kingdoms were united and greatly expanded, he also began the expansion of the Seleucid Empire in the city of Antioch; First of all, there is the Silver Shield Legion stationed in the Pontsu area, and their size has been directly expanded to 50,000 people, and subsequent reinforcements will arrive in the Pontsu area.

The garrison of the Seleucid Empire in Assyria was also expanded from 20,000 to 30,000, and the garrison in Elemes was expanded from 30,000 to 50,000; The expansion of these three armies alone allowed the Seleucid Empire to have 130,000 infantry in the border area between the Parthian Kingdom and the Armenian Kingdom, which can be regarded as a-for-tat confrontation between the two kingdoms by Seleucus VII.

As for the expansion of the army on the local side, Seleucus VII did not slow down in the slightest; The civil strife in the Kingdom of Egypt has completely ended, and the Kingdom of Egypt, backed by the Augustan Empire, is naturally not what it used to be, but the Seleucid Empire will not take a step back! (To be continued.) )8