After the fall of Tyre, tens of thousands of Wu soldiers and mercenaries carried out a ransack in the city.

All the valuable items that can be taken away are taken away, and the chickens and dogs are not left, and even the rations are not left. The Wu army and the mercenaries who returned with a full load left a deep suffering for the people of such a city.

Qingji did even more, and directly waved his hand: "Raze this city to the ground!" ”

"No!" As the order was conveyed, the walls of Tyre, the drawbridges, houses, wells, etc., all kinds of buildings, brick by brick, were destroyed.

More than 30,000 Tyranians who survived this battle were even relegated to slavery and peddled out.

There were no slaves in Wu, so these people would only travel around Western countries, as well as Central and West Asia...... After the capture of the city of Tyre, the Wu army launched a powerful offensive against various Palestinian cities.

In Gaza, the Wu army also encountered stubborn resistance, and it took more than a month and paid an extremely heavy price to break through Gaza City.

In the face of enemies who dare to resist stubbornly, Qingji will not be merciful, so he directly let the Gazans, like the Tyreans, all become slaves and be sold.

…… The time entered the forty-fourth year of Wu Shi Huang, that is, in 470 BC, the third month of the lunar calendar. The rested expeditionary army of Wu continued to march towards Macedonia.

Macedonia is located on the northeastern edge of Greece, bordered by Thessali to the south, Mount Olympia in the middle, Inliria to the west, and Thrace to the east.

According to the natural geographical conditions, Macedonia is clearly divided into two parts: Upper Macedonia, located in the west, with a vast area, vertical and horizontal mountains, dense forests, suitable for animal husbandry, and is the basic residence of the Macedonians.

Lower Macedonia is a coastal plain bordering the Aegean Sea, suitable for agricultural development. Due to its remote location, Macedonia has long been in a backward state and has been largely excluded from interstate life in Greece.

The rugged and brave Macedonians were more like Spartans than Athenians, and were considered Greeks by other ancient Greek city-states to be non-strictly Greeks, with many Greeks even calling them alien barbarians.

About 200 years ago, Perdiccas I led a Macedonian people to move eastward from their homeland on the banks of the Haliakömon River, and established the Ajid dynasty as their capital.

By this day, Macedonian power had crossed the Aksius River eastward, conquering the Thracian tribes there.

It is worth mentioning that Macedonia has a monarchy, but the citizens' assembly still plays a role. During the Greco-Persian Wars, Macedonia was attached to the Persian Empire and was forced to join the Persian army.

So, in the strict sense of the word, Macedonia was not a province of the Persians, but an independent kingdom.

When Qingji led the army of the Western Expedition to cross the Aksius River, the Macedonians sent envoys to sue for peace, expressing their willingness to submit to Dawu.

Such a result is undoubtedly a great joy for all.

"Imperial Grandfather, do you really want to accept the submission of the Macedonians?" When the Macedonian envoy left, Wu Ji asked suspiciously.

After all, within the territory of the Great Wu Empire, except for the princes and princes, there was no vassal state with a different surname that was subordinate.

Could it be that this Macedonian kingdom will be a special case? Hearing this, Qingji just smiled and said, "Wu Ji, do you know the personality of the King of Macedonia?" ”

"I know a little bit about it." Wu Ji said slowly: "It is said that in the Ionian rebellion that led to the outbreak of the Greco-Persian War, Alexander, who had not yet succeeded to the throne, had an unfriendly attitude towards the Persians. ”

"After the outbreak of the war, Alexander also led his troops to attack the Greeks with the Persians."

"Only in the end Alexander betrayed the Persians, which led to the defeat of the Persians."

"Grandfather Huang, this is a person with two ends of the head, and he can't be trusted. If the emperor's grandfather wants to destroy the Greek city-states in one go, he must first get rid of the Macedonians. Qingji bowed slightly: "Not bad." Wu Ji, my thoughts coincide with yours. "Now, the reigning king of Macedonia is Alexander I, the ancestor of Alexander the Great.

Its name Alexander means

"Guardian of Humanity". Alexander III, that is, Alexander the Great. Two

"Alexander", more than a hundred years apart. The current reigning king of Macedon, Alexander I, is an outstanding monarch.

On the eve of the outbreak of the Greco-Persian Wars, Darius I sent his general Megabazos to various parts of Greece to demand land and water, symbolically demanding that the Greeks submit to Persia.

When the mission came to Macedonia, they were entertained by Alexander's father, Amintas I. At the banquet, the Persian envoys even asked the beauties of the Macedonian harem to participate in the banquet, and Amintas, fearing Persia, actually agreed.

When the Persian envoys began to manipulate the beauties, Prince Alexander, who was on the side, could not bear it anymore.

He came up with a clever plan, falsely pretending to get the beauties back to the house to dress up more beautifully, send them all back to the harem, and then called a group of Macedonian boys dressed as women to wait on the Persian envoys and kill them all by surprise.

Because the mission was gone, Meghabazos sent Bubarus to lead a group of men to Macedonia to ask for the guilt.

However, Alexander married his sister Ngayash to Bobbulas and resolved the crisis.

After the death of Amintas I, Alexander I succeeded to the throne, but soon the Greco-Persian Wars were in full swing.

Despite Alexander's previous hostility towards Persia, Macedonia was forced to submit to Persia and become a vassal of Persia under duress from the Persian general and Darius' son-in-law.

When Xerxes I launched a second invasion of Greece after his accession to the throne, Alexander marched with the Persian army and gained the trust of Mardonios.

However, Persia was defeated in the Battle of Salamis, which broke out ten years ago, and was no longer able to continue the war of aggression.

After the defeat of Persia, Alexander was sent to Athens as an agent with Mardonios to negotiate peace with the Greek city-states.

Convinced that Greece was powerless against Persia, he advised the Greek city-states to value peace, but was refused. Although Alexander cooperated with Persia, but

The "Greek-loving" did not really side with Persia, and still often supplied other Greek city-states and offered his own opinions.

Moreover, Madonios' plan was revealed to them on the eve of the Battle of Brady, which led to a resounding victory for the Greek coalition.

The remnants of the Persian army, led by Artabazous, had to retreat to all of Asia Minor. The 43,000 Persian soldiers who survived the battlefield were attacked by Alexander's Macedonian army at the mouth of the Struma River, and most of them were killed...... In view of this, how can Qingji rest assured that such a thing would be

"Little brother", keep this kind of two or five boys?

"Wu Zhang."

"Erchen is here!"

"You led 8,000 sharp men into the Macedonian capital of Egai, and I followed with a large army. If the Macedonians refuse to let you into the city, attack at once, and there must be no mistake! ”

"No!" Qingji made up his mind to destroy the Macedonian kingdom, not simply submit it.

The human heart is unpredictable. Qingji knew that if he wanted to really conquer the Macedonians, he must not allow them to have a state.

Just like the Persians. What are the benefits of formal surrender? In the unlikely event that Qingji further conquered the Greek city-states, a fire broke out in the backyard and the Macedonians rebelled, then it would be too late for Qingji to regret it.