"Kill!"

As Qingji expected, the Macedonians did not really want to surrender to themselves.

When Wu Zhang led 8,000 Wu soldiers and asked to enter Eigai, the capital of the Macedonian Kingdom, he was sternly rejected by the Macedonians.

So without saying a word, Wu Zhang gave the order to attack.

The war between the Wu army and the Macedonians officially broke out.

In order to destroy the Macedonian kingdom, Qingji mobilized 50,000 cavalry, all elite soldiers of the Wu State, and 80,000 mercenaries.

A total of 140,000 horses, while attacking the city of Egai, did not forget to divide the troops to attack the cities and villages of the Macedonian Kingdom.

The aggressive behavior of the Wu army finally aroused great dissatisfaction among the Western countries and city-states.

The kingdom of Scythia on the northern shore of the Black Sea, as well as the Thracians, went to war to reinforce the desperate kingdom of Macedonia.

The southern city-states of Athens and Sparta all sent troops to war.

Qingji then adopted the method of encircling the point to send reinforcements, besieging the city of Egai, and annihilating the reinforcements from all walks of life who came to support one by one.

After more than three months of fierce fighting, the Wu army and its mercenaries finally broke through the city of Gailan and annihilated the reinforcements of Thrace, the Kingdom of Scythia, and various Greek city-states, and won a great victory.

After destroying the Macedonian kingdom, the Wu army took advantage of a great victory, and recruited 200,000 mercenaries like a snowball, plus more than 40,000 cavalry of Wu, a total of nearly 250,000 troops, and marched towards various Greek city-states.

The first thing to bear the brunt of this is naturally the hot spring pass.

……

The middle of the seventh month of the lunar calendar.

Qingji was full of ambition and gave the order to attack towards Hot Spring Pass.

The hot springs are located on the coast of the Aegean Sea in eastern Greece, and the terrain is extremely dangerous with mountains and sea at its back.

However, Qingji believed that with his army of 250,000, he could easily destroy this hot spring pass.

"How many troops are there in Hot Springs?"

Sun Di replied: "Back to Your Majesty, according to reliable information, on the side of the Greeks, Athens, Sparta and other seventy-two city-states participated in the war, about 36,000 horsemen. ”

"In addition, there are the remnants of the Macedonians, Thracians, and Scythians defeated, and the total number does not exceed twenty thousand."

Hearing that the enemy was such a force, Qingji couldn't help but squint his eyes and be a little worried.

The war has reached such a point, and they can still come up with so many troops to fight?

This is something that Qingji is somewhat unexpected.

However, the battle strength is more than 250,000 against 50,000, and your own troops and horses are almost five times that of the enemy!

What is Qingji afraid of?

"Imperial Grandfather, you should still be cautious."

Wu Ji frowned and said, "Grandson heard that Xerxes led an army of two or three hundred thousand people at Hot Springs Pass and was blocked by three hundred Spartan warriors. ”

"The Spartans killed tens of thousands of people twice with 300 warriors, which shows their fierceness."

"That's a fallacy."

Qingji waved his hand and said, "At that time, Sparta was not just three hundred. It was mainly a garrison of 7,000 men with 300 Spartan royal guards and 1,000 second-class border infantry as the core. ”

“……”

Wu Ji was silent.

Wu Zhangjin beside him said: "Father, the son thinks that this battle should be resolved quickly. ”

"Our army has 250,000 horses, and food and grass have become a huge problem. Although the Israelites financed a lot of grain and grass, as well as collected from Thrace, Lydia, Macedonia and other places, which could supply the army for a month, the army rations after a month would probably be ......."

Qingji waved his hand and said: "After breaking through the Hot Spring Pass, directly occupy the various city-states of Greece and collect grain on the spot, it is enough!" ”

"No!"

The previous Wu army was able to occupy the entire territory of the Achaemenid Dynasty of Persia according to this method.

……

The next day, Wu's army launched an attack on Hot Spring Pass.

According to the usual practice, it was the mercenaries who rushed up without fear of death and acted as cannon fodder, so the Wu army did not suffer any casualties.

After several days of hard fighting, the Hot Springs Pass was finally conquered by the Wu army.

The Wu army fought a general battle with the allied forces in Boeotia.

Almost simultaneously, a fierce battle broke out in the Aegean Sea between the fleet of the Wu army and the fleet of the allied forces of the Greek city-states.

At this time, Qingji fell ill and had to stay at the hot spring pass, waiting for Wu Zhang and Wu Ji to send good news.

What a sickness!

Qingji lay on the bed, a little annoyed.

However, he still sent people back and forth between the battlefield and the hot spring pass, keeping a close eye on the battle situation.

"Your Majesty, Huangsun Ji led 10,000 iron cavalry to penetrate the Chinese army of the Greek coalition army, and won a lot!"

"Probe!"

"Your Majesty, great victory in the Aegean! Our Great Wu Navy sank more than 300 enemy ships, captured more than 12,000 people, and captured countless people! ”

"Good!"

"Your Majesty, the cavalry of the Macedonians and Thracians suddenly circled around and attacked the flank of our army from behind!"

"Probe!"

"Your Majesty, the Greek coalition has launched a full-scale counteroffensive! However, it has been repelled by the army led by the King of Liao! ”

"Probe!"

"Your Majesty, it's not good! The Medes, Assyrians, and Lydians in our army...... Those Yidi rebelled! The Chinese army is attacking our army! ”

"Your Majesty, Huangsun Ji is under siege, but the King of Liao has rescued him!"

"Your Majesty, something is wrong!"

Just when Qingji was a little stunned, another guard hurriedly entered the Chinese army's tent and told Qingji: "There is a fire in the west!" That's the granary of our army! The Assyrians and the Medes, those Idi! ”

"They burned our army's food and grass!"

"What?"

Qingji couldn't help but change color.

"Quick! Jean Wu Ming...... Send troops to suppress! ”

"No!"

The bad news came one after another, and before Qingji could calm down a little, the news of the rout of the front-line army had already reached his ears.

Due to the rebellion of the mercenaries and stabbing them in the back, Wu Zhang and Wu Ji had to take the remnants of the defeated army and flee back to Hot Spring Pass.

"Father, this place should not stay for a long time. After the retainers are broken, you quickly lead the army out of the hot spring pass! ”

"I ...... Such a defeat must not be accepted. ”

Qingji felt very uncomfortable.

Seeing that he was about to destroy the city-states of Greece and end this trip to the west, he was defeated at a critical juncture?

The disgraced Wu Zhang sighed, knelt down on one knee, and saluted Qingji: "Father, it's the sons and daughters who are incompetent. ”

"I didn't expect that the hearts of the people in the army would fluctuate, and Alexander and the Greeks actually colluded with the Yidi and rebels in the army, so that our army was defeated! Father, withdraw first! ”

"Revenge later!"

“……”

Qingji was silent.

"Your Majesty!"

The generals of the Wu army around all knelt down one after another.

Such a defeat is also unacceptable to them.

Fortunately, the loss is not big, Emperor Wu's country is great, and it is not impossible to take revenge in the future.

In case Qingji dies in Hot Spring Pass, they will not be redeemed, and the Wu Empire is afraid that there will be no chance to take revenge in the future.

"I ...... Splitting headaches! ”

"Your Majesty!"

"Father!"

Qingji suddenly felt "dizzy", and if he was not careful, he fell on the bed.

Taking advantage of Qingji's fainting, the generals were in a hurry, hurriedly put Qingji on the carriage, and fled in embarrassment.

Qingji naturally didn't really have a splitting headache.

Wouldn't it be a shame if he didn't pretend to be unconscious at this time?