Alexander's latest move begins.
His target was, of course, the interior of Asia Minor.
Before doing so, he restored the freedom of the Greek cities he captured, thereby ensuring their loyalty and thus ensuring their safety for subsequent operations.
Some important members of these cities will have a part of the Macedonian garrison, and one of the arduous tasks of some houses is to control the Aegean Sea and those important trading ports to ensure that the Persian navy no longer poses a threat to them.
Li Ning was also slightly surprised by this. After all, the Greek city-states seemed to be good at navy according to historical records. After the famous naval battle of Samis, the Athenian navy was compared with the Asian powerhouse Persia.
However, Macedonia, a traditional Greek city-state, called foreigners, green barbarians in the Blue Sea Civilization, and a group of rustics who have never even mastered light cavalry tactics, seem unable to make the phalanx infantry comfortable on the water. Therefore, the phalanx infantry at their doorstep The Aegean Sea was still under Persian control at this time.
Therefore, if they consider returning to their hometown, they really need to return to the Balkans through the inland areas.
But this will undergo shocking changes in the future, because the Arabs, who are proficient in water warfare, have trained a large number of pirates, and even laid a certain technical foundation for the Age of Discovery, are now heading towards the Black Sea 1,300 years ago. Go ahead.
"I sent three groups of sailors." After listening to Li Ning's description of Alexander's arrangements, Puyane increasingly believed that the talents he recruited should be put to great use here. After all, the Macedonians seemed barbaric and backward in many things. , "I will find the best scholars and craftsmen, sailors, and of course soldiers and their colleagues. I hope that after they come here, they can help us fight for enough benefits. I believe you have also seen that everything here is Lack of wisdom, especially the wisdom of the Arabs. But I never expected that your plan is to use their wisdom to improve your own status."
"It's not just about improving their status, we want to bring them new horizons. You may not understand this. This is very important to our civilization, and of course it is also true to your reputation. By then we will Everyone will benefit from this, but of course, our individual benefits may not be that obvious.”
"Do you need me to bring you your integrity? I can do this. You are indeed a unique official. However, although I can do this great work with you, if Allah sends down a Even a trivial reward will make me feel extremely happy and satisfied in my heart.”
"You're just too greedy."
Li Ning hit the nail on the head and exposed the Arab businessman's face.
But the other party didn't take it seriously at all, and instead said to Li Ning: "If you didn't gain anything and just saw that your civilization benefited because of you, would you feel satisfied?"
"I will." Li Ning answered calmly, but unfortunately he lamented afterwards and said, "They are all my stupid compatriots who need someone who looks stupider than them to set an example for them. .In the palace, some eunuchs are specially assigned to serve the emperor. Although ordinary people are not emperors, they also hope that some stupid eunuchs will rush to the front in certain matters. For them, this is something they can do. The divine thought called wisdom.”
"Well, that does have some wisdom."
The Arabs commented on the thoughts of the common people and gave them the conclusion of Long Live Understanding.
Li Ning didn't say anything more, just smiled without noticing.
Then, he turned to the friend who stayed with him for the rest of his life and asked softly: "According to the historical records of the Arabs, what will our king Alexander do next?"
"What else can we do? Let's go to Mount Taurus!"
"Does that mean we have to return to Sardis City?"
"I don't know about this, anyway, it's heading east. According to historical records, the army should be divided into two groups in winter. One way, with his commanders, continues along the south side of the Asia Peninsula, heading east. And the other way should be to return. The great city of Sardis.”
"Our king has always been upright and upright, and the mission full of combat content should not fall on others. It seems that his family launched a conquest of Silesia from the southern coast of the Asia Peninsula under the blow of the winter sea breeze."
"Yes, if the coastal cities along the way fall into His Majesty's hands successfully, then the ice cream territory will appear in front of him. But there should be many mountains along the way, and I'm afraid there will be many nasty enemies trying to stop him. footsteps."
"Maybe." Li Ning took a sip of tea, and then said with some emotion, "I feel a little uneasy. Maybe the records we can see in historical materials will change dramatically."
"Change? How to change? The books and words are dead, how can he change?"
"You idiot, of course they won't change, their experience in front of us might."
"why?"
"For a fat, stupid butterfly flew into Phrygia."
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"You look really stupid, even stupider than me!"
In another tent, Mr. Boya was banging the table angrily and delivering his lofty speech to the young scholars who were following the action.
"Tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, there was no distinction between priorities, and they all stayed together. As a result, people were ignited. Fortunately, they were discovered in time, and those idiots didn't know how to set fires at intervals, otherwise It is possible that the whole army will be annihilated. This man named Shi Yuansun should break Lingchi's car!"
The person being scolded was Shi Yuansun, the commander-in-chief of the Song Dynasty army who was conquering Phrygia.
This guy led tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, but was attacked by some local slave owners in the middle of the night. As a result, he lost nearly half of his troops.
This incident eventually alarmed the Song Dynasty court, and many people even began to discuss that the conquest across the light curtain should be temporarily suspended.
This is of course very disadvantageous for Li Ning.
However, he had already made arrangements for this, because the previous fiasco that reached his ears was caused by Shi Yuansun.
But Li Ning's arrangement was not discussed with Mr. Boya, and the young scholars around him were even less aware of it.
Therefore, they are still anxiously discussing countermeasures.
"Sir, look what the court will do next."
"There are experts in the court." Mr. Boya insisted, "They will not give up because of this failure."
"Why do you say that?"
"Obviously, the combat effectiveness of the army here is very weak. It can be seen from their weapons that they are more than a step behind our Song Dynasty. So the army should have been training here when it came here, but the officials were too anxious. Too many people were expected to come at once, and as a result, such a big omission occurred. But the purpose of this matter is good, and we should not give up."
"But what's the point of training our troops?"
"It will be useful. Don't you know that Xixia is ready to make a move?"
"Xixia?" The Fujian scholar was a little hesitant. This name was a bit far away from their hometown.
"Alas..." Mr. Boya sighed, looking a little helpless.
But in fact, he is pitying the future of these people.
Now he knows in his heart that only Li Ning knows his origin and may understand his thoughts.
He silently opened the information secretly sent by Privy Councilor Li Zi.
That was a piece of information compiled by a man from Bianjing City, who read through books in various languages and pieced together the basic process of Alexander's Eastern Expedition.
But there are differences in language differences and differences in translation techniques. The content obtained by Mr. Boya did not match the various Chinese place names marked by Li Ning at all.
Therefore, wherever he went, he carefully searched for local intellectuals and discussed with them the writing of various place names and the speech of various language alphabets.
After spending more than a month, he finally successfully connected the place names in the intelligence with the places he had experienced.
It is written in it: After Alexander captured the main city of Halicarnassus, he left an army and continued to attack Wei City, and then led the main force to fight various cities in the south.
This was no longer the same as what he had experienced.
After all, all five cities in Halicarnassus had been captured by the Song Dynasty army.
So, will what happens next be the same as the original record?
What unique things will the Song Dynasty’s army do here?
This makes him look forward to it very much, especially the performance of Li Ning.
He could conclude that Li Ning was probably from another place like him.
It's just that he's not quite sure yet whether this place is... his hometown.
Just when he was confused, Li Ning's voice suddenly came from outside the tent.
"Everyone gathers urgently, we are going to Perg."
Mr. Boya was stunned for a moment.
"Pelg? Where is that place?"
He murmured in a low voice while quickly searching on the map, and finally found a coastal city hidden behind the mountains.
Looking at the terrain, it seems that it is not an easy city to conquer.
He frowned, wondering why Li Ning chose such a difficult nut to crack.
