"kill!"

Just as Qingji expected, the Macedonians did not really want to surrender to him.

When Wu Zhang led 8,000 Wu army warriors and requested to enter Aigai, the capital of the Kingdom of Macedonia, they were sternly rejected by the Macedonians.

After a disagreement, Wu Zhang issued the order to attack.

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

In order to destroy the Macedonian Kingdom, Qing Ji mobilized 50,000 cavalry, all elite soldiers of the Wu Kingdom, and 80,000 mercenaries.

A total of 140,000 troops, while attacking the city of Aegean, also divided their troops to attack various cities and villages in the Kingdom of Macedonia.

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

The Scythian Kingdom on the north coast of the Black Sea and the Thracians all went to war to reinforce the desperate Macedonian Kingdom.

Various city-states such as Athens and Sparta in the south sent troops to join the war.

Qingji then adopted the method of encircling the points to call for reinforcements, surrounding Aigai City and annihilating all the reinforcements that 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 Galan and annihilated the reinforcements from Thrace, the Kingdom of Scythia and various Greek city-states, achieving a complete victory.

After destroying the Kingdom of Macedonia, the Wu army took advantage of another great victory and recruited 200,000 mercenaries like a snowball. Together with more than 40,000 Wu cavalry, a total of nearly 250,000 troops marched towards the Macedonian Kingdom.

Go to various Greek city-states.

The first one to bear the brunt is naturally Hot Spring Pass.

…

Mid-July of the lunar calendar.

Qing Ji was so confident that he issued an order to attack Hot Spring Pass.

Thermopylae is located on the Aegean Sea coast in eastern Greece. It is backed by mountains and the sea, and the terrain is extremely dangerous.

However, Qingji believed that with his 250,000 troops, he could easily destroy the Hot Spring Pass.

"How many troops are there at Thermopylae?"

Sun Di replied: "Reporting to Your Majesty, according to reliable information, the Greeks, including Athens, Sparta and other seventy-two city-states, participated in the war, with approximately 36,000 people on foot and cavalry."

"In addition, there are also the remaining defeated troops of the Macedonians, Thracians, and Scythians, the total of which does not exceed 20,000."

Hearing that the enemy had such strength, Qingji couldn't help but narrowed his eyes and felt a little worried.

When the war has progressed to this point, can they still use so many troops to fight?

This was somewhat unexpected by Qingji.

However, the battle strength was 250,000 to over 50,000, and our troops were almost five times the enemy's!

What is Qingji afraid of?

"Grandfather, you should be more careful."

Wu Ji frowned and said, "My grandson heard that Xerxes led an army of two to three hundred thousand men and was blocked by three hundred Spartan warriors here at Hot Spring Pass."

"The Spartans killed tens of thousands of people twice with three hundred warriors, which shows how powerful they are."

"That's a fallacy."

Qing Ji waved his hand and said: "At that time, Sparta was not just 300 people. It was mainly a 7,000-man garrison with 300 Spartan royal guards and 1,000 second-class border infantry as the core."

"..."

Wu Ji fell silent.

Wu Zhang, who was beside him, added: "Father, I think this battle should be decided quickly."

"Our army has 250,000 troops, and food and grass have become a huge problem. Although the Israelis have funded a lot of food and grass, and there are also food and grass collected from Thrace, Lydia, Macedonia and other places, which can supply the army with a

We need it every month, but the army rations after one month, I’m afraid..."

Qing Ji waved his hand and said: "After breaking through Thermopylae, directly occupying various city-states in Greece and requisitioning food on the spot will be enough!"

"promise!"

The previous Wu army was able to occupy the entire territory of the Persian Achaemenid Dynasty by following this method.

…

The next day, Wu Jun launched a fierce attack on Wenquan Pass.

As usual, mercenaries rushed forward without fear of death and acted as cannon fodder, so Wu Jun did not suffer any casualties.

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

The Wu army and the coalition forces fought a great battle in Boeotia.

Almost at the same time, a fierce battle broke out between Wu Jun's fleet and the fleet of the Greek city-state coalition in the Aegean Sea.

It happened that at this time, Qingji fell ill and had to stay at Hot Spring Pass to wait for Wu Zhang, Wu Ji and others to receive good news.

This is really a devastating illness!

Qingji lay on the bed, feeling a little annoyed.

However, he still sent people between the battlefield and Thermopylae to pay close attention to the battle situation.

"Your Majesty, Emperor Sunji led 10,000 cavalry directly into the center of the Greek coalition and gained a lot!"

"Explore again!"

"Your Majesty, a great victory in the Aegean Sea! Our great Wu navy sank more than 300 enemy warships, captured more than 12,000 people, and captured countless others!"

"good!"

"Your Majesty, the Macedonian and Thracian cavalry suddenly circled back and attacked our flank from behind!"

"Explore again!"

"Your Majesty, the Greek coalition launched a full-scale counterattack! However, it has been repelled by the Liao King's army!"

"Explore again!"

"Your Majesty, it's not good! The Medes, Assyrians, Lydians... those Yidis in our army have rebelled! They are attacking our army in the middle!"

"Your Majesty, Huang Sunji is trapped in a tight siege, but the King of Liao has rescued him!"

"Your Majesty, something serious has happened!"

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

Yi Di rebelled!"

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

"What?"

Qing Ji couldn't help but change his color suddenly.

"Quick! Let Wu Ming... send troops to suppress it!"

"promise!"

Bad news came one after another. Before Qingji could calm down a little, the news of the defeat of the frontline army had already reached his ears.

Due to the rebellion of the mercenaries and stabbings in the back, Wu Zhang and Wu Ji had to flee back to Wenquan Pass with the remaining soldiers defeated.

"Father, it is not appropriate to stay here for a long time. After my son is gone, you should quickly lead the army and leave Hot Spring Pass!"

"I...can never accept such a defeat."

Qingji felt very uncomfortable.

He was about to destroy all the Greek city-states and end his Western Expedition. At the critical moment, he was actually defeated?

The disgraced Wu Zhang sighed, knelt down on one knee, saluted Qing Ji and said, "Father, my son and minister are incompetent."

"I didn't expect that the people in the army would be unstable. Alexander and the Greeks actually colluded with the barbarians and rebels in the army, so that our army was defeated! Father, please withdraw first!"

"Revenge later!"

"..."

Qingji fell silent.

"His Majesty!"

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

They also cannot accept such a defeat.

Fortunately, the loss was not huge. The Wu Empire's family had a great cause, and it would not be impossible to seek revenge in the future.

If Qingji died at Hot Spring Pass, they would never be able to redeem themselves, and the Wu Empire was afraid that they would never have a chance to take revenge in the future.

"I...have a splitting headache!"

"His Majesty!"

"Father!"

Qingji suddenly felt "dizzied" and accidentally fell down on the bed.

While Qingji was unconscious, the generals were in a hurry and put Qingji on the carriage and fled in confusion.

Naturally, Qingji didn’t really have a splitting headache.
Chapter completed!