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All valuables that could be taken away were taken away. Chickens, dogs, and even rations were not left behind.

The Wu army and the mercenaries who returned home with great loads left deep suffering to the people in such cities.

Qing Ji went even further, waving his hand and saying: "Raze this city to the ground!"

"promise!"

As Qingji's order was passed on, Tire's city walls, suspension bridges, houses, wells, etc., all kinds of buildings were destroyed brick by brick.

More than 30,000 Tyrian people who survived this battle were even sold out as slaves by Qing Ji.

There are no slaves in Wu State, so these people will only move around in Western countries, Central Asia, and West Asia...

After capturing the city of Tyre, the Wu army launched a powerful offensive against various cities in Palestine.

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

Qingji would not be merciful to enemies who dared to resist, so he directly turned the Gazans into slaves and sold them out like the Tyrians.

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The time has entered the forty-fourth year of Wu Shihuang, that is, 470 BC, the third month of the lunar calendar.

After taking a rest, the Wu expedition army continued to march towards Macedonia.

Macedonia is located on the northeastern edge of Greece, bordering Thessaly 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, has a vast territory, crisscrossed mountains and dense forests, which is 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 been in a backward state for a long time and has been basically excluded from the international life of Greece.

The Macedonians were rough and brave, more like the Spartans than the Athenians, and were regarded by other ancient Greek city-states as non-strictly Greeks. Many Greeks even called them barbarians.

About two hundred years ago, Perdiccas I led a nation of Macedonians to move eastward from their homeland on the Haliacmon River, established their capital at Aige, and founded the Agid Dynasty.

Today, Macedonian forces have crossed the Axius River eastward and conquered the Thracian tribes there.

It is worth mentioning that Macedonia implements a monarchy, but the Citizens' Assembly still plays a certain role.

During the Greco-Persian War, Macedonia became dependent on the Persian Empire and was forced to join the Persian army.

Therefore, strictly speaking, Macedonia is not a province of the Persians, but an independent kingdom.

When Qing Ji led his western expedition army to cross the Aksius River, the Macedonians sent envoys to sue for peace and express their willingness to surrender to Wu.

This result is undoubtedly happy to everyone.

"Grandfather, do you really want to accept the surrender of the Macedonians?"

When the Macedonian envoy left, Wu Ji asked in confusion.

After all, within the territory of the Great Wu Empire, except for the princes who established feudal states, there was no vassal state with a different surname that had surrendered.

Could it be that the Kingdom of Macedonia will become a special case?

Hearing this, Qingji just smiled indifferently and said: "Wu Ji, do you understand the character of the King of Macedonia?"

"Know a thing or two."

Wu Ji said slowly: "It is said that during 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 war broke out, Alexander also led his troops to attack the Greeks along with the Persians."

"It's just that Alexander betrayed the Persians in the end, causing the Persians to return defeated."

"Grandpa Imperial, this is a man with both ends. It cannot be trusted. Grandpa Imperial, if you want to wipe out all the Greek city-states in one go, you must get rid of the Macedonians first."

Qingji nodded slightly and said, "That's right. Wu Ji, my idea coincides with yours."

The current reigning King of Macedonia is Alexander I, the ancestor of Alexander the Great.

His name Alexander means "Guardian of Mankind".

Alexander III is Alexander the Great.

The two "Alexanders" are more than a hundred years apart.

The current King of Macedonia, Alexander I, can be regarded as an outstanding monarch.

On the eve of the Greco-Persian War, Darius I sent General Megabazus to various parts of Greece to ask for soil and water, symbolically asking the Greeks to surrender to Persia.

When the envoy came to Macedonia, Alexander's father, King Amyntas I, hosted them.

At the banquet, the Persian envoys actually asked the beauties of the Macedonian harem to attend the banquet, but Amyntas actually agreed because he was afraid of Persia.

When the Persian envoys began to touch the beauties, Prince Alexander who was standing by could not bear it anymore.

He came up with a clever plan. He lied about letting the beauties go back to their houses to dress up more beautifully, and sent them all back to the harem. Then he called a group of Macedonian boys dressed as women to wait on the Persian envoys, and killed them all by surprise.

Since the envoy never returned, Megabazus sent Bubalus with a detachment to Macedonia to raise an army to investigate the crime.

However, Alexander resolved the crisis by betrothing his sister Ingia to Bubalus.

After the death of Amyntas I, Alexander I succeeded to the throne, but soon the Greco-Persian War began.

Although Alexander had previously been hostile to Persia, under the coercion of Mardonius, the Persian general and son-in-law of Darius, Macedonia was forced to surrender to Persia and become a vassal of Persia.

After Xerxes I succeeded to the throne, he launched his second invasion of Greece. Alexander also marched with the Persian army and won the trust of Mardonius.

However, Persia was severely defeated in the Battle of Salamis that 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 Mardonius to negotiate peace with the Greek city-states.

He was convinced that Greece was unable to fight Persia and advised the Greek city-states to make peace, but was rejected.

Although Alexander cooperated with Persia, he "loved Greece" and did not really side with Persia. He still often provided supplies and put forward his own opinions to other Greek city-states.

Moreover, Mardonius' plan was revealed to them on the eve of the Battle of Plates, which enabled the Greek coalition to achieve a complete victory in this battle.

The remaining Persian troops under Artabazus had to retreat across Asia Minor.

The 43,000 Persian soldiers who narrowly escaped death on the battlefield were attacked by the Macedonian army led by Alexander at the mouth of the Struma River, and most of them were killed...

In view of this, how could Qingji trust such a "little brother" and keep such a young man?

"Wu Zhang."

"My son is here!"

"You lead eight thousand warriors to take the first step and enter the Macedonian capital Aigai. I will then follow with a large army. If the Macedonians refuse to let you enter the city, attack immediately without any mistake!"

"promise!"

Qing Ji made up his mind to destroy the Macedonian Kingdom instead of simply surrendering it.

People's hearts are unpredictable.

Qing Ji knew very well that if he really wanted to conquer the Macedonians, he must not allow them to have a country.

Just like the Persians.

What are the benefits of formal surrender?
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