So after Alexander thought very carefully, in order to boost morale before the army set off, he distributed all his property to the soldiers. The soldiers asked Alexander: Your Majesty, you have distributed all your property to us.

, then what did you leave behind?

Alexander smiled and said: Hope! I leave hope to myself, it will bring me endless wealth!

After hearing this, the soldiers were all moved by Alexander's heroic words, so they shouted in unison: follow Alexander to the death, and then embarked on the expedition.

In the Greek city-states, those who originally supported the Kingdom of Macedonia understood that this time they were going to Persia to plunder resources, and other things were secondary, so they followed Alexander with confidence.

Finally, Alexander led this confident army, including more than 30,000 infantry, more than 5,000 cavalry, and more than 160 warships, a coalition of Macedonian and Greek states, to cross the border in a mighty way.

Entered the Hellespont, then landed in Asia Minor, and finally set foot on Persian territory.

As for the Persian Empire at this time, it had lost its former aura because King Xerxes of Persia had passed away. At this time, it was Xerxes’ son who held the power of the Persian Empire. But Xerxes’ son was simply a mediocre and incompetent person.

, he only indulges in eating, drinking and having fun all day long, and does not pay attention to the affairs of the empire. This leads to chaos in the Persian Empire. The high-level officials in each province have corruption and other problems, so the people have no life, but despite this

, the Persian Empire is still a huge behemoth, and the number of troops can still be terrifying.

Another is that the high-level politics of the Persian Empire became more corrupt and full of internal conflicts. At this time, Darius III, the son of Xerxes, heard about the Kingdom of Macedonia and had already sent troops to land in their territory of the Persian Empire.

He was greatly frightened and restless, because Darius III himself had never led an army to fight a war, and he knew nothing about it! How could he be attacked by the Macedonian Empire at this time?

But Darius III finally hurriedly sent 20,000 Persians and 20,000 Greek mercenaries to fight! It turned out that during the countless years of internal war in Greece, many people actually ran to Persia and became Persian mercenaries.

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Then Alexander's army and the Persian army fought near Granikos on the south bank of the Mara Sea. The Persian army would occupy the high ground on the other side of the river and wait for work. Alexander, regardless of the fatigue of the army's long journey, led his army to forcefully cross.

river and launched an attack on the Persian army.

However, the Persian army at this time was completely unlike when Xerxes was on the throne, let alone when Darius I was on the throne. This seemingly huge Persian army was attacked and dispersed in an instant. Of course, this is also

Because of the contribution of Alexander's five-meter spearmen, the Persian army originally had a phalanx of archers. The arrows they fired could cover the sky and even launch rockets. However, the current Persian military formation has lost its former glory.

The more than 40,000 Persian troops were defeated by the Macedonian army! After the Persian army was in chaos, they began to flee, and the scene was extremely chaotic.

Even more Persians were trampled to death by their own people on the way to escape. This is so unbelievable! The once glorious and great Persian Empire seemed to have completely disappeared. At this point, Macedonia

During the escape of the Persian army, Alexander's army also captured more than 2,000 Persians. After Alexander's army defeated the 40,000 Persian army, it only lost more than a hundred people.

This was the first battle of Alexander's attack on Persia, and it was also the first great victory! This battle boosted the morale of the Macedonian army! Moreover, the Macedonian warriors also obtained more very sophisticated weapons on the chaotic battlefield.

Persian armor, helmets, and even a large number of weapons, etc., so the Macedonian warriors cheered, feeling that they were really invincible!

And Alexander also took advantage of this morale to continue southward and expand his results! He captured countless weapons, armor, mounts, and even gold and silver treasures from the city-states along the way. This kind of results made the morale of the Macedonian warriors even higher.

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As for the Persian Empire, Darius III finally realized the consequences of successive defeats. He understood that if he did not fight back, the consequences would be unimaginable. So Darius III gritted his teeth and took charge personally.

The Persian army, with a strength of 160,000, was prepared to annihilate the army of the Kingdom of Macedonia in one fell swoop in terms of numbers, that is, to annihilate Alexander's army.

Darius III made great determination this time, so he led the 160,000-strong Persian army and detoured directly to the rear of Alexander, and then prepared to encircle and annihilate all his troops. But at this very critical moment, Alexander

He made a prompt decision and personally led the most elite cavalry to launch a fierce charge against the central army led by Darius III. However, because of the high morale of the Macedonian elite soldiers, they were simply unstoppable and overwhelming. The Persian central army either died or fled.

The Persian army's formation was in chaos again.

This was the first time Darius III led an army to fight. He originally thought that such a huge Persian army would scare the Macedonians to death, but he never expected that the war was not what he imagined.

It looked like this, so Darius III himself was frightened and trembled, even to the point of losing his mind. He hurriedly turned his horse's head and fled. Even his own bow and shield were outrageous.

He even lost his royal robe.

This is terrible. The Persian army itself was dispersed by the Macedonian cavalry. It would be a chaos, and the king of Persia would even lose his royal robe and run away. What kind of concept is this? So Persia

An army of 160,000 people, how could they fight when they saw that their king had escaped? So they had no intention of fighting anymore and started to flee one after another!

In this case, the Macedonian warriors saw that the Persian army was in complete chaos, so their morale was even higher. They engaged in a fierce and dark massacre, which was so cruel that it was unbearable! The broken limbs of the Persian army were flying all over the sky.

, the entire sky was stained with blood red, there were countless screams of pain, and the blood on the ground gathered into a river, how miserable it was!

Although many Persians also made a final resistance, more Persians were fleeing, so it can be said that the concept of being outnumbered actually appeared in the Persian army of 160,000 people. This is really shocking

It’s incredible! Anyway, on the entire battlefield, the rivers on the ground are made of blood, and almost all of it is the blood of the Persian army. The smell of blood instantly filled the air all around, and the bloody hell once again appeared in our human world.

In this battle, the losses of the Persian army can be described as tragic. They actually lost one hundred thousand infantry, cavalry, and all their baggage. What is even more outrageous is that Darius's mother, wife, and two

This daughter was also captured by Alexander, but Alexander's expeditionary army only lost about 5,000 people! When Alexander stood on the bloody battlefield, stepping on the river of blood under his feet and even the minced meat of the Persian army, this

Then he looked at the luxurious tent that Darius III left behind before escaping, feeling envious, and then said: This looks like a king! And after Alexander's battle, it was equivalent to letting their Macedonian expeditionary force.

It took the initiative in the war in the Persian Empire.

After Darius III fled to the palace of Persia, in order to redeem his mother, wife and daughter, he sent an envoy to meet Alexander. The Persian envoy is no longer what he used to be. Have we ever returned?

I remember that when King Xerxes of Persia was on the throne, Persian envoys went to the Spartan city-states to ask for water and soil from the Spartans. Although the envoy was thrown into the well by the Spartans, at that time

What kind of arrogant posture does the Persian envoy have? And now the Persian envoy actually said tremblingly:

Dear Your Majesty Alexander, for the sake of peace between the two countries, our Majesty Darius III is willing to marry our beautiful princess to you, and give us all the territory west of the Euphrates River and one hundred thousand talents as a dowry. I ask you to return our great princess to you.

The mother, wife and daughter of Liu Shi III have ceased war with each other. What is your Majesty's opinion?

After Alexander heard this, he was still thinking about it, so before he could answer, General Parmenion's eyes suddenly lit up and he said excitedly: Such a generous offer! If I were Alexander, I would definitely give it.

Agreed!

Alexander glanced at Parmenion very contemptuously, and then said: It's a pity that I am not stupid Parmenion. I am Alexander, and I will not agree. I want the entire Persian Empire, not just part of it!

I want to be the ruler of all Asia! Go back and tell your Darius III to either surrender or continue to fight with me! After hearing Alexander's answer, the Persian envoy went back in despair.

Although the Persian envoy returned, although Alexander did annihilate 100,000 Persian troops in one battle before allowing 60,000 Persians to escape, although it did boost the morale of their Macedonian warriors! Although it did scare Darius III

, but Alexander is definitely not a fool! Although the Persian Empire has become like this at this time, Alexander may not be able to win a real large-scale war, because Persia still has troops, and there are many of them! Especially
Chapter completed!