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Antiochus III smiled slightly and said, "She is now the noble concubine of our Seleucid Empire, and she has given birth to a son and a daughter for me."

Zhao Kuo was slightly surprised: "You have given birth to two children in just a few years?"

The expression on Antiochus III's face became more and more smug: "They are actually twins."

Zhao Kuo took a deep breath: "Good guy, it's okay to have twins, or twins of a boy and a girl?

You kid, you really made money. "

Antiochus III laughed out loud.

The atmosphere between the two sides seemed to be quite harmonious, so harmonious that the soldiers of both sides murmured a little. The two emperors didn't look like they were here to fight, but they seemed to be here for a trip to reminisce about the old days.

At this time, Zhao Kuo slowly put away his smile, took out a piece of paper from his arms, and spread it on the table.

Antiochus III was a little dazed at first, but soon he understood what it was.

This is a map, a well-drawn map.

Why do you say that?

Because in this map, except for all the territories of the Han Dynasty and the Seleucid Empire, as well as the South Asian subcontinent, Greece and Macedonia, other continents such as Europe and Africa do not appear on the map, and even Southeast Asia It also doesn't show up on the map.

Antiochus III stared at the map, and looked up at Zhao Kuo after a while: "Brother Zhao, what do you mean?" Zhao Kuo said calmly, "My brother, you should know what this map is, that is The gap between you and my two countries."

Antiochus III stared at the map, he really wanted to refute, but he couldn't.

Because what is depicted on the map is indeed the truth. From this map alone, it can be seen that even if it is as powerful as Seleucus, it is only a small country in front of the even more powerful Han country.

After a few seconds, Antiochus III said: "So brother, do you want me to surrender to you with a map?

This is obviously impossible. "

Zhao Kuo laughed, and said: "Of course I also know that this is impossible, I just hope that through this map, you can know why the Seleucid Empire can't defeat my Han Kingdom, because we The two countries are no longer of the same order of magnitude."

Antiochus III, keep silent.

Zhao Kuo continued to speak: "Frankly speaking, the reason why I photographed the 20 troops this time is to completely destroy the Seleucid Empire.

I don't think your Seleucid Empire has enough power to fight against my soldiers, but, in this land, after all, there are too many innocent people living, and I don't want them to be killed or injured because of the war To do, ups and downs.

So I hope that out of humanitarianism, you can surrender as soon as possible, so that we don't need to experience so many deaths, and we don't need to push the flames of war to every corner of the Seleucid Empire.

Indeed, the demise of the Seleucid Empire is not good news for you, the emperor, but I can allow you to move to the imperial capital and continue to worship the ancestors of the Seleucid Empire, so that you and your Future generations will gain enough wealth and glory.

From a friend's point of view, I suggest that you carefully consider my proposal, because if you really wait until after our war this time is over, you will no longer have such favorable conditions. "

Zhao Kuo's tone is very sincere, but behind this sincere tone is a very strong self-confidence.

After listening to Zhao Kuo's words, Antiochus III suddenly laughed.

"Brother Zhao, frankly speaking, what you said was really great, and it touched me once, really.

However, our Seleucid Empire does not have a very long tradition like you Chinese people.

My father and my grandfather were actually just some ordinary little nobles. They fought bravely under the command of Alexander the Great, and this has won the glory and status of our Seleucid Empire today.

For us Seleucids, especially me as the emperor of Seleucids, this is a young country, we should shed our blood for such a country, instead of choosing to surrender in fear when the enemy comes and flinch.

I also admit that the strength of the Han Dynasty should indeed be higher than that of our Seleucid Empire, but our Seleucid Empire will not feel afraid because of this.

Once upon a time, the Persian Empire faced by Alexander the Great seemed too powerful, completely invincible.

Alexander the Great finally did it, and he destroyed the Persian Empire.

As one of the legacy of Alexander the Great, we Seleucids may not be as brave and good at fighting as the Macedonian ancestors back then, but at least we are also willing to fight for our country to the last moment.

Brother Zhao put away all your persuasive words, at least at this moment we Seleucids will not surrender, if you really destroy our Seleucids, it must be after a decisive war epidemic. "

Looking at Antiochus III who was talking eloquently in front of him, Zhao Kuo, who was rejected, did not show any frustrated expression on his face, but showed a slight smile.

"You are right. The reason why any country or nation can develop and grow is because they have a kind of self-confidence or a kind of strength in their bones, and they will never shrink back when facing a strong enemy. And want to fight to the death.

I admire the spiritual will of the Seleucids very much, but I also regret to tell you one fact, that is, at least at this time, the Seleucids have no chance of winning in the battlefield against our Han country.

The decisive battle is imperative, you and I know this very well, but after the decisive battle, I hope that you can surrender as soon as possible after the decisive battle, so that the casualties of the Sailiugus can be reduced. "

Antiochus III smiled slightly, took the wine jug, filled both glasses with wine, and raised them up.

"Brother Zhao, no matter whether this battle is won or lost, let us drink this last glass of wine for our friendship!"

Chapter 1227 The Great Battle on the Caspian Sea

Obviously, this time the two sides did not agree on this matter.

In this regard, Zhao Kuo was not surprised.

No matter who it is, as long as this person is sitting in the position of the emperor of the Seleucid Empire and has an army of 30, this person's idea will definitely not be to surrender, but to fight.

What if you win?

However, this does not mean that Zhao Kuo has nothing to gain at all.

In fact, Zhao Kuo also gave some hints to the Seleucid people through this attitude.

You must know that some of the soldiers around Antioch III always came from the big families of the Seleucid Empire.

As long as these people release Zhao Kuo's attitude of persuading them to surrender, after the war, when these big families face the soldiers and horses of the Han Dynasty swarming like a tide, they will think of what Zhao Kuo said today.

His Majesty of the Great Han Kingdom has already persuaded him to surrender, and he has said that surrender will be tolerated. It is conceivable what choice the Seleucid family will make.

Of course, the premise of all this is that the Han Kingdom can win this war!The real decisive moment of the war has come.

On the morning of the second day after Zhao Kuo and Antioch III met this time, countless soldiers and horses of the Han Dynasty began to gather outside the camp.

Correspondingly, the Seleucids also assembled outside the camp. The two sides combined a total of 50 troops and lined up on the edge of the Caspian Sea.

Zhao Kuo is arranging the formation.

"Sima Shang, you lead the central army to press forward, and I will give you [-] musketeers. All you have to do is crush the opposing central army! Xiang Yan, you are leading the left army, and I will give you [-] muskets." Bing, what you have to do is to stabilize the situation, protect the flanks of the central army, and then do your best to kill the enemy in front of you as effectively as possible.

Wang Jian, you are leading the right army, and I will also give you [-] Musketeers. Your mission is the same as that of Xiang Yan, do you understand?

Li Mu, you are in charge of commanding the front enemy, and all 20 soldiers and horses will be handed over to you in this battle, and I will be in charge of watching the battle! "

After arranging all this, Zhao Kuo also directly handed over the task of specific command to Li Mu.

Emperor, be lazy when you should be lazy!Regarding Zhao Kuo's arrangement, all the generals of the Han Dynasty naturally did not have any opinions.

A moment later, amidst the sound of thundering drums, the three-way army of the Han Kingdom began to advance, slowly moving towards the opposite Seleucid soldiers and horses to suppress them.

On the other side, the Seleucids also began to respond, and they also fought back against the Han army in three ways.

In this regard, Zhao Kuo was not surprised at all, and even had a little expectation.

Zhao Kuo smiled and said to Li Mu who was beside him: "Tell me, the emperor of the Seleucid Empire on the opposite side has seen our musketeers after all. What kind of means will he use to try to counter our musketeers?"

Regarding this question, Li Mu also shrugged his shoulders and said, "Your Majesty, you're going to overwhelm me with this question.

But I can only say that as long as the Seleucids can't bring out muskets exactly like ours, then they will definitely not be able to win! "

While Li Mu was speaking, the frontline soldiers of both sides had already started exchanging fire.

To be precise, it should be the soldiers of the Han Kingdom who have already opened fire.

After these years of continuous improvement, the range of the current Dahan country muskets has exceeded [-] steps, reaching and surpassing most of the crossbows in the world.

Under such circumstances, when the soldiers of the Han Kingdom were already able to shoot, the Seleucid Empire could only be beaten passively.

"Bang bang bang!"

Accompanied by bursts of smoke, countless bullets shot out from the muzzle of the gun, shooting towards the Seleucid Empire army on the opposite side.

But the Seleucid Empire army didn't just have to stand and wait to die. In fact, they did come up with some solutions.

any solution?

Raise the shield!At the forefront of the formation of the Seleucid Empire, there are rows of giant shield soldiers.

These Giant Shield Soldiers are all holding giant steel shields as tall as a person, slowly advancing forward, and resisting the firepower of many comrades behind them.

The bullets hit the large steel shield here, making a lot of dense noises, and the huge momentum carried by them made the bodies of the giant shield soldiers start to shake.

But these giant shield soldiers were all carefully selected, and each of them was quite tall and burly, so it was not so easy to fall down.

The bullets fired by the muskets of the Han Kingdom hit the large steel shield. Although the momentum was astonishing, they couldn't cause any damage.

The heavy steel shield still had an effect, effectively resisting the first round of musket salvos from the Great Han Kingdom.

This news was fed back to the highest level of the Seleucid Empire almost immediately, which immediately cheered up a group of generals of the Seleucid Empire.

"It's really good!"

"I have known for a long time that those so-called muskets in the Han Kingdom are not invincible. As long as our shields are thick enough, they will have nothing to do with us!"

The generals of the Seleucid Empire certainly had reason to be excited. In fact, before the war, basically no generals of the Seleucid Empire felt that they could win. It's been terrible.

It is precisely because this expectation is very low that they are so overjoyed when they achieve results that exceed expectations.

The performance of the young Seleucid Emperor Antiochus III was much more indifferent.

In fact, Antiochus III came up with this giant shield defense tactic, and the training and equipment of these giant shield soldiers was also vigorously promoted by Antiochus III when he was still the second prince.

Antiochus III seemed to spend half a year in the imperial capital drinking and visiting brothels, but in fact he did not accomplish nothing.

After realizing that there was no way to get the prototype of the musket from the Han Kingdom, Antiochus III inquired about muskets in various ways.

Considering that muskets are already a large-scale weapon in the Han Kingdom, it is impossible to keep them completely secret.

The range of the musket, the power of the musket, the formation of the musket, etc., as long as you are in the brothel, you can hear relevant information.

After obtaining a lot of information, Antiochus III gradually came up with an idea in his mind.

Are musketeers invincible?

Of course not, Musketeers also have their own weaknesses.

Where is the weakness?

That is, the defense of the Musketeers is actually very weak.

If you can find an opportunity to approach the Musketeers and fight hand-to-hand with the Musketeers, then the Musketeers will inevitably fail.

So the question is, how can we fight with musketeers hand-to-hand?

Then there must be a unit that can withstand the musket attack of the Musketeers and approach the Musketeers.

Following this line of thought, Antiochus III chose the giant shield soldiers.

The shield of this giant shield soldier is different from other shields in history.

All the giant shields are specially thickened, the purpose is to be able to block the bullets of the Musketeers.

Judging from the current situation, it is clear that Antiochus III's vision has succeeded.

All the bullets were blocked by the giant shield. Even if the musketeer made a little accident, such as hitting the foot of the giant shield soldier, the "substitutes" behind the giant shield soldier could go up quickly. Raise the shield again.

All in all, this is indeed the best Antiochus III can do so far.

This is the best, can it help the Seleucid Empire win?

At this moment, Antiochus III actually had some expectations in his heart.

So, how should the soldiers and horses of the Han Dynasty deal with it?

The news came back to Zhao Kuo.

After Zhao Kuo listened, he smiled.

"I didn't expect that the Seleucids could use such a method to fight against musketeers. It's a bit interesting."

For Zhao Kuo, this method was indeed a bit beyond Zhao Kuo's expectations.

But that doesn't matter.

Because Zhao Kuo didn't think that the Seleucids could defeat the Musketeers just by relying on this method.

Musketeers are not so easily restrained.

Zhao Kuo set his sights on Li Mu, the former commander-in-chief of the enemy.