Douluo: The Adventures of King Skin

"Sleeping and having sex make one feel that death is inevitable."

——Alexander

There was also an unsigned letter, but Hippias marked it on the back as being from Underclyde and Angelus, describing some of the current situation in Epirus.

The two elders were fine, especially after Pyrrhus defeated Cassander and had basically regained their freedom.

Cassander's army is still stationed in Passaron, led by a man named Lysiscus, who was the regent during Neoptolemus' last reign, but the relationship between the two seems to have ceased proudce conflict.

The "recruit" is basically a person who becomes more and more willful with age. He feels that he has mastered power and no longer takes Cassander's representatives seriously, while his subordinates Ptolemaius and Alexander While Dros was sowing discord, he hoped that the two sides would not completely break apart, which would jeopardize the status they obtained through the coup.

When news of Pyrrhus' victory came, his prestige in Epirus increased.The Megakalus family has already shown the intention to retreat, while the Golondes family still maintains neutrality...

Pyrrhus felt a little embarrassed after reading the letter.

It is believed that he was now ready to return to Epirus to fight for the throne.

However, Epirus is really a difficult place to rule. It is an involuted and decadent country.Moreover, the distance between its capital Passarong and Lamia, the center of his current rule, is far away. They are separated by mountains and several city-states, making travel extremely inconvenient.

And those reactionaries, let's cut them off with one knife, they have too much influence on his prestige, not only his cousin, but also his subordinates Alexandros and Ptolemaius are basically his relatives;

As for keeping him, Neoptolemus really lives up to his reputation as a brain-dead man. He is a difficult person to get along with, and those two losers are not a fuel-efficient lamp.

So now he really doesn't want to plunge into this mess.

Another was from his adoptive father Glaucias.

In the letter, he congratulated Pyrrhus on his victory, but complained that Pyrrhus did not contact him to attack Cassander together. Finally, at the end of the letter, he mentioned that he was about to hold a wedding and was planning to marry a noblewoman from Dalmatia. , I hope he can go to participate.

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When I went to the Acropolis again, I didn't see Kadmiya, only Dmitri was in the hall.

I saw him holding his old waist, with a solemn and disappointed expression on his face.

It's like when the long-awaited paper figurine wife arrived and found out that her real-life proportions were not that of an ordinary ancient god, she still had to bite the bullet... cough.

When he saw Pyrrhus coming, he looked like he was hesitant to speak, he was hesitant to speak, but he finally held back.

You probably want to ask me about revelations, right?However, this is generally something that cannot be said out loud.

He thought a little guilty.

"Pyrrhus, I am about to send out troops. What are your plans next?"

"I really want to go with you and study hard, but I have other things to do..."

"Study with me? What's there to learn? You've already defeated Cassander and his difficult son!" Dmitri was a little surprised.

"Some things are better understood after you have done them yourself..." Pyrrhus thought for a while: "I have at least three things that I must learn from you."

"Which three?"

"The first is communications in combat."

In fact, there were no real high-level commanders involved in the war in Thessaly. Pyrrhus only had the simplest drums and trumpets when commanding the battle, which was very inconvenient. He was also very scratching his head in the transmission of intelligence, using all his golden fingers. Only a simple signal can be transmitted.

"The second is to attack the city."

After the Peloponnesian War, Greece entered a stage of using all possible means to siege and defend cities. There were many incredible things like "hanging claws", "giant hooks", "spiral siege engines" and so on. Raton didn't understand either. Now that the "siege attacker" was right in front of him, he had to collect some skill points no matter what.

"The third is shipbuilding."

Now Pythias has begun to experiment with new types of ships, but he can only build small ships. Seeing that the dry dock specially built for the construction of ocean-going ships is about to be completed, there is no shipbuilding talent in the entire Thessaly!

And this man is the initiator of the successor shipbuilding competition. Who else to ask if not him?

I'm just afraid that people won't teach me!

Unexpectedly, Dmitri laughed loudly when he heard this:

"Pyrrhus! I would be exhausted if I lived like this!"

what?

"You must always remember that you are the ruler!" Demetrius taught Pyrrhus with a relaxed expression. "You can send your men here! If you want to learn command, siege equipment, or When it comes to shipbuilding, you ask your people to come and work with you, and I’ll just give you some craftsmen when the time comes!”

It turns out that I am too small.

After hearing this, Pyrrhus quickly thanked him and then said proactively:

"My adoptive father Glaucias is planning a wedding and has invited me to attend. I hope to persuade him to join the Corinthian League."

"Oh?" Dmitri was a little happy after hearing this. This was obviously Pyrrhus trying to win people over to him, but he was also a little hesitant.

"He is the king of Taurantia! Will the Illyrians join the Corinthian League..."

He was afraid that the Greek city-states would be dissatisfied.

Pyrrhus was also speechless.

Obviously you have already ridden the horse, but you still want to keep a dog-licking mentality in your heart. Why bother?

"King Demetrius!" Pyrrhus began to admonish his future father-in-law and boss: "Are you satisfied with just being the leader of the Corinthian League in the future?"

"Well... of course not."

"Then please listen to my advice and try to govern the world!"

"what?"

Although he knew that Pyrrhus agreed to the marriage, he had agreed to the alliance between the two families, but Dmitri did not expect that Pyrrhus would put himself in the position of a subordinate so quickly, and he would talk about "ruling the world". pattern!

Although I want to rule the world, is it a little bit that you just talk about tigers and wolves directly...

It’s a bit embarrassing!

Pyrrhus ignored the blush on Dmitri's face:

“An empire must have a core, and this core can be Greek, Macedonian, or both.

“But if you don’t want the Illyrians to be free from rule, then it’s best to start early!

"Just like what you just taught me, you are the ruler and cannot do everything yourself.

"And there are so many tribes in Illyria, as well as Gauls, Thracians, Scythians...and Africa, and Tiberias, and Iberia...and the East! And the East! There are so many ethnic groups and countless tribes, do you want to go and defeat them one by one yourself?

"Why not select partners early on, gradually support and penetrate them, and gradually bring them under your rule?"

Pyrrhus knew that the Romans were fighting one by one as he said, but firstly, it would take too much time and he was unwilling to wait; secondly, the Greco-Macedonian-Roman expansion meant fighting, burning, killing, and looting all the way. , if Pyrrhus was willing to do this, he would have directly invaded Macedonia, and maybe he would have already reached Byzantium by the sea!

What he hopes to imitate is the American method - although this method is also very bad - which is to use the military and economic advantages of the Greek world to cultivate agents among various ethnic groups, first along the coast, and then infiltrating along the several major rivers of Europe. If you go in, even if you can't build a real world empire, you can still build a world economic empire and achieve globalization ahead of schedule!

As long as Pyrrhus is around, he can draw resources and talents from at least half of the world, and soon start the industrialization process in the center of the world market!

Strive to light up the world in 100 years and colonize Mars in 200 years!

Of course, the premise is that the father-in-law can survive the siege.

"...You can build cities, establish schools, and fund sports for them. When the time comes, all the chiefs within the reach of the entire empire will pay tribute to you, all the wise men will come to your court to listen, and all the warriors will We will all be on standby under your banner..."

Dmitri blankly took the empty cup and poured it into his mouth.

At this moment, he really felt that his situation was too small.

He had hoped to build a great cause like Alexander's since he was a child, but he never thought about what he could do if his wish came true one day. Alexander also died too early, leaving him unable to imagine such a world.

The empire he understood was to establish a city named after himself, then station a governor, collect taxes, recruit troops... and that's it.

And Pyrrhus drew him an unimaginable pie!

"Pi...Xian son-in-law! Are you willing to help me?"

He still couldn't believe it. Why would such a talented person want to be his minister?

"That's why I'm here!" Pyrrhus raised his glass to his prospective father-in-law.

"For world peace!"