Just as Antioch III was ready to fight a decisive battle with Zhao Kuo, Zhao Kuo had already led an army of 200,000 to run rampant in the eastern Governor's district of the Seleucid Empire.

It is really rampant. After all, the total number of soldiers in the entire Seleucid Eastern Governor's District was only 70,000 to 80,000, which was no match for Zhao Kuo.

Although the opponent's troops were obviously not opponents, in order to win the greatest victory, Zhao Kuo still followed the principle of sudden attacks.

Under Zhao Kuo's command, 200,000 troops raided the borders of the Seleucid Empire from the left and right directions, and key cities in the form of cavalry.

After occupying these two cities, these two large cities attacked the city of Baktra, the key city of the entire eastern Governor of the Seleucid Empire.

This city is the current location of the governor of the Seleucid Empire. As long as this city can be conquered, the entire eastern governor of the Seeducid Empire will be completely dispersed, and no one can gather these troops, which makes it easier for Zhao Kuo to easily annihilate them.

Now the one who is stationed here is Diodotus, the eastern governor of the Seleucid Empire. However, Diodotus is in the capital of the Seleucid Empire, so the defense of this place is temporarily under the responsibility of his son Diodotus.

Little Diodotus was a young and ambitious man. He not only actively assisted his father, but also actively wanted to promote his father to be independent from the Seliugu Empire as the governor of the Eastern Region.

After independence, the little Diodotus will become the next king without a doubt, but just as he is actively moving towards this goal, the war has already broken out.

Little Diodotus sat in the position that originally belonged to his father, staring at the many officials of the Eastern Governor of the Sailugu Empire who were in front of him, and said in a deep voice: "Those traitors from the Han Dynasty have already been called. What should we do now?

Who will come up with an idea!”

After he finished speaking, no one responded to it.

Now little Diodotus was really angry. He slapped the table angrily and shouted: "Did my father use so much money and his official position to hand it over to you to make you turn into statues here?"

These words were obviously quite heavy, and the officials present could not continue to pretend to be dead.

An official gritted his teeth and said, "Your Excellency, judging from the current situation, I'm afraid our city can't be defended anymore. It's better to retreat in time to meet with His Majesty the Emperor's army."

This is actually a suggestion that sounds quite pertinent. After all, Zhao Kuo's 200,000 troops have approached at a speed of one south and one north, and a mere city seems to be insufficient to defend.

But it was obvious that Diodotus little did not agree with this suggestion. He spoke very unhappily: "When my father left the Governor's District to me, and I was about to escape before I fought with the enemy. How do you ask me to meet my father?"

As soon as this sentence was said, the other officials present immediately had nothing to say.

But in fact, these officials have already started complaining in their hearts. You should know that the real governor is the father of the little Diodotus, not himself.

So the safety of this Governor's District actually has nothing to do with Diodotus, after all, the Governor is not hereditary.

But no matter how much Tutus is, the little Diodotus has indeed been temporarily ruled by his father's orders. This is also the tradition of the ancient Seliu Empire, so it is really difficult for everyone to object to this matter.

Little Diodotus glanced at everyone present and found that no one spoke out against him, and said in a very authoritative tone: "It will take at least four or five days for the enemy to come here. During this period, you must pull all the troops up and hoard all the food and supplies you have stored. This time we must give the invaders of the Han Kingdom a good look. When the time comes, your majesty will also let your majesty see the might of the people in our eastern Governor's District!"

This meeting ends here.

Little Diodotus was also ambitious. He was determined to make great contributions in this war to give all the senior leaders of the empire, including his father and the newly appointed emperor, Antioch III.

Everyone wants to make progress, but is there anything easier to improve than military achievements in this era?

But what Little Diotus didn't know was that after this meeting, there was another small meeting held in a noble mansion not far from the Governor's Mansion.

All the people participating in this meeting were unwilling to be named, and they even prefer to sit in the darkness during the meeting.

An old man, it sounded like his master's voice was slowly spoken.

"The young little Theodotus wanted to make a war, but he didn't know how powerful the enemy he was going to face."

Another voice that sounded a little duck-sounded, said, "You shouldn't have forgotten the war a few years ago. At that time, the war commanded by His Majesty, the emperor who had just ascended the throne, and as generals, we have witnessed with our own eyes how our army was beaten to death by the army of the Han Kingdom."

After the duck's voice was finished, a low echo sounded in the darkness.

The old voice spoke again: "This is why we will never be able to fight head-on with the Han people this time. You must know that the last time was a few years ago. This time, the territory of the Han country has been said to have expanded a lot again, and the army of this country will only be stronger than the last time."

After saying this, a strange silence suddenly fell into the room.

After a while, the duck's voice spoke again.

“So what should we do now?

At least I don’t think we should continue to bury this city.”

Although no one spoke, you can clearly see that in the shadow of the room, someone nodded vaguely.

The old voice smiled and said calmly: "Why do we have to find excuses for ourselves now? Let me start with it. I have already planned to surrender to the Han Kingdom. Where are you?"

This sentence seemed to be too straightforward, and for a moment the other Seleucid officials in the room couldn't speak.

But after a moment, the duck's voice also opened.

"You are right. Things have reached this point. We don't need to hide anything anymore. I also hope to surrender to the Han Kingdom. After all, in the current view, the great Han Kingdom, His Majesty the Emperor, really wants to destroy this country and rule this land. If this is the case, then he must need some familiar and loyal ministers."

This sentence seemed to wake everyone in the room.

The next moment everyone started to rush to express their opinions.

"That's right, the caravans in the Han Dynasty and my family have very close trade ties. Their merchants have always been very credible. I believe this is also a very credible country. I am willing to join this country."

"In this world, only the strong are eternal.

As the weak, our Seleucid Empire has actually suffered enough in the past many years. I don’t want to be a member of the weak anymore, so I am willing to join the Han Kingdom.”

Everyone said it, and no one objected.

After hearing these words, Cang's voice laughed.

"Since everyone has agreed, let's go back and secretly organize our own strength.

By the way, I will also send someone out to contact His Majesty the Emperor of the Han Kingdom during this period. I believe that he will definitely be very happy after learning about our surrender."

At this point, this old voice was actually wrong.

When the envoy he sent found Zhao Kuo's army and expressed his purpose, Zhao Kuo frowned and felt somewhat disappointed.

“Did these guys choose to surrender so quickly?

At least we should fight me first.”

Zhao Kuo is not just a pure complaint, but an inside thought. After all, for Zhao Kuo, he has not personally set out to command the war for three or four years.

This is also Zhao Kuo, who has not fought for such a long time since he traveled through time.

So Zhao Kuo really wanted to take this opportunity to relive the feeling of only fighting thousands of troops. Unfortunately, from the current situation, this feeling seems to be temporarily broken.

Beside Zhao Kuo, Xiang Yan couldn't help laughing and said to Zhao Kuo: "Why should you be anxious when your Majesty?

Isn't there any information that Emperor Sailugu, who had just won the throne, had summoned a large army and was heading to us?"

Zhao Kuo smiled and said to Xiang Yan: "You don't know. Usually, when we are having a big battle, we should preview first, otherwise if we get to the big exam, it will be a little bit unpleasant."

Xiang Yan said oh, then said, "If it is according to Your Majesty's statement, it's better for us to reject them directly."

Zhao Kuo laughed again: "Forget it, after all, this is also the one who takes the initiative to surrender. If we refuse, then the other fence factions in the Seleucid Empire will definitely refuse to surrender."

Of course, Zhao Kuo agreed to the oath surrender of the nobles from the city of Baktra. After all, the reason why he delayed the attack on the Seleucid Empire in the past few years was to allow the Nightingale to develop more such local surrender factions in the Seleucid Empire.

As long as these local surrender factions support them, Zhao Kuo can establish a new order of the Han Dynasty in the Seleucid Empire at the lowest cost and at the fastest speed.

Three days later, Zhao Kuo led his 100,000 army to surround the city of Baktra.

Before Zhao Kuo even ordered an attack on the city, he found that the gate of the city had been opened.

Immediately afterwards, a soldier drove out of the city and came directly towards the direction where Zhao Kuo's commander flag was located.

"Let them come over, but you can only have a few representatives coming."

Zhao Kuo quickly issued an order.

Zhao Kuo's order was an imperial edict, so after a moment, only a few people appeared in front of Zhao Kuo.

An old man saluted to Zhao Kuo and said, "His Majesty the Great Emperor from the East, we surrender to you and offer the highest salute we can to you."

Another middle-aged man with a duck voice said, "This is the son of the Governor of the Eastern Governor of the Seliugu Empire, Diodotus, the young man was originally the supreme commander of the city, but now he is your captive."

Zhao Kuo glanced at the little Diodotus in front of him and found that he was looking at him with resentful eyes.

Little Diodotus said with great hatred: "Do you invaders from afar only use such despicable and shameless means?

If you can, you let me out and I will fight you until the moment of death.”

After hearing the words of Little Diodotus, Zhao Kuo laughed.

"As young people, if I push the time forward for another 10 years, maybe I will really agree to your request, but unfortunately, as an emperor, what I pursue is to conquer the largest land with the smallest loss.

So let’s die and be your captive. In the future, you will have the opportunity to witness with your own eyes how I defeated all the most powerful troops in your empire.”

After saying this, Zhao Kuo waved his hand and asked the others to take the little Diodotus down.

After the little Diodotus was taken down, Zhao Kuo looked at the old man and the duck-voiced man in front of him and smiled.

"You two have done a good job. Your next task is to help us soothe the hearts of the people in this city. Remember my words, anyone who resists will kill you, but as long as they are willing to surrender, they can gain peace."

This is also the final policy adopted by Zhao Kuo after careful consideration.

When fighting against aliens, kindness is an option, but the first thing to do is to show your muscles. Only after all aliens know that they really can't beat them can they accept your rule with conscience.

The two nobles were naturally frightened and nodded respectfully and responded.

Just when they were about to leave, Zhao Kuo suddenly stopped them and said something to them with a smile.

"I know you don't know the language of the Great Han Kingdom now, but I hope you can learn it as soon as possible, because if you want to be an official of our Great Han Kingdom, language and writing are necessary."

After hearing Zhao Kuo's request, the two men not only did not have any worries, but were overjoyed. They knelt down and kowtowed to Zhao Kuo before leaving.

Zhao Kuo looked at the backs of the two noble men leaving, then looked up at the city of Bactra in front of him.

In history, this city was actually the capital of the Kingdom of Baqutria, which is commonly known as the Great Xia Kingdom in Chinese history, or the Tochar Kingdom.

But now everything is over, and from now on, this will be the territory of the Han Kingdom.

It will become a part of the "has been" of the Chinese!
Chapter completed!