Although the war has not ended yet, all the Seleucid generals knew clearly that the ending was already destined.

Now many musketeers are slowly but unstoppable advancing towards the ancients of Saili, and the failure of the ancients of Saili is already coming at a countdown speed.

Everyone's eyes fell on the young emperor Antioch III, and they were waiting for His Majesty to make an order to retreat or escape.

In this current situation, there is actually no essential difference between retreating and escaping.

Antioch III took a deep breath, and many thoughts flashed through his mind, but in the end these thoughts were not expressed at all.

He just said in the calmest tone that he could: "Send the order and all the troops will retreat."

In the past 20 years of his life, he actually fought some wars from all over the world, but he had actually encountered the situation of announcing his retreat twice.

The first time was when fighting Zhao Kuo, and the second time was when fighting Zhao Kuo.

The retreat after the first defeat made the Sailugu Empire lose the Western Regions. So what will this second retreat make the Seleugu Empire lose?

At this moment, no one wanted to know the answer to this question. After hearing this order, everyone rushed to retreat.

The terrifying musket soldiers, like the arrival of the god of death, are about to arrive, so if you don’t want to escape at this time, there will be no other way out except being killed by the Han Kingdom or being captured by the Han Kingdom.

Just as the emperor and his generals retreated, the 300,000 troops of the ancient Seliu Empire on the entire battlefield also completely collapsed.

It was so difficult for these Seleucids to escape on the plains. The gunshots of muskets behind them were still ringing. Every time the gunshots were like the bells of the god of death were ringing constantly for the Seleucid soldiers.

For the people of the Han Dynasty, the current situation is of course very happy, very happy.

Zhao Kuo looked at the battlefield where the victory and defeat were clearly decided, and smiled and said to Li Mu: "Remember to pass on the order and let our soldiers not pursue them too far, otherwise there might be trouble."

Simply put, the Musketeers are of course invincible when fighting in the group, but if they are single, they are not that powerful, especially when they are attacked by others, they are actually no different from an ordinary person.

Of course, Li Mu knew about this situation, and immediately nodded to express his understanding after hearing Zhao Kuo's words, and at the same time he did not forget to let out a sigh.

"Your Majesty, we musketeers are good at everything, but we are really not very excited when chasing the enemy."

Zhao Kuo naturally laughed at Li Mu's complaint about this happy one.

There is no perfect thing in this world. Zhao Kuo has long known this. Since musketeers are so powerful, they have some small harmless shortcomings, and of course they are nothing.

At this point, the battle has basically come to an end.

In this war, the Han Dynasty's military strength was actually only 200,000, but when facing the 300,000 army of the Seleucid Empire, the soldiers and horses of the Han Dynasty easily defeated the other side.

This also shows that in this era, the number of soldiers and horses can no longer be equated with quality. For musketeers, not to mention 300,000, even a large army of 500,000 or even 801 million is also vulnerable in front of musketeers.

According to the subsequent statistics, in this war, the Han Kingdom killed more than 50,000 soldiers from the Seleucid Empire and captured nearly 200,000 soldiers from the Seleucid Empire, which was definitely a huge and brilliant victory.

After this war, the Seleucci Empire completely lost any power that could resist the Han Dynasty. Although nearly two-thirds of the territory of the Seleucci were left, it was actually no different from being unprepared.

Later that day, Zhao Kuo led his army into the city next to the Caspian Sea.

“Haikatonbier?

This name is too difficult to pronounce.

From today on, it will be called Hai'an City!”

After Zhao Kuo's words, this name, which was originally full of rich Greek style, immediately perfectly transformed into the Chinese style.

For Zhao Kuo, this is also something that must be done in conquest. After all, our Han people are the real conquerors. How could they still retain the original name that sounds like Greeks? This is quite nonsense.

After entering the coast city, Zhao Kuo did not immediately pursue, but began to send various envoys to persuade the governors and officials from all over the Sailigu Empire to surrender.

In fact, Zhao Kuo's book of persuading surrender did not write much truth or means of winning over, but it was just a simple sentence.

“Surrender, or die.”

At this point, the main forces of the Seleucid Empire have been annihilated, and the Han Kingdom has gained such a huge advantage, so Zhao Kuo did not have the need to win over these local officials and nobles of the Seleucid Empire in a good voice.

To put it bluntly, even if the Seleucids did not want to surrender this time, there were many other Seleucids who wanted to surrender to the Han Dynasty and become officials in the Han Dynasty.

The Han Kingdom now belongs to a real dominant position. Zhao Kuo is not worried that no one will serve the Han Kingdom. After all, Nightingale City has not wasted so much money in the past few years. It must have achieved some results, right?

As expected, everything was developing as Zhao Kuo expected.

In the following days, many cities of the Seleucid Empire began to choose to surrender. This title was almost like a virus of infectious diseases, and it swept through many parts of the Seleucid Empire.

After Zhao Kuo rested in Coast City for three days, he set out slowly.

Many Seleucid Empire cities along the way were surrendered, and occasionally one or two cities were there to resist firmly.

But in front of explosives and musketeers, their resistance seemed so weak and powerless.

Zhao Kuo also expressed his feelings about this.

"When a country's strength is not enough to protect its citizens, the more heroic they show, the more incompetent the rulers of this country."

Beside Zhao Kuo, Li Mu also had his own opinions after hearing this sentence.

"I think this is not actually saying that the Seleucids didn't work hard. It is because our Han Kingdom is too powerful and His Majesty is too wise."

This sentence is definitely a complete flattery when Li Mu said it and heard it in the ears of other generals of the Han Kingdom present, these generals of the Han Kingdom agreed and nodded.

Because they really think so in their hearts.

Is there any ruler in this world who is more wiser than Zhao Kuo, the emperor of our Han Kingdom?

At least in the eyes of these generals of the Han Kingdom, it definitely does not exist.

After hearing Li Mu's words, Zhao Kuo was somewhat amused and shook his head and said, "Actually, it's hard to say about this kind of thing. The reason why the Seleucids suddenly declined was mainly because they did not really take root in this land and did not integrate their culture with this land.

This is also a good thing for us. Since there are so many civilizations in this land are in fierce conflict, it means that no civilization can settle down for a long time on this land.

In this way, our Chinese civilization can have the hope of replacing all civilizations and becoming the real master of this land."

For Zhao Kuo, occupying land is indeed a commendable thing, but it is not enough to just occupy land.

This is like in the era of the Tang Dynasty. Central Asia was once occupied by the Tang Dynasty, but the problem is that the Tang Dynasty did not spread the Chinese civilization to this land, which led to the fact that when the Tang Dynasty left Central Asia and the Western Regions, the place completely lost the shadow of Chinese civilization.

For Zhao Kuo, such things must be stopped. What Zhao Kuo has to do is to plant the seeds of Chinese civilization directly on this land. In this way, even if the Han Dynasty may perish one day in the future, the people on this land will still regard themselves as Chinese.

Under such circumstances, Chinese civilization can truly take root and sprout on this land and gain long-term vitality.

If one day the entire Chinese civilization can spread to every corner of the earth, then even the entire earth will still have many countries in the future, but everyone thinks they are the descendants of the dragon and thinks they are descendants of China, which will also be a huge victory for the Chinese civilization.

Under such policy command, the 200,000 army led by Zhao Kuo was invincible within the Seleucid Empire.

The Seleucids had no way to stop Zhao Kuo, so the question arises, where did their Emperor His Majesty Antioch III go?

Antioch III was actually running away all the time.

After escaping from Hai'an City, Antioch III once wanted to go to his capital, Antioch.

But at this moment, a very unfortunate news came, that was, after the generals of the Seleucid Empire stationed in the city of Antioch, they immediately surrendered to the Ptolemy army outside the city after learning that Antioch III had an unprecedented defeat on the front line.

So, the capital of Antioch III was gone.

In desperation, Antioch III had to go south and flee to the city of Babylon.

The City of Babylon is a city with a very long history, and it once had a famous world miracle - the Sky Garden.

Decades ago, this place was once the capital of the Alexander Empire. Unfortunately, with the sudden death of Alexander the Great, this place soon became a battlefield for all the successors and princes.

By the time the Seleucid Empire acquired this city, it had been poisoned to a very messy place, and now it is just a second-rate city in the Seleucid Empire.

But even so, Antioch III still wanted to continue looking for a turning point with this place as a base.

It’s a pity that Zhao Kuo won’t give him this opportunity.

On the tenth day of Antioch III's arrival in Babylon, Zhao Kuo also led a large army to arrive here in a mighty manner.

After surrounding the city of Babylon, Zhao Kuo thought about it and sent a general who surrendered to Seleucid and came into the city with a letter of surrender.

The content of this letter of surrender is exactly the same as what Zhao Kuo said to Antioch III before.

Surrender, and then you can have a way to survive.

Why is Zhao Kuo always willing to give the rulers of other countries a way out?

The reason is very simple, that is to show kindness.

When people know that the new ruler is a kind ruler, the order in this place will quickly stabilize, and people will quickly start to develop production and restore the economy and agriculture to pre-war levels.

On the other hand, if everyone knows that the new ruler is a bloodthirsty demon king who kills countless people, then how far do you escape and farm?

If it doesn't exist, what kind of field can you plant when your life is gone?

This is why Zhao Kuo was able to quickly assimilate the Chinese vassal states that were destroyed by him in just a few years. On the one hand, everyone has the same writing and race, and on the other hand, it is because Zhao Kuo's kindness can indeed give the conquered princes and people a great sense of stability.

So the question is, will Antioch III accept Zhao Kuo's kindness this time?

The young Antioch III sat quietly in the palace of Babylon. This was once the place where Alexander the Great commanded the world, but now after so many years of war, it has long been ruined.

A general whispered: "Your Majesty, the whole situation is irreversible at this point.

Since the Emperor of the Han Kingdom still has some friendship with you, then we might as well surrender.”

At this point, even the most stubborn people around Antioch III knew that the Seleucid Empire had indeed gone unrest.

After hearing this, Antioch III's body trembled slightly, and then she showed a helpless smile.

"There are many people in this world who can surrender to His Majesty of the Great Han Kingdom, but... I don't want to."

Why not?

Perhaps it was because of the glory passed down by the Seleucid Empire, or perhaps it was because of some other unexplainable things.

Antioch III wrote a letter and said to the few ministers left in front of him: "When I die, you will hand this letter to His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Han Kingdom. He will spare your life and give you a place in the future political arena of the Great Han Kingdom."

Several ministers all knelt down.

Antioch III let out a long roar, pulled out the sword from his waist, and committed suicide on the spot.
Chapter completed!