Zhao Kuo's ultimatum was soon discovered by Ptolemy II in the city.

At this time, almost a month had passed since the Battle of Jerusalem, but this month seemed to have had a decade of effect on Ptolemy II, making the supreme ruler of the Ptolemy dynasty look extremely old.

Ptolemy II looked around everyone present and said slowly: "At this point, everyone can speak freely."

Asinoa II, who was sitting next to Ptolemy II, sighed and said calmly: "From the current situation, I'm afraid that the emperor from the East has his troops and horses that we can't stop.

It seems that this is what the gods mean, and the fate of the Ptolemaic dynasty may only end here.

Now that surrender, the Emperor of the East may allow us to continue to rule this land, collect taxes and provide troops for him. If we continue to resist stubbornly, we and this city will probably be razed to the ground by His Majesty's terrifying weapons."

When Asinoa II said this, many people present suddenly showed a look of horror on their faces.

These people have experienced the Battle of Jerusalem personally and have a very deep impression of explosives.

But not everyone wants to surrender.

The eldest prince stood up and spoke in great dissatisfaction: "My mother, what you said is unreasonable.

Our Ptolemy family followed Alexander the Great and died. The courage was engraved in our bloodline. Even if we fight to the last moment, we should not choose to surrender!"

Of course, the eldest prince had to oppose it. If the Ptolemaic dynasty could continue, then the eldest prince would be able to become the new king of Ptolemaic in the future, but if the Ptolemaic dynasty perished, the eldest prince would have nothing.

The loud opposition of the eldest prince obviously resonated with the last moment, and some people also stood up and wanted to coexist with the Ptolemaic dynasty until the last moment.

An extremely fierce quarrel happened, and the quarrel lasted for a long time.

Until the early morning of the next day, Zhao Kuo, who still had no reply, calmly issued an order.

"Siege the city."

The vast army of Han began to attack the city.

This siege battle is actually quite unreasonable.

You should know that the Ptolemys gathered 150,000 troops from the entire dynasty and did not defend it in Jerusalem, not to mention that now it is just a group of defeated soldiers and defeated generals to guard the city of Alexandria.

An hour later, when a shocking loud noise sounded at the gate of Alexandria, Zhao Kuo couldn't help but tilt the corners of his mouth slightly.

There is a saying that explosion is a man's romance.

In the evening of that day, the entire city of Alexandria fell under the control of the soldiers and horses of the Han Dynasty.

At night, Zhao Kuo, surrounded by countless soldiers of the Han Dynasty, came to the Ptolemy's palace in a mighty manner.

In the palace hall, a man sat alone on the throne, waiting quietly for Zhao Kuo.

This person is nothing but the eldest prince.

Zhao Kuo's eyes did not lock on the eldest prince, but looked at the feet of the eldest prince.

There were two old corpses lying quietly, and had been dead for a long time.

Although Zhao Kuo did not know him, he could also guess that these two corpses should be King Ptolemy II and Queen Asinoa II.

Zhao Kuo spoke slowly: "So, this is the reason why you are unwilling to surrender."

The eldest prince smiled and said, "From today, I will be the third king of the Ptolemy dynasty. You can call me Ptolemy III."

Zhao Kuo shook his head and asked back: "It's just an illusory throne. You should know that you can't hold this throne."

The eldest prince laughed and said, "Even if he only became a king for one day, it is enough for me."

Zhao Kuo looked at the eldest prince and said, "So, what are you going to do next?"

The eldest prince smiled, touched the handrail of the throne with some attachment, and said slowly: "I really can't hold this throne, so I chose to die on this throne."

After saying this, blood kept gushing out of the corner of the eldest prince's mouth.

Then, he died.

Looking at this scene, even a person like Zhao Kuo, who is well-informed, was stunned for a moment.

This guy is really a cruel person.

Zhao Kuo was silent for a while and said slowly: "Everything is well buried, just bring those who surrender here."

Those who are unwilling to surrender are basically killed by the army of the Han Kingdom during the battle, so the rest are naturally those who are willing to surrender.

There were men and women, old and young, kneeling in front of Zhao Kuo tremblingly, waiting for Zhao Kuo to judge their fate.

Zhao Kuo narrowed his eyes and said lightly: "I will not kill you, I may still appoint you, but you must remember that you will no longer be loyal to the Ptolemaic dynasty in the future, but my great Han Kingdom.

As long as you can serve me and the Han Kingdom well, your descendants will praise your wisdom.

But if you are here just to survive, you will never have descendants, do you understand?"

Regarding Zhao Kuo's warning, all the Ptolemy people present were silent and kowtowed to express their agreement.

After Alexandria was conquered, the subsequent conquest of the Ptolemaic dynasty became a very simple thing.

As mentioned before, most parts of Egypt are deserts, and places without deserts are the Mediterranean Sea, and sea water cannot be drunk.

Therefore, most of the Egyptians were concentrated on both sides of the Nile River, and if Zhao Kuo wanted to conquer the remaining Egypt, he only needed to send an army and go upstream along the Nile River.

This kind of upward action is naturally under the responsibility of Wang Jian. He will lead 30,000 musketeers to go south to complete the conquest task assigned by Zhao Kuo.

As for Zhao Kuo himself, he stayed in Alexandria.

This is not for being lazy, but as His Majesty the Emperor, Zhao Kuo naturally wanted to establish the order of the Han Dynasty here.

Although Egypt has a large territory, the places where people can live are actually very small, so Zhao Kuo established a county here, called Egyptian County, and the capital of this county is still Alexandria.

Further east, the Sinai Peninsula and the Palestine region form a county called Sinai County, with its capital in Jerusalem.

Toward the north of Sinai County, a Syrian county was established with the city of Antioch as the center.

Going eastward in Syria, a Babylonian county was established with the city of Babylon as the center.

...In this way, the entire Seleucid Empire and the territory conquered by the Ptolemaic dynasty were divided into twenty counties.

These twenty counties are obviously relatively fewer than the fifty counties in the Han Dynasty, mainly because most of these counties are of wide and sparsely populated type, such as plateaus, deserts, etc., so it is naturally impossible to set up many counties as densely as the Central Plains.

In fact, these twenty counties are not the end, because you should know that Li Mu's conquest of the Antiko Empire is also in full swing.

This time, Zhao Kuo gave Li Mu the task of at least conquering the entire Asia Minor Peninsula. If possible, then fight the Bosphorus and invade the Balkans.

Originally, Zhao Kuo hoped to acquire the Ptolemaic navy after the destruction of the Ptolemaic dynasty to facilitate crossing the sea to fight.

But what Zhao Kuo did not expect was that the Ptolemaic navy had left before Zhao Kuo reached Alexandria. They went north along the Mediterranean and went to Greece.

After all, Greece also comes from the Alexander Empire. Speaking of which, everyone is the same family, and they can still deal with the enemy Zhao Kuo together, right?

Therefore, Zhao Kuo still has to face one problem, that is, he still does not have enough naval ships in his hands.

If there are no ships, crossing the sea will become a big problem that is beyond reach.

"I hope Li Mu can gain something."

At this time, Zhao Kuo could only pin his hope on Li Mu.

Of course, even if Li Mu cannot succeed, Zhao Kuo actually didn't care too much.

To be honest, the Han Dynasty destroyed the Ptolemaic dynasty and the Seleucid Empire in just two years, and robbed all the Antico dynasty of Asia, which was actually very amazing.

As the saying goes, people will be able to eat too much. With the strength of the Han Dynasty, swallowing so much territory in one breath is also a bit supportive.

Since you have eaten too much, you have to digest it slowly.

In Zhao Kuo's opinion, if there is no navy, then it would be perfect for waiting for three to five years, while slowly looking for craftsmen to build ships, and while also being able to digest these conquered territories, wouldn't it be perfect?
Chapter completed!