Chapter 572 The Conqueror's End
"Can the general really be in trouble with the regent of the Great Qin State in order to protect Egypt?"
In the Han Army camp in Alexandria, Wu Zaihan, who participated in the meeting with Brutus, was a little worried. There was a saying that he didn't know whether to talk or not. This expedition was the general's will. Chen Tang and others initially opposed it. After knowing that the general's real goal was knowledge, Wu Zaihan reluctantly understood it.
But during this expedition, due to the epidemic and strain and war, hundreds of soldiers had stayed on Egyptian land forever. The battle a few days ago shocked Wu Zaihan - the Roman army was indeed very powerful. If it were not for the help of firearms, it was hard to say who would win and who would lose.
"General, Egypt is close to Rome. I heard that its navy is huge and tens of thousands of troops can be transported here at any time. But the Han army has to travel thousands of miles from the body and have to wait for the monsoon."
To put it bluntly, the General of the Cavalry had already brought half of the Han soldiers who were poisoned to fight with Rome in Egypt, and it would not be enough to bring them all over to death in battle.
"Of course we need a confidant, but the enemy doesn't know me."
Ren Hongxiao said: "In the eyes of the Romans, the Han Dynasty was so mysterious. I only knew that our country was vast, and I saw that my soldiers were good at fighting skills and artifacts could not resist. With the nature of Rong Di, I was naturally afraid."
Telling Caesar to cover Egypt was Ren Hong's plan. If you show weakness, once you show your weakness, he will see clearly that your strength is not good. It is hard to say that you will immediately dispatch troops and kill them. There are many factors that will win in the first battle. If Caesar ordered another legion to go south to Egypt, Ren Hong would be unable to bear it.
Caesar thought that the Han army was going to station in Egypt for a long time, and soldiers were coming from the west. After he weighed it, he felt that this battle was not worth it.
Sure enough, in just a few days, the Big Lighthouse reported the news of Caesar's fleet traveling west.
Maybe it's going to Sicily, or maybe it's Cyrenaga.
"It seems that Caesar is still determined to defeat Pompei. It's a pity that he went to the opposite direction. Pompei went to Syria in the East!"
It was Ren Hong who urged Pompei to go east to Syria and Jewish. Pompei was a hero who completed the "Oriental Strategy" and had a great influence in the East. Now, taking advantage of Caesar's new defeat, you can go there to collect old subordinates.
Pompei's followers and his son went to the western provinces of Cyrenikka and Apherika, which was the last base of the Roman Republic.
This thing was enough for Caesar to fight for a year or two. Ren Hong's goal was to extend the civil war in Rome as much as possible so that Caesar had no time to take care of Egypt so that he could withdraw calmly.
When meeting Brutus, Ren Hong even deliberately called Caesar the "King of Rome" and gave him a crown verbally. I don't know what Brutus, who was determined to be in the republic system, felt?
Caesar certainly would not be willing to give up Egypt forever, but when he comes back to take revenge, Ren Hongding will no longer be here.
Ren Hong smiled secretly in his heart:
"What should I do after pretending to be a slut?"
"Of course I've slipped away!"
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Alexander's mausoleum is located south of the city's main road, adjacent to the royal palace. The surface building has been built in a shape similar to a temple. The circular building is supported by many marble columns, with shrines and green vegetation on the top, which looks like an aerial garden from afar.
After Pompei's remnants evacuated and the Roman fleet also left the Great Green Sea to pursue westward, the Egyptian crisis was temporarily lifted.
In her spare time, the tour guide Cleopatra was launched again. In order to thank Ren Hong for driving away the Romans, she took off her pharaoh's outfit, wore a Greek dress, and took General Ren to pay homage to the conqueror three hundred years ago.
As soon as you enter the tomb gate, you can see the sculptures of Adi when she was young. Ptolemy I and Aristotle, their closest comrades and mentors.
"After Alexander's death, his body was buried in Memphis."
As for why a Macedonian was not buried in his capital, Babylon, and did not return to his hometown, but ran to Egypt, perhaps because Alexander believed in Egyptian religion and considered himself the son of La Amon.
"Later, he was moved to Alexander by the Savior (Ptolemy I) and was properly buried."
"Oh, holy relics."
Ren Hong said he understood that he had heard a rumor: Alexander's body was stolen by Ptolemy, and whoever gets him will be the successor!
"If I suddenly die, who will my successor? Wife, three sons, Zhao Han'er, Chen Tang?"
Ren Hong suddenly had such an idea. He was 47 years old and had just completed the craziest adventure in his life. After the tension against the Romans, he was thinking about something farther away.
The queen noticed Ren Hong's thoughts and vaguely guessed that he seemed to be thinking about his affairs afterwards. She said, "When the Savior transported Alexander's body, he used a solid large gold coffin, which was installed in a specially customized and gem-covered ornate cart, and was made of 64 mules wearing golden crowns... General Ren, what are you laughing at?"
Ren Hong couldn't help but feel the mule wearing a golden crown. Are you sure this is not a satirizing of the Asian Emperor? Sure enough, no matter how great the conquers were in their lifetime, they would always turn into farce after death and would be used by others.
The door of the mausoleum was stuck due to an earthquake last year. The queen's guard Ai Ya and a mysterious hooded man went inside to open the mausoleum. After the door of the mausoleum was opened, Ren Hong was worried that he had someone searched inside and out, and then walked into the inside with the queen.
Ptolemaic pharaohs stood on both sides of the corridor in turn, but there were no female co-rulers.
"My sculpture will also be here in the future." Cleopatra VII proudly declared that although she established another younger brother as co-governor, called "Ptolemy XIV", it was just a puppet in her hands.
"As long as General Ren is willing, he can still become a pharaoh in Egypt."
The queen was tempting Ren Hong to stay again. If she was in Memphis, she just wanted to temporarily use the power of the Seris, but after the Han army used artillery to repel the Romans, the queen began to believe that as long as Cialis and General Ren were willing, they could fully guarantee Egypt's independence. If he could stay here, Egypt could be protected from Rome's invasion for twenty years.
Ren Hong smiled but did not answer. They had already entered the tomb, which was very spacious inside. It was a mix of Greek and Egyptian styles, with strange beast-headed gods and Greek-style murals.
Ren Hong walked to the right and the first mural was a boy standing in the bathtub bathing. He was probably talking about Alexander's birth, next to her mother.
"The father of the Conqueror was not the King of Macedonia, but Amon Zeus."
Wait, when did Amon in Egypt and Zeus in Greece become a god? Oh, I know, the characteristic myth of the Ptolemaic dynasty, right?
The second picture ahead is about the young Alexander and a wise old man with long beards, who is his mentor Aristotle.
Ren Hong always felt that the old man had been staring at him, perhaps because he had packed hundreds of thousands of rolls of papyrus from the big library and brought them onto the ship after the war ended. The collection of the Ptolemaic dynasty for several lifetimes and years is now cheaper Ren Hong, the dream of Aristotle's summary of world knowledge, is to be realized in the East.
After walking around and going to the other side, there were also two murals.
The first one was written by Alexander instructed Ptolemy to be the heir, which is the orthodox basis of the Ptolemy family... Well, the Ptolemy dynasty has become the only successor country now, so you can say whatever you say.
But as far as things go, the Ptolemaic dynasty was indeed the culmination of Greek culture.
The last one is Alexander conquering the known world, and the easternmost side of his feet is exactly what Ren Hong's basic Indian.
"I really have some fate with him." Fate is a Buddhist saying, and Ren Hong, who is almost considered by Theravada to be the "Wheel-turning Holy King".
"His extreme east Alexandria Khujang city was exactly the starting point where I began to conquer ten years ago."
“My route into India is exactly the same as him.”
"Now, I'm here to his finish again."
This is probably the farthest place Ren Hong can go west.
"The General was the greatest conqueror after Alexander." The Queen flattered.
"What am I?" Ren Hong disagreed. At most, he was at the same level as Caesar.
However, when he stood in front of Alexander's transparent coffin, he couldn't help but laugh.
"Where is the promised golden coffin? Why is this a glass coffin?"
The queen was a little embarrassed and said that it was replaced during Ptolemy X. At that time, turmoil broke out in Egypt and the royal family was in a financial crisis. So she turned her mind to Alexander's golden coffin.
It’s like the financial difficulties of the Han Dynasty, which incorporated the sacrificial tools from the Gaozu Temple!
"But that's fine, otherwise I wouldn't be able to see Alexander's mummy."
A gorgeous mummy was where Alexander lived after his death, painted with Greek, Egyptian characters and various patterns.
"I will give Alexander a golden coffin."
Seeing Ren Hong sarcastically, the queen made a promise very seriously.
"After I make Egypt rich and powerful again, I will definitely return the golden coffin, which is bigger than the original one!"
"You can definitely do it."
General Ren, who had always been strict with her, suddenly praised the queen.
"Queen Cleopatra."
Ren Hong said to the queen seriously in front of Alexander's coffin: "Some people will underestimate you, but in fact, you are very smart and resourceful. Your charm allows you to establish an indestructible alliance with the most powerful leader in the world..."
He compared himself: "After I leave, keep your friends, you will find yourself so unattainable, together with the glory of Egypt, ready to win the praise of the whole world!"
This sudden high hat made the queen flatter, but it was very useful. Indeed, Egypt was not strong enough. If she wanted to gain independence from Rome, she had to rely on Seris as general and establish relations with Bendu, Parthia and other countries, and restore domestic stability before Rome ended its civil war.
Ren Hong knew that the covenant between him and the Queen was fragile and she could be betrayed by the situation at any time. After all, every kitten would grow up and look harmless at the beginning, young and quiet, licking the milk from the shallow dish. But when the paws grow long enough, the cat will hurt people and sometimes even scratch the hands of the cat owner.
Just walk in before she scratches her hand and let her be a self-reliant wild cat.
After watching it in one circle, Ren Hong and the Queen walked out of Alexander's mausoleum. When the Queen asked her how she felt, Ren Hong thought about it and replied: "The feeling is..."
"No one can take away this country!"
What can remain in this world for a long time is not a temporary empire and territory. It is enough to explore it. In his later years, he needed to prepare for how to consolidate what he created in the past twenty or thirty years.
When he walked out to the vicinity of the palace, Wu Zaihan hurriedly sent a document, a familiar paper book. It came from India and was sent by Yang Yun.
"It was issued more than two months ago. The Protectorate of the Physical Poisonous Palace received an imperial edict from the court!"
Then it was half a year ago when the big man sent it out?
Ren Hong took it and saw that Yang Yun described the general content of the edict. After reading it, Ren Hong couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
"I've been sick."
Chapter completed!