Wang Wei intends to attack Handan. Hearing this, Liang Ji came back halfway. He didn't have time to stretch his clothes and wash his dust, so he went to see Wang Wei and said, "I came back today and met a man on the road who was driving his car north." He said to me,' I want to go to Chu.' I said,' If you are going to Chu, why are you going north?' He said, "My horse is fine." I said,' the horse is good, but this is not the way to Chu!' He said,' I have a lot of travel expenses.' I said,' Even if the toll is high, this is not the direction to go to Chu.' He added, "My coachman is good at driving." I finally said,' The better these are, the farther away from Chu!' Now the king's every move wants to establish a hegemony and gain prestige in the world; However, relying on Wei's strength and excellent army, the more you take the action of attacking Handan to expand your land and make your name noble, the farther away you will undoubtedly be from your career. Is this different from the man who wanted to go to Chu but went to the north? "
It turns out that allusions in the opposite direction all come from here. Yes! The goals and actions of many politicians are reversed. The harder you work, the farther away you are from your goal. Is this an IQ problem? Or is it a question of ability? Still can't help it.
Ok, let's take a look at Ariane's Alexander expedition!
(23) Alexander took the troops behind him in the pursuit and drove into Hekania together. This area is located on the left side of the road leading to bakht. On one side is a lush mountain, and near here is a plain that extends to the sea. Alexander traveled in this direction because he found that the mercenaries who followed Darius had fled along this road to the Tapria mountains. In addition, he also wants to conquer tapeworm people by the way. He divided the whole army into three parts: taking the shortest but most difficult road with most troops with the lightest equipment; Tell Catelas to take his own brigade, Amitas Brigade, an archer and several cavalry to attack the Tepper; On the other hand, he ordered Ere Ghias to escort vehicles such as luggage and other units of the convoy along the main road with mercenaries and other cavalry. This road is longer than. After camping on the first hills, Alexander marched along the rugged mountain road with the guards, the lightest troops in the Macedonian phalanx and some archers. Leave some troops to guard some roads that he thinks are dangerous, so that the enemy occupying the commanding heights cannot stop his follow-up troops in these places. He himself led the archers through the mountain pass and camped by a small river on the flat ground. It was in this place that Darius' cavalry generals Nabazans, Hekania and Payasia supervised Flatat Furniss and other senior generals of Darius to surrender. I waited in the camp for four days to gather the troops left behind in the March. By this time, most of them have passed safely. However, the local mountain people once attacked the defender's Agrian troops, but they suffered a lot in the long-distance battle and then retreated.
Alexander continued to pursue, trying to further expand the results.
Alexander continued his March to Hekania from here and arrived at Zadeh Lakata, the city where Hekania people lived. At this time, Kratos also led his troops here to join forces with him. They didn't meet Darius' mercenaries, but they occupied all the places they passed, some were shot down and some surrendered. Later, Eric Ghias also came here with a convoy of trench. Soon, Atta Bassas also took his three sons Covent, arrio Bazanza and Assamis to Alexandria to surrender. With them were representatives of mercenaries from Topuria, the overseer who followed Darius and Otto Vladis. Alexander returned the supervisory position to him. Let Artabaz Sass and his three sons stay with him and respect them, especially because they are the most powerful people among Persians and they are loyal to Darius. But when the representatives of the Greek mercenaries asked him about the conditions for treating all mercenaries, he replied that he would not sign any agreement with them. Anyone who follows foreigners to beat the Greeks has a serious sin and completely violates the Greek tradition. Alexander made them surrender collectively, and he decided what to do with them. If they don't want to do this, they can take any measures to protect their own safety. The delegates replied that they and all the Greek mercenaries were willing to surrender to Alexander and asked him to send an officer to lead them to the camp so that they could pass safely along the road. Their total number is about 1500. So Alexander sent Androni Cass (son of argyle Lars) and Atta Bassas to go with them.
Alexander accepted the surrender of Persian remnants and Greek mercenaries.
Then Alexander led his troops to attack the Medes. He brought guards, archers, Agelii's security forces, Kolvoc and Amintas, half of the cavalry and javelin soldiers-there is already a large group of javelin soldiers. When passing through most of Malaysia's territory, many natives who tried to escape and some natives who fought for trapped animals were killed, and a large number were captured alive. One is the traffic jam in Matthias, and the other is poverty. The local people are brave and militant, and no one has invaded their territory for a long time. So they didn't expect Alexander to invade their territory, especially because he had left the route far away, which made them feel that Alexander appeared more suddenly and unprepared in advance. However, a large number of people still fled to the mountains. The mountains and roads in that area are steep, and they think they are sure that Alexander probably won't come to such a distant ravine. But when Alexander really came in this direction, they had to send representatives to surrender and give up their territory. Alexander sent them back and sent Otto Vladis to supervise them and the Taperians.
Alexander conquered Matia.
Then Alexander returned to the camp where he had set out before attacking Matthias, and met with the Greek mercenaries who had arrived, as well as the representatives of Lastu Mongols who were originally sent to Darius' court, Caliklatedes, Bao Xipa, Monimas and Onomas, and an Athenian, Dropides. He arrested all these people and locked them up. He sent the representatives of Sinop back, because their tribe did not belong to the same body of Greek nationalities, but belonged to Persia. It doesn't seem too outrageous for them to send representatives to the suzerain country. As for the rest of the Greeks, before the Greek city-state made peace with Macedonia, he sent all the people who served in the Persian army away; Let Heraclitus, the representative of Cardogonia, go. The rest, he ordered to enjoy the same salary standard to serve under him, and put Androni Cass in charge of the command. Androni Cass led them in the past and made it clear that it was extremely important to keep his old men.
Alexander treated defectors in different ways.
(25) After arranging these things, Alexander went to Zadeh Lakata, the largest city in Hekania (where the palace is located). He stayed there for fifteen days, offering sacrifices to God and holding sports competitions as usual. Then they entered Payasia, from where they entered the territory of Aliya and arrived in one of their cities, Sucia. Aria supervised the Sadibazan people to meet them. Alexander approved him to continue as a supervisor, and sent his friend Anaxaypas to lead 40 javelin soldiers to his side to stand guard in various places so that the Aryans would not be violated when the follow-up troops passed by.
Alexander returned to Wang Ting, Persia.
At this time, some Persians came to see Alexander and reported to him that Bertha's hat was worn according to the king's wearing method, and he also put on the Persian Royal Brocade IV, calling himself Xue Xisi, not Bertha. He also calls himself the king of Asia. They also reported that Bossas people now have Persian troops who arrived in bakht with him, as well as a large number of local troops in bakht. He is also looking forward to meeting with him by the Coalition forces in West Asia.
Bertha wants to be the king of Asia.
Alexander then led all the troops that were adapted into bakht Leah. Philip (the son of Minilaus) came to meet him from Medea with mercenary cavalry. Troops led by Thessaly volunteers and Andromakas, who stayed behind, also joined the battle. At this point, the guards captain Nicanoff (son of Parmenion) has died. When Alexander marched into bakht, it was reported that Arria supervised the rebellion of Satibazans, killed Anaxaypas and his men, armed the Arria people and took them to Atakauna, where Arria Palace was located. When he heard that Alexander was moving forward again, he decided to take his troops to Besas and wait for the opportunity to attack the Macedonian army with him. After hearing this report, Alexander stopped marching into bakht Leah, and immediately led a group of cavalry, javelin soldiers, archers, Agrian troops, Armitas and Kolvoc Brigade to pursue Satibazan and his Aria troops. Let klaras take charge of the rest of the local troops. It took Alexander two days to walk the 600-meter platform and reach Atakauna.
Alexander turned back and rebelled.
When Satibazans knew that Alexander was coming at him so soon, he was very surprised. He fled with only a few Arya cavalry. His soldiers also heard the news of Alexander's persecution, so when he fled with them, most of them dispersed in a hubbub. Alexander acted quickly, found out those who left their village to join the rebellion, killed them on the spot, and made the rest slaves. Immediately, the Persian Assam was appointed to supervise Aria. At this time, Catelas also came with the left-behind troops. So Alexander led the whole army into Zalangaya and arrived at the location of their palace. Basanti, who occupied that area at that time (this man had conspired with others to attack Darius when he fled). Now that he knew Alexander was coming, he fled to the Indian region on this side of the Indus River. But the Indians caught him and sent him to Alexandria, where he was executed for his part in the murder of Darius.
Alexander suppressed those who participated in the rebellion.
(26) It was in this place that Alexander learned about the plot of Philotas (son of Parmenion). Ptolemy and Aristo Bohr both said in their accounts: Alexander heard some reports about it when he was in Egypt. But at that time, he thought it was not credible. On the one hand, because their father and son have been friendly with him for a long time, on the other hand, because he has given parmenides a high honor, his trust in Philotas himself is extraordinary. Ptolemy (son of Lagas) said in his account that Philotas was sent to Macedonian generals for trial. Alexander reprimanded him severely, and Philotas defended himself. Then the conspirators came forward and proved Philotas and his associates guilty with many obvious evidences. The main fact is that although Philotas admitted that he had heard of someone trying to kill Alexander, he went in and out of Alexander's tent twice a day without reporting to Alexander. This proves that he is guilty. So the Macedonians present at that time stabbed Philotas and his accomplices with javelins. In order to solve the problem of Parmenion, Alexander sent his friend Polly Damis to Medea to meet Crende, West Tasis and Minidas with his letter. The troops led by these generals were then under the command of Parmenion. When they received the letter, they executed Parmenion. Perhaps Alexander found it hard to believe that Bamenon's own son conspired if he was a father who did not interfere at all; Or it may be thought that even if Parmenion was not involved, it would be a serious problem to leave his son after his execution, because Parmenion was recognized as a great man, not only Alexander himself, but also the whole army. Not only the Macedonian army feared him, but also those foreign mercenaries. More importantly, these troops are often under his command, not only on duty at ordinary times, but Alexander often lets him command many troops in the form of special instructions or approval.
Alexander killed Parmenion on suspicion of rebellion. Your most dependent generals.
(27) It is said that Amintas (son of Andlau Menez) and his brothers, Polemont, Ataz and West Mias, were also accused of participating in a conspiracy against Alexander. Because they trusted Philotas and were closely related to him, they were also tried at about the same time. As soon as Philotas was arrested, one of Amintas' brothers, Polemont, went to defect, which made everyone believe that they were really involved in the plot. However, Amintas and his other two brothers fiercely defended in front of the Macedonian general and refused to plead guilty anyway. As a result, he was acquitted. After the verdict, Amintas immediately asked for permission to find his brother Polemont and take him back to Alexandria. The generals agreed. So he set out that day, and later he brought Polemont back. Therefore, Amintas is more innocent. However, not long after, when he besieged a village, he was shot by an arrow and died of serious injuries. So all he got after his acquittal was a good reputation of innocence after death.
Amintas was cleared of suspicion, but he did not die of natural causes.
Now, Alexander sent Hephaestion (son of Aminto) and Cletus (son of Dropidas) as two chief officers to command the group friends, and divided the group friends brigade into two parts, which were commanded by them respectively. Alexander doesn't want to call a person (even his good friend) to command so many cavalry, especially because this part of the cavalry is the most credible and brave of all his cavalry. After dealing with this matter, he continued to March. Later, I went to an area. The residents here were originally called Ari Aspia, and later nicknamed "benefactor". Because when Ju Lushi (son of Cambisis) made an expedition to West Asia, they gave generous support. Alexander likes this country. On the one hand, because their ancestors contributed to Ju Lushi, on the other hand, because he saw with his own eyes that their ruling methods were different from other tribes in this area. They advocate justice and can be compared with the best Greek city-states. Therefore, Alexander allowed them to be autonomous. At their request, he allocated neighboring territories to them, but they only wanted a small piece of land. Alexander made a sacrifice to Apollo here. Demetrius, one of the guards, was also arrested here, suspecting that he had something to do with Philotas's plot. Ptolemy (son of Lagas) was appointed to replace him as a guard.
Alexander is very friendly to Ali Aspia people.
(28) After these things were arranged, Alexander continued to advance to bakht Leah and attacked Beth Sass. Along the way, they surrendered to Dranga, Gaja Derossi (2) and Alako Tiya. Let Meinong be their supervisor. He also arrived in Alako, the Indian region closest to Tiya. When he led the troops to invade various tribal areas, it was very difficult all the way, with deep snow and lack of materials, and the troops suffered a lot. But it is said that Sati Bazzans got 2,000 cavalry from Berzas to invade Aliya, and then he led the local people to revolt. Alexander sent Atta Bassas, a Persian, and two friends, Ali Ghias and Karanas, to crusade against them, and ordered Payasia to supervise Flatat Furniss's support. As a result, fierce fighting broke out between the armies of Ere Ghias and Karanas and those of Satibazans. The Persian army put up a tenacious resistance and refused to give in. It was not until Satibazans was shot in the face and died in a separate confrontation with Erie Ghias that these tribal soldiers fled.
Alexander's expedition was really difficult. It shows that he is strong-willed.