According to historical records, the hellfire outside Ephesus burned for three days and three nights.

It seemed as if a heavy snow fell over the city of Ephesus, except that the snow was black, the ashes left after the fire.

The ashes covered the entire city of Ephesus. The streets were black, the houses were black, the trees on both sides of the streets were black, and even the river in Ephesus was floating with black dust.

The air was filled with an unpleasant, pungent smell, which took half a month to gradually dissipate.

The First Army of the Daxia Army set off again three days later.

They walked on the scorched land outside the city. The silver army, the pitch-black land, and the bright red sunrise became a beautiful scenery in this dead place.

The people of Ephesus watched in silence as the mighty army of 400,000 men departed. They didn't know how to describe this army.

Call them demons, but they were quite nice to the people of Ephesus.

They were angels... but they burned a million people to death! Such angels obviously don't exist.

Now that they are gone, where will their next stop be?

Is there any country in the entire Eurasian continent that can stop their progress?

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Antioch, the capital of the Seleucid Empire.

Seleucus I sat on the Golden Palace, holding in his hand the urgent war report sent back from the city of Ephesus.

His hands were shaking and his thick eyebrows were tightly furrowed. He read the battle report ten times!

The huge golden palace was so silent that you could hear a pin drop. None of his ministers dared to say a word at this moment, and even their breathing was carefully controlled.

Just ten days ago, a letter arrived from the city of Ephesus.

This was written by the Marquis of Ephesus, but it expressed the opinion of a military commander from a country in the East called Bactria.

In this letter, the commander's words were sincere, saying that he had no intention of invading the Seleucid Empire, let alone occupying the Seleucid Empire!

They just wanted to pass through to Frankie.

But Marquis Wellis also mentioned in his letter that the city of Ephesus had fallen and was now under the control of the Bactrian army.

For the famous Seleucus I, this was obviously a great shame!

In fact, when he received this letter, he also summoned his ministers to discuss their opinions on this army, because he remembered the prophecy of Maria II -

When he went to France to meet Maria II, Maria II told him in person that there would be an army coming from the East in the future. They would come to the Eurasian continent along the route of Alexander the Great's eastward advance, and the Seleucid Empire would be right on their marching route!

Their cavalry and their guns would conquer the entire Eurasian continent, and the Seleucid Empire would naturally be no exception.

They are demons from the Far East. They have traveled tens of thousands of miles, and what they may bring is an unprecedented disaster!

Now it seems that Maria II's prophecy has come true again, and Seleucus I naturally paid great attention to it. When the news of the fall of Ephesus came, he ordered Count Arista to lead a million troops to rescue it. Of course, rescue was not the main purpose.

In his order to Count Arista, he clearly expressed his intention to destroy this army coming from the Far East!

It's a total annihilation!

So after receiving the intention of the general Guan Xiaoxi from Daxia, he did not accept the opinions of some ministers to seek peace, and he did not order Count Arista to stop the attack.

now……

Count Arista himself died outside the city of Ephesus!

A million-strong army!

completely annihilated!

They were actually burned to death by fire falling from the sky!

Could it be that those demons really have unimaginable divine abilities?

What now?

Even if the Seleucid Empire mobilized all its troops, could it be a match for such an army?

Seleucus I pondered for a long time, but he still couldn't make up his mind.

If we fight and lose, the Seleucid Empire will cease to exist.

If they didn't fight... The other party didn't put forward any conditions in the letter. They were just passing through, and their destination was Frankie...

Frankish technology is advanced, both in terms of army and navy, especially the navy, which is extremely powerful. However, for some reason, Queen Maria II has not sent her powerful warships to expand the territory in recent years. Instead, she has been conducting frequent combat training near the coast.

Did she realize that the country called Daxia would launch an attack on Frankie from the sea?

In recent years, she began to pay attention to the army. In just three years, she established an army of 800,000, divided into four legions, and equipped them with Mauser rifles, which were better than this musket.

During these three years, her army and navy swept across almost the entire Europe. It was called military training, but in fact it was an invasion. She had accomplished the feat of unifying the European continent. The reason she gave was to use the power of the entire Europe to fight against the demons coming from the East!

She needs to concentrate power in one person, needs more army troops, more naval warships, and a stronger economy to support the unknown battle in the future!

When she gave these reasons, no one in the former European countries, or even in those in West Asia, believed her. Therefore, in those destroyed countries, many former royal family members regarded her as a devil, but she did not care about it and still launched the same unprecedented war of conquest with the power of a single country.

Now, her long-cherished wish has come true.

She became the master of the entire European continent.

There used to be more than ten countries scattered across the European continent, but now those countries no longer exist, there is only one Frankie!

According to the latest news, Maria II expanded the army to 1.6 million!

The navy fleet has a total of 300 invincible warships!

She mobilized the four corps of the army to the throat of the entrance from West Asia to Europe - the city of Bamor!

Her prediction now seems to have been accurate.

She hoped that the Seleucid Empire could keep this demon army out of West Asia... But now it seems that the Seleucid Empire is willing but unable to do so. It would be better to let this demon army pass and let them fight a decisive battle in the city of Bamor!

Seleucus I put down the battle report, raised his head, glanced at his ministers, and said calmly: "Order all towns and all armies in the empire not to launch any attacks on the Daxia army!"

"Open all roads. If they have material needs... satisfy them!"

When the civil and military officials in the court heard this, some were unwilling to accept it, while others felt relieved that they had been worried for a long time.

There are few people who are unwilling to give in, such as Prince Arthur.

He came to challenge for a fight, but he did not expect that His Majesty the King would surrender.

He wanted to say something, but Seleucus I stood up, picked up the battle report, flicked his sleeves, and left the Golden Palace.

Shame on the kingdom!

Since His Majesty the King does not dare to fight... then I will return to my fiefdom, bring with me 600,000 elite spearmen, and another million troops, assemble a huge army of 1.6 million, and fight a battle with these demons on the route they must take to the west!