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Two thousand years ago, at the junction of Europe, Asia and Africa, there emerged a great monarch who led his army across the Middle East, North Africa and Greece and established a vast empire. Such an achievement is unprecedented in history, and only a few people in European history can match it. He is Alexander the Great.

Alexander the Great is the leader of the four great military commanders in the West (the other three are Hannibal, Caesar, and Napoleon the Great). He was invincible in the Middle East and marched eastward all the way, reaching as far as Batclelia, making the Kingdom of Macedonia extremely powerful for a time. In our country, perhaps only the Qin Shi Huang and Han Wudi and other wise monarchs can be compared with him.

Batkelia is the ancient name of present-day Afghanistan, which is very close to my country's westernmost border, separated only by Pakistan and parts of Kashmir. If Alexander had advanced a little further east, he might have become the first European monarch to march to Chinese territory.

However, there is no "if" in the real world. Alexander returned to the capital after Batkelia and did not choose to continue eastward. Why was this? What made the arrogant Alexander stop his conquest?