Chapter 1388 Eastern Expedition and Western Expedition
Returning home, Creon thought it would never be possible in this life. Whether it is a desert or a snow-capped mountain, they all eat people, originally there were more than 2,000 people in their army, but in the end only more than 500 of them survived.
Creon still thinks that he survived entirely because of Zeus's blessing, otherwise they would not have come here at all, and would have died on the way.
But now that he had heard that there was a second way besides the desert and the snow-capped mountains, Creon was tempted to return home in a few months.
However, Leon also knew that Touman would not let him go easily, but as long as he had the opportunity, he did not want to give up.
After Ebony left, Creon immediately found the lieutenant general, and this matter still needs to be considered in the long run.
Ebony looked at the camp tent in the distance and smiled, saying in his heart that they would not give up the opportunity to go home, and they would definitely take action in the next battle. The next thing General Meng Tian will take care of.
Meng Tian did know a lot of things, at the welcome party, he had contact with several Qin apprentices of Ou Nuo, and knew that Ou Nuo's wife was in Songhai City, and Ou Nuo was a hired expert, definitely not a spy.
Such a person should help them, so Meng Tian no longer hid and went directly to Ou Nuo in the hope of getting his help.
After listening to Meng Tian's story, Ou Nuo thought about it, and he knew that those soldiers were definitely not Romans, because he never knew that Rome would send troops to such a far place. Rome was still fighting mainly in the Italian peninsula at the moment, and there were no exaggerated long-distance expeditions.
"I'm sure they're not Romans, but if they need me to translate, I'd love to. Ohno said.
Meng Tian nodded: "Who does that gentleman think they are?"
Unor took out a treasured copy of "The Great Voyage" from his luggage and turned to a page of the world map: "If I am not mistaken, it should be Macedonians, and it should be the descendants of Alexander the Great's expeditionary troops." ”
Who did Meng Tian say about Alexander the Great?
Uno explained, although Alexander the Great was a Macedonian, and Eno was a Roman. But under Uno's account, Alexander the Great is still a mighty super-emperor, leading his troops to the ends of the world, all the way east, and bringing out that 'a flock led by a lion is more terrible than a lion led by a goat'. Alexander the Great is this lion, and his dream is to go to the end of the world.
However, as a general, Meng Tian said that he could not agree with Alexander the Great's approach: "Soldiers, the major affairs of the country, the place of life and death, and the way of survival, must not be ignored." "What is the point of Alexander the Great's crusade to the people and money? What benefit can he bring to the people of the country, what benefit does he bring to his own country?
It seems that there is nothing, just fighting for the sake of fighting, which is a taboo for soldiers in the Central Plains: "If you are reckless, you must not have a good end for Alexander the Great." ”
"How do you know? Alexander the Great did die in the course of the expedition, probably in his thirties, as if he had died of illness. Ernold had lived in Greece, which was under Macedonian control, so he knew Alexander the Great better: "Although he died early, he built a huge territory, which is now divided into several countries. ”
"So what? It's not orthodox. Meng Tian said that sooner or later, a country that is not justified will collapse and this is the case. Eventually, the Mediterranean Sea was still under the banner of Rome, and Caesar and Augustus of Rome became the names of European emperors.
"I think these people may be Seleucids, because Seleucus is the end of Alexander the Great's crusade. As she spoke, Ono suddenly thought of a legend he had heard. Legend has it that Alexander the Great went all the way to Babylon, and then in Babylon he wept bitterly because he thought there was no land he could conquer again.
If Alexander the Great knew that there was such a magical kingdom as Great Qin on this side of the mountain and the sea on the other side, would he have cheered up and continued to come east.
At that time, Alexander the Great's troops will meet the forces of Qin.
However, this assumption does not exist, because Alexander the Great's troops are actually only more than 30,000 people, and if they really dare to climb the snowy mountains and cross the desert, it is estimated that even if they reach the Qin State, they will only have one-third of the troops, and at that time, although the Qin State did not unify the six countries, it had already experienced the Shang Dynasty Reform, and the people of the Qin State had become soldiers who were screaming and hoping to pay homage to the Marquis through military exploits. It is estimated that the troops from afar will have to fold at the border pass of Daqin.
Of course, the two sides are indeed too far apart, and it would be unfair for either side to go on an expedition. But if you have to say that the two are fighting, the Qin State is equipped with a large number of long-range attack crossbowmen, and there are also cavalry and chariots. Alexander the Great, on the other hand, was mostly infantry, then cavalry and chariots, and there were few formed means of long-range attack.
Although the cavalry of the Qin State were all light cavalry, the countries in the northern part of the Central Plains basically experienced 'Hufu cavalry shooting', that is, the Central Plains countries learned the technology obtained by the Xiongnu, that is, the archers.
Cavalry on both sides is not well suited to charging into battle, but distance gives you an advantage.
If the two sides really fight, it is still the Qin State that has a greater advantage, plus the Qin State State has a centralized state system and a strong mobilization ability. Macedonia was a city-state system, and the number of troops that Alexander the Great could mobilize was probably only one-third or even less than that of Qin. Moreover, the Macedonian phalanx is not as many people as possible, 30,000 people can just exert the maximum power, and too many people delay the phalanx and it is easy to be broken.
There is also the will to fight, Alexander the Great's crusade is called conquest and bad is robbery, tens of thousands of people robbed the troops, robbed all the way to supplies, and fed the war with war. Although these robbers all followed the example of Alexander the Great, and the army was full of individual heroism, if they really encountered a hurdle that even the 'heroes' could not pass, the army was doomed.
And the state of Qin shouted: Old Qin, go to the national disaster together. It can kill any bandit, even if it is led by a lion.
Ono's vision was basically impossible to realize, Alexander the Great stopped after conquering the known world, and Qin would not be bored to carry out any expeditions after the unification of the six countries, so the two military powers of the east and west could only look at each other from afar.
It is already a miracle that the small army of Seleucus can come to the border pass of Great Qin and fight with Meng Tian's small army, so there is no need to think about Alexander the Great vs. Qin Shi Huang, Alexander the Great is dead, he is destined to be just a legend.
Meng Tian didn't want to fight Alexander the Great, he just wanted to solve the Xiongnu and solve the problem of the border pass, which was his responsibility.
Ou Nuo promised to help, and Meng Tian became more confident. The next time you encounter that strange army, you must turn them around, and maybe you can break Touman in one fell swoop and drive the Xiongnu tribe to the north.