Chapter 601: Repeating the Old Trick (Second Update)

But Han Xin and Meng Tian knew about this, and the monarchs and soldiers of the Seleuc people must also know about it, and it was impossible for them to let the Great Qin people easily attack the city they were defending.

This city, Han Xin and Meng Tian have been repeatedly spied many times, and the situation around the city has been very clear by them, Han Xin and Meng Tian finally had to sigh, this is really a place for the Seleucians, such a city plus their arrangement, there is almost no possibility of being attacked without being discovered.

If in such a situation, the Seleu soldiers do not leave the city, this matter will be very difficult to do, Han Xin and Meng Tian both know that this is the territory of the Seleuc, although they are in the city, but it is not a lonely city, the other cities behind the city will provide them with a steady stream of supplements, at least the grain and grass and various equipment will definitely not be lacking, and even in case of insufficient personnel in the end, some can be replenished.

And although Han Xin and Meng Tian are also relying on their allies the Huns, it is very simple for Hua's city to transport something, but Yinggao has set the time, so it can only be Daqin who will fail in the end if they are consuming trouble with the Seleuces here.

In fact, such a situation, Yinggao, who was far away in Xianyang City, thought of it in advance, and his two conditions were precisely to force out the strongest Han Xin and Meng Tian in such a situation, Daqin's army was too comfortable for too long, Yinggao was worried that even if it was as strong as Han Xin and Meng Tian, if he could not experience the baptism of a certain number of wars, he would eventually lose in the real tough battle in the future.

"The only way to do this is to attract the main forces of the Seleucians from behind the city where they are currently located, otherwise, it will be a little difficult for us to achieve the final victory with just some equipment and trebuchets!"

After spying for a long time and summarizing that several methods were rejected by himself, Han Xin finally said his thoughts, the normal attack loss is too great, and people who use equipment are likely not to eat that set, so the rest is how to lure them out.

"Yes, the monarch of Seleuc is also a man who has experienced a hundred battles, and ordinary methods, I'm afraid it won't have any effect!" This was the third day that Meng Tian and Han Xin had discussed together, and they knew that this matter was urgent, and they had to have a very careful plan to really let Antiochus III fall into the calculations of the two of them, and this was definitely not an easy task.

"Then the rest of the trebuchets will be delivered by this time, so it's not as ......good as ours."

A hint of ruthlessness flashed in Han Xin's eyes, and he whispered his plan in Meng Tian's ear.

In the past few days, Antiochus III has lived a fairly stable life, because after the last time he led the army to kill, Daqin's cavalry simply returned to the city where Hu Hai and Zhao Cheng were before.

This made Antiochus III very puzzled, and said in his heart that you brought 300,000 people, are they all watching the excitement? If Han Xin and Meng Tian's positions were replaced by him, he would definitely lead the army to attack as soon as possible until the enemy could not hold on, but now the Great Qin people were like they had suffered a big defeat after losing more than 10,000 people, which really made Antiochus III a little incomprehensible.

But it was incomprehensible that the enemy was no longer oppressing him, and Antiochus III was relieved, which gave him time to repair the gates that had been slightly problematic by trebuchets.

"Your Majesty, in my opinion, the general of Great Qin really can't stand a little setback, and now that he has lost a little manpower, he hesitates, if we can let them lose more in the future, I think the Great Qin people may retreat."

This time, there were his own cronies who put forward this argument in front of Antiochus III, and Antiochus III was not in a hurry to refute it, and what he thought about the most in the past few days was why the other party was slow to attack.

In the end, Antiochus III summed up two points, the first point is that the generals of Great Qin may be brewing some very large scheme, and the other point is what this cronie under his command said, because for some reason, the people of Great Qin are very reluctant to consume their soldiers, so that they can't even bear the slightest loss. That's when he hesitated in that city.

And Antiochus III also wanted to know what the Great Qin people thought in order to decide what strategy he would use in his subsequent actions.

Five days passed, and Antiochus III got a piece of news, one that he didn't expect, but felt like he had been played.

The sergeant of Great Qin did come again, but it was exactly the same as the last time, with almost a hundred trebuchets.

The word trebuchet is almost the most headache for the Seleucets, because of the range and number of this thing, once it is combined with the Qin crossbow of Daqin, it will naturally be able to make the Seleucets' cavalry lose a lot in a short period of time.

Once the trebuchet reached the river again, as it had done the previous time, what awaited Seleucet was the destruction of the walls and gates.

Because when destroying the trebuchets, Antiochus III also let his soldiers pay a little attention to the trebuchets, and finally he found that the structure of the trebuchets was very complicated, and they were made of very strong wood and fine iron, and the Seleucians could not make such a fine thing with the current strength of the Seleucet.

In this case, Antiochus III also took it for granted that the number of things would not be too long, and since Daqin could take out a hundred, it should be all they had, because if they really had it, they would definitely take it out together, and they would not take a hundred first, after all, if two hundred trebuchets were launched at the Seleucid city together, the effect would not be much better than a hundred.

With this in mind, Antiochus III did not make any special arrangements for trebuchets, but what he never expected was that what he would face next was actually the damn trebuchet.

Not only Antiochus III, but almost all the Seleucet generals were dumbfounded by the re-arrival of the trebuchet, and said in their hearts What kind of routine is this played by Daqin, how can it be like he can't pull out?

Of course, they didn't know that there was still a steady stream of trebuchets being produced in the territory of Great Qin, and if it weren't for the fact that the distance was too far, the team composed of trebuchets alone would probably destroy the city of Seleuc.

When the Seleucians were thinking of a way, Daqin's trebuchet almost arrived at the river again, it was still the same formula, it was still the same taste, and the Seleuc's city walls and gates began to be destroyed by trebuchets again, and this time the Daqin people did not have this step of camping at all, and it was a fierce attack.

"Your Majesty, if they are allowed to attack so uninterruptedly, I am afraid that in the end our city gate will be broken, once the city gate is broken, a large number of other armies will rush over, and our archers will not play a big role!"

When the Seleucians saw that things were wrong, they hurriedly came over and informed Antiochus III of the situation they were facing.

This is obviously a very big problem, what to do this time, Daqin obviously won't give them a second chance to raid in the night.

Every hour was a great torment for Antiochus III, who did not know how long he would last the city, and what kind of war it would experience if the gates were broken by trebuchets.

After more than two hours, Antiochus III finally decided not to be silent anymore, and summoned his men to announce the news, that is, to send troops directly from the two side gates of the city, and fight with the Great Qin cavalry who came over this time.

The last time he was in a hurry, all of Daqin's cavalry didn't use the previous formation, which made Antiochus III think that the formation of Daqin's cavalry was not very mature.

So this time, he also put the time of sending troops when it was just getting dark, because this time Daqin's trebuchet had no intention of stopping at all, so Antiochus III simply calculated it.

The Seleucus city of a little size is the same as the city of Daqin, there are four city gates, and now it is the main city gate that is being attacked by the trebuchet of Daqin, and it is dark that Antiochus III and a crony of his own each took tens of thousands of horses, went around the city from the two side gates, and went straight to the Daqin cavalry who was protecting those trebuchets in the back to cover up, obviously, whether it was Antiochus III or other generals of Daqin, they all wanted to replicate the previous achievements, At this time, they still thought that as long as they could match the casualties of the Great Qin Sergeant, they would be considered victorious again this time.

But in this way, Antiochus III really imagined the generals of Great Qin a little too simply, Han Xin and Meng Tian, two battle-hardened generals, almost nothing else these days, that is, they were studying what Antiochus III thought, and by this time the Seleucus ideas had been almost eaten by Han Xin and Meng Tian, and they concluded that under the threat of the power of the trebuchet, Antiochus III would make the same choice as last time, and the result was just as Han Xin and Meng Tian imagined.

The reason why they didn't bring out the 100,000 cavalry who were familiar with the formation and had super combat effectiveness last time was because they were a little tired after a battle, and Han Xin and Meng Tian wanted to let them rest well, so this time, they who had already reappeared with enough spirits, obviously waiting to harvest the enemy's heads, to see if they could get the title they had dreamed of after this war was over.

The Great Qin cavalry with such thoughts was undoubtedly very terrifying, especially when Antiochus III was still a little deficient in his estimation of what he was about to face.

As soon as the two armies fought, it was just a stick of incense, and Antiochus had already discovered that something was wrong, but when he found out, his team had reached the point where there was almost no way to withdraw, and at this moment, Antiochus III suddenly realized that he might really not be able to protect Seleucus.

When he fought before, he relied on the impact and combat effectiveness of the Seleuc cavalry the most, and it was really very little when he really played tricks, so this time, he really didn't know what to do to turn the situation around, not to mention anything else, when facing the real elite cavalry of Daqin, the combat effectiveness of the Seleuk cavalry was too poor, and if such a battle happened three times, he would definitely be able to become a bare-bones commander, and now, it has happened twice.

"Is Seleuc really going to perish?"

Seeing that although the soldiers under his command were doing their best, but they couldn't shake the appearance of Daqin's cavalry, Antiochus III urged the war horses, and he wanted to join in, he even thought of death, and said in his heart that if he died in such a battle, would it be considered a relief.

But one of the guards behind him saw his intentions and stopped him at the last moment.

"Your Majesty, do you remember the document that a distant dynasty gave us to Seleuc, which once said that as long as we Seleucus agree to become his vassals......"

The guard saw that Antiochus III's eyes were already a little red, and he should really want to die with the warriors of Great Qin in this battle, and with an idea in his head, the god sent the ghost to tell this thing that happened three or four years ago.

As soon as he heard what his guard said, Antiochus III's brows furrowed, and he clearly remembered how angry he was when he received this letter, and even almost tore it up in public, and finally under the persuasion of his courtiers, he reluctantly entertained the envoy who had come to this distant place, and then sent him back, after all, according to the envoy, he came from a place far more powerful than Seleuc, If it weren't for the fact that Seleu was a little far away from them, and their monarch was unwilling to go to the effort, destroying Seleu would have been a matter of every move.

At that time, Antiochus III did not fully believe the words of the messenger, and he thought that in this world, a dynasty as powerful as the Mauryan Empire was already very rare.

But now, when Daqin's birth made him think of the words in that letter again, he couldn't help but believe it a little.

After a momentary pause, Antiochus III took a deep breath, as if he had made some momentous decision in that moment.