When Philip V decided to attack some forces in the Mediterranean, and was preparing, the Roman consuls were working hard to do the work of the Senate, and he admitted that the previous defeat was because he did not have a deep understanding of how powerful Great Qin was, and it had nothing to do with the two generals he sent out, so he was completely against the words proposed by several old men in the Senate to kill the two generals who attacked Great Qin in order to set an example.

Even the Roman consul had already said that if the Senate decided to behead the two generals, then his consul would be the end.

Because the people in the Senate still recognized his ability, so this threat was still very effective, and he and the Senate had been in a tug of war for a long time, although the people in the Senate did not let go, but this matter dragged on here, and the punishment of the two generals was not implemented for a long time.

The consuls knew how hard it was to get the old stubborns in the Senate to let go, but now that they were no longer so insistent on executing their two generals, they said they had a chance.

Although this incident appeared to be an attempt by the Roman consuls to protect his two cronies, it was actually a war without gunpowder in which the consuls demanded more power from the Roman senate.

The Senate has always firmly held some core powers before, and the consuls can be said to be nothing more than their spokesmen, but this time, the consuls are tired of being anyone's spokesman, he only wants to have the final say, and only wants to have his own very large degree of freedom in both military and domestic affairs, and when the people he sends out succeed or fail, it is obviously up to them to decide whether to reward or punish, rather than the Senate controlling these powers of life and death.

And the Senate naturally didn't want to give in so easily, they wanted to wait for a while, wait until the consul's temper and thoughts had passed before they negotiated with him.

But this waited for the news that was not very good for either the Senate or the whole of Rome.

Egypt is half an ally of the Romans, and the reason why it is said to be half is because the Romans did not cover them like those little brothers who covered themselves before, and their area has always been quite stable, and there is still a little distance from the Romans, so the Romans have never cared much about it.

But this time, the Egyptians came with snot and tears, and the reason for their coming was very simple, Philip V suddenly sent troops and began to attack them, and they absolutely could not parry the Macedonian cavalry, so in a desperate situation, they could only pin their hopes on the Romans, who were basically as strong as Macedonia.

Going to the Mediterranean would not only save Egypt from Macedonia, but also prevent the Mediterranean from falling into the hands of the Romans.

When they got the news, the Roman senate took it very seriously, and they immediately found the consul in front of them and offered him to lead or send troops to fight Philip V.

After all, this time Philip V went out in person, so according to the meaning of the Senate, it must also want the consuls to go out in person, after all, the Romans had just lost the battle under Philip V, and if they could get it back this time, it would be quite timely.

But by this time, the consuls had made their own request, and nothing else, that is, to take the two generals he had sent out before, on the grounds that they were familiar with the tactics of the Macedonian cavalry.

Such a reason is really irrefutable to the Roman Senate, after all, they can't lead troops to fight one by one, and now that this kind of thing is happening again, they really don't have the slightest way, who makes the consuls in a good time?

In the end, the Senate agreed to all his requests, that is, they wanted him to personally lead the army to teach Philip V a lesson.

At this time, Philip V was beating the Egyptians in Egypt, and the Egyptians really needed the help of the Romans.

This time, the Roman consul really came with his two cronies in person, and with a lot of troops, such a scene was Philip V once thought of, because he had just won a lot of victory in the battle with the Romans before, so for this battle, he had no idea of being afraid at all, in his opinion, this was just a copy of the previous battle, he had already thought that the Romans would stick a vat in this battle, also knew that if he could solve them independently this time, they would have no chance of turning over.

But what Philip V didn't expect was that the fallen consul at this time had no other choice, and the reason why he was able to get the old guys in the Senate to agree to his request was because those old guys believed that he could defeat Philip V, if he didn't have you to defeat Philip V, then it means that Rome should change an archon at this point.

This was a devastating battle, and the idea that there was no way back would have basically improved his combat effectiveness, but Philip V didn't know anything about such things, and he thought that these people had just come because they had received a cry for help from the Egyptians.

As a result, in contrast to such two completely different mentalities, Philip V suffered two or three defeats, which made him very annoyed, originally Philip V thought that he had occupied a complete advantage over the Romans, but now it seems that this is completely his own thinking a little too much.

Although the successive defeats did not make Philip V completely lose confidence, but it made his mentality change a lot, at this time, he somewhat deservedly thought of Daqin, and thought of Daqin who could deal with the Romans with him.

But thinking about it, Daqin is a little too far away from where he is, Philip V has already known through several previous events, Daqin's government is completely controlled by the hands of Daqin's emperor Yinggao, even if there are 100,000 horses in the hands of Meng Tian stationed in Seleuc, unless there is a situation of life and death, otherwise he will not have any action without Yinggao's approval.

Therefore, Philip V did not continue this wave of attacks after losing some men, and he chose to retreat rather than stage a real battle with the Roman consuls in the Mediterranean.

Of course, Philip V is not really this and wants to give up, he just wants to take this opportunity to pull Daqin into the water, after all, if he attacks himself, he himself doesn't know how much he can lose, and if Daqin's elite soldiers are also involved in this battle, then the Romans are almost certain to lose, and at that time, Philip V feels that he can give Daqin some not very good land.

But whatever Philip V had in mind, one of the facts was that his army had been withdrawn, in other words, the Roman consuls and the two generals he wanted to preserve had fulfilled their task satisfactorily.

Egypt was retained, and so were the other powers in the Mediterranean, and their relationship with the Romans became more intimate, and these became bargaining chips between the Roman consuls and the senate.

As soon as he shot, he beat Philip V back, and it didn't take long before and after, and this result still convinced Rome up and down.

As soon as he returned to Rome, the consuls went directly to the members of the Senate and asked them whether they had the right to appoint generals, as well as decide on the rewards and punishments of generals and officials.

Most of these powers were previously in the hands of the Senate, and after the decisions were made, he could not be enforced without the consent of the Senate, and the decisions of the Senate could be implemented directly.

Now, it is obvious that he wants to take such power into his own hands with his great victory, and compared with the Senate, he himself is barefoot and not afraid to wear shoes, in this case, the Senate must rely on him to deal with Philip V and Daqin, but he has already told the people of the Senate very seriously, if he can't achieve his goal, he will be a citizen of Rome, this consul, and let the senators of the Senate ask for another master.

Although there are too many people who want to be consuls in Rome, and there are too many people who are willing to be consuls under the command of the Senate, but there is one point, there is nothing really powerful among these individuals, the senators are shrewd, they know that at this stage, it is really impossible for Rome to change an archon.

So after several rounds of tug-of-war, the Senate finally backed down a little and reluctantly agreed to the consul's request, and the management of Rome was temporarily settled.

But what they didn't know was that during the time they were grinding and chirping, a letter from the hand of Philip V had reached the realm of Great Qin and reached the hands of Yinggao.

"Philip V was defeated by the Romans in Egypt? I think the cavalry under his command also has a lot of combat effectiveness, almost on par with the Roman cavalry, why was it suddenly defeated by the Romans, and asked us for cooperation so far away? ”

When Yinggao received this letter, Han Xin happened to be with Yinggao, and after Yinggao showed the letter to Han Xin, Han Xin was very surprised that Philip V was defeated by the Romans in such a situation.

In Han Xin's opinion, if the difference in strength was not large, the cavalry under the command of Philip V would definitely be able to at least draw with the Roman cavalry, but now from Philip V's description, it seems that this is not the case.

After listening to Han Xin's words, Yinggao was slightly silent for a while, he himself had not experienced these wars, but Han Xin had experienced them, and Han Xin was a general who had experienced a hundred battles, he would never misjudge the combat effectiveness of the soldiers under Philip V for any reason, even if Han Xin's judgment was wrong, it must be because of Philip V who underestimated the combat effectiveness of the Macedonian cavalry.

After the silence, Yinggao had a smile on his face, and then looked at Han Xin and said: "That's right, Macedonia and the Romans are enemies, if there is no sudden rise of us, they should have a big war around Egypt because of this matter, but now because Philip V knows about our rise, he will definitely worry that once he loses in the war with the Romans, our Great Qin will finally sit behind and reap the benefits of the fisherman, so they want to entrust our Great Qin into this battle." ”

Han Xin thought carefully about what Yinggao said, and combined with the ability of the Macedonian cavalry he had seen when he was in Seleuc, he couldn't help but nod slightly.

"Your Majesty is right, if the Macedonian cavalry really fought with the Romans once, it would definitely not fail in such a succession, I think their series of failures are also deliberate, but if we really join forces with Philip V, it is estimated that this time we can really inflict heavy losses on the Romans, and we can also take the opportunity to learn the true strength of the Macedonian cavalry."

Although Han Xin agrees with Yinggao's words, Han Xin's meaning is also very clear, that is, he is still inclined to send troops, to put it bluntly, it is still a combination of vertical and horizontal, now Rome and Macedonia will definitely not unite, so Great Qin might as well unite one of them, if the other side can be destroyed, it will naturally be a very good thing.

Yinggao looked at Han Xin, obviously Han Xin knew that Yinggao's ultimate goal was to let Daqin achieve great unification between heaven and earth, but according to Yinggao's previous plan, he still had to wait for a while before he should send troops for a long time.

"If we are really invited to send troops with Macedonia to attack Egypt and other places this time, then we will become a second Seleucus, and the cities above the territory are not adjacent to the territory we occupy, and even if Philip V can give us a lot of territory at that time, we will not be able to connect these territories with our territory, which will not benefit us at all. On the contrary, it would allow Philip V to acquire a large part of the Mediterranean region with little effort. ”