Chapter 612: Another Ally (First Update)

After Ying Gao informed Xiao He of the letters written by Antiochus III and some of his own plans, this time he won the unanimous support of these people, Ying Gao knew that these old officials of Daqin had been working under his command for a long time, and it was a very cunning and costless plan, and they would definitely support themselves.

Since they have all won the unanimous support of their cronies, and according to Han Xin and Meng Tian, there is nothing going on in the territory of Seleuc, and they have found a little clue, if they can find more information about some enemies, it is very possible. Yinggao had no scruples, and directly sent out the letter written by Antioch and his instructions to Han Xin and Meng Tian.

Unlike the orderly planning here, the situation in Rome is not very good, and the series of replies received by the consul show that his expectations for Daqin were a little weak, and the strength of the people is actually quite strong, I originally thought that although those miscellaneous armies could not drive out the cavalry of Daqin, they would definitely make the cavalry of Daqin panic a lot, but now it is good, and the soldiers will kill the 100,000 army without knowing where to run.

"Great Qin is really a difficult opponent to deal with, could it be that our Roman cavalry really has to travel a long way to Seleucus to fight them?"

Or the Roman official who has been watching Daqin's movements before, until now, in fact, he still thinks that the Roman cavalry is basically invincible, although now Daqin's cavalry is jumping on the land of Seleucus quite happily, but if the Roman cavalry is out of the horse, Seleucus must still be Roman, even such a powerful figure as Hannibal Rome has been killed, let alone a Daqin in his opinion.

"Not for the time being, our relationship with Philip V is not harmonious, if we rush to send troops, I am afraid that it will attract his attention, if there is a conflict with Philip V at this time, it will be more than worth the loss."

"Then what is Philip V's ability, if our Roman cavalry starts a war with them at this time, maybe we can destroy Macedonia before destroying Great Qin."

At the mention of Philip V, the Roman official was even more disdainful, and it was obvious that the discord between Rome and Macedonia had penetrated into the bones of the people of these two dynasties.

"If it weren't for Daqin taking the lead, we would definitely not interfere in the affairs of the Seleucians, most of the emperors of Daqin don't know about the existence of us and Macedonia, the reason why my Rome intervenes is because once Daqin knows this, instead of Seleucus's previous role and Macedonia to join forces, our situation will be difficult, especially now it seems that Daqin's cavalry combat effectiveness is probably not much weaker than our cavalry."

"That Seleu and Macedonia are allies, and now that Great Qin has destroyed Seleuc, how can Philip V unite with them, in my opinion, maybe they will fight before we make a move."

"With the temperament of Philip V, if they really wanted to take back the Seleuc, they would have already taken action, and if they wanted to solve the Great Qin, now we can only rely on ourselves, once the land of Seleu is obtained, Macedonia will only be in our pocket."

Although he did not expect the Great Qin cavalry to have such great ability, the Roman consul still did not believe that the ability of Great Qin was as strong as the Roman cavalry under his command, and his plan was to first take the territory of Seleus, which was occupied by Great Qin, which should not be very reliable, and then attack Macedonia.

"Then this time, are we really going to send troops to Seleuc?"

"Yes, but naturally we can't release all the elite Roman soldiers, we have to gather at least 200,000 horses among the allies who seek our help, and our elite soldiers will send up to 100,000 troops, these soldiers and horses are enough to defeat Daqin's elite soldiers."

"But the 100,000 horses before are vulnerable in front of Great Qin!"

"What kind of soldiers and horses can a pampered brother of the Great Qin Emperor command, this time, I want to send a general who really fights a tough battle."

Obviously, the Roman consuls put the responsibility for the previous defeat on Hu Hai and continued to underestimate the strength of Great Qin, the real rise of the Roman Empire must have been after the Second Macedonian War, and if there was no Yinggao, it was indeed close to Philip V and Antiochus III to attack several countries in the Mediterranean, causing Rome to attack Macedonia.

Therefore, Rome now has the capital of self-confidence in its own military strength.

But what they didn't know was that Philip V, who they thought would not be involved, was changing his mind because of a letter.

To tell the truth, at the beginning, the Roman consuls were very correct in judging Philip V's thoughts, Philip V had been thinking about attacking the Mediterranean region for a period of time, and he always felt that that place was worth attacking himself, and Antiochus III was an important ally in his plan, if he had the help of 100,000 Seleucians, he didn't know how much effort he could save.

But at this time, Seleucus was directly attacked and defeated by the Great Qin of the Mauryan Empire, and the strong-tempered Antiochus III still used the result of surrender, which really made it a little difficult for Philip V to accept this matter.

It's hard to accept, but this didn't change Philip V's desire to take the Mediterranean, and after Antiochus III was sure to be captured, he was almost always looking for an ally better than Antiochus III, or at least about the same level of ability as Antiochus III.

But there was only one Antiochus III, although Philip V's allies were also on a par with Rome, but what he could endure was nothing, and it was in this situation that he received a letter from Xianyang City, the distant capital of Qin.

In fact, Philip V received a total of two letters, one of which was written by Antiochus III himself, and the other was written by Antiochus III on behalf of the emperor Yinggao of Great Qin, after all, Yinggao and Philip V did not understand the language.

Philip V, who originally thought that Antiochus III should have been killed by the emperor of Great Qin, expressed deep doubts when he received this letter whether it was written by Antiochus III himself.

But when he first read the letter that Antiochus III wrote to him in his own voice, this feeling disappeared completely, because there had been a frequent correspondence between him and Antiochus III, some of which could not be imitated.

In his letters, Antiochus III first explained that he had become a prisoner of Great Qin and was living in Xianyang City, the capital of Great Qin, and then explained that the reason why he surrendered was nothing more than that he could not kill Great Qin's cavalry no matter what he did.

In fact, Philip V knew about these, because when the cavalry of Great Qin was about to attack Seleucus, Antiochus III had sent someone to tell Philip V. Although Antiochus III did not say it explicitly at the time, it actually meant to ask Philip V for help.

At that time, Philip V thought that it was impossible for Antiochus III to solve this problem by himself, so he didn't take it seriously at all, but he didn't expect that when he got the news of Seleu again, Seleu had already become Daqin.

After explaining these two things, Antiochus III introduced the power of the Great Qin cavalry, and naturally did not say how powerful it was, but Antiochus III told Philip V that if he fought with the cavalry of the Great Qin to the end, his cavalry would be wiped out, and the Great Qin would just lose an extra 350,000.

How capable the cavalry under Antiochus III was, others don't know that Philip V also knows, after all, they have been partners for many years, haven't they? From this, Philip V deduced that the combat effectiveness of the Great Qin cavalry should not be weaker than the warriors under his command.

As for whether Antiochus III was fooling him, Philip V didn't even think about it, because he absolutely knew Antiochus III's temperament, and if he could say such a thing, it would mean that Daqin had really beaten him.

Later, Antioch III directly explained to Philip V that Emperor Yinggao of Great Qin wanted to temporarily ally with Philip V after learning about the relationship between Macedonia and Rome.

Because Rome is currently about to fight the idea of Seleucus, once Rome really wants to take Seleucus and really repel Great Qin, from a geographical point of view, Macedonia is not very suitable, so Antiochus III asked Philip V to consider Great Qin's proposal in his letter, after all, once he can seize this opportunity to destroy the behemoth of Rome, there will be no opponent between this vast heaven and earth.

In fact, if this letter had not been mentioned, Philip V's attitude towards Great Qin would have been exactly the same as that of the Roman consuls, but with the eyes of Antiochus III, Philip V would no longer think so, and if there really was such an ally, it would be impossible to know how much more advanced than Seleuc.

Immediately afterwards, Philip V opened Yinggao's letter, which was still written by the third generation of Antiochus, but the tone had completely changed.

Yinggao did not hide it from Philip V, and directly informed him that Seleu had been attacked by 100,000 horses before, although 100,000 horses were just a group of rabble, but they successfully probed the strength of the Great Qin cavalry, Yinggao suspected that it was an outpost sent by the Romans, and the Romans would definitely show their true strength later, and in this case, if Daqin could unite with Macedonia without the Romans knowing, Rome would be very uncomfortable.

In Yinggao's letter, there is one point that was the least convincing to Philip V, that is, Daqin put himself in the same position as Macedonia and Rome, but now, Philip V believes it.

This letter made him make a decision in little time, and it was very difficult for him to find a reliable partner, so if Daqin wanted to cooperate with him, it was naturally no problem, and Philip V was not like the Romans, he was really not interested in the territory of the Seleucus and the Mauryan Empire, and he even thought that if Rome could really be killed by him and Daqin, the territory over there would be all that Daqin, as long as the place he wanted was his own, it would be fine.

Philip V was a man of his word, otherwise he would not have been a true ally with Antiochus III, and after considering the pros and cons for two or three days, he sent one of his cronies to the territory of Seleucus in the manner stated in Yinggao's letter.

At this time, Han Xin and Meng Tian had already received news from Ying Gao, and Ying Gao told the two of them that in order to ensure Daqin's control over Seleuc, naturally Daqin's troops would not lose too much, so Ying Gao decided to take the initiative to form an alliance with Philip V, if they could wait for Philip V's envoy before the arrival of the Roman cavalry, then their ally would be settled, and when the time came, let Han Xin and Philip V discuss a two-sided strategy, and Seleuc's crisis would be solved.

Of course, Han Xin and Meng Tian were still a little unconvinced by Yinggao's idea, after all, according to their ideas, what Rome is not Rome, no matter who comes, they will kill whoever is done.

Yinggao is also confident in Daqin's cavalry, but Yinggao is a stingy emperor in this regard, since you can find an ally to share the losses with you, then of course it is a matter of course for Yinggao not to do it.

If he had to defend a Seleuc, it would be very troublesome to defeat him when the isolated Philip V repeated the mistakes of his previous life and let Rome be killed, and then Rome really developed.

With the help of Philip V, Daqin was not only able to guarantee the defeat of the cavalry that the Romans might send, but also that after the destruction of Rome, Philip V would definitely not immediately turn against Daqin, which was very important news that Yinggao received from Antiochus III.

Philip V's envoys soon arrived in Seleuc, and they brought Philip V's meaning, that is, the two sides should sign a real covenant, but after the signing, whenever there is news of the Romans, both sides must let the other party know about it as soon as possible, and if one side goes to war with the Romans, the other side must spare no effort to join the battle, until the Romans are defeated to complete the content of the covenant.