Chapter 614: Tripartite Cooperation (1st Update)
Although Antiochus did not say how many people could be lost, according to his statement, once the Romans also sent 300,000 troops, it should be a lose-lose effect.
And one thing that Antiochus III didn't know from beginning to end was that Daqin's cavalry was not a metropolitan formation, and there were only 100,000 people with that kind of combat power.
This secret is a very important means for Yinggao to confuse the enemy, and the remaining 200,000 troops are also working hard to practice the formation, it won't be long before Yinggao believes that the nearly 300,000 troops will be able to use the formation proficiently, so that their combat effectiveness suddenly does not know how much they can improve.
"In your opinion, the Romans can't send so many troops?"
"Rome and Macedonia have one thing in common, that is, there are a lot of forces around them that are attached to them, once they encounter any difficult war, they will definitely let these forces dependent on them send a large number of people, and their role is to contain each other, the previous 100,000 horses are likely to be sent by the forces attached to them, this time is no exception, if they send 300,000 people, at least half of them will be dependent on their forces, and the Romans who are really fighting will not be more than 200,000."
If it weren't for what Antiochus III told Yinggao, Yinggao didn't know about such a possibility, and now listening to Antiochus III, it is obviously quite possible, but this must be a good thing for Daqin's cavalry, because the Romans are obviously despising Daqin's army by doing this, Yinggao believes that Han Xin and Meng Tian will definitely make them pay.
Antiochus III's understanding of these forces is only to Macedonia, after all, he has not really sent troops with Philip V to attack any places with great ability, let alone confronted the Romans, so his guesses about the ability of the Roman cavalry are based on Macedonian standards, for such a situation, Yinggao is still very cautious, not to mention, Yinggao believes that Macedonia's ability is definitely inferior to Rome.
Looking at Antiochus III's obviously desireless eyes, Yinggao's face showed a hint of a smile, and then looked at Antiochus III, and said in another tone: "You have already told me a lot about Macedonia and Rome these days, if I imprison you again, I will not be able to bear it, from today on, you will be my Daqin's guest, except for now, if you have something to ask, I will summon you into the Xianyang Palace, and you can also walk freely in this Xianyang City, But if you try to do anything wrong with the people of the Mauryan Empire, your life will really not be saved. ”
Antiochus III was still very surprised when he heard this, he always thought that when Yinggao used what he knew in his head, he would still find an opportunity to kill him, after all, he was also popular in the Seleu realm before, and keeping it would definitely be an obstacle for Great Qin to rule in the Seleu realm.
But Ying Gao sealed his own guest secretary, then it was different, through such a long time of understanding of Daqin, Antiochus III knew that his appointment as a guest secretary needed to be filed by the official personnel of Great Qin, and it was also to be announced in the court of Great Qin.
This is equivalent to Yinggao recognizing his efforts during this time, if he still wants to kill himself directly in the future, Yinggao actually doesn't have to bother so much, in other words, as long as he doesn't think about those unrealistic things, his life in Daqin will definitely be better than the relics and losses.
"Thank you, if you ask anything in the future, you will know everything!"
Seeing that Antiochus III really let go of his burden, Yinggao's heart was still relatively relieved, for such words, either kill him, or if he doesn't kill him, he must also let him play a very important role in himself, otherwise, I don't know how something happened in the future.
As soon as Ying Gao got the news, he hurriedly passed the news to Seleu, at this moment, Han Xin and Meng Tian were not idle, Han Xin asked Meng Tian to wait in the territory of Seleu at this time, and he went to the territory of the Peacock Dynasty, of course, the purpose was to meet his other ally, Xiang Yu.
In fact, during this period of time when Daqin went to attack Seleuc, Xiang Yu was still very concerned about the situation in Seleuc, and he repeatedly sent scouts to inquire about the news of Seleuc, when he knew that the monarch of Seleucus, Antiochus III, had directly surrendered to Daqin, it was also quite surprising, Seleuc's cavalry thought that he had also faced it at the beginning, and now it was so crushed in the hands of the Great Qin people, he couldn't help but wonder if Daqin had always hidden his true strength before.
According to Xiang Yu's subordinates who climbed out to observe, Daqin's cavalry used a method that had never been seen before, and several of them formed a small battle formation, which was both offensive and defensive with each other.
In such a situation, even though the Seleucians' individual combat ability was quite good, they were also difficult to parry, and in the two wars with heavy casualties, the Seleucians were because they were facing the battle formation of Great Qin.
Xiang Yu knew that he and Han Xin had not attacked the Peacock Dynasty at the beginning, and now although it has been two years, Great Qin has mastered such a powerful means in such a short period of time, which is really not something that ordinary forces can achieve.
Xiang Yu knew that if it was really as the generals under his command said, then his cavalry would definitely be in the same situation as them if they were against Daqin's cavalry.
The ability of the Great Qin cavalry has been greatly improved, so Xiang Yu feels a deep uneasiness, he doesn't know if the ability of the Great Qin army needs allies like them after a great improvement, if the Great Qin really doesn't need the cooperation of the Xiongnu now, then it is really a turn that the 300,000 army can destroy the Xiongnu.
Such an idea did not exist in Xiang Yu's head for long, and the people he sent out brought back the news that a team of 100,000 men and horses had arrived at the territory of Seleuc, but they were soon repelled by Daqin's cavalry.
Where is there still a force that can produce so many people, Xiang Yu didn't think much of it for a while, but now that Daqin has a new enemy, Xiang Yu can see it, and before Xiang Yu can figure out what is going on, Yinggao's letter has already arrived in Xiang Yu's city first.
Yinggao made it clear in his letter that Seleucus is now basically under control of Great Qin, and Seleuc's monarch Antiochus III has also been imprisoned by him in the Xianyang City of Great Qin, but after capturing Seleuc, Yinggao found that there were more powerful enemies in the distance than Seleuc.
So Yinggao told Xiang Yu to be ready at any time, and said that Han Xin would contact him at the right time, and in this case, Yinggao did not ask him to prepare many men and horses, but just asked him to prepare 100,000 of the most elite soldiers and horses of the Huns.
Ying Gao personally wrote a letter, Xiang Yu naturally did not dare to slack off, and 100,000 horses is not very difficult for Xiang Yu, but Xiang Yu is very curious about what kind of enemy Ying Gao is facing outside the Seleuc in this situation, if he sends 100,000 troops, plus Han Xin and Meng Tian's 300,000 horses there, it is close to 400,000 men and horses, Xiang Yu has never known what kind of enemy costs so many men and horses.
And now, Han Xin is here in person, and Xiang Yu's doubts are naturally about to be solved.
The reason why Han Xin came here in person was because he and Meng Tian felt that if it was really the Romans who came to attack Seleuc, then with the little knowledge of the Romans about Great Qin, they would definitely not know about the alliance between Great Qin and Philip V, and they would definitely not know that Great Qin still had a powerful opponent of the Xiongnu.
According to Yinggao's requirements, this war with the Romans must not be hidden, in other words, to fight the Romans, it must be as strong as possible, so Han Xin came over, to put it bluntly, he wanted to requisition Xiang Yu's 100,000 cavalry.
The alliance with Xiang Yu to Philip V is different, Philip V himself also regards Rome as his main enemy, and now there is a force that actively wants to be the enemy of Rome, so it is reasonable that Philip V wants to help, and helping others is good for himself, so Philip V does not need any additional motivation to accept Yinggao's proposal to form an alliance, and he will not care about what benefits Daqin, the little brother in his eyes, wants.
But Xiang Yu is different, Xiang Yu is equivalent to the existence of Daqin, and now he has clearly seen that he is inferior to Daqin, and the gap has been widened farther and farther, in this case, no matter who Xiang Yu is, the task is to preserve his own strength to the greatest extent, if there is anything to do, let Daqin's army be in front as much as possible.
If you want to use other people's 100,000 elite soldiers, and you are still facing such a strong enemy, then no matter what the final result is, you have to express it to others, otherwise it is not in line with Yinggao's consistent style, right?
Han Xin came with a mission, but the first thing he did after arriving was that he was asked by Xiang Yu for an unknown number of questions, and he directly told Xiang Yu about Rome and Macedonia.
Han Xin originally thought that Xiang Yu cared most about what benefits he could get by sending troops, but now it is obvious that Xiang Yu is still the general who is eager to fight with the strong in his bones, because when Xiang Yu learned about the power of the Roman cavalry, the glint in his eyes must not be faked.
"So it is possible that the Romans wanted to gather an army of 300,000 or more?"
"Yes, they themselves do not have so many men, but they have a very large number of allies and dependent states, which, according to the Macedonian monarch, it is possible to send even a million troops. But even if they send a million troops, most of them are vulnerable, just like the 100,000 people who came to attack us in the Seleucid realm before, but they just came to die. ”
Han Xin's words reflected a deep disdain for those 100,000 people, and at the same time this disdain for the Romans to treat the lives of these people as improper.
"How many men does Seleuc have at his disposal today?"
Xiang Yu is an insider, knowing that although Great Qin has 300,000 men and horses on the territory of Seleuc, the guards of Seleu and the main cities have to divide their troops, so that the people who can really go out of the city to meet the enemy are not as many as 300,000.
"Around 200,000, of which 100,000 are very strong in combat, and the other 100,000 are the same as the cavalry of the Huns."
Han Xin obviously didn't have anything to hide from Xiang Yu, which made Xiang Yu's heart feel a lot more comfortable.
"If that's the case, we really need the help of our 100,000 horses."
"No, the 100,000 horses of the Huns are all surprise soldiers for the enemy, only when the war is tense, your appearance will make the enemy panic, we have also formed an alliance with the Macedonian monarch Philip V, but only to deal with the Romans, this time we are on the defensive on all three sides, I think we can make them suffer a defeat."
Immediately afterwards, Han Xin told Xiang Yu in detail about his plan with Meng Tian, and what Xiang Yu didn't know was that Great Qin had also formed an alliance with Philip V.
This kind of formation is completely a net waiting for the Han Romans to jump into it, just through this matter, Xiang Yu has already seen that Yinggao will not be satisfied with a mere peacock dynasty, let alone Seleuc, he has prepared such a big battle for the Romans this time, as a defensive side, he will definitely not destroy Rome, so the reasonable explanation is that Yinggao wants to wipe out the army sent by the Romans this time.
If that were the case, Yinggao's final move would certainly not be as simple as letting the Romans know how powerful he was, because in that case, Yinggao would not have had to ally with Philip V.
If this plan really succeeds, it is not someone else who will lose the most, but not the allies who follow the Romans?
Most of Rome's allies are not because of anything else, but because his allies think Rome is powerful, and the first thing that is powerful is that they can't lose the battle, and now that the Romans are starting to defeat the war, it means that they are not powerful, and if they are not powerful, the allies can only gradually leave them.
Xiang Yu has reason to believe that if the allies of the Romans are scared away, Yinggao will definitely continue to expand to the west, and now the small forces around the Mauryan Empire and Seleuc are no longer in Yinggao's eyes at all, and it is just a matter of passing to destroy them.