Chapter 634: The Thoughts of the Romans
Before, the Roman consul muttered in his heart, he knew that Daqin would never let his soldiers lose in this for no reason, so he didn't care about Meng Tian, but continued to strengthen his patrols in other directions, he knew that if his guess was accurate, the real main force of Daqin would definitely go to other places to try to give him a fatal blow.
After Meng Tian's attack lasted for a while, seeing that the Romans still didn't move, let him attack this city, Meng Tian's heart was a little bottom, because this was the same as what Yinggao said before, once the Romans didn't react to Mengtian's attack, it means that they must have seen some clues to this matter, which shows that Yinggao's strategy is basically successful.
Under such circumstances, Meng Tian continued to pretend, because he knew that he would definitely get the attention of Philip V, if Meng Tian hadn't attacked, Philip V would not have sent troops, right?
Philip V and the Romans' minds had been thoroughly penetrated by Yinggao, and Philip V only saw Meng Tian's aggressive attack there, and then as if he had encountered some great difficulty, he completely put his mind down, and he rushed to Egypt with a large wave of men and horses that he had already prepared.
Egypt has long been a frightened bird, although they are a little weak, but they are not stupid, of course they know that Philip V does not know how long he has coveted this part of his territory, so although the Romans helped them solve the immediate trouble on both occasions, but they did not relax their vigilance against Philip V at all, sure enough, this time Philip V had already discovered them before he could attack their territory.
When they found out what they could do, they naturally told their eldest brother the Romans about this as soon as possible, after all, the Romans had officially recognized the Egyptians as their younger brothers.
"What? Philip V actually hit Egypt with his mind again? It seems that this time Daqin's attack is just a cover for Philip V's men, Philip V is the main master this time, I think he has invested a lot of troops in Egypt this time, if Egypt and the Mediterranean region fall into the hands of Philip V, they will definitely carve up the Mediterranean Sea with Daqin, and then we will be in a very passive situation! ”
After the Roman consul learned about this, he immediately understood Philip V's intentions, and his idea was also obvious, that is, the 50,000 horses of Meng Tian over there would basically not cause any harm to Rome's homeland, but Philip V here was not necessarily, so it was still very necessary to rescue Egypt for the third time.
What's more, with the experience of the first two times, the consuls of Rome in the third time were still very confident that they would be able to defeat Philip V again.
In this way, everything is developing in the direction of Yinggao's plan, whether Philip V got it from his own scouts or Meng Tian's mouth, the cavalry of Daqin suffered a strong resistance under a city, and the soldiers defending on the city wall are very likely to be the elite soldiers under the command of the Romans, so Philip V naturally did not suspect him, and led the army to directly attack Upper Egypt.
Although the Egyptians notified Rome in time, because the city of his younger brother was attacked by the Great Qin cavalry, and the Roman consuls who had prepared a lot of soldiers were able to take these soldiers out without much preparation, but it was still a little late, causing Philip V's army to wreak havoc on Egyptian soil for a while.
Just when Philip V thought that by the time the Roman cavalry arrived, he would not know how long he had been conquering Egypt, the Egyptians suddenly appeared with Roman cavalry.
When this scene appeared in front of Philip V's eyes, Philip V was a little confused at that time, how did he know what this operation was, and why a large part of the Roman cavalry should have been attracted at this time.
But even if there are many things that he doesn't understand, Philip V also has to know that he can't back down, because the relationship between the previous two defeats, whether it is Daqin or Rome, and even many Macedonia's own generals have begun to think that their combat effectiveness is not as good as the Romans, which Philip V resolutely does not allow to appear, and he has always held back a thought in his heart, that is, no matter when he arrives, he must definitely fight with the Romans again. At least let the generals under their command know that their Macedonian cavalry was certainly no more powerful than the Roman cavalry.
But even so, it was certainly not this time when Philip V wanted to prove himself, because his idea was to quickly occupy Egypt.
It's best if it's okay, but when things come, we can't be afraid of things, this is what Philip V has always believed, so after encountering this situation, he didn't withdraw his army, nor did he think about why the Roman consuls would appear here instead of resisting the attack of Great Qin, his thoughts all became how to defeat the army in front of him.
Under Yinggao's direction, three identical wars rarely occurred in this era, and the Romans thought they deserved to win this battle, while Philip V thought that he could win a city at this time, so that Rome could truly decline.
The war depends on people, especially in this way the idea of both sides is very positive war, as the saying goes, you can repeat and repeat, but you can't repeat and repeat, this time the Macedonian cavalry itself is also with a little bit of desperate momentum, they don't want to lose to the Romans for the third time, so this battle, they are more than the previous two battles to fight their spirit.
The spirit of the Macedonians was fought, and the battle of the Romans was naturally difficult to fight, and they suddenly found that the Macedonians, who had only three axes before, became very resilient, and the Macedonians' ability was actually no worse than the Romans, but the ability to resist the attack after suffering a setback was slightly weaker, in the words of later generations, it was a psychological problem.
But today, the Macedonians seem to have suddenly overcome their long-standing psychological problems, they are not afraid of the charge of the Roman cavalry, and they have been actively attacking, the Romans have been able to throw them off their armor in the previous rounds, but this time they are completely unable to do so.
In the eyes of the Roman consuls, although the men and horses led by Philip V this time should be Macedonian's cavalry on the surface, most of the people who can have such an effect are the shadows of the Great Qin and the Huns, combined with Meng Tian's previous feints on his peripheral forces, this action is definitely not the idea of Philip V alone.
For the Romans, the more it was not Philip V's idea alone, the more they could not let their plan succeed easily, otherwise they would face at least two forces in the future.
So this is a battle that no one can afford to lose, and no one can afford the consequences of losing this war.
The fierce battle was exactly what Yinggao in the distance was looking forward to, and neither Philip V nor the Roman executors knew that while they were fighting hard, Yinggao, the initiator of this matter, was already slowly rushing to Seleuc.
Although Yinggao didn't know the specific outcome of this war, what he knew was that if he waited stupidly for the result of this time, the food would be cold when he arrived in Seleuc, and basically nothing happened to him.
So at this time, regardless of whether his plan succeeds or not, Yinggao must set off, so that he can know the outcome of this war when he arrives at the Seleucid realm, if it is really the same as his previous plan, then he naturally doesn't need to say anything, and it will be over directly according to the situation he has set before, if the situation is not the same as Yinggao expected before, Yinggao himself still has a lot of back-ups.
In this war, Ying Gao is obviously the person who controls the chess game behind the scenes, but whether this game of chess can be played in the end, Ying Gao is not sure now, what he can be sure of is whether everything is developing according to his expectations, he knows that Philip V and the Romans' urine should not always let the situation develop according to their expectations, and mistakes must be inevitable, which depends on the changes on the spot, which is also the real reason why he came.
There is no doubt that the Macedonian cavalry could not defeat the Roman cavalry, and in terms of hard power, the two forces have their differences, which has been very accurate in the Macedonian wars in the previous life.
So in such a situation, the Romans will definitely win in the end, and this win has already been thought of, but what he wants the Romans to win is a crushing victory, not a victory that directly beats Philip V and runs away.
Philip V managed to do this, fighting longer than the previous two wars, and suffering more casualties than the other two wars.
Philip V's loss is not just because his hard power is not as good as others, and he should definitely be able to succeed in a sneak attack this time, so he didn't bring any younger brother.
You don't have a younger brother, but the Egyptians are the younger brothers of the Romans, and the work of blocking the gun's eye or something must be very slippery, and in this way, after causing a lot of losses to the Roman consuls, Philip V finally had to admit that this time even if he lost all the army to this, it was no trick, and it was impossible to do this well, and the final result would be to become a bare-bones commander, and then the gray cannon would return to Macedonia.
This time the loss is already very large, the only thing that makes Philip V more fortunate is that the loss of the Romans is not small, although he still did not knock down the Egyptians, but if he wants to retreat, it is impossible for the Romans to catch up, right?
With this in mind, Philip V withdrew to Macedonia, but what he never expected was that the Romans, who did not seem to be following him all the way, shook him off.
Although the three wars were not completely heartbreaking for the Romans, they made the Roman consuls really distressed, and what he didn't know was whether Philip V would do such a thing again or a few times.
Since this time, things have been a little undeveloped according to Yinggao's previous expectations, but for Daqin, it is not necessarily all bad.
At this time, the Roman consul left all the men and horses he had brought to the borders of Egypt in Egypt, and he rode back to the borders of Rome on a fast horse, and this time he came back, obviously he had something very important to discuss with the senate.
"What? Destroy Macedonia, Macedonia's heritage is very deep, if we want to defeat it in one or two battles, it is still very possible, but to say that Macedonia is destroyed, I am afraid it will be very difficult, right? ”
As soon as his opinion came out, several senators of the Senate basically fried the pot, and the senators of the Senate believed that he could lead the Roman cavalry to defeat Philip V, and three times in a row, but when it came to saying that they wanted to destroy Macedonia, they never believed it.
"Since Philip V can attack Egypt three times in a row, then he will definitely have a fourth, a fifth, whether we have to use elite troops to rescue Egypt every day, in the long run, we don't know how many soldiers and horses we have lost on the borders of Egypt, if it goes down several times, it is better for us to concentrate our superior forces and directly destroy Macedonia, in this case, even though we will have a lot of losses, but we can once and for all, after destroying Macedonia, We can occupy some of the key cities on the borders of Macedonia before, so that we can also make some targeted arrangements for Great Qin, which is now between us and Great Qin, and is an ally of Great Qin, which is really not a long-term solution for us! ”
The Roman consuls had never said so much, but today he made an exception, which is enough to show how strong his determination was this time.