Chapter 635: Survival of the Fittest
Because he has been very strong in all aspects recently, the Roman consul is very important in the heart of the Roman Senate, and his ideas are generally very approved by the Senate, but this time it is really a bit bold, so they will be a little surprised.
"How sure are you?"
Finally, after their shock lasted for a while, an elder asked the most important question at this time, indeed, the Romans and Macedonians have been grudges for a long time, if they can take Macedonia at this time, it is indeed a very good time, because during this period of time Daqin is very calm, take this opportunity to take Macedonia, in the future, Rome will be able to concentrate on dealing with Daqin, and it will definitely have a lot of advantages in geography.
"This time we have taken Philip V by surprise, although we have also lost a lot of manpower, but we still have follow-up men, and according to these three battles, the Macedonian routines have been fully understood, when the time comes, we will capture several cities on the periphery of Macedonia, with Philip V's temperament will definitely not be able to defend in the city, as long as he sends troops, I am confident that he will be destroyed!"
What the Roman consuls said this time was already categorical, and when the Roman cavalry attacked the place, even if the Macedonians could not defend it, it would be a big deal to run in vain, and they knew that the Roman consuls would definitely not make any very impulsive decisions. If Philip V had not believed in evil and had to wrestle with the Romans on his own turf, he would have basically taken revenge.
Indeed, whoever thinks about it carefully will know that at this moment when the Romans have already won three consecutive victories in the face of the Macedonian army led by Philip V himself, it is indeed a very likely moment to go further.
If you can take advantage of the situation to take most of the territory of Macedonia at this time, it is equivalent to an extra layer of guarantee for Rome, otherwise when Philip V recovers and knows that he and Daqin can join forces to defeat the Romans, the Romans will not have such a good chance again.
Of course, this is not in the budget before Yinggao, Daqin is growing, and the Romans are also growing rapidly in the battle with Philip V and Daqin, this growth has made the internal contradictions within the Romans that have been a little obvious before gone, the Romans have never been united, and the fallen consuls have also grown more rapidly than before.
This kind of growth made the Romans always think that on the one hand, they were about the same strength as the Romans, and on the other hand, they would definitely not be afraid of the Romans under the alliance with Daqin, and this idea actually harmed Philip V, making him completely unaware of how dark this world was, let alone realizing that there was only one force left between Rome and Daqin, and now it was time to start preparing for the future.
In short, this era, like all the others, is nothing more than four words, survival of the fittest.
The Roman consuls eventually regrouped a large number of men in Rome and headed straight for Philip V's territory.
This is not only Ying Gao did not expect, but also Philip V did not expect something, after Philip V withdrew from Egypt to Macedonia, he thought that he could rest for a while, but he had just arrived in Macedonia not long ago, and the back foot received a notice from his younger brother's forces, the Romans did not know where to gather a lot of troops, followed them to attack, when he learned the news, people were already attacking this force attached to Macedonia.
This news did make Philip V a little confused, originally he didn't understand why Meng Tian took people to the territory of the Romans, but the Romans didn't care at all, but they went to attack Egypt, and the Romans had to fight with themselves regardless of it.
Now that the Romans have followed them directly to the point where they are about to reach Macedonian territory, then what the Romans want to do is, of course, self-evident to Philip V.
So at this time, Philip V had at least two choices, whether to directly lead the army to fight the Romans, or build fortifications in Macedonia proper, which was a big problem for Philip V.
If this was put before, Philip V would definitely not have any worries, but directly sent troops to finish the matter, before in Egypt it was the Romans with their little brother to beat themselves, and now it is their turn to bring their little brother to fight them, he should have no worries, but the three successive defeats really made Philip V a little afraid to do so.
He thought about it, and kept vacillating between sending troops and holding on, and finally he made a compromise choice, that is, one of his troops in his own city, while writing a letter asking for help to Meng Tian, who was supposed to be attacking the Roman city at this time.
Meng Tian has been grinding with the younger brothers of the Romans, although he knows that if he really attacks with all his strength at this time, he should definitely be able to take down this city, but in doing so, he will not say that he will lose his troops, and in the end, when Yinggao arrives, he will not be able to divide his troops to defend here, and he still has to withdraw with his soldiers and horses, so Meng Tian has been patient and has been observing the movements of the Romans and Philip V.
The Romans and Philip V fought again on the borders of Egypt, which was a very happy thing for Meng Tian, because this was exactly the result that Yinggao wanted, and they fought, and Meng Tian did not immediately withdraw for the effect of his play, but continued to inquire about the news here.
As a result, the next news made Meng Tian a little surprised, this battle ended with the victory of the Romans, Meng Tian had predicted before, but the Romans did not stop their progress after the victory, but directly attacked the Macedonian mainland, but what Meng Tian did not expect before, was not in the previous Yinggao plan.
Since the Romans went directly with the soldiers and horses, not to mention anything else, their confidence in themselves must be very sufficient, and Meng Tian can also imagine that the Romans have won the victory on Philip V three times in a row, which can only show one point, that is, Philip V's routines and abilities have been thoroughly understood by the Romans, and people are not afraid to fight with your Romans now, because they have a great confidence that they can defeat them.
Of course, Meng Tian knew that Yinggao's ultimate goal was to cause more casualties on both sides, and now that the Romans had hit the borders of Macedonia, Meng Tian knew very well that he had to let both of them do it with real swords, otherwise the Romans would have gone back, but then they would have no effect on Daqin.
With such thoughts, Meng Tian received a letter from Philip V, which said that he didn't know why the Romans were not fooled at all, they not only concentrated all their superior forces on the borders of Egypt, but also directly pursued the territory of Macedonia after winning the Egyptian War, but Philip V also said that now is the best time to destroy the Romans, and he hoped that Meng Tian could take Daqin's cavalry to take it and give the Romans a two-sided attack with him.
After thinking about it carefully, Meng Tian came up with a solution, he called the messenger sent by Philip V at that time, and directly told him to go back and tell Philip V that he must resist first, don't be cowardly, wait for him to go back to Seleuc, take 100,000 horses with him, and this time he must give the Romans a bloody lesson.
This was exactly what Philip V was willing to hear before he sent people, and as soon as he heard that Daqin was as willing to help him fight the Romans as ever, he went back to report to Philip V.
After Philip V's envoy left, Meng Tian ordered at that time, we are not worthy of the little brother of the Romans to act here, didn't we discuss it with Philip V, now we have to go back, what are you going to do when you go back? Of course, I gathered the 100,000 horses and helped fight the Romans.
But to say so, Meng Tian commanded the march very slowly, nothing else is bad, but the difference is time, if Meng Tian can really arrive quickly with his 100,000 troops, it will naturally be a dozen help for Philip V, but if Meng Tian goes a little late, it will not be fun for Philip V.
Philip V naturally didn't know what Meng Tian and Yinggao were thinking, and he was still preconceived that Great Qin would definitely put the weakening of the Romans first, and would not put himself in the front.
After getting Meng Tian's affirmative reply, and learning that Meng Tian had already taken his previous 50,000 people to pull out after learning the news of himself, Philip V's heart was unprecedentedly confident, he felt that if he was still timid in such a situation, then he would not be the monarch of Macedonia, with the help of the younger brother in front of him, and the help of Daqin behind him, of course he had to behave well.
Needless to say, Philip V's order was to send troops, take his younger brother to face the Romans first, and it won't take long for Daqin's men and horses to arrive, as long as Daqin's men and horses arrive, these cavalry of the Romans are not ready to capture?
With this in mind, the two teams fought together, which is exactly what the Roman consuls wanted.
But after Meng Tian returned to Seleuc, he didn't know how to grasp the details, and suddenly got the news that Yinggao would be on the territory of Seleu in a few days.
Although Meng Tian had already guessed that Yinggao might come over in person, he still didn't have much expectation for this matter, he thought that Han Xin might come over to complete all of Yinggao's tasks.
Since Yinggao is about to arrive, Meng Tian will of course relax, with Yinggao in charge, he doesn't have to make his own decisions about everything at his age.
Four days later, Yinggao arrived in Seleuc's territory according to his plan, of course, very secretly, except for Meng Tian, no one knew about it.
"What, the Roman consuls led their troops to attack Philip V's territory directly?"
The first time Meng Tian saw Yinggao, he didn't see the courtesy, so he first told Yinggao about the matter he didn't know how to deal with, this pot Meng Tian didn't want to carry it all the time, in case he couldn't handle it well, not only did he not let the two forces consume a lot of soldiers and horses, but if he let the family see Yinggao's intentions, Yinggao's series of operations would all be in vain.
"Yes, the Romans were very cautious before, but this time I don't know what happened, they actually started to attack the territory of Philip V directly, because the king had explained in his letter before that our main purpose at this stage is to consume the living forces of both the Romans and Philip V, and now we can indeed let them continue to fight with each other, as long as there is a war between them, they can consume their troops, so I agreed to this matter first."
After Meng Tian finished speaking, he looked at Yinggao a little nervously, after all, he didn't know if this decision had been made before, and he didn't know if it could play the role he expected.
"Yes, the general did this very right, what we want to see now is the fight between them, since the Romans dare to attack Philip V, it shows that they are confident, in this case, we can not be villains, or make the Romans' plan unrealizable, but we still have to grasp the timing of sending troops to support Philip V."
Immediately afterwards, Yinggao asked Meng Tian to inquire about the number and location of the Roman attack, and began to take over everything in Seleuc.
In Yinggao's eyes, Seleucus was not as comfortable as Daqin and the Mauryan Dynasty at all, after all, the previous Antiochus III was a monarch who knew how to fight in the south and the north, and he did not have any requirements for how to make himself comfortable.
After Philip V sent his army, he and his younger brother fought with the Romans at that time, and this battle lasted for several days.