Chapter 656: What is Strength
Meng Tian's worries are not unreasonable, although today's attack on the Romans did not use the previous waste material lineup, but from it Meng Tian saw that the Romans were not in a hurry and methodical, as long as they could find out all the hole cards of Daqin, the Romans would obviously launch a general attack, and at that time, it would obviously be the most difficult time to deal with.
"When does the general think the Romans will really start their frenzied attack?"
"Even if it's not the next time, it will be soon, and the patience of the Romans should not be so good, so we must be fully prepared, in my opinion, the king should not stay in these three cities, once the city is breached by the Romans, the Roman soldiers will pour into the city like a tide, and engage in street battles with our army......"
Meng Tian's words didn't go any further, but Ying Gao also knew that if the situation that Meng Tian said really happened, Meng Tian and they would probably not be able to take care of him.
"Their Roman warriors have strength, how can our warriors of Great Qin only rely on those warriors? I believe that even if the Romans attack the city, my Daqin's soldiers will be able to fight the Romans in the city, but once the situation said by the general happens, we must not ignore the lives of the soldiers and engage in street battles with the Romans, we just retreat in the direction of the Mauryan Empire, and the problem will naturally be thrown to the Romans, and when the territory of the Mauryan Empire and Peng Yue's army converge, it is not too late to start a war with the Romans. ”
Ying Gao's words did not say whether he would withdraw from the city at all, but gave Meng Tian a death order, that is, once the city was destroyed, there would be no street battles with the Romans.
Although most of the Romans are cavalry, and they are not very good at fighting on foot, but the soldiers of Daqin are also cavalry, and they are not good at street fighting.
Hearing that Peng Yue's tens of thousands of horses had already received Yinggao's order to wait in the territory of the Peacock Dynasty, Meng Tian nodded, he had been following Yinggao for a long time, and even no matter who it was, it would be very difficult to take advantage of Yinggao's hands.
Seeing that Meng Tian and Ji Bu were both nodding there, Yinggao also breathed a sigh of relief, and then said: "The real strength is not to capture a city and a place, but to win the final victory in the entire battle, after all, there will be a day when there can only be one force between Great Qin and Rome standing above this world, and at that time, we can see what the real strength is." ”
Ying Gao's words are always not difficult to understand and very profound in the eyes of Meng Tian and other generals, so they have to do what Ying Gao said, this time is the same, although he knows that Ying Gao basically will not leave this city at this time, Meng Tian has no choice, no matter which of the three cities is broken by the enemy, even the other two will be crumbling, he left in a hurry after reporting to Ying Gao, the perennial war gave Meng Tian a very keen sixth sense, He always had a vague feeling that it was time for the Romans to be fully exerted, and if he didn't prepare well, there was a very high chance that something would go wrong.
Looking at the back of Meng Tian leaving in a hurry, Yinggao still sighed slightly, in fact, this time he really didn't know how long the defenders in his city could hold out, if everyone in these three cities was Daqin's cavalry, Yinggao wouldn't worry about this problem.
But now it is obviously not the case, the Huns and Macedonians are not good at defending the city, once the Romans continue to attack, when the soldiers of Daqin need to be replaced, it is an opportunity for the Romans, if they are keenly aware and seized, it is very possible to break through the city.
"I hope the Romans don't have as good a head as I do, if they really see the real situation, we will have a hard time in this battle!"
After Ying Gao and Meng Tian and Ji Bu were all gone, he sighed slightly behind the screen and said, Obviously, Tian Yan is listening behind the screen at this time, Tian Yan has always been closely concerned about the situation of this war, because she may have to protect Ying Gao from this place of right and wrong at any time, and she can't let the powerless Ying Gao fall into a chaotic battle, if that is the case, in case someone in the enemy army recognizes Ying Gao, But it's not something that the elite of the two hundred elites she carries can settle with.
"Rest assured, of course, the Romans will not be so easy to use, and if they really know that there are only so many soldiers and horses in these three cities, they will definitely know where our soldiers and horses are most likely now, and at that time, how can they still have the leisure to attack the Seleuc? The king can only be relieved, so far the king's plan has been very successful, the Romans have wasted three days here without knowing it, which is equivalent to giving General Han Xin another three days of time, Daqin's plan will definitely succeed. ”
Although what Tian Yan said seemed to be very reasonable, Yinggao knew that it was mostly words that made him feel at ease.
After all, this strategy was developed by Yinggao himself, and it is good if it succeeds, but if it fails, although it may not have any significant impact on the Great Qin itself, but Seleuc's painstaking management in the past few years will definitely be in vain, and he has missed the best opportunity to destroy Rome, a force like Rome, if you don't kill them once, they will almost definitely make you pay a very painful price, Philip V is a very obvious example.
"I will wait here until I hear from Han Xin and the others!"
Yinggao looked to the west, and the words he said also had a very confident momentum, Tian Yan was very satisfied when he saw Yinggao's state, and after nodding slightly, he retreated by himself.
In the early morning of the next day, a lot of rain fell outside the Seleuc cities for some reason, and the two sides could not tell who the rain was beneficial, in short, this real bloody war could not be avoided.
"General, it seems that the enemy is going to attack our three cities in three ways this time!"
At the beginning, Meng Tian was still observing in the middle of the city, but the scouts outside the city gate came with the news as soon as possible, this time the Romans did not do those multiple-choice questions again, but brought their own army to all three cities.
"It doesn't matter, all of our three cities are equipped with enough Qin crossbows and trebuchets, as well as all kinds of other resources, pass the order, how the previous two times were fought, and how to fight this time, don't weaken the majesty of my Great Qin!"
Although Meng Tian expressed enough worries in front of Yinggao, but on the battlefield, he has become a different appearance, one of the cities on his left and right is guarded by Ji Bu, and the other is in charge of several Meng Tian's lieutenants, although this time the enemy suddenly sent a three-way army together, sending at least sixty or seventy thousand troops was something that Meng Tian and others did not expect before, but they were not cowardly, if 60,000 people could really be wiped out by them in a few days, I have to say that it will be a very big blow to the enemy.
If both sides have great confidence in themselves, the war will be a wonderful war in the eyes of outsiders, but in their own eyes, there should be no other feeling than tragedy.
The first reason for the Romans to understand the three-way army is that the Qin crossbows that can fire huge arrows are not insufficient, each city is equipped with a sufficient number, they know that there will be no luck, for their attacking side, either open the enemy's city gate, or climb the enemy's city wall, there is no third way for them to win, before the enemy's arrows and stones are consumed, their casualties will definitely not be small.
With the addition of ladders, the Romans, having paid the casualties they imagined, were finally able to make a substantial effort to be able to climb the walls of the Seleuces.
But for these siege methods, of course, the soldiers of Daqin were also prepared, and after the greeting was given, the two sides finally began the core content of the siege war, the battle for the city gate and the city wall.
The Romans were also flesh and blood people, they would not ride the ice dragon and tear down the city walls like the Night King, although these Seleu cities were not super large cities, but there must be a steady stream of people climbing to the top of the city, so that the defenders of the city can no longer use weapons, the attacking side can be regarded as able to see the hope of victory.
But both the Roman consuls and the soldiers who came to attack this time knew that this time was basically impossible, and if the soldiers of Great Qin were so easily defeated, they would not have failed the previous two times.
This time the attack, although it seemed that it was still difficult for the Romans to make any substantial progress, but they basically knew how many ways the Great Qin people had to defend the city, and the Roman consuls did not transfer their own army back after no effect this time, but according to their previous ideas, after a few hours, they used another wave of a comparable number of troops to replace the already somewhat tired wave of sergeants.
In more than half a day, the Roman soldiers lost more than 10,000 people, which can be said to be very large, but there was no panic in the eyes of the Roman consul, he was waiting, waiting for the other party to make a mistake, or waiting for the other party to run out of ammunition.
The momentum of the drum is like a tiger, the old saying is that the Roman consuls still admit it, now is obviously the time when the morale of the defenders is at its highest, not only their baggage is very sufficient, but also the best physical strength, although according to the Roman consul's expectations, the defenders of Daqin should also be able to rotate, but they have been on the defensive will make them feel very depressed, and ultimately affect the effect of the battle, which is summarized by the Roman consul from the wars he has participated in I don't know how many times, he believes that the defenders of Daqin are no matter how powerful, it is also difficult to escape this ending.
"General, the Romans have withdrawn the sergeants who attacked before, replaced them with a new batch of sergeants and continued the attack." News from the other two cities reached Meng Tian's ears, convincing him that the Romans were going to carry out a non-stop attack on these three cities.
The Romans had at least 200,000 men outside these cities, and they only had 60,000 people who really attacked the city, which shows that they still had more than 100,000 people carrying out various activities on the periphery, which made it impossible for Meng Tian to have the idea of sneaking out of the city late at night to attack them.
The master has made a move, often between offense and defense seems to be very simple, but many possibilities have been thought about in the hearts of both sides I don't know how many times, this is the current state of Meng Tian and the Roman consul.
"Inform the other two cities that our defenders will also replace the tired soldiers according to the previous plan, and the replaced soldiers will rest quickly in case of emergency, as long as the enemy's men and horses keep attacking, our guards will not stop, let alone spare our arrows and stones, etc., so that the enemy can not see that we have a trace of timidity."
After Meng Tian gave this order, he also let out a long breath, at least from the current situation, the situation is not out of their control, under such an offensive intensity, Meng Tian does not dare to say how long he can defend these three cities, but he will definitely be able to delay until the enemy suffers heavy casualties.
Meng Tian also knew very well in his heart that if the enemy ran out of patience first, they would be considered successful, but if the Romans were as patient as they were, and Han Xin's side was not going well, they might really be beaten to the territory of the Mauryan Empire by the Romans, of course Meng Tian knew that Yinggao definitely didn't want that to happen, so what he could do was to make the defenders in these three cities not make a mistake, and then wait to see what happened.
Once such a confrontation began, it was obviously not very easy to stop, and after lasting for seven days, Meng Tian once again came to Yinggao's face.