Chapter 539: The Action to Keep the Enemy in the Throat (Second Update)
Meng Tian did things, it was like chopping melons and vegetables, and set off after five days, and he and the 100,000 cavalry he brought no longer paid attention to other matters, but rested in Fahrenheit City for five days.
Five days later, when Meng Tian reappeared, it was already like a different person, compared to when he first came here, it seemed to be several years younger, such a recovery speed, even Long and Peng Yue, who were much younger than him, had to admire, whether it was habit or talent, in short, a successful general would definitely need Meng Tian's ability.
Meng Tian directly ordered the 100,000 cavalry he brought from Xianyang City and Shangjun, plus the 30,000 Hun cavalry under Long Ji's command, the cavalry alone has reached 130,000, such a scale is not small, according to the feedback from the scouts sent by Peng Yue, it must be a lot more than the Seleucid soldiers.
Before sending the troops, Meng Tian summoned Peng Yue and Long He to him, and informed them of his plan, which obviously won the approval of the two, and after they briefly listened to Meng Tian's arrangement, and waited until the evening of this day, when the sky gradually darkened, the three of them set off with a mighty army.
The news that Meng Tian led his army to Hua's city, those Seleuc Dynasty generals obviously didn't know, because in the place close to Hua's city, the soldiers of Great Qin and Xiongnu were very strictly guarded, and although the Seleuc generals sent some scouts to investigate the situation in Hua's city, they basically returned in vain except to stay forever.
On this day, the general in charge of the Seleucid army's use of troops on the territory of the Great Qin was waiting for news from Ancktiao III in the city he guarded, and according to his previous report, his advice to Antiochus III was to quickly send some defenders with the belongings and equipment to take over the cities he had attacked, especially the ones they were currently stationing.
The Peacock Dynasty turned out to be a big dynasty, and the people had a very deep dynastic heritage, and each city was actually very easy to defend if the personnel and equipment to defend the city were sufficient, but the guy who lost the relics really felt too good about himself, which caused this great disaster of the Peacock Dynasty.
However, Antiochus III's reaction this time was not as fast as expected, and they had already reached a relatively deep place, and it was very time-consuming for those foot soldiers and equipment to transport the city.
But the enemy often doesn't wait for you to finish all the work before attacking, and the sudden notification that the general received that day was very bad news for him.
"What? How dare they occupy a city so close to several of the cities we occupy? It's really deceitful! ”
It turned out that Meng Tian took Peng Yue and Long He to march all the way, bypassing the Seleucid scouts from the side, and then took the one on the edge of the four cities where they were stationed in generals, which was the one attacked by the general who was defeated and killed by Peng Yue and Long He before.
Since that general was beheaded by the cavalry of Daqin, because the generals of the Seleucid Dynasty did not want their several armies to be too scattered due to the division of troops, they left the city empty, and they never dreamed that they would be swaggered into the city by the enemy's cavalry.
"Yes, but the enemy troops who came over this time seem to be a lot more than before, although they have already entered the city by the time I find out, but this team of men and horses is definitely not less than sixty or seventy thousand, but according to our investigation before, it seems that the alien race does not have so many cavalry in the land of the Mauryan Dynasty, which is a bit strange."
The Seleucians weren't really sure how many cavalry had entered the city, they just said sixty or seventy thousand by feeling, and even if it was, they thought they were overestimating the alien ranks.
Although they annihilated the entire team of their own side by surprise attack with fewer troops last time, in their opinion, it was because the general did not follow the command, and the meritorious service gave the enemy such an opportunity, if he had stayed in his own city honestly, naturally there would be no such thing.
"They must know that the four cities not far away are all my Seleucid people, and since they dare to occupy such a city, they obviously rely on it, and this matter should not be taken lightly, and quickly summon the other three to me to discuss this matter!"
This general's mentality is still very stable, through the last sneak attack, he has paid attention to those foreign cavalry, the guy who fled back told him that the opponent's archers are very strong, if it weren't for the two rounds of arrow rain in a row at the beginning, they would not have suffered so many casualties even if they were attacked.
Not to mention that the four generals of the Seleucid Dynasty began to discuss how to deal with Meng Tian and them, after Meng Tian and the other three led the army into this small city, the people in the city were very afraid of the hundreds of thousands of cavalry that rushed in.
At this time, the remaining people in this city were basically old, weak, sick and disabled, and they could not afford to escape, or endure the pain of being uprooted from their homes, so they simply did what they should do in their own homes, waiting for fate to arrange for them.
For such a situation, Meng Tian and the others have been prepared, such a long time of study and research, so that those Great Qin scholars have a considerable degree of control over the language of the Mauryan Empire.
Under such circumstances, Meng Tian and the others brought a few interpreters, and as soon as they entered the city, they explained to the people in the city that although they took over the Mauryan Dynasty, they would not harm the people of the Mauryan Dynasty, and they would bring the equal and caste-free Qin laws to the people of the Mauryan Dynasty, and would exempt them from conscription and distribute food to them when they were in difficulty.
This kind of rhetoric is indeed very able to reassure the people of the Mauryan Dynasty, because after these more than 100,000 cavalry in bright armor entered the city, they did not commit any offense to the people, but just observed the structure of the city and the points of guards, compared with the Seleucid generals who had occupied this place for a very short time before, it was really a heaven and an earth.
But these translators also said that if you want to realize the transformation of the Mauryan Dynasty by Great Qin, the first task is to drive out those robbers from the Seleuc Dynasty, and our army of more than 100,000 people came here for this matter, as long as you ordinary people cooperate well, don't panic, it's fine.
After these words were instilled, the city was really very stable, and there were almost no people fleeing in all directions, and this environment also made it very convenient for Meng Tian to arrange them in the city.
As soon as he entered the city, Meng Tian made use of the arrow tower that made the city and all the arrow holes that could be arranged on the city wall.
Although this is the design of the predecessors of the Peacock Dynasty, it is a perfect match with the Qin crossbow, the largest Qin crossbow in Great Qin, if the lethality is three points if it is pulled on the arrow tower, then the lethality of the Qin crossbow is ten points.
"General, if we really put the army under the nose of the enemy like this, once there is a battle, I am afraid it will be very tragic!"
Although the plan has been going according to Meng Tian's arrangement, Peng Yue is still a little uneasy, what he is good at is guerrilla warfare, and when it comes to the possibility of a positive confrontation, there will be a nervous feeling in his heart for no reason.
"The tragedy is certain, but the tragic is not my Great Qin's generals, but their soldiers, if they don't occupy such a city, it will be a tragic battle, if they go out of the city, our army has already won half of this battle, you go and inform General Long and that he can go to the location we set before tonight according to the plan, those Seleuc generals will definitely discuss how to send troops tonight, but most of them will not rush to attack our army, after all, they don't know the exact number of our army, And I thought that our army had become a turtle in an urn in this lonely city. ”
As soon as Meng Tian explained this, Peng Yue was a little relieved, he didn't dare to delay, and immediately went to inform Long and it was time for him to appear.
According to their previous plan, when the day dawned, the army took advantage of the unpreparedness to enter the city, and when it was dark, Long He quietly led the men and horses out of the city, and about thirty miles away from the city, there was a small river flowing slowly from a mountain forest, and Long Ji's destination was that mountain forest.
Originally, Long He was also very incomprehensible to such an arrangement, even if they were very well hidden before, more than 100,000 people would definitely be discovered by the enemy when they drove into a city in broad daylight, which made it difficult for people to understand what Meng Tian meant.
But when Meng Tian said what he wanted Long He to do in the end, Long He finally understood what Meng Tian meant, so on this night, he didn't hesitate and quietly went out of the city with his 30,000 horses.
Also on this night, just as Meng Tian had guessed before, they swaggered into a city that was a stone for the Seleucid people, and the heated discussion did not end until midnight.
"Since we have been attacked by these people once, this time naturally we can't let these people occupy a city so easily, let them gain a firm foothold in this city today, tomorrow they will attack another city, and we are divided into four cities, if we can't clear these people out as soon as possible, I am afraid that the four cities will be broken by them one by one."
At the end of the discussion, the general in charge said what he thought, obviously it was not a question of what they wanted, but the enemy suddenly made such a play under their noses, although it seemed to be very brainless, but to them it was like a bone stuck in the throat, and in the end only by eliminating these centaurs could they avoid greater trouble.
"Then according to the general's intentions, we should take the initiative to attack?"
"Yes, although we don't have any siege equipment, but that city is much smaller than the four cities we currently occupy, the walls and gates are not strong, and the enemy is also carrying cavalry, and the cavalry cannot play any role in the city, but can only use the arrow tower to fire some bows and arrows, how can we concentrate our superior forces to come to the city, and force them out of the city to fight our army head-on, our army can finish the battle, if we can kill all these cavalry, Maybe we can go one step further and take Fahrenheit City and the nearby cities......"
This general is obviously quite unusual, after the place where he was staying was suddenly stabbed by someone, he was not angry, but saw an opportunity in such a situation.
After he said this, the generals who were originally a little upset all came to their senses, of course they knew what it would mean for their dynasty to capture Hua City, they originally thought that the enemy's hard power was quite strong, and there was no hope of capturing Hua City, but in this way, it was as if the enemy's operation gave them a chance.
"Then we will immediately organize our troops and horses and set off, my four-way army has a total of more than 80,000 cavalry, which is enough to fight against the opponent's more than 100,000 people!"
"Yes, while the enemy army has just entered that city for a short time, and the defense of that city is not perfect, wouldn't it be very simple to go and take it directly?"
At this moment, several Seleucid generals not only came to confidence, but also couldn't wait for this battle.
"It's not proper, if our army mobilizes troops and horses at this time, the combat effectiveness is not the strongest, and the enemy takes the initiative to attack, so it is extremely easy to be ambushed at night, so it is better to wait until tomorrow and tomorrow, and each of you will take your own headquarters and join forces to attack that city!"
In this way, they also made their own plans.
The time of this night passed almost quickly, and when the sky gradually brightened, Peng Yue found Meng Tian with a worried face and said: "General, the enemies in those cities did not make any movement, they really did not come to attack the city that we just occupied for the first time last night, is our army ......?"
"Continue to observe, the general of the enemy army still has some ability, but it is precisely because he may have some ability, so within a day, he must make some moves, and our army is still resting in batches, and there is no need to change anything!"