Chapter 609: Each Carries a Ghost Fetus (Second Update)
I don't know how much the fast horse from Xianyang City changed halfway, but in the end, it lived up to its mission, and when they arrived at Seleuc, Seleu was still in the hands of Han Xin and Meng Tian, and there was no sign of loosening.
"What? Antiochus III still has such a successor? Is there such a powerful force in this world? ”
After Han Xin learned the news of Yinggao, he was quite shocked, but the shock was shocked, and the two of them acted as soon as Yinggao ordered.
Antiochus III is preparing to deal with Han Xin and Meng Tian is a combination of internal and external strategies, and the most uncomfortable thing about this strategy is that when you deal with external forces with all your might, something will happen in the territory.
Therefore, Yinggao instructed Han Xin and Meng Tian to find all the generals of Antiochus III as soon as possible, and then check them one by one to find out the manpower that Antiochus III had arranged before, which was not difficult, because Yinggao already knew the list of these people from Antiochus III's mouth.
The reason why Antiochus III told Yinggao the names of these people was naturally because of Yinggao's promise, and when he caught these people, he would let Han Xin and Meng Tian spare these people's lives, and now, this is obviously the most important thing for Antiochus III.
Sure enough, after Han Xin and Meng Tian found out all of them one by one, they found out that it was Antiochus III who said it, and they also told Han Xin and Meng Tian their plan at that time.
According to what Antiochus III said before, there will be a large number of men and horses who will blatantly attack Seleu from the outside, and these men and horses who attack Seleu will definitely not be too weak, and when Han Xin and Meng Tian all put their energy on meeting the enemy, they can mobilize the people of Seleucus and cooperate from the inside out.
As for what will happen to Seleu after the army outside enters Seleuc, these generals can't say in their hearts, they think about it carefully, and they also admit that they may be a little superior at that time, and what they are thinking about is that as long as they can drive Daqin away, how can they have the leisure to think about anything else?
The internal worries were resolved by Han Xin and Meng Tian in a timely manner, but they did not recover from the tension at all, Ying Gao had repeatedly emphasized many times in the letter, and the enemy's combat effectiveness was very likely to be higher than that of Great Qin.
After all, the Roman cavalry has already experienced a war with a bull like Hannibal, and finally won this war, which is certainly not comparable to the war between Daqin and the Mauryan Empire or Antioch, although Ying Gao also understands in his heart that the Roman cavalry is not necessarily so bullish, but what he wants to ensure is that Han Xin and Meng Tian will fight for twelve points.
Ying Gao said very clearly, if the internal worries are solved, then the external troubles will depend on the two of them, but one thing he can be sure of is that the number of enemy troops should not be more than 300,000, and if the enemy army can be defeated this time, at least the time for Daqin to completely control Seleu will definitely be there.
"Your Excellency has already created the conditions for us to this point, if you and I can't let Seleucan be safely in the hands of my Great Qin, we won't have the face to go back to see your lord."
When only Han Xin and Meng Tian were present, Meng Tian finally said this.
Indeed, although the two of them defeated the Seleucus soldiers and horses and forced Antiochus III to surrender directly, they really didn't understand why they surrendered.
"Yes, now it seems that this battle is the most difficult battle for the two of us in Seleuc, and if we can't defeat the enemy who will attack us, it will be difficult for this Seleucus to take it back."
Han Xin also understood that what Meng Tian said was not alarmist, but an absolute fact, if he couldn't defeat this part of the attacking enemy, and reacted to Yinggao, that is, his estimation of his generals and sergeants was a little too high, and it was not the two most powerful generals in Daqin who lost his face?
"The reason why the king asked you not to lose 50,000 in the process of attacking Seleuc, now it seems that it is because the king knows that there must be a more difficult situation waiting for us after the Seleucus is captured, if there are too many losses in this battle, Seleu will not be able to hold on in the end, and he will make a wedding dress for others."
Meng Tian, who knew little about these things before, finally understood Yinggao's hard work of course, Yinggao gave them a full 300,000 horses, of course, it was also a manifestation of fear that they would fail.
The current situation is to take 10,000 steps back and say, Seleu may not be able to hold it, but Han Xin and Meng Tian, who are sitting on 300,000 horses, will definitely be able to make the enemy pay a very painful price, so even if they are defeated, but when they return to Daqin, they will definitely go back with the merits of killing how many enemies, and the real situation can only be known by Han Xin, Meng Tian and Yinggao.
What Han Xin and Meng Tian didn't know was that they had been waiting for the enemy to come in person, and the Romans would not use their real elite for Seleuc in such a situation, and once they were discovered by Philip V, it would definitely be a fierce battle before Seleuc.
They made demands to several allies who were attached to them, and several allies gathered a little more than 100,000 men for the Romans, and according to the Roman envoys, all of these horses were handed over to Hu Hai under the command of Hu Hai, whose task was to cooperate with the people in Seleucus to defeat the less than 300,000 Great Qin men led by Han Xin and Meng Tian.
Due to the long distance and the fact that it was not easy for these horses to assemble, Hu Hai and Zhao Cheng waited for another three months to get the news that the army of more than 100,000 had arrived near his city.
By this time, Hu Hai himself already had fifty or sixty thousand people, but this time he discussed with Zhao Cheng and Zhao Hu, but after discussing it, he decided that no one could tell them the number of men and horses they had accumulated with great difficulty, and this time their own men and horses only sent 10,000 troops, the purpose was to protect the safety of Hu Hai and Zhao Hu.
"Childe, Daqin has nearly 300,000 men and horses there, once they know that Gongzi leads the troops, the consequences will be unimaginable, so this time let Zhao Hu lead these horses to Seleuc, and ten victories and ten defeats can consume a lot of Daqin's men and horses, and there is no big loss for them."
What Hu Hai proposed was that he personally became the commander of this team of 150,000 people, and Zhao Hu was his deputy, and the task of taking care of the house would eventually fall on Zhao Cheng, and for such an arrangement, Zhao Cheng of course wanted to remind Hu Hai, after all, Han Xin and Meng Tian were too familiar with Hu Hai, once they were recognized, it would be better to say that they would win in the end, but if they failed in the end, it would be difficult to keep their location.
"No, this time they are only willing to send 100,000 troops, which shows that their determination to take Seleuc is not very great, and according to our scouts' reports, this 100,000 army is a patchwork of several men and horses, in my opinion, it must not be the regular cavalry of the dynasty where the envoy is located, and Han Xin and Meng Tian are all battle-hardened generals, so this time we are almost certain to fail."
"Why did the boy go?"
"These big dynasties of theirs must be unwilling to cooperate with people who are too smart, so we have to show that they are wise and foolish, and show that I attach great importance to them, only in this way can they continue to cooperate with us after this time, if we develop here, if we want to catch up with Daqin, I don't know how many decades later, only by relying on these forces can we make Daqin pay the price as soon as possible."
Zhao Cheng knew that Hu Hai already had a plan in his heart, and he would not listen to his persuasion, so he could only sigh slightly, praying in his heart that this time Han Xin and Meng Tian would not be able to find the city where they had finally stabilized.
In fact, after so many years of escape, Zhao Cheng's mentality has changed the most, and now he even thinks that as long as he can live freely in such two cities, it is already a very good thing, since they don't have the ability to compete with Daqin now, then they should keep a low profile, and living is the most precious.
But Hu Hai obviously didn't think so, all the thoughts in his heart were all aimed at Yu Daqin. The purpose of his existence is to subvert Great Qin, make himself the master of Great Qin, and take back everything that belongs to him, of course, he knows that if he wants to accomplish these goals, he must live first.
"Don't worry, with me, even if there is not a single one left in the loss of the 100,000 army, I will not let Gongzi fall into the hands of the Great Qin people."
Zhao Hu was still very confident in this matter, and he had already seen that the mysterious messenger was very likely to use these 100,000 people to test Hu Hai's determination and ability.
Of course, taking 100,000 people to test it is naturally a very big deal, and he can see that even if the emissary's strategy is successful, it will be more difficult for them to take control of Seleu from the 300,000 elite cavalry of Great Qin.
Therefore, in this battle, he and Hu Hai only need to show what they should be, of course, it is best to be able to consume more of Daqin's cavalry, and of course, the most important thing is not to expose their foothold to the noses of Daqin people.
So, Hu Hai and Zhao Hu didn't say a word, and while their place had not been noticed, they set off with 10,000 people, and joined the army of more than 100,000 people, and sure enough, they all received orders from the Romans, and everything obeyed Hu Hai's command.
In fact, the rules of survival in this era are still very simple and straightforward, although these armies are very disdainful of Hu Hai, but in order for their dynasty to continue to maintain deep cooperation with Rome, and to be safe and sound under the protection of Rome, they can only let this strange person who does not know where he came from to lead their army.
Of course, the Roman envoy has been secretly observing this team of men and horses, and when he saw Hu Hai personally out of the horse, he was still very satisfied in his heart, which means that Hu Hai, a young man, really believed him, and felt that it was still possible to occupy Seleuc this time, otherwise in his opinion, a person of Hu Hai's age would not appear on the battlefield in person, after all, he was not a general, in his opinion, he was just a son who had been pampered in Daqin before.
After Hu Hai and Zhao Hu joined the 100,000 army, they still made a detour to Seleuc, because they couldn't let Han Xin and Meng Tian know which direction they were coming from, otherwise as long as Hu Hai showed up, it would be difficult to hide in the future.
"Childe, didn't you say before that there would be people in Seleuc who should be with us inside and outside? When we get to the city, do we wait, or do we send some signals? ”
"No, if there really is, our attack is the best signal, you remember, after this battle, the Seleu must still be Daqin's, we just have to do what we should do, use these 100,000 people to consume as many Great Qin cavalry as possible, but we don't have to consider the casualties of 100,000 people, once the people are consumed, we just go back, the responsibility is still their own, why not?"
In fact, Zhao Hu has always admired Hu Hai very much, it is that he is so cold-blooded in things that have nothing to do with him, which makes Hu Hai able to make the right decision almost every time.
He still vaguely remembered that many years ago, when he was still guarding Zhao Gao's side, Zhao Gao came out of Xianyang Palace many times after teaching Hu Hai, and he shook his head while saying that Hu Hai is a child, he is smart, but he is a little indecisive, otherwise he really wouldn't dare to cultivate him in the direction of a puppet.
And now, Hu Hai has finally become the perfect image in Zhao Gao's heart before, but Zhao Hu knows that it is Zhao Gao's death and his series of secrets that make Hu Hai like this.
In this way, more than 100,000 people went straight to the direction of Seleuc, although Hu Hai didn't care about the casualties of these people, but he couldn't let them die in vain, the premise of not caring was that they would die in the battle with the real swords and guns of the Great Qin army.
With this in mind, Hu Hai tried his best to let the army raid directly to a city in Seleuc through a rapid march in one night, hoping to take Han Xin and Meng Tian by surprise in this way and inflict as many casualties on them as possible.