What made Zhao Gang feel a little puzzled was that Yinggao did not directly ask him what kind of person Zhao Hu was and what kind of strategy he had, but only smiled slightly, as if he was very confident waiting for Zhao Hu's arrival.

"Since the war is about to begin, why doesn't the king return to the territory of Great Qin, or the capital of the Mauryan Empire, but sit in this Seleuc, which is not easy to defend, on the way I heard that Rome is the most powerful force in the west, and the Roman cavalry has been almost invincible for decades, once Great Qin is defeated, it will ......"

In the war between Daqin and the Romans, Zhao Gang was of course on the side of Daqin, at least he was a native of Daqin, and the Romans were so different from them that they were naturally aliens, although Zhao Hu had taken refuge in the Romans, but the connection between him and Zhao Hu had been broken, although the two had always been called brothers before, but Zhao Gang also knew that they were not real brothers.

If Daqin loses in the battle with Rome, and the emperor of Daqin has three long and two short here, it will definitely be a very unfavorable situation for Daqin, although Daqin has the natural danger of the Western Regions, but if there is no Yinggao, Daqin will no longer be Daqin, and it will obviously return to the chaos of the previous ten years.

"Do you know how I fought down this Great Qin step by step?"

Although Zhao Gang still knew something about how Yinggao controlled the situation of Daqin step by step, of course he knew that Yinggao should have something else to say at this time, so he didn't speak.

"When I became the prince of this Great Qin, Great Qin was in the midst of a storm, Chen Sheng, Xiang Liang, and almost all the southern counties began to oppose Qin, I repeatedly led the soldiers of Great Qin to quell the chaos, almost every time the situation was more dangerous than this time, this time in Seleuc, once I failed in the battle with the Romans, I still had a lot of retreat, and the previous battles when I was in the territory of Great Qin, once I failed, it was no retreat, no matter which one failed, I won't be here again, and since I wasn't scared at that time, why should I be afraid this time? Besides, the Romans came here to think that I had returned to the realm of Great Qin, and if I appeared here, maybe I would scare them. ”

These words were followed by a burst of laughter from Yinggao, although Zhao Gang seemed to be a little far-fetched when he heard these words, but after Yinggao said them, Zhao Gang had a reasonable feeling.

Zhao Gang knew that he would definitely know the outcome of this battle here, and maybe he could meet his old friend Zhao Hu.

While waiting, Han Xin's team had been walking for more than twenty days, and Yinggao knew that Han Xin and they should have entered the enemy's territory, and the next ten days would be quite a critical period for their army.

On this day, Ying Gao was in his room looking at the reports that Xiao He and Meng Yi had received in the past few days, when suddenly there was a rather hurried footstep sound outside the door, followed by Meng Tian's rough voice.

"Your Majesty, there is military information from the front!"

"Did the Roman army come and attack my Seleucian territory?" As soon as Ying Gao heard this, he suddenly stood up, this is the moment he has been waiting for, as long as the main force of the Romans appears here, it means that Han Xin will be much easier in the enemy's territory, and his plan for this battle is basically a success, of course, as the emperor of Great Qin, he himself has to take some risks.

"Your Majesty, there are some deviations between this matter and our previous prediction, the Romans did send the main force, led by the Roman consul himself, at least 200,000 elite cavalry of Rome's own territory, and many cavalry of Roman allies, but they did not come directly to attack Seleucus, but were attacking Macedonian cities, because Philip V gave us a lot of men and horses, so those Macedonian cities could not withstand the attack of the Romans, Nowadays, many cities have fallen into the hands of the Romans. ”

As soon as Ying Gao heard this return, his brows furrowed, indeed, these were things he hadn't thought of before, or he thought that the Romans only had Great Qin in their eyes, and the Great Qin people only had Rome in their eyes, and there was no Macedonia, after all, after the two sides took the other side, Macedonia would naturally be their own territory.

But now the Romans actually attacked Macedonia first, and obviously took a lot of cities like a bamboo, so it seems that they will not attack the territory of Seleu for a while and a half, but it is obvious that when they have a city, they don't have to think about the fatigue of the long march and the problem of food and grass, so that when the time comes, the strength will be different from before.

Moreover, the Romans didn't know that Han Xin and Xiang Yu had left, and they must have prepared according to the fact that there were at least two or three hundred thousand cavalry here, and the pressure on Yinggao and Meng Tian was conceivable.

By this time, Han Xin and Xiang Yu were obviously already far away, and the longer they could hold out here, the more Han Xin and they would be able to inflict greater damage on the territory of the Romans.

"This time the Romans are not good, their ultimate goal must be the Seleucian, or even the Mauryan Dynasty, we must be fully prepared, this will be a very difficult offensive and defensive battle, we need to arrange all the soldiers to be stationed in the city, not to go out of the city without permission to fight the enemy, I immediately sent an order to the Huns Ji Bu, let him bring 50,000 Hun cavalry into the city, and the general to deploy defense."

Ying Gao can say such a sentence, it is enough to show that he attaches great importance to this battle, although if it is really not possible, he can retreat to the territory of the Mauryan Dynasty, but if he retreats to the Mauryan Dynasty before he is good, it is very likely that he will be chased to the Western Regions by the Romans in the end, as the Great Qin Emperor who personally supervised the battle here, if there is really such a scene, it will be a bit embarrassing, and you have beaten other people's territory here, and people have beaten your territory over there, This is not the effect that Incoco wants.

"Your Excellency, rest assured, although most of the sergeants have been taken away by General Han Xin, but the cities we are guarding are all easy to defend and difficult to attack, and we have done our homework in and out of the city these days, whether it is Qin crossbows or equipment, they are all very well prepared, enough to deal with 200,000 people coming to attack the city, plus 50,000 Hun cavalry, it will not be a problem to defend for at least two months!"

Although Meng Tian was very confident, he finally gave his estimate of this war, that is, two months of defense.

If Han Xin hadn't come back after two months, or if the Romans hadn't received the news of the enemy's attack from them, they might have really given up Seleucus for the time being and retreated to the territory of the Mauryan Empire, because the defense of the city relied on manpower and various equipment to defend the city, and the equipment prepared in these cities could support two months according to Meng Tian's estimate, so Meng Tian would say so.

"It doesn't matter, as long as the general does his best, it is not a bad thing to introduce the enemy into the land of the Mauryan Dynasty, and the soldiers and horses led by General Han Xin will definitely be able to quickly capture the territory of the Romans.

Meng Tian was still a little bottomless in his heart, after all, he was already a little old, and this time not only was the number barely half of the others, but also the composition of the personnel was also a ragtag army composed of the Great Qin cavalry, the Macedonian cavalry and the Hun cavalry, among which Meng Tian knew that he really used the very comfortable Great Qin cavalry, that is, less than 50,000 people.

After getting the order of Yinggao's general, Meng Tian did not dare to delay a little time, this time because the number of enemies was too much, the Great Qin soldiers relied on one of the large cities, and used three or four nearby cities to form a defensive line, although this can greatly increase the difficulty of the Romans to attack, but the difficulty of the Great Qin people to defend is also very large, in case any city is not taken care of and is taken by the enemy, The rest was pretty simple for the Romans.

Fortunately, this time Yinggao has definitely transferred Ji Bu, for Ji Bu's ability, Meng Tian can still recognize some of it, at least although Ji Bu is now a Hun general, but in the final analysis, he is still a Central Plains person, and he is also a Central Plains person who is familiar with military books, he must be able to understand Meng Tian's meaning very accurately.

When Meng Tian received Yinggao's order and was making the final check and filling in the gaps in Seleuc, the Roman consuls and Zhao Hu were very happy.

In their opinion, although it would be relatively easy to attack Macedonia, because Philip V and them were feuding, they would definitely resist with all their might.

But when they attacked Macedonia, they found that there was no resistance of the same scale as last time, and there were only 10,000 or 20,000 defenders in each city.

Originally, the Roman consuls were still very puzzled about this situation, but after learning from the mouths of the captured generals that Philip V had defected to Daqin, and that Seleuc had not returned for almost all this time, the Roman consuls understood what was going on, and dared to love Philip V to let Daqin put him under house arrest, and Daqin had not yet had time to completely take over the Macedonian city, so he seized the opportunity.

From this matter, the Roman consuls and Zhao Hu confirmed through analysis that the emperor of Great Qin must have returned to Great Qin, which made many things here fall into a standstill, and the attack on Macedonia not only saved them a lot of time, but also saved a lot of troops, as they expected, in several major cities in Macedonia, they found a lot of food, which made the Romans feel relaxed.

You know, it is not easy to attack this place from the territory of Rome, and the most difficult thing to do is basically the transportation of grain and grass, if there is no buffer in Macedonia in the middle, the transportation of grain and grass alone is enough for them to drink a pot, more than 200,000 troops, and cavalry, the consumption of every day is amazing, originally they felt that they might not be able to hold on for even a month, but now, even if they don't go back for half a year, they also feel that there will be no problems with food and grass.

Another thing that made them happy was that when they were recklessly attacking the territory of Macedonia, neither Great Qin nor Philip V did not say anything.

The Roman consuls did not believe that the news of their attack on Macedonia would not be known to the Seleucid cavalry, but knowing that they did not come to the rescue, this can further indicate from another side that the backbone of the Great Qin is now very likely not to be in the territory of Seleuc.

"Your Majesty, now that we have occupied most of the main cities of Macedonia, we don't need to waste time here, it is the right way to capture the Seleucus as soon as possible, if this time goes well, maybe it will be under the control of our Rome from the beginning of the Mauryan Dynasty, in that case, it will naturally be a matter of time before we take Daqin."

It was when the spring breeze was proud, Zhao Hu also informed the Roman consul of his idea for the first time, after all, this strategy was proposed by himself at the beginning, if he could finally take down the Seleucus and even the Mauryan Dynasty, then he didn't know how much credit he had.

From the point of view of the Roman consuls, it is obvious that Zhao Hu's proposal is also very reasonable, since the territory of Macedonia can be easily attacked by himself at this time, it will not be Philip V or the Great Qin people can easily snatch it back, now the Roman cavalry is not tired, and the grain and grass are also very sufficient, of course, it is the best time to attack Seleuc.

"Okay, since there is nothing to do here, in three days, we will send 200,000 troops to take Seleuc!"

When the Roman consul gave this order, of course, he didn't know that things were not as he imagined in his heart, and most of the Great Qin and Macedonian warriors had now reached the heart of Rome. What he thought in his heart was when he would be able to take down the Seleucus and the Mauryan Empire, and truly achieve a hegemony that Rome had never had.