The consul's words were not alarmist, these senators looked at each other after hearing it, they all knew that after the great battle with Macedonia, the Roman cavalry did not take any advantage in the hands of the Great Qin cavalry, but suffered a lot of losses, and it was under such circumstances that the consul made the decision to return to Rome at night on the same day.

Although these elders think that this decision must have been made in a bit hasty, but the strength of Great Qin is beyond doubt, and they all know in their hearts that of course the consuls also want to take Macedonia, after all, once they take Macedonia, the old enemy of the Romans for many years, it will be a great credit, maybe it will allow him to directly get rid of the control of the Senate in this era, such a benefit, even if there is only a slight chance, the consul will definitely try, so there is no possibility of what he deliberately wants.

"In this case, Macedonia has all fallen into the hands of Great Qin, aren't we very passive, if the combat effectiveness of the Great Qin warriors is really much higher than our Roman warriors, once they come to attack us, how should we deal with it?"

After this question was asked, the consul breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that the people in the Senate were not so vexatious.

"It is precisely because of this that we did not have a second battle with Great Qin, if we continue to fight with Great Qin, Great Qin will obviously find out all our characteristics and combat effectiveness, which is not a good thing for the upcoming war between us and Great Qin in the future."

"There will be a war between us and Great Qin?"

"Yes, this time Daqin can calculate so accurately, and directly over the Macedonians to attack us Romans directly, it shows that Daqin is completely ready to attack, between us and Daqin, after all, there will be an ultimate war, after this battle, the one that does not fall will be the overlord of this world, the reason why I withdrew is because where this battle is fought, which side attacks, which side defends, it doesn't matter, we want to be the final winner, It is necessary to prepare in advance. ”

The consul had obviously seen the intentions of Great Qin, and also saw the essence of the current situation in the world, after saying this, it made those old guys who had always been convinced that Rome was the number one force in the world before, gasped, because they had already heard it in the consul's words, at least he was not absolutely sure that he would be able to win the war with Great Qin.

"What do you mean...... We can only wait here for Great Qin to attack us, and we can't organize a sizable number of troops to attack the Seleucians and the Mauryan Empire? ”

"If my guess is correct, after I leave this time, Philip V has only two paths, either to completely become a vassal of Great Qin, or a dead end, no matter which situation happens to him, Macedonia's territory will be occupied or ruled by Great Qin, in this way, Macedonia will become a separation zone between the Seleucians and the Mauryan Empire, and we can't directly capture the Seleuks and the Mauryan Empire after capturing Macedonia, so we can only act as a defensive side, This is exactly what Great Qin is trying to achieve, and now it seems that when Great Qin's general Meng Tian took 50,000 horses to attack the city of a small force under our command, he must have been counted to this day, I have to say that the person in power of Great Qin is indeed a talent. ”

The fellows of the Senate had little time to listen to the Archon's analysis and exclamations, and after having a rough understanding of what they were going to face, they had only one question.

"If Daqin's cavalry really attacked, how sure are you?"

Yes, whether the Romans attacked Daqin or the Great Qin attacked Rome, it was the Roman consuls who eventually led the troops to attack, and the consuls were somewhat sure, which has obviously become the most critical factor related to whether the Romans can really stand at the top of this world.

Although the fellows of the Senate had discovered that the Roman consuls seemed to have not taken their words seriously for a long time, they could not make any more stringent demands on the consuls at such a moment, and they obviously could not find a more suitable person in case they suddenly said that they were not doing it.

The consul glanced at the guys who were already gray-haired and could not make any contribution to Rome, but still remembered the power in their hands, and then said with a sneer: "I am almost sure, in the end, there is not only one victor, I am the consul of Rome, and I will naturally do my best, as for the rest, if you can't help me kill the enemy in front of the battle, I have nothing to say." ”

With that, the archon waved his sleeves and walked briskly out of the great hall, and no sound could be heard except for his footsteps.

When he turned to leave, he made a decision in his heart, he had been thinking about this matter in his heart for an unknown amount of time, and finally at this moment, he decided to take this step, after all, a powerful enemy was in front of his eyes, and if he wanted to concentrate on dealing with Daqin, he had to get rid of the tail that might be dragging him around.

After leaving the senate, the consul returned to his residence, where two men had been waiting for a long time.

One of them is the appearance of a Roman scholar, and the other is the appearance of a Great Qin person, if Hu Hai and Zhao Cheng were still alive at this time, they would definitely be surprised to see this person's face, because this person was Zhao Hu who had disappeared when the two of them were captured by Han Xin and Meng Tian's Great Qin soldiers.

Zhao Hu's appearance in front of the Roman consul was obviously something that no one expected, but after thinking about it carefully, this was an inevitable thing, Zhao Hu had already made a name for himself in the territory around Seleu before, if he couldn't quickly break away from the previous boundary after the soldiers of Great Qin occupied Seleuc, he knew that he would definitely be taken by the Great Qin people in the end, so after thinking about it, he simply made up his mind and came to the boundary of Rome.

What Zhao Hu didn't expect was that he had just revealed his identity and intentions, wanting to see if he could use his knowledge of Daqin to have a place in the realm of Rome, but before he could do anything, the Roman consul was the first to find him, hoping that he could become a figure similar to the Roman consul's staff.

Zhao Hu knew that the Roman consuls did this because of their understanding of Great Qin, at least until Great Qin was destroyed, he was very useful to the Roman consuls, and in this process, whether he could become a very useful figure under the command of the Roman consuls depended on his own performance.

Not long after Zhao Hu came to the command of the Roman consul, there was a previous incident when Philip V led his troops to attack Egypt, when Zhao Hu also asked for orders to set off with the Roman army, but the consul refused his request, on the grounds that although Zhao Hu was strong, he did not know the characteristics and fighting methods of the Roman cavalry, so he was not suitable for fighting with a strong enemy like Philip V.

Of course, when Zhao Hu was left on the Roman boundary, the consul also said that this period was an excellent period for Zhao Hu to be familiar with the Romans and Roman warriors.

And when Zhao Hu came back from Macedonia as the Roman consul, Zhao Hu was indeed different from before, although he was born with the appearance of the Great Qin people, and he was almost the only one in the Roman territory, and this appearance brought him a lot of trouble, but Zhao Hu relied on his experience summed up in exile in Daqin and various places for many years, Zhao Hu did not let anyone bully him, but studied the various situations in Rome very deeply.

Through this period of investigation, Zhao Hu also found a very interesting phenomenon, that is, the Roman system is still very different from other dynasties, although the consuls manage the daily system of Rome, but there are very many constraints on major events, and these constraints mainly come from the Senate.

Zhao Hu knew that the person he came to take refuge in was the Roman consul, not the senate, and he keenly felt a point, that is, the relationship between the consul and the senate was not harmonious, and the senate had the power to change the consul, Zhao Hu believed that the senate was like a sharp sword hanging above the consul's head, and in the end, either the sword fell, or the consul would personally take the sword away.

This time, the consul had already ordered before going to the Senate, and let his subordinates secretly summon Zhao Hu to his mansion. At this time, Zhao Hu, because he had been in this area for many years, was already familiar with the languages of Rome, Macedonia and other places, which allowed him to communicate face-to-face with the consuls, which was undoubtedly very safe for himself and the consuls.

After seeing that the consul was back, the person who was responsible for leading Zhao Hu here slowly retreated, and for a while, only Zhao Hu and the consul were left in the room, and Zhao Hu's heart involuntarily beat a little faster, because he clearly knew that such a meeting was very likely to be a precursor for the consul to reuse himself, and what he had to do was to grasp the opportunity he was about to provide to him.

"Do you know what I brought you here for this time?"

Needless to say, after he arrived in Rome, the consul had already tried him many times openly and secretly, and he was indeed the kind of good hand that was one in ten thousand even on the boundaries of Rome, but in terms of wisdom, the consul had not really understood, and what he wanted to know now was whether Zhao Hu was just a reckless man, or a general who was a general.

"A certain stupid person does not dare to secretly guess what the consul thinks, but this time he summoned a certain person here, and there should be no escape from two things."

Speaking of this, Zhao Hu raised his eyes and looked at the Roman consul, and cast an inquiring look, obviously asking if he should say what he said next.

"It's okay, no matter what you say, I won't blame you." The consul waved his hand lightly, motioning for him to continue.

"First, Macedonia must begin to decline after this war, and the forces in this world are left with Rome and Daqin, but whether it is with the temperament of the Romans or the temperament of the Daqin people, they will definitely not be so peaceful all the time, Rome and Daqin will have a war sooner or later, and I am a native of Daqin, and I stayed in Xianyang City for a long time in my early years, so on the boundaries of Rome, if you want to say that you know more about Daqin, no one knows more than me, and second, my time in Rome is still short, And there is almost no official appearance in the city, except for some cronies of the consuls, there are almost no nobles who know about my existence, so the consuls are afraid that they will let me do something that is inconvenient for your people to come forward, and I am a person, and I am good at only fighting and killing, so the consuls are afraid that they will let me kill people, and this huge Rome can make the consuls afraid to this extent, I am afraid that there is only the Senate. ”

After finishing speaking, Zhao Hu looked at the Roman consul with blazing eyes, waiting for his reaction.

The consul was still very surprised that Zhao Hu could say so much, and he could now be sure of one thing, that is, Zhao Hu was not a reckless man, and his head was also quite bright.

The consul knew that since he had found Zhao Hu here, and the plan in his heart had already taken shape, it was just that the last piece of the puzzle was missing, and now this last piece of the puzzle had appeared in front of him, it was Zhao Hu.

"Summoning you this time, there is indeed a little shady thing that you need to do, and this may not be very difficult for your ability, if this thing is done well, you will become my cronies, and when you attack Daqin in the future, you will also become a very important part, but if this matter fails, or if it is revealed in the process, I will not carry out any rescue for you, in other words, if it fails, no one will know that I asked you to do it, Of course, you can choose to say no now, but by the time I say what's going on, it's too late to say no. ”

The Roman consuls are still very organized, and if Zhao Hu refuses at this time, obviously he will not be embarrassed, but he will not become a real confidant of the Roman consuls in the future.