After returning to the city, the soldiers from Antiochus III to Seleucus all felt relaxed, before this night, their dynasty seemed to have been in turmoil and was on the verge of extinction at any time, but after this night, although the loss of these troops in Great Qin would not cause a feeling of breaking bones, but the Seleucians finally knew at this moment that Great Qin's cavalry was not invincible.

"Your Majesty, this time we burned a hundred trebuchets of the enemy, which really made our city safer for the time being, why don't we take advantage of the victory to pursue and directly drive the cavalry of Daqin back to the territory of the Xiongnu, in this way, they will definitely not dare to continue to attack like this, and the safety of my Seleuc can be preserved!"

Early the next morning, after Antiochus III gathered a group of his cronies, many of his cronies put forward such a suggestion, obviously after killing a lot of Daqin's cavalry the night before, they had gathered a lot of confidence, under the effect of such confidence, they had already thought of turning defense into offense, after all, there are not a few people and horses they can use at present, and there is absolutely no problem with using these people and horses to attack Daqin.

But the words uttered by Antiochus III with a stern face made these confident Seleucus officials look at each other.

"Last night's battle was spontaneous by you, even I didn't realize it before, so the generals of Great Qin must not have imagined this matter, it is precisely because of this that we will not fall behind in this battle, but if we attack rashly regardless of our own disadvantages next, we will definitely fall into the hands of the generals of Great Qin! Now the Great Qin soldiers no longer have the trebuchets that made us very uncomfortable before, if they want to attack our city again, they must use their soldiers' bodies, as long as we are ready to defend the city with bows and arrows and equipment, we are already invincible! ”

Antiochus III was a bloodthirsty and offensive monarch before, but now he has changed his thinking so thoroughly, which makes his soldiers calm down a little.

They found that what their monarch said was indeed right, if they rashly went to attack Daqin's cavalry, once they were prepared, the situation they faced would definitely be the same as before, making people very passive in their formations, they were originally inferior in numbers, and if they suffered another defeat, it might really be enough.

As a result, there was no movement in the Seleuc city, except for sending a few cavalry to wander around the river outside the city for a few times to monitor the movements in the Great Qin military camp, there was really no other action.

In Daqin's camp, although the expressions on Han Xin and Meng Tian's faces were not very relaxed, they were not in a hurry.

"General Meng Tian, now in my opinion, we should not directly attack this Seleu city here, if my expectations are good, the Seleuks must be waiting for us to attack in the city now, although our cavalry is very strong in the plain, but when it comes to attacking the city, I am afraid that the loss will definitely not be small."

"Yes, since the enemy army did not take advantage of the victory to pursue and attack our camp today, it means that the enemy monarch Antiochus III is really capable of something, and since they have succeeded in destroying all our trebuchets, they have no place to fear, so they naturally wait for our attack on them in the city."

Han Xin and Meng Tian could have guessed the Seleucian's plan, but in last night's battle, things did happen according to the previous design of the people, but it did not happen according to their own design.

If they could really kill tens of thousands of Seleucians at a very small cost, the morale of the Seleucians today would definitely be extremely low, so even if they attacked it, it was very likely that they would take the city in one go.

But this is obviously not the case now, since the situation on morale has been reversed, if you attack again, it will definitely be a huge loss, and it is not certain whether you can get the results you want under such a huge loss.

"Does the general know how long it will take for the next batch of siege equipment and trebuchets to arrive here?"

Han Xin thought about it for a while, and for the time being, he could only pin his thoughts on the next batch of siege equipment that was about to be delivered, because if he attacked, the lives of the generals under his command really couldn't be lost.

At this point, because there is Yinggao's order pressed on it, so Meng Tian, who has always been fierce in battle, does not dare to express any radical opinions easily, and one thing that has been recognized by the two of them in their hearts is that this attack should be here, since they can't storm the city, then they are useless here, they can only temporarily withdraw the army to the city they controlled before, and then make plans.

At this time, in Xianyang City, the capital of Great Qin, Yinggao also received a letter from Han Xin and Meng Tian on the eve of their departure from Hua's City, in which Han Xin claimed that everything was ready for the Seleucian war, and that they were only waiting for their 300,000 troops to harvest directly on the territory of Seleucheit.

It was late at night when he received this letter, and Ying Gao was resting in Tian Yan's palace, because the affairs of the Peacock Dynasty were all counted as emergency matters in Ying Gao's regulations, so no matter what time it was, once there was news from the Peacock Dynasty, it would definitely be sent to the door of the palace where Ying Gao was located as soon as possible.

When Ying Gao read this letter, he laughed out loud at the time, and then said to himself: "Han Xin, this guy still imagines Seleu too simply, and it is estimated that he will soon know that the monarch of Seleucus, Antiochus III, is not the relics of the previous Mauryan Dynasty, and the soldiers of Seleu are not those wine bags and rice bags of the previous Peacock Dynasty!" ”

At this time, Tian Yan, who had been on the bed and did not sleep sincerely, also got up when he heard the words, Tian Yan was very interested in things related to the war, she picked up the letter that Yinggao put aside without saying a word and read it, and then looked at Yinggao, and said very strangely: "Since General Han Xin has learned about the situation in Seleuc, he is naturally confident, and the king can just wait for the good news in the palace, when he doesn't need to see General Han Xin clearly." ”

Ying Gao saw that Tian Yan still had a great opinion about what he said casually to himself before, so he smiled and waved his hand, for Tian Yan's interest in war, Ying Gao was actually very willing to give him an answer, after all, in Ying Gao's imagination, if he encountered any emergencies when he went out on patrol in the future, Tian Yan would definitely always be by his side, so there would definitely be no harm in letting her know more about such things.

"If I hadn't made any requests to Han Xin, it would have been too difficult for my Great Qin's 300,000 iron weapons to break through the Seleuc, even if it was a blind attack, it would have been able to finally occupy the Seleuc. However, I had already put forward one of my requirements before Han Xin set off, that is, the loss of the 300,000 army should not exceed 50,000, and with this condition, Han Xin was afraid that he would be very uncomfortable. ”

When Yinggao said this, the corner of his eye looked in the direction where Seleu was, as if he had seen the predicament that Han Xin and Meng Tian were currently encountering in the land of Seleuc.

"The monarch has personally led the army to conquer a lot of forces, so naturally he should know that the war is sure to kill people, since the monarch also knows that the Sergeants of Seleu are not easy to deal with, why do you want to set such an unattainable goal for General Han Xin, once General Han Xin can't complete this matter, could it be that Great Qin can still give up this conquest of Seleuc?"

Tian Yan obviously did not agree with Yinggao's statement at this time, in Tian Yan's opinion, this was simply putting a shackle on Han Xin, maybe people could have lost less than 50,000 people, but in this way, it was a constraint.

Of course, Yinggao also knew that this kind of thinking was exactly what many generals thought about his request, if even Tian Yan couldn't convince him, then he really couldn't convince Han Xin's heart of his request.

Yinggao also knew that in Han Xin's heart at present, he must think that the reason why he wanted to control the number of losses within 50,000 was because the remaining 250,000 people would be useful in the future, and this was indeed part of the reason why Yinggao made this request, but it was not the main reason.

"Madame, do you know the difference between a general and a handsome?"

"Oh? This...... I don't know. ”

"A general, who can lead troops to win battles is already qualified, and I naturally will not ask more of him, and a person who can be called handsome can use a war to influence more than this war, and even far more than this war. The previous Han Xin has achieved the ultimate in generals, but he is not an excellent coach, when this war against Seleuc is over, I hope that he can become a real coach, which is not in vain for my hard work for him! ”

Tian Yan felt that Yinggao's words were simply covered by clouds and mountains, but there was nothing to refute, in summary, isn't this Yinggao wanting to make Han Xin progress quickly, it is better to say that Han Xin is good, and Yinggao is the emperor of Great Qin, of course, there is nothing wrong with people doing this.

"But what if General Han Shin doesn't complete this mission, or if the war against Seleucus is affected because of this matter?"

"Alas, that can only mean that Han Xin does not have the potential to become an excellent coach, in such a situation, it is not of any substantive effect to my Great Qin to take down the Seleuc, I don't want a Seleuc, which Han Xin should know."

Ying Gao looked into the distance and said such a thing, these words were not only said to Tian Yan beside him, but also to himself, of course, he had always given Han Xin the best resources, if Han Xin really disappointed him this time, it was not Han Xin who was under the most pressure, but the backer behind Han Xin.

The day after getting the news, Ying Gao finally admitted for the first time in the court of Great Qin that he was letting Han Xin attack Seleu from the Mauryan Dynasty, although too much news had been revealed about the large-scale conscription of Great Qin before, and many people already knew from all levels that Han Xin might have led the army to the Peacock Dynasty, but many officials and people of Great Qin did not know about his going.

When I learned that Daqin sent 300,000 troops to attack Seleucus, many of Daqin's officials all bowed to Yinggao and bowed to Yinggao, shouting praises to Daqin and Yinggao, as if Daqin had become the overlord of the world.

After being the emperor for so many years, Yinggao knows that these praises should still be accepted, and he has already understood that no matter how much he prohibits it, these situations will definitely exist, rather than this, it is better to laugh at these guys without being too much and it will be over, otherwise, the emperor can only provoke his officials to curse secretly after returning home, right?

After these officials said those words of praise and virtue, Ying Gao also deliberately emphasized how strong this Seleu was, and warned everyone not to be happy too early, but he never mentioned his previous requirements for Han Xin, which is of course also a kind of protection for Han Xin, once Han Xin did not achieve the goal of losing less than 50,000 people for him, the initiative is still in his own hands, of course, if such a situation really occurs, It will be very unfavorable to himself and Han Xin, after all, it is impossible for those generals who followed Han Xin to not know such a thing, especially Meng Tian and others.

And when this news continued to ferment in the territory of Great Qin, so that the officials and people of Great Qin were talking about how strong Great Qin was at this time, Han Xin and Meng Tian had a few days that were not going well.

After fighting each other's cavalry with the Seleucians and losing more than 10,000 men each, Han Xin and Meng Tian led their troops back to the city they had previously occupied, where they were waiting for the arrival of the next batch of siege engines and studying whether there was any other way to break through the Seleucian city.

Han Xin and Meng Tian both knew that the city in front of them was the key to whether they could successfully defeat the Seleuc, and if they could successfully take this city, the Seleuks would not have any more chances.