Chapter 533: The Rampant Seleucid Dynasty (Second Update)

After attacking several cities near their own dynasty, they immediately sent envoys back to the Seleucid dynasty to meet with Antiochus III, and told Antiochus III that the Mauryan Empire had now become a borderless land, and even if the Seleucids did not occupy it, then other dynasties would come and divide it after a while.

To put it bluntly, what they meant to Antiochus III was that the current Mauryan Dynasty was a piece of meat on the chopping block, and whoever took it away would be who's, and hesitation would only bring them losses.

Originally, Antiochus III had not figured out the details of Great Qin, and he was not very confident in his heart about rashly attacking the Mauryan Dynasty, but after the remarks of several generals under his command, his worries were loosened a little bit.

Originally, according to his idea, once the generals under his command attacked those cities were known by those aliens who had already occupied the capital of the Mauryan Empire, those individuals would definitely send troops to stop them.

When that time comes, he will be able to judge the strength and combat effectiveness of those aliens, and then decide his own strategy for the Mauryan Dynasty, which will undoubtedly be very reliable.

But now that the people he sent out had been chattering in the land of the Mauryan Empire for a long time, and the noise was very loud, there was no reason for those aliens who had occupied the capital of the Mauryan Empire not to know about it.

Since they knew that they still allowed their generals to do so, there was only one explanation in Antiochus III's heart, that is, those aliens did not dare to fight the army they sent.

Once he thought about it, the large land of the Mauryan Dynasty had already become a big piece of big fat without an owner in his eyes, and under such thoughts, it was quite easy to make a decision.

Antiochus III almost didn't think much about it, so he agreed to the generals he sent to expand further, attack a few more cities, and march step by step towards Fahrenheit, the capital of the Mauryan Empire occupied by foreign races, to see if he could take the alien races who occupied Fahrenheit City in one fell swoop, and turn the entire Mauryan Dynasty into the territory of the Seleucids.

Although the territory of the Seleucid Dynasty is not small after several expeditions of Antiochus III in recent years, if the Mauryan Empire can be taken in one fell swoop, it will almost be more than doubled on the basis of their original territory, and it has to be said that this is also quite attractive to Antiochus III, who has always had great ambitions in his heart.

What Antiochus III didn't know was that the alien race they called only a hundred thousand horses and horses occupied Fahrenheit City was actually not a small dynasty that was previously attached to the Mauryan Empire as he imagined in his heart, but a dynasty no less large than the Mauryan Empire, and the population and resources were richer than the Mauryan Empire.

But Antiochus III did not come from the afterlife like Yinggao, he did not know the existence of Great Qin, he did not believe that there would be a Great Qin in the northeast of the Mauryan Empire, which was completely beyond his knowledge of this world.

Continuing the attack meant that Antiochus III would have to send a few more sergeants to his generals, but in his opinion this was not a big deal.

According to the habit of Anketiao III, who was previously known as the Emperor, the maximum number of soldiers he could lead out was about 200,000, while the previous expedition was only 50,000 or 60,000.

Knowing that there were only about 100,000 enemy troops guarding Fahrenheit and the surrounding cities, Antiochus III was very confident that he would eventually take over the Mauryan Empire.

Of course, this is because he doesn't know that behind the more than 100,000 horses is a super dynasty with a population of tens of millions, not counting the Xiongnu who have nearly 200,000 elite cavalry. In contrast, the Seleucid Dynasty had the largest population at its peak, just over 10 million years ago.

Now, it is only seven or eight million, and the size of the population means the number of soldiers who can be recruited, as any monarch knows.

Although they were cheering, but after Antiochus III's order came down, those generals were much more careful than before, they were like a bamboo in the city of the Mauryan Dynasty, and people were also like a bamboo in the city of the Mauryan Dynasty, so who was stronger in the army, they also had no bottom in their hearts, but they subconsciously thought that there was no stronger dynasty than their Seleucid Dynasty around the Peacock Dynasty.

At the same time, Peng Yue and Sima Xin had also begun to expand the reconnaissance scope of the Great Qin scouts, although they originally wanted to send an army of about 50,000 people to give them a blow when those enemies attacked many cities of the Mauryan Dynasty and got carried away, but Yinggao's order could not be disobeyed, and both of them knew that Yinggao's order was a more secure way, after all, the construction of the Western Regions was not enough to become a big rear of the Peacock Dynasty, so wait, It is likely that Yinggao will lead them to give each other a bigger blow.

Soon, the scouts of Great Qin reported a piece of news that made Peng Yue, Sima Xin and others feel a little not optimistic, after the enemy occupied several cities on the western border of the Mauryan Empire, although it was true that they stayed in the city for a short time, they did not seem to be satisfied with this, but recently attacked a city closer to the core area of the Mauryan Empire.

"If this is the case, what should we do?"

"According to the king's statement, if those people are approaching our defense line, they will naturally let them know the strength of my Great Qin army!"

"And my Hun iron cavalry, those people had better approach our defenses, otherwise I don't know how long they need to be arrogant, the young general is supervising the straight road in the Western Regions at this time, and it will take two or three months to really organize troops to reach us, two or three months, I don't want to watch the enemy army unscrupulous under our noses!"

Long He also received Xiang Yu's instructions just now, and Xiang Yu's instructions did not let him not act rashly first, but asked him to observe what the two generals of Great Qin meant, if Peng Yue and Sima Xin did not attack, he naturally could not attack, but if Peng Yue and Sima Xin were dispatched, he would also follow and cooperate to kill the enemy.

With Long He's understanding of Xiang Yu, he knew that although Xiang Yu didn't say it explicitly, the actual meaning was that it was best for him to be able to play some role in it, and provoke the two of them to fight with the enemy.

Because according to the division of Xiang Yu and Yinggao, the land in the northwest of the Peacock Dynasty is the Xiongnu's, if this enemy can't be completely honest, even if the Xiongnu come over at that time, they have to fight with others with real swords and guns, if they really want to be at that time, the loss will be big.

The thoughts of the three of them were surprisingly consistent this time, and they all knew that the reason why Yinggao asked them not to act rashly was because they were afraid that they would be killed by other enemies during the few months without reinforcements, and even Fahrenheit City would be gone.

But as generals, the three of them have their own pride in their hearts, and they don't believe that those enemies who don't know where they come from can easily defeat them.

You know, counting Long Ji's 50,000 cavalry, in fact, they have an army of about 150,000, but Long Ji's cavalry is stationed in a relatively hidden place, which gives the enemy a feeling that they only have 100,000 infantry, and it is precisely because of this that Antiochus III judged that his strength should be stronger than Peng Yue and them.

Driven by this idea, they decided to expand their defense line outward by a few layers, and at the same time secretly mobilized the cavalry under the command of Long Ji, did not move during the day, specially picked out the night, and wore the armor of the Mauryan soldiers, and waited until those forgetful enemy troops began to attack the next city, and secretly charged them a few times, one can eliminate their sharpness, and the other is to know what kind of combat effectiveness these enemies are.

Ying Gao didn't know about the Peacock Dynasty, he could only do his best to quickly let Han Xin prepare enough soldiers and horses, and then when the barracks in the Western Regions were built, a considerable number of men and horses were gathered there.

Because Yinggao has seen through the attack of the Mauryan Dynasty by the Seleucid Dynasty this time, the war that Daqin will face in the future will definitely be on the periphery of the Mauryan Dynasty, and there will be no more wars in the direction of the Xiongnu and the direction of South Vietnam, and the other directions are the vast sea.

So while waiting for the results of Fusu's construction of the barracks and Xiang Yu's construction of the straight road, Yinggao was also discussing one thing with Han Xin and Meng Yi.

"What does Captain think of this proposal?"

In addition to Ying Gao and Han Xin in the main hall, it is Meng Yi, and the reason why Meng Yi was found on this day is because there is something closely related to Meng Yi, Ying Gao feels that it must not be good for him and Han Xin to settle down like this, so he wants to ask for his opinion first.

"What does the king mean to withdraw the sergeants of the upper county? Once there is a change in the direction of the Huns......"

"What I mean is not to withdraw all the soldiers in Shangjun, but to leave 30,000 to guard the Great Wall, and the rest to withdraw, because according to my guess, once Xiang Yu completes the construction of the straight road in the Western Regions, most of the Xiongnu tribes who can fight well will also migrate to the Western Regions or the Mauryan Dynasty in the future.

Ying Gao said that at this point, the meaning he wanted to express was already very obvious, that is, to transfer Meng Tian from Shangjun.

As soon as Meng Yi heard it, he also knew why Yinggao found him, because Meng Tian is his brother, and he has always controlled all the military forces of Shangjun, once Yinggao did not pass himself, he transferred Meng Tian out of Shangjun, and Meng Tian did not know so much about what happened to the Mauryan Dynasty and the Xiongnu, which is easy to misunderstand, which will make their brothers misunderstand that Yinggao wants to reduce the power in the hands of their brothers, and according to Yinggao's statement at this time, such an idea obviously does not exist.

"I don't know if the monarch wants Meng Tian to go to the Peacock Dynasty, or some other realm?"

Meng Yi's reaction was still very fast, Shangjun didn't need Meng Tian anymore, it was natural that there were other places that needed him more, and this place, in Meng Yi's mind, would not be another realm, it could only be the Peacock Dynasty.

"Yes, the Peacock Dynasty is vast, and now we have found out that there is a large dynasty in the northwest of the Peacock Dynasty, and now we intend to take a piece of the pie from the hands of my Great Qin, and now I am asking General Han Xin to raise manpower, and prepare to build a large camp in the Western Regions that can accommodate at least 200,000 soldiers, but on the territory of the Peacock Dynasty, we need a person who has weight and can lead my Great Qin army, except for General Meng Tian, I can't think of a second person."

In fact, Yinggao didn't mention Han Xin standing beside him, that's because Yinggao didn't want Han Xin to fall directly into the war of the Peacock Dynasty that he didn't know how long it would last and couldn't get out, he still needed someone around him who could understand his thoughts to help him make decisions, Meng Yi was already a little old, so this role could only be Han Xin's most suitable.

"I have thanked the king on behalf of Meng Tian, the king can be so important to my Mengshi clan, it is really a blessing for my Mengshi clan! Meng Tian must have been very depressed after not experiencing war in Shangjun for a long time, and now that he has this opportunity, he doesn't know what he will be excited about. ”

"Good! Since the Taiwei did not have any opinion on this matter, I wrote an edict today, saying that General Meng Tian left 30,000 people to hand over to his lieutenant will continue to guard the Great Wall, and the rest of the soldiers will be brought back to Xianyang City for the time being, and after the general has been reunited with his people in Xianyang City for a few days, he will set off for the Mauryan Dynasty! ”

Who is Meng Tian, that is the god of war of Great Qin, the existence of the Xiongnu, the most powerful enemy of Great Qin, who can barely raise his head, Meng Tian's use of soldiers, which has always been elusive, arranged him to the Peacock Dynasty, Yinggao believes that those people of the Seleucid Dynasty should be the same as the previous Touman and Mao Dun, so that Meng Tian can't find the north.

Although Meng Tian's age is not young, but through the inquiry of Han Xin and Meng Yi, Ying Gao knew that Meng Tian could still lead troops to fight, and according to Han Xin, there would be no problem at all if he insisted on another three or five years.