Of course, Philip V knew that he was putting pressure on the Romans in a foolish manner, because at the very beginning Philip V did not send troops, but only sent a message, and he also wanted to see how the Romans reacted, and then decide what way to deal with the Romans.

Now the pressure is indeed all on the Romans, although the consuls have taken most of the power into their own hands, but such a big matter, whether to send troops or not to the senate is impossible to ignore it.

The previous tension was completely lost because of Philip V's inscription this time, and the Senate urgently found the council chamber of the Roman capital, and what he did was naturally Philip V's business.

"This time Philip V pulled Daqin and the Huns into his camp so quickly, the advantage that our Rome had over Philip V before is gone, if they attack Egypt again this time, will we save it or not?"

An old man in the Senate took the lead in opening his mouth, after all, this is something that Rome has never encountered for a long time before, during this time Rome has suffered a big defeat, although the previous consul personally led the army to win back a game, but this time is different from the last time, before they were faced with the same three forces before they were defeated, and now it is still the same formula, in case the final result is the same, it is not acceptable to the Romans.

"In my opinion, this time we must not go easily, after all, they don't dare to attack our Roman land, but it is a few places in the Mediterranean, we have never managed that place before, this time it is normal to ignore it, since those forces have joined forces, what we have to do is to preserve our strength!"

The other old man directly answered the old man's question before, and at the same time expressed his own opinion, obviously, he had already failed once in the hands of those forces before, and this time he didn't believe that there could be any other results.

Everyone, you say a word, some say that you should send troops, some say you shouldn't, for a while it was quite chaotic, but the consul has not spoken, he silently looked at such a character who once called for wind and rain on the boundaries of Rome, and suddenly found that these characters have been much worse than I did not know how much worse, he was very emotional for a while, and felt that if these people now use the attitude to face the original Hannibal, what kind of result will the Romans have in the end.

"Princes, please listen to me!"

Finally, he knew that he couldn't let these people talk nonsense like this anymore, so he said it with a lot of anger.

When the old men who were still chattering looked at him, they finally quieted down, because they all knew that they themselves would definitely not be able to lead troops to the battle, and it was only the consuls of Rome who could lead the troops to the battle, so his own opinion was very important.

"The princes thought that Philip V had contacted Great Qin and the Xiongnu in such a short period of time, although because of our previous attack on Great Qin in Seleuc, it might lead to hostility between Great Qin and us, but according to the previous scout report, most of the 200,000 troops of Great Qin have left, and the remaining men and horses are already less than 100,000, and these horses still have to guard Seleuc, so how much can Great Qin send troops to Philip V? How much could the Xiongnu, as a subordinate of Great Qin, send to Philip V, and could it really reach the number of people our men and horses faced when they attacked Seleucus before? ”

After he finished asking this question, those old people looked at each other one by one, obviously they hadn't thought about this matter before, all they were worried about was the word Daqin, as for investigating the true situation of Daqin, it had never been related to them.

Seeing that these old men still didn't squeak, the consul continued to speak: "In my opinion, Daqin and the Xiongnu will not send many troops, and since we sent troops to attack Seleucus before, we have already formed a grudge with Daqin, it is impossible for Daqin not to form an alliance with Philip V and turn to an alliance with us, what we can do is to defeat Philip V and Daqin, if we can't defeat them all, in the end we Romans can only choose to perish, we Romans have the temperament of our Romans, Hannibal was so cruel at the beginning, but in the end he was defeated by us, how can he be afraid of a mere Great Qin and Philip V now? ”

The consul's words came out again, and those old guys were all ashamed, of course they knew what the situation was like for the Romans back then, and they basically didn't fear anyone, if anyone was their enemy, all they could do was to be positive, but this time, they really seemed to be a little afraid of the front.

"I wonder how many people you need? This time Philip V is menacing, I guess it can't be solved by 100,000 people, right? ”

"I only need 100,000 Roman cavalry, plus some of our allies, I don't believe that Daqin and Xiongnu will be cannon fodder for Philip V, and when we fight, their tricks will appear in front of us, once Daqin and Xiongnu don't really want to help him, what awaits him will only be failure."

What the consul said was quite categorical, and after he finished speaking, the people in the Senate looked at each other, obviously not expecting him to be so bold.

"Good! Since you have such confidence, we will naturally give it our full support, although Rome is not the strongest time at this time, but it is not a problem to send 100,000 troops, and it is not difficult for us to let our allies gather 100,000 horses and make up 200,000 men. ”

One by one, the old guys of the Senate basically changed their attitudes because of his attitude, which is enough to show that the status of the consuls in the Roman realm has increased during this time.

This time the deliberations were basically dominated by the consuls, of course, in fact, the safest way for him was not to go to war, because if he did not go to war, he would not lose, and it would not have any effect on his position in Rome.

But once you join the war, if you win, it's okay to say, once you lose, it's just a very big cauldron on your back, and you can't pick it up if you want to. Naturally, those cunning fellows also knew this, and if they win, it would be beneficial for the whole of Rome, and if they lost, it would be very beneficial for them to regain the power in their hands.

Facts have proved that the Romans' guess is still very correct, they have just prepared 200,000 men and horses, and the Egyptians who have come there before are in place again, and the Egyptians' rhetoric is basically the same as the last time, that is, Philip V has gathered a large number of men and horses to attack them, of course, they can't parry, so they can only come to their big brother for help like last time.

And the Roman consul's reaction was the same as the last time, he said to the Egyptian, since we Rome can cover you once, then of course we can cover you a second time, and then without saying a word, he went with an army of 200,000.

The best thing Philip V wanted to achieve this time was to frighten the Romans so that they would not dare to do anything, so that he could basically take over a large part of Egypt and the Mediterranean without spending much of his army.

After these territories fell into his pocket, Philip V had already planned to give a little scraps to Daqin and the Xiongnu, and send them away, after all, it was impossible for either the emperor of Daqin or Shan Yu of the Xiongnu to come to this place to see what was going on.

But what the heavens did not fulfill people's wishes was that the Great Qin had just arrived in the territory of Egypt and had not been attacking for long, and the scouts came back to report that the Romans had sent troops again, just like last time, and this time the number of troops was not small.

"Grandma, the Romans are really not afraid of death, and they even sent troops again!"

Philip V was of course very disappointed after receiving this news, after all, Yinggao only got him 50,000 people, and these 50,000 people can't be used as cannon fodder, and he has to use more of his own people in the really important battle, so that he will end up in the same situation as the last time.

But this was not the time for him to coax, no matter what, it was necessary to fight the Romans, and Philip V just didn't believe that he was inferior to the Roman consuls in commanding battles.

In order to deal with the Romans, Philip V divided his soldiers into three parts, and the cavalry of Daqin and Xiongnu was arranged on one side, so that they could not only exert some of their own combat effectiveness, but also not use them as cannon fodder, which was the best arrangement that Philip V could make.

The battle between 200,000 horses and 200,000 horses, unless one side did not want to really fight like Philip V last time, otherwise the casualties must be very heavy.

This time this is obviously the case, because with the presence of the soldiers of the Great Qin and the Huns, Philip V naturally can't stop at it anymore, or if he loses, this is not the responsibility of the Great Qin and the Huns, but all of them are the responsibility of his own improper command.

This battle was destined to be a different war from the previous one, but from a simple war in Egypt asking the Romans for help to a battle in which Rome and Macedonia had to distinguish between victory and defeat.

According to the previous situation, Macedonia still had some advantages because it was facing the cannon fodder of the Romans at the beginning, but when the real main force of the Romans was all thrown into the war, Philip V finally felt the difficulty of the war.

And the Daqin and Hun cavalry who participated in it also found for the first time that the Romans were really a little difficult to deal with, and after nearly half a month of fierce fighting, both sides had already lost tens of thousands of horses, and after this period of fighting, the Romans also knew to what extent Daqin and the Huns were involved in this battle.

Great Qin and Xiongnu sent a total of 50,000 troops, which was no different from the previous battle between himself and Philip V for the Roman consuls.

He didn't know if Philip V had seen the essence of the matter by this time, but he had seen it.

In the eyes of the Roman consuls, this was just a time when the Great Qin and the Xiongnu took out a mere 50,000 horses, which caused a tragic battle between Rome and Macedonia.

The Roman consul had already seen the ambition of Great Qin, and he knew that in essence, Great Qin definitely did not want to join forces with any forces, but now that they were staying with Philip V, what the emperor of Great Qin was definitely not going to be able to share the world with Philip V one day, his idea would definitely be to take all Rome and Macedonia, and then stand tall in the whole world.

If this battle can consume 100,000 elite soldiers of the Romans and Philip V, then the 50,000 people of Great Qin and the Xiongnu will not be affected even if they lose 120,000.

Seeing this, the Roman consul temporarily changed from the original offensive momentum to defense, and of course he also knew that if he retreated now, then all the territory in the Mediterranean would be Philip V's, and he could not allow this to happen, but in the same way, he could not allow the Roman elite soldiers to be wasted on the land of Egypt.

Philip V didn't expect so much, when he saw that the Romans' offensive had weakened, he was still very excited in his heart, after all, the Romans must be a little higher than themselves in terms of strength now, if they have maintained such a strong offensive, sooner or later, they will end in a very bleak ending, and such a war obviously cannot allow him to completely win the trust of Daqin and Xiongnu as his allies.

After the Romans switched from attack to defense, although the war continued, the casualties were small little by little, and in this way, time gradually passed, and finally one day, Philip V could not hold on.

Because they are the attacking side, and the Romans are the defending side found by the Egyptians, so the Romans come to fight without their own grain and grass baggage, and the Egyptians directly supply it, but Philip V is different, his grain and grass baggage, but they have to raise and transport it by themselves!