Chapter 663: Endgame
Originally, he thought that this was just an ordinary order, and although they seemed to be at a slight disadvantage in the battle with this part of the Great Qin, once another 58,000 fresh troops came from the Roman capital, they would definitely be the victors of this battle, which was basically nothing to doubt.
But after giving this order, the hesitant attitude of the leader of the small group of men could not help but make the Roman consul frown.
"What are you doing that you don't want to tell me quickly? If this battle is lost, all of their main forces in Rome will be lost here! ”
Although the Roman consul had a faint feeling in his heart that it was not very good, he still suppressed his anger as much as possible, and explained to the leader the power of these things.
"This ...... In fact, after an attack by the Great Qin cavalry before, although they were repulsed, there were only one or two thousand capable soldiers left in the capital, and the rest of the cities were also like this, so the generals defending the city sent us here to find my Roman army, in fact, they were afraid that the Roman city would be attacked by the Great Qin soldiers again before the army returned, and the soldiers who defended the city were really unable to fight! ”
Speaking of which, the man finally knelt down crying in front of the Roman consul, which was not deliberately concealed by him, but was really making himself uncomfortable after saying this result.
Hearing this, the Roman consul almost stood on the spot, and he finally knew why the generals he left in the capital were able to hold the capital of Rome and those major cities, and it was not they who defended it at all, but the people of Great Qin did not want to capture these cities before, and the fundamental purpose of the people was to consume all the defenders he left in Rome, and if the defenders were gone, those cities and empty cities were not any different, and they could seize them whenever they wanted.
His hand holding the hilt of the sword almost wanted to draw his sword and cut off the waste in front of him, but at this time, to behead this person would do himself more harm than good to the command of this last battle, as a good monarch, who had commanded countless battles of the Romans, large and small, such a situation should not have happened.
"Whether you can survive after this battle depends on how many enemies you can kill in this battle."
After throwing down such a sentence, the Roman consul turned his head and walked back, it was inevitable that this battle would continue for some time, and what the Roman consul could do now was to let his generals know the gravity of the truth, and then cheer up the spirits in this matter.
"This army under our command is already the capable army of almost all the remaining Romans, the Great Qin cavalry deliberately only consumes the defenders in our city but does not capture the city, what they do is to concentrate their forces to intercept us here, if we are defeated, Rome will cease to exist!"
Without any concealment, the Roman consuls told the whole story in front of almost all of their generals.
When everyone heard this, they all gasped, you know, this is a battle at the door of Rome, at your own doorstep, but the enemy is equivalent to blocking you here, such a feeling as long as a general will feel very aggrieved.
But the Roman consul had obviously not finished speaking, and he would not leave any of his generals alone after they had just struck him like this. Since he has taken power from the hands of the Roman Senate, then he will naturally be responsible for the Romans to the end, but the routine played by the Great Qin people is really a bit deep, the desperate defense over there turned out to be to buy time for the attack here, and the attack on this side was unhurriedly ambushed here, who gave the Great Qin people so much courage, and the Roman consuls still didn't understand it too well at this time.
"But now we are not inferior in numbers, although the people of Great Qin are ferocious, but after fighting in our territory for such a long time, they are also scarred, and as long as we kill this team of Great Qin's men and horses, we will wipe out almost all the elites of Great Qin, although we also suffer heavy losses, but they can no longer organize a decent advance, whether it is destruction or achievement of the future, it depends on this battle!"
These words did stimulate the anger that had been suppressed in the hearts of the Roman generals, in the face of the current situation, they all had a feeling that they seemed to be played by the Great Qin people, if they continued to attack Seleuca and did not come back, not only now Seleu and Macedonia are theirs, but the Mauryan Dynasty they may also be able to get involved, but now, they have been put in such a dilemma by their own people's letters for help, it is naturally a very humiliating thing.
When the arrogant people feel embarrassed, of course, their potential can be stimulated a lot, this is the purpose of the Roman consuls, this battle is not only the ultimate battle in the eyes of Han Xin and Xiang Yu, but also in the eyes of their Romans.
Although the Romans may be at a temporary disadvantage now, once this battle is returned, the threat of Great Qin will be lifted for a long time.
Through several battles with Daqin before, the Roman consul had already put away his own arrogance in his heart, he knew that Daqin had no less strength and combat power than the Romans, and any force that despised Daqin could only usher in one result, that is, defeat.
After this encouragement, the soldiers regained a lot of vitality, after that, the consuls according to their understanding of the nearby terrain, set several battle plans, the core purpose is of course to consume the men and horses of Daqin as much as possible, and they know that this battle must be killed to the extent that one of the two sides runs out of ammunition and food to stop, for the Romans, they have arrived at the doorstep, it is impossible to escape when they are at a disadvantage, and for Han Xin and Xiang Yu, The ultimate purpose of their dispatch this time is for this battle, this battle is the battle of Great Qin to dominate the world, even if they die, they will not easily give up this battle.
Han Xin and Xiang Yu were very successful in the design and preparation of this battle, so they had not much time to start the war, and they had gained a lot of advantages, and it seemed that the situation was very good.
But Han Xin knew that no matter how easy they were before, and no matter what the outcome of this battle would be, this battle would be the final battle, since it was the ultimate battle, no matter what kind of opponent you were facing, he would not easily let a dynasty under his rule and his own and his people's lives be easily taken away by the enemy, and at this time, no matter what kind of tricks the Roman consuls and generals had, they should also use it.
"Shan Yu, after our start is over, I'm afraid it will usher in the counterattack of the Romans, our army, is composed of three people, the biggest weakness is to a certain extent each other, at this time since it has reached the most critical moment of this war, I hope that Shan Yu Mo will not think about the various things between the Great Qin and the Xiongnu, Shan Yu is the Central Plains, this is a battle in the world ruled by the Central Plains, only you and I sincerely cooperate to completely cut off the Roman consul!"
One night, Han Xin and Xiang Yu had just finished listening to the return of the generals in front, and Han Xin said to Xiang Yu.
Of course, Xiang Yu knew what Han Xin meant, since they had come to this battle, the next question to consider was naturally how Yinggao would arrange Xiang Yu and Philip V after this battle.
Han Xin knew that Philip V was definitely not something he could say in a few words, but Xiang Yu was different, Han Xin knew that Xiang Yu's state of mind had gone through all these years of experience as a Xiongnu Shan Yu, and he was no longer the young man who was bent on destroying Great Qin in Jiangdong before.
Through the previous drinking and chatting with several of Xiang Yu's cronies, Han Xin guessed that Xiang Yu's greatest wish at this time was not to take the Huns under his command to have a huge land card of his own, but to be able to return to the hometown of Chu as a Central Plains person, and return to the place where his ancestors shed their blood for Chu State.
But Han Xin also knew that Xiang Yu still had a certain degree of popularity and appeal in the hometown of Chu State, and whether he could be allowed to fulfill his wish depended on what Yinggao thought in his heart, he would definitely not be able to do this master, but what he could do was to let Xiang Yu know that no matter what awaited him after this war, he had to take this war down before he could be qualified to talk.
Although Han Xin said vaguely, his meaning was already obvious, as the commander of this battle, whether he lost or won, for Han Xin, there was definitely no possibility of escaping in this battle, he must win this battle, or directly let himself die here, there is absolutely no third possibility.
After listening to Han Xin's words, Xiang Yu just chuckled and shook his head.
"The general attaches great importance to this battle, how can I not, this is no longer the war of Daqin against Rome, but the war between our Central Plains people against real aliens, whether I am a Central Plains or a Hun Shan Yu, this battle must be won, if the Romans cannot be destroyed this time, what awaits Daqin in more than ten years will definitely be an unprecedented catastrophe!"
Xiang Yu expressed his determination from his own side, after Han Xin listened, he nodded slightly, and then began to formulate the next tactics with Xiang Yu, according to the return of the generals who fought in front before, at this time the Romans had gradually stabilized the situation, and they consciously attracted Daqin's army in one direction, although this was not the direction where the Roman city was located, but Han Xin and Xiang Yu were still keenly aware that if they were led by the Romans, I'm afraid it's very easy to fall into an unfavorable situation in the subsequent battle.
Han Xin and Xiang Yu's worries were obviously not unreasonable, although they also had a certain understanding of the surrounding terrain when they came, but they had only been here for a few days, but the Romans had lived here and around for generations, if you were used to being arrogant in this regard, it would definitely make you pay a heavy price in the end.
"Your Majesty, the enemy is following in our retreating footsteps to the north, and in less than a day, we will be able to reach that place."
The Roman consul who led the team at the front of the team was slightly relieved after being rewarded by his generals.
He and his generals knew, and even the Roman nobles who had been out of the city for the most part, that there was a swamp in the place they were about to go, full of vipers and crocodiles, and that if you stepped into it, no one would be able to save you.
The Romans had sergeants who were very familiar with this place, and they knew how to pass through this swamp, and when they passed, they could watch the sergeants of Daqin die one by one in the swamp and the poisonous snakes and crocodiles inside.
The power of nature has always been very large, and the Romans also deeply realized that such a swamp, after swallowing one hundred or twenty thousand people, no one will be able to see the difference, and those who are not familiar with the path here will definitely not have any possibility of survival once they walk in.
The time and place are favorable, if any of these elements are used to the extreme, they can achieve unexpected results, and the current Romans obviously want to make good use of the geographical advantages, so that once they succeed, they can even make the tens of thousands of troops of Daqin disappear invisibly.
Although this method sounds a bit despicable, but at this time, the Roman consuls can't control so much, no matter what the method, if they can eliminate the Great Qin people in front of them, and then let their men and horses escape, that is the best way at this time.
Because he retains a part of his strength can allow him to recover faster, and then go to the Great Qin people for revenge as quickly as possible, that's right, this successive succession of schemes and defeats has left a very heavy shadow in the hearts of the Roman consuls, and he has already made up his mind that as long as he does not die, he will exist in time to destroy Great Qin in this life, Great Qin will not be destroyed, and he will not die blindly.