Chapter 538: Scheduled Departure (First Shift)
"Sure enough, as I expected, Hu Hai has really been hiding in the three counties of Lingnan, and it seems that he has been mixed up with Zhao Chengwei, who was active in Xianyang City before. I don't know if they will really be able to reach the Mauryan Empire this time......"
Yinggao finished reading Liu Wei's letter, and sighed to the Zhu family behind him, Hu Hai is a person who rarely sees the wrong person after Yinggao arrives in this realm.
Originally, he thought that all this was under his control, but Hu Hai played an assassination and disappeared for him, and Ying Gao was indeed quite angry at that time, in his opinion, he was extremely tolerant of Hu Hai, but in the end he still ended up with such a result.
But after Hu Hai disappeared, Ying Gao thought about this matter for a while, and he was relieved in his heart, if he didn't have himself, Hu Hai would almost be the emperor of Daqin, although Zhao Gao was likely to put him in the air, and even kill him in the end, but he himself had not experienced those, even if Ying Gao had exposed Zhao Gao's face in front of him and the First Emperor, but Hu Hai didn't think so in his heart, people would definitely think that there was no Ying Gao. Even if there is anything wrong with Zhao Gao, when he becomes the emperor, he will definitely be able to tell the difference.
"Peng Yue and Sima Xin led so many soldiers, almost fully prepared, riding the strongest warship of Daqin, but in the end they still lost nearly half of their troops, and now Hu Hai and the others are not strong soldiers, and it is impossible to make a ship as strong as my Daqin warship, in my opinion, they are just jumping over the wall in a hurry, and they should be silent if they can't reach the territory of the Peacock Dynasty."
The Zhu family naturally also gave his own opinions, he often followed Yinggao's side, although he didn't talk much on weekdays, but he knew a lot of things that others didn't know, it can be said that Yinggao's cronies, he knew the most things, so Peng Yue and Sima Xin from the sea of Daqin to the Peacock Dynasty lost how many people, he still knew in detail, but some other officials and the people of Daqin didn't know so much.
"I don't think so, since Hu Hai and Zhao Cheng can live well on the boundaries of the three counties of Lingnan for so long without being discovered by Brother Fusu and Liu Wei, Sun Qian and others, it shows that they have a very reliable hiding place, and in such a situation, they can also get news from the outside world as soon as possible, which shows that there are still people available under their command. If it weren't for the fact that they sent someone to inquire about such an important matter as the Peacock Dynasty's charts, they would never have been discovered by Liu Wei's subordinates, which means that they just wanted to go to the Peacock Dynasty, if they didn't have a certain strength, how could they dare to risk being discovered by the Great Qin people to explore the charts? ”
"What does that mean ......?"
"Whether they can get to the territory of the Peacock Dynasty safely depends on the will of heaven, but once they reach the Peacock Dynasty, the hidden danger caused to my Great Qin will be very big, and Hu Hai's identity is not a good thing for the people of the Peacock Dynasty who don't know why. So what I want to do in Daqin is still something I can't help but do. ”
After Ying Gao sighed, he took out a pen and paper, naturally to inform Peng Yue and Sima Xin and others who were on the territory of the Peacock Dynasty about this matter, they landed from the sea, and they still knew quite well the time and place of landing.
For Hu Hai, it must be a method of interception in advance, but Yinggao also knows that the people have already set off, and when the news reaches him, it has been delayed for some time, and then it will be transmitted to the territory of the Peacock Dynasty, and they will send troops and horses again, whether they can have time is a matter of two words.
And there is another difficulty in this matter, that is, if you don't find them on the territory of the Mauryan Empire, you won't know whether they died on the way or have already arrived but hidden, and once they are hidden, when they show up again, they will definitely make a big move.
But although Hu Hai is like a slippery loach to the current Yinggao, Yinggao still doesn't take him too seriously, after all, Hu Hai and Zhao Cheng have no advantage in the current situation of the Peacock Dynasty, and Yinggao found that the people on the territory of the Peacock Dynasty don't seem to be as bloody as the people of Great Qin, and it is obviously not a simple matter to incite them to rebel.
Now Yinggao's focus is on how capable the Seleucid Dynasty is, and whether Meng Tian, the great god, will feel the pressure on the Seleucid Dynasty.
If Yinggao's idea of making the Mauryan army a touchstone for the Great Qin and Xiongnu armies had failed because the Mauryan Empire was too uncompetitive, this Seleucid Dynasty was obviously a good touchstone.
Although Yinggao has ideas, he has never been blindly confident in the situation between himself and Daqin, once Meng Tian can't rely on the 100,000 army to achieve good results in the same number of Seleucid cavalry, it won't be the case if he wants to continue the expedition, because Yinggao knows that in front of an army, the Seleucid Dynasty should be just vulnerable, and if Daqin wants to truly dominate the world, it will inevitably have to break hands with them. Knowing that it will fail, Yinggao will not do it.
At this time, Meng Tian, who carried Yinggao's very ardent expectations, finally came to the capital of the Mauryan Dynasty, Fahrenheit City.
Because of the harsh weather experienced in the Western Regions, Meng Tian was originally not very confident in the climate of the Peacock Dynasty, but after a few cities, he found that the climate near Hua's City was still very pleasant, and said that it was no wonder that Yinggao had to take such a dynasty for himself, this was really another Great Qin!
Meng Tian's fame is very big whether it is in Daqin or in the Xiongnu, he is a totem-like existence in Daqin, and in the Xiongnu, Meng Tian, who once captured Mao Dunshan Yu alive, is a god-like existence.
But now, Daqin and the Xiongnu are the best time to cooperate, so when Meng Tian arrived in the Peacock Dynasty, even Long Ji went outside the city to greet Peng Yue and Sima Xin.
The news of Meng Tian's arrival in the Peacock Dynasty had just been sent a few days ago, and it was as soon as Meng Tian arrived in the Western Regions that Fusu wrote a letter and sent it to Fahrenheit City.
From the Western Regions to Hua's City, the distance is actually not far away, which once made Meng Tian a little suspicious that the territory of the Peacock Dynasty is not very large, but when he entered Hua's City and saw the huge territory map of the Peacock Dynasty hanging on the original relics of Hua's City, Meng Tian's heart finally put it in his stomach, if this Peacock Dynasty was taken down, Daqin would be equivalent to having two such large territories, and the various benefits of it were naturally needless to say.
"The battle report you sent to the king, the prince of Fusu has already told me, if the cavalry of the Seleuc Dynasty really met on flat ground, would they really be on par with the cavalry of Daqin and the Huns?"
"Yes, even if they were raided, these cavalrymen didn't know where the two of us led the army from, but they didn't have a trace of panic, all desperately resisted, compared with the soldiers of the Mauryan Dynasty, I don't know how much stronger, now more than a dozen cities on the border of the Mauryan Dynasty and the Seleuc Dynasty have been occupied by them, until the last time they encountered a surprise attack by the two of us, and they did not stop after losing a general, but although they did not continue to attack, I observed that they did not withdraw the intention of the Seleuc Dynasty, If the general wants to recover those cities, a fierce battle is inevitable. ”
Peng Yue briefed Meng Tian on what the Seleucid soldiers were like, and after sending the news, they did not relax their surveillance of the Seleucid army.
Although they found that they stopped attacking, the cities that had been occupied had no intention of withdrawing, and they began to deploy defenses on several of the last occupied cities, which shows that people were indeed cautious because they were attacked, and no longer ventured, but people would not be afraid of a sneak attack and retreat to their own dynasty.
This performance of the Seleucid Dynasty basically released a signal, that is, if you don't move, then I won't move, that's it, if you have to take back these cities, then I'm sorry, you must have to do a real fight.
"Hmph, these people are just picking up some scraps behind my Great Qin, why don't you worry about it, no need for him to behave, as long as there are them on the territory of the Peacock Dynasty, I will lead the army to kill them back!"
Meng Tian waved his hand, and he didn't listen to those at all, obviously he wanted to take advantage of this time that the Seleuc Dynasty was involved in the Peacock Dynasty to establish his authority, after saying this, Meng Tian directly asked Peng Yue to mark which cities were occupied by the Seleucian people on the map of the Peacock Dynasty, and it was obvious that this was about to start arranging this matter.
Peng Yue and Long He had studied these Seleucid army quite thoroughly, so at this time, the two of them described it to Meng Tian on the map, especially the battle between them and the Seleuc army before, which was very detailed.
Because it was in that battle that they discovered some characteristics of the Seleucid cavalry in battle, and how they differed from the soldiers of the Great Qin.
Unlike Meng Tian's old rival, the Hun cavalry, the cavalry of the Seleucians were not known for their lightness, aggression and mobility, and their armor was even stronger than the armor of the Great Qin cavalry after being transformed by Zhang Kai himself, and it was for this reason that the cavalry of Great Qin lost a lot.
Meng Tian's research on cavalry has been going on for a long time, of course he knows that if the enemy's armor is strong, it means that the enemy's mobility will definitely be worse than that of Daqin, and after Daqin's weapons have been transformed by opening, it must be the most advanced.
Through the introduction of Peng Yue and Long Ji, what he can summarize is that the soldiers on both sides can basically be regarded as experienced and well-trained, and it is likely that because of the difference in race, the cavalry of the Seleuc Dynasty is taller than the cavalry of Daqin, and tall means that they must have an advantage in strength, but at the same time, they must be worse in flexibility.
Although it was a good cowhide before, Meng Tian didn't despise the other party at all, he was indeed confident, but what supported his confidence was his ability.
In such a situation, in fact, whether it is Peng Yue or Long He, he has already broken the idea of being able to annihilate a very large number of enemies at a very small price, but Meng Tian is different, he makes a move, that is, he wants to exchange the minimum price for the greatest effect, just like the original invincible Mao Dunshan was captured by him in an instant, Han Xin is indeed an unborn general, he is a talent, but when it comes to old spicy, there is still a little gap with Meng Tian.
On this day, Meng Tian declined the banquet prepared for him by the three of them, and only returned to the mansion prepared for him with a more detailed map of the Mauryan Dynasty, which was obviously another sleepless night for Meng Tian, who had just arrived.
The next day, when Meng Tian appeared beside Peng Yue and the others in full spirit, they knew that this veteran probably already had the Tao of this war with the Seleucid Dynasty in his heart.
"The 100,000 troops I brought with me will rest in this city for five days for the time being, and after five days, I will set out to drive the Seleucid cavalry out of the Mauryan Empire."
"I wonder what the general's plans for this battle are?"
"Since you have fought with the cavalry of the Seleucid Dynasty, this time you should go with me and bring 100,000 troops, I think it is enough."
When Long He heard this, he said in his heart that this is not good, if they go and have nothing to do with themselves, then Daqin will take advantage of the Huns because of this matter, won't he become a sinner? So he quickly opened his mouth.
"General, my Hun cavalry has also fought with the cavalry of the Seleuc Dynasty, and this time Shan Yu and the Great Qin Emperor have not yet sent a definite order, if the general wants to send troops, it is naturally to count the dragon and one, although my Huns only have less than 50,000 cavalry here, but all of them are elite."
Meng Tian looked at Long Ji, pondered for a while, and then said, "If you believe me, you will bring 30,000 cavalry with us and others, and the rest will stay in this Hua City to assist Sima Xin in guarding Hua City!" ”
When Long Ji heard this, he nodded hurriedly, after all, what he wanted was to participate, not to fight soy sauce, it was naturally good to leave some sergeants in Fahrenheit City, after all, in his opinion, although Meng Tian was a little capable, he was not omnipotent, and it was very possible to defeat the battle.