Under such circumstances, Antiochus III took a cold approach to the city, believing that even if he did nothing, Hu Hai and Zhao Cheng would have to resist the soldiers and horses of Great Qin for a while, serving him as a buffer.

But what he didn't know was that Hu Hai and Zhao Cheng had done too much behind his back, and now what seemed to be solid and had at least forty or fifty thousand horses was actually a time bomb, and Hu Hai and Zhao Cheng had already pressed the countdown button on this bomb.

In this way, without Han Xin's knowledge, he had actually taken a slight advantage in the war with Seleuc, in fact, that city did not play a major role in this war, but the time required for an empty city and a city to pass through this city after suffering a lot of resistance is completely different.

At this time, Han Xin, Meng Tian and others had already led the army to the territory of the Xiongnu, and they were a little bit away from their target Seleuc, and the Xiongnu soldiers had not even assembled, on the one hand, they showed that they really did not want to participate in this battle, and on the other hand, they showed their confidence in the Great Qin army.

Although there were no sergeants, Xiang Yu still went out of the city in person, and brought a few of his generals to Han Xin and Meng Tian, and he still wanted it politely, so Xiang Yu naturally asked Han Xin in person if he needed to assemble the army by himself, the execution of the Huns was still good, if it was assembled, that is, in one day, the 100,000 army would be made up.

Of course, this proposal was rejected by Han Xin, and Han Xin didn't say any reason, everything was pushed to Yinggao's body, saying that he was just acting on orders, and the emperor of Great Qin said that this time Great Qin must rely on his own strength to destroy, so although Han Xin also wanted to fight side by side with Xiang Yu, Han Xin still had to obey the emperor's order.

Having said that, Xiang Yu naturally won't insist, people don't want their army to suffer too much loss, after all, what kind of situation will the relationship between Great Qin and the Xiongnu go after Daqin destroys Seleuc, Xiang Yu is not very sure in his heart.

"After knowing that I led an army of 200,000 to the territory of the Mauryan Empire, what did the Seleu monarch Antiochus III do?"

It is certain that there is no need for the soldiers and horses of the Huns, but the news that should be known from the Huns still needs to be known, and the role of information is not much less than that of troops.

"The Seleuks don't seem to be ready to build a defense line in the city closest to the border with the Mauryan Empire, there are no more than 50,000 defenders in that city, and the general is afraid that he will have to attack that city first, and then he can really fight with the elite troops of the Seleuc."

This news is undoubtedly quite useful to Han Xin, if he doesn't know this news, then he will definitely regard this city as a city painstakingly arranged by Antiochus III, so that Han Xin will relax a little after breaking through this city, which is obviously not a good thing.

"Good! If this battle is really smooth, it will naturally have a single merit, Daqin and the Xiongnu are allies, Daqin won the battle, and he will definitely not let the Xiongnu help in vain! ”

Han Xin said such a thing in front of the generals of Great Qin and the Xiongnu, obviously conveying a message from Yinggao, that is, the relationship between Great Qin and the Xiongnu will continue for a long time.

A city of 50,000 horses, in fact, Han Xin still has to prepare, otherwise it will almost definitely cause some casualties here, in Han Xin's opinion, most of the 50,000 horses of the city are treated as death squads and the like by Antiochus III, if it is handled well, the soldiers will not be bloody, but once it is not handled well, it will cause a lot of casualties to themselves.

But what neither Han Xin nor Antiochus III knew was that the tens of thousands of defenders in that city were indeed ready to fight, but they were not ready to fight, but to flee.

Antiochus III got the news that Hu Hai and Zhao Cheng were closely watching the movements of Han Xin's army, and Antiochus III had sent news to Hu Hai that they could resist Daqin's army, but once they couldn't resist it, they could immediately retreat in the direction of the Seleucid capital.

Although these words are very good, smart people can see that under the iron hooves of Daqin's 300,000 army, it is not possible to escape if you want to, and this battle may be a catastrophe.

Because Hu Hai and Zhao Cheng behaved very much like they were going to fight against the army of Great Qin, Antiochus III had nothing to worry about in his heart, and he had been building his own defense line step by step.

On this day, the scouts sent out by Hu Hai and Zhao Cheng suddenly ran back with a sigh and panting, and the news they brought back was almost the same, that is, after the army of Daqin rested on the territory of the Xiongnu for two days, they suddenly began to rush to their own city, looking at that posture, it would take less than two days to come to the city.

"Childe, according to what you said, we should quickly rectify the men and horses and flee this time, if we wait any longer, once Daqin's cavalry really arrives in the city, even if you and I can run out, the tens of thousands of horses under our command will not be able to escape!"

After Zhao Cheng got the news, he immediately went to Hu Hai's side, of course, the purpose was to persuade Hu Hai to leave here quickly, and the troops would come to the city in two days, but it was not a joke.

But after Hu Hai heard this, he didn't look anxious, but waved his hand and said: "This matter is not in a hurry, let's wait for another day, and then it's not too late to go, since we will offend the Seleuc as soon as we go, then it is better to leave them a big surprise, and when the Seleucians find out that we have left, I am afraid that the army of Great Qin will soon reach their territory, and at that time, they will definitely not have time to care about us anymore, Great Qin and Seleu should fight and fight, and we, You can take a look at the excitement in peace. ”

Hu Hai's meaning is very clear, that is, what he wants to do, he must do it to the extreme, he has to run when Daqin's army is only one foot away from them.

Left and right they ran in the opposite direction of Seleu's direction, even if it was known by the Great Qin people, the soldiers of Great Qin would definitely not pursue them, because Daqin's target was Seleuc, and they would not know that the people leading this team were Hu Hai and Zhao Cheng.

Maybe he will know when Han Xin really attacks Seleucus, but at that time, obviously they won't know where Hu Hai and Zhao Cheng went, this place even Antiochus III doesn't know, this is the ultimate place that Hu Hai and Zhao Cheng want in this land, only after they have a place that really belongs to them, they can sit and watch the changes in this world, and then slowly figure it out.

A day passed, and in this day's time, Daqin's army was dressed in dark clothes and armor, and rushed to the city where Hu Hai and Zhao Cheng were in a uniform manner, with the feeling that the black clouds were overwhelming the city and wanted to destroy it as stated in the poems of later poets, yes, Han Xin also wanted to create a trace of this feeling for these people, so that his team could take advantage of the psychological advantage.

But this night, Han Xin was resting in the big tent, and suddenly one of his generals ran in, and then told Han Xin a very dramatic news.

"What? All the generals and sergeants defending the city in that city ran away through the back door? ”

"Yes, not only the generals and sergeants ran away, but most of the people also seem to have run away with their luggage and their families, general, are we going to cover up at this time?"

"In what direction did they go?"

"Ran in the opposite direction of Seleuc, and went directly out of the territory of Seleuc, but because there are some small countries around here, no one dares to stop them with forty or fifty thousand men and horses, and as for where they are going, they can't decide, but they can only ensure that they are not going in the direction of Seleuc."

"It's not that he fled in the direction of Seleu, which means that this time he fled to that must be unknown to the monarch of Seleu, he wouldn't have thought that the general in this city would run away directly with the defenders, so this is a big opportunity for us!"

"What does the general mean...... Aren't we going to chase the soldiers who have fled? ”

"That's natural, since they have withdrawn from this war, it naturally has nothing to do with us anymore, we immediately set off, directly through the city that is now an empty city, and then go straight to the defense line built by the Seleucians, and give them a surprise!"

So, Han Xin hurriedly summoned Meng Tian and others to discuss the dispatch of troops this time.

"If all the 300,000 troops are dispatched, I'm afraid it will be ...... in terms of time" After Meng Tian heard this, he was also quite supportive of Han Xin's decision, but there was no certainty in his heart about the number of troops to be dispatched, because the scale and speed of the march of the 300,000 army were very slow.

"This time, I will bring 50,000 elite cavalry, and General Meng Tian will bring 50,000 elite cavalry to plunder the Seleucid fortifications! All we have to do is to kill the Seleucians as quickly as possible and give them a hard blow in morale! ”

After setting a strategy, Meng Tian also recognized this matter, and that night, the two of them took 100,000 cavalry with the fastest marching cavalry to go into battle lightly, directly crossed the city, and went to the hinterland of the Seleucians.

And the rest of the soldiers and horses are moving slowly, the city that Hu Hai and Zhao Cheng don't want, they still want it, with this stronghold, it will undoubtedly be of great benefit to their battle.

Hu Hai and Zhao Cheng left so suddenly that the scouts sent by Antiochus III to monitor them did not notice it at the first time, and when they woke up and found that this city was a little wrong, the 100,000 army led by Han Xin and Meng Tian had already crossed this city, and they missed the best opportunity to report to Antiochus III.

The first news that Antiochus III received was that the 100,000 Great Qin Iron Cavalry who came from somewhere had arrived in the territory of Seleucus and entered the hinterland of Seleucus, and immediately attacked the defense line they had built.

"What? Hu Hai and Zhao Cheng's 50,000 horses were taken down by Daqin's men and horses so quickly? ”

This is what Antiochus III never thought of, and such a situation completely disrupted his initial arrangement for this war, it turned out that he still wanted to observe the true strength of the Great Qin cavalry through the 50,000 cannon fodder of Hu Haiha Zhao Cheng, so he obviously did not have such a chance.

Before the fortifications were yet to be built, Antiochus III was in a hurry, and almost called most of the cavalry here from the places they were guarding, and then led by him and several generals under his command, directly charged against the cavalry led by Han Xin and Meng Tian.

This was something that Han Xin and Meng Tian did not expect, at this time, Han Xin had to admit that this Seleucid monarch Antiochus III was really a very good fighting person, if it was an ordinary general, it was estimated that after suddenly learning the news, he could only hastily organize a wave of defense and finish the matter, but Antiochus III did the opposite and rushed out with the same number of soldiers and horses.

Although this is likely to cause great damage to their own soldiers and horses, it is indeed the best means to face such a situation, although it does not turn passive into active, but it is equivalent to turning passive into evenly matched.

"General, this battle is a great opportunity to test the true combat strength of my Great Qin cavalry, if you can't kill these enemy troops under such circumstances, it is really an insult to the training of my Great Qin cavalry over the years!"

This sentence was the words that Han Xin said to Meng Tian after learning what kind of strategy Antiochus III had adopted, and the words obviously also revealed strong self-confidence.

"That's natural, every one of my Great Qin soldiers has undergone rigorous training, and the formation is also difficult for ordinary cavalry to crack, plus the armor and weapons designed by Zhang Kai, if you can't fight five with one, it's simply a joke."

Meng Tian's words of one enemy and five were not said casually, but he had been witnessing the development of Daqin's cavalry, since Daqin had not unified the Six Kingdoms, he had been commanding Daqin's cavalry, so the difference between this was very clear to Meng Tian.