Chapter 605 They broke the rules of the game
After several months of fermentation, Seleu was taken down by the Great Qin. The news that Antioch III surrendered to the Great Qin was spread to a very far away, and to the territory of the dynasty that had been very concerned about the occupation of the Mauryan Dynasty by Daqi.
"Justice, the Qin Dynasty has just occupied the Mauryan Dynasty for less than three years, and now it has included Seleu's land in its territory. The expansion speed is really too fast, right?"
He is still the official who is responsible for the news of the Qin Dynasty. Almost every time he reports the news of the Qin Dynasty to his monarch, Daqin will have some very surprising manifestations, and the hidden meaning of his words is also very obvious, that is, if there is no restraint, Daqin will be very likely to continue to expand. Once such a situation occurs, it will sooner or later have a significant impact on them.
"Daqin, if they knew that they could stop, we wouldn't mind their development, but if their greed was never satisfied, they would break the rules of the game, and it's time for us to take action."
The monarch did not show any great confusion about the Qin Dynasty's occupation of Seliu. He just said this sentence lightly, and the official under his command was a little confused and didn't know how to handle it.
"Why do you think it's time for us to take action?"
"Let's observe it for a while. If there is any opportunity to make the people of Daqin feel uncomfortable, you can try it out a little. After all, things are far from being as dangerous as us, don't worry."
Less than a month after this conversation, a guy with a look and appearance was suddenly welcomed in the territory of this dynasty. This guy claimed to be from Seleu, who had just been captured by the Qin Dynasty, and was the order of Antioch III, who had surrendered to Seleu.
Immediately afterwards, a letter was placed in front of this monarch. He did not care much about such an envoy. With their strength, there were forces that were about to get close to them almost every day, and all kinds of letters were always placed on his table.
But this time, he decided to take a look and there was no other reason, because this incident involved Daqin, whom he had been paying attention to.
After reading this letter, a smile appeared on his face rarely, and then he called the official who reported the news of the Qin Dynasty to him from time to time and showed him the letter.
"I just finished speaking a few days ago. If we really have the opportunity to cause some trouble to Daqin, we still have to do it. Today, we will be delivered to our doorsteps by ourselves. It is indeed time for Daqin to know that there is a world beyond the sky!"
The official's attitude towards the Qin Dynasty has always been quite radical. When he heard this, he let out some gloss in his eyes: "Your Majesty, why not go to Seliu for a while and bring some people and horses."
But after hearing this, the monarch still shook his head and said, "It's not the time when we come forward, just find a small dynasty that is loyal to us and tell them to go on our behalf. If we can really cooperate with the Seleu people to drive away the Qin Dynasty, Seleu will belong to them! But don't let the Qin Dynasty know our existence."
Obviously, the monarch wanted to play the trick of killing people with a knife. He didn't want to use his own troops at all, but just wanted to get others involved in this storm. On the one hand, it was obviously that he did not want his dynasty to be exposed too early, and on the other hand, he did not attach importance to the Qin Dynasty. Although the Qin Dynasty developed rapidly, his hard power was still not enough in his eyes.
Although it was a bit unsatisfactory to do this in the eyes of this official, he was not easy to violate his monarch's instructions, so he left the city himself and went to find an obedient force according to what the monarch said.
Such things are difficult and take time to operate, because the distance from Seliu here is not as close as that from the Qin Dynasty, and there is no buffering for the Mauryan Dynasty in the middle.
Of course, Han Xin and Meng Tian didn’t know what happened here, and Ying Gao didn’t know either. The headache for Ying Gao is how to deal with Antioch III.
Antioch III was a monarch who was much older than himself but was still in his prime. Unlike Sharishuga, he threw Sharishuga on the streets of the Qin Dynasty. He was basically the same as an ordinary people in the Qin Dynasty, and his destruction of the public security in Xianyang City was very small.
But Antioch III is different. Although this guy is a monarch, he looks more like a general in Ying Gao's opinion. Although his figure is not very tall, his body is full of tendons. If he really fights with others, more than ten people should be unable to get close to him.
In addition, there were about a dozen confidants sent by Han Xin and Meng Tian with him this time. If all of these people were placed in Xianyang City, Ying Gao would not believe that they would be enjoying life here honestly like Sharishuga.
Especially now, there are a lot of people from the Mauryan Dynasty in the territory of the Great Qin Dynasty. The languages of the Mauryan Dynasty and the Seleu people are basically interoperable. Once he bribed the people from the Mauryan Dynasty who came to the Great Qin to do business and convey information between the Great Qin and Seleu, the consequences will be unimaginable.
But people like Antioch III have surrendered voluntarily, and their attitudes are very good in Seleu and in the territory of the Qin Dynasty, so Ying Gao cannot lock them up, because the experience of such a big figure as Antioch III in the territory of the Qin Dynasty will sooner or later be passed on to Seleu's territory. If Ying Gao wants the Seleu people to support the Qin Dynasty like the people of the Mauryan Dynasty, he must have a reputation for treating Antioch III well.
Finally, after several rounds of discussion, Ying Gao sent the confidants of Antioch III to different counties, and appointed them as low-level officials. It seemed that they lived a good life in the Qin Dynasty and had no worries about food and clothing, but in fact, they were kept under the surveillance of their confidants at all times.
As for Antioch III, Ying Gao left him in Xianyang City. Antioch III was the monarch of Seleu after all, Ying Gao should also give houses and maids to maids. However, Antioch III's residence was different from Sharishuga. His residence was in a very remote place. Ying Gao did not restrict his freedom or anything else, but once Antioch III was active in Xianyang City, Ying Gao's imperial guards would definitely know.
After arranging Antioch III, Ying Gao knew that Han Xin and Meng Tian had lost such a great force this time to launch such a soldier, but their mission was only half completed. Seleu was destroyed, and Seleu's monarch was successfully sent back, but Hu Hai had not captured it yet, so it could not be considered a success.
In this short period of time, Hu Hai was able to secretly develop tens of thousands of soldiers under the pursuit of the Qin people. Moreover, according to Ying Gao's analysis, it is very likely that this is not their full strength, which is enough to show their means.
Ying Gao knew that if Han Xin and Meng Tian could find Hu Hai within this year and a half, they would be able to eliminate them without any effort with the Qin army of 200,000 to 300,000, and then capture Hu Hai and Zhao Cheng.
But if he waited for a few years, with Hu Hai's ability, he would not know how much he would grow. If he gathered 100,000 and 200,000 people under his command, it would be very difficult to destroy their power in the chaotic land outside the Mauryan Dynasty.
After a long period of analysis, Ying Gao almost concluded that Hu Hai must have a very stable foothold outside of Seliu in that area. It may be the cooperation of a small force, or it may be that he directly destroyed a small force.
In short, they are likely to have their own cities and land at this time, otherwise they would not have taken away the people they brought from the Mauryan Dynasty.
In this way, Ying Gao had a direction. In his letters sent back to Han Xin and Meng Tian, he instructed them to investigate the small forces that had become famous within a certain range before they attacked Seliu. Hu Hai was likely to be controlling one or two cities.
Moreover, Ying Gao said that if he really found that there was an uncooperative force, he would be destroyed. Their first priority was to find Hu Hai and Zhao Cheng. Ying Gao also said that it doesn’t matter if Zhao Cheng was not found. Hu Hai had a special identity and had already clearly opposed the Qin Dynasty. If he was active there, once he was used by someone with a heart, it would be a huge hidden danger that affected the Qin Dynasty’s control over Seleu and the Mauryan Dynasty.
In addition, Ying Gao also specifically instructed Lu Jia, who was in charge of the Mauryan Dynasty. Because the Mauryan Dynasty had nothing to do now, he had to send some officials who had no problems in terms of language and ability to Seru to speed up the Qin Dynasty's control over Seru. After all, it is not enough to control a dynasty, but also to have officials.
After all these news was sent out, Ying Gao still didn't feel much in his heart. He himself didn't know why. He just felt that there seemed to be something missing and something more in the war against Seleu this time.
In fact, according to Ying Gao's previous estimate, once the Qin Dynasty completely controls Seliu, there is no need for Han Xin and Meng Tian to continue to be there. The name of the shadow man of the tree, the Qin Dynasty has destroyed the Mauryan Dynasty and Seliu one after another. If I provoke you, it will automatically become the third target of the Qin Dynasty?
Now, Ying Gao always had a bad premonition in his heart. Although the time to attack Seliu was very mature and the process was very smooth, he always felt that Han Xin and Meng Tian should not come back so soon. He couldn't say where this feeling came from, but he knew that if you had this feeling and didn't tell you what you were told to do according to this feeling, the consequences would definitely cost you a very painful price.
That night, Cao Shen, who did not come to Xianyang Palace often, appeared in front of Ying Gao. Cao Shen has been involved in the matter of Hu Hai and Zhao Cheng since the day the accident happened. Of course, Cao Shen knew how Hu Hai walked out of Xianyang Palace step by step and became the number one anti-Qin person today.
"I was watching Antioch III very well. If I expected it, there must be something hidden in this guy's heart. This time he surrendered to Han Xin and Meng Tian directly, and the matter in this matter is probably not that simple."
"Oh? Have you ever thought that since he has no disgust for being escorted back to Daqin, he is afraid that even if he has any thoughts in his heart, he has arranged it before surrendering. If others are not in Seliu, Seliu will naturally have someone to do this on his behalf. Therefore, no matter how much surveillance he performs in Daqin, it will not be of much use!"
Cao Shen's head was as flexible as ever. Although this was a different opinion, it was also a reminder of Ying Gao.
"After that being said, Antioch III, as the monarch of Seleu, was probably not so easy to accept his fate. I think so. While you monitor this person's movements, you must also..."
Ying Gao said a lot in Cao Shen's ear. After hearing this, Cao Shen nodded repeatedly. He had only admired Ying Gao, and nothing else.
A few days later, Antioch III found Ying Gao because he was not able to speak in the Qin Dynasty and wanted Ying Gao to equip him with a person who could speak their language until he learned the words of the Qin Dynasty.
Ying Gao said that he was too lazy to care about such trivial matters at all, so he directly gave Antioch a lot of money and asked him to spend money to hire him. Whether it was a native of the Qin Dynasty or a member of the Mauryan Dynasty, he could hire him in Xianyang City.
Seeing this, Antioch III did not refuse. After he took the money out of the palace gate of Xianyang Palace, he actually rushed to the most prosperous market in Xianyang City, with a hint of undetectable smile on his face. But what he didn't know was that when he looked at his back leaving Xianyang Palace, Ying Gao and Cao Shen looked at each other and smiled. This smile had a hint of other meaning, just like the smile of that person.
After this incident, Ying Gao discovered that the Mauryan Dynasty might have really been free to find a flaw. No real dynasty would be easy to deal with. He was in the Qin Dynasty, and the road was long and difficult.
Chapter completed!