Chapter 611 A flaw
But what Hu Hai didn't know was that Meng Tian and Han Xin had a division of labor. Meng Tian brought his troops outside to face the enemy, while Han Xin stood on a high place and watched the enemy's movements.
"The other soldiers fled in scattered ways, and I don't know how many of them were trampled on each other. However, this team of 10,000 people retreated directly in one direction when they saw something bad. It seems that the backbone of the enemy's battle this time is in the ten thousand army."
After Han Xin discovered this, he immediately sent a team of his own soldiers to see the situation of these ten thousand people. He believed that the flaw of the mysterious enemy that Ying Gao mentioned should be here.
After a long journey, Hu Hai and Zhao Hu returned directly to their city with 10,000 people. After arriving in the city, Hu Hai found that the envoy was waiting for them in the city lord's mansion.
"How about this battle?" After seeing Hu Hai and Zhao Hu who were slightly embarrassed, the messenger's first sentence turned out to be a slightly joking tone.
"Everything you said is not a fact. If we hadn't made a quick decision to withdraw, we would have been captured by the generals of the Qin Dynasty at this time. Where are the elite soldiers you mentioned? Where are the internal and external cooperation? Those 100,000 troops could not compete with the cavalry of the Qin Dynasty. If all your soldiers were at this level, it would be of no significance to a 500,000 army!"
Although Hu Hai said this with anger and was very unpleasant, it was also true. The envoy had promised them before. Although there were fewer people, they were all elite. Another thing was that when they arrived in the Seleu realm, someone would cooperate with them inside and outside, making the Qin army exhausted.
However, these two most important conditions were obviously not met by the Romans, which made Hu Hai take the 100,000 miscellaneous army and almost nothing left after three days.
After hearing Hu Hai's words, the messenger did not look angry, but continued slowly: "We did not arrange these two things before, but after this battle, your mission was well completed, and your own troops did not lose any loss. Where did you get angry?"
"If my place and identity are exposed to the eyes of the Qin generals, it will soon become a ruin. Naturally, if you return to your territory, everything will be fine. Naturally, you will not be able to understand my suffering."
Hu Hai was obviously still angry. He knew that even if the person in front of him was just an envoy from the Roman Kingdom, his status in Rome would definitely not be very high, but it would be very simple to kill him or even destroy his two small cities.
But he still said this, because Hu Hai wanted to see if his identity as the younger brother of the Great Qin Emperor was important to this arrogant dynasty. Hu Hai even made up his mind that if this envoy had a bad intention towards him, he might not be able to get out of his city.
"You will not be exposed until we send troops again. Your identity is useful to us. You are here and wait for our news."
He was not angry at what Hu Hai said, but left with confidence.
"Young Master, how credible is this guy's words?" Zhao Hu asked with confusion after the Roman envoy left.
"Since he was able to easily mobilize 100,000 people and don't care about the life and death of these people, it is enough to show that their dynasty has certain strength. However, according to the speed of their arrival, they should be quite far from Seliu, so they did not hesitate to summon some people with average combat effectiveness to test the combat effectiveness of the Qin cavalry. If I expected it was good, they did not take the combat effectiveness of the Qin cavalry seriously. They thought that the 100,000 army and the external harmony could take Seliu down. They never thought that their inner support would have long been taken down by Han Xin, and thus suffered a crushing defeat."
When Zhao Cheng and Zhao Hu heard this, they knew that Hu Hai had no problem at all, but this analysis also arises. Although the messenger was so bragging, it was obvious that he had to go back to report the news first. If Han Xin and Meng Tian found Hu Hai's place first at this time, they would basically finish playing.
"Young Master thinks, can this dynasty really defeat the Qin?"
"Of course they cannot defeat the Qin Dynasty. Today's Qin Dynasty is not the Qin Dynasty in the past, but they cannot defeat the Qin Dynasty. We can rely on their strength to take down Seliu. We don't need the Qin Dynasty, we only need one Seliu. In a few years, it is not certain who belongs to the world."
Hu Hai obviously had a plan in his heart, but what he didn't know was that Han Xin and Meng Tian also had some plan in his heart at the same time.
"Did you really see ten thousand people withdraw in an orderly manner?" When this exciting battle ended, Meng Tian returned to the city and Han Xin immediately told him what he had observed.
"Yes, the initiator of this battle is thought to be under the escort of these ten thousand people. They may indeed be a joint army composed of many forces, but those ten thousand people must be the soul of this army. As long as we find the place of these ten thousand people, we should be able to give you a surprise."
"We have never been able to find Hu Hai before, because we have no trace. Now this army is fleeing in a hurry, it is impossible for us to leave no traces behind. As long as we can find it, the follow-up matters will be easier!"
Soon, Han Xin and Meng Tian reached a consensus. Of course, they could think that the previous 100,000 troops were very likely not the Romans mentioned by Ying Gao in the letter, but whether they were sent by the Romans to fight before the front was a problem that Han Xin and Meng Tian had to figure out. After all, they had already shown the true strength of the Qin cavalry in front of these troops.
Han Xin sent a team of his own confidants to search in the direction of the ten thousand people running away. This time, Han Xin had a strong premonition and would definitely gain something.
One hundred thousand people failed in the attack on Seliu. If the scale of these 100,000 people was used to attack other small forces, they would definitely have great gains. This also allowed the surrounding forces to see the strength of the Great Qin cavalry again. The Great Qin occupied the Mauryan Dynasty and now occupied Seliu. Therefore, from the perspective of ability, the rise of the Great Qin does not require any doubt.
After the storm, there was endless peace, and the traces of those ten thousand people were not so easy to find. After searching for nearly two months, Han Xin and Meng Tian found that these ten thousand people were probably deliberately taking a detour to cover up their whereabouts.
If it was really related to Rome, according to what Ying Gao said, Rome would definitely not have any scruples, so there was no need for them to take a detour to let the cavalry of the Qin Dynasty not know where they were going.
So based on this detail, Han Xin judged that this team of troops was very likely not very far from them, and might even be the allies Rome was looking for nearby.
Obviously, Han Xin thought that this was getting closer and closer to the truth, so he began to investigate within a certain range. He believed that there must be some clues that made him find this team of people. After the team was found, it was clear whether this matter had something to do with the Rome mentioned by Ying Gao.
At the same time, after so long, Ying Gao also got the news this time. He saw that it was only a 100,000-yuan miscellaneous army. Ying Gao was not as much as Han Xin and Meng Tian thought. In Ying Gao's opinion, this was obvious, but they looked down on your strength a little, so he gave it a try first.
What he cared about was what he had done after trying this. Ying Gao thought about it for a while, and then summoned Antioch III to the Xianyang Palace in the Qin Dynasty.
During this period, although Antioch III had temporarily lost his life and life was definitely not good. He was imprisoned by Ying Gao in the mansion assigned to him. There was no one else in the mansion except a maid who took care of his daily life. Antioch III did not live such a life, so he was still very painful in his thoughts.
This time, Ying Gao summoned into Xianyang Palace. Antioch's personality has changed. He finally realized that his destiny is controlled by Ying Gao, the Emperor of Qin. He is not able to live as long as he wants to live, or die as he wants to die.
"Rome may have really taken action against our forces in Seleu, but it was not the way I imagined before. This time I asked you to come here just to see your opinions."
Ying Gao did not say anything nonsense to him, but said straight to the point of what happened on Seleu's territory, and then waited for Antioch III to speak.
"It's nothing strange. There are many dynasties like Rome and Macedonia. They are surrounded by many dynasties. These dynasties are dependent on their side to survive. There are even many times in history that they have been spared from the destruction of their country. It is not surprising that Rome has raised 100,000 people. On the one hand, they want to see if the cavalry of the Qin Dynasty is as powerful as they sound. On the other hand, if the Romans get elite troops, Macedonia will probably know that if one is not good, it will provoke a war between these two empires, so the Romans will definitely be very cautious about this matter."
Antioch III no longer cherishes his words like gold this time, but expresses his meaning as soon as possible. Although he is trying his best to cover it up, Ying Gao still realized that this guy has been alone for so long, and he is almost exhausted.
According to what Antioch III said, the second point was something Ying Gao did not expect. According to Ying Gao's understanding, the two major dynasties should be very restrained in using each other. After all, once a large-scale war breaks out, it is very likely that neither side can find a good situation.
But after thinking about it carefully, Ying Gao knew the key point. Macedonia did not care who Rome attacked, but Seleu did not do it. One, Seleu was an ally of Macedonia before. Although it was occupied by the Qin Dynasty, it was not Rome's turn to take charge. The other was to attack Seleu through the vicinity of Macedonia. As two forces that had fought before, of course, the relationship would not be good now. If Rome had tens of thousands of cavalry near Macedonia, Philip V would probably not let them go to Seleu, and would take the lead.
Thinking of this, Ying Gao was really not worried anymore, and a bold idea appeared in his heart.
When Philip V united Antioch III and some other forces, he was defeated in the Second Macedonian War, which eventually led to the destruction of the Macedonian dynasty soon after.
This shows that as far as the current situation is concerned, Macedonia is definitely not as strong as Rome, but they probably don't know it yet.
"I'm afraid I'll have to borrow your help in this matter!"
Ying Gao looked at Antioch III again and said with a smile.
When Ying Gao said his request, Antioch III also widened his eyes in disbelief, as if he was confirming to Ying Gao if he had heard the meaning of Ying Gao's words wrongly.
"That's right, that's what I think. Whether this thing will succeed or not has nothing to do with you. You just need to write this letter. I think in your heart, you shouldn't have any good feelings for Rome, right?"
Of course, Antioch III knew that he actually had no choice. If he didn't write this letter, Ying Gao would have many ways to achieve his goals, so he nodded silently and then started writing.
Through this recent war, Ying Gao suddenly discovered that the Qin Dynasty might have developed to this level. The existence of Rome and Macedonia that made people of this era scare are not an invincible existence for the Qin Dynasty.
But even so, Ying Gao still decided to use some tricks. Although it was the same for the Qin Dynasty, Rome and Macedonia, and it was a stumbling block on his own way to unify the world, but he could achieve the results he wanted at a much less cost. Ying Gao was still not afraid of the little troubles in the process.
After Antioch wrote this letter, Ying Gao sent him back. As a reward, Ying Gao gave him a beautiful girl from the Huns, saying that she was to relieve Antioch's boredom.
Of course, Antioch III knew what Ying Gao's ultimate goal was. When did he become the next Salishuga, and if he willingly became that way, he would probably be completely safe on the land of Daqin. However, whether he could truly become like that, Antioch III's heart was not accurate.
Chapter completed!