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Chapter 613: The Price of Pride

These are the results Ying Gao had originally wanted, so Han Xin and Meng Tian naturally agreed. Such a big thing was settled.

Of course, Ying Gao would not forget Xiang Yu in such a chaotic war. Although it seemed a bit unlikely to let Xiang Yu take out a 300,000 army, Xiang Yu could still take out a 100,000 elite army.

At this time, Ying Gao's perspective on war was completely different from before, because now their enemies are all very capable enemies, and it would be absolutely unrealistic to win with less as when Da Chen won.

Under the premise that everything has reached its best, military strength is also very important. Faced with Seleu or the Romans, Ying Gao asked his side to have an absolute advantage in military strength.

Ying Gao knew that the most desperate thing was that the individual combat ability was not good, but when he looked up, he saw that there were more troops than you. I don’t know how many of them were. No matter who it was, he would not want to fight such a battle. Antioch III, who was extremely arrogant and strong before, decided to surrender to the Qin Dynasty after experiencing such a state of mind.

It can be said that without the Romans' knowledge, Ying Gao had already laid a large net around Seleu, waiting for the Romans to come.

The sudden emergence of the Qin Dynasty at this moment completely disrupted the original layout of the world. Ying Gao knew that if all his plans were successful, Rome would slowly pass away before it developed, and it would be difficult to achieve the grand occasion of his previous life. Macedonia encountered the Qin Dynasty, a life-saving straw when he was on the decline.

It took time for the Romans to raise 300,000 troops. In fact, what surprised them the most was that they could send out 300,000 cavalry at once. This force was indeed a bit incredible to them, but it was far from being truly seen by the Romans.

There are too many allies in their lives. Not to mention 300,000 people, if they say something, six or seven hundred thousand can be collected. But what they didn't consider is how many real elites can be among these hundreds of thousands of people, and how many real elites can be among the people of Daqin.

In fact, this misunderstanding between the Romans was very common in later generations. When a newcomer first appeared on the stage, no matter how talented he had, those so-called "old qualifications" would not look at him with an eye. Until one day, when they found out that the other party was so powerful, they would never have the chance to turn over.

Ying Gao also wanted to make the Romans not have a chance to turn the tables, but it is obviously not the time now. Not to mention anything else, in this battle, the Romans were just one side that attacked across a lot of distances, and the Qin Dynasty was just one side that defended. When the Qin Dynasty truly became the attacking side, the other side that was not in this formation. When it comes to life and death, no matter how weak the sergeant is, he will burst out with huge potential.

Of course, this situation is not something Ying Gao needs to consider now. He must first protect Seliu and remove the hidden dangers of Hu Hai and Zhao Cheng, and then consider the next issue. Although the powerful enemies have begun to come to the front of the stage one by one, Ying Gao still does not want the Qin Dynasty to be eager for quick success and instant benefits in this process. Whether it is the Mauryan Dynasty, Seliu or the country that the Qin will still occupy in the future, if their people cannot think from the perspective of their hearts that they are members of the Qin, these places will definitely become time bombs for the Qin Dynasty in the process of continuing to move forward. Once the fire in the backyard occurs, all the previous efforts will be wasted.

So after reaching a cooperation with Philip V, Han Xin and Meng Tian were not idle either. Just like during the Mauryan Dynasty before, they drew the officials and scholars of the Qin Dynasty into the city of Seleu, and began to preach the Qin laws of the Qin and popularize the language of the Qin to the Seleu people.

Although the Seleu people had a certain hatred for the Qin Dynasty under the leadership of Antioch III, because Antioch III cooperated with Ying Gao in Xianyang City, so after Ying Gao spread some news, such as some generals of the Seleuth not only did not receive bad treatment after they arrived in the Qin Dynasty, but instead became officials of the Qin Dynasty. The Seleuth people gradually began to accept the fact that the Qin Dynasty had occupied the territory of the Seleuth.

Although the Seleu people were divided into different levels, they were not as strict as before the Mauryan Dynasty. Therefore, for them, there were no scoundrels, and they recognized the Qin Dynasty faster.

If the Romans and Macedonians had a deeper understanding of the Qin Dynasty, they would not have looked down on the strength of the Qin Dynasty so easily, but they did not, and even did not understand the strategies used by the Qin Dynasty in Seleu.

For Rome and Macedonia, their problem is that they are a bit too arrogant. If they are always arrogant, the final outcome will only make them fall heavily. Ying Gao knows this truth, but Ying Gao will not tell them easily.

Hu Hai and Zhao Hu were both careful when they retreated with 10,000 people. But now it seems that the careful they left really saved their lives.

After a long search, Han Xin's confidant did not find the city where Hu Hai and the others were. Han Xin had guessed that the enemy was deliberately confusing them, but he really didn't think about Hu Hai.

Since the Roman envoy left, Hu Hai has been really low-key for a while. After all, he has appeared in front of the formation before. If he doesn't hide it for a while, it will be very easy to reach Han Xin and Meng Tian's ears.

On this day, Hu Hai was exploring how to recruit soldiers. Suddenly, Zhao Hu entered his mansion and said anxiously: "Young Master, the previous messenger has arrived again. It is obvious that he has received new instructions related to us in their dynasty."

In fact, Hu Hai was very reluctant to communicate with people like the Roman envoy who seemed to be superior. He wanted to kill the Roman envoy with one knife, but he couldn't do that. If he wanted to truly obtain a piece of land that he could completely control, he really had to rely on the power of Rome. Even if he couldn't finally cooperate with Rome to take down Seleu, Hu Hai thought that at least he had to take advantage of the chaos. Two small cities would definitely not support his dream of dominance.

"Let's go and take a look. I see this guy Yi is just a low-ranking Roman official. We should not be so humble in front of him. Since they want to use my identity, we naturally have to make more requests."

After Hu Hai gave Zhao Hu some advice, he took Zhao Hu to the room where the envoy was.

"This time, my consul of Rome has really decided to send troops to attack Seleu. Didn't the Qin Dynasty have 300,000 cavalry in Seleu? We Rome will soon gather 300,000 cavalry, and you need to take our tens of thousands of troops to meet our troops and finally attack Seleu with our troops. In this way, after Seleu is captured, you will be one of the most important contributions. A piece of land in Seleu must be distributed to you as a reward, which is better than living in these two shabby cities, right?"

After hearing this, Hu Hai felt sick for a while. At first glance, there was nothing wrong with this, but when Hu Hai thought about it carefully, he found that the other person's source was full of disdain for him.

His tens of thousands of troops are almost all his family foundation. If he really participates directly in the war, it will be like he is playing this game with Rome. Once the game fails, Rome may have lost 300,000 people. People don’t care, but Hu Hai’s fate will be quite miserable.

Even if they put aside these things, they really successfully took Seliu from the hands of Daqin, and they didn't say how many cities and population would be given to Hu Hai. They just said a few perfunctory words in this way, which was something that Hu Hai could not bear in his heart.

"What the sir said is that I will send at least 30,000 troops this time and secretly observe Seliu's territory. If there is any abnormal movement in the Qin army, I will definitely inform you as soon as possible so that the 300,000 troops will be prepared!"

Facing Hu Hai's smiling face, the Roman messenger felt quite good, but of course he didn't know what Hu Hai's real thought was.

Hu Hai thought that the 300,000 army of Great Qin and Rome could be a loss-making result for both sides, because Hu Hai judged that in order to attack Seliu with all his might, the 300,000 cavalry is now the entire Qin Dynasty. If these 300,000 army were damaged, there would definitely be no such large-scale soldiers in either the Mauryan Dynasty or the Great Qin Dynasty. It would be great that the remaining troops could protect themselves.

Under such circumstances, if the 300,000 army of Great Qin and Rome were both defeated by the 300,000 army, neither Great Qin nor Rome would have the real hard power to occupy Seleu. Antioch III and his confidants were all imprisoned by Ying Gao in Xianyang City, so Hu Hai could naturally lead his 50,000 or 60,000 troops to take over Seleu under such circumstances.

Although there must be many variables in this, Hu Hai knew that the Romans wanted to act as their eyes on this area, and there must be room for them to operate. First of all, he could not let the Romans' 300,000 military gods arrive near Seleu without knowing it. What he wanted was a head-on confrontation between the two armies, because only head-on confrontation could consume troops to the maximum extent. No matter whose troops were consumed, as long as the number of remaining people was less than 30,000 to 50,000, he could stand up and clean up the mess.

It can be said that from Rome, Macedonia, Qin, and Hu Hai, every force who knows this wants to make things develop in its own direction.

But what they didn't know was that such large-scale military use has unknowingly become a new record of military use on this land over the years.

They obviously did not know that the Battle of Changping that occurred on the Central Plains was that the 450,000 troops that Zhao went to fight were almost wiped out. The total number of Zhao State was only less than four million. Even if the Qin State was defeated, the loss was still more than 200,000. A battle wiped out 700,000 people in the Central Plains. In fact, from the later stage, neither Zhao State nor Qin State was the real winner. If such a war occurred three or four times, the Central Plains would be a trampled Central Plains and would be difficult to recover in ten years.

And now they are facing such a situation. Rome, Qin, Hu Hai, Macedonia, and even the Huns will have at least 800,000 or 900,000 troops in this battle. Once this is a battle of heavy casualties, a large part of the best warriors in this era will be lost here, and this is destined to be a battle that will go down in history.

In the far east, Ying Gao had already become friends with Antioch III without realizing it. From time to time, he would summon Antioch III into his hall and ask about Rome and Macedonia from his mouth.

Antioch III reached this point. Although he was not afraid of death, he no longer wanted to die. Every time Ying Gao summoned him into Xianyang Palace and asked questions, he would buy something he should need for his mansion.

From a maid at the beginning to serving wine and food later, Antioch III felt the beauty that he had never felt during this period. He even began to feel that Shari Saga lived a very good life in the Qin Dynasty.

On the other hand, he was still very reluctant to let go of his hometown Antioch III. When Ying Gao asked him about Rome and Macedonia, he would reveal some of the situation of Seleu to him.

Antioch III also knew that if Rome really sent troops to attack Seleu, even if the cavalry guarding Seleu was very powerful, the losses were inevitable, and it was very likely to affect the people of Seleu. Those were his people, Antioch III would definitely not bear it. This was one of the reasons why he spared no effort to make the Qin and Philip V reach cooperation in this matter.

"Do you think if Rome also sent two or three hundred thousand troops, how much would we lose in our battle with them?"
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