Chapter 533 The rampant Seleucid Dynasty
After attacking several cities near their dynasty, they immediately sent envoys back to the Seleucid Dynasty to meet Antioch III, and told Antioch III that the Mauryan Dynasty has now become a homeless land. Even if the Seleucid Dynasty does not occupy it, then when other dynasties find it in a while, they will divide it up.
To put it bluntly, what they expressed to Antioch III was that the current Mauryan Dynasty was a piece of meat on the chopping board. If anyone took it away, it would be whose. Hesitation would only bring them losses.
Originally, Antioch III had not found out the truth of the Qin Dynasty and was not very confident about rashly attacking the Mauryan Dynasty. However, after the remarks of several generals under his command, his worries were loosened a little bit.
According to his idea, once the generals under his command attacked those cities, they would definitely send troops to stop them by those aliens who had occupied the capital of the Mauryan Dynasty.
When that time comes, he will be able to judge the strength and combat effectiveness of the aliens, and then decide on his own strategy for the Mauryan Dynasty, which will undoubtedly be very reliable.
But now the people he sent out have been showing off on the land of the Mauryan Dynasty for a long time, and the sound is also very loud. There is no reason why the aliens who occupied the capital of the Mauryan Dynasty did not know about this.
Since they knew it and let their generals do so, there is only one explanation in Antioch III's mind, that is, those aliens dare not confront the troops they sent.
Once he thought about it this way, the large area of land in the Mauryan Dynasty had become a large piece of unowned fat in his eyes. With such an idea, it was quite easy to make a decision.
Antioch III agreed to expand the generals he sent out without thinking, attacking several more cities, and step by step towards the capital of the Mauryan Dynasty, the Mauryan Dynasty occupied by foreign races, to see if there were any foreigners who occupied the Mauryan City in one fell swoop, turning the entire Mauryan Dynasty into the territory of the Seleu Dynasty.
Although the territory of the Seleucid Dynasty is not small after several Eastern Expeditions by Antioch III in recent years, if the Mauryan Dynasty can be taken down in one fell swoop, it would almost double the basis of their original territory. It has to be said that this is quite attractive to Antioch III, who has always had great ambitions in his heart.
What Antioch III did not know was that what they said was that the so-called alien race that occupied the city of Fahrenheit was not actually the small dynasty that had previously attached to the Mauryan Dynasty as he imagined, but a dynasty with a scale of no less than the Mauryan Dynasty and a population and property richer than the Mauryan Dynasty.
But Antioch III did not come from later generations like Ying Gao. He did not know the existence of the Great Qin. He did not believe that there would be a Great Qin in the northeast of the Mauryan Dynasty, which completely exceeded his understanding of the world.
Continuing the attack meant that Antioch III would send some more soldiers to his generals, but in his opinion, this was not a big deal.
According to the habit of Anketou III, who had previously claimed to be the Great Emperor, the largest number of soldiers he could lead was about 200,000, while the previous ones were only 50,000 or 60,000.
Because he discovered that the enemy troops guarding the City of Hua and the surrounding cities were only 100,000, Antioch III was very confident that he could finally take over the Mauryan Dynasty.
Of course, he didn't know that behind the more than 100,000 people was a super dynasty with tens of millions of people, which was not the Huns with nearly 200,000 elite cavalry. In contrast, the Seleucid Dynasty had the largest population just exceeded 10 million eighty or ninety years ago.
Now, it is only seven or eight million, and the population means the number of soldiers that can be recruited, and any monarch knows this.
Although he was very happy, after Antioch III's order came down, the generals were much more careful than before. They were unstoppable to the city of the Mauryan Dynasty, and they were unstoppable to the city of the Mauryan Dynasty. So they were unsure of who was more combat-effective in their army, but they subconsciously believed that there was no stronger dynasty around the Mauryan Dynasty than their Seleuth Dynasty.
At the same time, Peng Yue and Sima Xin have also begun to expand the scope of the Qin scouts' investigation. Although they were originally thinking of sending an army of about 50,000 people to give them a blow when the enemies were complacent to attack many Mauryan dynasty cities, Ying Gao's orders cannot be violated. Moreover, they both knew that Ying Gao's orders were a safer way. After all, the construction of the Western Regions is not enough to become a large rear of the Mauryan dynasty, so wait a little longer, it is very likely that Ying Gao will lead them to give the other side a greater blow.
Soon, the scouts of the Qin Dynasty returned a news that made Peng Yue, Sima Xin and others feel a little unoptimistic. After occupying several cities on the western border of the Mauryan Dynasty, the enemy did stay in the city for a long time, but they seemed to be unable to satisfy this. Instead, they recently attacked a city closer to the core area of the Mauryan Dynasty.
"If this is the case, what should I do?"
"According to the emperor, if those people approach our defense line, they will naturally know the power of our Great Qin army!"
"And I, the Huns, are better for those people to approach us to set up defenses, otherwise I don't know how long it will take to make them arrogant. The Major General is currently in charge of the straight road in the Western Regions. I think it will take two or three months to really organize the troops to arrive at me. In the past two or three months, I don't want to watch the enemy unscrupulously under the noses of our waiting!"
Long Qi had just received Xiang Yu's instructions, but Xiang Yu's instructions did not ask him not to act rashly, but asked him to observe what the two generals of the Qin Dynasty meant. If Peng Yue and Sima Xin did not attack, he naturally could not attack, but if Peng Yue and Sima Xin went out, he would just cooperate and kill the enemy.
Yilongqi's understanding of Xiang Yu knew that although Xiang Yu did not say it clearly, the actual meaning was to make him better be able to play some role in it and instigate the two to fight the enemy.
Because according to the division between Xiang Yu and Ying Gao, the land northwest of the Mauryan Dynasty belongs to the Huns. If we cannot completely defeat this enemy, even if the Huns come, we will have to fight with them with real swords and guns. If we really want to do that at that time, the losses will be huge.
The thoughts in the three of them were surprisingly consistent this time, and they all knew that the reason why Ying Gao asked them not to act rashly was simply because they were afraid that they were killed by the enemy in the past few months without reinforcements, so they were gone even if they were killed in Fahrenheit City.
But as generals, the three of them had their own pride in their hearts. They didn't believe that those enemies who came from whom they didn't know where could easily defeat them.
You know, including Longji's 50,000 cavalry, they actually have an army of about 150,000. However, Longji's cavalry is stationed in a relatively hidden place, which gives the enemy the feeling that they only have 100,000 infantry soldiers. It is precisely because of this that Antioch III judged that his strength should be stronger than Peng Yue and the others.
Driven by this idea, they decided to expand their defense line outward for a few levels, and secretly mobilize Long Qi's cavalry, staying still during the day, and specifically launching at night, wearing the armor of the Mauryan soldiers. When those who are indifferent to the enemy start to attack the next city, they will rush back and forth secretly. One is to eliminate their sharpness, and the other is to know what the combat effectiveness of these enemies is.
Ying Gao didn't know about the incident of the Mauryan Dynasty. He could only do his best to make Han Xin prepare sufficient troops and horses, and then when the barracks in the Western Regions were built, they gathered a considerable number of troops there.
Because Ying Gao could already see that this time the Mauryan Dynasty was attacked by the Seleu Dynasty, the war facing the Qin Dynasty in the future must be on the periphery of the Mauryan Dynasty, and there will be no more wars in the direction of the Huns and the direction of the South Vietnam, and the other directions are the vast sea.
So while waiting for the result of Fusu's construction of the barracks and Xiang Yu's construction of the straight road, Ying Gao was also discussing something with Han Xin and Meng Yi.
"The Grand Marshal thinks, what's my proposal?"
In addition to Ying Gao and Han Xin, there was Meng Yi. The reason why Meng Yi was brought over on this day was because there was something closely related to Meng Yi. Ying Gao felt that it would be not good for him and Han Xin to settle it like this, so he wanted to ask for his opinion first.
"The Lord means to withdraw the soldiers from Shangjun? Once the direction of the Huns changes..."
"What I mean is not to withdraw all the soldiers from Shangjun, but to leave 30,000 to guard the Great Wall and the rest to withdraw, because according to my guess, once Xiang Yu completes the straight road in the Western Regions, most of the Huns who can conquer and fight will also migrate to the Western Regions or the future Mauryan Dynasty. Under such circumstances, General Meng Tian, a general who is the mainstay of the Qin Dynasty, naturally has no reason to stay there and waste his time."
When Ying Gao said this, his intention to express was already very obvious, that is, to transfer Meng Tian from Shangjun.
Meng Yi knew why Ying Gao found him, because Meng Tian was his brother, and he had always controlled all the military power of Shangjun. Once Ying Gao failed to pass, he transferred Meng Tian from Shangjun. Meng Tian didn't know so much about what happened to the Mauryan Dynasty and the Huns. It was easy to have misunderstandings here, which would make their brothers misunderstand Ying Gao wanted to reduce the power in their brothers' hands. According to Ying Gao's statement at this time, this idea obviously did not exist.
"I wonder if the Lord wants Meng Tian to go to the Mauryan Dynasty or some other territory?"
Meng Yi's reaction was still very fast. There was no need for Meng Tian in Shangjun, so naturally there were other places that needed him more. In Meng Yi's opinion, this place would not be another territory, but only the Mauryan Dynasty.
"Yes, the Mauryan Dynasty is vast, and now we have discovered that there is a large dynasty in the northwest of the Mauryan Dynasty, and now we are interested in getting a piece of the pie from our Great Qin. Now I am asking General Han Xin to raise people and prepare to build a camp in the Western Regions that can accommodate at least 200,000 soldiers. However, the territory of the Mauryan Dynasty needs a person with great importance and ability to command our Great Qin army. In addition to General Meng Tian, I can't think of a second person."
In fact, Ying Gao did not mention Han Xin who was standing beside him. That was because Ying Gao did not want Han Xin to fall directly into a war that the Mauryan Dynasty would last for no reason. He still needed someone around him who could understand his ideas to help him make decisions. Meng Yi was already a little old, so this role was only the most suitable for Han Xin.
"I thanked you on behalf of Meng Tian. It is really a blessing for me to be so respectful to me, the Meng family! Meng Tian must have been very depressed in Shangjun without experiencing war for a long time. Now that I have this opportunity, I still don't know what kind of excitement I will be."
"Okay! Since the Grand Marshal has no objection to this matter, I will write an edict today, asking General Meng Tian to leave 30,000 people to his deputy general to continue guarding the Great Wall, and the rest of the soldiers will be brought back to Xianyang City for a while. After the general reunited with his tribesmen in Xianyang City for several days, he will set out for the Mauryan Dynasty!"
Who is Meng Tian? He is the God of War in the Qin Dynasty. He can hardly raise his head when the Huns, the former most powerful enemy of Daqin, was almost unable to raise his head. Meng Tian's military use was always elusive. He arranged him to the Mauryan Dynasty. Ying Gao believed that those people from the Seleu Dynasty would be like the previous Touman and Maodun, which made Meng Tian unable to find the North.
Chapter completed!