What made Zhao Gang feel a little confused was that Ying Gao did not directly ask him what kind of person Zhao Hu was and what kind of strategy he had, but just smiled slightly, as if he was very confidently waiting for Zhao Hu's arrival.

"Since the war is about to begin, why don't the Lord return to the territory of the Qin Dynasty or the capital of the Mauryan Dynasty, but instead sit in Seleu, which is not easy to defend. On the way, I heard that Rome is the most powerful force in the west, and the Roman cavalry has been almost invincible for decades. Once the Qin Dynasty is defeated..."

In the war between the Great Qin and the Romans, Zhao Gang was of course on this side of the Great Qin. At least he was a native of the Great Qin people. Even the Romans were so different from them, so they were naturally a foreigner among the alien race. Although Zhao Hu defected to the Romans, the connection between him and Zhao Hu had been broken. Although the two had always been brothers before, Zhao Gang knew that they were not real brothers.

If the Qin Dynasty failed in the battle with Rome and the Emperor of the Qin Dynasty had another set of shortcomings, it would definitely be a very unfavorable situation for the Qin Dynasty. Although the Qin Dynasty had natural barriers in the Western Regions, without Ying Gao, the Qin Dynasty would no longer be the Qin Dynasty and would obviously return to the chaos in the past decade.

"Do you know, how did I defeat this Daqin step by step?"

Although Zhao Gang knew a little about how Ying Gao controlled the situation of Qin step by step, he certainly knew that Ying Gao should have something else to say at this time, so he didn't say anything.

"When I became the crown prince of the Great Qin, the Great Qin was in the midst of storm. Chen Sheng, Xiang Liang, and almost all the southern counties began to oppose Qin. I led the soldiers of the Great Qin to quell the rebellion many times. Almost every time the situation was more dangerous than this time. In Seliu, once I failed in the battle with the Romans, I still had many ways of retreat. If I failed before, I would not have a trace of retreat. No matter which time I failed, I would not appear here again. Since I had never been afraid at that time, why should I be afraid this time? Besides, the Romans came here because I thought I had returned to the territory of the Great Qin. If I appeared here, they might scare them to the point of being scared. The country of the Great Qin was defeated by me, so why should I be afraid?"

This sentence followed by Ying Gao's laughter. Although Zhao Gang seemed to be a little far-fetched when he heard these words, after saying them in Ying Gao's mouth, Zhao Gang felt reasonable.

Zhao Gang knew that he would definitely know the result of this battle here, and he might even meet his old friend Zhao Hu.

While waiting, Han Xin's team had been leaving for more than twenty days. Ying Gao knew that Han Xin and the others should have entered the enemy's territory. In the next ten days, it would be a very critical period for their army.

On this day, Ying Gao was checking the reports Xiao He and Meng Yi had received to him in his room these days. Suddenly, a while of very rapid footsteps came from outside the door, followed by Meng Tian's rough voice.

"Your Majesty, military information has come from the front!"

"Did the Roman army come to attack my Seleu's territory?" Ying Gao heard this and suddenly stood up. This was the moment he had been waiting for. As long as the main Roman troops appeared here, it means that Han Xin and the others would be much more relaxed in the enemy's territory. His planning for this battle was basically successful. Of course, as the emperor of the Qin Dynasty, he himself had to take some risks.

"Your Majesty, this matter is somewhat different from our previous predictions. The Romans did dispatch their main forces, led by the Roman consul himself, with at least 200,000 elite cavalry from the Roman land and many cavalry of Roman allies. However, they did not come directly to attack Seleu, but were capturing the cities of Macedonia. Because Philip V distributed many people to us, those cities of Macedonia could not resist the attack of the Romans. Now many cities have fallen into the hands of the Romans."

Ying Gao frowned when he heard this reward. Indeed, these were things he had never expected before, or he believed that the Romans only had the Great Qin in their eyes, and the Great Qin people only had Rome in their eyes, and there was no Macedonia. After all, when both sides took down the other side, Macedonia would naturally be its own territory.

But now the Romans attacked Macedonia first, and obviously took down many cities with great momentum. This seemed to be whether they would attack Seleu's territory in a short time, but it was obvious that when they had a city, they would not have to consider the fatigue of long-distance marching and food and grass issues. In this way, the intensity of attacking Seleu would be different from before.

Moreover, the Romans didn't know that Han Xin and Xiang Yu had left, so they must have prepared according to the fact that there were at least 200,000 to 300,000 cavalry here. The pressure on Ying Gao and Meng Tian was imaginable.

At this time, Han Xin and Xiang Yu were obviously already far away. The longer they could hold on, the greater the damage to the Roman territory.

"The Romans are not good at this time. Their ultimate goal must be Seleu, or even the Mauryan Dynasty. We must be fully prepared. This will be a very arduous offensive and defensive battle. We need to arrange all the soldiers to guard the city and not leave the city without authorization to fight the enemy. I will immediately pass the order to Jibu of the Huns, asking them to bring 50,000 Xiongnu cavalry into the city and set up defense with the general."

Ying Gao's words are enough to show that he attaches importance to this battle. Although if it really doesn't work, he can retreat to the territory of the Mauryan Dynasty, if he retreats to the Mauryan Dynasty before he can do anything, he will be very likely to be chased by the Romans to the Western Regions in the end. As the Emperor of Qin who was supervising the battle here, if such a scene really happens, it would be a bit embarrassing. Moreover, you have defeated other people's territory here and others have defeated your territory there. This is not the effect Ying Gao wants.

"Don't worry, although most of the soldiers have been taken away by General Han Xin and the others, the cities we guard are easy to defend and difficult to attack. We have done our homework all these days in and outside the city. Whether it is Qin crossbows or equipment, they are all well prepared, enough to deal with 200,000 people coming to attack the city. In addition to 50,000 Hun cavalry, it will not be a problem to guard for at least two months!"

Although Meng Tian was very confident, he finally gave his estimate of this war, which was to guard for two months.

If Han Xin and the others had not come back after two months, or the Romans had not received the news of the enemy's attack, they might have given up Seleu for the time being and retreated to the territory of the Mauryan Dynasty, because the city defending was based on manpower and the other was the various equipment to defend the city. According to Meng Tian's estimate, the city guarding equipment prepared in these cities could support two months, so Meng Tian said so.

"It's okay, the general can do his best. It is not a bad thing to introduce the enemy to the Mauryan dynasty. Moreover, the troops led by General Han Xin can definitely quickly capture the Roman territory. Under the current circumstances, although we have not fought, our Qin Dynasty definitely has a lot of advantages."

Meng Tian was still a little confused at first. After all, he was a little older. This time, not only was he barely half of the number of people, but his personnel were also composed of the Qin cavalry, Macedonian cavalry and Hun cavalry. Meng Tian knew about this. There were less than 50,000 Daqi cavalry who were really using very conveniently.

After receiving Ying Gao's general order, Meng Tian did not dare to delay any time. This time, because the number of enemies was too large, the soldiers of the Qin Dynasty used one of the large cities as a support and formed a line of defense with three or four nearby cities. Although this could greatly increase the difficulty of the Romans' attack, the difficulty of the Qin Dynasty's defense was also very high. If any city was taken down by the enemy without taking care of it, the rest would be very simple for the Romans.

Fortunately, Ying Gao has definitely transferred Ji Bu over this time. Meng Tian can still recognize Ji Bu's ability. At least although Ji Bu looks like a general of the Huns, he is still a Central Plains native and a Central Plains native who is familiar with military books. He must be able to understand Meng Tian's meaning very accurately.

When Meng Tian received Ying Gao's order and was conducting the final check and patching of the gaps, the Roman consul and Zhao Hu were very happy.

In their opinion, although it would be relatively easy to attack Macedonia, because Philip V was a feud with them, he would definitely do his best to resist.

But when they attacked Macedonia, they found that even the resistance of the last time was gone. Is there only 10,000 or 20,000 defenders in each city? After a little resistance, they could not defeat them, so they simply gave up the city one by one.

Originally, the Roman consul was very puzzled by this situation, but when he learned from the captive general that Philip V had defected to the Qin Dynasty and had almost been in the process of Seleuth's return, the Roman consul understood what was going on. It turned out that Philip V had put the Qin Dynasty under house arrest, and the Qin Dynasty had not had time to completely take over the city of Macedonia, which allowed him to seize the opportunity.

From this matter, the Roman consul and Zhao Hu further confirmed through analysis that the Emperor of the Qin Dynasty must have returned to the Qin Dynasty, which made many things here stagnate. Attacking Macedonia not only saved them a lot of time, but also saved a lot of troops. As they expected, they found a lot of food in several major cities in Macedonia, which relaxed the Romans.

You should know that it is not easy to attack this place from the Roman territory. The most difficult thing is basically the transportation of food and grass. If there is no buffer in Macedonia, the transportation of food and grass alone will be enough for them to drink a pot of food and grass. The army of more than 200,000, and cavalry, the daily consumption is amazing. Originally, they thought they might not be able to hold on for a month, but now, even if they don’t go back for half a year, they feel that there will be no problems with food and grass.

Another thing that made them happy was that when they attacked Macedonian territory without restraint, neither the Qin Dynasty nor Philip V had any expression.

The Roman consuls did not believe that the news of his attack on Macedonia would not be known to Seleu's Great Qin cavalry, but they did not come to rescue them after knowing that, which could further show from another aspect that the backbone of the Great Qin was very likely not on Seleu's territory.

"Your Majesty, now we have occupied most of the main cities of Macedonia. I think we don't have to waste time here anymore. It is the right way to conquer Seliu as soon as possible. If this goes well, maybe we will be under the control of our Rome from the beginning of the Mauryan Dynasty. In that case, it will naturally be a matter of time to take down the Qin Dynasty."

It was when the spring breeze was so proud that Zhao Hu also informed the Roman consuls at the first time. After all, this strategy was proposed by himself at the beginning. If the Seleuth and even the Mauryan Dynasty could be taken down in the end, then he would not know how great his contribution would be.

From the perspective of the Roman consul, it is obvious that Zhao Hu's proposal is also very reasonable. Since Macedonian territory can be easily attacked by himself at this time, it will not be easily captured by Philip V or the Qin people. Now the Roman cavalry are not tired and there is enough food and grass. Of course, it is the best time to attack Seleu.

"Okay, since there is nothing wrong here, three days later, we will send 200,000 troops to seize Seleu!"
Chapter completed!