In fact, Antiochus III had no choice but to provide reinforcements.
Akevs could only ask for reinforcements to continue the attack.
This was decided by the powerful Seleucid Empire.
Or it can be said that "the heights are too cold"... Because of the power of the Seleucid Empire, Parthia and Dawan became its vassals and had to pay tribute to it, so he had to ensure his influence in Central Asia.
Therefore, it would be okay if they did not send troops at the beginning or postponed sending troops. This can also be explained by the fact that the Seleucid Empire had no time to react or was not interested in participating in this war.
The problem is that Seleucid sent troops, and not only did he send troops, he was defeated. Not only was he defeated, he was defeated miserably... Half of the 30,000-strong army was defeated, and it was besieged in the city of Parthia and unable to move.
If this face is not restored, then Seleucid will not be able to live in Central Asia in the future. If he still wants to rest in peace, Dawan will bow to him and pay tribute every day, but there is no way.
Even the position of general Akevus is not guaranteed.
So soon, Khorassan sent a primary phalanx reinforced by two teams of cavalry towards the city of Parthia.
This is what Shen Bing was waiting for, but he still did not move, letting his troops surround the city of Anxi.
This is what Akevus and the Parthian kings would like to see.
At the same time, King An'an also used beacon smoke to spread the news outside the city, and then negotiated with Dawan through the reconnaissance cavalry outside the city to attack the Silk Kingdom cavalry when reinforcements arrived.
Khorasan is more than two hundred miles away from Parthia, and it would take about five days to reach it at the normal marching speed of the Seleucid infantry.
However, because Seleucid was eager to besiege the enemy and regain the situation, he accelerated his march and arrived at Parthia at midnight on the fourth day.
They did not rest, and as soon as they arrived at Sabbath, they lit torches to signal Akevus in the city.
Akevus, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately gave the order to attack.
In fact, Akevus did not want to attack at night, although he knew that infantry had an advantage over cavalry at night.
But with the previous experience of being chased by the Silk Army at night, Akefus had a shadow in his heart.
However, this time it was different. Akevs believed that his chance for revenge had come. At the same time, he was also worried that these Silk Kingdom cavalry would escape, so he couldn't wait to pull his troops out of the city to form an formation, and then issued an order, each holding a super long gun. The phalanx pushed towards the Silk Army's camp.
However, it was not until their super-long spears pierced the tents that they discovered that the camp was empty.
If there were any trophies, it would be the hundreds of war horses showing off outside the camp... It was these war horses that made Akevs think that the Silk Army was still here.
In fact, the movements of the Seleucid reinforcements have always been monitored by Shen Bing... It is too easy for the cavalry to monitor the infantry. They only need to send a few teams of rangers to follow them from a distance.
As for the Seleucid cavalry, if they came up to drive them away, they would directly annihilate them... The shortcoming of the Seleucid army was that the scale of its cavalry was too small. There was only one thousand cavalry for every ten thousand people. .
In particular, this thousand-man cavalry team is still composed of noble children. Its role is to assist the infantry phalanx or cover its flanks. The cavalry has little experience in independent combat as a military branch.
Therefore, as the cavalry captain reported to Antiochus III: "The Seleucid cavalry is not worth mentioning in front of the enemy."
Since the cavalry was not worth mentioning, it was destined that the Seleucid army lacked intelligence, mobility and reaction capabilities.
Of course, Shen Bing will seize this point and use his strengths to avoid weaknesses.
Therefore, only fools would stay in the city of Parthia and fight with the enemy coalition forces.
Not only is the fight pointless, it will even unite Seleucid, Parthian and Dawan into one army... giving them a chance to fight together.
Therefore, Shen Bing calculated the speed of the Seleucid reinforcements and knew that they would arrive at Xi'an tonight, so he led his troops to leave after it turned dark.
Akevs didn't know the whereabouts of the Silk Soldiers. He took it for granted that the Silk Soldiers had withdrawn from the Lan clan... This was the weakness of the cavalry, as the information was not timely and unclear.
Parthia and Dawan are nomadic peoples who mainly rely on cavalry, but Dawan is too far away, and Parthia was besieged in the city by the Qin army during this period.
There were originally a few Parthian stragglers outside the city who could conduct reconnaissance, but the Qin army did nothing during the past few days when they besieged the city of Parthia. They just sent out teams of rangers to clear out the Parthian stragglers and herdsmen.
If the Central Plains army encountered this situation, the first thing they would think of would be "worse, they have fallen into the trap of an empty city, and the enemy's main force may move elsewhere to attack our army's weak points."
However, how could Akevs know about the "Art of War" in the Central Plains?
Not knowing what was going on, he even cheered:
"The people from the Silk Kingdom have escaped! They have fled back to Lan's City!"
"We are going to Lan's City to eliminate them all and avenge our fallen soldiers!"
The soldiers all cheered, and then the army marched toward Lan's City overnight.
Of course, there are also the cavalry of Dawan and Parthia.
Akefs thought that with the cavalry cover of the two countries this time, he could annihilate any army standing in front of him, and Lan's City was no exception.
However, two days later, when they rushed to Lan's city out of breath and just took a breath, a cavalry came and reported:
"General, Your Majesty asks for help!"
"The Silk Kingdom army is attacking Homusang!"
Akevus's face suddenly turned pale.
"No, they did not withdraw to Lan's City, but went to attack Homusang!"
"There are only 10,000 infantrymen there, and most of them are recent recruits. Many of them can't even lift their spears!"
What Akevs said was not an exaggeration at all.
Because the Marston Super Long Gun is 6 meters long, the gun alone weighs 13 kilograms.
Maybe the 13-pound gun can still be lifted with one hand. The problem is that it is a very long gun and it is difficult to hold it with one hand with the gun head facing forward.
Therefore, in actual combat, a few kilograms of counterweight must be added to the tail of the gun, so that the super long gun weighs about 18 kilograms.
This weight makes it difficult for new recruits to maintain a diagonal forward position for a long time, not to mention maintaining formation in a tense situation on the battlefield... This is impossible without months of physical training.
This is also one of the reasons why the super long spear phalanx was eventually eliminated: it requires very high training and physical requirements for soldiers.
The subordinate said to Akevus:
"General, let's rush back to Homusang now!"
Akevus replied helplessly:
"This place is more than five hundred miles away from Homusang, and it will take us ten days."
"By the time we get back, I'm afraid Huo Musang has already been captured by the Silk Kingdom!"
After thinking for a while, Akefus said:
"Perhaps the only way is to let the Parthian army rush for reinforcements."
"Only their cavalry could arrive in time to make a difference."