Chapter 591 The War That Can't Come
After hearing Antioch III's words, Zhao Cheng made a very surprised expression, then hurried to Antioch III's face in three steps and two steps, and asked in a low voice: "If Daqin really knows that I am here, I'm afraid Seleu will have a big war! You don't let me go at this time, so we will let Daqin know that we are there. In this way, Seleu may be safe! The Lord has helped us so much for so long, and the young master and I are already content!"
Zhao Cheng said this so loudly, and he almost cried out, but Antioch III, who had a strong personality, really took this trick very much.
In the eyes of Antioch III, it would be fine if he took the initiative to drive Zhao Cheng and Hu Hai out, but now he has asked him to raise this matter first. If he does this again, he will become an unyielding and ruthless person, so he cannot.
"Don't say that, let alone Daqin, you may not know that you are on the land of Seliu, what if you know? To be honest, Daqin and Seliu will have a battle sooner or later. Maybe a small country like the ancient temple country will not make Daqin feel any sense of crisis, but I, Seliu, have at least tens of thousands of cavalry and millions of people. A dynasty like ours will not be allowed to exist for a long time by Daqin, and it has little to do with you."
"Your Majesty means..."
Zhao Cheng looked a little unbelievable and asked tremblingly.
"You are in that city, but you have to send more people to stare at the movements in the Mauryan Dynasty. Once there are any signs of sending troops, I must let you know as soon as possible that the land of the Qin Dynasty is thousands of miles away. It is absolutely impossible for them to rely on the troops garrisons on the Mauryan Dynasty to make us surrender. The Seleu cavalry was born to fight and not afraid of the cavalry of the Qin Dynasty."
"I would like to thank you for your kindness on behalf of my son. As long as my son and I don't die, I will repay you well!"
After leaving a sentence that made Antioch III very grateful, Zhao Cheng left Seleu's capital on the grounds that he went back to train with his son and tried his best to investigate the movements in the Mauryan Dynasty.
After returning to the city where Hu Hai was, Zhao Cheng quickly informed Hu Hai of Antioch III, which was obviously the result they wanted to achieve.
Antioch III trusted them very much, which naturally stemmed from inertial thinking. After all, in the eyes of the monarchs of these fighting nations, one should be forced to do anything if you disagree. But of course, the one you are strong should be your enemy, not yourself.
"Since that's the case, our secret city will still develop steadily, and we must choose a guy we can firmly control and show up for us. In this way, even if Seleu was killed by the Qin army, we would not be buried with Antioch III. At that time, we will be hidden in the city that is actually controlled by us. I think Meng Tian and others will find it difficult to detect it."
Hu Hai had actually thought about their retreat before Zhao Cheng came back. If Antioch III had already doubted them, they could run away now and hide in the small city where they had developed some. If Antioch III had not doubted them, they could still wait here. If there were any changes in the territory of the Mauryan Dynasty, they would definitely be able to know it as soon as possible.
"Okay, since that's the case, it's enough for us to observe the movements of the Qin and the Huns with great success. But does the young master really think that Seliu has no power to fight in front of the Qin Dynasty? After all, the cavalry of the Qin Dynasty traveled here for a long distance, and Seliu is quite familiar with everything here. Once the Qin army is defeated, it will be very difficult to destroy Seliu."
Zhao Cheng had no objection to Hu Hai's words, but when he thought of Antioch III's confidence, he suddenly had the idea that Seleu could not be destroyed so easily.
"Sir, I heard from me that even if there is a dynasty that can defeat the Qin Dynasty, it will definitely not be a mere Seliu. Seliu is indeed more difficult to deal with than the original Mauryan Dynasty. But if my brother could not even take such a dynasty, how could he dare to show his power in the territory of such a large Mauryan Dynasty?"
Although he hated Ying Gao very much, Hu Hai still recognized Ying Gao and Da Qin's ability. He had not been in vain for several years in Xianyang Palace. He also probably knew what Ying Gao was like in every state.
Before, he had never understood that Ying Gao had almost become an emperor who was more successful than the First Emperor, but why he still worked so hard. Now he finally knew that Ying Gao had long known that there was not only one Daqin in the world, but also not only the enemies of the Huns and Nanyue. Over the years, he had been preparing for the Qin Dynasty to reach this point.
Therefore, the foundation of the Qin Dynasty was definitely not what Zhao Cheng expected. Although Zhao Cheng had been ambushing in Xianyang City for several years, he could only watch the information Zhao Hu collected for him in the dark ground. He definitely could not know what Ying Gao was doing.
After this letter from the king of the ancient temple king, the situation between Seliu and Qin suddenly became tense. At least in the eyes of the Seliu people, they were carrying out large-scale recruitment that had never been before, and the construction of weapons and armor was also in full swing.
No matter which Seleu people, they could feel that Seleu might have a big war, but they were not very scared, because as one of the seven or eight million Seleu people, they felt that their dynasty was still very powerful. If Seleu got crazy, almost all the surrounding small countries could be destroyed, but they just disdained to do so.
But what Antioch III unexpectedly was that two months passed, four months passed, and half a year passed, and there was no movement in the territory of the Mauryan Dynasty.
If the Qin Dynasty had sent troops from the territory of the Mauryan Dynasty, it would have been a long time since it had entered the place near Seliu for so long, but Seliu's scouts had not noticed this at all.
Even Antioch III had some scouts who went deep into the territory of the Mauryan Dynasty. The news they conveyed back showed that the Qin Dynasty had not increased its troops at all in the military camps around Fahrenheit during this period, and their soldiers did not have the intention of sending troops at all.
Such news made Antioch III's heart, which was already ready for a decisive battle, cooled down a little. Although he didn't quite understand why Daqin seemed to have not received this news, in his own judgment, if the generals of Daqin really brought more than 100,000 cavalry to attack him, it would be a bit unsatisfactory.
He has now collected 200,000 elite cavalry, and there are still tens of thousands of them in training. These people are enough to defend Seleu's own territory. Although he has always been good at attacking other places before, Antioch III is not afraid of defense. The opponent is also a cavalry, and the cavalry is not good at siegeing the city. At the critical moment, if he huddled in the city, he naturally believes that the cavalry of the Qin Dynasty should have no choice but to do anything to him.
It is impossible for human nerves to be tense all the time. There was no news for half a year, which made Antioch III's spirit relax a little bit. He even thought that the spy of the ancient temple country who had not been killed by him was dead. Maybe the news had not been spread.
What Antioch III didn't know was that Han Xin and Ying Gao had no problem with his mental state. In the past six months, there was indeed no movement in the Mauryan Dynasty. People in various cities should study farming and farming. If they should study farming and grazing, they should study farming and grazing, and if they should trade, they should trade, and they did not look like war at all.
But the territory of the Qin Dynasty was not the case. The previous conscription was carried out when Han Xin selected the best among the best. Most of the young people who signed up for the Qin Dynasty were not selected. At that time, they thought that there was no war in both the Qin Dynasty and the Mauryan Dynasty, and they would no longer be one of the Great Qin warriors.
However, this situation lasted for less than a year, and a violent news spread throughout the territory of the Qin Dynasty. The Qin was preparing to attack Seliu, who was around the Mauryan Dynasty, and recruited troops for this matter and would not give up until less than 200,000!
The Qin Dynasty has not had any serious wars. Wasn’t the last time a war to attack the Mauryan Dynasty?
, The absence of war did not make the young people in the Qin Dynasty afraid of war, but instead made them yearn for war, because every war in the Qin Dynasty would not lose too many people. Instead, warriors who became nobles because of their military achievements emerged like mushrooms after a rain.
Once someone makes military achievements in a distant place and has the title of Daqin, no matter where his home is, the officials of Daqin will find his family and buy servants, houses and land for his home.
Whenever there is such a family in a village, other families will look very envious. When some young people who are unemployed at home see this scene, they often think about whether they can one day let their families receive such treatment.
This recruitment, and the purpose of war, gave these young people the opportunity to realize their long-cherished wishes, so they almost never hesitated to join them.
200,000, this number seems to be a bit too much at this time, but it is not actually too much. During the Warring States Period, a mere Zhao State was able to send 400,000 or 500,000 soldiers in the Battle of Changping, which is enough to show that the proportion of people joining the army under certain conditions is still very high.
Half a year later, Han Xin not only collected the 200,000 troops according to his own requirements, but also selected 100,000 of the 200,000 people, and the remaining 100,000 were replaced with the defenders of various counties and counties and Great Wall. Next, it was time to take them out of the Qin Dynasty.
This day was when Han Xin told Ying Gao that he was ready for this war.
In fact, most of the newly recruited warriors would not directly participate in the war with Seleu. After the Western Regions and the Mauryan Dynasty, they would experience another defense change, and almost all of the 200,000 warriors they received had blood.
"When are you going to leave for the Mauryan Dynasty?"
"After three days, you can set off. I think after the sedimentation of half a year, the monarch of Seleu could not have imagined that we have been preparing for this battle at this time, so it is the time."
"Okay, if you don't say this, I'm going to remind you that you will be ahead of Seleu's monarch before the battle has not yet been fought. But you must know that once you bring the army to the city of Fahrenheit, Seleu's monarch will probably learn about this through his detailed work of inserting it into the Mauryan Dynasty. He still has time to prepare. After all, the Mauryan Dynasty is vast and it is impossible to attack this time."
Obviously, Ying Gao said that he had handed everything to Han Xin, but he still worried a lot. Now the territory of the Qin Dynasty is full of joy and peace, and the part he could worry about was the surroundings of the Mauryan Dynasty.
Ying Gao is a person who can't stay idle, and even thought about whether he could go with Han Xin, but then he thought that he had never followed such a big thing as attacking the Mauryan Dynasty. Now if he went by a mere Seliu himself, wouldn't it be that the soldiers of the Qin Dynasty think Seliu is very strong and gave them the pressure they shouldn't have? Thinking of this, Ying Gao still had to give up his thoughts.
"Your Majesty, Han Xin thought that this might not be the case, so Han Xin still wants to confirm with you if there is one thing."
‘“What’s the matter?”
"This time we go to Seleu, we must pass through a place controlled by the Huns. I wonder if the Lord has ever thought about whether we need the help of the Huns in this war, or let them watch us fight with the Seleu people in our own territory."
Han Xin's question made Ying Gao silent for a long time before slowly saying: "What do you think this should be done?"
"Han Xin thought that we would still pull the Huns into the water, but we might not necessarily ask them to send troops to help, but this war is inevitable."
Chapter completed!