Chapter 608 The powerful enemy finally appears
Antioch III was a person who liked to be straightforward. Since he decided to tell Ying Gao about this, he directly told the cause and effect of this matter.
But what made Ying Gao very regretful was that even Antioch III had only seen the so-called messenger of the dynasty. He didn't know any other information about that dynasty, and he made a decision based on his own judgment.
"Since you don't know their strength, why can you believe that they will be my enemy of Daqin?" Ying Gao knew that Antioch III should not lie on this matter, so he did not question what he said, but just continued to ask in a deep voice.
"This is just my guess. If they don't come, I, Seleu, have no choice."
"It's time for this, why don't you understand? You may already have some image of the other party in your heart, but you can't admit it. You must know that although we from the East are not ruthless in fighting with the enemy, we are very tolerant of the people of the enemy. Will your so-called ally be like this? I'm afraid you don't even have the confidence in yourself?"
There was another terrifying silence. Antioch III finally changed his previous resolute expression this time, sighed silently, and then spoke again.
"There are two forces that can compete with your Qin Dynasty, as I know, in this world, one is the Macedonian dynasty, and the other is the Roman Kingdom."
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Ying Gao was very excited when he heard Antioch III's name say these two names. These two forces were indeed two giants of this era. Ying Gao didn't know if he could gain any decent results in fighting with them based on the current situation of the Qin Dynasty. Therefore, it is Ying Gao's current top priority to understand the situation of these two forces from Antioch III's mouth.
In addition to Ying Gao, the faces of Cao Shen and Xiao He and others who were also present did not change. They did not come from later generations. Of course, they did not know what kind of power they had in the world during this period. To them, the two names of Rome and Macedonia were similar to Seleu, and they thought that there would be no big difference.
Ying Gao's thoughts were naturally unknown to Antioch III. He always thought that Ying Gao must have no idea about what Seleu was going west, so he continued to say them after saying these two names.
"The current king of Macedonia is Philip V. He and I have an alliance, but this alliance is the alliance for us to conquer the dynasties in the west. Moreover, this time, the Qin Dynasty suddenly came, and before I could contact him, I had to hurry to face the enemy. When he knew about this, I, Seleu, had been occupied by you, and Philip V had no interest in the eastern expedition. Now that I, as an ally, did not want to do anything with Qin. Naturally, he did not want to do anything with me, naturally, without his ally.
The enemy, otherwise, would only end up being attacked from both sides. So in my opinion, the mysterious messengers that had been in the past were mostly from Rome, but they were afraid that I would have Macedonians, so they did not show their identity. And there were many allies in Rome. This time, even if they did not take action in person, it would be very easy to gather more than 100,000 troops. If they could take my territory for themselves, they would naturally gain the upper hand in the competition with Macedonia."
This time Antioch III said everything he knew. After saying that, he sighed deeply, obviously feeling that his life should finally reach its end.
But after hearing these words, Ying Gao fell into deep thought.
"Your Majesty, let alone whether this guy is saying true or not, then the Roman Empire is still quite far away from Seleu, and it is very likely that it is even farther away from Seleu, our Great Qin. We have two generals Han Xin, Meng Tian and our Great Qin guarding 300,000 elite soldiers, so why are we afraid?"
At this time, Meng Yi, who had not spoken, spoke. In fact, although Xiao He, Cao Shen and others were not generals, their thoughts were the same as Meng Yi. The previous Mauryan Dynasty looked powerful or not, and the current Seliu was not powerful, but to put it bluntly, it cannot be compared with the Qin Dynasty. In this case, we naturally don’t have to worry about Macedonia and Rome, and it’s all done.
Although Ying Gao did not know world history, he also knew that the Macedonian War. If he had not arrived, Rome and Macedonia would have a very grand war in these few years.
There are many prerequisites for this war. For example, Rome had defeated Hannibal in North Africa in the Second Boucher War. For example, Philip and Antioch III sent troops together to divide the entire Mediterranean region. This caused many dynasties to ask for help from Rome, which was not concerned about the Mediterranean situation. Philip V did not swear the consuls of the ancient Romans, which led to the Second Macedonian War.
Because the end of the First Macedonian War was that both sides did not decide whether to win or lose, both sides felt that they could achieve the final victory before the Second Macedonian War.
Now, with the destruction of the Seleuth Dynasty and the capture of Antioch III, Macedonia lost a powerful ally, and their plans would definitely be greatly affected. Therefore, Ying Gao's heart was lost.
But now, according to Antioch III, Macedonia has little desire for an expedition. What they want is the vast territory of the Mediterranean region. Isn’t it Rome that really has the intention to expedition?
"The Taiwei didn't know anything, and I have heard of these two empires. They are not the same size as Seleu. The population in Rome is probably as large as that of my Great Qin and the Mauryan Dynasty!"
"Ah? There is such a powerful dynasty in this world?"
"Yes, I just thought about it. Antioch III is not the time to kill him. After conquering Seleu, my great Qin may have broken the balance between many forces west of Seleu. The covenant between Antioch III and Philip V of Macedonia is still very strong, so keeping him may be useful to us in the future."
When Ying Gao said such words, Meng Yi, Xiao He and others were all silent, leaving an Antioch to not kill for three lifetimes. The key is that they all saw from this incident that Ying Gao was afraid of Rome and Macedonia.
From the Huns at the beginning, to the Mauryan Dynasty, to the Seleu who had just been attacked, Ying Gao almost never took them seriously, but now these two names spoken from Antioch III made Ying Gao feel fearful. They all have their own judgments on how powerful these two dynasties are.
"Tell me, how powerful is the Macedonian dynasty than your Seleu?"
"The Macedonian dynasty has a long history and its population is several times that of Seleu, which is less than that of Seleu!"
Antioch III did not hide the strength of the Macedonian dynasty. After all, he had already said so much, and it was not that bad, right? But what Ying Gao said next still surprised him.
"The news you said made me very interested. Since you know so much, I am not in a hurry to kill you. You will continue to live in the mansion I gave you. But there is one thing that you must not leave the mansion without my consent."
Immediately afterwards, Ying Gao waved his hand, Cao Shen took Antioch III with his men. After all, what Ying Gao had to discuss with them next was not suitable for Antioch III to listen to here. Although his Great Qin language was still common, it would be of no benefit to Ying Gao to be able to understand some things.
Seeing Antioch III being taken away, Xiao He hurriedly asked: "Justice, is the situation between the two generals Han Xin and Meng Tian now somewhat in crisis?"
When Meng Yi heard this, he widened his eyes. After all, Meng Tian was his family. Obviously, the two of them were in the distant Seliu with their army. If they were really attacked by both sides at once, they would be out of reach.
"No matter how powerful the enemy is, the distance is still far. We will not personally send 200,000 to 300,000 troops to us. What I am worried about is that they will use some forces to prevent Han Xin and Meng Tian from occupying Seliu steadily. Once Seliu does not fall into our hands this time, it will be difficult for us to break through from the Mauryan Dynasty!"
"What should we do? The two generals Han Xin and Meng Tian obviously don't know the internal and external solutions of Seleu and other forces. I'm reminded now, I'm afraid it's too late!"
"It's not too late! Since Antioch III wanted to remind his people through a merchant, it means that he felt that this incident had not happened yet, and there was still a certain time before it happened. It should be too late for us to inform them of this incident as quickly as possible."
Although Ying Gao's mind is a little confused now and it is difficult to clarify what he should do at this time for a while, one thing is certain, that is, Han Xin and Meng Tian are still very passive in Seliu now. Once they are really engaged in the relationship between the inside and the outside world, they will definitely lose a lot of people. Then even if they can save Seliu, the reputation of the Qin Dynasty will plummet because of killing many Seliu people.
On that day, a fast horse that set out from Xianyang City went along the straight road of the Qin Dynasty toward the Western Regions. In fact, Ying Gao didn't know what the situation would be like for Han Xin and Meng Tian after the news was passed to Seliu. However, when things came to this point, it would be useless to do it and it would still be necessary to do what they should do.
In fact, what Antioch III guessed was very accurate. The one who had been hiding behind the scenes and secretly observing the Qin Dynasty was not someone else, but the consul of this generation of Roman kingdom.
Rome in this era was not a dynasty like the Qin and Seleu, and Flamininus was selected by almost all the Roman nobles standing at the top of the pyramids, which is enough to show the man's ability.
In the Roman Kingdom, the consul was equivalent to the king of this country. If he was elected, his destiny was already in his hands. In his office, as long as he could always receive the support of the Roman Senate, his power was like an emperor.
At this time, Rome had just ended the war with Hannibal. They had no intention of continuing to launch a huge war, because judging from the current situation, their old rival, the Macedonian Dynasty, seemed to have no bad actions.
However, the emergence of Daqin made him feel a little uneasy, so he used his power and envoys to clear the Qin soldiers from Seleu without taking action.
But if he wanted to influence the things in Seleuth, he had to let Philip V know nothing, so their cycle was very long, and Antioch III could think of these joints, so he did not forget to let a merchant report to him when he arrived in the Qin Dynasty. The reason for this was because he knew that it might take as much time for Rome to influence his territory.
And there is another thing Antioch III did not tell Ying Gao, that is, although Philip V was an ally with him, they had already made a statement when they signed the alliance. It would be fine if they attacked together, but they still had to solve the difficulties themselves. Philip V was a very arrogant monarch because his dynasty had a certain advantage over the Romans in the First Macedonian War, so he was not afraid of Rome, but he was just thinking about how to expand.
Moreover, Antioch III also knew that in the eyes of Philip V, there was nothing to attack in the east. It was not appropriate to waste such great strength for a Mauryan Dynasty. Even if the Great Qin had taken down the Mauryan Dynasty, Philip V still treated the Great Qin as a wilderness race.
This time the Romans' wishful thinking was very loud. Once they occupied Seleu's place, it would be like giving Philip V a pot of fire. It turned out that the territory of a good ally became a mortal enemy, so naturally he could not think about attacking the Mediterranean.
But all this comes at the cost of sacrificing the interests of the Qin Dynasty first. This is not something that Ying Gao can endure, such as Rome or Macedonia. Although Ying Gao did not want to have any contact with them so early, it was just a matter of time. Since he came, he would be at peace. No matter who he was facing, Ying Gao believed that the 300,000 troops of Han Xin and Meng Tian were not vegetarians, but there might be some losses.
Chapter completed!