Chapter 636 Embarrassing situation
According to Philip V's own prediction, if he was in front of him for a few days, Meng Tian's team would come. This time would definitely not last too long. So at the beginning, Philip V had no reservations, and he had to let the people of the Qin Dynasty see the combat effectiveness of the soldiers under his command.
But after ten days, Meng Tian's 100,000 army still had no movement, and Philip V's army had reached a point of decline. If Meng Tian's army could not arrive within a few days, Philip V expected that it would be difficult for him to gain any advantage, so he hurriedly asked his generals to see if Meng Tian was fooling him and whether he had brought a 100,000 army to help him.
Philip V naturally didn't know that the battle between him and the Romans was already under strict surveillance by Ying Gao, who was in Seleu. When the generals sent by Philip V arrived at Seleu's border in a hurry, they found a large group of Qin troops heading towards Macedonia. Although this was a lot later than the latest time Philip V had expected, this time he saw the situation here with his own eyes.
As long as this army reaches the territory of Macedonia, the Romans will definitely be abandoned. The general sent by Philip V knows that the thing Philip V is most anxious to know is whether the Qin army sent troops, so he did not continue to leave. The soldiers did not go to confirm the matter with Meng Tian, but rushed back to report the news.
In fact, if we look at the normal situation, the general's approach is naturally not a little wrong, but what they are facing now is obviously not a normal situation. They think that the Qin Dynasty will definitely not give up any opportunity to attack the Romans like them at the time, but the current situation is that this is a trap of the Qin Dynasty, so this time the dispatch of troops is nothing more than a maze array ordered by Ying Gao himself. For Philip V, this can only have the effect of drinking poison to quench thirst.
"Your Majesty, according to our scouts' return, Philip V should have been anxious. He sent a team of men to our Seleuth's territory, obviously trying to ask me when I would send troops, but after seeing the scene that the Lord Majesty had just arranged a few days ago, he did not come to me, but left directly!"
On the surface, Meng Tian is still in charge of the overall situation. He knows that Ying Gao is still not many people here. After receiving this news, Meng Tian has to admire Ying Gao's vision. Seeing that the general sent by Philip V left directly, she didn't even ask herself. Meng Tian knew that after a while, Philip V might be in silence.
"Okay, now we can really prepare our troops. We must go to the territory of Macedonia. We must not wait until the Romans have pulled Philip V out of their territory before sending troops. In that case, we will always be at a disadvantage in the future war with the Romans. The extent to which this scale can be grasped determines whether we can gain the upper hand in the battle with the Romans. The Roman consuls can decide to attack Macedonia's territory at this time. Although they do not know our plan, it is enough to show that the Roman consuls is not ordinary people. The final war between us and Rome is where we really test our Qin people!"
After studying the previous dispute between Rome and Macedonia these days, Ying Gao felt that he had obviously underestimated the Romans before. Indeed, he had joined forces with Philip V to eat a certain amount of sweetness in Rome, but it was obviously because the Romans despised themselves first and regarded themselves as an ordinary force.
But the Romans would not underestimate their old rival Philip V for many years. Now, Ying Gao saw that the result of the Romans not underestimating Philip V was that it was now difficult for Philip V to rely on their own strength and the hands of the Romans to get any sweetness.
If the Qin Dynasty had not intervened, the Romans would have basically destroyed Macedonia during this period and then dominate the world by themselves. This is also the normal development of history in previous lives.
Although Ying Gao could come to this era to make the Qin Dynasty more powerful, he also had many things that he could not change, such as the rapid progress of the Romans during this period, and the fact that Philip V could not defeat the Romans.
In this case, Ying Gao needed to grasp some standards, such as the war between the Romans and Philip V. Even if he ignored it, the Romans might have to pay the most, but such a situation may not be the most beneficial to the Qin Dynasty.
Han Xin and Meng Tian knew as soon as they heard it. Judging from the news they had received before, Philip V was already done in Ying Gao's heart. Even Meng Tian, who had been staring at these forces, didn't understand why Philip V and his Macedonia have come to this day step by step. They were originally a very powerful force, and even if they had suffered some losses in the process of not being successful in attacking Egypt, they would never be able to reach the point of destruction, right?
"My Lord, Philip V..."
"Philip V is an ally of our Great Qin. We naturally cannot watch them directly destroyed by the Romans, but we must master the timing of sending troops. After the Romans attacked Macedonia, the Macedonians will become an accessory of our Great Qin. I have observed Philip V in these days. Although he is still capable of leading troops to fight, he is absolutely impossible to achieve hegemony. This time the Romans' attack on them will give Philip V a clear understanding of his ability. He will eventually know that if we had not appeared with the Great Qin, they would eventually perish. At that time, Philip V would naturally figure out something."
Ying Gao's words were actually quite clear. After this battle, Philip V should know what his ending would be. If he was smart, he would definitely not have been able to fight the Romans to the death. That would not be of any benefit to him. If he wanted to keep himself alive and Macedonia for the time being, he would have to become an affiliation to the Qin Dynasty and offer his own land with both hands.
Now, what Ying Gao and the others should do is naturally wait for Philip V to understand this truth. Ying Gao believes that Philip V should be able to figure it out. His biggest failure is to rely too much on the Romans to deal with the Romans. It is correct to rely on the Qin Dynasty, but when you find that you have to rely on the Qin Dynasty after being beaten by the Romans, you are almost the same as destruction.
This time, the Roman consul was indeed ready to sacrifice many of his elite soldiers. After all, compared with destroying most of the army of Philip V, these sacrifices were worth it. If he could do this, he could almost foresee that the Romans would dominate the world in the near future.
The facts also proved that without caring about the casualties of soldiers, the Romans were able to suppress the troops under Philip V. At the beginning, they gained a little advantage by relying on the right time and place, the Macedonian cavalry soon began to become a defensive.
A few days later, Philip V did not wait for the Great Qin cavalry that might have arrived. He finally began to panic and found the general he had sent out before in front of him. He began to ask him in detail what was going on, which caused the Great Qin cavalry to come yet.
When Philip V learned that the general he sent out did not go to talk to Meng Tian in person, but saw the Qin cavalry coming from afar and left, an inexplicable worry suddenly surged in his heart.
"You go to Seliu quickly and walk for another time. Be sure to meet General Meng Tian himself. If they have any problems with sending troops, we will have some crisis this time!"
When he said such words, Philip V himself was a little disbelief. He never thought that Macedonia under his rule would fall into such a situation. What kind of result would he face without the help of Daqin. He now had a little premonition in his heart, but he was not very willing to face such a situation.
The general also knew how serious the problem was. He quickly reached the border of Seleu and found a news that shocked him. The Qin soldiers he had seen before were still there, which shows a problem, that is, the scene he had seen before was fooling himself, and there was nothing Meng Tian brought the army to support Philip V. He just didn't know what to do here. Anyway, he must have to support Macedonia.
Although he knew that he might be facing a very difficult situation, the general Philip V trusted very much came to Seleu's territory. What made him feel a little more at ease was that Seleu did not keep him out of the city gate, which still ignited a glimmer of hope in his heart.
When he entered the city and saw Meng Tian, who had seen twice before, he became even more confused. He saw that whether it was Meng Tian or Fusu, who was now in power in the Seleu region, were sitting at the lower head, and the person sitting on the main seat was a young man who had never seen this person before, but he knew at a glance that this was not an ordinary official.
"This is the emperor of my Great Qin. Since you have met you now, you won't be able to pay a quick salute!"
When Meng Tian saw that the general under Philip V had been a little confused when he saw Ying Gao, he stood up and shouted loudly. The general was so scared that he quickly knelt down at Ying Gao.
Of course, Ying Gao's original intention was not to scare a Macedonian general. He knelt down. Ying Gao waved his hand and gave the general a seat. The man sat on the chair with half of his butt. He didn't even dare to look at Ying Gao. His heart was completely confused. The Emperor of Qin suddenly appeared here. What this means, he was really unable to think of.
"I wonder why you came to Seliu," Ying Gao didn't know what they were talking about. He looked at Meng Tian and Fusu. After asking this, Meng Tian quickly told him in his rather awkward language.
"We are now attacked by the Romans to the hinterland. This time the Roman cavalry is coming in full force. If we did not have the assistance of the Qin Dynasty, we Macedonia would have suffered heavy losses this time! When the Qin Dynasty was attacked by the Romans, our Macedonia sent nearly 100,000 troops to help us. Today, this happened to us. You must help us overcome the difficulties!"
What the general under Philip V, said was very reasonable. After hearing this, Ying Gao nodded repeatedly, but what he said after nodding was not what he wanted to hear.
"At the beginning, our Great Qin could have defeated the Romans and brought you Macedonians over, but it shouldn't be the case now. Besides, the situation this time was caused by you. We had a plan before, but you attacked a mere Egypt several times, but every time you were beaten back by the Romans. If not, we would have joined forces to destroy the Romans. Since this is the case, it would have been very easy for me, Great Qin to deal with Rome by myself. What's the use of Philip V?"
When Ying Gao said this, he thought that he did not give Philip V a little face, but from another aspect, what Ying Gao said was true, and the Macedonian general could not say anything at all refuted.
"I don't know... what is the request of the emperor to send troops to save Macedonia. I will immediately return to Macedonia to inform our emperor of the conditions. If it is too late, Macedonia will be over!"
"You go and tell Philip V to announce his surrender to me, Daqin. Otherwise, when the Qin Dynasty sent troops, whether it was the Romans or Macedonians, as long as they were not as yellow-skinned, black-haired and dark-eyed as the Qin people, they would all be killed!"
Ying Gao could not be domineering anymore. The Macedonian general shivered slightly when he heard this, but he also knew that Daqin now really had the confidence. In other words, Macedonia was useless to Daqin.
Chapter completed!