Chapter 639
After Ying Gao said this, Philip V could only lower his head without any temper. He didn't know what he should say, because every word Ying Gao said made a lot of sense. In the end, he also realized that the Roman cavalry had made considerable progress, but he had only improved in his mind's thoughts, but the combat effectiveness of the soldiers has been stagnant.
Especially after Macedonia had the powerful ally of Daqin, she was even more relaxed in recruiting soldiers and training.
Of course, if you commit suicide, you will have to bear the consequences. Now is the time when the consequences that arise after Philip V's death come true.
Seeing that Philip V stopped talking, Ying Gao knew what he was thinking, so he said: "The Romans' ability is now comparable to that of our Great Qin. Even if we really fight, we are not sure of victory. The territory of Macedonia can directly attack Egypt and conquer the entire Mediterranean, and it is much closer to the territory of Rome than the Seleu and the Mauryan Dynasty. Therefore, if we want to destroy Rome, some of the territory of Macedonia must be under the control of our Great Qin."
Ying Gao's words were quite subtle, but if you translated it, it would be your Macedonian land, which should give us some of the Great Qin, and these must not be small. Ying Gao has already made it clear that if the Great Qin wants to use the Macedonian land as a bridgehead to attack Rome, it requires a large number of troops and transportation of materials on the territory that originally belonged to Macedonia.
"Since the entire Macedonia was rescued by the Qin Dynasty from the Romans, if the Qin Dynasty wanted Macedonia's territory, we naturally had no intention of hindrance. My Macedonia is also willing to be an affiliate of the Qin Dynasty and attack the Romans with the Qin Dynasty!"
Philip V had basically thought about it before coming. Not to mention anything else when he came here this time, even if the Qin Dynasty wanted all the Macedonian territory, he had to nod and agree. If he wanted to make his second half of his life, he had to agree to Ying Gao's conditions. He had already inquired about it. Whether it was the Mauryan monarch Sarishuga or the Seleuth monarch Antioch III, they all lived quite well in Xianyang, the capital of the Qin Dynasty, especially some real-life Antioch III, who had become a guest minister on the territory of the Qin Dynasty. If he could not be trusted by Ying Gao, he would continue to stay in the territory of Macedonia, it would be just a similar situation to Antioch III.
"Okay, since that's the case, I will not immediately lift your control over the Macedonians. In these few days, I will ask General Meng Tian to list the several cities that our Daqin wants to use. After that, the Daqin army may take over these cities. If you need any help from you, General Meng Tian will also inform you that I am here to conquer Rome. If the Romans are not defeated by me, I will never go back."
At this moment, Philip V admired Ying Gao so much that he was almost overwhelmed. He came to destroy the Romans specifically, so he had to have such confidence to say such words.
Philip V knew that what Ying Gao said was to let him do logistical support for the Qin army later. Although he did not say it clearly, he clearly regarded you as a younger brother. But that's it. In the eyes of Philip V, he could at least exist as a Macedonian monarch for a while, much better than Antioch III and Sharisauga, so he still had to do this job obediently. After all, under this situation, if he didn't follow the Qin Dynasty, he would have to be destroyed.
"Even if the Lord gave orders, destroying Rome is not only the Lord's long-cherished wish, but I also support it very much. No matter what Lord gave orders, we will always support it!"
Of course, Ying Gao also knew that this was just a manifestation that Philip V had to bow his head under the roof, but what he wanted now was such an effect. Although Ying Gao's original idea was that Philip V had a bit of backbone, in this way, he could directly send him to Xianyang like Antioch III, and then control the territory of Macedonia by his own people.
But the result that doing so may be that the Macedonian generals and the people were very resistant to the Qin Dynasty. In that case, it might take a long time to control Macedonia. In this case, it obviously does not take too long. It is definitely better to give orders to Philip V directly than to command the Macedonians himself.
After reminding Philip V to take action, Ying Gao did not leave Philip V for a long time, but directly put him back and said that he would go back and be prepared so that he could react immediately when the Qin Dynasty needed it.
On the way back, a general who had been following Philip V couldn't help but say next to Philip V: "How did this Qin yell at me, Macedonia? After we go back, why should we obey their opinions? Once they really want to take our Macedonian territory for themselves, why don't we let them see the power of our Macedonian cavalry?"
Obviously, the general under Philip V was still very dissatisfied with their current situation, and he did not think that the Qin Dynasty could surpass them.
After hearing what he said, Philip V sighed and shook his head, "We have been proven to have no power to fight back under the attack of Roman cavalry, and the cavalry of the Qin Dynasty can only be more powerful than the Roman cavalry. If we break the appointment with the Qin Dynasty after we go back, what awaits us will be an enemy that is stronger than the last time. Can we win the battle with an enemy of such strength? If we cannot, the name Macedonia will never appear in this world again!"
After Philip V finished speaking, his generals were speechless at that time. He didn't know why. Philip V was a monarch with great talent and strategy. They were all good generals. The Macedonian cavalry had been training step by step. Why did it take only two or three years to not only not defeat Rome, but even the Qin Dynasty could not defeat them. They could not accept such a big change for a while, but the result was cruelly presented to them.
"Your Majesty, then we..."
"At the end of the day, the world will be from the Qin or the Romans. If we don't want to perish, we can only temporarily rely on one of them. If we succeed, the king will fail, and our soldiers will not be able to win in the standpoint. We will never be the dominant one in this world."
Philip V is also a figure who has been standing in the clouds for a long time. He can see all this very clearly. To put it bluntly, it is a battle for military forces. If your soldiers can beat others, you will naturally stand on the top of the clouds. If your soldiers cannot beat others, there will be only two ways for you. One is to become an affiliated force of others. The other is to move towards complete destruction.
If Macedonia is brought to a complete destruction now, it must be something that these people cannot accept, so Philip V could only choose the first path. He knew that it was not easy to make his generals, soldiers and the people of Macedonia agree with this matter, but only himself is there. As long as the name Macedonia is still there, there will always be someone who remembers the glorious history of Macedonia.
"The king thought, which side of the Great Qin or Rome could dominate the world. Now that the king chose the Great Qin, I think it was a last resort, because even if the Romans surrendered, they would definitely kill the king and our Macedonian generals. However, if the Qin Dynasty cannot win in the battle with the Romans, what awaits us will still be the end of destruction."
"Yes, in this world, if there were our Macedonians, there would be no Rome in the end. If there were Romans, there would be no Macedonians in the end. But what I gave me before was not the only choice of Daqin. The reason we chose Daqin was because I saw a potential that the Romans did not have in the Qin generals and soldiers. The Daqin people now undoubtedly have a very powerful emperor. He was able to command the soldiers of Daqin to conquer the Mauryan Dynasty and Seleu from the distant scenes. This is enough to show the loyalty of the Qin soldiers to this emperor and the foresight of the emperor. In addition, he is a unique existence in the Qin territory. No one can control his decisions, and no one can shake his dignity. The most important thing is that he is less than thirty years old."
Philip V's head was obviously not white, and he had a very thorough analysis of the Qin Dynasty. Although this was only the first time he met Ying Gao himself, when he saw Ying Gao's words and behaviors, he knew what kind of person Ying Gao was, as both the monarch.
"The rumor of the Roman consuls is also very powerful. If it were not for his repeated stopping, we would not have all failed these few times. No matter how powerful the Emperor of the Qin Dynasty was, he seemed to be unable to lead his troops to fight in person. The Roman consuls could personally command the front line."
"No matter how powerful the consul of Rome was, he was not the monarch of Rome or the emperor of Rome. Behind him was the Roman Senate. Once the Romans encountered great events, the Senate would not always be in the same mind as the Roman consul. If he kept winning the battle, it would be fine. Once he was defeated one day, the Senate would be replaced with another face. Unfortunately, our Macedonia is not the force that could make the Romans defeat the war."
After expressing such emotion, Philip V stopped talking. He knew that he would not have any chance in his life. Being able to finally retain the name of Macedonia was the greatest achievement he could achieve.
When Philip V returned to Macedonia from Seleuth, the Roman consul also returned to the territory of Rome from Macedonia. He was still very angry about his failure this time. If the Qin Dynasty had not joined at that time, he would have had the opportunity to transfer most of Macedonia's territory into his own.
But the people of Daqin joined at this time, and they were so accurate in both the timing and the military strength that they finally successfully picked peaches.
This battle was still very heavy for the Romans. They reaped the lives of no less than 150,000 elite cavalry at nearly 100,000 people. Otherwise, Philip V would not have surrendered directly to the Qin Dynasty. In this world and in this era, no matter what kind of force it was, it would be difficult for him to maintain his combat effectiveness against the strongest forces while losing the 150,000 most elite army.
The purpose of the Romans in this battle was very clear, that was to attack Macedonia. With such a purpose, this action was obviously a failure, so the Roman consul did not receive much support after returning to Rome.
Especially the Roman Senate, because when he set out, he once swore that he had the confidence to destroy Philip V, but now he returned in a defeat, which obviously could not satisfy the Senate.
"Why did our army be defeated as soon as it appeared? Why didn't we defeat the cavalry of the Qin Dynasty like we defeated the Macedonians?"
When the Roman consuls faced the Roman Senate, the first question of the senators was that they really couldn't understand. Why was the Roman cavalry able to defeat the men under Philip V, but after fighting with the Qin cavalry once, they directly withdrew their troops. Although the Roman army did suffer heavy losses in the fight with the soldiers under Philip V, they were not without the power of a war at that time.
Faced with such a mentally retarded question, the Roman consul had the urge to directly cut off the old man who asked this question. He knew that there must be people from the Senate in the army he led.
Moreover, the people sent by the Senate would not have any personal emotions to inform the Senate of the war. They would only report the facts, but after hearing the facts, they had no idea why the consul made the decision at that time, so they would use what they imagined in their heads to question his decision, which was undoubtedly a very stupid behavior.
Chapter completed!