Chapter 661 A once and for all adventure
After hearing Han Xin's words, Xiang Yu also looked to the East. At least at this time, the fate of Xiang Yu, Han Xin and Philip V was tied together. After returning, what would happen to him and Philip V would be? It depends on what Ying Gao was thinking in his heart.
"If we don't take risks, how can we achieve a full effect of one and for all, as large as Rome and have very strong soldiers? There is nothing wrong with the general's actions."
With Xiang Yu's approval, Han Xin's expression became more firmer and finally made his own decision.
At this time, they were not in the Roman capital, but in an open space where they were located. Obviously, this place was not very far from the Roman city, but it was a very hidden place.
This result is not because Han Xin and others did this war, but because it has something to do with the strategies they adopted.
As early as the way, Han Xin decided on the strategy with Xiang Yu and Philip V, that is, this time they attacked the Romans, only attacked their cities, consumed their troops, but did not occupy their cities.
The most fundamental purpose of doing this is to do your best to enhance the utilization rate of Han Xin and Xiang Yu's soldiers in such a strange land.
Although this era must be used to measure the ability of an attacking side by how many cities you have occupied, the result of doing so is that you must leave a considerable number of soldiers in each city you have occupied. The purpose of doing so is to consolidate your rule over the cities you have occupied, and the other is to prevent the city you have finally captured from being snatched back by the enemy.
This time, Han Xin had to do the opposite. His ultimate goal of siege was to attract the defenders and then destroy them. As long as they could eliminate the defenders in several major Roman cities, even if they did not attack that city, that city would be like an empty city to them, and there would be no problem when they wanted to attack.
In this way, they cruised in front of almost every Roman city with a mighty army. Of course, the Romans knew that the Qin troops came to attack them, and after investigating, the number was still very large. Therefore, the generals left behind in the Roman capital immediately sent a letter, which was the letter received by the Roman consul who was fighting the defenders of Seleu.
In the letter, the Roman generals left behind had not yet said that their city had been broken. They just said that the city was already in danger. When the Roman consuls and the others came back, it was indeed impossible whether the city could be kept, but the soldiers left behind would naturally do their best to protect the city.
Such letters reflected that Rome's consuls should have been saved. Not to mention that he did leave many soldiers guarding the land of Rome, and he believed that the Roman defenders under his command could at least catch up with the resistance he suffered when he attacked the Qin Dynasty. If the Romans could have such energy, there would definitely be no problem in temporarily defending the major cities of Rome or defending the capital.
Moreover, based on his own battle with Seleu's defenders to the end, once the Roman defenders fought against the city of the city with the troops attacked by the Qin Dynasty, both sides would almost be breathing a sigh of relief. In this case, if they showed up with a team of 100,000 troops in front of the Great Qin cavalry attacking Rome, they might not have to do anything themselves, and the Great Qin's attacking troops would be defeated directly.
With this idea, the Roman consul brought almost all his remaining troops, and he didn't care about being trapped, so he just rushed back day and night.
Although the places where Han Xin and Xiang Yu were stationed at this time were far away from some of the main cities in Rome, they had a very important feature, that is, the Roman consuls had to pass through when they brought their men back to the Roman territory.
Before coming here, they had swept away almost all the Roman cities, especially the Roman capital. When they arrived outside the Roman capital gate, it seemed as if they had to attack them, but there were a total of 100,000 defenders in the barracks outside the Roman capital.
Although the people brought by Han Xin and Xiang Yu had a numerical advantage, some people were still lost in the process of attacking other cities. What they wanted was not to capture the capital of Rome, but to eliminate all the people guarding the capital of Rome. In other words, their ultimate goal was to completely eliminate these 100,000 people.
Fortunately, the Romans were basically very arrogant. In the past few years, the Romans basically attacked other forces, and other forces attacked the Romans at a very small number of times. Therefore, after the arrival of the Great Qin, the Huns and Macedonian coalition, although the number of people did not have much advantage, the Romans were not afraid of them. They always thought that they could reproduce the situation in the first war with the Macedonians, or the situation in the war with Hannibal. In their opinion, these two forces were more powerful than the miscellaneous army formed by the Great Qin, the Huns and Macedonians.
The result of the arrogance was that the Romans would not huddle in the city. They had to leave the city to fight with the army led by Han Xin. Such a battle pushed them on a path of no return.
The cavalry of Macedonia, the Huns and the Qin Dynasty had relatively strong combat power, and their fighting methods were completely different. Han Xin was also quite brave. When dealing with the Roman defenders, he asked Philip V to command the Macedonian cavalry and Xiang Yu to command the Huns cavalry. He commanded the cavalry of Daqin, divided his troops and horses into three parts, and took turns to attack the enemy.
In the end, the Romans were defeated by their arrogance and arrogance. The 100,000 defenders fled back to the city only a few thousand. Of course, in this battle, Han Xin paid a total of nearly 100,000 people, because the most elite part of the Roman cavalry could be left in the capital of Rome, which was different from the 100,000 defenders they left for Ying Gao. This was a real elite.
Although the losses were a bit heavy, Han Xin knew that such losses were something they had to experience in this battle. Without such losses, they would not be able to chew off the difficult bone of the capital of Rome.
After the attack and defense of the Roman capital, Han Xin had only 120,000 to 30,000 troops left under his command. However, unlike the Romans, the remaining troops of Han Xin were all among the elites left after the waves washed away the sand.
What surprised the Romans was that after they destroyed the elite defenders outside the capital, they did not occupy the Roman capital. You must know that the city was full of Roman nobles and had countless wealth.
In the following time, Han Xin took the power of the defenders who swept across the Roman capital and took down the remaining defenders in the cities. In other words, as long as he heard about the Roman barracks and large-scale Roman soldiers, Han Xin would take his team wherever he could go and destroy them.
In the end, Han Xin had less than 100,000 people left. To be honest, Han Xin has never experienced so many losses since his debut, but this time is different from all the wars before him. This time the loss was exchanged for the Qin Dynasty's long-term rule over the world, the situation where there was no war in the following decades or even hundreds of years, and the time when the people of the Central Plains became the most noble race in the world.
It is naturally awesome to say this, but in this era, it takes extra sacrifice and effort to achieve this.
Now, the last step is to complete the very grand goal that Ying Gao proposed to them. The last step is to find a way to eliminate the last part of the troops brought by the Roman consul who would definitely receive the news.
There is one thing here that is completely unknown, so for Han Xin and the others, making this decision is quite difficult.
In the end, they chose to intercept the necessary road, and they were secretly stationed near the necessary road, and even people in the Roman city thought they didn't know where to retreat.
After Han Xin stationed the remaining troops in one place, he mainly relied on several teams of very reliable scouts to obtain the situation in the outside world. He believed that when the Roman consul came back, Han Xin would give him a considerable surprise before he could return to his capital.
During these days of rest, the remaining elite soldiers of the Qin Dynasty have returned to a very good state. As for the food and grass that these army needs to consume, it is no longer a problem at this time. In addition to the Roman cities, there are still many Roman children's cities around. The elder brothers have made people beaten to death. Isn't it a matter of minutes to destroy you, a younger brother? So the Romans all know that when the soldiers of the Qin Dynasty come, you don't need to say anything, just contribute some of the food in your city, which is to ensure safety.
The forces of this era are very clear about the situation in the world. Just because of the combat power of the Qin Dynasty, it is very likely that this day will change. If the Qin Dynasty really didn't know when the Qin Dynasty destroyed Rome, then the matter of giving food to the Qin soldiers now may become a good thing for them to improve their status in the future.
On this day, a small team of scouts returned to the place where Han Xin and others set up camp and brought back a message.
According to the scouts, a small group of people came out of the Roman capital and headed towards Seleu. I don’t know what they were doing. They asked Han Xin for instructions on whether they had to intercept the team of people and kill them halfway.
"No, most of them were basically out of the defenders in the city we beaten. Now they are a little scared. Then they go and see if the Roman consuls have returned to the Roman territory. What they are afraid of is that we have gathered a large number of troops again and attacked their capital again."
After Han Xin issued this order, he immediately summoned Xiang Yu and Philip V to his side.
"According to the Romans' predictions, if the Roman consuls returned at full speed after receiving the letter, they should be coming soon. Whether they can bring the glory they want to Seleu and then to the Qin Dynasty depends on this battle."
Although Han Xin's words were from the perspective of the Qin Dynasty, Xiang Yu and Philip V also understood that the amount of their efforts in this battle would basically affect Ying Gao's attitude towards them in the future, especially Xiang Yu. He knew that Ying Gao believed him because he was not a Hun, but a Central Plains man like Ying Gao. The Central Plains man must hope that the Central Plains man would dominate the world. There is no doubt about this. At the same time, he was also very much looking forward to the day when Ying Gao really dominated the world, which would make him take the Huns with him where to go.
Not to mention Philip V, he knew that he had a very ambitious person before, and he believed that Ying Gao must have known this. He did not expect that he could dominate the land like Xiang Yu. He only hoped that he could be a little better than Antioch III. After all, he could still be a guest in Xianyang City, right?
If they wanted to realize what they had in their minds, there was nothing else to say, that is, to cooperate with Han Xin, and directly let the Romans fall from the clouds to the ground in this battle. In other words, from the time they led their troops to leave, there should be no Rome in this world.
Now, it is unknown how many troops the Roman consuls will bring back, which is the biggest problem they face. If the Roman consuls will come back with 150,000 or 10,000 people, it will definitely be difficult for them to fight this battle.
"Please rest assured, General, we will definitely give all our money for this battle!"
Of course, Philip V was still the most active response, while Xiang Yu didn't say anything, because he knew that wars full of unknowns were the hardest to fight, and it was not possible to just shout a little slogan. What they need to do now is to make a plan well, and even if they lose, they cannot be wiped out.
Chapter completed!