Da Qin: Destroyed the Xiongnu at the beginning

Asia Minor, Roman Legion

"Lord Bliss, according to intelligence, the Seleucids have gathered more than 200,000 people, set up a Macedonian phalanx, and are waiting for us at the front!"

A Roman general reported respectfully to Commander Bullis.

"Did you only see the Seleucids? What about the Daqin people?"

Bliss said with a frown.

Although Rome's main opponent was Hannibal, the commander of Carthage, it also devoted a lot of power to the Seleucid-Macedonian line and sent him, who was famous throughout Rome. Veteran generals and 100,000 elite legions.

The progress was very smooth at the beginning. The Seleucids had long lost the glory of Alexander in the past. Even the infantry phalanx remained unchanged. The Romans had already lost their strength in many battles with the Macedonian phalanx. Its shortcomings have been discovered.

That is, although the Macedonian phalanx is invincible in frontal impact, the heavy infantry are all wearing heavy armor and holding thick tower shields. On the shields are spears more than 6 meters long. Even the Roman The cavalry did not dare to use their fronts directly, but their maneuverability was weak.

The famous Roman generals figured out a way to break the Macedonian phalanx, which was to use throwing objects such as spears and axes to bypass the shield wall and directly kill the enemies at the rear. Infantry.

When the Macedonian phalanx is in chaos, avoid the front of the Macedonian phalanx and attack its flanks, you can easily defeat the seemingly invincible Macedonian phalanx.

Relying on this more advanced tactic, Bliss led One hundred thousand Roman legions won consecutive victories in Asia Minor, and more than one hundred thousand were beheaded. They occupied hundreds of miles of land in the Seleucid Kingdom.

Some Roman generals had even begun to march straight into Antioch, the capital of the Seleucid Kingdom. , fulfilling the dream of annihilating the country.

However, just when the Romans were at their most proud, they suffered a heavy blow.

Tens of thousands of cavalry came out of nowhere and directly circled the flanks of the Roman vanguard legions, directly giving them a blow. The Roman vanguard army dealt a fatal blow.

Bliss's deputy commander was directly killed in the battle, and the entire army of 20,000 vanguards was wiped out! The tragic loss made Bliss go berserk and gather the remaining troops to avenge the deputy commander.

However, In the subsequent battles, no matter how hard Bullis tried, he was no match for the cavalry. He repeatedly lost troops and was chased all the way to the coastline.

If the other commander hadn't withdrawn his troops after seeing the Roman fleet coming to support, Bullis was probably already a prisoner.

How could Bullis, who had always been arrogant, endure this?

Relying on his influence on the Senate, Bullis once again recruited a large army from Rome. They gathered 200,000 horses and vowed to avenge their humiliation!

However, although they did achieve several small victories this time relying on their numerical advantage, the mobility of the opponent's cavalry exceeded Bliss's imagination and they could not catch up with the opponent's cavalry. Pace.

We only learned from the captured Seleucids that this mysterious cavalry was the reinforcements invited by Antiochus III from a mysterious eastern country called Da Qin.

It is said that this country named Da Qin has a territory of tens of thousands of miles and a population of three There are more than tens of thousands, and there are millions of elites under his command!

Bliss and others were immediately dumbfounded. Is there such a terrible country in the far east?

If I hadn't heard that the entire Great Qin was thousands of miles away from Asia Minor, but When 50,000 troops came, Bliss was about to retreat.

But it was precisely because of the distance of thousands of miles that gave Bliss hope.

"Your Highness, according to the information we bribed from the Seleucid officials, this time, the Great Qin people plan to let the Seleucid army phalanx hold us back, and then attack our flank!"

The Roman generals quickly reported

"Humph, as expected, the people of Da Qin only know this trick!"

"But they certainly didn't expect that this time, we also have cavalry!"

Bliss snorted coldly.

This time, the Roman Senate, which was shocked by the Qin Dynasty, spent a lot of money.

They did not hesitate to draw elites from the Carthage front and devoted the entire strength of Rome to piece together more than 30,000 cavalry..

Although not as numerous as the Da Qin people, in Bliss's view, it is enough to hold off the Da Qin people.

As long as the Da Qin cavalry is entangled by the Roman cavalry and loses the advantage of mobility, the Roman phalanx, which has several times the advantage in numbers, It was enough to crush the Qin cavalry to death.

As for the Seleucid army, they were really not taken seriously by Bliss.

"Here's the order, everyone has a good night's rest. The decisive battle will take place tomorrow. We must annihilate these hateful Qin barbarians!"

Bliss shouted angrily.

"yes!"

The Roman general nodded and was about to go out to deliver the order.

"By the way, let the cavalry legion pay attention to concealment and not be discovered by the Qin people in advance."

Bliss thought for a while and ordered again.

The Roman generals hurriedly obeyed.

But they didn't know that their every move had actually fallen into Meng Tian's control.

The reason why Meng Tian took the initiative to retreat was because he chose a more suitable place. Outside the venue, it is necessary to take advantage of intelligence. In

Asia Minor, the Seleucid Kingdom has been under the rule for a longer period of time. Most of the residents are still loyal to the Seleucids, and they also have a natural affinity for the Qin army that came to save them. I have a good impression.

Under the command of Shen Lian, the Jinyiwei spies quickly established an airtight intelligence network in the Asia Minor region.

Bliss's efforts were completely useless.......

It's night and the stars are shining brightly.

Due to the hot weather, many Roman legionnaires waited until very late to fall asleep after the weather turned cooler.

At midnight, the Qin cavalry, which had been prepared for a long time, quietly left the camp under the leadership of Meng Tian.

Fifty thousand cavalry, all with titles and horses with bound hooves.

Even on the hard Gobi Desert, it didn't make much noise.

And the howling night wind completely blocked all movement.

The bright stars in the world also pointed out the way forward for the Qin cavalry.

Under these favorable conditions, the Qin cavalry reached one mile away from the Roman camp without anyone noticing.

Then 10,000 Great Qin elites all put on repeating crossbows.

The crossbow arrows were all wrapped in thick linen cloth, soaked in kerosene.

The 40,000 cavalrymen from various countries in the Western Region also took out their homemade bows and arrows.

Following Meng Tian's order, thousands of arrows were fired.

After several rounds of volleys, hundreds of thousands of fireballs fell from the sky into the Roman tent.

The howling wind and the extremely dry Gobi quickly fueled the fire.

The entire Roman camp instantly turned into a sea of fire.

Many Romans were burned to ashes while they were still sleeping.

Those who were lucky enough to survive could only scurry around like headless flies in the face of the already connected sea of fire, trying to find a piece of life.

At this moment, Meng Tian had already commanded 50,000 cavalry and took advantage of the chaos to launch a charge.

Countless Romans still had expressions of disbelief on their faces before they died.

The people of Da Qin are too scary!