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In fact, I also want to know that Anxi was forced to become a vassal state by Seleucid's despotic power, and it was not willing.

On this basis, Anxi will definitely preserve its strength in battle.

That is to say, the alliance between Anxi and Seleucid can only fight against the wind and not against the wind.

But Akaifus sent Anxi to rescue Huo Musang.

Anxi's army rushed to Huo Musang to see...there were more than 4 Si national troops, but Anxi only had [-].

If this is a fight, even if you can win, it must be a miserable victory, not to mention that you can't win in most cases.

More importantly, even if he wins the battle, it won't be of any benefit to Anxi.

Not only is there no advantage, but there are also disadvantages... Anxi's strength has been greatly reduced to save Homusang for Seleucid, wouldn't it make Seleuxi better enslave Anxi?

So, only a fool would fight this battle.

Since this battle is not fought, it means that Anxi has broken with Seleucid or can be said to be independent.

Anxi is like this, Dawan is even more like this.

Now that there is a breakup, will Acaevs be worried about the pursuit of the two countries?

The fact is indeed the case. King Anxi also sent out cavalry to follow Akaifus all the way to avenge the humiliation of being a minister before, but he never did it because it was difficult to deal with the ultra-long spear phalanx.

On the other hand, King Anxi immediately sent envoys to Huo Musang.

What the messenger said was nothing more than that the reason why he formed an alliance with Seleucid before was because of Seleucid's coercion, and now Anxi is willing to form an alliance with Shen Bing to fight against Seleucid.

As for Dawan, Anxi promised that the king of Dawan would hand over the BMW and send envoys to the Central Plains to plead guilty for the previous killing of the envoys.

King of Rest is very smart.

On the one hand, it is because the army of the Silk Kingdom is strong, and there are only advantages and no disadvantages in forming an alliance with Shen Bing, otherwise Shen Bing will definitely take the city of Anxi in order to better fight against Seleucid...

The three cities of Huo Musang, An'xi and Lan's form a triangle. Only by taking An'xi can Shen soldiers surround the space in the middle.

But if Anxi forms an alliance with Shen Bing, Shen Bing doesn't need to take the risk of setting up a new enemy to lay down Anxi.

On the other hand, King Anxi also knew the truth of the cold lips and teeth.

If Shen Bing can't defeat Seleuci in Huomusang, then it will be his turn to rest.

But if Anxi can become the pillar and backup of Shen Bing and make Shen Bing block the Seleucid army... then Anxi can sit back and relax.

Therefore, forming an alliance is beneficial to Anxi and has no harm, so why not do it?

Shen Bing thought to himself, it's no wonder that after the collapse of the Seleucid Empire, the Parthian Order rose up and took over most of the Seleucid territory, and even suffered heavy losses against the Roman Legion afterwards.

With such foresight and political skills, it is difficult not to be strong.

Of course Shen Bing would not refuse.

Although the two countries were still enemies not long ago, and the Qin army even besieged the city of Anxi, Shen Bing has seen a lot of things like "challenge to Qin and late to Chu"... There is no way to hold grudges between countries, and they should be grasped in time if they have common interests.

But this alliance is not easy for Shen Bing.

Because Shen Bing knew that from then on, Huo Musang would become the battlefield where Seleucid and the Qin army fought.

Only later did Shen Bing realize that he was wrong.

What he had to face was not only Seleucid... The artillery in the hands of the Qin army shocked the whole of Europe, which made Ptolemy, Macedonia, and even the Roman Empire feel a sense of crisis similar to that of Anxi.

Therefore, the enemy Shen Bing had to deal with was much stronger than imagined.

Chapter 5 Eleven Alliance

This aspect was dealt with by Antiochus III.

Immediately after he escaped from Huo Musang, he sent envoys to inform other countries of the powerful silk equipment from the east, and even sent a solid bullet to each country.

This solid bullet is the evidence that Antiochus III asked his subordinates to pick it up at the foot of the city wall at night... From this point of view, Antiochus III had actually made preparations early in the morning to use the power of other countries to block Silk Kingdom.

The envoy even exaggerated the equipment of Silk Kingdom to other countries.

This is used to cover up the failure of the Seleucid Empire and the shame of Antiochus III's escape... Only by praising the enemy enough can the failure of Seleucid be reasonable.

Second, it is to make countries aware of the seriousness of the problem so that it is possible to unite.

"This is the iron bullet they fired!" The messenger held the cannonball high on his head and showed it to the people around: "Maybe you have seen their silk before, and we always thought they were just fine silk. But , now we know that is not the case...they can also make firearms that are much more advanced than ours. This one shell can kill dozens of soldiers!"

The people around immediately became chaotic.

They believed this, because if the iron shell could fly from hundreds of meters away.

"How many of these firearms do they have?" a voice called.

"Countless!" the messenger replied, "enough to wipe out all our troops! They have already blown down the walls of Homusang with this kind of firearm!"

After a pause, the messenger added:

"If they can blow down Huo Musang's city walls, they can also blow down your city walls! You can send people to Huo Musang to have a look!"

Of course, the countries would not easily believe the words of the envoy, so they sent spies to Huo Musang to inquire.

The news that came back confirmed this news. After all, there was a city wall that had collapsed there, and the Si National Army hadn't had time to repair it. At the same time, they could also ask the real situation from the nearby people.

After thinking about it again and again, under the threat of the foreign enemy of Silk Country, a powerful alliance was formed.

Shen Bing got the information soon.

Wang Ben reported to Shen Bing:

"General, the rangers have detected that a large number of troops are gathering in a place to the west called Babylon."

"The enemy may counterattack."

Shen Bing didn't pay attention to this information, because he thought it was Seleuci who was gathering troops to take back Homesang.

However, soon after, Jiang reported to Shen Bing again:

"General, it is reported that the countries of Semu have formed an alliance."

Because the eyes of people in various European countries are colored, the Central Plains usually call them "color eyes".

Shen Bing was startled and asked:

"Is this true?"

Ke replied:

"It's the news from the local herdsmen, it should be true!"

Jiang's troops speak the same language as the locals, so they will naturally hear more information.

Shen Bing hurriedly ordered the spies to send spies pretending to be herdsmen to find out.

The news I got was as the herdsmen said, the Semu countries have formed an alliance, which even includes Rome.

This gave Shen Bing a headache.

Ultra-pikemen plus Roman melee infantry armed to the teeth, as well as Egyptian light cavalry and chariot soldiers who are good at fighting in the desert...

The Egyptian army is actually okay, because the Qin army, which is mainly cavalry, is not interested in the Egyptian cavalry. After being equipped with harnesses, all the cavalry without harnesses are not worth mentioning in front of the Qin army.

The problem lies in the combination of Macedonian ultra-pikemen and Roman melee infantry. One is long and the other is short, and it is difficult for cavalry to disperse and break through its phalanx.

The reason why the Parthia cavalry was able to defeat the Roman army in history was because Parthia used endless arrow piles when supplies were abundant, and at the same time cut off its supply lines and reinforcements, so that the Roman army could only form a tortoise shell formation and could not move. , Over time, there will only be one ending of defeat.

In this situation, if these countries form an alliance, it is almost impossible to cut off their supply lines.

Because they have enough troops to protect the supply line, even if they use a phalanx to form a supply line, it may be more than enough.

"General!" At this time, Wang Ben suggested: "Since we have already won the blood and blood of the horses and fulfilled our mission, why don't we return to the Central Plains!"

That's really good advice.

Because the purpose of Shen Bing's trip has been achieved, there is no need to fight for life and death with the Semu coalition forces.

As for the two cities that were captured, take away those that can be taken away, and burn the ones that cannot be taken away.

But after thinking about it, Shen Bing shook his head and said:

"It's fine if our army doesn't reach Huo Musang. Semu doesn't know that there is Wuzi in the Central Plains."

"But at this time, we have become enemies with Seleucid and Semu has formed an alliance. How can they let it go?"

"If our army retreats, and the Semu Allied Forces follow up to the Western Regions, what should we do?"

Wang Ben nodded in agreement.

It would be fine if the countries in the Western Regions had stabilized, but people in the Western Regions were not yet settled, and many countries, including Kucha, had dissent.

It's a bit like Parth's relationship with Seleucid.

At that time, if the Western Regions use the Semu coalition forces to become independent, not only will they not fight against Semu, but they will also secretly contribute to the flames?

At that time, the Western Regions, which had finally surrendered, fell apart again.

Then Wang Ben wondered again:

"But General, if you don't withdraw to the Central Plains, are you still waiting here to be besieged by the Semu coalition forces?"

As I said before, the advantage of the ultra-long spearmen is that they are besieging the city. Although the speed is slow, they can be sieged to death in one siege, and it is only a matter of time before they take down the city wall.

If the defenders are also infantry, they can still fight.Cavalry is just as weak in defense as in siege, since neither requires mobility.

Therefore, what the Qin army had to face in the end was being surrounded by the enemy and unable to move, unless he abandoned the city first.

Shen Bing didn't answer, he pondered for a moment and then gave a few orders:

"Send reinforcements from the sandbar immediately."

There are also [-] Hanoi troops stationed on the sandbar, and they have been operating there since Li Yan led the army to the sandbank.

In such a hurry, it would not be a problem to transfer [-] infantry from there.

"Get the gunpowder quickly, the sooner the better!"

Wang Ben asked suspiciously:

"General, don't you want to increase the artillery?"

Shen Bing shook his head and said:

"Only adjust gunpowder!"

It's not that Shen Bing doesn't want to adjust the artillery, but with the weight of the artillery and solid bullets and the marching speed, how many can be transferred from the sandbar?

How about replacing all these weights with gunpowder.

Finally, Shen Bing gave another order:

"Assemble all the blacksmiths and carpenters in the city."

"And all the common people who know how to make iron and wood."

Although Wang Ben said he didn't know what Shen Bing was going to do, he still complied and brought his personal guards down to make arrangements.

Chapter 5 Twelve Matchlock Guns

Homesang is in charge of the blacksmith is a Syrian named Edmond.

The Greeks are very good at playing this trick. For example, if this is the region of Iran, they intend to promote Syrians as officials, and in Syria they appoint Iranians or Turks...

This can not only avoid the collusion of officers and soldiers, but also make all ethnic groups hate each other... When you are an official, you cannot avoid scolding or punishing your subordinates, and the subordinates naturally hate the officials.

The result is that they are incompatible with each other and cannot be united, so it is easier for the Greeks to enslave and control this area.

Shen Bing said to Edmund:

"I wonder if I can trust you."

Edmond replied calmly:

"Of course you can trust me, my lord general."

"Because I am neither Greek nor Homusan, everything that has happened here so far has neither interest nor hatred for me!"

"I'm just an ant that has to succumb in order to survive."