Chapter 1381: Eastern Expedition and Western Expedition

Kleon originally thought that it would be impossible to go home in this lifetime. Both the desert and the snowy mountains are cannibalistic. Originally, their army had more than 2,000 people, but in the end, only more than 500 of them survived.

Kleon still believes that he can survive entirely because of Zeus' blessing, otherwise they would never have come here and would have died on the road.

But now he heard that there is a second way besides the desert and the snowy mountains, and Cleon was tempted. The temptation of going home in a few months is too great.

However, Cleon also knew that Touman would not let him go easily, but as long as there is a chance, he does not want to give up.

After Heitan left, Cleon immediately found the deputy general, and this matter still needs to be considered in the long run.

Heitan smiled at the tent in the distance, thinking that they would not give up the opportunity to go home, and they would definitely take action in the next battle. General Meng Tian will handle the next matter.

Meng Tian has indeed learned a lot of things. At the welcome party, he had contact with several Qin apprentices of Ounuo, and knew that Ounuo's wife was in Sanghai City, and Ounuo was a hired expert, definitely not a spy.

Such people should help them, so Meng Tian no longer hid and went directly to Ounuo hoping to get his help.

After listening to Meng Tian's story, Ounuo thought about it and knew that those soldiers were definitely not Romans, because he never knew that Rome would send troops to such a far place. Rome is currently mainly fighting on the Italian peninsula, and there is no exaggerated long-distance expedition.

"I can be sure that they are not Romans, but if you need me to be an interpreter, I am very willing." Ounuo said.

Meng Tian nodded: "Then who do you think they are, sir?"

Ounuo took out a treasured "Great Voyage" from his luggage and turned to a page of the world map: "If I am not mistaken, they should be Macedonians, descendants of Alexander the Great's Eastern Expedition troops."

Meng Tian said who is Alexander the Great?

Ounuo explained that although Alexander the Great was Macedonian, Ounuo was Roman. But in Ouno's narration, Alexander the Great is still a super emperor with extraordinary bravery, leading his troops to the end of the world, all the way east, and fully demonstrated that "a flock of sheep led by a lion is more terrible than a lion led by a goat". Alexander the Great is this lion, and his dream is to go to the end of the world.

However, as a general, Meng Tian said that he could not agree with Alexander the Great's approach: "War is a major event of the country, a place of life and death, and a way of survival and destruction. It must be carefully considered." What is the meaning of Alexander the Great's expedition to the east, which is costly and laborious? What benefits can he bring to the people of the country? What benefits can he bring to his own country?

It seems like there is nothing, just fighting for the sake of fighting, which is a taboo in the Central Plains: "If you are aggressive and aggressive, Alexander the Great will not have a good end."

"How do you know? Alexander the Great did die during the expedition, probably in his thirties, and seemed to have died of illness." Ouno lived in Greece, and Greece was under the control of Macedonia, so he knew Alexander the Great better: "Although he died early, he conquered a huge territory, which is now divided into several countries."

"So what? They are all unorthodox." Meng Tian said that a country that is not legitimate will collapse sooner or later, and the facts prove this. In the end, the Mediterranean was still shrouded in the flag of Rome, and the Roman Caesar and Augustus became the names of European emperors.

"I think these people may be Seleucids, because Seleucids was the end of Alexander the Great's eastern expedition." At this point, Ouno suddenly thought of a legend he had heard. Legend has it that Alexander the Great killed all the way to Babylon, and then he cried bitterly in Babylon because he believed that there would be no more land that he could conquer.

If Alexander the Great knew that there was a magical country like Qin on the other side of the mountain and the sea, would he cheer up and continue to go east?

At that time, Alexander the Great's troops would meet Qin's troops.

However, this assumption does not exist, because Alexander the Great's troops actually only had more than 30,000 people. If he really dared to cross the snow-capped mountains and the desert, it is estimated that even if he arrived in Qin, only one-third of the troops would be able to reach Qin. At that time, although Qin had not unified the six countries, it had experienced Shang Yang's reforms, and the people of Qin had become soldiers who hoped to be granted titles and ministers through military merits. The army from afar would probably have to be defeated at the border of Qin.

Of course, the two sides are indeed too far apart, and it is unfair for either side to go on an expedition. But if the two sides must fight, Qin is equipped with a large number of archers for long-range attacks, and also has cavalry and chariots. Alexander the Great is mostly infantry, and then has cavalry and chariots, and almost no organized long-range attack means.

Although the cavalry of Qin were all light cavalry, the countries in the north of the Central Plains had basically experienced "Hufu Qishe", which was the technology that the Central Plains countries learned from the Xiongnu, that is, archers.

The cavalry of both sides is not suitable for charging, but having distance is an advantage.

If the two sides really fight, Qin has a greater advantage, and the Qin state system is centralized and has strong mobilization capabilities. Macedonia is a city-state system country, and the number of troops that Alexander the Great can mobilize is probably only one-third of Qin or even less. Moreover, the Macedonian phalanx is not the more people the better, 30,000 people can just exert the maximum power, and too many people delay the phalanx and it is easy to be broken.

There is also the will to fight. Alexander the Great's eastward expedition was a conquest, but it was robbery. A huge robbery army of tens of thousands of people robbed and supplied along the way, fighting to support the war. Although these robbers took Alexander the Great as an example and the army was full of personal heroism, if they really encountered a hurdle that even the "hero" could not overcome, the army would be doomed.

And the Qin State shouted: "The old Qin is brave, and we will go to the national crisis together." It can definitely kill any robbers, even if the robbers are led by a lion.

Ouno's idea is basically impossible to achieve. Alexander the Great stopped after conquering the known world, and Qin would not be bored to carry out any expeditions after unifying the six countries, so the two military powers in the east and the west can only look at each other from a distance.

It was a miracle that Seleucus's small army could come to the border of the Qin Dynasty and fight with Meng Tian's small army. There is no need to think about Alexander the Great fighting Qin Shihuang. Alexander the Great is dead, and he is destined to be just a legend.

Meng Tian never thought about fighting Alexander the Great. He just wanted to solve the Xiongnu and the border problem. This was his responsibility.

Ounuo agreed to help, and Meng Tian became more confident. The next time he encountered that strange army, he must turn them against him. Maybe he could defeat Touman in one fell swoop and drive the Xiongnu tribe to the north.