Chapter 1026 The Storm of War
"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!"
Benito was furious. He was stared at with hatred by a group of barbarians for the whole day. This unhappiness almost made him unable to suppress his urge to kill.
But reason organized him, he understood the overall situation, so he restrained himself.
"Benito, you shouldn't go this time. Or you can just retreat back to Rome!" Gretz walked in hesitantly and suggested to Benito.
They recruited a group of barbarian legions from the church. After all, they were the Eagle Flag Legion and their power was still there.
Moreover, they planned to bypass the mountains and attack Parthia to cut off Ardashir's supplies, which was consistent with their goal of killing Ardashir.
Therefore, many barbarian legion commanders are willing to accept their call.
However, Benito did not recruit any barbarian legions to serve as auxiliary troops, which means that the Fourteenth Legion was facing the crisis of being abandoned by the barbarians.
This made Benito very angry. You know, 70% of the Roman legions had to be rendered through fourteen combinations of switching talents from scratch, so that they could train quickly.
That is why whenever there is a large-scale war, the Fourteen Combinations will participate twice.
On the one hand, it was to quickly train the young and strong men recruited locally, and on the other hand, it was also to plagiarize some elite talents from other empires.
After all, those seemingly unimpressive talents, when combined with Roma's talents, can sometimes produce unexpected results.
But the respected Fourteenth Group is now isolated by the barbarians. It is ridiculous, but it did happen.
Cyprian put all the blame on Ardashir and Benito.
With Ardashir as the big target, Benito was just a small culprit and the barbarian would be unhappy at most.
However, the tough nut of Ardashir could not be chewed for a long time, and the barbarians suffered heavy casualties. Although they were extremely fanatical, they could not avoid resentment, and this resentment was now leaning towards Benito and the Fourteenth combination.
Graz was very worried because the Fourteenth Group had no auxiliary troops, and if the Fourteenth Group acted with them, the current auxiliary troops might find an excuse to withdraw.
So they couldn't take Fourteen with them, and it wasn't safe for Fourteen to stay in the camp. After they left, Fourteen would become a thorn in the eyes of the barbarians.
If any angry barbarians really attacked the camp of Group 14, Benito would definitely kill them.
By then, Benito would probably be surrounded and killed by these barbarians.
Although this was considered a fantasy in the past, it is now something that has a high probability of happening.
"I understand! Graze, I will apply to go to the British battlefield!" Benito suppressed the anger in his heart.
He, the commander of the Fourteenth Combination, was actually forced to flee from the battlefield by a group of barbarians. It was simply a shame for the Fourteenth Combination.
But Benito knew that he could not act on impulse. He could not put his own honor and disgrace, or the honor and disgrace of the Fourteenth Group, above that of the Roman Empire.
He has to endure it, and he must endure it.
So he planned to go to Great Britain, the barbarian's hometown, to kill the barbarians, instead of returning to Rome to rest.
The Fourteenth Group from top to bottom has been thoroughly enraged by the barbarians, but they cannot attack their friendly forces, so they can only go to Great Britain and kill the barbarians who have the same blood as these barbarians.
"I have submitted my application. It may be the Third Eagle Flag who will take over my position. It may also be the Fourth Eagle Flag. Don't forget the plan we have discussed!"
Benito suppressed his anger and spoke to Gretz. He had not lost his mind yet. The barbarians must pay a price, but they must not pay the price by themselves. Both Parthia and these barbarians must suffer losses.
This was the strategy that was decided before the war began. He must stick to this strategy and must not disrupt it because of momentary anger.
"Then let's get ready to go!" Looking at Benito's expression, Gretz didn't know what to say. He could only comfort him briefly and then turned and left.
"Bastard!" After Graz left, Benito smashed the table in front of him.
If he has not seen the light, he can endure the darkness.
Greze was completely different from them. Not only him, but also Africanus, were pure-blooded and believed that Rome should be the Rome of the Romans.
He could have endured it all, all for the sake of plan, if the barbarians had not been bowing down to them since birth.
But Benito could not tolerate the fact that the barbarians, who had once been servile, now dared to hate him and even forced him to leave.
But the patriotic sentiment of the supremacy of the Roman Empire suppressed him, otherwise he should have sent information to Ardashir and then killed all these barbarians in one go.
Benito did not do so. Although the barbarians were now going too far, he did not forget that the barbarians were still part of them, and Parthia was their enemy.
"The 14th Legion withdrew?" Ardashir listened to his subordinates' report in surprise.
"According to reliable intelligence, the Fourteenth Combined Legion has already evacuated the battlefield and is heading north!"
Relying on the technology of the Huns, Parthia's eagle system became very mature. The undercover agents they placed in the Mesopotamian region and the spies they planted in the eastern provinces all played a significant role at this time.
Although it is impossible to accomplish feats such as assassination and burning of grain, it is still possible to provide intelligence on large-scale legion operations like this.
"Good! The plan has finally paid off! Tell the soldiers, if we hold on a little longer, we will win!" Ardashir was extremely excited. The result of their war of sowing discord by killing St. Peter III had finally come to fruition.
He almost thought that their original plan was a complete failure, but now he finally saw the results.
As long as Temujin defeated the Eagle Banner Legion that bypassed the mountains, the war would be decided and the seeds of trouble would be sent back to Rome.
They, Parthia, can now sit back and relax and develop well!
What they lack most now is the opportunity for development. As long as they are given time, they will be able to make the country prosperous again.
"Send an eagle to notify Temujin, and send someone to notify the country at the same time. We must severely defeat this group of Eagle Flag Legion!" Ardashir said seriously.
The outcome of the war no longer depended on whether he could defend the mountain pass, but on Temujin. As long as Temujin could drive back all the Eagle Flag Legion that had bypassed them.
There was absolute discord within Rome. Hatred was a double-edged sword. It was indeed a force that could unite people, but when the goal could not be achieved, hatred would become the biggest sin that would backfire on them.
When the time comes, he will return to Parthia in a swagger, and it will be unjust if Rome is not in chaos.
There were at least 80,000 barbarians who died outside the defense line, if not 100,000. If the barbarians could keep calm, Rome would have more fun.
In any case, it is absolutely impossible for the barbarians to invade Parthia. The soldiers on these lines of defense are only 40 to 50 percent of the troops, and there are still more forces at the back that have not been used.
It can even be said that the army in the rear is their real strength, and now the soldiers on the front line are more for training more elite troops through defensive battles.
New recruits can still be used in defensive battles, but when there are no more natural barriers and the terrain is flat, new recruits cannot go to the battlefield at all.
If the new recruits have not been trained, facing the horror of a battlefield, they might very likely cause the camp to collapse.
Any experienced general would never do the stupid thing of sending new soldiers into a field battle.
So this is why Ardashir was confident in holding on here, and it is also the reason why he has confidence in Temujin. If such a Roman detachment could break into Ctesiphon, then Ardashir would have nothing to say.
By the way, do Trajan's legions that invaded Rome back then still have the same strength now?
On the Parthian side, there are many legions that want to take revenge on Trajan.
Li Ru, who was far away in the Pamir Mountains, also received this information. After realizing that Rome, Parthia and others were trying to sabotage them, he also sent a group of people to go over and sabotage them.
In addition to Yu Ji's activeness, Li Ru also has a good intelligence network.
Although no specific intelligence can be obtained, approximate intelligence can still be intercepted.
"Haha, Rome, how can it not be defeated with so much intrigue?" Li Ru burned the information in his hand.
He was the person who understood the relationship between Rome and the barbarians best. Isn't the model between the two the same as the relationship between the Iron Cavalry and the Qiang people back then?
Moreover, the form of the church reminded him of the Papacy, and he was well aware of the direction of Rome.
However, Li Ru was not optimistic about the church. Just as the Taiping Sect failed to cause a big stir in Xiliang, he also did not think that the church would cause a big stir in Rome.
However, it will definitely cause trouble to Rome, and at this time it depends on the Roman emperor's own awareness.
Based on the intelligence Li Ru had, he believed that Severus would choose to lead the army in person, and then rely on the victory of destroying Parthia to directly suppress all opposition voices and, by the way, directly bring the church under his control.
Severus was a mounted emperor, so Li Ru did not think that he would use political tricks to slowly integrate the chaotic Rome. He would definitely use the simplest and most efficient way to attack Parthia.
This was exactly what the Han Dynasty wanted. The intelligence they had obtained now fully demonstrated the strength of the Parthian Empire's last gasp, which could be called a report.
In the past few years, even the Huns combined were not this difficult to deal with.
Unless they mobilized the legions stationed in the northern border on the Bering Strait, it would be impossible to defeat Parthia easily.
The combination of double triple talents and double military souls is enough to fight an imperial war of any scale.
"Have we arrived at Bai Ma?" Thinking of the Bering Strait, Li Ru suddenly asked the guards around him.
"Reporting to the military advisor, the Baima Volunteers have arrived in the direction of the West Camp. We just reported this morning that General Baima is leading the troops personally!" the personal guard replied quickly.
"It's worthy of being a white horse! Its speed is truly the best in the world!" Li Ru exclaimed.
To be honest, the major cavalry units of the Han Dynasty, the Wolf Cavalry and the Yulin Army, all benefited from the kindness of their ancestors. Only the White Horse and the Iron Cavalry started from scratch.
As someone who had trained the Iron Cavalry, Li Ru naturally knew the effort required to train a terrifying elite force.
It was as if he deliberately slowed down the cavalry's speed, giving them the courage to never retreat and creating the powerful army we have today.
Although he didn't say it, this was indeed one of the proudest achievements of his life.
Gongsun Zan's white horse is almost the same as the iron cavalry, how can it not make people feel moved.
Even he has not yet thought of any good way to restrict Bai Ma.
Apart from the situation where the first person to climb to the top rode the white horse, Li Ru couldn't even think of any way to punish the white horse on the battlefield.
The speed is really too fast. Any method requires a prerequisite, which is to catch the white horse.
But the white horse was like the wind, and it was impossible to catch it.
"Order a white horse to go to Beigui and bring all the prepared paper figures to them!" Li Ru thought about it and secretly opened a back door for Li Que and the others.
The paper figures that Li Ru mentioned were invented by Taoists. After being used, they can form something similar to a fantasy soldier, but they have a physical body and cannot participate in battles, but they are as lifelike as real people.
Li Que and his men used this batch of paper figures to create false information that they were not there so that they could participate in this battle.
Although he could have withdrawn directly, in order not to put too much pressure on Cao Cao, he still asked the Taoists to make a batch of these things.
A Legion of Miracles, taken alone, might not be enough to fight in the Empire.
But when combined with a large army, the Miracle Legion will become Parthia's nightmare.
Moreover, the Divine Iron Cavalry and the Flying Bears are highly mobile. They can easily cross mountains and hide in inconspicuous places, and wait until the war starts to catch Parthia off guard.
On the one hand, it was due to selfishness, and on the other hand, the trap array and the golden armored warriors were not mobile enough.
Parthia was completely unaware of the Han Dynasty's movements. Even if someone noticed the movement in the Pamir Mountains, they only regarded it as the Han Dynasty's intention to reinforce the Han army in the direction of northern Guizhou. No one cared at all, and no one thought that the Han Dynasty would stab them in the back.
Because their trade with the Han Dynasty was going very happily.
Moreover, judging from one's own experience, the Han Dynasty and the Kushans had already fought each other to a pulp, so how could they have time to do anything else?
Some people even admired the powerful fighting capacity of the Han Dynasty. However, less than a year after the war began, the Kushan Empire showed its declining strength and most of the southern part of the country collapsed.
The scale of the defeat was comparable to their encounter with Rome a few years ago.
