Chapter 628: The Madman Has His Own Madman
The three people who escaped gathered together and were shocked by Ardashir's performance.
After a brief count of the losses, they found that the number of soldiers killed in the battle was more than 1,800, and the number of wounded was countless.
It could be said to be a great defeat, but it was only because of the timely retreat and the good previous record that the trip was worthwhile.
Just talking about the last battle, their losses were heavy, with nearly one-tenth of their men lost. This was almost a major blow to Xu Huang and Pang De.
"Trouble, that guy's condition just now was a little strange!"
Pang De's face looked grim. As soon as they started fighting, he realized that the opponent's condition was definitely incomplete.
"It should be about reshaping the legion, building your own exclusive legion. I have heard General Huangfu talk about this."
Xu Huang silently looked at his pierced chest and spoke calmly.
"This is trouble. Parthia may not be as weak as we thought. There may be problems on our Western Front!" Pound felt a little tricky.
Parthia secretly hid so much strength that they were completely unaware of it during their head-on confrontation.
"What I am worried about now is what kind of power Parthia still has . As far as I know, Parthia has no military spirit. We have the vanguard in front, so it is not a problem to stop them, but it may not be so easy to defeat them."
"Let's go back first and bring back the information. At least this trip was not in vain!" Xu Huang shook his head. The three of them were just shocked and had no fear of Ardashir's strength.
There were simply too many legions in the Han Dynasty that could surpass Ardashir, and too many generals who were stronger than Ardashir. It could be said that they felt nothing in their hearts.
However, after this battle, they all developed a sense of crisis. Being surpassed by young people one after another is not a good sign.
Leaving aside Guo Hao and the like, youngsters like Ma Chao, Sun Ce, Guan Ping and Jiang Wei are constantly approaching and even surpassing them.
But after they returned to the camp, they received even worse news.
The Dingling people came as subordinates of the Northern Xiongnu, but they were not completely subordinate.
Unlike the Zaohu, the Dingling people are now considered to be the "real" good brothers of the Northern Xiongnu. Although the Dingling people were once conquered by Maodun and incorporated into the Xiongnu, Maodun did not rule them completely and gave them enough rights.
This kind of power caused serious polarization among the Dingling people. Later, during the reign of Emperor Xuan of Han, a part of the Dingling people followed the Han Dynasty and the Wuhuan, Xianbei, and countries in the Western Regions to attack the Xiongnu, who had been severely damaged at that time.
After the Xiongnu was defeated, the Dingling who had followed the Han Dynasty naturally surrendered and were quickly assimilated. However, the Dingling who were loyal to the Xiongnu had no choice but to flee. They were considered to be the same exiles as the defeated Xiongnu, so the two sides cared for each other and maintained contact for two hundred years.
What followed was the internal split between the Xiongnu and Dingling peoples. Both sides split into the Northern Dingling and Northern Xiongnu, so the two sides were natural allies. Of course, that was because they were far away from each other and had no interests, and they shared the same suffering, so it seemed that the relationship between the two sides had not changed much in two hundred years.
Although Attila treated them very politely, in fact, just looking at the behavior of the Dingling people and the Northern Huns when they met again can actually explain a lot of problems.
As a foreign race that had never surrendered, they had gradually grown up during the two hundred years of hiding in Lake Baikal. Unlike the Northern Huns, they were not beaten as hard as they were, so they had become a large tribe after two hundred years.
After all, Dingling does have some strength now, and its overall strength is worthy of the title of a powerful kingdom, but this strength is really not enough for the Northern Huns.
A lean camel is bigger than a horse. No matter how miserable the Northern Huns were, they were not something the Dingling could challenge, so the Dingling were temporarily in a subordinate position.
However, due to their impure intentions, they never joined forces with the Huns. Only after the Northern Huns suffered a war disaster did the Dingling King order his men to go south and join forces with Parthia. Now the Dingling did not dare to watch the Northern Huns be defeated.
It was impossible to expect them to confront the Northern Huns head-on, but they did have the courage to join forces with Parthia to open a passage for the Northern Huns to escape to the west.
After all, the strength of the Dingling people was not good enough. They had been surviving in the gap between the British Empire and the Parthian Empire, and had been keeping a low profile. Even if they had legion talents, they dared not show them openly.
It was not until the Northern Huns used the golden eagle of Laoshang Chanyu to help some Dingling generals awaken that the Dingling were truly qualified to join the game.
But it is just a qualification. Not to mention the Han Dynasty and the Northern Huns, even Parthia, which is now confronting Xu Rong, is enough to defeat the Dingling tribe.
However, every small country has a dream of becoming a big country, every big country has a dream of becoming a strong country, every strong country has a dream of becoming an empire, and every empire has a dream of dominating the world.
The Dingling people dreamed of building a strong country and an empire, while the Han Dynasty obviously wanted to dominate the world.
As for whose dream will wake up and whose dream will come true, it depends on their respective abilities.
However, this news was not good news for the army on the Western Front. The Parthian army itself was already a bit oversized, and now with the addition of the Dingling people, the collapse of the strategic goal of the Western Front was almost a foregone conclusion.
"You guys think too much. Since the other side intends to fight us, let them come!" Li Que sneered twice, got up and left. He didn't think so much.
"I'm going to mobilize my troops right now and flatten the camp across the street for you to see!"
What the shitty Dingling, shitty Parthia, they are just garbage in front of their Xiliang Iron Cavalry. He will go and mobilize the troops now and directly destroy the opposite camp to solve the problem once and for all.
Guo Si, Fan Chou and Zhang Ji all voted in favor, then stood up and left.
"Have they had any brain damage recently?" Ju Yi raised his eyebrows and looked at Zhang Xiu who was still sitting in his seat, somewhat puzzled.
Zhang Xiu was stunned when he heard this. He wanted to refute, but he didn't know how to refute.
"No, they are really strong now!" Xu Rong's face was full of pain. He knew why Li Que and his gang were so crazy.
"Huh?" Ju Yi became even more curious. He really wanted to hear why Li Que and the others were so arrogant.
Even he, the commander of the Military Soul Corps, didn't dare to say such words. Why could Li Que be so arrogant?
He was also born in the Xiliang Iron Cavalry. He knew the strengths and weaknesses of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry very well. There was no doubt that they were very strong.
But the Undead King Cavalry on the opposite side, plus at most one Undead Guard, is enough to hold back the Xiliang Iron Cavalry.
If we add the new Imperial Guard Corps discovered by Xu Huang and his men, it would be possible to kill Li Que and the others.
No matter how strong you are, facing three opponents of the same level, the only outcome is failure.
"Ma Teng is here today!" Xu Rong said helplessly.
"Ma Teng? What's the use of Ma Teng? What's the relationship between Ma Teng and the Xiliang Iron Cavalry?" Ju Yi was stunned for a moment. He really didn't feel any logical relationship from this.
"Ma Teng brought 200,000 Qiang cavalry, including single-talented Qiang cavalry and 10,000 double -talented Qiang cavalry." Xu Rong continued helplessly.
"Two hundred thousand single talents, ten thousand double talents... no wonder!" Ju Yi showed an expression of sudden enlightenment.
No wonder Li Que was so crazy, it turned out that the exclusive pendant of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry had arrived.
As an exclusive pendant, when the Qiang Cavalry is present, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry can defeat any troops with a smaller number than the Qiang Cavalry. Although it is unreasonable, it is just so strange.
The Xiliang Iron Cavalry plus 200,000 Qiang Cavalry can easily defeat any non-military soul legion, and can even fight one against many.
This is because the Xiliang Iron Cavalry has the ability to amplify the Qiang Cavalry, with the amplification ranging from about 10% to 100%.
The weaker the Qiang cavalry, the higher the intensity of the amplification. At the same time, the combat effectiveness of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry as the center will be higher.
The Xiliang Iron Cavalry, with the loss of 210,000 Qiang cavalry, is probably capable of fighting against the Military Soul Corps.
"No wonder, no wonder you look so unhappy now!" Ju Yi suddenly understood why Xu Rong was not happy at all even though this was obviously a good thing.
Because the Xiliang Iron Cavalry has another annoying characteristic: exclusivity.
Because the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, together with the Qiang Cavalry, had a sophisticated tactical coordination that was completely different from normal circumstances, once other troops joined in, it would destroy that sophisticated coordination and have a counterproductive effect.
It can be said that Li Que and his men simply lost the ability to coordinate with the main army and could only attack as a single force.
In other words, in the next war, they may lose the trump card of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry.
"Are you going to let them deal with the Dingling people?" Ju Yi frowned. This would put too much pressure on his shoulders.
Even for him, it was a bit difficult to deal with three to five guards at the same time.
"Should we let them deal with Parthia?" Xu Rong asked back, and Ju Yi was speechless.
Indeed, if Li Que and his men were allowed to fight against Parthia, even if they could retreat, they would definitely suffer heavy losses.
The best option is to divide the battlefield and let Li Que and his men deal with the Dingling.
After all, it is not difficult for the Xiliang Iron Cavalry to annihilate the Dingling. Based on the information we have learned so far, the Dingling's strength is no match for the Xiliang Iron Cavalry.
Correspondingly, the heavy responsibility of blocking Parthia fell on them.
"Let the Xiliang cavalry deal with the Northern Huns, and I will fill the vacant position here!" Di Qing, who had been relatively silent all this time, suddenly said.
"How many legions can you hold back? How confident are you?"
"Two, 70% sure!" Di Qing was silent for a moment and gave an affirmative answer.
"Two, 70%...that's enough!" Xu Rong nodded. If Di Qing could do this, then the situation might be much better than he expected.
"Can you be more specific? I need to know more details, or what kind of help do you need?" Xu Rong continued to ask.
It's not that he wants to find out other people's secrets, but as the commander of such a large army, he must have a detailed grasp of all the intelligence.
Otherwise, if there is a mistake, it is very likely to lead to the destruction of the entire war.
"I got the military book from Luoyang, which was probably evolved from Wei Wuzu. It also contains the training experience of three consecutive generations of champion marquis, as well as the experience of Xian Han, Northern Army, and General Huangfu..." Di Qing explained roughly.
Wei Wuzu, Wu Qi's famous masterpiece, was added with the help of a bunch of bigwigs and gods, who added their own personal opinions. By the time Di Qing got his hands on it, it had become completely unrecognizable.
But who is Di Qing? He was one of the few generals in the Song Dynasty. He managed to grasp the essence of the completely unrecognizable military training methods, and then improved them to suit himself best.
A special type of heavy infantry was created, with five main weapons: iron armor, spears, powerful crossbows, broadswords, and axes.
It is worth mentioning briefly that when Yue Fei fought against the Jin soldiers, he used this kind of infantry to fight against the cavalry.
It was named the Fifth Barracks by Di Qing, but it had been stuck at the peak of double talents.
Because no matter what method you use to train soldiers, there will be one thing that cannot be avoided in the end, and that is the fighting on the battlefield. If you transform all the training into fighting on the battlefield, you will achieve success. If you fail, it means that this method is unreliable.
Because no matter how powerful a military force is in theory, various problems will arise on the battlefield, and only those who survive on the battlefield are worthy of continuing to make progress.
Just like the various dark historical troops designed by Huangfu Song in the past, his original intention of designing them was extremely good, but after they were actually implemented, their performance on the battlefield directly overturned all the theories.
"So, you plan to train your troops on the battlefield? Or in a big battle like this?" Ju Yi's eyes changed and he looked at Di Qing seriously.
His vanguard was trained in the same way, and only after defeating the White Horse head-on did he become a truly powerful soldier.
This is no longer a question of ability, it's more likely a question of luck.
The first to climb up encountered the white cavalry led by Zhang He. If it was Gongsun Zan's white cavalry, the possibility of failure in the battle would be greater.
Just like the Sun Knights back then, they were only one step away from a miracle. Encountering any of the Royal Guards would lead to a miracle and they would be on the road to suppressing the world.
As a result, they, who seemed to be invincible in offense and defense, happened to encounter the Yellow Turban strongman who was known for his strength. With a heavy punch, he pulled the Sun Knights off the threshold of miracle.
Now the Golden Warriors have all become Golden Armor Warriors, and the Sun Knights are still lingering around the Royal Guards, which already explains a lot of problems.
"I'm 70% sure. I have other backup plans. Even in the worst case scenario, I can be promoted to the Imperial Guard." Di Qing said in a deep voice.
"What exactly are you going to do?"
This time, even Ju Yi's tone changed. He thought he was very arrogant, but he didn't expect there was someone like Li Que.
I originally thought that Li Que had reached the peak, but it turns out that the real madman is in this kind of place.
Di Qing might be planning to take the road to championship again, defeating three talents with double talents and achieving miracle.
It is unclear whether Parthia has three talents, but it does have multiple guards.
If you really have to face off against multiple guards, it is actually no different from facing off against three talents. Both are actions that exceed one's own limits.
