Chapter 892: Parthia's Hatred
"I didn't expect that the military situation that was almost eliminated by the Han Dynasty would be developed and flourished in the hands of other empires!" Zhang Liao said with a twitch in his mouth.
This kind of performance, with military generals as the vanguard and elite legions following behind, is enough to tear a hole in any battlefield in an instant.
This was also the combat method that their Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry was most familiar with. Lu Bu would lead the breakthrough, and the Xianzhen would follow up to tear open a gap, and then the Wolf Cavalry would tear the gap apart completely like a pack of wolves.
"Do you think Parthia can counterattack?" Lu Meng, who had been observing silently, suddenly asked this question.
"Haha, Parthia must have seen this Roman trick many times. How could they not have a countermeasure? It's just !" Lu Xun said with a sneer. Parthia's flaw was too big, too obvious, and too real.
Such a mistake on such a battlefield can only prove that it was a bait, but this bait was big enough and it was indeed worth Rome's fight.
"No more talking. Something's wrong with the opposite legion. Let's go up first!" After Li Jue said this solemnly, he rushed out with his heavy cavalry.
A legion that was suspected to have three talents actually charged straight towards them. Was it because of the direct disharmony between them and the Parthian army that made the Romans mistakenly believe that the left wing was a breakthrough?
Camillus, the commander of the Second Trajan Legion, sneered. He had actually seen that the loophole in the center was a trap, but he didn't say anything. The trap had to be stepped on and then counterattacked . Turning a blind eye would be the real trap.
War is all about reaction and foundation. There was no reason why Rome would lose to Parthia, whom they had always been suppressing, on this point.
On the contrary, Parthia's changes made Camillus more cautious. In his opinion, Parthia's left wing had been hidden and seemed to be strong on the outside but weak on the inside. He was half-actively involved in the left wing by Parthia.
He planned to launch an attack from the left wing to force Parthia to reveal more of its cards, and then use this to disrupt Parthia's offensive rhythm. If he was lucky, he might be able to penetrate the left wing and kill into the Parthian center.
But Camillus had never expected that the army that was coming to confront him was not just any Parthian army, but an unprecedented army. This discovery made Camillus' face darken instantly.
Encountering something unknown on the battlefield is simply the most terrifying thing, because it generally represents two things, one is garbage that is completely not worth caring about, and the other is an accident that is enough to send you to hell.
Just by looking at the momentum of the opposing cavalry's charge, Camillo knew that the opponent was not someone to be trifled with.
"Oh no! If the left wing is also substantial, then doesn't it mean that the Parthian army is far more powerful than ours this time? There is no distinction between the primary and secondary forces on the opposite side, they are all main forces!"
Camillus' thoughts raced, but there was no room for retreat, and the two sides began to engage in close combat.
Both sides pulled the reins in tacit understanding, moved almost instantly at the most appropriate distance, and began to charge at full speed.
The galloping heavy cavalry was very different from the former torrent of Xiliang cavalry. They held a spear in one hand and a single-shot crossbow in the other. The moment Trajan approached, the powerful crossbow arrows were nailed out by the cavalry.
Then the next moment, the spears wielded by Trajan's legion directly blew up the crossbow arrows at a speed that normal people could not react to.
The single-shot crossbow shoots out the Nth version of Mohist's carefully crafted explosive crossbow arrows, which has various advantages. Its only drawback is that it is expensive to manufacture. Of course, this is not a shortcoming in itself.
This thing was originally equipped for Fei Xiong, but on Tiangong-1, Li Jue and his men greeted Hua Xiong and took it away directly on the pretext that Fei Xiong would not go to the battlefield.
Hua Xiong shrugged his shoulders. This thing was just something used for experiments for them. They already knew the long-range attack method of gravity javelins. This thing was dispensable to them. On the contrary, it was a good thing for the heavy cavalry.
Trajan was obviously caught off guard by the explosion. Except for a very small number of soldiers who were directly nailed to death, most of the soldiers were not injured, but their body balance was affected by the explosion.
It would have been easy to adjust to the situation, but Li Jue and his men would obviously not let go of this opportunity they had created.
However, Camillus smiled confidently. Although he was a little caught off guard, what Trajan was least afraid of was accidents.
The next moment, the Iron Cavalry and Trajan's Legion collided completely.
Trajan, who had already opened the eagle flag, had already entered a super-reaction state. In their eyes, the speed of the cavalry charge dropped to one third. Similarly, their speed also entered the same state. In their eyes, the world slowed down.
This state gives them too much time to make precise movements. Unlike other people who find it difficult to master their own precise movements, for them, entering this state is just like slowing down everything.
The opportunity created by the Xiliang Iron Cavalry did not have any effect on Trajan at all. Before the two sides officially approached, they had already adjusted their posture. The movements that had been honed over a thousand times would not be affected by accidents because of the slow motion, and they could fully exert their full strength.
So Trajan delivered a perfect stab, just as they had been trained, attacking and dodging at the same time, and the heavy cavalry also delivered the same attack based on their feeling, and kept adjusting.
If Tula relied on technology, then the heavy cavalry relied on intuition.
The two sides crossed each other, and at that moment, the number of people stabbed by the heavy cavalry was almost the same as the number of people stabbed by Trajan's legions. However, the result of the battle made the faces of both sides instantly serious.
Both sides understood that this kind of charge and attack had lost its meaning for both sides, and they also understood that the other side was definitely a strong enemy.
Not to mention that Trajan's legion had almost all hits against the heavy cavalry, nor that Trajan's legion had almost all dodges against the stabs, seemingly having the advantage.
However, the feedback from the stabbing attacks of the soldiers of Trajan's Legion made it clear to them how crappy the opponent's defense was.
The opponent was able to withstand the cavalry's full-strength attack without any damage.
"Repulsive field defense, rigid defense, flexible defense, eggshell defense?"
Camillo's expression was extremely solemn. In a flash of touch, he clearly felt how ridiculous the four layers of tortoise shell on the opponent's body were.
Even with their full-strength attack, they couldn't penetrate four layers of defense. It was obvious at a glance that the armor on the opponent was not simple stuff. How could they fight?
It's like a skilled player encountering a paying player. The opponent can make countless mistakes, but they can only make one mistake.
"What a terrible discovery. Is it the Han Empire?"
Camillus immediately realized where he was wrong. This power definitely did not belong to Parthia. Even if Parthia had a technological breakthrough, it would be impossible for it to create such a monster.
No matter how much the Undead King Knight and the Undead Guard grow, it is impossible for them to reach full defense.
In fact, Camillus didn't know that he was facing the legion talents of Li Jue and his four companions, and the defense of the heavy cavalry itself had not yet been revealed.
Camillo and the heavy cavalry were entangled in a fight. The pitfalls of both sides meant that this was destined to be a protracted tug-of-war, a competition of who would give up first. However, both sides were elite with three talents, and they could fight this level of battle for a whole day without any problems.
However, the trap in the center of the battlefield had changed. Rome's sharp breakthrough made Parthia laugh out loud. This was what they had been waiting for.
Just as they planned, the masters took the lead, and a heavy infantry corps followed up, which could hinder their military dispatch to the greatest extent. Everything was going according to their script.
"The same trick again. Do you really think you can do everything with just one trick? Times have changed!" Fars Sassan sneered and directed the horn to sound.
Immediately, the Parthian army naturally avoided the front line and allowed the enemy to charge, but at the same time, the hidden Undead King Riders and Undead Guards rushed out directly and began to attack the soldiers of the Thirteen Roses frantically, showing a momentum to defeat the Thirteen Roses at all costs.
"Brilliant!" Lu Meng clapped his hands in praise. He stared at the center of the battlefield. The Thirteen Roses and Ganasis's personal guards were forcibly held back by Parthia. This method of directly pulling them back directly stopped the attack.
They allowed the generals who had broken through the boundary and whose internal energy left their bodies to charge forward, but they tried to intercept all the soldiers. Then these generals who had broken through the boundary and whose internal energy left their bodies were forced to turn back to rescue the soldiers. If they did that, it would not be called a breakthrough, it would be a death sentence.
This back and forth movement directly defeated the original attacking force and to a certain extent killed Rome's ability to attack.
"But after all, it forced Parthia to take new actions. In this case, Rome might catch this commando team and force a hole in the city, right?" Lu Xun thought, stroking his chin.
"But having said that, the defense and rebound of this heavy infantry corps are really amazing. Even being attacked by two guards, they still hold their own!"
It was the Thirteen Roses that Lu Xun praised. Facing the entanglement of the Undead King's Riders and the Undead Guards, the Thirteen Roses stood tall like a mountain and firmly withstood all the pressure.
Of course, the Thirteen Rose Legions that stood firm were a source of pride to Rome, but to Parthia, they were pure enemies.
The more angry the Thirteen Roses became, the angrier Parthia became.
Since eight legions were stationed in the eastern part of Rome during the Trajan era, Parthia has fought against the Legion of the Eagle countless times. Although Rome would also rotate its defenses, the Thirteen Legions of the Rose were always here.
It can be said that it is the legion that has been stationed in the east for the longest time. If we were to say which legion Parthia hated the most, it would not be the Second Trajan who conquered Ctesiphon, but the Fars Sassanid family's greatest hatred.
For Parthia, the Thirteen Roses were the target of their greatest hatred. The two sides fought fiercely, and the Thirteen Roses would basically participate in every war against Parthia, saying that they wanted to fulfill Caesar's last wish when he went on an expedition to Parthia.
Therefore, this time Parthia’s main goal was to defeat the Thirteen Rose Legions and use the eagle emblem of the Thirteen Rose Legions to completely crush Rome.
As Parthia took action, Parthia's fangs were fully exposed, and their intention to destroy the Thirteen Roses was fully revealed.
Ganasis had a sneer on his face. If the Thirteen Roses were easy to kill, they would have been demolished by Parthia long ago. How could they have survived until now?
The Thirteen Roses are a true guard corps that can withstand several legions for a long time. They were originally designed for the purpose of guarding. Now with his personal guards and many extraordinary generals, Parthia is simply dreaming.
After mocking Parthia as usual, Ganasis focused his attention on the battle on the left wing. He was not surprised that Trajan was blocked by the Han Dynasty, but he was somewhat surprised by this battle where he could not make any progress.
What kind of lineup did the Han Dynasty send to Parthia as reinforcements? It couldn't be that they just sent a few military soul legions, right?
Zhuge Liang was a little numb. Although the Thirteen Roses seemed to be beaten up, there was no hope of them being hacked to death. Their survivability was too strong. Could such an army really be beaten to death?
Wouldn't the Parthian commander be blinded by hatred by wasting his energy on a tough heavy infantry corps?
Just when Zhuge Liang was worried, he noticed that Zhang Liao's face looked a little ugly.
"General Wenyuan, what's wrong?"
"The legion fighting against Li Jue and his men is very strong. The current wolf cavalry is no match for them!" Zhang Liao said this while gritting his teeth.
Not being his opponent is already his bottom line. In fact, if a fight really breaks out, the wolf riders might be slaughtered.
The most hated opponent of the Wolf Riders is the legion that can cover them. After all, the natural enemy of the almighty legion is a larger almighty legion.
Trajan now meets this requirement. The basic qualities of the three talents make them on par with the Wolf Riders in their shortcomings. Coupled with the time and space deceleration that greatly increases skills, Trajan completely covers all the advantages of the Guards Wolf Riders.
If a fight breaks out, they will definitely be slaughtered by the opposite side. When the almighty legion meets the almighty legion, the winner will be decided almost instantly.
Zhang Liao was very unwilling. The feeling of being forced to be better than others was terrible.
He knew very well that the most powerful feature of their Wolf Cavalry was the Breakthrough Formation, but the Breakthrough Formation and the Wolf Cavalry were two different paths. The Breakthrough Formation was the way out for the Wolf Cavalry, but the way out for the Wolf Cavalry was definitely not the Breakthrough Formation. The purpose of his trip was to find the possibility of breaking through the existing barriers.
But this first battle made him feel a little disheartened. If the battlefields of the empire were filled with such monsters, they would probably die before they could achieve any success.
"I actually have to rely on Li Jue and the others... I really can't accept this!" Zhang Liao's heart was burning with flames, and this shame almost overwhelmed their Wolf Cavalry.
"Cough cough cough, General Wenyuan, do you think Parthia can swallow that heavy infantry?" Zhuge Liang coughed, then quickly began to divert Zhang Liao's attention.
Combat effectiveness is something that cannot be improved overnight. It would be a bad thing if Zhang Liao was too eager.
Zhuge Liang could only use the method of diverting Zhang Liao's attention to ease his emotions.
"It's not easy. If there is no back-up plan, it might become a turning point for Rome!" Zhang Liao thought for a while and then replied.
