Chapter 900: The Attack of the Han Dynasty
"If you are willing to go, that would be the best, but you should understand what kind of results are needed, right?" Penilence said with a chuckle.
"Humph, I know!" Virgilia replied disdainfully.
If the Thirteen Roses had not been destroyed this time, he would not have bothered to lead people to the battle. Besides, he knew his own level. He was okay leading a legion, but who knows what kind of trouble might arise if he led a large army.
He would just help Ganasis when the time comes, but he must lead people to kill the legion that destroyed the Thirteen Roses, otherwise he would not be able to face Caesar when he goes to the underworld.
Penilence nodded. To be honest, if the Tenth Group didn't move, he would have planned to send the three veteran legions he had recruited earlier to Ganasis.
The first thing Severus did when he came to power was to give the soldiers a pay raise, which led many soldiers to spontaneously support Severus. After all, in that era, being a soldier was considered a noble profession. If the pay was higher, everyone would naturally be more enthusiastic about signing up for the army.
However, the price he paid was that the treasurer's head was almost bald because of his own pulling. Severus was happy because more people were joining the army, but the pensions and benefits had to increase, which was a huge burden on the treasury.
Some veterans responded to Severus' call and were rehired.
Most of them are in their prime, but they have already won honors, and with a new batch of newcomers beginning to come to the fore, they will retire from the army and start living as wealthy old men.
As a result of Severus's combined attack, these people felt that Severus was a capable person. In addition, Severus began to expand his army, so they decided to come back and join the army.
These people are real veterans, and they are the kind of veterans who are in the prime of their prime. Most of them join the army with their own weapons.
But Severus went there to train soldiers after all, and the soldiers he was training were new recruits. With the Fifth Skylark's dispatch and fourteen combinations to exchange talents for training, it was basically enough.
This was also Severus' calculation. It was more reliable to train an army by oneself. These formed legions were certainly powerful, but after experiencing civil strife, Severus had marked these legions with a mark worthy of suspicion.
In comparison, the legion that he personally promoted is more reliable and can also make the three dukes quiet down.
Therefore, most of these veterans were not taken away, but were left near the city of Rome for training and adjustment, with his eldest son Caracalla being responsible for statistics and command.
This is also an inevitable problem, that is, Severus trusts his own people the most.
However, the combat effectiveness of these veterans was so strong that the 15th Eagle Flag was responsible for training them at the beginning to restore their combat effectiveness.
This is also the difference between being in the military and retiring. Compared to the army, the fragmented life after retirement will wear down a person's will. In most cases, their combat effectiveness will be much weaker than before.
Therefore, these veterans cannot be put into battle immediately, but need to be trained first.
However, after Caracalla made a statistics, he found that nearly 30,000 of these veterans retired from various Eagle Flag Corps, including 15,000 retired from the strongest Eagle Flag Corps, and even more than 500 retired from the Parliament Guard and the Emperor's Guard Corps.
The fighting power of these people was really increased, and the Fifteen Eagle Flags simply couldn't withstand it. After a few adjustments, the veterans directly started to fight back against the Fifteen Eagle Flags Legion that was responsible for training this group of people.
After all, they are all veterans, and there are retired veterans from the Military Soul Corps such as the Parliamentary Guard. They know what they should know and understand what they should know. Under the command of the most elite group of veterans, they quickly established a command network and became a combat-ready army.
Although they are not as powerful as before, and their talents in manifestation cannot be as fierce as before on the battlefield, and they do not have eagle flags, they can still beat the fifteen eagle flags.
The Fifteen Eagle Flags were even so angry that they opened the Eagle Flags, but there was still no change and they were still beaten.
In the end, it was only after Caracalla requested the First Eagle Flag to participate in the training that this group of veterans was suppressed, and then the First Eagle Flag was responsible for the training of this group of veterans.
The original plan was to send these veterans to the eastern provinces to support Ganasis, but since the Tenth Legion volunteered, they would take these veterans directly to the rear. These veterans all responded to Severus' call and could be considered loyal troops that had been initially screened.
"Virgilia, go find the guardian of the city of Rome behind the parliament. You are allowed to select two demigods this time!" Penilence said lightly.
The guardians of the city of Rome are the strongest generals in Rome. Due to the differences in national conditions and culture, the strong men in Rome are generally more like Tong Yuan and Wang Yue, and are classified as worshippers.
A true legion commander is generally not good at individual combat, and because the legion relies on the ability of the eagle flag rather than the legion's talents, there are no strict requirements for the legion commander's strength.
They are more like fierce warriors who can be used as the vanguard and cooperate with the elite legion to achieve the effect of breaking the formation. In Rome, masters of this level, like the Military Soul Legion, are strategic-level weapons and are generally not taken out easily.
Of course, there are quite a few Romans who have broken through the boundaries, and those who have reached this stage are already orthodox Roman citizens and aristocrats. If you have to say, those with black hair and black eyes are a minority, and most of them are barbarians who have broken through the boundaries. The selection effect brought by the grassroots number of people is extremely amazing.
When Virgilia was on the road with the Tenth Legion and some supplementary citizen legions, he looked at the two demigod masters beside him with great surprise. Although he led the Tenth Legion, he no longer took ordinary strong men seriously.
However, the two great powers that broke through the boundaries still surprised him, and the earth-shaking power of each individual still made him feel extremely shocked.
Without the legion, he would definitely be killed instantly by the opponent in just a few moves. The gap was too big.
However, if a large army is fighting, the two demigods are basically meaningless. They are more like the Military Soul Corps to stabilize the morale of the army. They are strategic weapons, and their greatest significance is not to be launched, but to deter.
Correspondingly, the two demigods also sensed a fatal threat from the Tenth Legion. Ordinary eagle flags could not give them such pressure.
With the mutual exchange of strength, the two sides maintained a relaxed and pleasant atmosphere, and then ran all the way towards Ganasis.
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“Here it comes!”
According to the secret reconnaissance arranged by Zhuge Liang, the barbarians all over the mountains were evacuating towards them.
"It's just as I thought. Rome has a powerful legion to cover its retreat. In that case, I will eat these barbarians without any hesitation!" Zhuge Liang sneered.
Rome's extreme change from strong to weak is simply like delivering food to others.
Especially for some special forces, these barbarians with poor quality simply cannot achieve the human wave tactics.
But it’s better this way, this is the most suitable place for Guan Ping and others to conduct trials.
"General Gao, it's up to you!" Zhuge Liang murmured to Gao Lan who was at the front.
"Meet the enemy!" Gao Lan slowly displayed his legion talent, and all the soldiers under his command had a dull, dark red color on their bodies, like the ashes left after a fire has burned out.
The barbarian army had no way to retreat after discovering the existence of the Han army, and could only choose to charge forward with their heads covered. The Teutonic axe thrower touched the small axe at his waist and bowed slightly, while the Germanic infantry began to charge forward carrying the huge oak logs.
On both wings, the Gallic cavalry were also wandering around, waiting for the Han Dynasty to reveal a flaw.
Before its collapse, the barbarian army was also a qualified legion, not to mention that it was led by a citizen legion. An ordinary kingdom would probably find it difficult to stop such a force.
Although the equipment and weapons of these guys are more than one level inferior to those of the Han Dynasty, the huge number still makes them very troublesome.
The group that evacuated first were naturally the weakest barbarian legion, but the strongest among them were not inferior to those with double talents. Of course, their number was very small, and most of them had an average strength of only about that of a regular soldier, and some even had no talent effects.
“No matter how many times I watch it, I always find these barbarians all over the mountains very shocking!”
Zhao Yun looked at the barbarians rushing towards him and shook his head. He estimated that their overall level was not as good as Meng Huo's Southern Barbarian Legion. They were just cannon fodder made up of numbers.
But that's how war works. Without cannon fodder, those traps and pits that were set up in the first place would have to be filled with the lives of elite soldiers. That's not realistic.
In the distance, where the Han army was waiting in formation, the pure white army began to become restless.
"Barbarians, there are so many of them!" Gongsun Xu, who had been invisible and transparent, began to get excited. This was a professional match!
No wonder Zhuge Liang sent him so far away, it turns out he was the protagonist of this battle!
"Come to think of it, the Roman barbarians seem to understand the coordination of large armies better than the Roman Eagle Flag?"
Zhuge Liang thought strangely. It must be said that although the strength of the Roman barbarians was not that good, their direct cooperation with each other seemed to be okay.
In comparison, the Roman Eagle Flag is very strong, but their cooperation seems to be a mess.
This made Zhuge Liang think about some more issues.
After all, as far as the current strength shown by Rome is concerned, it is not enough to suppress Parthia for decades. The reason why they were willing to help Parthia before was that Parthia had been beaten by Rome for many years.
Now that they are about to counterattack, they come over to enrich their tactics and cooperate with each other to produce some wonderful chemical reactions .
But they didn't do much, and Rome suffered continuous defeats, which made Zhuge Liang have some other ideas about Rome.
First of all, it is absolutely impossible that Parthia was acting. If they were being beaten for nearly a hundred years, and even at one point their country was destroyed, and this was still an act, then Zhuge Liang could only say it was awesome.
Secondly, there are Rome’s own internal problems, but these are things to be considered later, so it is better to focus on the battle now.
Gao Lan has already started fighting with the barbarians.
As a barbarian army with good coordination, the Gallic knight corps responsible for the attack directly charged towards Gao Lan's Chao Chongbu.
As Rome was mainly composed of heavy infantry, the barbarians were able to reach the level of cavalry, and their strength was above average, so they launched a charge directly, intending to cooperate with the heavy infantry to break through the formation.
Then, at the moment when the Gallic cavalry charged, the super heavy infantry soldiers directly charged forward with large shields.
“This road is blocked!”
The super heavy infantry under Gao Lan directly blocked the front of the Gallic cavalry. The strong defense easily withstood the force of the charge when the Gallic cavalry roared and stabbed at the large shield.
The friction between the spear and shield released an astonishing force. The super heavy infantry looked at the opposite side coldly and fearlessly, then took over and charged in the opposite direction. There was nothing to be afraid of, they were super heavy infantry.
Even with this kind of head-on collision, their strong defense could not guarantee that they would be unharmed. However, the most they would suffer at this level would be severe damage to their internal organs, which was not worth mentioning at all for them.
The two sides collided fiercely. Even though the quality of the Gallic cavalry was higher than that of the super heavy infantry, hundreds of people were knocked flying.
However, at the moment when the super heavy infantry in the front row were knocked away, the super heavy infantry in the back row rushed forward fearlessly, and continued to rush forward with huge force with cold eyes. Under the successive collisions, the momentum and momentum of the Gallic cavalry's charge were all beaten down.
In just ten breaths or so, the Gallic cavalry completely lost their speed. As a charging cavalry, they were obviously completely defeated. After losing their mobility, their threat plummeted.
And when those super heavy soldiers who were knocked away rolled on the ground, their bodies were burning with a glow like fire, and then they rushed up without fear.
Even during this process, their morale increased. No one knew whether it was because of their talent, their rising morale, or because they had climbed back from the brink of life and death.
The super heavy infantry, carrying large shields and holding long spears, completely stopped an entire Gallic cavalry corps, and then engaged in a one-sided fight.
The Gallic cavalry looked at their opponents in almost horror, as if they were monsters that could not be killed. They kept fighting back, but no one on the other side fell. On the contrary, their own people kept losing their lives.
The Anges heavy infantry arrived late, but their outstanding performance finally gave the Gallic cavalry a shot in the arm.
The super heavy infantry is very powerful, but it mainly focuses on defense and recovery. It is very weak in offense. Once it is entangled by the same type of heavy infantry, it can only be trapped in a stalemate. Even if there are no casualties, it is still difficult to quickly break through.
Especially when the Roman heavy infantry were numerous, they could only serve as the first line of defense, trapping the opponent in this position.
However, their goal has been achieved. This is their biggest goal, to first attract the Roman legions with relatively strong defense.
"It's your turn next!" Zhuge Liang turned his gaze to Cao Ang, or rather the elite soldiers led by Cao Ang.
As for the Ruishi army, except for those damn long-range troops like archers and crossbowmen, there is no other army that is difficult to fight as long as the Ruishi are willing to fight to the death.
But to be honest, the heavy infantry is the favorite of the Ruishi, and this is the type of troops they try their best to suppress.
