Chapter 906: Helpless Rome
Ganasis looked at the signal rising from the sky helplessly. He knew that Tacitus would never give up easily. Once he gave up, it would only mean that the Parthian side had prepared something in advance.
The previous signal from the Seventh Legion was of no importance. After all, it was just a feint in the plan. If they could trick one or two main forces into dealing with the Seventh Legion, their central camp's advance would be easier.
As long as the enemy's army as a whole is disrupted, one or two powerful legions will not be able to cause much trouble.
But the setback of the Ninth Legion was like a heavy blow to the head. The Han Dynasty also deployed personnel. According to common sense, no one should come to support Parthia before those personnel retreated.
Putting aside the reinforcements from the Han Dynasty, there should be no one in the Parthian Legion who can force Tacitus to withdraw directly. Even if someone blocks him, Tacitus will definitely rush over and come here to join the battle.
Or is it that Parthia has hidden some unknown legion?
Before he could recover, the Second Trajan sent the same signal.
This signal made the situation even worse, and Ganasis' eyes went dark.
The situations of the seventh and ninth can be said to be accidents, and the second Trajan was also sniped, which means that this general offensive was actually a trap set by Parthia for Rome.
When Ganasis came to his senses and looked at the Parthian camp again, he felt that it had become a bloody mouth that was greedy for blood in the darkness.
“Retreat, retreat!”
Ganasis chose to call off the attack without saying a word, and this time it was a complete wake-up call for him.
Parthia was no longer the weakling that could be ravaged by him. Crushing it was no longer an impossible fantasy. He had to use 130% of his strength to deal with Parthia.
Not only on the frontal battlefield, he also has to start using tricks. If he continues like this, he will be the biggest sinner of Rome!
Thanks to the role of the Tenth Legion, the retreating Barbarian Legion did not suffer a rout, which was good news for Ganasis.
If there is no rout, then this battle can be considered a draw. If Rome is chased and killed, then it will be a big loss for Rome.
After Rome retreated, Parthia had no intention of pursuing further. This was Roman territory, and who knew whether the other party would set any traps. Blind pursuit might ruin the current good situation.
Moreover, the enemy's retreat was very orderly. It was obviously not a rout but just a strategic retreat. So they just took a bite of their tail and did not pursue them any further.
The Han Dynasty and Parthia quickly reorganized their respective camps. In fact, the Han Dynasty suffered almost no major blow. After all, Rome's goal was only to besiege them, and the main attack direction was still the Parthian camp.
Fars Sassanid quickly sent people to invite the Han army officers to discuss matters, of course, also to express gratitude. If it weren't for the heavy cavalry stopping the Ninth Legion, they might really be in big trouble.
The heavy cavalry could withstand the charge of the Ninth Legion, but nearly 90 percent of the Parthian legions were unable to do so.
The Undead Guards who were able to do so were also pinned down by the Sixth Triumph, and the other Undead King Knights who were able to hold on were also fighting a bloody battle with Trajan's Legion halfway. If Ardashir hadn't arrived halfway, the Undead King Knights might have been severely damaged by Trajan.
This is also the reason why Trajan had no choice but to issue the retreat signal. The battle was going well, but suddenly Ardashir appeared. It was nothing in itself. As a three-talented legion, it was still able to suppress two guards at the same time.
As a result, they found that something was wrong as soon as they fought. The Holy Fallen Knights had reached the same level as them, and were even two points stronger than them in terms of aggressiveness.
The Undead King is very troublesome to fight against, and has a strong recovery ability. He is a qualified meat shield. Together with Ardashir, he instantly gave Trajan a heavy blow. Camillus had no choice but to give a signal to retreat.
The meeting did not last long. Fars Sassanid mainly thanked Li Jue and his men for their help, and told the Han Dynasty about what had happened in their camp.
"I didn't realize before that I wasn't strong enough, the Han army is really strong!"
Ardashir looked at the backs of the officers and soldiers from the Han Dynasty who came to discuss matters as they left, and said with respect.
"What's wrong?" Fars Sassan patted Ardashir on the shoulder and said.
"The legion led by that general is just one step away from success. I'm afraid its strength is not inferior to the Thirteen Rose Legion that we destroyed!" Ardashir said, pointing to the place where Zhang Liao had sat before.
"Oh? That's really good!" Fars Sassan nodded. A legion that is only one step away from the top legion is indeed worth paying attention to.
"And there are the heavy cavalry blocking the Ninth Legion. Their strength is now a bit stronger than the Holy Fallen Cavalry. Perhaps only if I can open up this road can I be comparable to them!" Ardashir pointed to the position of the heavy cavalry again.
"What's even more terrifying is their strength!" Ardashir sighed.
"Huh? What do you mean?" Fars Sassan was stunned. He didn't understand why Ardashir said that.
"This one, this one, and these two over here are all demigods who have broken through the realm!" Ardashir named Xue Rengui, Zhang Liao, Taishi Ci, Yan Liang, and Wen Chou in succession.
As for Zhao Yun, he didn't see it. After all, as long as Zhao Yun didn't take action, even Lu Bu couldn't figure out Zhao Yun's true situation, let alone him who had just advanced to the next level.
"I have no confidence that I can defeat any of these people."
Although once a divine cultivator breaks through the boundary, his combat effectiveness will rise rapidly, but the Han Dynasty has rich experience in dealing with divine cultivators. After Ardashir's greatest advantage disappears, he can only be beaten when facing other people.
Fars Sassan was really surprised this time. Before, Rome had two demigods who had broken through the boundary and a dozen people whose internal energy had left their bodies, which almost made them unable to stabilize the front line. Now, his own grandson actually told him that the Han Dynasty had five demigods who had broken through the boundary.
Upon hearing this, Fars Sassanian's heart skipped a beat. It seemed that the fighting power of the Han army was a little too strong. It seemed to have completely exceeded the level of just playing a supporting role. It even made Fars Sassanian feel that the assassination of Vogyps V by the other side was just a simple matter.
After throwing this idea out of his mind, Fars Sassan felt vaguely worried. Could it be that the Han Dynasty had discovered something?
Now let’s look back at the configuration of the Han Dynasty: a wise man in the lead, multiple world-breaking demigods, a heavy cavalry, a shock cavalry, a light cavalry as fast as the wind, plus other legions.
The overall meaning revealed is that of a forced breakout. Previously, I thought it was used to protect young people, but now it seems that it is not to protect certain intelligence so that it can be sent back.
However, these thoughts only stayed in Fars Sassan's mind for a moment before they were all erased. After all, if the Han army had really discovered something, they should have pretended to be dead in the Mesopotamian region and waited for Parthia to be severely damaged before turning against them.
Along the way, the Han Dynasty behaved extremely reliably and fulfilled its obligations as an ally. Moreover, trade between the two sides is now booming, so there is no reason to have any negative assumptions about them.
However, Fars Sassanid still cautiously passed the news to Vogys V. The strength sent by the Han Dynasty was a bit strong, and he felt a little nervous.
The Parthians and the Han Dynasty were generally in harmony, while the Romans on the other side were in a state of disgrace, and the morale of the legion led by Ganasis almost reached freezing point.
The Tenth Legion did strengthen their organization, but Rome lost again, which was a heavy blow to the barbarians.
The first loss could be attributed to carelessness, the second loss could be attributed to lack of manpower, but this time there is no way to explain the loss at all.
This time they were forced to retreat head-on by Parthia. The Parthia's will to fight to the death had frightened these barbarians deeply.
The commander of the Ninth Legion, Tacitus, and the commander of the Second Legion, Camillus, came reluctantly to join Ganasis.
"Tell me! What happened?"
Ganasis looked at the two men hatefully. If they didn't give him a reasonable explanation today, he would strangle them to death right here.
The battlefield stage was set, but the two most important protagonists were absent.
"The Han army's heavy cavalry is blocking my way, I can't rush past!" Tacitus said with a grim expression. There was nothing much to say, he simply couldn't win because he wasn't strong enough.
"Parthia's Ardashir has achieved three talents, and even if he joins forces with the Undead King Knight, I can't get through." Camillo explained listlessly.
Virgilia on the side snorted with disdain, the Second Trajan was truly depraved.
Camillo didn't get angry when he saw Virgilia's reaction, and he knew that this explanation was not enough.
Because the Second Trajan is not an ordinary legion. Back then, the Second Trajan led the military spirit and the Parthian army to break into Ctesiphon, but now the Second Trajan was forced to retreat by a new three-talented army, which is enough to show the decline of the Second Trajan.
Moreover, they had snatched the Second Trajan's eagle flag back then. Do they really have the qualifications to hold this eagle flag now?
"The Han army, the Han army again!" Ganasis said hatefully. Although it was a bit unreasonable that the Second Trajan was stopped, it was after all the arrangement of Parthia, or it could be said that it was a problem on the battlefield.
He couldn't possibly prevent Ardashir from advancing to the third talent.
But the Ninth Legion was stopped by the Han Dynasty, which made Ganasis a little unhappy. He couldn't remember how many times the Han army had appeared in the battle against their Rome, and each time it brought him bad news.
"Duke, what should we do next?" Virgilia asked after a moment's hesitation. He also joined the war. It was true that a large army could not win the battle. This was the reality. They seemed unable to beat Parthia back.
"Retreat, set up camp, defend... and prepare for peace talks with Parthia!" Ganasis said angrily.
"Will they be willing to negotiate peace with us?" Tacitus asked puzzledly. They seemed to be the weaker party now. Could they really negotiate peace?
"If we don't talk, we can just drag it out. The gap between us is not big now. After Your Majesty returns north, we will concentrate our strength to deal with Parthia!" Ganasis made the most rational judgment.
Just as Ganasis thought, Parthia was not willing to negotiate peace with Rome at all. Now that they had fought so far with great momentum and had just defeated the Roman attack, how could they be willing to negotiate peace with Rome?
Even many advocates of war were waiting for Vogelius V to lead his troops to join them, so as to break through the last line of defense in the east of Rome in one fell swoop and then attack the Mediterranean.
Even Fars was deceived by this trend and planned to destroy Rome in one fell swoop.
The progress was so smooth that they not only recovered the Mesopotamian region, but also plundered Rome's eastern provinces. It seemed that entering Rome was not an impossible idea.
For a period of time afterwards, Rome completely ignored Parthia's provocations like a dead dog. Of course, the main reason was that Rome had no better way to deal with Parthia.
Parthia also had no good way to deal with Rome. The Romans refused to leave the city or the camp. If they really wanted to fight, it would be like attacking and defending aliens. Even if they could win, it would be a partial victory, and the Han army would have to fight hard.
But the Han army was not fools, so how could they fight to the death for this? So the two sides fell into a stalemate.
Until the arrival of waves of barbarian reinforcements to Rome and the belated arrival of Vogels V.
In fact, Vogyses V could have come earlier, but he was not sure about Fars Sassanid's previous guess.
The Han Dynasty's hatred for the Huns was notoriously deep, and they were really capable of doing such irrational things.
In fact, the Parthian upper class is sometimes strange. They have been fighting with Rome for hundreds of years, but overall it seems that their hatred is not as deep as that between the Han Dynasty and the Huns.
"Another group of Romans has arrived. Although they are all barbarians, they look really powerful!" Xiahou Yuan came back with the elite scouts to report.
"It looks like there are about 30,000 to 50,000 of them, and there are experts guarding them. They noticed me as soon as I approached them."
"How crazy! Are they planning to use human wave tactics to force Parthia to retreat?"
Cao Ang was stunned. This was the sixth batch of reinforcements they had discovered. If it weren't for the continuous influx of reinforcements from Parthia, they might have had to retreat.
"It should be soon. The Parthian expedition did not actually have a detailed plan and was largely improvisation. If they hadn't looted here, they would have run out of logistics long ago!" Lu Xun nodded, affirming Cao Ang's opinion.
"Get ready, it's almost time for us to leave!" Zhuge Liang waved his feather fan. To be honest, they gained a lot from this trip, especially he learned a lot from Rome and Parthia.
In fact, Rome was really going crazy at this time. Penelence's judgment was correct. When Great Britain in the north confirmed that Parthia had really attacked Rome, it brazenly tore up the tacit treaty between the two parties.
All of Great Britain began to put frantic pressure on northern Rome.
The Knights of the Round Table, the Spartans, the Knights of Charlemagne, the Nordic Legion of Heroes, the Greek Legion of Saints, and all the top legions attacked Rome frantically.
Especially when they accidentally discovered Severus and the surrounding defenses were weak, they launched a general attack.
