Chapter 984: Seventh Eagle Flag Legion
War comes faster than anyone imagines. No one can control war. War will always flap the wings of butterflies in inconspicuous corners and drive the whole world crazy.
"What did you say?" Fars Sassan was furious. He selected people to form the Royal Guards and the Parthian Rangers, who were responsible for harassing Rome's logistical supply lines.
It was an important part of his blockade of Rome's advancement, but this guard was unexpectedly wiped out by the Seventh Eagle Legion.
The originally seamless looting route had loopholes, and the speed of Rome's advance suddenly increased dozens of times.
The full-scale war, which was originally expected to start a year later, has now broken out.
Rome would not give up this opportunity to push the front line across the two rivers in one go.
Once Rome pushes them to the vicinity of the mountains, the cavalry's performance can be restricted to the greatest extent, and then Rome will be back on its home turf once again.
Although both armies had learned from the strengths of others, Rome was primarily based on heavy infantry, while Parthia was primarily based on light cavalry.
A head-on confrontation is definitely beneficial to Rome.
"What on earth happened?" Fars Sassan couldn't accept it.
As an old rival for many years, Parthia has spent a lot of effort to find out the situation of the Roman eagle flag, and the funds spent on this every year are countless.
Although the Seventh Eagle Flag Legion was ranked high in the exam, it was once defeated by Huo Qubing and his Yulin Army, and even the legion commander was killed in the battle. If it weren't for the residual soul of Augustus in the eagle flag, the eagle flag would have been broken long ago.
The second time, it was defeated by Ardashir and his Holy Meteorite Cavalry. It can be said that the current Seventh Eagle Flag is a completely new Eagle Flag, and the capital accumulated before has basically been lost.
They are basically on the same starting line as the Eagle Flag Legions created by the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth churches, and it is unclear whether they have the strength of the Royal Guards.
There is absolutely no possibility of directly killing through or even completely annihilating the Royal Guards Rangers.
The gains and losses of a legion affected the entire occupation. Even though Fars Sassanid had other preparations, he could not help but feel a shadow in his heart.
Uncontrollable factors in war usually lead to uncontrollable results.
Unlike the worried Fars Sassanian, Pope St. Peter III, the supreme leader of the church at this time, was overjoyed.
"Augustus Greze, you are worthy of being the descendant of His Majesty Augustus, and worthy of being the legion commander appointed by His Majesty the Divine King. Your strength deserves praise!" St. Peter III did not hesitate to praise him.
"Thank you, Your Holiness!" Graze was very calm and did not get carried away by the destruction of the Royal Guards Rangers.
St. Peter III was very lucky. First, Alexander II abdicated and sacrificed himself to his faith, and then Frederick participated in the competition for the Roman emperor but was struck out.
He easily picked up the position of Pope, and also picked up a master of strategy - Cyprian.
Of course, St. Peter III had no idea how much Cyprian contributed to his ascension to the throne. After all, Cyprian was the giant who laid the framework for the continuation of Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy for more than two thousand years.
He is of the same level as the unknown Kushan giant who developed the caste system. To some extent, they have both accomplished great achievements that have been passed down. In the field of religion, they are not inferior to those outstanding monarchs.
As for the reason for choosing St. Peter III, it is because St. Peter III is naive enough.
Completely different from a series of power-hungry cardinals such as Frederick, St. Peter III was a pure believer. He only cared about two things: whether he could spread the Lord's gospel and whether he could expand the Lord's faith.
Besides this, St. Peter was not at all concerned with means or manner.
In the words of St. Peter, the Lord is omniscient and omnipotent. The Lord does not care about these doctrines. As long as the Lord is in your heart, then the doctrines are valid.
Under his leadership, church doctrine lost all trace of its original form, but it is undeniable that the church began to grow stronger in Rome.
Cyprian initially went to St. Peter III with the intention of arguing with him, but Pope III did not argue with him at all. Instead, he thought what he said made sense and helped to fill in the gaps in the doctrine, and that he was a good person.
He directly offered Cyprian the position of cardinal, and Cyprian found it interesting and joined in.
As a result, he has now become a person who is second only to one person and above ten thousand people.
It can even be said that the church had completely belonged to Cyprian. St. Peter III died suddenly that day, and Cyprian took power directly.
Then, Rome found heaven, and after St. Peter III entered, he really brought out a large number of angel warriors and seven archangels from heaven.
The miracle caused a huge response among the Roman barbarians. Originally, the Roman upper class wanted to imitate Nero and carry out a massacre to consolidate their regime.
As a result, Cyprian immediately agreed to take on the task of the eastern expedition to Parthia. Severus and Penelunus thought this was a good idea.
It can not only reduce the number of barbarians, but also the prestige of the church. When the church fails, it can continue to demonstrate the power of Roman heroes. It is completely beneficial.
So St. Peter III came with a large army, but Cyprian was not very optimistic. He knew the church's strength best. He thought it would be no problem to attack Parthia, but the risk was too great to attack Parthia.
Even with the help of a few Roman eagle flags, it was useless. The influence of a few legions on the war was ultimately limited. So he proceeded steadily, rebuilding the authority of the eastern provinces along the way with the help of the large army.
Although it cannot be said to be prosperous, it is at least starting to pick up.
It has to be said that the Roman eagle flag is worthy of being the crystallization of Rome's national destiny and hard work, and each flag has special abilities.
As the eagle flag that represents Augustus, the Seventh Eagle Flag possesses a power that ordinary flags do not have, and eternal glory is just one of its applications.
The Seventh Eagle Flag was in such a miserable state that Augustus could not bear to watch it, so he personally used the fragments of Brahma's body to re-energize the Seventh Eagle Flag, and found Graze who resonated perfectly with the Eagle Flag.
Augustus' efforts did not go to waste. Graze seemed to be the natural commander of the Seventh Eagle Flag. In just a few years, he immediately grew into a qualified commander of the Eagle Flag.
Eternal glory, this is the ultimate effect of the Seventh Eagle Flag Legion. As long as this legion activates the ultimate effect of the Eagle Flag, they will never regress. The highest peak they have ever reached individually will be transformed into glory and entrusted to themselves.
The most brutal and strongest moments will always be entrusted to them, and will remain as long as they do not leave the legion.
That is to say, even if the peak was once reached with the help of an outburst, as long as it has been reached, it will be reached forever in the future. This is the so-called eternal glory.
As for the side effects of eternal glory, one is that if you indulge in the glory of the past and make no progress, you will eventually be crushed by the glory; that is, although eternal glory is something you can have forever, as long as you indulge in it and don't think about becoming stronger and surpassing the past, one day you will not be able to bear the glory.
To be honest, this negative effect is nothing. After all, if it is crushed, it is crushed. The worst case scenario is to replace it. What's more, it takes a long time to crush a warrior. On the contrary, with this ultimate effect, it will be very easy to replenish the soldiers.
To some extent, it is almost catching up with Military Soul, except that the upper limit is a little lower and the lower limit is ridiculously high.
Eternal Glory itself was Augustus's attempt to change time, but he failed, and finally had to come up with Eternal Glory. However, the essence of Eternal Glory is to freeze time and solidify power at the peak moment.
But there is an upper limit. For example, the power of the Miracle Legion cannot be fixed at all. So after Huo Qubing studied it for a while, he felt that this eagle flag was a waste.
After all, to Huo Qubing, everything is garbage below miracles.
Augustus used Brahma's body and reshaped it. The ability of the Seventh Eagle Flag became something new, Glory of Response. It responded to the power witnessed in the torrent of history and then absorbed it, which was similar to the ability of the Emperor's Guard Corps.
As a god, Augustus spent a lot of effort to create something, so there is nothing wrong with calling it the Emperor's Guard Corps.
However, Augustus took a shortcut and directly solidified the object of reflection, which was the Yulin Army.
Although it was only one side, the Imperial Guards left an indelible impression on Augustus. In his memory, Rome did not seem to have such a powerful legion.
No, or rather, the one who is truly powerful is the general.
Therefore, Augustus directly fixed the Seventh Eagle Flag as referring to the Imperial Guards.
Although the upper limit in the future is the Yulin Army, and it is impossible to be stronger than the Yulin Army, how many legions can compare with the Yulin Army?
After Augustus returned to Rome, he met the First Auxiliary, the Second Trajan, the Tenth Knights, the Emperor's Guards...all the legions were currently no match for the Yulin Army.
Augustus naturally lowered the goal of the Seventh Eagle Flag and directly defined the goal as becoming the second in the world.
Someone has to be second, so why can't that person be the Seventh Eagle Flag?
Therefore, although the Seventh Eagle Flag was just established, its strength is not inferior to any veteran guards, and it is even capable of competing with the three talents of Military Soul.
While dodging the Second Trajan, the Rangers of the Guards bumped into the Seventh Eagle Flag. The two sides fought fiercely, and then the Rangers of the Guards were knocked to the beach by Chu Jiansha.
Simply put, except for a few will legions, other non-top legions have less than 30% chance of winning against the Seventh Eagle Flag.
The Seventh Eagle Flag wiped out the Royal Guards Rangers with only 30% casualties.
Even when St. Peter III and others learned the news and summoned the Seventh Eagle Flag, they felt a sense of tragedy when they saw the returning Seventh Eagle Flag Legion. The tragic atmosphere that rushed towards them made everyone feel the pressure.
Unlike other legions that would decline after their peak moment, the strongest moment the Seventh Eagle Flag Legion had ever seen would last forever.
The eternal glory did not disappear, but just turned into a part of the reflection. All the soldiers of the Seventh Eagle Flag could see the end, so no matter how long the journey was, they were determined to keep going.
So when Gretz, covered in blood, led the 100-man battalion of the Seventh Eagle Legion, carrying the blazing golden Seventh Eagle emblem, to meet the Second Trajan Legion led by Camillus.
When Camillus involuntarily showed a look of vigilance, everyone understood that he was the well-deserved commander of the Seventh Legion of the Roman Eagle.
He was not a burden or a gilded prince that Augustus had inserted through the back door, but a real and powerful Roman legion commander.
Before, I didn’t understand why the commander of the Seventh Eagle Flag Legion was replaced so easily. Although this Eagle Flag Legion was relatively weak, it was still a front-line main combat legion, and the original commander was not particularly weak. But after Graz came over, everyone understood.
The Seventh Eagle Flag Legion led by Graz is completely different from the Seventh Legion in everyone's impression.
The sharp-eyed ones even noticed that even the eagle emblem was a little different. Other aspects were completely different. The cold pressure could be felt from a distance. No wonder the legion commander was changed.
This guy is so young and so powerful. He is going to be a success and has a bright future!
And with Augustus standing behind him, if he made more contributions, he might have a chance to compete for the throne of Roman emperor.
Therefore, St. Peter III personally met with the cold-faced Graze. After all, a new and powerful commander of the Seventh Legion was worthy of his personal preaching.
Things like this are very taboo, but because St. Peter III even caught Severus preaching, and almost the Senate had been harassed by St. Peter III, so in the eyes of everyone it was not a big deal.
However, it was obvious that Gretz was not very willing to believe in religion, and he accepted St. Peter III's advice with an indifferent look on his face.
St. Peter felt sorry, but didn't say much. There were many people who rejected him, not to mention Graz.
Moreover, St. Peter III had a new understanding of Greze's indifference. It was his natural character, but rigor and indifference were also excellent qualities that a soldier should possess.
Needless to say, it proves from all aspects that Gretz is an excellent talent.
I was a bit troubled at first because there were so many outstanding Parthian figures, such as Temujin, Jamuka, Jin Wushu, etc., which made the Romans look a bit outdated.
But now Graze has proved with his actual battle record that all the heroes in Parthia are just empty talk. It was said that the Ranger Commander was a minor hero before, but he was still killed by Graze.
For a time, Rome spread this news everywhere just to deliberately disgust Parthia.
As a church, no one understood propaganda and public opinion better than them. Cyprian directly chose to use force to bully the Parthian Empire, which had been suppressed and beaten for more than a hundred years and had a deep fear of Rome.
He wanted to bring out this fear and attack the enemy's heart. A head-on confrontation was too stupid in Cyprian's eyes.
After visiting Gretz, Roma quickly adjusted its strategy and started to advance on all fronts, significantly increasing the speed.
"Speed is of the essence in war!" Cyprian convinced St. Peter with simple words.
In fact, St. Peter had no doubts at all.
Even St. Peter III, the last time he heard from Cyprian was to take steady steps.
