God Three Group Chat: Three Kingdoms

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When everything gradually calmed down, both the Roman Empire and the Parthian Empire stationed their armies on both sides of the Euphrates River, relatively far away from the river, facing each other across the river.

The Han Empire learned from previous experiences and lessons. In addition to increasing the distance, it also diverted part of the river for defense.

After learning about the special characteristics of the Roman Legion, the Han Empire directly deployed the Flying Bear Army.

He acted as if he was going to fight right on the water!

It can be said that the Flying Bear Army's gesture made the Roman army, which already knew all this, even more silent.

Conventional construction of pontoon bridges and engineering facilities are basically useless when facing the Military Soul Cavalry that can walk and run on the water.

Under the influence of such external objective factors, the Roman Empire and the Parthian Empire recalled everything in their own country and silently began to accept reality.

Fight against foreign enemies and maintain domestic stability, regroup and when you are ready, bury the enemy once and for all!
When both sides hold such ideas, they are unwilling to stay in a stalemate on the east and west banks of the Euphrates River.

Both the Parthian army and the Roman army were large in number, and the amount of food they consumed every day was also very large.

For the Roman Empire, which had a short army, both the food transportation and the food loss along the way were relatively large.

In addition, the eastern provinces had already been ravaged by the Parthian Empire. How much of the stored or hidden grain could be used by the Roman army while ensuring the survival of the people in the eastern provinces?

The food for the Parthian army came from the plundering of the eastern provinces of Rome on the one hand, and from Armenia on the other. Although a lot of food was obtained in this way, Vologases V was not a fool, and it was impossible for him to consume such a huge amount of food here.

Only genuine spoils of war can make the people in Parthia believe in the success of their expedition.

If all these things were consumed here, even if all this really happened, it would not be able to convince the people in Parthia.

Especially for Vologases V, the current public opinion environment in Parthia was not completely controlled by the emperor.

Such objective factors prompted Vologases V to prepare corresponding evidence when explaining certain facts.

Even if this kind of evidence cannot convince some stubborn people, it can at least convince many neutral people, making more people support it and fewer people oppose it.

Between the addition and subtraction, Vologases V had a stronger control over the empire, and naturally he had more say over other nobles, both in the court and in public opinion.

It is indeed difficult to take back power in a short period of time, to take back the power that belongs to the emperor, but under such a plan, moving forward step by step, it is only a matter of time before power is taken back.

With this idea in mind, there was actually nothing wrong with Vologases V's arrangements and actions.

The only problem was probably that the true power gap between the Parthian Empire and the Roman Empire was not estimated well enough.

In terms of the gap in strength, people like Sima Yi, who had sent people to the Roman Empire and understood the Roman Empire, knew more clearly how powerful the Roman Empire was. Especially during this period, the changes within the Roman Empire and the changes in the military system made Sima Yi more aware of how fast the other side's combat power was increasing.

What kind of changes can a powerful emperor bring to an empire? Sima Yi, who is well-versed in history books, must understand this.

I am the world and the world is me. One person can represent the world. The emperor's will is the will of the world.

Therefore, even after the end of this war, Sima Yi took advantage of the stalemate to not only strengthen his infiltration into Rome, but also use his current identity and the power of the Sima family to plan for the Parthian Empire.

The empire needs no sympathy, and neither does the thief!
However, Sima Yi himself still had to do the overt work.

Whether it is the post-war summary, compilation, or analysis, the performance of each general in the battle was also explained, and their strengths and weaknesses were described.

Of course, by doing this, you are making yourself the center of attention. Whether you are happy or not, you will become the target of public criticism.

In this situation, many people focused on Sima Yi's overt behavior and paid too much attention to what he did in secret.

After all, Sima Yi's actions on the surface were completely consistent with the image of a commander.

After this series of wars, the generals in the Han army had a different impression of Sima Yi.

At least when facing Sima Yi's orders, he no longer resisted as before, and even pointed out the inappropriateness of the orders.

In addition, after the war stopped, the generals of the Han Empire expressed their opinions in the post-war summary and analysis, which indeed accelerated the growth and experience summary. They analyzed the war from each person's perspective and understood the differences of this war.

The people present may not feel anything about this kind of analysis, but just feel that they have gained a lot. However, in Xizhong's opinion, being able to let everyone express their opinions and show their own ideas and positions is completely different from normal marching and fighting.

During normal combat, staff officers are responsible for providing advice, and the commander-in-chief is responsible for execution and command. As for generals and soldiers, all they need to do, apart from leading the soldiers to fight, is to obey.

As for what you think about during this process, it doesn’t really matter.

Looking at the summary process in front of him, the contradictions arising in the process, and the different angles of thinking, Xizhong felt that he had gained a lot, even though he did not participate too much.

Xu Shu, who was also involved, looked at the familiar scene and felt like he was dreaming again.

Although this method cannot make everyone progress, and may even cause conflicts among some officers, it is undeniable that this situation is indeed more conducive to the commander to understand the soldiers and generals under his command, to better understand the generals' character, and to command the entire army.

Just by turning his head to glance at Sima Yi who was smiling, Xu Shu always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't guess what it was.

Without knowing Sima Yi's specific arrangements, even Xu Shu only knew that Sima Yi had made arrangements...

(End of this chapter)