God Three Group Chat: Three Kingdoms

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Even if the plan cannot be completed, it should be delayed for a longer period of time. Ideally, the other party's attention should be diverted until they achieve their goals.

In this regard, both the commander-in-chief Sima Yi and the people behind each army can meet the conditions and requirements.

“Since Zhongda still sent this letter back, it means that the intelligence is still within Zhongda’s consideration. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have described it in such a way.” Jia Xu placed the intelligence report face down on the table and added further.

For Parthia, the assistance from the Han Empire represented a collision and intersection of two completely different ideas.

No matter how much you yearn for it in your heart, you can't change the reality of the situation.

"Since Zhongda still has such confidence, then let's trust Sima Zhongda. Next, let's focus our attention on the Kushan Empire. Whether it's a legitimate military expedition or other means of transporting the army, we need to prepare in advance." Following this line of thought, Li You quickly refined and unified the plan.

Even a powerful empire like the Han Dynasty would find it difficult to maintain effective progress while fighting on multiple fronts.

Therefore, from a cautious perspective, avoiding multi-front warfare and concentrating the main forces and combat power in one direction makes it easier to achieve the desired results.

"Sima Zhongda, is that really the case?" Chen Xi recalled Sima Yi from his memory. It seemed that he had not returned to the Han Empire for a long time. He wondered if his strength would increase significantly after this trip.

Meanwhile, Sima Yi in Central Asia had turned almost black with rage.

Just a few days after the festival, Sima Yi received intelligence information shared by Parthia, from which he learned about the attitude of the Roman Empire.

Having determined its strategic goals, the Roman Empire quickly promulgated many related policies, including the policy of turning non-citizens into citizens—a policy that the barbarians of the Roman Empire could not refuse.

Having fought to this extent, the Roman Empire had come to realize that a regular war or two, even one or two larger-scale wars that could be called campaigns, would hardly be able to cripple the Parthian Empire.

The best way to truly gain sufficient benefits and effectively strike and harm the Padia Empire is to launch a full-scale offensive.

The vast area, stretching hundreds of kilometers from north to south and from west to east, makes any place a potential target for attack.

In a full-scale offensive mode, this action would further undermine the Parthian Empire's rule in the region, shake the enemy's will, and shatter the fighting spirit that the enemy had painstakingly forged.

Even with the Roman Eagle Legion, which had deployed more than a dozen legions, it was difficult to launch a full-scale attack.

However, there were also intelligent people in the Roman Empire who, after carefully comparing the systems of various countries, clearly understood some of the differences in the systems.

Although he didn't see anything wrong with his own system, even Severus felt that more barbarians could die, making the Roman Empire more stable, given the sheer number of barbarians in the country.

To this end, a large number of places were specially allocated to attract these people to participate in the war against the Parthian Empire.

Those who are confident and willing to participate, regardless of their individual combat skills, will not be too bad. With a little training, they can quickly become regular soldiers. However, even if these people are gathered together, there is still a significant gap between them and truly top-tier teams.

However, thanks to the participation of a large number of barbarians, the eastern part of the Roman Empire also became quite lively.

The battlefront, stretching for hundreds of kilometers, was truly awe-inspiring.

Sima Yi, who understood this point, also personally experienced the depth of the two countries and their speed of response in mobilizing national resources.

The result was obvious: Parthia's side simply couldn't withstand the onslaught and was incapable of managing such a massive battlefront.

The Roman barbarians lacked experience and skill, not strength. Their demonstrated strength was enough to contend with the Parthian Empire's Burning Cavalry.

Even if there are still some gaps, at least we have the right to face each other, and if we can cut off the other party's head, we have the opportunity to become citizens.

As a result, more and more people participated in the border wars, and the proportion of Roman barbarians among them also increased.

"Although we have launched numerous counterattacks and achieved considerable success, Rome seems completely indifferent to the lives of these people..." Xu Shu explained the current situation to Sima Yi, who was deep in thought.

Although the Roman barbarians were indeed much weaker than them, that did not mean they could be ignored.

On the contrary, in many cases, the Roman barbarians' proactive attacks forced them to retaliate.

Although a fairly good kill-to-loss ratio was achieved, this result is anything but a cause for celebration.

The Roman Empire could disregard the lives of these barbarians, but they were still responsible for the lives of the Han Empire's soldiers.

Faced with such a large, even seemingly endless, number of enemies, the Han Empire had no choice but to retreat.

Currently, they are nearly seventy miles from the border, which is quite far from the core area. However, they cannot be too far away and must be able to effectively support Parthia's core army to prevent the Parthian army from collapsing under these circumstances.

"The strength of the Roman barbarians varied greatly. The strong could be called elite, while the weak could be killed with a flick of the wrist. But there were too many of them, so many that even the Burning Legion, which the Parthian Empire was so proud of, could not maintain a frontal battle." Sima Yi also felt his lips twitching. He found this result hard to understand and was also curious about the Roman Empire's position among these barbarians.
Why were these barbarians able to spontaneously support each other, bring their own weapons and armor, and travel to such a distant place to fight, and why were they so fierce and brave, unlike ordinary servant armies?

"Conservatively speaking, the number of Roman barbarians involved on this front is probably in the hundreds of thousands, or even more. Compared to their previous incursions into the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire, this war can truly be called a total war." Having experienced the true grandeur of an empire, Xu Shu's admiration was palpable.

"It could be retaliation, or it could be something else, but we must find a way to solve this problem, otherwise, in this situation of full-scale war, prolonged defense will inevitably lead to defeat!" As someone who was well-versed in military strategy and had extensive practical experience, Sima Yi naturally understood the advantages of both offense and defense.

Offense is about finding weaknesses, while defense is about minimizing weaknesses. But with such a long battlefront, is it really possible to have no weaknesses?
(End of this chapter)