God Three Group Chat: Three Kingdoms

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Upon hearing this, Dilina froze, his hand holding the intelligence report still in his hand. He looked at Joshua with a shocked and incredulous expression.

As the one who personally issued the orders, Dilina was very clear about the strength of these barbarian legions.

In terms of personnel allocation, these people are not at full strength, which is also to facilitate the placement of key members to take over the troops later.

However, this does not mean that the number of barbarian legions is small; they are generally around five thousand.

Even if the barbarian legions that could be sent out to harass the Han army were the weakest, their combat strength was at least comparable to that of a regular army. Although they could not defeat the elite troops of the Han Empire, they would not collapse at the first touch.

If the enemy's combat strength is indeed so great that it could cause the barbarian army to collapse at the first touch, then there are still five thousand of them. How could they be wiped out in such a short time?
To put it bluntly, even five thousand pigs couldn't be wiped out in such a short time, let alone people, especially soldiers wielding sharp weapons and wearing heavy armor!

“I don’t want to believe it either, but that’s what the intelligence says. I don’t think even the Eleventh Legion could do that, or rather, does such a legion really exist within the entire Roman Empire?” Looking at Dilina’s complicated expression, Joshua suppressed his excitement and eagerness, and instead embraced calmness and caution.

“Luciano is very strong, even strong enough to crush the barbarian legion almost without taking any damage, but the enemy cannot harvest so quickly, or even annihilate them without any disguise!” Taking a deep breath to calm himself down, Dilina explained while looking at the intelligence report.

Even while explaining, I would think of other legions within Rome, wondering if any other legions could do the same.

After thinking about it carefully, I still couldn't find a suitable one.

The Roman Empire certainly had many powerful legions, but none with such a rapid killing speed.

The only legion capable of such a high rate of fire was the shortbow unit under the Eastern Duke of the Roman Empire.

Theoretically speaking, if all ten waves of arrows can hit the barbarian army, the barbarian army can definitely be annihilated.

However, this is where the problem lies. While the shortbow legions do possess such attack speed, they do not have such outrageous lethality. At least when facing an armored target, it is difficult to seriously injure them, let alone kill them.

In order to enable these legions to better deal with the elite forces of the Han Empire, Dilina prepared better armor and weapons for these barbarian legions, thus greatly improving their military strength.

It was precisely this improvement and preparation that enabled the barbarian legions to better understand the enemy's situation and realize that the Roman Empire was not joking. Completing their transformation and obtaining Roman citizenship was indeed feasible.

It can be said that it was this simple action that drove the Roman barbarian legions into a frenzy for a period of time, resulting in a significant increase in their fighting power and courage.

With such momentum and mindset, even if they couldn't defeat the elite troops of the Han Empire, they could still buy time and exhaust the enemy's strength.

However, he never imagined that the Han Empire's elite troops possessed such methods—the ability to wipe out another legion in a short time. "I just don't know how strong their attack is, but I imagine it's not far off. This kind of tactic is incredibly dangerous. If they could wipe out a barbarian legion clad in armor in such a short time, then we probably wouldn't fare much better. After all, our armor, apart from being of slightly better quality, is about the same weight as the barbarian legion's." Joshua, who didn't yet fully understand the opponent's capabilities, could only speculate about the Han Empire's elite troops based on the available intelligence and battle results.

Dilina nodded in understanding of the guess and agreed with the answer.

Being able to wipe out a max-level legion in such a short time means that the opponent has the ability to wipe out an Eagle Legion in such a short time, even if such an attack may not be very powerful or come at a particularly high cost.

However, neither Joshua nor Dirinas, as commanders of the Roman Empire's eagle legions, would risk their legions in such a way.

People can be lost, but the Eagle Flag Legion absolutely cannot disappear. The other side's methods clearly show that they don't want to be politely escorted out of the country and are trying to fight them.

“This matter can only be handled by the Duke; we may not be able to handle it.” After a moment of silence, Dilina finally decided to send a copy of the intelligence to his superior. Faced with such a threat and attack, even the composed Dilina dared not forcefully issue an order to carry it out.

No one dared to gamble on whether the opponent had the ability to launch a final attack, or to gamble that the opponent's negative effects were so severe that they had not yet recovered, etc.

Without specific intelligence, all speculation could be bait that could lead to failure.

“Okay!” Although it was a bit presumptuous to do so, Joshua ultimately chose to follow his heart and act according to his inner thoughts rather than take a desperate gamble.

After receiving similar intelligence, Ganassis immediately summoned the remaining Eagle Banner Legion commanders to discuss the information with them.

“This ability of the other party is indeed very troublesome, and we don’t know the specific requirements and costs, but judging from the effects it has shown, it is truly terrifying.” After opening his mouth, Anlianus finally chose to be the first to speak and point out this huge risk.

Whether other legions could withstand an attack of the same level is another matter, but the Seventh Legion definitely could not withstand such an attack.

If the barbarian legion was wiped out in an instant, would it have been much better if the Seventh Eagle Legion had been replaced?

As the legion commander, Anlianus naturally knew that this was impossible. Thanks to the significant decline in their strength, the armor they wore now was not much better than that of the barbarian legions. If the barbarian legions were to be wiped out, so would they.

Even if there's no way to activate the Eagle Banner Will, Anlianus doesn't want the Seventh Eagle Banner Legion to perish here.

On the battlefield, to exploit weaknesses, one must pick on the weakest link. Unfortunately, among the several legions present, the Seventh Legion was the biggest weakest link.

Therefore, from the perspective of the legion, Anlianus had to consider the issue of the legion's survival rate.

After all, some members of the Senate seem to be suggesting the idea of ​​reorganizing the Seventh Legion... (End of Chapter)