God Three Group Chat: Three Kingdoms

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Faced with the stalemate, Rome did not send more troops to break the deadlock and directly push its army to the advantage. Instead, it maintained the current situation, which made Sima Yi's feelings even more complicated.

The Roman Empire's complete indifference to its current situation is, frankly, quite disheartening.

"Is Rome really that tolerant?" Xu Shu, who was also standing next to Sima Yi, looked at Rome's mobilization and response, and his expression was not very good.

Compared to the elite mobile forces that Rome could muster, the Han Empire had a pitifully small number of mobile forces available.

For a better retreat, the ideal scenario would be for Rome to utilize all its elite mobile forces, thereby putting pressure on and creating difficulties for the Roman army. This would prevent the Roman army from readily deploying its elite mobile forces for any desired movement or deployment in the short term.

Even if such a situation were to occur, the pressure they would face would be far greater than that of mobile forces, and they would even be at a disadvantage in many areas, but in terms of the final outcome, it would be much more stable.

Because once Rome uses all of its troops, it means there will be far fewer changes, far fewer changes they will face, and many possible future scenarios will be foreseen, or even become inevitable.

With such advance prediction and foresight, the retreat at nightfall would naturally be much more relaxed and unhurried.

The fact that Rome has not deployed its rear guard mobile forces is a huge pressure and a significant change.

Because such a large and elite force, no matter where it appears, can bring about decisive changes, causing the situation in that place to deteriorate directly, and may even cause a chain reaction, leading to the collapse of the entire battlefield.

After all, the three reserve legions currently held by the Han Empire are a drop in the ocean compared to Rome's massive reserve forces.

"If Rome can maintain this situation and drag it out until night, it's not impossible. However, will the other side really give us that opportunity?" Sima Yi looked at the battle lines on both sides, each with its own advantages and disadvantages, and had already made a judgment in his mind.

Rome would never give them such an opportunity, not even if they intended to train their soldiers and generals.

Sima Yi, who came from the Han Empire, was not very familiar with the Roman Empire's methods of warfare, but he was very familiar with the Han Empire's methods of warfare.

For the Han Empire, even training frontline generals and soldiers would not change its established goals and plans.

It's perfectly acceptable to train them as a side project, but everything else must give way to the ultimate strategic goal.

The Roman Empire's goal was clearly to eliminate them. Once they destroyed this large army stationed in the middle of Mesopotamia, they could advance unimpeded and even reach Ctesiphon before the Parthian Empire could react.

A victory in this battle would provide an opportunity to severely cripple the Parthian Empire, and anyone with common sense would seize such an opportunity. Given this objective, Sima Yi was well aware that the Roman Empire's reserve elite forces would inevitably be deployed, entering the fray when the enemy believed the war would be resolved.

"An hour before dark?" Xu Shu, who also understood the meaning behind Sima Yi's words, looked at the sky and then gave a time.

Judging from the current battlefield situation and the relative strength of both sides, the Roman Empire, which has poured all its strength into this moment, is capable of defeating their current forces. And as long as they can defeat them, regardless of how they choose to retreat, the Roman Empire will be able to achieve its corresponding strategic objectives.

The cover of night might provide cover for an army's retreat, but for an army that has already won and has the option to pursue, it doesn't have much of an impact. In fact, the darkness might even cause more casualties and increase the chances of a successful pursuit.

"So when Rome deploys its elite troops, that will be the time for our army to unleash its full power and rewrite the stalemate on the battlefield. At that time, I'll trouble Yuanzhi to provide me with a weakness. In any case, in this stalemate across five directions, we must gain an absolute advantage in one of them. Even if it's a case of Tian Ji's horse race, we must at least gamble on a sliver of possibility." Without objecting to Xu Shu's conjecture, Sima Yi directly stated the subsequent direction of execution.

"Yes!" Faced with such an order, Xu Shu immediately responded. Then, looking up at the firefly-like spiritual energy in the sky and the clouds that gradually spread with it, he stopped studying the possible outcomes and focused his attention on the battlefield. He tried to identify the flaws that appeared on the battlefield and then tell Sima Yi so that Sima Yi could be more at ease in the command process and make the current stalemate last longer.

After all, for Sima Yi at this time, it was by no means easy. On one hand, he had to use the military command system of the Han Empire to command the Han Empire's army, and on the other hand, he had to use the command system of the Parthian army to command the Parthian army. He even had to use his own spiritual power to sort out the clouds and prepare for the outbreak to come.

This ability to multitask, and to do so for an extended period of time, was also a test, even a torment, for Sima Yi.

Even though the battlefield is currently at a stalemate, and the outstanding performance of the front-line generals means that the actual calculation frequency is not high, Sima Yi still feels immense pressure.

But this pressure hasn't reached its peak yet; the real pressure is yet to come.

As time went by, the Danyang troops, which were originally in the central command, lost their initial composure and faced increasing pressure.

As time passed and the Macedonian army recovered, they gradually regained their organized offensive and ranged pressure by relying on their four-meter-long spears, creating a powerful frontal suppression effect.

The flanks, which should have been the weaker part of the Macedonian army, remained untouched by any weaknesses thanks to the help of the Sixth and Twelfth Infantry, allowing the terrifying attack effect on the main battlefield to be fully realized.

The suppressive effect of the Sixth and Twelfth detachments on the flanks further affected the strength of the Danyang Legion, expanded the area of ​​engagement for Danyang, and reduced the coordination and distribution of forces within the Danyang Legion, as well as the strength of the front-line soldiers.

It was this change between addition and subtraction that led to the central army's decline.

The only saving grace was that the Scythian archer legions of the Fourth Legion had not yet recovered from the overwhelming archery pressure and were unable to launch a strong and effective long-range suppressive attack. (End of Chapter)