God Three Group Chat: Three Kingdoms

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This ability to instantly fill an area with soldiers made Xu Huang even more aware of the troublesome nature of the Illusionary Soldiers and the special nature of the Third Eagle Banner.

With weak offensive capabilities, it's difficult to inflict casualties, and its defense is so-so that it can be killed with a single spear thrust. Against such an opponent, whether it's the Ardashir Legion with its relatively poor defense or the Ma Chao Legion with its balanced defense and offensive capabilities, it's easy to inflict casualties of one to several dozen, or even more.

Faced with such a huge casualty ratio, neither Xu Huang nor Wei Yan thought it was a good thing.

Since the physical form of the Illusion Soldier is immortal, the Illusion Soldier can be said to be endless. Not to mention exchanging dozens for one, even exchanging hundreds for one would not be a loss.

"What do we do now?" Wei Yan asked directly, seeing that Ardashir and Ma Chao were still attacking, but their attack speed had decreased significantly, and the Roman Third Legion was still retreating.

Benito clearly realized just how outrageous the Third Legion's tactics were, and his expression even brightened slightly. He redeployed heavy infantry to assist in the defense while moving the Third Legion forward towards the Parthian army, into the heart of the Roman barbarian legions, where they would receive further protection and defensive depth.

This would give them more time to wait for the Second Parthian Legion to arrive.

If the Second Parthian Legion can arrive, with its significantly excessive numbers and combat strength, it will be able to hold off these cavalry raids from the rear, and there is a high probability that it will be able to encircle and annihilate them.

"Deflect the air and environment of the Roman left wing and center, disrupt their line of sight and view, and then lure those two Roman barbarian cavalry units to prevent them from rejoining the battlefield once they have stabilized." Xu Huang glanced at the Roman rear guard and the two Germanic cavalry legions that had slowed down after running for a while, and then issued the corresponding orders.

Upon hearing this order, Wei Yan realized that it would not solve the current predicament. He frowned slightly, then turned and led his army to carry out the corresponding order.

Not understanding or not comprehending doesn't prevent you from carrying out the task.

Knowing the urgency of the situation, Xu Huang wasted no time and immediately led his troops to intercept another Germanic cavalry force.

Although they were mounted infantry, they could easily hold their own against this cavalry unit, which clearly had problems with both mentality and combat skills, and buy some time.

"It seems there are more than just one or two skilled commanders in the Han army." Farssasan's eyes flashed with surprise as he surveyed the battlefield and watched the rapid changes that occurred after friendly forces appeared behind Benito.

Sima Yi, the commander of the Roman Empire's army, is still in command and has managed to create a stalemate with the Roman army. Although the situation is unfavorable, it is clear that Sima Yi's command ability is by no means weak.

Besides Sima Yi's own command abilities, the performance of some legion commanders on the battlefield also demonstrated excellent command skills.

Among the Han Dynasty generals who accompanied his grandson, those who could achieve this level of competence must have possessed exceptional command abilities to have such awareness and judgment.

"Well, it's good to have someone like that. Now that things have come to this point, leave the rest to me." Farssasan shook his head, suppressing some unpleasant thoughts in his mind, and then looked seriously at the battlefield, issuing the various orders that had been prepared in advance.

When Kirby withdrew his illusionary soldiers, it directly led to a loss of combat power in the various front lines of the Roman barbarian army. The vanguard that had originally advanced instantly became one vulnerability after another.

Farssasan, clearly seizing this opportunity, deliberately widened the opening, allowing the Roman barbarians to break through. Without the help of the Roman Third Legion, the barbarian legions seemed to advance even faster.

After coordinating the efforts, Farssasan directly commanded his army to forcibly sever the communication between the barbarian legions from the flanks of these breaches, forming one small encirclement after another.

Without even eliminating the barbarian soldiers within the encirclement, Farssasan further organized his elite troops to penetrate deeper into the rear of the barbarian legion's salient, directly creating a gap in the counter-offensive line and beginning a reverse push.

The area was originally designed for attack, and especially since some troops had already infiltrated it, the barbarian soldiers behind the junction were mainly spearmen and archers.

Bows and arrows provide support, while spears facilitate further breakthroughs; however, neither is as effective as the corresponding shield infantry lines in resisting attacks.

It can be said that this move by the Sassanids directly eliminated Benito's command over all the advancing forces and deprived the front-line troops of the opportunity to maintain their battle lines through repositioning.

Benito was completely stunned when he saw this scene.

The shield bearers on the front line were completely surrounded by the enemy, while the spearmen and archers in the rear were being attacked by the enemy's elite troops. Without other help, the enemy commander would probably have to dismantle them head-on.

"Ah, experience truly matters." Severus, who witnessed this scene through the Fifth Lark, sighed on the spot. "The Farssasan of Parthia is quite a character indeed."

After finishing his reflections, Severus appeared in front of Benito in a way similar to a projection, coordinated by the Fifth Lark.

"Your Majesty Emperor Severus!" Benito greeted the figure immediately upon seeing him, even though his expression was somewhat unpleasant.

“You are no match for Farssasan. Now, carry out my orders.” With a casual wave of his hand, Severus delivered the next command.

Even with the delay caused by the fifth Lark's transmission, and even though the front line was already facing some difficulties, Severus still didn't think it was a big problem.

Benito's inability to outmaneuver Farssasan was due to his lack of personal ability; he simply didn't possess the necessary talent and skill in command.

However, Severus was very confident in his ability to command on the battlefield.

As a purely military emperor, Severus's political status and power were achieved through the military. This strength was enough to allow him to view Farssasan with equanimity.

Severus, who gave the direct order, used the same method to further boost the Parthian army's advance, and then directly pulled out the pikemen to launch a pincer attack, turning the battle area into chaos in a short time, to the point that both sides lost command of their respective units.

With this time and at the cost of a small number of sacrifices, the army can regroup and launch a second offensive. (End of Chapter)