God Three Group Chat: Three Kingdoms

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The two exchanged a glance, understanding each other's thoughts, and then began to coordinate their respective legions, making all preparations to deal with and attack Ctesiphon.

The next priority should be to seize Ctesiphon, crush Parthia's will to resist, plunder Parthia's wealth, then re-establish relations with the Han Empire, establish the Silk Road, and strengthen silk trade between the two sides.

Despite the fighting and the disturbances, ensuring the smooth arrival and normal trade of silk had significant strategic value for the entire Roman Empire.

Given the inherent profitability of the Roman Empire's offensive, it garnered widespread approval, particularly among the Roman nobility, who were quick to endorse it.

Fighting for the country, fighting for honor—for nobles, neither can compare to fighting for silk.

Whether it is the Roman Empire or Parthia, both have achieved efficiency and centralization in unifying national power.

With the full support of their respective noble families, the fighting prowess and war experience displayed by the Roman and Parthian Empires were astonishing.

Every month, tens of thousands of people die on the battlefield.

Faced with such enormous casualties, neither Rome nor Parthia retreated or showed any fear; instead, they maintained the scale and momentum of a full-scale war.

The peripheral battlefields only stabilized slightly after the core Roman army approached Ctesiphon.

They're still playing, but at least they're not playing as aggressively anymore.

In the original form of warfare, even on the outer battlefields, the war between the Parthian and Roman armies had thoroughly tested the wits of both sides.

As a result, many of the elite troops of the Han army had to stay on the field.

On the one hand, it was to hone the army, and on the other hand, it was to avoid getting involved in the core wars of the empire.

In the core war zone of the Empire, even a single elite unit has a very high probability of being annihilated.

Even the Han army's elite troops faced the same risks.

It was precisely because of this risk assessment that when Sima Yi assembled the elite Han army under his command to form a deterrent force, there was little resistance or opposition.

Compared to the initial participants in the war, the Han Empire's army now resembles more of an observer of the war.

Witnessing every war between the Roman Empire and Parthia, seeing the armies fighting to the death, and feeling the will and brutality involved, the veterans of the Han Empire, seasoned by countless battles, also came to understand the fighting spirit behind it.

They fought with all their might, not for themselves, but for the country.

This was true for both the Roman Empire and the Parthian Empire.

In this fight to the death, neither side held back; they used whatever they had.

Whether it's a secret technique or a trap, both sides are giving it their all and doing everything they can to kill the other.

During this observation process, even Han Empire soldiers who did not personally participate in the war learned a great deal of experience and made significant progress in their skills and knowledge.

However, when the winter snow began to fall and Severus led the Roman army close to Ctesiphon, the treatment the Han Empire's army received changed completely. Both sides had millions of troops, and both were giving their all.

Such a large army creates a cloud of oppressive energy that covers an area of ​​hundreds of miles. Within this range, even experts at the Breaking Boundary level would find it difficult to fly.

This means that within this range, even a skilled fighter can easily be killed.

The war has progressed to its current state, and neither side can retreat, nor can they regret their actions, nor can they give up on themselves because of some unexpected event.

It can be said that anyone appearing within the scope of this war is either a friendly force or an enemy.

Whether they are truly enemies or not is no longer important.

Therefore, at this time of greatest scale, with the largest number of troops and the most elite forces deployed on both sides, the Han Empire was unable to participate as it had in the past, thus failing to broaden its horizons and learn from the experience of large-scale warfare.

Even Sima Yi, with this scale of troops, could no longer travel to Taixi Feng as he had before.

Although the Roman army had not completely surrounded Ctesiphon and had left some openings, the cautious Sima Yi would not have deliberately taken such a risk.

Ordinary communication and exchange have also returned to the form of letter delivery, but even with letter delivery, the frequency has become less and less.

On the one hand, Volognes V was getting busier and busier, and didn't have much time to deal with diplomatic affairs and personal matters. On the other hand, it was also related to Sima Yi's intention to reduce [his activities].

As the day drew closer to this great battle, Sima Yi felt the gap between the two empires more acutely, and he could also sense Parthia's struggles.

Whether for the sake of a peaceful takeover or for future development, reducing intervention in the Parthian Empire at this crucial juncture would actually be beneficial for future actions.

At this point in time, it's definitely a time when doing more will lead to more mistakes, and doing less will lead to fewer mistakes.

Whether Volognes V, on Sima Yi's advice, turned the tide and repelled the Roman army to achieve a new beginning, or whether he, on Sima Yi's advice, directly led to defeat and the destruction of the entire Parthian Empire, it was of no benefit to Sima Yi.

The Parthian Empire, led by Volognes V, still existed, meaning there was absolutely no hope of acquiring the land.

The latter is very likely to arouse hatred among the remaining people of the Parthian Empire, and then the difficulty of peacefully accepting it will increase significantly.

They might even be deliberately lured and seduced by the Roman Empire to form a new resistance force.

In a situation where neither option is desirable, leading one's own army to remain silent and fulfill the role of strategic deterrence is the best choice.

For Volognes V, the closer he got to this major war, the closer he got to the war in Ctesiphon, the more stable he felt.

With the war having progressed to this point, the entire empire is more united than ever before, and it possesses several elite units.

With these legions all having the potential for promotion, Vologus V naturally didn't mind taking a gamble with this large-scale war.

Even if the entire army of hundreds of thousands of empires perishes here, it won't be a loss as long as a single military spirit legion can be produced.

As long as the Military Spirit Legion exists, the Empire can rise again at any time and reclaim everything it has lost. (End of Chapter)