God Three Group Chat: Three Kingdoms

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"What's wrong?" Vakleisi, who wasn't particularly good with numbers, didn't see anything wrong with the number.

Isn't it normal for an empire to have millions of warhorses?

Back when the Yuezhi occupied the northern grasslands, they also possessed more than a million horses.

With such a historical precedent, Vacry naturally wouldn't find anything wrong with this number.

After all, this was the Han Empire, the Han Empire that could defeat the Xiongnu Empire. If it didn't even have warhorses of this caliber, wouldn't it be a laughing stock?

According to historical records, the Yuezhi had more than a million horses, yet they still couldn't defeat the Xiongnu, who were far more numerous.

The fact that the Xiongnu could not defeat the Han Empire means that the Han Empire had a larger number of troops, and the final result is the current situation, which is normal and reasonable.

"You're not surprised at all?" Milos looked at Vakresi with a puzzled expression, finally realizing that something was wrong, and asked with a face full of doubt.

"Is this something to be surprised about?" Vakresh stared directly at Milos, as if he had never seen anything like it, making Milos question his existence.

Listening to their conversation and looking at the battlefield, Mayero shook his head and sighed softly, completely ignoring the two people discussing things in his ear.

“So that’s how it is. Now I understand why things turned out this way.” Miroxiu nodded gently, looking at Vakresh seriously, accepting this fact that was enough to shatter his worldview.

If this judgment is considered normal by the Yuezhi people of the north, then many things can also be considered normal.

No wonder that despite the intense conflict between the North and South, things eventually calmed down.

It was initially thought that the rapid rise in the strength of the South forced the North to adopt a more conciliatory approach.

Or perhaps the North, facing the infiltration from the South, was unable to achieve efficient and orderly internal unity, which is why things have turned out the way they are today.

Looking back now, if the vast majority of people in the North held this view, then the implications behind it, as well as the actual situation in the North, would be completely different.

"Alright, alright, we're not here to witness the number of horses in the Han Empire. We have a mission to complete, so let's not waste too much time on this..." Sensing the atmosphere was getting strange, Mayaro finally spoke up to ease the tension and shifted the focus of their work away from the matter at hand.

Upon hearing this, the two men, who had previously reacted differently, refocused their attention on Ctesiphon to observe the clash between the Roman and Parthian Empires and to ascertain the situation.

Although the battlefield is dangerous, it is not really dangerous for the three people present.

Without the constraints of a large army, without the need to consider food logistics or corresponding supplies, and with their excellent and extraordinary physical abilities, as long as no exceptionally skilled expert intervenes, their retreat would be very simple. One could even say that the world is so vast that they could go anywhere—that would be their normal state.

As long as one doesn't truly enter the core area of ​​the war and be suppressed by the army's cloud of energy, leaving them with no power to resist, there will generally be no danger to their life.

Whether it was the Roman Empire or the Parthian Empire, they generally didn't pay any attention to observers who numbered only a few.

On the one hand, the number of people was too small, and the probability of being discovered was too low. Even if they were discovered, it would not have much practical significance. After all, a group of observers of this size could not affect the course of the war, let alone its outcome, so it was of no concern.

On the other hand, the Roman and Parthian Empires tacitly accepted this situation.

Regardless of the final outcome, as long as the war continues, there will always be a constant stream of observers and explorers.

For Rome, whether it was the northern barbarians who sent people to observe, the Han Empire who sent people to observe, or other people who sent people to observe, it did not affect the established policies of the Roman Empire.

Under absolute power, any thoughts or will to resist are meaningless.

It would be better to directly demonstrate the process of defeating Parthia, which would further deter disloyal foreign tribes, reduce the risk of counterinsurgency, and at the same time allow for more reasonable exploitation of non-Roman citizens, destroying their ability and resources to continue resisting.

Especially for Severus, he would rather face an army like Parthia's than go to some strange place to fight for peace.

If something can be resolved with the use of force and the demonstration of force, then it's really a minor problem.

"After dealing with Parthia, if nothing unexpected happens, Rome should be able to maintain stability for at least several decades." Having learned about the Han Empire's system and compared it with his own, Severus understood the extent of his own system's flaws and was very clear about what his own system needed.

The thing the entire Roman system lacked most was stability, stability in the literal sense.

The Roman Empire steadily exploited its non-citizen population, ensuring they continued to produce goods and services, thus supporting an ever-growing number of Roman citizens.

At the same time, it is necessary to build one Roman citizen legion after another among the citizens of the Roman Empire, relying on absolute strength and combat power to maintain the glory and honor of the Roman Empire, and then to involve all these barbarians, making them the cornerstone of the continued development of the Roman Empire.

“Yes, it can maintain stability for at least several decades.” As one of the Roman Empire’s outstanding legionary commanders, Perennis understood what Severus was saying and the reasons behind it, but he was somewhat helpless.

In the hundreds of years of Rome's development, such a problem had never occurred before, and people did not even think there was a problem with the system; on the contrary, they thought the system was excellent.

However, after comparing the system of the Han Empire with that of the Han Empire, Perennis clearly recognized the problems. He also realized that the development of the Roman Empire over the past few centuries was not due to the excellence of its system, but because the people who could become Roman emperors were truly powerful.

While officially called the First Citizen of Rome, he was in reality the Emperor's First Citizen of Rome. If his personal abilities were strong enough, he could also unite the entire empire, forming a powerful force capable of efficient external expansion and maintaining the empire's proper image. (End of Chapter)