God Three Group Chat: Three Kingdoms

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Unlike the Han Empire, which developed from the top down, relying on the development of the past few hundred years, the gradual convergence of its thinking patterns, and the consolidation of its cultural core, the Han Empire relied on the Han Empire's development from the top down.

The stability of the Roman Empire truly depended on who controlled it.

When the Roman emperors were powerful, the fighting strength and power displayed by the Roman Empire were enough to make any opponent tremble.

However, when the Roman Empire's capabilities faltered, the fighting power that the entire empire could unleash gradually declined.

In particular, the method of succession for Roman emperors has remained completely unchanged over the years.

The border dukes in all directions, as well as the emperor himself as the first citizen, are all potential candidates to become emperor.

Anyone, regardless of who they were, could become emperor or the first citizen of the Roman Empire.

It seems fair, practical, and even tempting.

The benefits of this emperor's characteristic of prioritizing the strong are very obvious: the emperor's power is almost beyond doubt.

However, in terms of the stability of the rule, this kind of first citizen of Rome, who was built up by military strength, was not necessarily a good thing.

While the Roman Empire is currently powerful, such behavior is not problematic. However, if Rome gradually declines or faces a formidable adversary, then internal strife and self-destruction will be Rome's inevitable fate.

However, due to the limitations of the era, even today's Severus and Perennis are unable to perceive the amiss, and have not even paid attention to these issues.

Ultimately, they are neither professional institutional researchers nor observers of history.

For both Severus and Perennis, the most important goal now is to eliminate Parthia's people.

The annexation of everything in Parthia, including fate and destiny, further strengthened the Roman Empire, enabling it to continue to develop and become even more powerful in the decades to come, thus providing the foundation for another leap forward in subsequent competition and progress.

"Affected by the harassment and influence of the Han Empire's army? The number of troops in Parthia and Ctesiphon is increasing, and their defensive capabilities are becoming stronger. Our offensive has been hampered..." Putting aside his thoughts and considerations about the future, Perennis turned his attention back to the current battlefield and carefully examined everything that was happening on the battlefield, trying to find ways to solve some of the behaviors and problems that existed on the battlefield.

"The Han Empire's harassment is becoming more and more frequent, but the number of Parthian soldiers they send is decreasing, which is a good thing in a sense." Severus was unaware of the Han Empire's direct plan.

However, thanks to his keen sixth sense, he still noticed something was amiss, but pure intuition, without any real-world reference, didn't play a significant role.

Especially since this sixth sense doesn't pose a life-or-death danger, it's simply a matter of sending someone to keep an eye on things so that intelligence can be obtained at any time.

Who would have thought that the person who delivered the message this time would be so outrageous.

Seeing through the surface, Severus quickly realized the purpose of the Han Empire's actions, as well as the benefits they brought.

With more adversaries, fewer troubles, and a shorter time to resolve issues, the Han Empire was not only helping Parthia as much as possible, but also helping the Roman Empire.

"I really don't know what the Han Empire is thinking. Under these circumstances, they would actually come up with such a method. Do they really think Volognes V can stop us?" Perennis expressed his doubts directly, completely baffled by the reasoning behind this. As one of the legionary commanders of the Roman army, Perennis not only possessed excellent command abilities but also unparalleled personal combat prowess. He was well aware of the fighting power his army was capable of unleashing.

Although the current mode of combat is also total war, in terms of the combat power and strength displayed in the war, the actual combat force deployed by the Roman army is less than half of its maximum combat strength.

This level of combat is less a high-risk, bloody battle and more a high-risk training exercise.

With such an absolute disparity in strength as a backup plan, Perennis had no idea what methods Parthia de Siphon would use to try and stop their advance.

The absolute military superiority is enough to thwart most conspiracies and tricks.

With an army of over a million, neither water attacks nor fire attacks would be very effective.

Especially with a large advisory group as a source of wisdom, their step-by-step and comprehensive planning has no weaknesses and they are not inferior in terms of intelligence.

With no possibility of being outmaneuvered, and relying purely on direct combat and close-quarters fighting, the Roman army could be said to have completely overwhelmed the Parthian army.

Apart from a very small number of elite cavalry units, the Parthian army had very few truly exceptional talents.

On the battlefield, breaking through elite troops, unless they are cavalry, almost always means certain death.

Even for cavalry units, the survival rate was less than 50%.

This kind of breakthrough, which was a death sentence, severely impacted the morale and fighting will of the army for a long time.

Fortunately, Vologius V personally intervened, gradually reversing the increasingly out-of-control situation and ultimately leading to a shift in focus, strengthening sustained combat capabilities and operational stability.

Perennis was well aware of this situation and was even pleased to see it happen.

After all, such a large empire would present a completely different situation if it were used as a testing and experimentation area.

Even with Vologius V's personal intervention, the actual result was that no super elite infantry unit ever appeared again after that.

The frequency and number of elite cavalry units that could have emerged were significantly reduced. In a sense, this situation can be considered as the Romans subjectively hindering the Parthians' efforts and progress.

Of course, one very important reason is that the Parthian army itself had few elite troops to experiment and find new routes.

By following the existing elite routes, we can form the most effective combat force in the shortest time and at the lowest cost.

This led Vologis V to place his hopes on the commanders of the various legions who already possessed elite troops, rather than on newcomers.

The new recruits have very low and simple goals; being able to replenish the army's losses would already be good enough. (End of Chapter)