Chapter 901 The reaction of the Roman Parliament

Looking at Li Jue's retreating figure, Zhuge Liang shook his head and said nothing. Since he had given the order to move freely, what Li Jue did was not extraordinary, so let him go.

"Kong Ming, what should we do next?"

Li Jue, Guo Si and others led the troops and left, leaving only Liu Chan, Cao Ang and others with their troops waiting for Zhuge Liang's next instructions.

"Let's go, leave this place to them. Let's go to the Euphrates River to set up and wait for the Roman army to come!" Zhuge Liang chuckled.

Let these people fight the hard nut here. They went ahead to ambush the Roman troops on their withdrawal path.

As for whether Rome would withdraw, Zhuge Liang had no doubt at all.

Calculating the time, King Gigworth V who is heading south should have arrived by now. Even if Rome can survive tonight, Rome will never stand still.

The purpose of Zhuge Liang and the others is to seize the ferry first. They must not allow Rome to garrison along the river again. The tricks used this time will not be as effective next time. It is absolutely impossible for the empire to fall at the same time twice.

It's a trick.

Basically what Zhuge Liang thought, after Ganassis stabilized the situation, he immediately realized that holding on to a dead end was the only way to go, and only an orderly withdrawal would be the best option.

The Parthian army continued to emerge, and his temporarily organized defense line could not sustain it for too long, but at this level, Ganassis had no intention of supporting it.

He himself knew that these two rivers were basically undefendable, and being stuck here was just to delay time. Since there was no more land to use, he would retreat before the Parthian troops were fully assembled.

"Cannar, tell them to retreat, and the Eagle Banner Corps will follow me!"

Ganassis decisively chose to let the Barbarian Legion go first, not because he was kind-hearted, but because an army with no morale like the Barbarian Legion was completely unsuitable for the Duan Hou. If he really left the Duan Qian behind, he might be scattered by a rush, and not only would he not be able to achieve the Duan Qian's

The effect may also trigger an even greater collapse.

There are not one or two instances where large armies fight and pursue each other leading to complete collapse.

The troops behind the break must be elite.

"Where to evacuate?" Citizen Corps Commander Canard asked.

"Retreat to the Euphrates River. Camillo has already deployed a defensive line over there. You will participate in the defense on the spot and use the signs to replenish manpower. After this battle, we will be even more short of manpower."

Ganassis calmly ordered to his subordinates. Ganassis knew that if they continued like this, they would commit suicide slowly. Parthia would keep biting them, but considering the general direction, they must do this.

It has to be said that Ganassis's progress is rapid. If the army's combat effectiveness is a perfect score of 100 points, Ganassis's command can at least improve it by a few points.

Ganassis constantly adjusted the positions of his legions, allowing the barbarian legions to evacuate first.

Then he even took advantage of Omzada's mistake and used the Fourth Siya Xu Archer Legion to give Omzada a hard blow with his backhand, causing Omzada's army to be severely damaged in an instant and withdraw from the battle.

"Hahaha, if you want to annex us too, I want to see if Parthia has such good teeth!" Ganassis sneered and looked at the Parthian army that kept attacking the defense line.

As long as each Eagle Banner Corps fights steadily, there will be no tragedy like Thirteen Roses. As long as they hold on for a while, they can withdraw directly.

"Trajan, your cavalry grandpa is here!"

Just as Ganassis was strategizing, there was a loud sound of horse hooves. In Ganassis's eyes, a torrent of steel rushed towards them, and the Parthian army naturally cleared a direction to attack the opponent.

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"Retreat!" After Ganassis saw the torrent of steel in the distance, he almost did not hesitate. He immediately issued the order to retreat and began to retreat directly towards the planned retreat.

The Han Dynasty's Xiliang cavalry, this was information he had known for a long time. He had also witnessed the entanglement of the Second Trajan's heavy cavalry before. He did not think that with such a force rushing over, the defense line he had deployed would still be intact.

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Therefore, he immediately issued the order to retreat. Instead of being forced to retreat, it would be easier to retreat while the opponent was still far away and Parthia had left a position.

When Li Jue rushed over, Roma had already slipped away, which made Li Jue very unhappy. What he longed for was a passionate battle, but Roma actually retreated so simply.

As for chasing, Xiliang Iron Cavalry's short legs are strong enough to catch up.

"Rome has withdrawn?" Zhuge Liang was a little surprised. They had just started, so why had Rome withdrawn? It would be very difficult to set up an ambush at this rate, let alone seize the ferry.

Although he has a speed-type legion talent combination blessed by him, because the coverage area is too large, the effect of the blessing is limited, and it is not much faster than the Roman legion.

"It was Li Jue's army that directly forced Rome back!" Zhao Yun said with a hint of helplessness.

Zhuge Liang was speechless. He had known that Li Jue and the others would not be allowed to mess around, but he forgot to consider this.

However, Rome's withdrawal so quickly made him think of something new. Since the other party withdrew quickly, it meant that they must have been prepared later.

Then the original plan will not be very effective. In this case, just adapt measures to local conditions.

"Prepare the formation on the spot. Since there is not much time, let's bite a piece of meat off their bodies."

Rome's excellent response made his original plan aborted, but Zhuge Liang's mind was like lightning and he immediately thought of a new implementation plan.

He had greeted Fars Sassan when he came, and Fars Sassan would definitely not stop. Instead, he would pursue them one after another, without giving Rome a chance to breathe, and then occupy the Euphrates River in one fell swoop, and then conquer Rome.

Completely drive out the Mesopotamia, and then counterattack the Roman mainland.

Zhuge Liang launched an eight-formation map on the spot. He planned to attack the enemy in a big way. Since he could not achieve his strategic goal, he would weaken the opponent's effective strength.

"Fight well, this battle is up to you!"

Zhuge Liang looked exhausted after finishing all the preparations, and Lu Su beside him looked even pale. Sorting out the veins of the entire army was not something a human could do at all.

Especially Zhuge Liang's Eight Formation Diagram has complicated changes, that is, Lu Su's level is high enough, and a more ordinary strategist might not be directly deceived.

Guan Ping and others were excited and excited. After watching for so long, it was finally their turn to show off their skills.

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When Rome was retreating steadily, the envoy sent by Ganassis rushed back to the city of Rome and delivered the news to the Roman Parliament.

"Impossible, this is absolutely impossible. Do you know what you are going to say?" Papinian, the Roman justice, looked at the messenger in shock, almost thinking that his ears heard wrongly.

The other Roman senators also had the same expression. To be honest, although Severus mentioned the threat from Parthia before, according to assumptions, it was only decades later. They sent seven Eagle Banner Legions to Parthia.

Tia was completely satisfied, but now she told them that Rome was defeated.

"The two river basins are about to be lost. Thirteen went to destroy the legion, and the eagle flag was taken away and chopped into pieces!" the bitter tone was repeated calmly.

"How is this possible? As Caesar's personal guard, this legion is unimaginably tenacious. Even if our parliamentary guards take action, they will definitely not be able to wipe out all the Thirteen Roses, or even gain a complete upper hand, let alone six more.

The eagle flag is on the side, what happened!"

"That's the Legion of Thirteen Roses, that's the Legion of Heroes!"

Papinian almost instantly told the reason why the Thirteen Roses should not be wiped out.

"But, it was completely destroyed! Believe it or not, Thirteen Roses was destroyed."

"Okay, stop arguing!" Penilence directly interrupted the argument between the two parties. He turned to look at the messenger.

"It's a very important matter. We need to check your memory. You should have no objection, right?" Penilence said calmly. In the days when Severus was away, he was responsible for presiding over the Roman Parliament.

After Severus ascended the throne, he immediately started to fight north with the three Dukes without saying a word.

On the one hand, it is to consolidate his position, and on the other hand, it is also to undermine the prestige of the three great dukes, keeping them firmly under his command and waiting for the dust to settle.

Ganassis's attack on Parthia was one of his moves. When Ganassis became famous, he would also be honored as emperor. Then there would be no possibility of rebellion among the three great dukes, and his glory would spread to all of Rome.

On the other hand, it was also for the purpose of training troops. Continuous small-scale wars were the most suitable for Rome. During the period of civil strife in Rome, Rome was indeed a little neglected by war.

Therefore, it was Penilence who presided over the work in Rome, which was Severus' greatest sincerity in trusting him.

And Severus didn't care about this. He only believed in the military power in his hands. As long as he destroyed the three Dukes and held the military power of Rome, politics and parliament would be meaningless to him.

"I'll go north immediately tomorrow!"

After checking his memory, Penilence said nothing and immediately said that he would take the 1st and 3rd Eagle Banner Legion and the Roman Parliamentary Guards to the north.

To be honest, after hearing the overall situation, Penilence's biggest worry was not Parthia at all, but Great Britain.

The biggest problem in Rome was still the problem of barbarians. Most of the soldiers led by Severus who went north were citizen legions, and they were also Romans in the true sense.

Even if Severus was really recognized by the barbarians, Severus couldn't bet on whether the barbarians recognized him or Great Britain, so the most important thing was to increase the strength of the Roman Citizen Legion first.

This is also the reason why none of the real elites have been transferred away. Severus wants to hone the newcomers and use veterans to hold the line. If the first and third top legions are really brought up, how will the newcomers grow?

But the situation is completely different now, and there may be problems with the troops in Severus' hands.

After the news of Parthia spread to Great Britain, Penilence could figure out with his feet what would happen. Great Britain would definitely take advantage of the fire and plunder, and Severus' safety instantly became the biggest hidden danger.

If Severus died suddenly, Rome would once again fall into civil strife and be attacked from both sides, and it might be completely doomed.

Moreover, although Parthia came with great force, Penilens knew very well that Parthia did not have enough stamina. This battle relied on stereotypes to catch them off guard. After Rome sent more troops, they soon

It will be stable.

He knew Ganassis' abilities well. Since the other party chose to delay for time to ask for help, everything was not at its worst yet.

The boundless sea of ​​barbarians is destined to block Parthia near the mountains.

"Go and call out all the imperial defenders. Half of them will go north with me, and the other half will go to attack Parthia!" Penilens ordered in an orderly manner.

Wasn't it just that he was beaten by Parthia? What's the matter? Just beat him back. Blood debt must be paid with blood.

Because of the existence of the Mediterranean, Rome could hardly move troops to Parthia too quickly. This was also the natural advantage of the Mediterranean.

The advantages of the Mediterranean were so great that it was almost one of the foundations supporting the Roman Empire.

If someone could reach the Mediterranean, Rome would definitely suffer a terrible and fatal blow, because troops could be sent to any corner of Rome through the Mediterranean.

In this case, let alone victory or defeat, Rome would definitely suffer heavy losses. Even if the enemy was repelled, what would be left behind would be a mess riddled with holes.
To be continued...