Chapter 1054 The last calm before the storm

"Palmiro!" cried Penirence softly.

"Here!" Palmiro woke up from his grief. This time the Fifth Skylark's loss was really too great.

"Notify our troops over there to reduce the intensity of the siege, start turning around and advancing steadily towards that side without knowing the defense line." Penilence sighed, and the pure white legion directly cut off his reconnaissance towards Dongfangzhan.

Thinking of it, just arrange a defensive line directly on the spot.

"Mobilize the 15th Eagle Banner to the 19th Eagle Banner Corps, go there to advance, notify the frontal siege troops to increase their siege efforts, and strive to break through the Taixi Feng wall before the Han army!"

Penilence issued orders one after another, but the speed of the white horse was too fast for him to judge the specific position of the Han army.

The only thing that is certain is that the Han army should have arrived nearby, and the pure white army nearby will not alert the snake in advance and appear in such a place.

"Seize the opportunity and seize the important city pass east of Ctesiphon?" Penilence stared at the map. Should it be said, their limit would only reach the vicinity of Media.

If there was no Han Dynasty, they could still try to send people to garrison Ctesiphon to control the whole of Parthia, but if there were Han Dynasties, they could not hold Ctesiphon.

It's not a problem for the imperial army to toss back and forth. In the end, they can only choose to plunder Ctesiphon and then lose everything here to the Han Dynasty?

However, Rome had no pursuit of land, so splitting Parthia into two seemed to be a good choice.

At this time, Penilens felt a little regretful. If he had known it, he would have signed a treaty with the Han Dynasty to divide Parthia in two. In the current situation, I am afraid that no one will get any benefit, and another fierce battle will inevitably happen.

In the best case scenario, the Han Dynasty would take over Media to the east, use the fifty miles to the front of the Zagros Mountains in the west as a condominium commercial area, and then take over the west to the Romans.

However, now that the Han Dynasty has even launched three talented speed legions, how can it be possible to let Rome occupy the Zagros Mountains? As long as the Zagros is blocked, Parthia will be the private territory of the Han Dynasty.

Rome did not value land and could not understand the Han Dynasty's pursuit of land. Therefore, in their opinion, it was impossible for the Han Dynasty army to occupy only a small amount of territory and be done with it.

Without adequate distribution of benefits, it is absolutely impossible for the Han Dynasty army to stop.

War is a continuation of politics, and politics is the distribution of interests. In the final analysis, everything must be profitable. What the Han Dynasty lost was Parthia, its trading partner.

Even if we can continue to trade with Rome, the benefits will drop significantly as the distance increases, making it a total loss.

Therefore, in Penilens' view, the two sides must have a fight to divide Parthia's interests with fists.

But could Rome really face the Han Empire after destroying Parthia?

Penirence himself had a question mark in his mind.

But after all, he was a high-ranking official, so Penilence soon regained his composure, and had no choice but to attack Ctesiphon first.

If Ctesiphon cannot be defeated, it is not impossible for the Han Empire to join forces with Parthia.

No one would pass up the opportunity to beat up a drowned dog.

News that the Roman siege intensity was slowing down was quickly delivered to Vogels V.

"Hahaha!" Vogelgis V laughed like a night owl, "The Han Dynasty is finally here!"

He actually feels extremely regretful in his heart now. If he had not merged with the Xiongnu, but given the Xiongnu as a gift to the Han Dynasty, they would not have reached this stage today.

However, as a monarch, he also knows that the past cannot be forgotten. Now that he has reached this point, he must continue to move forward.

"Ahem!" Fars Sasan coughed and stood up. "Your Majesty, now that the Han Dynasty has arrived, shouldn't we start the next plan?"

"That's right, let the death squad be ready. Once our army begins to fail, immediately send this document to the Han Dynasty!" Vogelgis V coldly took out a document.

The content is very simple, that is, it directly recognizes that Parthia is a vassal state of the Han Dynasty, and the Han Dynasty has ownership of everything in Parthia.

Two peaches kill three soldiers. Instead of letting Rome, the enemy, take away everything from Parthia, it would be better to directly take advantage of the Han Dynasty.

"Here!" Holding the document, Old Fars Sassan burst into tears. Their family had many ideas, including rebellion, becoming a powerful minister, and becoming a new noble, but they did not have the idea of ​​ruining the country and the family.

But now that Parthia has reached this point, this last straw on the edge of the cliff makes this old man, who has been a soldier all his life, unable to help but burst into tears at this moment.

"Go down and make arrangements. We don't have much time!" Vogelgis V walked out of the palace and looked at the starry sky. There was no expression on his face that was neither sad nor happy.

Only the strong fighting spirit in his eyes told the inner anger of Vogelgis V.

Now that the ruin of the country and the family is a foregone conclusion, don’t even think about having an easy time in Rome!

The flame of revenge burned in Vogelges, and all the emotions of hatred, anger, and unwillingness became nutrients and began to burn violently.

Vogelges V stretched out his hand as if feeling something, looked at the gleam of the monarch's talent in his hand, and smiled with a self-deprecating smile. He did not expect that when the country was a stranger, he could actually make further progress.

But that's fine, in this way, the probability of success of the plan can be higher.

"Rome!" Vogelgis V whispered the name of his enemy, and the flames on his body became more and more substantial.

The next day, the Han army arrived near Ctesiphon.

"Fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen..." Yue Fei looked at the flag in the distance, frowning and thinking.

"What's wrong with Pengju? He suddenly looked troubled!" Guo Hao looked at Yue Fei's expression and asked with a smile.

"General, the Iron Buddha soldiers who joined our army have fought against these eagle flags. According to them, these legions are very strong and they are all real elites!"

Yue Fei lit the flag in the distance and said.

"Well, I remember that Yue Yun submitted relevant information. They should all be top-level Guards-level legions, which can be considered a strong army!" Guo Hao nodded, he knew this situation.

"Marshal Yue, what I want to say is that these soldiers belong to the barbarians!" Li Ru said lightly.

"Yes, it shouldn't be difficult to defeat them!" Yue Fei said plainly. The five eagle flags and the barbarian army were vulnerable to him. This was his confidence.

"The problem is that it is difficult for our army to guarantee whether the Parthian army will escape from Ctesiphon when we attack the barbarians?" Shenpei continued.

"Rome wants to pass this problem on to us. It seems that Rome does not intend to occupy Ctesiphon. All they want is all the wealth west of Ctesiphon, that is, plunder!" Shen Pei said calmly that Yue Fei could not explain.

s answer.

“That’s really hard to decide!”

Guo Haomo scratched his chin, Rome's move was really vicious, it was clear that he wanted to use the barbarians in exchange for benefits, and even if these barbarians died, Rome might even applaud him.

After all, the church has become a group of barbarians. It would be a good deal for Rome to die, and they still died in the war. Everything is so reasonable.

What the Han Dynasty had to face was not only the hatred of the barbarians, but also the trouble of Ctesiphon's army breaking out.

Suppress it, it's a waste of strength and bones, but it is still an elite of the empire. This is the reason why they wanted to drag Rome into trouble before.

Don't destroy them. The territory they occupy now belongs to Parthia. It is easy for this army to review from these places and then suppress them again.

Anyway, after the Romans looted and left, this big hole was left to the Han Dynasty again.

It is equivalent to Parthia having prostituted the Han army in vain, forcing Rome back, and also guarding the territory east of Ctesiphon. Without the Han Dynasty, these places would not have been able to escape the plunder of Rome.

It can be said that the moment the Han Dynasty appeared, Rome was already prepared to only take advantage of the interests west of Ctesiphon.

"Hehehe!" Li Ru sneered, "Don't worry, Parthia won't keep us waiting too long!"

"We have arranged some people in Ctesiphon. Vogelgis V wants to take the last gamble!" Li Ru said calmly something that made the people around him horrified.

"This is impossible..." Shen Pei retorted subconsciously, and then frowned.

"One of the seven nobles of Parthia?"

"Of course, Parthia is not monolithic. In the past, they were willing to fall to Rome, but now they are naturally willing to fall to us!" Li Ru sneered twice.

He has been in the Western Regions for so long and controlled the trade channels for so long. It would be incredible if he did nothing.

"What a good trick!" Shen Pei sighed, and once again thought of what happened at Hulao Pass. At that time, Li Rujia was on the opposite side of them, and they lost inexplicably.

Before, he had always been looking at things in the fog. He only knew that Li Ru and Jia Xu were two extraordinary and definitely top advisers.

But now he understands better that what Li Ru and Jia Xu are good at is conspiracy.

Being able to influence the choices of an empire, he didn't know how much effort Li Ru spent on it.

"Without Jia Wenhe's help, I wouldn't be able to do this. Jia Wenhe's Shadow Guard is indeed very useful!" Li Ru said calmly.

He glanced at the expressions of Shen Pei, Ju Shou, Tian Feng and others, and nodded with satisfaction in his heart. What he wanted was this kind of deterrent effect. Only by starting from these top advisers could he give enough deterrence to the aristocratic families after going abroad.

This deterrent cannot be spread by him, it must be endorsed by the reviewers, so that the effect can be maximized.

"So, we just have to wait?" Yue Fei didn't pay attention to Li Ru's plan. His eyes were only focused on the battlefield.

"Yes, wait!" Li Ru said firmly.

"Wait, let the soldiers have a good rest!" Guo Hao decided, "Leave the regular night defense force and let the soldiers recharge their batteries. The last battle should be in two days!"
Chapter completed!