Chapter 2173 - 1926: How Could They Be Weak! (Part 2)
In the past, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry never encountered a troop that restrained them. To be precise, it was mainly because there had never been a Dual Talent Heavy Infantry.
As Li Jue spoke, everyone suddenly felt the pressure coming from another direction, as the Sassanid Fars raised his sword horizontally.
"The heroes of Parthia have waited for a hundred years, enduring the pain of their homeland being trampled, bearing the contempt of Western Rome, waiting for a hundred years, generation after generation, waiting for the deity's arrival, and finally waited..." That intonation, amidst the current army stepping forward, held an unusual beauty.
With that shout of waiting, Sasanian's voice suddenly stopped, followed by a mountain-like roar of "For the Majesty, for Parthia!"
In that instant, the entire Parthian Army seemed to suddenly ignite, and the previously solidified momentum was abruptly destroyed by this mountain-like shout.
Gray-yellow Cloud Qi madly rolled, as the momentum of the Parthian Army surged beyond a certain limit, causing an inexplicable distortion all around the army.
At that moment, Zhuge Liang and others felt an inexplicable tremor of the heart, as nearly a hundred thousand soldiers directly displayed a unified Elite Talent.
"Not a single miscellaneous soldier..." Sima Yi's hand inexplicably trembled, nearly a hundred thousand elite troops, and actually possessing Elite Talent, enough to contend to the death with Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry, nearly a hundred thousand, right before his eyes!
Sheni Pei, Chen Gong, Zhuge Liang, Lyu Meng, and others who had experienced the Northern Frontier War also had cold hands and feet at this moment; the quality exhibited by Parthia now was far beyond even the Huns, except for having a Military Spirit Legion.
Meanwhile, the Legion Leaders of Rome's Three Great Eagle Banners were equally shocked, as the quality displayed by Parthia at this moment completely exceeded their imagination.
"Raise the Eagle Banner!" The three of them practically exchanged no words, almost instantly raised the Eagle Banner of their respective legions, causing the momentum of the entire legion to skyrocket.
"An Eagle Banner, is it? Thirteen Blood Roses!" At this moment, Ardashir's eyes were incredibly cold, as if he saw infinite death and slaughter rising before him.
"In the name of Ardashir, slay the enemies before me for the Empire!" Ardashir raised his scimitar, roaring with a bloody Glory of the Empire.
With Ardashir's roar from the Central Army, five more blood-colored radiances enveloped their respective legions, and this time, Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi saw the fear in each other's eyes.
"Release the arrows!" Both sides were neither too slow, and at the moment of approaching fifty paces, tens of thousands of arrows were quickly shot out from both sides, but unlike Rome's seemingly endless rain of arrows, this time Parthia's arrow rain had only five waves.
Still, even the Han Army on the periphery clearly saw that half of Parthia's arrows carried a faint blood color, this was no simple ranged attack.
Just as most of the Han Army estimated, these five waves of Parthia's arrow rain were like a harvest, shooting down many Roman legions' auxiliary barbarians.
The Romans' short bows inflicted nearly no damage on the Parthians, the gap between the two became instantly apparent.
"Come forth, Rose Corps!" Ardashir led his legion first and charged towards the center of the Roman army, the Thirteenth Legion.
Gilea's eyes coldly pressed on those arrows aimed at his legion, only to be easily knocked off, ranged attacks were nearly ineffective against the Heavy Infantry he led.
"Attack!" With Gilea's order, his Heavy Infantry led the troops to collectively step forward, with strong defenses enough to ignore most of the attacks, they had never encountered failure on land.
In almost an instant, two invincible armies directly collided, and at that moment, countless soldiers were flung out by the immense force of the charge, unable to stand again.
Parthia's nearly hundred thousand elite army demonstrated an overwhelming advantage almost at the moment of engagement.
When Parthia collided with Rome's five Barbarian Corps at that instant, Parthia's strong military force forcibly broke a path from the connection point between the legion and legion, cutting their way in, and subsequently, firmly resisted the Roman Legions, then forcibly broke the connection from three directions, and attacked the Roman Legion aggressively.
At this moment, being from the same legion, the unified Elite Talent of the Parthian Legion demonstrated a coordination that made the Han Army observing from the sidelines extremely ashamed.
It's no longer a coordination of dozens or hundreds of people, but the coordination of an entire group army; Parthia's nearly hundred thousand elite army functioned wholly as one entity.
Moving in coordinated silence, attacking as attackers, defending as defenders, breaking formations as formation breakers, each group like a component, perfectly exhibiting the advantage of large army combat.
"Could anyone from our nation reach this level?" Sima Yi muttered.
"No, not even Zhou Yu could command ten thousand men as effortlessly as using his arm. They achieved this step because they are a legion, they possess an entire Elite Talent, the ten thousand of them all share one Elite Talent," Zhuge Liang said in utter silence.
"I fear it's not just these ten thousand, but perhaps this country only has this one Elite Talent," Chen Gong said sharply, having already unleashed his Spiritual Talent.
After a moment of silence, Zhuge Liang nodded silently, indeed, there was only this explanation, yet how terrifying it was.
Watching the nearly hundred thousand elite army closely cooperate, spreading swiftly like mercury cascading to infiltrate the other five Roman legions, quickly coordinating with their comrades to cut into the Roman Legion, the Han Army's generals and commanders were inexplicably silent.
"Unfortunately, the Parthian Army's strength is somewhat too weak, at the same level, such an army is nearly unsolvable, but wanting to defeat those strong legions merely with what they have now is not enough," Sheni Pei sighed while witnessing the Parthian Army constantly infiltrate and slice the Barbarian Army.
The combat power displayed by the Parthian Legion was like endless waves, repeatedly destroying the not sturdy legions, while the powerful attacks from the three Eagle Banner legions kept breaking Parthia's waves, their own strong defense making it difficult for Parthia to penetrate.
In reality, the Han Army outside the formation found it difficult to perceive the thoughts of the three Roman legions encased at the center by Parthia.
What had trapped the three Roman Eagle Banner legions were not simply Parthian Elite Headquarters, but five elite legions led by Parthian generals equivalent to those endowed with Legion Talent.
The apparent lack of intensity was merely because both Parthia and Rome realized how troublesome their opponent was. Even Ardashir and Gilea, who started by clamoring to defeat the other side, now could only coolly entangle their opponent.
Yet relatively, Ardashir's entanglement was more about waiting for the opportunity to win; at most, this battle could not independently overcome the Roman Army, while on Rome's side, if the three Eagle Banner legions could not break the entanglement of the five elite units sent by Parthia, it might end today right here.
No matter how strong the Xiliang Iron Cavalry is, surrounded by ten times the Wolf Cavalry, even if fighting a melee they are least adept at, it is enough to defeat the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, and besides, Parthia is currently fighting absolutely with their most adept combat style.
Benito rode and watched the chaotic battlefield, filled with anger in his heart, had he known it'd come to this he definitely would not have accommodated Gilea because of his status and relationship, but now it's too late, they must retreat, for continuing to fight would certainly lead only to death.
Having experienced multiple wars against Parthia, Benito had a very accurate recognition of Parthia's combat power, and now the combat standards displayed by Parthia completely exceeded his expectations; simply put, they absolutely could not continue to persist.
Seize the moment while Parthia hasn't completely disintegrated the five Barbarian Corps aiding the Eagle Banner Legions, otherwise, even escaping would become difficult!