Mythical Three Kingdoms

After a period of time, Rome was like a dead dog completely ignoring Parthia’s provocations, of course, mainly because Parthia indeed had no good way to deal with the Romans. The Han Army over here had some ways, but the Romans stubbornly refused to leave the city or the camp, and even if they fought, it would be a bitter victory.

So the war situation for the next period was a bit awkward. Parthia had no good way to deal with Rome, and Rome wanted to take action but was wary of the Han Army, this madman. Thus, both sides were stuck in a stalemate at Antioch until Rome received another wave of reinforcements.

"Oh my, Rome has received another wave of reinforcements, mighty and dense. And the scout cavalry said those people seem well-trained, even when he got slightly closer, the other side would notice." Cao Xing returned with the scout cavalry to report, "There are about thirty to forty thousand, they are so strong, so crazy!"

Actually, while the Han Army was cursing the Romans as lunatics, Rome was also cursing the Han Army as lunatics because Ganasis had already communicated with Benito, basically confirming that the Han Army had brought three Military Spirit Legions. Ganasis stated they just wanted to curse.

As for the blame for the destruction of the Thirteen Roses Legion, Ganasis expressed he would not pursue Benito’s issue any further since Benito could still hold Antioch City till now, indicating his abilities are extraordinary. Besides, with the current situation, if the Han Army really decided to make a move, Rome would also be intimidated.

"Duke, what is the situation now?" Caracalla indeed didn’t expect himself to arrive later than Ganasis, but in a way, it’s good.

"The situation now is very complicated. Parthia can be ignored, but the ally of Parthia, the Han Empire, I cannot understand the thinking of this empire at all." Ganasis wore a conflicted expression, "The other side is very powerful, while its bizarre ways of thinking have left us Romans utterly baffled."

Caracalla looked speechless, completely unable to understand what Ganasis was saying. He coughed twice, "Can you just tell me what the current battle situation is? I have brought reinforcements equivalent to three and a half Eagle Banner Legions."

"The current situation is that Parthia basically has no way against us, and we have no way against the Han Army. The Han Army and Parthia are allies, but the Han Army generally does not take action." Ganasis said, his face twitching, this has been the situation recently.

Vologases V might also know this is a good opportunity for drilling soldiers, so Parthia didn’t ask the Han Army for help, choosing to fight the Romans fiercely themselves, yet there is still a gap in power.

Especially when the Ninth Spanish Legion equipped with stirrups and saddles and the gap with the Xiliang Iron Cavalry was reduced from three points to one point, they became stronger. Of course, Tacitus, after being equipped with stirrups and saddles, noticed there was still a tiny gap with the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, which twisted his face.

After all, the Ninth Spanish Legion was a legion used by Rome for frontal assaults, its defense and attack were notoriously fierce. Originally, when Li Jue bit off several large chunks, they were not convinced, thinking it was all about stirrups and saddle reasons. Yet now, after equipping themselves, they still found a one-point gap.

In this way, the difference between both sides was a real and tangible quality gap. The problem is the Dual Talent Super Elite’s pitfall lies in that conventional training offers them no improvement anymore. Simply put, even units like White Horse and Danyang don’t know how to continue growing stronger.

The same goes for the Ninth Legion; they also don’t know how to become stronger, they’ve already reached the limit of the legion, yet still found themselves lagging behind the other side.

Just thinking about the ever-strengthening Xiliang Iron Cavalry, possibly becoming as fearsome as the Second Trajan Legion, worried Tacitus. It’s fundamentally unscientific, alright!

Rome actually had detailed records of Military Spirit Legion training. Although whether it can achieve a Military Spirit Legion is uncertain, methods still exist, but neither the Han Dynasty nor any other empires have records of how to proceed after achieving Dual Talent Super Elite.

Although there are no records, some legions have surpassed limits; some a bit, others transcended directly.

Just like the Dual Talent Super Elite, even canceling one talent, its quality is still stronger than normal elites, and further up, every bit of progress will reflect on the whole legion.

Just like the Ninth Spanish Legion, it’s not that they are self-important. Accurately speaking, same attribute Dual Talent Super Elite, even if there is a gap in combat, it merely reflects the gap.

Yet after Tacitus clashed with Li Jue, he felt not just a reflection gap; he felt a quality gap, um, a very small and tiny gap.

This almost drove Tacitus crazy. If the Xiliang Iron Cavalry really becomes that type of Second Trajan Legion monster, the Military Spirit Legion clashing head-on will suffer losses too. Even if the comprehensive quality Military Spirit Legion is supposed to be the strongest, resisting death does not mean invincibility!

Unlike what Parthians believed eighty years ago that Trajan used Roman Parliament Guard to defeat Parthian Military Spirit Legion, Rome here knew the actual situation very well. Back then, Trajan used the Second Trajan Legion to defeat Parthian Military Spirit Legion as well as Parthian Elite!

Incidentally, the Trajan Legion didn’t achieve Military Spirit Legion, but its combat power was off the charts, and words couldn’t accurately describe it. From building by Trajan to its demise, fighting for four hundred years, it was quite a reversal of norms legion,

In the Han Dynasty’s words, Rome’s Second Legion grew sideways, it didn’t develop Military Spirit Attributes, but instead converted every non-combat General’s Soul attributes to combat attributes, even resisting death was gone, turned into combat attributes.

Thinking of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry potentially becoming a fearsome entity like the Trajan Legion made Tacitus conflicted, felt that Han Army came to the east side of the Mediterranean to flaunt, wasn’t it? With Military Spirit Legion, Super Elite, and even divine troops!

Overall Tacitus didn’t tell this matter to Ganasis, after all, being slightly inferior in any case like this, adding stirrups and saddles to the cavalry for training, hoping to exceed limits, is better left unsaid.

Of course, Parthia also began to massively equip stirrups and saddles. This thing has no technical difficulty, anyone who sees it understands, and it can be manufactured shortly, at most some made better fits, others’ creation might be mediocre.

However, with this equipment, the combat power of cavalry can improve by two to five points depending on the level, less improvement for stronger forces, after all, cavalry that has spent over ten years on horseback can manage mounted archery and charge without it, adding this thing improves strength by two points, no more.

In general, Rome’s strength now can basically defeat the large forces of Parthia here, but with the Han Army lurking nearby, the Romans felt very dejected, totally unable to comprehend these madmen’s thinking in the Han Army.