Chapter 2544
There Will Be No Problem
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However, after such a long march, Wei Yan noticed the biggest difference.
Sima Yi's military abilities, both in theory and practice, were indeed excellent, and could even be said to be very strong.
However, compared to Zhuge Liang's all-round strength without any weaknesses, Sima Yi's strength can be said to be somewhat biased, so biased that Wei Yan felt he could still grasp some of it.
It can be said that after learning this, Wei Yan's nature and arrogance returned to normal.
A strong man will only submit to another strong man, and it is obvious that Sima Yi does not have an absolute crushing advantage against him.
Of course, after some instruction, Wei Yan still knew the priorities and understood the overall situation.
But precisely because of the overall situation, Wei Yan began to understand his position.
He is a thorn and a challenge. If Sima Yi cannot make him obey, then Sima Yi himself will be like a failure.
It is both a recognition of one's own abilities and a challenge to the other's abilities. Obviously, there will be a winner between the two of them.
Sima Yi, who had the burden of his family and other things, could not accept the outcome of failure, nor could he afford the cost of failure.
In comparison, for Wei Yan, success and failure don’t matter.
If he succeeds, the road ahead will be easier and he will be able to make progress. If he fails, the most he can do is go back and be with Guan Ping and continue to receive Guan Yu's teachings.
As for whether he would be retaliated by the Sima family, Wei Yan was not afraid at all and did not even realize it.
With someone behind the scenes, this hidden threat naturally doesn't matter.
What's more, for a general who has fought with swords and guns on the battlefield, the real deterrent ability is just that if the means are not displayed on the surface.
If the Sima family really dared to do this and broke some implicit rules, the result would only be worse than his.
It can be said that in this situation, Wei Yan continued to demonstrate his presence and challenged Sima Yi's extremely strong nerves.
To the extent that sometimes even Sun Quan thought Sima Yi was easy to bully, and took advantage of the situation to try to persuade Sima Yi.
It can be said that under such circumstances, the occasional gatherings of generals were noisy and lacked the serious atmosphere that a normal military meeting should have.
As the relatively older man, Hua Xiong simply comforted Duan Yun and asked him not to get involved. He also persuaded Li Jue and others to remain calm in this situation and not to join in the fun.
The excitement among young people was fine, but if Li Jue also ran in, Sima Yi would have no chance of playing, and he would have completely lost command of the army.
If a large military force does not have a leader with absolute say, it will become a multi-headed snake and its combat effectiveness will basically be halved.
Hua Xiong, who had controlled the Xiliang cavalry, started his journey back home before he even saw the soldiers of the Roman Empire.
He received the order from the military advisor, and the time he needed to be responsible was only for that long. What he had to do after that was to return to the country to prepare the troops and get ready to attack the Kushans.
Yizhou was indeed better at defending, but in terms of subsequent expansion, it was ultimately powerless. In order to take over that fertile land, the domestic court gradually began to tend towards unification, using various means to merge, with the ultimate goal of taking over the land owned by the other party.
As long as the result is achieved, the process can be ignored.
Of course, the actual departure time is still relatively early, but we still need to familiarize ourselves with and adapt ourselves in advance.
I heard that the temperature will be very high and it will rain more, which is completely different from the situation in Xiliang where the land is barren and rain is scarce.
Thinking of this, Hua Xiong said goodbye to his former comrade-in-arms, patted Duan Yun on the shoulder earnestly, and said with a hint of comfort, "Don't put too much pressure on yourself. If things can't be done, just leave..."
"I understand. Don't worry, I know what to do!" Duan Yun assured Hua Xiong seriously in front of him.
Hua Xiong looked at Duan Yun, who was dressed in cloth, but didn't say anything more, nor did he think there was anything wrong with the scene before him.
Whether they were heavy cavalry or heavy infantry, during foreseeable long-distance marches, most of them would take off their armor and place it on carriages for collective transportation, rather than wearing it all on themselves.
On the one hand, this will make transportation faster, reduce the weight and presence of soldiers, and better protect the soldiers' physical strength and will.
On the other hand, this method can also hide the real information of the soldiers, making it impossible for the enemy to confirm the general type of the soldiers.
Therefore, Hua Xiong did not think there was anything wrong. The armor of the Feixiong Army, including the men and horses, weighed more than 300 kilograms. Even if he wore it, relying on his strong physique that relied on the internal energy to leave the body, he could still feel the heavy weight under the suppression of the cloud energy.
Therefore, it is fine to put it on the carriage during a normal march.
It will still be in time to put on thick armor after you get close to the battlefield and enter a state of war.
As long as the opponent is not a white horse, and is not a type of soldier whose movement speed is faster than its reconnaissance speed, there is still time to wear armor.
For the same reason, many heavy infantry legions were ambushed and killed by others during the march because they were not able to fully reconnaissance and did not even have time to put on their armor.
However, going west, there were only two rivers besides two towering mountains, so the possibility of an ambush was not high, so Hua Xiong did not say much.
The Flying Bear Army has a strong ability to adapt to terrain, so it is not easy to kill them even if they are not wearing armor.
Not only can it ignore the terrain, but it also does not have the speed that the Xiliang Iron Cavalry could not reach.
It can even be said that under the outburst of the Feixiong Army, the only army in the world that could move faster than the Feixiong Army was the Baima Yicong.
Isn’t the change between light and heavy a kind of idealistic force?
"Don't worry, Zijian. We will take care of this kid. What problems can he have?" After listening to Hua Xiong's explanation, Li Jue rode up on horseback, patted his chest, and assured firmly, "This time we are just going to visit and see how Parthia fought the Romans. Let the young people gain some experience. There won't be any problems..."
Hua Xiong, who still trusted Li Jue and others, nodded on the spot, then took out a jar of wine and poured it directly to everyone present.
After simply drinking a bowl of tea, Hua Xiong set out on his journey back home.
(End of this chapter)