Chapter 2550
Everyone Has Their Own Selfish Motives
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Fars Sassanid still had his country in his heart. Even though he had selfish motives, he did not use his status and power to force this thing into his home. Instead, he worked hard to train his family members in order to find a suitable and excellent successor.
During this process, his grandson, Ardashir, showed his outstanding talent and love for the army.
It can be said that all that Ardashir showed gave Fars Sassan hope for the continuation of his family's status, and even hope for the continuation of the Parthian Empire.
With such an excellent talent, Fars Sassan naturally would not be stingy in teaching him. Not only did he personally tutor him in most cases, he also brought him into the army for practice, and in the process he could also get to know officers at all levels in the army.
But even with all this preparation, Ardashir still has a long way to go if he wants to inherit his position.
Ability and strength are one thing, while merit and soldier reputation are another.
If even the soldiers do not obey orders, then no matter how powerful you are, you will be powerless.
Without a solid enough preliminary foundation and military merit as a basis, even if you rely on your background to get to the top, you only have one chance. If you fail, you will never have another chance.
Fars Sassan, who is a relatively stable person, would naturally not do such an operation that would offend people and is extremely risky.
Instead, I chose another path which takes longer but is safer and easier to master.
That is to start from the middle level of the military, train step by step, become stronger step by step, move up step by step, and finally sit in this position naturally and without any surprise.
The courage and unyielding faith shown in this record will now make many Parthian soldiers know and understand Ardashir and have more hope for him.
As for losing to the Han Empire, Fars Sassanid was not panicked at all, and was not even worried about the morale decline caused by such a failure.
The strength of the Han Empire's army is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, so the enemy's generals will naturally be strong as well. Besides, they are allies, so how could it possibly affect their morale?
However, this kind of thinking may, to a certain extent, increase the soldiers' reliance on their allies, and there may be some illusory dependence during the battle, but these are not problems.
As long as you dare to fight and struggle, as long as you dare to struggle, there is not much difference between putting your faith in the country, or in the commander, and in your allies.
Such subtle ideas of the soldiers did not make Fars Sassanid alert at all, and he was even happy to see them happen.
Letting one's own soldiers understand the strength of their allies can help stabilize the soldiers' mentality and better face the Roman Empire.
As long as we can face the Roman Empire squarely, many things will not be a problem.
Keep a positive attitude, understand that we all have one head on two shoulders, and give up the disadvantaged mentality when facing the Roman Empire. All it takes is one or two great victories in the war to completely erase the impact of this mentality.
As for the dependent mentality before this, it was ultimately just a transition.
"Zhongda, is this also your plan?" Xizhong looked at the fight in the sky and asked directly without even turning his head.
"It can only be said that it was a coincidence and I just went with the flow." Sima Yi's face was calm, and there was no emotion in his words.
"It was a coincidence, and you just went with the flow?" Xi Zhong nodded on the spot, without asking any more questions. Ma Chao's previous mentality and thoughts, even he, who had been with Ma Chao for a while, realized that Ma Chao really had no other ideas.
Even he could only do this much, so it was not a lie that Sima Yi just went with the flow in this regard.
However, this ability to adapt to actual circumstances is indeed excellent.
"I hope there won't be any major troubles later..." Sima Yi looked up at the sky and murmured softly.
After finishing his words, Sima Yi shook his head and rode away on his horse.
"To me?" Xi Zhong, who obviously heard this, smiled softly, then waved his folding fan without any hesitation.
After leaving, Sima Yi also recognized the reality at that time.
The coalition forces that were originally thought to be simple now seem to be not simple at all.
Everyone is not focused and united in completing a task, because everyone's task is different, so it is naturally difficult for you to do this.
Originally he thought he could take advantage of the situation to complete the command of the army, but now just watching Wei Yan and Ma Chao's behavior every day, Sima Yi can feel a pang of liver pain.
Apart from Ma Chao and Wei Yan who are in the open, Sun Quan who is secretly holding back, and the Xiliang Iron Cavalry who are uncertain whether they can be mobilized, the situation is filled with a series of unknowns and accidents.
The development of the situation made Sima Yi realize the reality at the time. He took advantage of every opportunity to make up for the loss in the marching team.
From everyone's standpoint and perspective, analyze the other party's purpose and what they want to do during this visit?
Find the similarities among these numerous purposes and ideas, then list the differences, seek common ground while reserving differences, find the greatest common divisor, and then make a choice that the vast majority of people can accept.
It can be said that people are often influenced by their first impression, even powerful generals.
Therefore, Sima Yi, who had lost the opportunity to meet for the first time, could only redouble his efforts to get back what he had lost before and restore it to its most ideal state.
And the pressure he endured during this process was no less than that of being by Vologases V's side.
However, even so, after spending nearly half a month, Sima Yi still made up a lot of things.
Although it is impossible to ensure that military orders are consistent, at least we can ensure that they can be issued normally.
With sufficient explanations and reasons, it is also possible to command troops to wage war, but the process will consume more energy and time.
All I can say is that everything is the bitter fruit that my past self has sown for my present self. Apart from accepting the reality and making improvements based on it, there is simply no other choice.
"Meng Qi won again, but this time Ardashir seemed to have persisted for dozens more rounds. If this continues, it won't be long before the game ends in a draw." Li Jue asked with interest as he watched the aerial sparring that had ended.
Originally, he was quite optimistic about Ma Chao, who was born in Xiliang, but judging from the situation, he would not be optimistic for long...
(End of this chapter)