Chapter 2590
Leave no consequences
Chapter 2590 Leave no consequences
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While the Parthians set the tone, the Han Empire people prepared to visit and also to help put pressure on the team.
The 14th and 15th Eagle Legions inside the city of Antioch also completed the replenishment of the army and rebuilt a staff group unique to the Roman Empire.
As a member of the Syrian provincial staff, Falao, who is pale, poisoned by heavy metals and looks like he could be doomed at any time, uses his mental energy to connect everyone's thoughts and with the help of everyone's strength, he pieces together powerful computing power to solve the current dilemma.
After all, the fact that Benito, the commander of the Fourteenth Eagle Flag Legion, was chased back along the way was enough to be considered a near-death experience. This shows that there were top wise men, or top staff groups, in the Parthian Empire.
Although people like him have wasted their bodies and cannot continue to hone their bodies, they have saved a lot of time to think about the power of wisdom and the pleasure that comes from mastering knowledge.
"Even if you keep staring at me, I can't think of a way to get rid of the enemy outside the city of Antioch. The gap in strength between the two sides is too big, so big that your ability alone is not enough to change everything." Falao, who was even panting while speaking, sat directly on the ground and gave a calm answer. Even though this answer was not satisfactory, this was the reality.
Benito, staring at his chief of staff, knew that the other party was not joking and had indeed tried his best. In essence, it was because he lacked the ability.
"Although you sent a message back in advance, General Dilina is indeed very powerful. He organized so many citizens to form an army in such a short time. But can the combat effectiveness of these people really match that of the other side?" Falao did not hide his opinion and chose to tell the truth.
Anyway, he is already like this, who knows how long he can live?
Just be frank and get it done as quickly as possible.
"Even if we have two Eagle Flag Legions, two reorganized auxiliary legions, and eight newly formed citizen legions, even if we have more than 70,000 troops, it is still not enough. We lack the decisive elite force!" When Benito said this, he still had a little more resentment towards the Rose Legion. Even though he knew that this resentment itself was an excuse for his incompetence, he couldn't stop it in his mind.
"The relevant information has been sent out. The only legion that can arrive in a short time is the 22nd Eagle Legion stationed in Nicosia, which has not been transferred by His Majesty the Emperor. The legions that are relatively far away include the 7th Loyal Legion in Greece, the 11th Loyal Claudius who is still on the Eastern Expedition, and the 30th Eagle Legion in Egypt..." Falao said about the targets he had already notified, as well as the most important target, Rome, which had the strongest military strength.
It can be said that among the surrounding provinces, there are less than five Eagle Flag Legions that can be mobilized, and among them there are 30 legions that will basically not be mobilized.
Of course, auxiliary troops are fine. This kind of legion can be recruited from the barbarians at any time when needed. Not to mention one, even ten are no problem.
However, this kind of legion could not solve the current difficulties at all, nor could it solve the huge Parthian army outside Antioch.
"That means we have to hold on for at least another month. I understand!" Benito nodded, and his mentality became much more stable.
Even though he knew that the arrival of reinforcements would bring him judgment, Benito still did not think too much about it. Instead, he tried his best to think about how to defend Antioch, the last city in the Roman province of Syria.
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The Parthian army, which carried out a pincer attack, did not actually take over the entire Syrian province, and many villages and tribes still resisted stubbornly.
For the barbarians who were deeply inspired by the glory of Rome, becoming a citizen of the Roman Empire was their lifelong ideal and honor. As for Parthia, what was it? Was it edible?
Therefore, faced with the Parthian conscription and migration, not only the Roman citizens but also the barbarians in the Roman region were unwilling to leave their homes and move away from the Rome to which they were loyal and the ideal Rome.
Under this reluctance, violent conflicts broke out. In particular, the Roman Empire did not prohibit the sale of weapons, and most Roman citizens were able to own weapons and maintain their identities.
Of course, the poor barbarians would be more miserable. Even if they wanted to resist, they had no money to buy those things.
So much so that after Vologases V completely relaxed his sentence on the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire, it can be said that within just a few days, wars broke out everywhere, raising smoke of war one after another.
In this process, some people pick up the methods and beliefs of plunderers, some people strengthen their faith for the country, and some people kneel before the butcher's knife, showing all kinds of life...
When the flames of city after city began to burn, it meant that one city after another, which had taken decades or even hundreds of years to manage, was beginning to decline.
Even if it can be rebuilt later, the population accumulated there cannot be restored in a short period of time.
The Roman Empire naturally received similar information, and this information spread to Italy at an extremely fast speed.
It was this kind of information that made the Senate, which was originally still haggling and discussing the distribution and placement of interests, make a decision in a very short time to send troops to rescue!
The familiar scene reminded them of the documents written on stone tablets, the documents they had faced when facing the English.
The Roman Empire has the obligation and responsibility to protect Roman citizens, and any behavior that disrespects the citizens of the Roman Empire must be severely punished and destroyed.
What's more, the accumulated hatred between the two sides is enough to last for hundreds of years, so it goes without saying that the efforts must be intensified!
It was also on this basis that, with the help of many senators in the Senate, Italy recruited retired elite soldiers, reorganized the legion, and drew on the Eagle Flag Legion around Italy, the Twelve Eagle Flag Legion Thunder and Lightning, and cooperated with the re-recruited elite retired soldiers.
The elite troops, assembled into five legions, totaling more than 30,000 people, were directly sent onto ships and sailed to the Syrian province.
It can be said that the reaction speed shown in this regard is completely unlike the lagging speed that the Senate should have.
Of course, the power involved is not something that ordinary people can command.
However, thanks to Ganasis' urgent return, this elite force still has a commander to command.
For the Roman Empire, the idea of assembling so many troops, combined with the troops brought back by Ganasis, was to defeat Parthia once and for all without leaving any trouble behind...
(End of this chapter)