Chapter 3527
The Wise and Powerful Monarch
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Recalling her conversations with the Yuan family during this period, as well as the exchanges of interests and the help they provided, Farssasan couldn't help but agree with the words spoken by Shen Pei, a member of the Yuan family under the Han Empire.
Loyal people exist everywhere, just like him.
Be loyal to your monarch and your country.
It was thanks to the Yuan family's help that Farssasan was able to recruit a large army and train 30,000 qualified soldiers from it, providing each soldier with qualified weapons and equipment, as well as warhorses capable of rapid movement and breakthroughs.
In order to break through the Roman lines more quickly and effectively, thus supporting and assisting Volognes V.
At Shen Pei's suggestion, Farssasan ultimately directed the talents of these cavalry units toward breakthroughs and breaking through enemy lines.
Although they did not master the talent tree and had no way to train the corresponding talents, Farssasan had mastered the training of talents after so many years of war.
Although it's impossible to get the talent you want, it's still a talent of the same general direction.
As for Shenpei, it didn't matter what kind of talent the Farssasan trained in its soldiers.
If it weren't for the subsequent planning and corresponding gains, but simply from a war perspective, Shen Pei would most likely have advised Farssasan to train soldiers with negative talents.
Having learned about the former servant soldiers under the Xiongnu and the Crimson Blood Cavalry under Zhao Yun, Shen Pei clearly understands just how powerful soldiers with negative talents truly are.
Even among soldiers with single talents, those with negative talents unleash combat power that is almost among the top tier.
Even though most soldiers didn't survive the war, their fighting strength was formidable.
However, Shenpei had no way of telling Farssasan about this level of power.
On the one hand, such actions could significantly strengthen Parthia's fighting power, thereby affecting Sima Yi's deployment in Central Asia and causing an abnormal outcome between Parthia and Rome, at which point they would not even be qualified to receive the goods.
Another aspect is the unique nature of negative talent training; it's not something you can just do whenever you want, and Shen Pei himself certainly wouldn't train it.
Only soldiers who understand the negative effects of negative talents, can still accept the effects of the talents, and choose to train accordingly are able to continue on this path and go further.
Parthia itself had no shortage of soldiers with such ideas, because at this time, Parthia was not lacking in loyal men who would sacrifice themselves for the country. If there really was a way to greatly improve combat power, tens of thousands of people would be willing to accept it.
The emergence of soldiers with negative talents on this scale would undoubtedly shake the course of the war.
This talent is only suitable for use in times of life and death, and there are very few people in the entire Han Empire who can train this talent.
Training and research stemming from negative talents are implicitly confined to a very small circle and never disseminated to the outside world.
Even the talent training trees distributed by the Han Empire to its generals and officers, and to soldiers of various factions, as well as the regular single-talent targeted training, absolutely do not contain any negative talents, let alone their extensions. In fact, given the Han Empire's current attitude towards negative talents, they are very likely to gradually fade from the historical stage in the coming decades.
It wasn't because such talent wasn't strong enough, but because such talent didn't align with the development direction and principles of the Han Empire at that time.
Especially after Zhao Yun fell into the deep pit of negative talents, all parties have gained a deeper understanding of the views on negative talents.
The Han Empire was expanding its territory in all directions, and all the powerful generals and officers were making their own contributions. However, Zhao Yun, who had performed outstandingly in various wars and proved his abilities through war, was still in Bingzhou. This could not be explained by the reason that he was not just guarding the border.
With the northern nomadic tribes defeated and forced to herd sheep and horses for the Han Empire, was it really necessary to have an exceptionally capable army commander like Zhao Yun to guard the north?
He was still leading tens of thousands of elite cavalry, the largest cavalry legion in the entire Han Empire, to guard the north. The complexity of the situation can be imagined.
Having formed a general judgment in his mind, Shen Pei put aside his speculations about Zhao Yun and his elite cavalry, and focused more of his attention on Farssasan and his men.
Parthia could indeed be called an empire, even though its capabilities and military prowess were significantly inferior to those of the Han Empire.
However, compared to the Yuan family, their strength far surpasses that of the Yuan family.
In this context, the Yuan family's plan to seize Parthia's legacy, based on Sima Yi's strategy for Central Asia, was inherently extremely risky.
However, Yuan Shao was completely unconcerned about this risk.
Knowing that he would eventually have to face Rome, and knowing the extent of Rome's elite and powerful forces, Yuan Shao still displayed the same will and spirit that made him appear to be the wise and mighty figure in everyone's eyes.
Therefore, Shen Pei, who provided many suggestions to Farssasan, seemed to offer them a lot of help. However, in his planning, he often had his own selfish motives and did not lead the army toward self-destruction.
Therefore, the 30,000 cavalry troops led by Farssasan were essentially 10,000 elite cavalrymen plus 20,000 auxiliary elite cavalrymen.
As for the Parthian soldiers who remained in the Zagres Passage, they stayed with Omzada to guard the passage and ensure its smooth operation.
If Vologius V could be successfully brought out, then after the Parthian Empire was rebuilt, it would also need to establish a defensive alliance with the Yuan family of the Han Empire to deal with Rome.
If the attempt to support Volognes V fails, Omzada will lead his soldiers to retreat into the sphere of influence of the Yuan family, using their power to continue resisting Rome and perpetuate Parthia's power.
“From Parthia’s perspective, he won’t lose out no matter what.” Farssasan had already made his judgment about these two possibilities.
With his current strength, he is unable to predict the course of the war, let alone know where it will lead in the future.
But as long as this foundation exists, as long as this fallback exists, Parthia still has a chance.
What he needs to do now is to do everything in his power to ensure success.
Parthia needed to have a backup plan, but it also needed a wise and capable ruler, a wise and capable ruler like Logis V. (End of Chapter)