Chapter 3528
Leaving Room for Maneuver
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There are indeed limitations to what an individual can do, regardless of who comes.
However, for a country, a wise and powerful monarch is a benchmark, a direction for progress, and even a belief.
Vologius V was such a figure to Parthia.
With the existence of Vologius V, the Parthian Empire had direction and a future to fight for.
In a sense, the Legion of Souls that Vologis V desired was indeed important, but for the Farssasans, Vologis V was even more important.
With the Han army's previous full assistance, Farssasan had also learned about the Han Empire's military spirit legions and even inquired about their corresponding promotion methods.
However, after a deeper understanding and research into this area, Farssasan discovered that there was no steady path to becoming the Soul Legion.
It's all based on probability, entirely on possibility.
This kind of promotion method, which is full of uncertainty, means uncertainty and risk in the eyes of people like Farssasan.
Vologis V had the ability and the courage to take such a risk, but the Farssasans did not have the courage and the courage to gamble Vologis V's life on a relatively insignificant military legion.
It was for this reason that the strategic objective and command of the Farssasan war was to rescue Vologus V, enable him to break through the encirclement, and allow Parthia to continue.
Therefore, the cavalry units participating in this war, including Ardashir, possessed extremely strong formation breakthrough and destructive capabilities, attempting to carve a path through Rome's dense defensive lines.
"Let's go!" After inspecting his soldiers and feeling their gazes, Vologus V, fully prepared and prepared to bear the weight of his soldiers' lives, pointed out the direction of their advance in a concise statement.
After the order was given, under Shapur's command, all the troops began to turn around and advance south toward Ctesiphon.
Meanwhile, near the eastern walls of Ctesiphon, a considerable number of horses and soldiers had also gathered.
The horses gathered in this place are not true warhorses, and the soldiers gathered here are not truly elite troops.
The reason for gathering in this place is essentially for strategic deception.
Soldiers controlled their horses, creating a cacophony of hoofbeats that could travel across the ground to the outside of the city walls.
Even if the sound isn't very loud, as long as it gets out, Shapur, who orchestrated this plan, will surely be able to gather this information and take targeted countermeasures.
Such countermeasures are quite common, involving waking up the troops east of the city of Ctesiphon and putting them on high alert, while coordinating support from troops in other directions.
To prevent them from successfully breaking through, Rome would inevitably deploy corresponding troops to support them, and the troops originally stationed to the east of the city would not be easily redeployed in other directions. Under these circumstances, when they led their main force to attack from the south, the opponent they faced was not in full force.
With a portion of the army already diverted to support the east, the blocking forces in the south would naturally be further reduced. Even if the Roman army on other city walls was notified immediately after being attacked, it would still take longer for the Roman army in other cities to arrive.
Furthermore, due to their deployment in the East, the armies from different directions would inevitably be unable to coordinate their support at the same time.
At that time, the Roman reinforcements from the western walls of Ctesiphon will arrive first, and Shapur will naturally be able to coordinate the army in advance to deal with them, thus gaining the advantage of command.
The Roman army that will arrive next will inevitably be from the east of Ctesiphon, and troops can be dispatched to intercept them depending on the situation on the battlefield.
In theory, if everything goes smoothly, they should be able to break through the Roman blockade to the south before the arrival of Roman reinforcements at the western walls of Ctesiphon, thus ending their Roman siege.
Therefore, creating these disturbances and disturbances at the eastern walls of Ctesiphon was intended to mislead the Roman army and buy more time for the Parthian army to break out.
To make this breakout seem more authentic, Shapur even wrote to Sima Yi, confirming that they were going to break out from the east and hoping that the allied forces of the Han Empire would provide assistance.
Theoretically speaking, this letter would be even more credible if it had been written by Volognes V.
However, the current state of the Han Empire and the level of support it provides to its allies compelled Shapur to choose to write it himself.
Vologius V's writing of letters to deceive his allies was essentially an act of harm to them, even a break and betrayal of the alliance, and there was no room for change, because Vologius V was the supreme ruler of Parthia and could directly represent Parthia.
On the contrary, Shapur was merely an excellent general among the Parthians. No matter how high his reputation or how strong his achievements, he could not fully represent Parthia and could be rejected and vetoed by Vologius V at any time.
Therefore, having Shapur write this letter leaves room for maneuver, preventing a complete breakdown of the alliance and allowing for the possibility of repair.
However, after the war ends, Shapur will inevitably pay the price for this action as a guarantee to make amends for the alliance.
However, for Shapur at this point, the things that needed to be considered after the war were no longer important.
If everything goes according to plan, Vologus V will be able to break through the encirclement, and Parthia will be able to achieve new glory. He will be able to bear all the consequences that occur in the process with a smile.
Upon receiving the letter from Shapur, Sima Yi immediately understood Shapur's thoughts, as did Vologus V's.
“The fact that the letter wasn’t written by Vologius V himself means that he’s left himself room to maneuver, and it also means that he absolutely cannot break through from the east.” Sima Yi handed the letter to Xu Huang and said with considerable confidence, “What we need to do next is to help our ally according to the contents of the letter.”
"Understood!" Xu Huang glanced at the contents of the letter, further confirming the correctness of Sima Yi's idea. He then had no more worries and immediately began mobilizing his troops towards the eastern wall of Ctesiphon, attempting to distract and draw away the Roman army. (End of Chapter)