Chapter 3532
Avoiding a Feint Attack
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Vincenzo's sentiments were not without reason, and Virgilio was well aware of them.
As the Miracle Legion, they have always been above the limits of the world, possessing power that surpasses the limits of the world, possessing this miraculous power.
However, even though both are miraculous powers that surpass the limits of the world, the gap is still enormous.
Compared to the tenth place of the past, the current tenth place may be stronger in relative terms due to the significant increase in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.
But compared to other Eagle Banner Legions, can the Tenth Legion still maintain its overwhelming advantage?
Let alone a single legion facing multiple legions, even against the top support legion, whether the current tenth legion can reliably defeat them is a question worth considering!
It was precisely because of these thoughts, along with his own personal considerations, that Virgilio's approach to the Flying Bear Army of the Han Empire was also filled with complex emotions.
Faced with a challenger who dares to challenge the strong, Virgilio is naturally confident that he can defeat him. However, while he acknowledges the challenger's attitude and behavior, he also feels a little envious.
As the successor to the Tenth Legion and a new generation of knights, Virgilio was simply unable to lead the Tenth Legion to even greater heights as his predecessors had.
Because this involves not only his personal choice and will, but also the will of all the knights in the entire legion.
We are all nobles, we are all members of the knightly class, and we all possess formidable strength.
However, when all these things are mixed together, it means that taking on the lives of these people and bearing their weight is an extremely difficult choice and action.
Even if Virgilio, who is considered one of the great nobles, were to cause an accident to the Tenth Legion, it would be quite normal for him to be stabbed in the back and then declared to have committed suicide.
Without someone with absolute strength and absolute deterrent power to stand on their side, how many people would have the courage and boldness to stand against the potential backlash of the Roman Empire's will?
Or, to put it another way, do people with such courage and boldness truly embody the firm beliefs and ideas of the Tenth Legion?
To become a member of the Tenth Legion, besides rigorous tests and personal strength, one must also be loyal to and admire Julius Caesar.
Without ever having witnessed it firsthand, we rely entirely on written and linguistic records that carry the weight of the past, and on the inheritance passed down from generation to generation, to continue this record and glory to this day, and to pass it on to the future.
This is both an honor and a shackle.
Honored by the trust of Julius Caesar and guided by the direction he pointed out, the Tenth Legion was invincible and unconquerable in the presence of Julius Caesar.
The knights of the Tenth Legion did not have to bear the weight of life; they only needed to complete the tasks assigned by Julius Caesar.
Unfortunately, the current Julius Caesar does not exist, and Virgilio naturally cannot find a suitable person to rely on to bear the weight of the entire legion's fate. Even the current emperor, Severus, cannot truly conquer the Tenth Legion like the former Julius Caesar did, making the Tenth Legion devote all its strength to the emperor and to the first citizens of Rome, regardless of who the opponent is, even if the opponent is the will of the Roman Empire.
"Organize the army to assemble and prepare to face the Flying Bear Army again. At the same time, coordinate with the auxiliary legions to prepare to delay and isolate the army inside the city..." Knowing that his mission was to block the city gates, Virgilio, who had enough trust in his own legions, still firmly issued the corresponding orders even though he knew that a powerful enemy like the Flying Bear Army might appear on the battlefield and have a huge impact on them.
Now that things have come to this, regardless of the final outcome, and assuming that the current war intelligence information has not changed significantly, we must block the east gate of Ctesiphon, preventing any Parthian soldier from withdrawing from this gate, and similarly preventing any Han Empire soldier from entering through this gate.
Since we've already gone all out once, going all out again won't be a big deal.
They could defeat the Flying Bear Army before, they can still do it now, and they will do it again in the future. They are the Tenth Legion, the proud Tenth Legion, the noble Knight Legion, and the sharpest blade in Caesar's hand.
Bearing glory and conviction, the East Gate, guarded by the Tenth Legion, will be absolutely safe from any mishaps.
It can be said that Virgilio had already made the worst-case scenario plan in his mind, and was prepared for the possibility that the entire legion might suffer heavy losses. Not long after completing the deployment of the army, he received intelligence that was completely different from the information he had gathered from the battlefield.
"What? Parthia's army didn't break out from the east gate, but chose to break out from the south gate instead?" Virgilio looked at Vincenzo with surprise, then turned to look in the east and saw that the Han Empire's army was still advancing. He immediately expressed his doubts.
As Parthia's ally, given the current state of the war, even Rome acknowledges the Han Empire's impeccable attitude towards its allies. Even if Rome thought the Han Empire was irrational, it did not doubt the Han Empire's attitude towards its allies.
If even the Romans, their enemies, thought this way, the Parthians certainly wouldn't be much different.
Given the existence of such an alliance, whether it was initiated by the Han Empire or voluntary assistance, it was naturally confirmed through intelligence.
In this situation, the Han Empire chose to provide support from the east gate, while Parthia chose to break out from the south gate. This obvious inconsistency in direction must have foreshadowed complex intelligence information.
"So what should we do now? Should we send troops to support the south gate?" Seeing that Virgilio didn't seem to have recovered yet, Vincenzo pressed further.
According to the initial planning and arrangements for the war, as well as Severus and Perennis's control over the direction of the war, there were extremely sufficient war plans and methods.
Faced with this situation, Virgilio instinctively refused to send troops to support the south. Although he hadn't figured out the real reason, his intuition was trying to lead him to make a different judgment and act.
Putting his intuition aside for the moment, Virgilio issued further follow-up orders: "To prevent a large part of the Parthian army from breaking out to the south, and to prevent important personnel from breaking out from other directions in small groups, we must strengthen vigilance. Anyone who comes from Ctesi must be strictly vetted. If necessary, it is better to kill a thousand innocent people than let one guilty person go free..." (End of this chapter)