Chapter 3541
The Confident Achino
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Large-scale military operations involve not only command but also momentum.
When the army's morale is high and its spirits are strong, the combat capabilities and breakthrough abilities you demonstrate can even surpass the peak performance that soldiers can achieve under normal circumstances.
Therefore, given Parthia's current state and the fact that all the troops were mobilized, Perennis knew very well what was going to happen next.
With its advantageous troop strength in the region and the high morale at the start of the offensive, it is very likely to make good progress in the attack, which will further boost morale and combat effectiveness, thus creating a positive cycle.
The Parthian army, which was displaying overwhelming force, was likely to undergo a transformation under such high morale, and thus actually break through the Roman defenses and escape.
But Perennis, who understood Parthia's idea, was unlikely to let Shapur succeed.
He is now waiting until Shapur has commanded the army to a peak of morale, then he will strike directly to destroy that peak, cripple the Parthian army's accumulated morale, and plunge Parthia into a negative cycle.
Because morale is damaged, the army's combat capabilities and mindset are insufficient, which hinders the offensive. The greater the resistance, the easier it is to damage morale, and the worse the outcome of the war...
In order to break the Parthian fangs, Perennis removed the Second Auxiliary Legion, the Imperial Guard, the Council Guard, the Ninth Spanish Legion, and the Second Trajan Legion.
Two military spirit units, one with three talents, and two decisive battle legions are enough to crush the enemy's fangs.
Even if some mistakes are made on the battlefield, there is still a large First Auxiliary Legion and three Guard Legions from Severus.
In terms of combat strength alone, Perennis's forces, even excluding the barbarian legions, are in no way inferior to the Parthian legions.
Datis and Orvor launched an attack on the flank of the Roman army, directly targeting the junction between the armies. They were completely unafraid of being surrounded by the army, and their fearless attitude, combined with their excellent combat skills, quickly captured the area created by the chariot legion and extended further along this huge gap.
However, their advance was short-lived, as Orvord and Datis soon encountered Rome's Sixth Legion, Archino.
After Archino led the Sixth Legion to the front, he forcibly took command of the surrounding troops, using his own eagle banner as the center, and then launched a counterattack against Orvord and Datis, following Perennis's orders.
Following Perennis's orders and with a good understanding of his opponents' talents, Achino believed that dealing with Orwald and Datis would be quite easy.
However, reality dealt Achino a harsh blow.
Taking direct command of the army, Achino led the Sixth Legion, charging ahead at the forefront.
Then Achino was targeted, and Orwald and Datis led their core headquarters to confront Achino head-on.
Orwald and Datis's core soldiers directly engaged Achino's troops, and then the two of them, relying on their numerical advantage and reckless fighting style, thoroughly frustrated Achino.
As the commander of the Sixth Legion, Achino wasn't like the city guardians, who were solely focused on cultivation and combat. However, after fighting in Parthia for so long, his combat skills and abilities, especially in the realm of internal energy separation, were quite solid. But no matter how solid they were, Achino couldn't possibly fight two opponents at once under the clouds, especially two opponents of similar strength.
After a few rounds of fighting, Iachino was defeated by the two.
Seeing that the other party didn't even flinch, but was determined to kill him at the cost of his own life, Achino immediately agreed.
Judging from the current pace of Parthia's command, Achino knew that even if he managed to eliminate any one of them, he wouldn't be able to stop the two Parthian legions from continuing their attack.
On the contrary, if he dies here, the Sixth Legion might still be able to maintain its organization and front line, but as a barbarian legion that cooperates in defense and combat, it will most likely fall into internal strife, and the probability of being broken through by the Parthian Legion is easy to understand.
However, before he could think further, Achino, who was slightly distracted, was grazed by Datis's scimitar, and his shoulder armor shattered on the spot.
Feeling the pain in his body, Achino instantly flew into a rage, raised his spear, and prepared to stab the other man in the heart.
However, Datis neither dodged nor evaded, but instead reversed his scimitar and stretched out both hands, as if to hold the spear in place.
Meanwhile, Orwald, standing next to Datis, swung his heavy hammer straight at Achino's head.
In this situation, Achino's anger vanished instantly. He forcefully twisted the angle of his spear, managing to withstand the heavy hammer from Alwold's hand at a relatively poor angle and in a bad posture.
The immense impact of the hammer caused the spear that Achino was holding to fly away.
Seeing the spear fly out, Orwald was stunned for a moment, then reacted and continued his attack.
Under normal circumstances, even if the angle at which he held the spear was not good, Achino would not have been able to knock the weapon out of his hand. The main reason for this was that Achino gave up on it himself.
As for Iachino, his left-wing army wasn't without its skilled Roman warriors, so there was absolutely no need to gamble his life with these two madmen. Even if the outcome was likely a one-for-one trade, which seemed like a fair exchange, it was still his life at stake!
If his side has skilled fighters, as long as he can retreat a distance and allow his army to hold off the enemy for a short while, he can lead his skilled fighters back to fight again, making the enemy understand that even if they fight to the death, they cannot defeat him.
However, how could Orwald and Datis possibly miss this opportunity? For every step Achino took away, they would pursue him.
Even if they were to suffer minor injuries from soldiers during the pursuit, neither of them cared.
The frenzy and fighting spirit displayed by these generals, combined with the charge of the core soldiers, directly boosted the already high morale of the troops even further.
Forward, forward, and forward again!
Breakthrough, breakthrough, and another breakthrough!
Even covered in blood, Orwald and Datis still held onto Achino tightly.
So much so that Achino, who had initially intended to abandon his weapons and retreat more quickly, saw the army showing signs of collapse and immediately changed his mind. He took a long spear from a soldier in the 100th Captain's Guard and resumed fighting Orwald and Datis. (End of Chapter)