Mythical Three Kingdoms

It must be said that Benito’s command level is indeed very impressive. If the combat power of the legion is out of 100 points, his command can at least add five points to our side.

With the elite soldiers under his command, Benito continuously deployed defenses and withdrew soldiers, steadily allowing more than half of the five Barbarian Corps to withdraw first.

Later, before the deadly attack of Ardashir arrived, Benito coordinated cover with the Fifteenth Legion, directly creating a gap for the Fifteenth Legion to withdraw from the Parthian siege.

However, the Sassanid Fars showed little interest in those already withdrawn legions, only ordering Omzada to lead the army to pursue them. Clearly, the target of the Sassanid Fars was the Fourteenth Legion.

With the retreat of the Fifteenth Legion, the defense line of the Fourteenth Legion was already on the brink of collapse, while the main force led by Ardashir had already broken through the defenses laid by Benito using the Barbarians, ready to press the entire force onto the Fifteenth Legion’s line.

”Indeed, do they even want to swallow us?” Benito sneered as he looked at the Parthian Army rushing towards him from nearly three directions. If he hadn’t guarded his rear all along, countless Parthian elites would certainly flow in from four directions.

”Charge!” At the moment before the defense line was squeezed by the elite of the Parthians, Benito directly retreated to the north, and subsequently, the defense line also changed.

The original front line directly became the rear, and the rear break through towards the north, while the original elite talent transformed into a battle line-breaking talent for assault. Directly, before the Parthians reacted, Benito tore open a gap from the north and broke out.

The Roman Elite at the rear resisted desperately against the Parthians who wanted to bite at the Rear Army, while Benito led four Inner Qi Manifestation Generals to first repel the attacks extended from the flank by the Parthians, ensuring the retreat route of the Fourteenth Legion was clear and they could withdraw at any time.

”Are we not going to make a move?” Li Jue asked with slight displeasure.

By this time, the sun had risen, and the chaotic situation had become clear. The Parthians’ attack was repeatedly held back by Benito, but Benito’s forces were simply too few for a counterattack. Continuing in this way, the best situation for Benito was just to lead his troops and charge out.

”No need, let the Parthians come, and if I’m not mistaken, even if the Military Spirit Legion goes up, it wouldn’t make a difference. If this legion falls into the hands of someone who knows how to use it, it’s basically unsolvable.” Zhuge Liang shook his head and said.

The Parthians hoped to resolve the Fourteenth Legion themselves, yet just yesterday the abilities displayed by Benito’s Fourteenth Legion had Zhuge Liang already guessing another possibility. This broken legion couldn’t be defeated unless it decided to self-destruct!

However, before Li Jue’s displeased expression faded, the battlefield between Rome and the Parthians had already undergone a huge change.

”Parthians, this time you’ve won, but if you think you can wipe us out, you’re overthinking!” Benito surveyed the current situation and realized that continuing to hesitate was not an option after determining he could not safely lead out the rear army.

”Retreat!” Benito said coldly towards the direction of the Parthians, and then directly made it clear, preparing to retreat!

”You still want to retreat, encircle and annihilate them for me!” Ardashir laughed hysterically, thinking that if they could defeat the Thirteen Roses and then the Fourteen Combined Legion, it would truly be a fortune.

Yet in the next instant, a gap had already been torn open in the Parthian encirclement, and the Romans were using some unimaginable agility to pass through that gap, with four Hundred-Man Squads firmly holding the retreat route. Their dexterity of movement, even at such high speeds, showed no signs of chaos.

”I expected it would be like this!” Although Zhuge Liang had estimated this possibility early on, seeing it for real still painted his expression dark. This was the first talent of agility led by Zhao Yun’s White Horse Soldiers. Though lacking the Wind Repelling Attribute, this speed was nearly unsolvable.

The Roman Fourteenth Legion quickly passed through that gap with agility surprising to the Parthians. Though not spared from the arrow rain causing some casualties, they still cut through easily, then ran away like the wind.

”This...” Chen Gong was left speechless. This speed was just slightly slower than the White Horse Soldiers.

”Once they charge out, there’s essentially no way to handle them.” Sima Yi said expressionlessly, ”Is there any way to deal with the White Horse Soldiers?”

”In this plain, even the Military Spirit Legion can’t handle the White Horse Soldiers. As long as the opponent doesn’t seek death themselves, there’s essentially no way to handle them—it’s too fast.” Sheni Pei, already overly familiar with this aspect, knew clearly that as long as the terrain was suitable, the White Horse was nearly unsolvable.

While Sheni Pei and others were talking, the Fourteenth Legion had already dashed away and successfully shook off the cavalry dispatched by the Parthians for pursuit.

”Uh, I think I can catch up.” Guann Hai said after estimating for a while while looking at the retreating Fourteenth Legion. Seeing everyone’s attention on him, Guann Hai coughed twice and said, ”I’m slightly faster than him, but mine has side effects and is easy to overextend.”

”At least there’s someone faster than them. In reality, the best route for the Fourteenth Legion to retreat is downriver,” Zhuge Liang sighed and said. ”This legion is virtually impossible to annihilate when in capable hands, although it’s a Single Talent legion, in many instances, it surpasses Dual Talent.”

Kushan Sasanian was full of anger at this time. Benito’s protection of his retreat was indeed exceptionally vigilant, but not being able to completely encircle was also within Kushan Sasanian’s expectations. After all, not every legion dies as heroically as the Thirteen Roses.

In a normal grand army battle, it is rare for one’s legion to be completely surrounded by the enemy. Annihilation typically occurs through pursuit and harassment, leading to the other side’s collapse and their complete destruction, which is a normal situation.

Therefore, Kushan Sasanian didn’t pay much attention to the Romans clinging to one path of retreat. His own goal was to pursue the Romans during their retreat until they collapse, then take their head and crush their pride.

After all, chasing the enemy for a thousand miles is also a testament to merit. Although not as exaggerated, Kushan Sasanian was already prepared to pursue the Roman Fourteenth Legion until they doubted their life, and indeed, the Fourteenth Legion could not withstand their force and retreated.

However, in this situation, there was no way to pursue, as the two prepared cavalry corps couldn’t catch up with the opposite side. The speed of the opposite side made the Parthians somewhat doubt their life.

”Next time, find a way to take down the Fourteenth Legion; this legion is too annoying and overly adaptable,” Zhuge Liang sighed and said. ”Indeed, going abroad introduces all sorts of new phenomena and unseen things, truly terrifying.”

Although the Roman Fourteenth Legion retreated at an incredible speed and was so fast that the Parthians couldn’t possibly catch up, the Parthians still decided to pursue.

Of course, this time, the troops were divided into two routes. One route was led by the merit-accumulating Ardashir to pursue the Roman Barbarian Army and the Roman Fifteenth Legion. Naturally, the most important thing wasn’t this, but to seize the ferry; the Romans must not be allowed to play another game of riverside defense.

As for the other route naturally led by Kushan Sasanian heading towards Akkad, because the retreat direction of the Fourteenth Legion is towards the Akkad Fort.

It was clear that Kushan Sasanian was paving the way for his grandson Ardashir. Although he still revered Vologases V, the blood ties and emotional bond meant that when his grandson has talent and ability, he naturally would choose his grandson as the successor to the position of Grand Commander.

At this point, Fars felt that Parthia had already demonstrated its inherent power, so there was no longer any intention to restrain the Han Army and chose to display independently, planning to collaborate between the Han Army and Parthians in upcoming battles.

”In that case, let’s also divide our troops into two routes,” as a smart person, Zhuge Liang immediately understood the other party’s intention the moment the Parthians spoke and smiled in agreement.

”General Yuan, lead the troops under your command. General Li, you take the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, and General Sunx lead the Elite Troops of Danyang to assist General Ardashir. If a battle occurs there, attack as much as possible.” Zhuge Liang called out to Li Jue, Yuan Tan, and Sunx Quan and then exchanged a glance with the person in the black robe.

Though the identity of the opposite party had not been discovered, Zhuge Liang was not overly suspicious in this regard, thus not overly concerned about the opposite party’s identity.

Sima Yi was quite interested, but recently Sima Yi was busy and had no time to investigate. Besides, to Sima Yi, even though he played plots like an ancestral figure, adult men often have the habit of crushing others.

So instead of becoming powerful himself and resolving a possibly nonexistent conspiracy, surely the first option is more reliable.

Thus, in recent times, Sima Yi didn’t manage that black-robed individual, whereas Zhuge Liang learned indirectly from Guo Si and Li Jue, but nothing useful came to light. Yet it was basically confirmed that the other party had no harmful intent and was fairly familiar with these people.

”Alright.” Having endured for so long, Yuan Tan was quite resigned. Although receiving things without charge was enjoyable, always being like this was hard for Yuan Tan to accept.

As for Li Jue and Guo Si’s group, they’d been itching for battle for a long time. The brains of these people were basically filled with warfare.

Sunx Quan, on the other hand, wasn’t too keen on participating in the Parthian and Kushan wars. Recently, these sides had brutal warfare, which overturned Sunx Quan’s understanding, who had never participated in war and had only heard war described as trivial by Sunx Ce.

You tell me this is trivial? A large army is entirely annihilated just like that; Sunx Ce’s conception of war as simple, believing he could casually command a hundred thousand to defeat the enemy, thinking he’s superior to Sunx Ce, no, even better than Zhou Yu!

Hmm, now he doesn’t think that way anymore.