The Rest Empire, also known as the Parthian Empire, was a slave empire with a territory larger than the Kushan Empire to the east of them, and a population larger than the Kushan Empire.
As a large empire that has existed for hundreds of years in the west, the standing army of the Sabbath Army has at least 150,000 troops, and if they are in danger of annihilation, the Sabbath Empire can quickly recruit a large number of serfs and slave soldiers.
In other words, they can form at least an army of 300,000 people.
In the face of such a powerful force, even if the Snow Leopard Legion has a city-breaking weapon and a black powder bomb in its hand, it is not very eager to resist them, because even if this battle is won, the Snow Leopard Legion will at least be greatly injured.
"Attack on Ctesiphon" "It's a good suggestion" "Capture the Thief" "If you can take Ctesiphon and kill or capture the king of rest, the battle will be decided."
The strategy proposed by Zhuge Liang made many generals in the lobby a little moved.
"However, the city of Cessie is in the western part of the Rest Empire, and it is in contact with the newly established province of Mesopotamia in the Roman Empire, and the main force of our army is basically in the east, and it may not be so easy to force it over."
Tai Shici, as the main general, thought more, his eyes were solemn, he looked at the detailed map of the Rest Empire, and there were some questioning refutations to Zhuge Liang's statement.
"What the Commander Said Is True" Zhuge Liang nodded with a smile, he stood up, looked at the map, and began to explain in detail, and said: "Based on the news we have learned so far, rest the standing soldiers and horses, plus their newly recruited serfs and slave soldiers, more than thirty kings, they have all deployed their troops in Mulu City, Susya City, and Tra City, these three are in the northeast city, facing us, forming a triangular staggered protective battlefield, and in addition to their deployment of a large number of cavalry on both flanks of the triangular battlefield, it can be regarded as an impermeable defense in the east.
It's very difficult to fight the past."
"The two flanks are cavalry, and the defense of the cavalry is relatively comparative, we can use the cavalry to hedge, break the cavalry on both flanks, and then kill them from the flanks."
Sun Ce said coldly.
"Sun Shangshu, you may not know about the Sabbath Army, among the Sabbath Army, their cavalry combat effectiveness is the strongest, accounting for fifty percent of the Sabbath Army's combat effectiveness."
Yan Xing suddenly spoke, and said with some bitterness: "In the first battle of Mesopotamia, we fought with Rome, and it was their cavalry that attacked us by the Sabbath army, although there were many Sabbath soldiers and horses, but most of the combat power was concentrated on their cavalry, both in terms of marching speed and combat effectiveness, they were extremely strong, and almost wiped out our entire army in the land of Mesopotamia."
The strongest soldiers and horses in the Rest Empire were the ironclad cavalry.
The ironclad cavalry is a powerful cavalry composed of nobles in the Rest Empire, this cavalry is the honor of the Rest Empire, once defeated the attack of the Romans, well-equipped, strong individual soldiers, and has surpassed the cavalry of the Snow Leopard Legion in terms of combat effectiveness.
In the original battle, the defeat of the Wu army was the defeat to the rest of the cavalry, allowing the rest of the ironclad cavalry to break through their camp, and finally led to a crushing defeat, and the whole army had to withdraw from the Mesopotamian region.
"Aren't our cavalry their opponents" Sun Ce raised his eyebrows.
Wu Jun was originally a wealthy member of the Jiangdong Army, and above the cavalry, although it was constantly expanding, and many aliens were selected as cavalry generals, but the combat effectiveness of the cavalry was indeed not very elite, and for the Wu army, the most powerful was the combat effectiveness of the foot soldiers.
"Bo Fu, although I don't want to destroy the prestige of our Wu army, but as far as our Snow Leopard Legion is concerned, the cavalry is indeed a little insufficient, and it is not the opponent of the rest cavalry in a head-to-head confrontation."
Tai Shi Ci said: "We have fought many times, and we have not won against his cavalry" "This doesn't work, that doesn't work, we'll face the assault head-on" Pan Feng drank coldly: "I don't believe that I can't break through their triangle battlefield, and I can't stop the attack in a solid defense."
"Hehe, General Pan doesn't need to be in a hurry" Zhuge Liang was a little calm, his eyes swept over, and he said with a smile: "If we want to break through the Taixi Blockade, it's not impossible, we just need to change the priority of this battle."
The "primary and secondary" congregations are unknown.
"The previous main attack was our Snow Leopard Legion, and the auxiliary was the Sea Eagle Legion, but we can switch concepts" Zhuge Liang pointed to the distance between the province of Mesopotamia and the capital of the Sabbath Empire, Tessifon on the map, and said: "If we suppress the strength of the Sabbath Army in the east, then the west of the Sabbath Empire will be equal to emptiness, at this time, the Sea Eagle Legion suddenly gave up on the Mesopotamian Province, turned the front, and attacked the city of Tessifon from the west, the effect should be good, if we can successfully break through this capital and take Vologasis V, then the hundreds of thousands of Sabbation soldiers and horses in front of us will collapse in an instant, and the dragons will be leaderless, Acting separately, then we can divide and encircle and suppress and destroy the Empire of Sabbath in one fell swoop."
"It's easier said than done" When the generals heard this, their faces became more and more solemn.
No matter how good the strategy is, it must have sufficient ability to implement it, and if it is one and a half inches short, it is a thousand miles away.
Zhuge Liang's strategy is feasible, but if the timing is not right, it is easy to send the Sea Eagle Legion to the grave.
"It requires cooperation between the two legions" Zhuge Liang was also worried about this at the moment, so he couldn't decide on the time to start the war.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I think this strategy of Chief of Staff Zhuge is a try."
Chen Gong's eyes narrowed, and he said in a deep voice: "The Sea Eagle Legion has always maintained the greatest combat effectiveness, and it has not been frustrated in the previous battle, and while it is pulling, it is reasonable to want to divide the troops."
"I think it's better to ask Zhou Tai's opinion" "The navy is already struggling to suppress the Roman army, and if it is self-defeating and falls into land, it will inevitably be defeated in the face of the double attack of the Roman army and the Sabbath army."
"This is too risky, if you want me to say, just hit it head-on, we have a lot of thunder in our hands, which has blown up their city protection, and we can't kill it" "Kill a thousand enemies and lose eight hundred, there is such a good opportunity, why don't we give it a try" "Or we can reinforce a military force to the navy and kill it from the sea first."
"No, our ships have great difficulty transporting cavalry" “” There was a lot of discussion among the generals, some agreed, some refuted.
Tai Shi Ci was also a little hesitant, his eyes fell on Zhao Yun, who had not spoken: "General Zhao, what do you think we should do now?"
"First to Strike" Zhao Yun said lightly.
"First to Strike" The generals' eyes lit up.
When Zhuge Liang heard this, his eyes sharpened: "What General Zhao said is correct, the current situation, no matter what, we have to send troops, we can't give the Rest Empire time to react, we need to suppress all their main forces under the condition that they are not properly prepared, and we need to test the determination of the Rest Empire" "Determination" Everyone was a little puzzled, and looked at Zhuge Liang with questioning eyes.
"The Resting Empire is actually very loose in terms of centralization, there are many kingdoms under the empire, these kingdoms only rely on the Resting Empire, not directly obeying the Resting Empire, once the fight starts, there will inevitably be panic, which has a great effect on dividing them internally, and the king of the Resting Empire, Vologis Brada, known as Vologis V, this person's personality is uncertain, very complicated, he launched an army mutiny, killed his father Vologis IV, and sat on the throne of the Resting Empire, That's why he's very strong in the Sabbath."
Zhuge Liang said: "He once showed an attitude of not being at odds with the Roman Empire, but in the first battle of Mesopotamia, he reached an alliance with Caracalla, which also shows that this person is capricious, we need to test his attitude" "Kong Ming's meaning, he will surrender to my Great Wu" "No" Zhuge Liang shook his head: "This battle is a national war, everyone in the Rest Empire will surrender to us, but he will not, because he is the King of Rest, and the result of this battle for him is either to die on the battlefield or die on his throne, which he knows better than anyone else, so he will never surrender" "Then you say he is capricious, what do you mean?"
"He ambushed our Wu army because he was an ally of Caracalla, the Roman prince of Mesopotamia."
Zhuge Liang said: "Repeat the old trick, we can also use this set on Caracalla, Your Majesty has already said that he wants not only the Rest Empire, but also the land of Mesopotamia" "He knows that our Great Wu wants to swallow his empire, will he still cooperate with us to calculate the Roman army?"
asked Tai Shici.
"At the beginning, he also knew that the Roman army was plotting against Mesopotamia, didn't he also cooperate with them to calculate us?"
Zhuge Liang sneered: "Nothing is impossible" "In that case, let's send troops first" Tai Shi Ci made up his mind: "Singh" "In" A tall Kushan man stood up abruptly and spat out a smooth Chinese character.
After the reorganization of the Snow Leopard Legion, it carried five armies, and Singh, the banner of the Kushan army, was the commander of the 41st Army.
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"I order the 41st Army to march within three days, and within five days, it must be in Mulu City."
Tai Shi Ci said: "In ten days, you must launch a strong attack on Mulu City" "No" Singh took the order and left.
The Euphrates, later known as the Middle East, was the main river in Mesopotamia in this era, originating in the northern plateau and flowing roughly to the southeast, joining the Tilagus River and employing into the Persian Gulf.
Therefore, Wu's naval warships could also follow the Low Lagos River from the Persian Gulf and then enter the Euphrates River, thus attacking the Mesopotamian province head-on.
Today, the province of Mesopotamia was garrisoned by Roman troops.
The Roman army in the province of Mesopotamia was not weak, and a strong navy was placed on the Euphrates River.
Early in the morning of the day.
On the surface of the Euphrates River, there was misty mist everywhere, and in this fog, suddenly one by one warships appeared, and the flying Wu battle flags on each warship flew against the cold wind.
On the deck of the huge building led by the middle, Zhou Tai, the commander of the Sea Eagle Legion, stood upright, wearing battle armor, black hair flying, eagle eyes were sharp, staring at the misty river in front of him.
Maps "In" The left and right lieutenants spread out the river map in front of Zhou Tai.
"Commander, we've come here for now."
A staff officer stepped forward and pointed to a sign marked on the map above: "The river here is very fast, but it has entered the province of Mesopotamia, which used to be the core city of Mesopotamia, the city of Seleucia, where tens of thousands of Roman troops were stationed." t1706231537: