Chapter 1179 Rome's Thoughts
"The Han Dynasty didn't intend to go to war with us, and the people who died were just barbarians!"
Pippenianus simply gave a definition of the matter and then turned the page on it. There was no other way. His financial affairs had been booming recently and he really didn't want to completely turn against the Han Dynasty at this critical juncture for a group of barbarians.
They weren't holding back in the first place, so let's just let it go.
Since the Han Dynasty said there will be 500,000 barbarians, then it will be 500,000. The scale of the war can be any size.
Severus looked at Piponanus with some dissatisfaction, but when he thought that no one could take over the financial mess, he had to swallow his words.
He was a horse emperor and had also served as the Duke of a border county. Naturally, he understood what financial tightness meant. He had noticed that Pippanus was in a good mood recently. For the sake of this god of wealth, Severus felt that he had to suffer a loss.
Anyway, it was the barbarians who died.
Although he expanded the status group of the barbarians, he did not regard the barbarians as his own people, but only as a useful tool.
This will result in the deaths of five hundred thousand citizens. We will have to go to war with the Han Dynasty no matter what, but there are only five hundred thousand barbarians. Forget it. In the end, we can use this incident to let Pippenianus lower the price of silk. It feels like we have made a profit.
"Let's talk about the white horse. Do your three majesties have any good ideas?" Seeing that Severus did not express his opinion, Penelence naturally changed the subject.
"Besides sending the Tenth Legion, only the Fourteenth Group can try to follow. But that legion is definitely not going all out. Even if the Fourteenth Group is as rogue as they are, they are still just a royal guard after all!"
Nero shook his head. Before this, he had never thought that there was such an outrageous legion in the world. Why didn't he notice it during the War in Heaven?
The weakness of this legion is obvious: they are thin-skinned and fragile, so we can probably kill them in one frontal attack.
But the problem is that it is impossible for the barbarians to deal with this legion. Coupled with the opponent's restraint on the Fifth Skylark, Nero feels a bit of a headache.
"We took the same route as the Second Augustus. It's the ultimate embodiment of speed. A confrontation between the two armies won't be a big problem, but..." Octavian also fell silent.
It's not that there is no way to deal with the White Horse, but the problem is that the basis for dealing with the White Horse is not to be afraid of death. If 200,000 double-talented and fully-equipped citizen legions can deal with the White Horse, 500,000 will be enough to kill the White Horse directly.
But the problem is the barbarians. They do not have the fighting spirit of the citizen army. Even if a few of them have it, it will not mean the slightest bit to the overall situation.
As for following, probably only the Tenth Knight can do it, the rest of the legions are useless, and it is even a problem whether they can see their backs.
Moreover, even if the Tenth Knight were to deal with the opponent, he might not be able to catch the opponent 100%.
The opponent is a real rogue army. They are different from the super heavy infantry. The super heavy infantry are just tricky, but the white horses are really deadly.
"Let the Fourteenth Group give it a try!" After thinking for a long time, Caesar decided to let the Fourteenth Group give it a try.
"The Fourteenth Combination doesn't even have the ability to kill a lot of people among the barbarians, how can they compete with the opposite side!" Nero sighed.
The Fourteenth Group had seen the White Horse and copied its talents. They had already privately tried to use the White Horse to massacre the barbarians.
But the result is obvious. The White Horse, which has not broken through to the third talent, still needs to use a knife to kill people, and its speed is not fast enough as the original version. The final result is that it is necessary to kill the barbarians first and then slaughter them.
But if we can kill the barbarians directly and make them collapse, what is the use of the white horse? And it can't last long, and the pressure on the wrist is huge.
It is not even as fast as the killing speed of the Ninth Spain, which makes it tasteless and a pity to throw it away.
At that time, they also thought that the white horse was just a troublesome thing, not a big problem, and it would be easy to target it.
But after the three-talented white horse appeared, they were given one. It was obvious how terrifying the legion that insisted on going down this path was.
"We are sending Fourteen just to show our attitude. If the Han Dynasty wants to increase the stakes, we will also increase the stakes!" Caesar said, shaking his head.
"As for dealing with the White Horse Volunteers..."
"The White Horse Volunteers of the Han Dynasty cannot do without the wind in their final step. We can form a legion to break the balance of the wind and prevent them from entering the super-high speed state!"
"That's a good idea!" Nero pinched his chin.
It's just like dealing with the Augustus Legion. You can increase their burden, make them consume more physical strength, and affect them from the side of their strongest point.
It can have the greatest impact on the combat effectiveness of the entire legion.
It's like the hardest diamond is very fragile. If you can do this to the white horse at the critical moment, it won't be in chaos, but at least it can effectively slow down its speed.
"This shouldn't require a whole legion. Secret techniques can accomplish this. I remember there were several strong wind users among the Roman Guardians. They should be able to create a secret technique that can affect the wind."
Pippenianus immediately interrupted the two gods of war's fantasies. What a joke! Creating a special legion, and an auxiliary one at that. Even if it was a second-tier citizen legion, this was something that was unacceptable.
With that money, he could do more meaningful things.
"The secret technique is not bad!" Penelence hurried to smooth things over, but judging from the looks of Caesar and Nero, they didn't seem to take it seriously at all.
"I'll go down and arrange people to do it. At worst, we can kill a few gods and disrupt the movement of the wind!" Penilence sorted out his thoughts and made a decision.
"Deslayer?" Pippenianus became excited. Recently, one of the projects that could generate profits for these guys in the Senate was deslayer. They could often get some scraps for trade, so he was very interested.
"Cough, cough, cough!" Penilence coughed twice and changed the subject.
"Do we need to send some more barbarians over here?" Penilence asked a new question.
"Of course, since the Han Dynasty wants to control the battlefield within 500,000 people, then we should mobilize the barbarians from other provinces to the eastern province to wait for orders. We must continue this war, and we must continue to fight!"
Pippenianus said categorically that arms were also a very profitable business, especially when these barbarians would pay out of their own pockets, it could also make up for part of the finances.
Moreover, a batch can be recycled on the battlefield and then sold to the next batch. This economic model of repeatedly reaping the benefits is a great happiness for Pippenanus.
"By the way, since the scale has been reduced, let's send a large legion to command it, and we need to show our attitude!" Severus said calmly.
"Let Arnubis go. With his skill level, even though he can't do what he wants, it should be enough for fighting. Since you don't plan to win, there's no need to think about winning!"
Penelence nodded, and then pointed to Arnubis among the elders.
"Okay!" Seeing everyone nodding and looking at him, Arnubis, who originally didn't want to go, could only shrug and choose to take the task.
He has given up now and has no intention of competing with Severus for the throne, so he doesn't care much about these things. Since he has accepted the mission, he can just go and command the troops to fight. Anyway, all he has to do is kill the barbarians, which is not difficult.
As for the growth of the young legion commander, he will deal with it when the time comes. Anyway, as long as he doesn't die, there will always be progress.
Because of their imitation of the white horse, Group 14 arrived at the barbarians within a few days after receiving the order.
"The white horse is coming! The white horse is coming!"
As a result, as soon as he arrived at the barbarian camp, he heard a roar of fear, and then Benito saw the barbarians in great chaos, so chaotic that Benito suspected that he could destroy the camp with just one charge.
"White horse...you're not talking about me, are you?" Benito's eyes twitched. He originally found that painting the horse white would increase its speed, but now it seems to have the opposite effect.
Based on Benito's experience, a lot of people would probably die in this round of bombing.
These guys were completely scared by the Baima Yicong and felt insecure even in the camp.
The situation was a little trickier than Benito had imagined, and he found that the situation seemed to be worse than he had imagined.
The chaos in the camp was finally stopped after Benito sent someone to imitate the Fifth Skylark, sneak into the military camp and establish contact with Leonardo.
"Tell me, what happened?" Benito asked unhappily. Are these young people so unreliable that they even do such a bad job in restraining the barbarians?
"The White Horse Volunteers are so terrifying. When they rush forward, the barbarians are automatically chopped into pieces. We can't stop this from happening!" Lucius' voice was very low.
After seeing the three-talented legion whose purpose was to kill, they understood why they were thrown into the Yuan family battlefield for training.
Taking Bai Ma as an example, how terrifying are those monsters with three talents?
They didn't think so before, but after experiencing the murderous intent of the white horse personally, they finally understood what the imperial battlefield was and what the strongest army in the world was.
The murderous intent was so pure and simple that even a strong man like Lucius was greatly shocked.
"Don't worry, the white horse won't appear again!" Benito could only use the intelligence to boost morale.
He had read the battle report, and the White Horse's performance was indeed impressive. But then again, he had seen more violent Parthian Knights, and he had also seen the Tenth Knight at full firepower.
Benito was not really scared by the killing of the White Horse, but he had to admit that the White Horse was indeed very powerful. Even if the Tenth Knight was asked to kill 500,000 barbarians, it would be unlikely for him to be as fast as the White Horse.
After hearing that Bai Ma would not appear on the battlefield, all the legion commanders in the camp breathed a sigh of relief.
Seeing this, Benito knew that this battle could not be fought. All the courage had been lost. He would wait for Arnubis to arrive with his guards before slowly making adjustments.
If it really doesn't work, we can only send this group of barbarians back to the country in batches and replace them with another group of barbarians to fight.
Fortunately, there are many Roman barbarians, and it is just a matter of transfer orders.
"Okay, now who can tell me the rest of the information? A lot of things are not detailed enough in the information. I need to know something more detailed."
Seeing that the legion commanders were in low spirits, Benito took over the command first, intending to organize one or two small battles to restore morale.
At least we have to reduce the threat posed by the white horses to the barbarians.
If they are afraid of , how can they fight on the battlefield?
While Benito was sorting out the intelligence, the Han Dynasty had already received the news of Benito's arrival.
"Fourteen combined legions? Rome is really interesting!" Huangfu Song sneered. He could see Rome's plan. Everyone knew their plans and there was no need to guess.
However, it is precisely because it is an open card that it is more difficult to operate.
"Leave this legion to me. I have a feeling they will imitate the white horses to harass us!" Ju Yi sneered, stood up and volunteered.
"Without the Xiandeng death squad, are you sure you can deal with the White Horse?" Huangfu Song raised his eyebrows. "Your new army should not be formed yet."
"It's just a pirated white horse. It's at most on the same level as the white horse led by Zhang He. I was able to destroy that white horse back then, so I can destroy this one now!" Ju Yi sneered.
"White horse? I will make sure he never comes back!"
"Pay attention, even if you are sure you can wipe out the Fourteen-man Group, you have to hold back. This is an order, do you understand?" Huangfu Song did not care about anything else and quickly said to Ju Yi.
If the Fourteenth Group is severely damaged this time, I'm afraid the war will really escalate. No matter the outcome of the battle between the two armies, the Yuan family will definitely be in ruins. By then, let alone development, they will be really finished.
"Ju Yi, this is also my order!" Seeing that Ju Yi was still trying to argue, Xu Rong added the order.
Seeing that even Xu Rong said so, Ju Yi could only nod and sit down.
It could ignore Huangfu Song, but it couldn't ignore Xu Rong, and he also believed that Xu Rong would make the right judgment that was in the interests of the general, so he would not refuse Xu Rong's order.
Xu Rong sighed. Ever since he talked with Huangfu Song, he sent a message back to Luoyang, and then got basically the same news from Jia Xu. So he understood that no matter whether Huangfu Song was a fence-sitter or not, at least on the Yuan family's territory, they had to listen to Huangfu Song.
Although the other party's orders might be incomprehensible, they were definitely taken into consideration for the overall situation, so Xu Rong also demonstrated his identity as a military supervisor for the first time.
Huangfu Song breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Xu Rong's support. Ju Yi, the stubborn guy, had never given him a chance, and he had not been able to convince him until now.
Fortunately, Xu Rong is here, and the same effect is achieved after convincing Xu Rong.
"The Fourteen Group can be killed, but they must not be destroyed. This is the bottom line. You must remember that our focus must be on the barbarians. The Eagle Flag Legion and the Citizen Legion are not our enemies to a certain extent. We must maintain a certain harmony between us."
Seeing that everyone looked unwilling to accept the suggestion, Huangfu Song immediately explained that it was time to reveal part of the truth.
