Chapter 2442: Mighty Power Like the Gods

“Do you mean that now within a range of over a hundred li, and even further places, are in a marsh or semi-marsh state? Is the width a few li or more than ten li?” Zhuge Liang said with a slight headache; he didn’t expect that Chen Gong would actually create such a large wetland as a defensive circle.

“Yes, and beyond this range, there’s still a large area in a mud state. Such a place is enough with just one archer legion to force the elite cavalry and infantry to death crossing it. Such a place is simply impossible for marching.” Sheni Pei said with a look of speechlessness. “As a defensive circle, this is indeed a very excellent defensive fortification.”

“Compared to other defensive fortifications, at least this defensive circle completely ignores legion attacks.” Sima Yi slowly opened his mouth to say.

“The problem now is that previously constructed defenses such as earth mountains have been completely destroyed, and our own garrison points need to be moved to another place.” Chen Gong sighed and said, indeed underestimating the moisture level in the air of this place; the rain was too abundant.

“The vast range of the wetland marsh can indeed block the Romans, but the overly broad defense circle also makes it very difficult for us to accurately respond to the Roman army.” Zhuge Liang said rather helplessly; the wetland range was really too large, so large that it was difficult to defend.

“Forget it, let’s leave it at that. Our goal is to buy time, use the wetland marsh to stall the Romans, build new fortifications in the rear, and at the same time inform the Parthians that they can take a rest today. Continuous retreat is indeed very stressful for them.” Zhuge Liang also did not delve into this issue; they were there to buy time, not to fight desperately.

However, compared to the calmness of the Han side, the Parthians were basically collapsing. Even if the Romans had short legs, they were only two or three days away from them, but now an ultra-large wetland marsh appeared in front of them, how to get through?

The marsh is completely different from normal rivers and mountain roads, which are conventional difficult terrains that normal armies would absolutely not enter because it is simply too dangerous.

During the chase, when encountering a terrain that must be bypassed, marshes and quicksand are definitely the first and second typical terrains that must be bypassed. If one is unlucky when taking such terrain, a legion crossing might result in the majority being lost!

However, when the Sassanid Fars was preparing to bypass, Zhuge Liang had already informed them in advance, hoping they would rest in place for the night and prepare for the cold.

After receiving the formal notice from the Han, although there were still some hesitations, but considering the consistent performance of the Han, Fars repressed the discordant voices within the Parthian remnants and agreed to the Han’s suggestion.

Compared to those young people, the Sassanid Fars understood more about who could be relied upon and who could not. The Han were their allies, which was an absolutely unshakable bottom line, at least during his tenure as Grand Commander of the Parthian army, it absolutely could not be shaken, and the Han’s suggestions must be considered.

As for why not long ago in the battle of Syria, the Parthian army suffered heavy losses while the Han army suffered minor losses and nearly retreated unscathed, it must be a conspiracy of Rome to sow discord between the two sides. Moreover, the Han even summoned the Celestial God, doing their utmost in every aspect.

Therefore, the Parthians absolutely could not have thoughts of doubting the Han, the Han must be the Parthians’ most ironclad ally, must be!

“It seems the situation hasn’t deteriorated to the extent you estimated.” Zhuge Liang said with a smile to Sima Yi, “Since the Parthians are willing to trust us, they must recognize the alliance between the two sides. If so, we should maintain the previous alliance.”

“As you wish.” Sima Yi said, curling his lips, “Next, I also want to see how strong the Spiritual Talent you mentioned really is.”

“You will see soon, in the north of the Central Plains, this kind of weather is nothing, but here.” Zhuge Liang said with a faint smile filled with pride, “This talent being called a natural disaster is not an understatement! The climate here is mild and humid, and basically no records of snow are found in hydrological data, so if the cold wind sweeps over and creates a snowstorm, if the other side is unprepared, it might weaken the combat power of their large army.”

Sima Yi curled his lips and didn’t respond, Zhuge Liang’s Spiritual Talent, reputed to possess everything, indeed almost did. As for Sima Yi’s talent, claimed to seal everything, was also almost true, both were nearly the extreme manifestations of spiritual talents.

“At least General Fars maintains the necessary trust, the top won’t be shaken, so the chaos below doesn’t have much impact.” Sheni Pei expressed a hint of satisfaction after receiving the news.

Chen Gong couldn’t be bothered to respond; whether Fars trusted the Han army or not, Chen Gong was prepared, so he didn’t bother with Sheni Pei at all.

“Let’s see the blizzard tonight, I’m very interested in Lub Zijing’s talent.” Chen Gong suddenly stood up and said, “Say, in a few days it will be New Year, if still in war on New Year’s Eve, it will greatly damage our army’s morale and make people have an inherent aversion.”

“Rest assured, the Romans will cease the war by then.” Zhuge Liang replied with a faint smile; he wouldn’t allow the soldiers not to have a stable year; stopping the war was very simple for him.

That night, a blizzard arose, in Mesopotamia, with its summer-dry climate subtropics and warm, rainy winters, snow that had not fallen for more than a decade fell.

Of course, as a price, the next day Zhuge Liang, whose Spiritual Capacity was now several times more terrifying than Lub Su, showed up in the camp with a pallid complexion, as for the wetland marsh, needless to say, it was naturally frozen.

Although it wasn’t completely frozen, under the frost, it was clear where people could pass and where they couldn’t.

Of course, Fars looking at Zhuge Liang, Chen Gong, and the others became noticeably more baffling, after all, the two did not overly conceal their intentions, clearly informing the Parthians that this was their doing.

Although every country has its own civil official systems, when it really comes to things like summoning wind and rain, besides the Han opening their minds, with each person contributing an idea, in other countries, celestial phenomena still generally fall under the domain of gods.

“I really didn’t expect this wetland to be a defensive circle constructed by the Han, that civil official who looked a bit older is quite skilled.” Ardashir praised.

“Whether it’s constructing the wetland defensive circle or summoning snowstorms to freeze the marsh into a passable road, it all shows the terrifying nature of the Han; is this kind of power really something humans should have?” Atlatome asked with skepticism.

“What’s there to worry about? The Han army inherently has a Celestial God; having such ability isn’t too much.” Ardashir showed complete admiration without worry or doubt.

[How on earth did they achieve this ability?] The Sassanid Fars gazed at the pallid Zhuge Liang, filled with curiosity; being well-versed in military affairs, they best understood the impact celestial phenomena have on war.

This kind of ability to manipulate weather belongs to the highest manifestation of godly power in any mythology, whether Roman, Greek, or Persian, anthropomorphized natural phenomena gods are top-tier.

Only in Central Plains mythology, summoning wind and rain is not the manifestation of godly power but a very ordinary power, which is why civil officials from Central Plains come up with this ultimate power in other mythologies, rather than those peculiar blessings.

This is also why the Roman Advisory Group could not match the scale of celestial manipulation achieved by strategic minds from Central Plains, their limited knowledge restricted their vision, making it difficult for them to challenge the divine powers of mythological gods.

But if they really one day manage to slay Lyu Bu, considering themselves having successfully slain a god, they might unlock a myriad of divine powers, even without slaying Lyu Bu, just by injuring Lyu Bu and realizing there isn’t an absolute gap between gods and humans, they might unlock a series of so-called divine powers.

“You and Atlatome streamline the organization and integrate the army’s strength. Relying on that large marsh, let us hold the Romans here for a while, the more time we can delay, the more likely His Majesty is to receive strong support.” The Sassanid Fars, after crossing the wetland, breathed a sigh of relief and ordered, saying they could finally stop and rest.

“The humidity here is a bit too heavy, Zhongda, create some fog and shroud the wetland area, make it thicker.” Zhuge Liang unceremoniously commanded Sima Yi.

“One or two days is fine, but I can’t hold out long, the area is too vast.” Sima Yi said expressionlessly.

“No problem, Ziming help Zhongda, first encircle with water mist, by the time Romans come, whoever changes the weather, I’ll overlay Zhou Commander’s talent on them.” Zhuge Liang said indifferently, large army operations, disable their brains first.

“Haven’t you found the opponents’ strategist yet?” Chen Gong curiously asked Zhuge Liang, “I remember he applied his spiritual talent on all the enemy leaders before the decisive battle in the northern frontier, why haven’t you resolved this issue?”

“I don’t have such a strong detection ability myself.” Zhuge Liang said helplessly, “But I have applied it to their Inner Qi Manifestation, Breakthrough Level experts.”

“Is this useful? They don’t lead troops.” Sheni Pei teased.

“It’ll make them act foolish sometimes.” Zhuge Liang said unhappily; Zhou Yu’s talent was always useful, the downside being overuse might unwittingly apply it to himself as well.

“Oh, that’ll do, use the water mist as bait, lay out the swamp, and see if you can catch a Roman strategist daring to come out and change the weather.” Chen Gong said after a while, in large army operations, disabling the strategist really has strategic significance.