Mythic version of the Three Kingdoms

Chen Gong seemed to be thinking deeply after hearing this. He had come here more than a year earlier than the people present, and that year or so happened to be the most chaotic time in Anxi. So he naturally had more bargaining chips in his hand than this group of people. However, as time went on, these chips might not be useful.

Unlike the officers like Omzada who were taken away by Shen Pei early on, left Parthia and went to Yuan's house after serving the Parthian War for loyalty, the chess pieces in Chen Gong's hands were still kept in Parthia after the Parthian War.

Although they are in contact from time to time, to be honest, Chen Gong has to question whether these chess pieces are still loyal to him.

After all, giving you intelligence doesn't mean being loyal to you. Who knows if it's a double-sided bet or a way to leave a way out? Chen Gong never thought that he was the chosen one, or that the chess pieces he planted would not be dug out by others. Chen Gong never thought about it at all.

There is no doubt that if those idle chess pieces arranged back then were still willing to be loyal to him as they were back then, Chen Gong would be able to deal with Ardashir by himself. After all, Parthia was in chaos during that period. As an ally of the Parthian Empire, the Han army had a special status in the circle. Shen Pei, Chen Gong, and Kuai Yue all played idle chess.

In fact, people including Zhuge Liang and Lu Meng had played chess there before, but now these lines have basically been cut off or destroyed in this chaotic situation.

If we really want to play it safe, it has to be Shen Pei. Shen Pei has been keeping his eyes on Omzada from the very beginning. What he values ​​is Omzada's loyalty and ability. At that time, he said that he would not expect Omzada to do anything, but if Parthia was destroyed, Omzada would need to join the Yuan family.

Although Omzada's loyalty was often ridiculed, he actually fought until the day of Parthia's demise. Even at the last moment, he helped Parthia briefly occupy the retreat route of the Zagros Mountains. It can be said that if Vologases V had really fought his way out, Omzada's achievements would definitely be among the top five among all the generals and officers.

After all, this guy didn't go to the main battlefield, but he guarded the retreat route. Even if the retreat route was not used, at least from the perspective of loyalty, Omzada really had no problems.

It is precisely because of this that after the demise of Parthia, many soldiers were willing to join Omzada. Loyalty is something that can actually be seen by looking at what one does. Even if Omzada's loyalty is ridiculed, most people actually cannot do it.

But if Cao collapses at any moment, the Han family will be the ones to suffer. Unlike Ardashir who was squeezed in the Caucasus region before, Ardashir, who owns Kabul and Kandahar, is no longer a target that the Han family can challenge.

A dragon swimming in the shallow sea is bullied by shrimps. The major families are not fools. The Cui family, the Yang family, the Wei family and other families at that time could pat their chests and guarantee that they could defeat Ardashir in a field battle as long as they showed their strength. To put it bluntly, they were just bullying the other party into a difficult situation.

At present, Cao Cao's forces are unable to get rid of the problem of morale unrest among officers and soldiers who were not from the Cao and Xiahou families due to the indiscriminate massacre at the end of the previous year. If they rely on time, it will take three to five years to eliminate the impact, and such a long time may lead to a deficit in combat power between the enemy and us. Therefore, relying on foreign wars to suppress the unrest in morale and promoting lower-level officers based on their merits has become the only solution.

Centurions are the foundation of the army. Not to mention the era of cold weapons, even in World War II, the backbone of the company and platoon level directly affected the combat effectiveness of the army. If the cadres at the company and platoon level are good enough, they can implement quite good tactics even if their weapons and equipment are one or two levels lower.

Therefore, when Chen Gong also expressed his support for going to war, Xun Yu asked Chen Gong about his trump card without any hesitation. At this time, he should use whatever tricks he had, get through this battle first, promote a group of qualified meritorious officers, and reconstruct the legion structure first.

Fighting Ardashir has become an unavoidable topic. In fact, not to mention the front line in Kandahar, even the noble families in Central Asia have vaguely noticed this.

"Do you have any chess pieces on Ardashir's side?" Xun Yu suddenly asked.

Although the Anping Guo family, the Nanyang Yin family, and the Hanoi Liu family were mocked as trash and were wiped out by the Parthian bandits, Haftan was at least one of the ten founding kings of the Sassanid Persia, and one of the ten strongest fighters under Ardashir in the official history. Although he did not develop because of his wild background, when it comes to military affairs, talent is much more important than hard work. Wouldn't it be a piece of cake to kill a few families?
The Han families that are able to gain a foothold in Central Asia at present have at least fought against these wild founding kings of the Sassanid Empire. They may have been beaten down at the beginning, but those who managed to survive all have something to show for it. After that, they naturally have the courage to fight back.

The terrain of Beigui is so despairing.

If Chen Gong and Cao Cao come back, they will attack Ardashir. If Chen Gong and Cao Cao do not come back, Xun Yu also suggests that Cao Ang continue to attack under the protection of Barak. At most, the latter will greatly increase the influence of foreign relatives, but this does not seem to be a problem. It is the characteristic of the Han Dynasty that must be tasted.

This is also the reason why the Central Asian families have recently begun to hold back their fighting power. To be honest, this group of people really do not have a good impression of Cao Cao's forces. After all, a lot of middle-level officers and core centurions have fled from Cao Cao. Some of these people went to Sun Ce, some returned to the Central Plains, a few went to the Yuan family, and the rest went to their father-in-law's family.

After so many years of coming and going, who among the Han families still in Central Asia doesn't know something about military affairs?
Precisely because they understood military affairs, these people basically thought that Cao Ang was going to revolt. It would have been fine if they didn't fight, but if they did, the Han army headquarters, where the core middle-level cadres under Cao Cao had all fled with their families, would probably be almost doomed to collapse at the first blow.

The relatives of these people's father-in-law are undoubtedly the noble families in Central Asia, so the noble families in Central Asia learned in detail what happened from their sons-in-law, and they knew very well how poor the control of Cao Cao's army was now.

If it really came to that, to be honest, the Han family could only accept reality. No one could have imagined that such a minor disease back then would develop into this. It was too painful.

As a result, the Han family was forced to bet that Xun Yu, Xun You and others were more reliable and did not lose face for the top ten civil officials, and then concentrate on preparing for Cao Ang to be defeated and Ardashir's tentacles to extend from the Beigui Mountain area.

Xun Yu and Xun You knew more or less what those people were thinking, but even so, when things had developed to this point, they really had no choice.

In the past, when the major families were living in the Central Plains, they were abandoned for more than a hundred years and might have relaxed their military preparations. But now they are in Central Asia and have been left alone by Chen Xi for so many years. If nothing else, the major families can at least fight against the Parthian bandits.

But the Han aristocratic families had no way to persuade Cao Ang not to attack. After all, anyone with a discerning eye knew that if they did not fight now, it would only become increasingly difficult in the future. By the time Ardashir had completely established himself and became a local tyrant, given the terrain of Kabul, even if the Kushan Empire was destroyed, Ardashir might not be doomed.

Now, although Ardashir cannot be considered a completely trapped dragon ascending to heaven, he is not someone that the Han family can challenge. Once Ardashir defeats Cao Cao and captures Kandahar, he will truly break through the barriers and will not be able to defeat the enemy directly without the power of an empire. Relying on the dangers of mountains and rivers, Ardashir can beat most of his opponents to death!

What can we say about the value of the Parthian bandits? Not to mention those Parthian bandits who had previously joined forces with Ardashir, let’s just talk about Raguel and Mosul who are still wandering around the Parthian territory. If nothing else, these two are at least the founding kings of Sassanid Persia.

"I've said before that we have chess pieces, but they may not be useful." Chen Gong said seriously, "At our level, and in a war of this scale, ordinary chess pieces, if they are few in number, will not affect the overall situation. Even a few chess pieces in logistics will not be able to achieve fatal results. If we want to defeat the opponent through conspiracy, we can only act at the decision-making level."

Chen Gong did not directly answer Xun Yu's question, but he made it clear that he had a usable chess piece in Ardashir's logistics, as well as an out-of-control chess piece that was now in Ardashir's decision-making level, but this chess piece was most likely unusable.

"No evidence?" Chen Qun frowned and looked at Chen Gong. "In your situation, how could you not leave evidence to control the other party?" "It is precisely because I left evidence to control the other party that I can be more sure that I cannot effectively control the other party. When the Parthian Empire collapsed, the other party cleaned up most of the evidence. The evidence left now cannot be considered as evidence. Even if it is handed over to Ardashir, it will only be suspicious." Chen Gong shook his head and said, "A great chaos will destroy many things."

"Suspicion can also destroy the other party." Xun You suggested secretly. After all, they are the decision-makers. Knocking one out is one. There are not many members in Ardashir's decision-making level. One less person will have a huge impact on Ardashir.

"Not necessarily." Chen Gong shook his head and said, "Ardashir is also a hero, and sometimes the enemy's evidence is also the best way to show loyalty and the best opportunity to eliminate hidden dangers. In addition, I am not sure how the old accounts of Anxi will be settled. If the other party confronts Ardashir directly, then the information we release will become the other party's evidence."

"Ardashir's military advisor?" Xun Yu instantly realized who Chen Gong was talking about. There was undoubtedly only one person who met these conditions, Ardashir's military advisor, Tavasdes, the only person in the human world who could control the web of destiny and who was very strangely born into the Parthian royal family, the Ashasis family. Was this person a chess piece played by Chen Gong?
"Well, at least he was once." Chen Gong nodded and said, "But now think about it, when I used him to accomplish certain plans, he might have been using me to get out of it. Otherwise, as a member of the Parthian royal family, he would not be able to escape no matter what."

"So what was the leverage you had over him at the time?" Chen Qun muttered to himself.

"Two, the alliance and some treasonous materials." Chen Gong said calmly, "We didn't think it would end so smoothly at the time. It should be said that Kuai Yue really acted well, and the Parthian Empire was really pushed to the limit, which made Vologases V greedy."

The plan to divide the Parthian Empire into two was worked out by this group of people a long time ago, but this plan had many backup plans that were not used. Tavasdes was actually one of the backup plans prepared by Chen Gong and others, otherwise there would be no need for him to be alive as a member of the Parthian royal family.

At that time, the idea was that if the plan failed, then a new Parthian emperor would be supported. Compared to the overly obvious operation of a puppet little emperor, an emperor who happened to be in his prime and had certain abilities would be more popular. In addition, all other options would lead to death at the hands of the Romans, so this already suitable option was naturally the best option.

Why the alliance letter between the Han Dynasty and Parthia was recognized by Rome, in addition to strength, another reason lies in the authenticity of the letter. The letter from the Three Idiots and Vologases V was just an introduction. The letter that was taken out of the Parthian treasury by Kuai Yue was the real evidence.

In addition to text and seals, this letter also contains the destiny of the Parthian Empire, which is equivalent to an identity certificate. In fact, Rome was able to detect this.

Only with this thing can it be proved that the Parthian emperor did sign this agreement with the Han Dynasty. Although I don't quite understand why Parthia signed this agreement with the Han Dynasty, considering the demise of Vologases V, what would they do to disgust Rome? It is not impossible that they would create something that would undermine their national dignity.

In addition, Rome did not rule the area east of the Zagros Mountains and only had the idea of ​​plundering. With this thing as proof, Rome accepted the reality, and then the Han Dynasty had legitimate ruling power, which led to so many things that happened afterwards.

In fact, the thing that Kuai Yue took later was not signed by Vologases V. Although Perennis speculated the reason and logic of this thing entering the Parthian treasury, he did not delve into the reasons. However, for the people in Rome who actually managed this matter, this thing was indeed real.

There is no doubt that the destiny of the Parthian Empire exists above. In other words, Vologases V, who signed this document, approved of this matter, perhaps just to disgust Rome.

However, this is not the case in fact. This thing was signed by Tavasdes. It was only because the Parthian royal family represented the Parthian Empire. When there was only one member of the royal family left and it was controlled by the Han Dynasty, the letter he signed was the one that could stand the test. Of course, this letter was written in advance, just waiting for that moment to come.

This is why Tavasdes is the only one left of the Assassin family of the Parthian royal family. In addition to Rome needing the Parthian royal family to be completely destroyed, Chen Gong, Kuai Yue and others who were executing this plan also needed the Parthian royal family to be completely killed, leaving only Tavasdes under their control.

In fact, this was also the reason why Tavasdes gave up on restoring his country. As the owner of the most precious special talent of the four empires, the Web of Destiny, if he wanted to revive Parthia, he had both the righteousness of a royal family and sufficient ability, and his momentum might not be much weaker than Ardashir.

Apart from other things, it would be easier for the descendants of nobles such as Hafza and Turansha to accept Tavasdes, who was of royal origin, than to accept Ardashir. In fact, many bandit chieftains of noble origin in Parthia later joined Ardashir's army, and many of the reasons were due to Tavasdes' identity.

The only descendant of the Parthian royal family is willing to support Ardashir, so it is only natural for us to vote for Ardashir.

Even some descendants and collateral branches of the seven great nobles, after joining Ardashir, tried to test or instigate Tavasdes, but Tavasdes, who knew clearly what he had done, completely rejected these people's proposals.

Even though the Parthian Empire was gone, Tavasdes still felt somewhat guilty about what he had done. Even though he knew very well that even without him, Parthia would still have perished at the hands of Rome and the land east of the Zagros Mountains would still have belonged to the Han Dynasty, guilt was something he could not avoid.

"This is the problem now. It is difficult to have clear evidence for what Tavasdes did. Even if there is evidence, it is difficult to prove it." Chen Gong said helplessly. The Parthian Empire was destroyed, and there was no way to investigate these things.

"Throwing dirty water to disgust the opponent and making it difficult for them to perform is also a way to solve the problem." Cheng Yu said suddenly, "If you can use it, that's the best. If you can't use it, just expose it. At least it proves that we are not at a loss."

Chen Gong felt somewhat helpless when he heard this. He would not do this unless it was absolutely necessary. Now he could still exchange information with Tavasdes occasionally. Although it was not too confidential, it was better to have it than nothing.

"What exactly is Tavasdes's web of destiny?" Mao Jie could understand Chen Gong's mentality, so he didn't say anything disgusting to Ardashir and instead asked for information.

"If I say I'm not sure, would you believe me?" Chen Gong was somewhat embarrassed when he said this. He was indeed a little embarrassed about this matter.

"How could you make such a big mistake?" Xun Yu said with a frown.

"Because even if the Destiny Weaving thing is activated, you won't know anything." Chen Gong explained as best he could. "I have looked up the books of Anxi. This thing is very powerful, but not that powerful. It requires too many prerequisites. Things like peace and prosperity for the country and the people are impossible to achieve."

"That means Tavasdes should not be able to use the Web of Fate?" Xun Yu said with half-squinted eyes. In this case, the defense in this aspect can be reduced.

"I don't know." Chen Gong shook his head, "Because I don't know what kind of destiny he will weave. The most troublesome thing about this thing is that once he starts weaving, it will continue even after he dies."

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