Mythical Three Kingdoms

“When the time comes, affix plaques to the urns of the Han Army and send them back. I heard Mr. Jian say they believe in returning to their homeland after death, sending them back would give them the identity of heroes.” Pipunsanannus waved his hand, signaling everyone to get to work.

After driving everyone away, he let out a long sigh. He was under immense pressure. The financial deficit was currently the largest issue for Rome; the Roman Empire of this period possessed the strongest military strength in history, along with previously unseen aggressive power.

However, the biggest issue at present was a lack of funds, to the extent that as the finance officer, he didn’t even need to monitor finances; just by observing the army, he could roughly estimate this year’s deficit.

“I must think of a solution. Speaking of which, Mr. Jian is indeed a sage; the wisdom he shows in many aspects is enlightening to me. It must be said that the Han Empire truly is a nation with rich cultural heritage.” Pipunsanannus decided to chat with Jian Yong again. The different way of thinking in various civilizations had provided him with substantial nourishment.

“How can we have money? This is indeed a headache-inducing problem. By the way, where are there silver mines? It would be great if us Romans could mine them.” Pipunsanannus, shaking his head, leisurely headed towards Jian Yong’s place, knowing that Jian Yong was surely recording the power exhibited by the Romans.

Yet, it did not matter. Not only did Pipunsanannus not mind such things, but he was also actively promoting them, even providing Jian Yong with papyrus himself.

Of course, Pipunsanannus was a bit interested in the Han Dynasty’s native xuan paper, though not too much; they had papyrus, natural and requiring little processing.

On the other side, after all the Han Dynasty’s legions converged, they began to withdraw eastward. Within these six days, they had already transferred most of their supplies to the east in conjunction with Fars and others, so they did not need to pay much attention to supply issues.

“Huh?” Sima Yi looked at Gao Lan incredulously. “Let’s put it this way, half of what he says is to confuse you. He battles with the same troops as you and can defeat the opponent’s heavy infantry legion simply because he’s bold and daring, leading by example, making the soldiers willing to fight for him!”

“But, the difference is just too vast. The Yuan Family Elite Soldiers I lead and the elite troops led by Zhengli have too significant a gap in combat power, and both only have one talent…” Gao Lan explained, shocked by Juo Yi’s previous performance.

“You’re overthinking it. The legion you currently lead has two talents.” Sima Yi explained impassively. “He likely had no time to explain too much, so he did it this way.”

“Two talents?” Gao Lan looked at Sima Yi with a puzzled face. “But based on my feelings, it clearly seems like only one talent.”

“The so-called talent is essentially an external manifestation. Your soldiers are already exceptionally capable in terms of quality. To be precise, no soldier here is subpar. At least they have reached the dual talent level as defined by the Parthians, Kushan People, and Romans. The reason a second talent is not shown is simply due to a difference in battle willpower.” Sima Yi stated coldly.

Everyone nodded in agreement; Sima Yi was right. The soldiers who came here all ascended the small city built by Li Jue and others. Without dual-talent quality, it was impossible to reside there long-term without relying on drugs.

“The soldiers we brought are at least of this level; in local terms, they all belong to the dual-talent elite category.” Sheni Pei also began to speak. “Zhengli probably had no time for a detailed explanation, so he demonstrated directly.”

“The so-called single talent, okay, there’s no issue. But how to say it, Juo Yi’s so-called single talent is the essence, but what about the external manifestation? The external manifestation is two different talents, didn’t you notice?” Sima Yi looked at Gao Lan with speechlessness.

“Yet Juo Yi is indeed formidable, managing to forcibly shape the elite talent to this degree in the remaining time.” Chen Gong also remarked with admiration.

“It’s not shaping, I almost understand. He should be using it to display to all of us, right? The soldiers led by all of us, in terms of quality, are not inferior to the dual talent super elite, but the main forces like Wen Chang’s and General Gao’s only have one talent effect.” Zhuge Liang slowly started speaking.

“Matching the quality to the willpower?” Lyu Meng glanced back at the Elite of Danyang he was leading, along with the few remaining elite archers.

“That should be it. When the quality meets the requirement, what actually competes is the respective battle willpower. As for the single talent, different regions have different terminology, the Han Dynasty’s elite, to be honest, covers a very broad range from one talent to three talents.” Sheni Pei slowly started speaking, and upon recalling Juo Yi’s words, couldn’t help but twitch at the corner of his mouth.

“Once possessing elite talent, regardless of how many talents are outwardly displayed, fundamentally there is still only one talent. For the Han Dynasty, a single elite probably encompasses the entire process from one talent to three talents.” Sima Yi had a twitching expression, suddenly realizing how rudimentary the troop classification of the Han Dynasty during Juo Yi’s time was.

“Let’s stick with the local terminology; our classification…” Chen Gong glanced back at the Iron Cavalry with their terrible aura, which were simply called elite.

“Then it’s basically clear, first is the quality of the soldiers. Except for the Three Talents Final Battle Troops whose physical quality far exceeds the norm, the physical quality of the dual talent elite can actually be attained during the single-talent stage. After enduring a lot of brutal battles, the physical quality can definitely be reached.” Zhuge Liang sorted out and said slowly.