554 Epilogueception 8 300 Years East-West War Part 3 (1/2)
= Wu Han, Wei Han, and Roman =
Sun Quan and his subordinates' status rose after Sun Shangxiang wedded Tong. Although it caused a scandal that Tong married both Wu Guotai and Sun Shangxiang, mother and daughter, no one dared to use it to revolt against the royal family.
Sun Quan and his men were assigned to govern his former territories, the former Wu Kingdom. Sun Quan was delighted to reclaim his favorite home ground, Jianye City, Yang Province, and Jing Province.
Just like others, Sun Quan, Huang Gai, and Lu Meng upgraded their cultivation base to 10 wings, while Lu Xun, Cheng Pu, and Han Dang reached the 8-wing tier.
Taishi Ci and Gan Ning also got to 10 wings during the pre-East-West War period. Tong also transferred them to Sun Quan, so these Wu officers could enjoy their job and social life.
Latter generation officers, such as Zhu Ran and Xu Cheng, also joined them in the latter years. They had no problem obtaining 8 wings as well.
When the war took place, Guo Jia advised Tong to use the system authority to eliminate Severus. However, Tong was against it as it would sow bad karma, and it would hinder him from getting his 11th and 12th wing.
Sun Shangxiang also wanted to create modern jets, tanks, and aircraft carriers using his system authority. Yet, Tong strangely disagreed.
Tong's action was suspicious to everyone, but he only said that he couldn't reveal it yet. He would tell everyone when the time was right as it related to his administrator position.
Tong ordered Diaochan, Dong Bai, Sun Shangxiang, Zhang Min, Zhang Ying, Li Feihong, and other sons and daughters of Tong that had more than 8 wings not to participate in this conflict to prevent sowing bad karma. However, Sun Shangxiang disapproved. She insisted on helping other officers.
Without a choice, Tong sent Sun Shangxiang to Sun Quan's Wu Han Legion.
Guo Jia immediately came up with a plan. He deployed Zhang Liao and Lu Bu to defend the north. Shu Han Legion was sent to India. Pu Jing and Wei Han Legion were tasked to detour north of the Caspian Sea, digging deep into the country Scythians, located in the territories of modern West-Kazakhstan, Southwest Russia, and Eastern Ukraine.
It was a risky move since Wei Han had to spearhead into neutral countries. Many officers disapproved of Wei Han's deployment.
However, Pu Jing explained why Guo Jia suggested it. He revealed that it was his idea, which was inspired by Adolf Hitler's famous Blitzkrieg Tactic.
Since Severus allied with Sassanian and Kushan, they wouldn't have thought that Tong would dare to create more enemies by attacking neutral country states, so they wouldn't defend their borders against these territories.
Everyone admired Pu Jing's insight. Tong gave Wei Han officers a few system skills, so they could self-sustain during this difficult campaign.
[Create Food], [Weapon Creation], [Explosive Creation], and [Inventory] were given to Cao Mengde, the reincarnation of Cao Cao, who was the grand commander of Wei Han. Elite officers, such as Xiahou Yuan, Cao Ren, Cao Xiu, Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Ba, Xu Chu, and Dian Wei also received the same skills.
However, Guo Jia wasn't satisfied with just that. He wanted Wu Han to sail half of the world, going through China Sea, passing through Malacca Strait, crossing Bay of Bengal, Laccadive Sea, and the Arabian Sea toward the Red Sea.
Wu Han Legion had the freedom to land on Africa Continent, entering the Mediterranean Sea, or attacking Roman in Egypt directly. The choice was up to Sun Quan and Lu Xun.
Because of such a long and arduous journey, Tong gave the same system skills to Wu Han officers as well.
Such a grand voyage excited Sun Quan and his men. Even other generals envied Wu Han's soldiers.
However, Zhuge Liang and Xu Huang protested as they wanted those skills as well. Without a choice, Tong ended up giving every participating officers the skills.
All troops dispatched at the same time, but Zhang Liao and Lu Bu encountered Severus Army first.
Shu Han ran into Sassanian Emperor and his prince later on, and Wei Han made a contact with the Scythian.
Xu Huang's Silver Axe tagged along with Wei Han Legion. The heavy gunman cavalry of Xu Huang surprised the native and left carnage on the path they took.
When they got through the Scythian's territories, Jia Xu devised a sick plan.
He sent Zhang He to Rhine Region, where Burgundians, ancient Germans, settled in this area. His objective was to lay waste and pillage northwest Roman Empire, which was modern France and England. As for Xu Huang, Jia Xu sent the Silver Axe northeast, flanking Severus Army, which was still fighting against Lu Bu and Zhang Liao.
As for the rest, Pu Jing and Wei Han beelined toward Rome in Italy.
Zhang He allied with the local tribes and attacked the Roman Empire together with their help. He surprised the local defenders and ransacked various cities in Western Europe and the British Isles.
The garrisoning roman soldiers retaliated against Zhang He's surprise attacks, but Zhang He used his cultivation advantage to hide his army's presence and annihilated Roman battalions with 20 10-wing generals, crippled Severus' backup armies.
While Hannibal was contenting against Zhang Liao's counterattack, he noticed the arrival of Xu Huang's Silver Axe unit. He asked Severus to retreat despite having a bit of setback against the boogeyman general.
Quintus Anicius Faustus, the elite general of Severus, repelled Zhang Liao and led his emperor in an escape. Their remaining forces boldly sailed along the coasts of the Kara Sea, Barents Sea, Norwegian Sea, North Sea, and landed on England's shore, which ultimately avoided Xu Huang's pursue.
The arrival of Hannibal's fleet surprised Zhang He, who was pillaging in this area.
Xun You, the adviser of the Ghost Legion, suggested that they should avoid a direct confrontation with Severus' main forces and focused on guerrilla warfare.
Zhang He agreed and hid his troops again.
It was a mistake. As Hannibal learned about Zhang He's deeds in the area, he summoned all backup and scattered troops from Western Europe to gather in Londinium, a great roman fort in London.
Severus and Anicius Faustus proceeded to cut off all port access, bought shipbuilders and fishermen, and migrated all craftsmen away, which isolated Zhang He's Ghost Legion, who was still hiding in the British Isles.