In the battle yesterday, the Macedonian Army suffered the heaviest loss among the four legions dispatched by Caracalla. Half of the corpses burned by the Han army belonged to the Macedonian Army. Upon hearing this news, the soldiers of the Macedonian Army were extremely angry.
The commander of the Macedonian Army is called Alexander, who is said to be a descendant of Alexander III, King of the Kingdom of Macedonia in Ancient Greece. Alexander was known for being brave and good at fighting in the Qin army. He was short-tempered and irritable, but because he himself was also of Macedonian blood, and his soldiers were all from Macedonia, he loved his soldiers very much.
Now, his soldiers not only suffered heavy casualties, but their bones were all burned clean by the Han people. Alexander was even more furious, clamoring to avenge the soldiers, wishing to raise his soldiers and kill him now.
However, the commanders of the other three regiments had different opinions. The three legions were the Dacia legion from the northeast of the city of Rome, the Cyrenaica legion near Egypt, and the Mauritanian legion from the southwest coast of the Mediterranean. Among them, the Cyrenaica Army and the Mauritania Army have just been formed.
In yesterday’s battle, the Macedonian Army fought the most valiantly, and therefore suffered the most casualties. The situation of the three legions is relatively better, each of which has no more than 10,000 casualties. Especially the two newly formed legions, from commanders to ordinary soldiers, their willpower is weaker. For them, the behavior of the Han army burning corpses was far more fearful than anger.
The three commanders unanimously rejected Alexander's proposal for a decisive battle with the Han army. They insisted that they could not stick to it and waited for Karakala's further orders. It is best to make peace with the Han.
To tell the truth, many Da Qin nobles did not agree with the means by which Karakala slaughtered Han merchants to anger the Han Dynasty. Although the products of the Han people earned countless gold and silver from Daqin, they also promoted the prosperity of Daqin provinces. This was a win-win situation, but it was destroyed by Caracalla. In the Han-Qin trade, these army commanders, including Alexander, actually benefited a lot.
In the past, because of Caracalla’s propaganda, these commanders thought that the Han army was just relying on the benefit of the soldiers, but it was actually vulnerable, but the battle yesterday gave them a new understanding. Therefore, apart from Alexander, the other commanders hope that the relationship between the two sides can be restored to the state before the war.
Seeing the other people cowering, Alexander stood up and said loudly: "Okay, you don't go, let's go by ourselves!"
The Macedonian Legion is always pretentious, and other people have long been uncomfortable, but because of the lack of strength, they dare not speak. Now, the Macedonian Army has suffered heavy casualties, and the three commanders have not paid much attention to them. The commander of the Mauritanian Legion, Baoshe said disdainfully: "Then let's fill up the wine here, and wait for the news of the lord's victory."
Das, the commander of the Dacia Legion, and Kotradu, the commander of the Cyrenaica Legion, laughed. Alexander was angry and walked away.
However, when Alexander returned to his barracks and saw the camp full of wounded soldiers, he was immediately discouraged. Now even if all the lightly wounded are included in the team, there are only more than 8,000 people, and even a decent phalanx of ten thousand people cannot be assembled. It is no different from the death of the Han army to challenge the Han army. Alexander had to force his vengeful anger and sent someone to report the situation here to Rome, asking for Caracalla's reinforcements. When Bosher and others learned of Alexander's actions, their contempt for the Macedonian Army became even more serious.
Getta also deployed two legions in Asia Minor, the Lusitania legion and the Petica legion. Both Lusitania and Petica were the westernmost provinces of the Qin Empire, facing Mauritania across the sea. The nobles here are basically Getta's supporters, and these two legions are also just formed by Getta.
Unlike other legions of the Great Qin Empire, Getta accepted Ju Yi's guidance when forming these two legions, and added many crossbowmen to the legions, the purpose of which is to deal with the windy light cavalry of the Han army.
Yesterday, although the Lusitania Army and the Petitka Army did not enter the battle, the commanders Risa and Oulich still sent a lot of detailed work, so they understood the entire battle. In this battle, the Han light cavalry was not found, and the Han infantry still completely maimed the majestic Macedonian legion, which also made Risa and Oulu deeply afraid. However, Getta gave them the task of taking advantage of Caracalla's battle with the Han army, and then taking advantage of the fishermen. They can continue to hide behind the scenes without worrying.
Qin Jun died here, and Zhang Yun did not move.
The soldiers of the Han army were busy all night, rescuing the wounded and cleaning the battlefield. Even the soldiers who were not involved in these tasks were also ready to guard against the Qin army's sneak attacks. It's dawn now, and Qin Jun hasn't moved, and they just seized the time to take a break. The defensive positions around the Han barracks were very strong, and it was difficult to carry out sneak attacks during the day. If the Qin army wanted to launch a strong attack, it would not be impossible to attack without ten times the force, and they could sleep peacefully.
Although he did not close his eyes overnight, Zhang Yun did not go to rest. He was visiting the wounded in the camp. In this battle, the Han army showed great power, but the casualties were also heavy. However, the situation of the wounded in the Han army was much better than that of the Qin army.
There are special medical soldiers in the Han army. These medical soldiers must also receive strict training. They can also take up swords and guns to fight, but their more important task is to treat the wounded. They have all received the training of Hua Tuo, a genius surgeon, and some of them are disciples who graduated from medical school. Under simple conditions, they can also treat wounded soldiers in time.
Of course, a group of seriously wounded people must still be sent to the rear. A temporary hospital has been built in the Dahan Concession of Parthia, where Zhang Ji and Hua Tuo's chief disciple Zhang Qing are there. If these severely wounded can be sent there as soon as possible, their hope of survival will be greater.
Zhang Xi came here to visit them, and to supervise the work of transporting the seriously wounded. He had just arrived outside the camp when he heard fierce quarrels coming from inside. Zhang Xi frowned, opened the door of the tent, and shouted in a deep voice: "Don't make any noise! The wounded need peace of mind, don't you know?"
A medical soldier said aggrievedly: "Tell General Zhang. This brother has broken an arm and has become a useless person. ."
This is a young school lieutenant, with a tall stature and a little bloodless face on his childish face. The whole left arm has been completely cut off, and the bandages are covered with blood. If such an injury is placed in another army, half of his life will be lost if he does not die, and this captain has been able to stand up, in addition to timely treatment, his strong physical fitness is also an important reason.
Zhang Xi secretly said "It's a pity", stepped forward, patted the captain's right shoulder, helped him to sit down, and nodded and said, "Little brother, you are on the battlefield like this. Not only can you not kill the enemy, but also It will drag down the other brothers. Listen to a certain advice from Zhang, go back to the concession first. Stay in the green hills, don’t be afraid that there will be no firewood, and if you have a good health, there will be opportunities in the future!"
The young captain did not expect that an all-powerful general would be so pleasant and approachable. He couldn't help but choked up and said: "The final general is shouldering the hope of family rejuvenation. I didn't expect to be injured like this the first time he went on the battlefield. After I go back, I have no face to face the ancestors and ancestors. Please give the army another chance, even if the battle is dead, the end general will not complain!"
Zhang Xi was taken aback, and asked, "What is your name?"
The captain's voice suddenly lowered: "Go back to the general, the last general Xiahouba."
"It turned out to be Xia Houyuan's son. As expected, the tiger father has no dogs." Zhang Yun couldn't help but looked at him up and down, nodded and said, "You should go and heal your wounds first. Don't worry."
When he was in Hejian that year, Zhang Yun and Liu Xin, Xu Huang, Zhang Fei and other seven people became brothers of different surnames, and they had a strong relationship with each other. Zhang Yun also knew that Xia Houba and Xia Houjuan were cousins. Now that Xiahouba suffered such a severe injury under his hands, it turned out to be disabled. Zhang Xi felt a little uneasy. He thought to himself that when he sees Liu Xin in the future, he must seek an official position for Xiahouba, or at least give him an official position. Get a county magistrate.
Who knows that Xiahouba seems to have guessed Zhang Yun's mind, and vigorously waved the intact right arm, and said loudly: "General, you must not let the end general retire! Although the end general has one arm missing, the end general can still Fight. After being injured at the end of yesterday, two people were also hacked to death. If you don't believe me, ask them!"
Xia Houba was too excited. When he said this, he affected the wound on his left arm, grinning with pain and cold sweat on his forehead.
When Zhang Xi saw this, he didn't dare to push too much, so he could only think: "Well, you can heal your wounds first, and when you get better, come to my side to be a protagonist. I will wait for my majesty to make decisions about future matters."
According to Dahan's military regulations, a severely disabled person like Xia Houba should be retired without special circumstances. Zhang Xi promised to let him stay first, and had done his best. With this arrangement, although Xiahouba had a lot less chance of going into battle, he could finally stay in the barracks.
Xiahouba was not stupid. He knew that as long as he could keep his military status, there would be a turning point. He promised and his mood stabilized.
After visiting the wounded soldier, Zhang Yun went back to the village to observe with a telescope. Qin Jun did not move, which made him somewhat confused.