God Three Group Chat: Three Kingdoms

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Xu Shu, who was being stared at by Cao Anmin, put down the battle report in his hand and coughed a little awkwardly.

As one of the few main legion commanders present, the legion he led had the worst record, or in other words, it basically had no battle record.

They were either deterring the enemy or on their way to deterring the enemy, and had never launched a real attack.

On the one hand, due to the special nature of the legion, if one is not careful, the losses may be greater than the results of the battle.

On the other hand, it was also because of the existence of Lu Jun that the focus of the battlefield shifted to strategy rather than tactics.

However, this cannot conceal his current situation on the battlefield, which is indeed somewhat negative in the eyes of those who are not aware of the situation.

Ma Chao, who was almost falling asleep, did not think there was anything wrong with his battle record. Instead, he felt it was natural and even a bit of a disadvantage.

With three Parthian cavalry units, their numbers were similar to those of the Roman army, and the casualties they incurred were also similar.

Parthia lost more than 4,000 cavalrymen, the Han Empire also lost nearly 1,000, and of course Rome also paid a heavy price.

The Seventh Eagle Flag lost more than half of its troops, and the auxiliary corps collapsed directly. The exact amount of casualties cannot be judged by looking at the remaining size.

It can be said that after a series of wars, the Han Empire's army, which was originally quite large in size, has now been reduced in number.

"If we don't count the seriously wounded, the number of our soldiers who died on the battlefield is nearly eight thousand..." Sima Yi, who focused his attention and mental energy on the current situation, looked at the battle report compiled by everyone after statistics, and the corners of his mouth twitched unconsciously.

The brilliant results of the war cannot cover up the huge losses.

The Han Empire troops that went to Parthia were all elite without exception.

Now, after just a series of wars, we have lost so much. How can we not feel heartbroken?

If this happened in China, for ordinary princes, the loss of so many elite troops would be more than just a loss of life.

Do those noble families who want to expand their territory have enough strength and capital to fight for it?
An empire-level battlefield is indeed not a place where normal people can participate.

However, such losses are only the death toll. If the number of seriously injured and mildly injured is included, for Sima Yi.

This means that 20% of the entire army’s troops are no longer able to exert their combat effectiveness.

Even if after this series of wars, the remaining 80% of the troops are enough to exert the combat effectiveness of the previous 100% troops, the lost personnel can never be replaced.

"Our army's losses are still within our tolerable range, but the losses between Parthia and the Roman Empire are much greater than ours..." Seeing Sima Yi raise this question, Xu Shu gave an explanation on the spot, also to cover up the previous embarrassing situation.

Needless to say, the Parthian army was divided into two groups, with a total of nearly 200,000 troops. However, the number of troops that Parthia was able to successfully withdraw to the east of the Euphrates River was only a little over 100,000.

Apart from the losses caused by the war of public order and the personnel left behind, the army lost by Parthia in this regard was basically ten times that of the Han Empire. In just two or three months, they suffered tens of thousands of casualties, and even the elite troops lost a small half of them. In this situation, they were able to hold on and fight with a rather optimistic attitude, which was considered to be extremely resolute.

The Han Empire and the Parthian Empire suffered such casualties, and Rome, as its enemy, was naturally not much better off.

The total loss of the Eagle Flag Legion, including the Thirteen Roses, exceeded 20,000 soldiers. As for the loss of auxiliary troops, the number is countless.

In addition to the losses of regular combat troops, there was also a large loss of food, civilian economy and crops, which was also a very large number for the Roman Empire.

It can be said that if other Roman regions did not transport grain to the eastern provinces, the food in the eastern provinces would not be enough to support the Roman legions for a year, let alone another year.

At least facing the Parthian Empire at that time, even Ganasis and Usnafaso could not defeat the Parthian Legion due to insufficient number and strength of the army.

If the royal family of the Parthian Empire was still an object at the mercy of the Roman Empire, then Vologases V at this time, even without the help of the Han Empire, already had the strength and capital to talk to the Roman border dukes.

It was this change in power that made the Roman Empire and the Parthian Empire feel more dissatisfied and unhappy when looking at each other.

However, even so, both Rome and Parthia were thinking of reorganizing their domestic situation before killing the other side.

Based on this idea, Rome and the Parthian Empire, under the witness of the Han Empire, signed a new treaty on the Euphrates River, an armistice treaty that seemed quite fair.

At least in the eyes of the Han Empire, this armistice treaty, which neither ceded land nor paid monetary compensation, was indeed quite fair.

We will have to fight anyway, and we will fight after we have reorganized our domestic situation. So the content of the treaty at this time is actually not important at all. It is enough to give each other time to reorganize.

As to whether the Roman Empire would complete its internal reorganization first, or the Parthian Empire would complete the unification of the seven nobles first, the people of the Han Empire were not clear.

After all, it is the opacity and lack of information that makes it difficult for even these wise and intelligent people to see the truth.

However, it was precisely because of the signing of the treaty that the Han Empire army led by Sima Yi began to retreat further, gradually leaving the governance scope of the Euphrates River and moving further eastward.

During this process, Sima Yi also wrote down the causes, consequences and summary of the war, and sent people to send these things back to Chang'an at full speed.

It can be said that Sima Yi, who had been busy for a long time, once again set foot on the land of the Parthian Empire with his own feet. Even someone as calm and patient as Sima Yi could not help but smile.

In addition to relaxation, there is also a sense of accomplishment and gain that comes from wisdom.

It can be said that without the extra help of Lu Jun, the method chosen by Sima Yi was also the normal method of letter delivery. At least the corresponding letters had to reach the Pamir region, and then with the help of the relevant intelligence information system in the Pamir region, the corresponding items would be sent to Chang'an.

Relying on the complete initial process and summary report, Sima Yi believed that the growth of everyone's abilities and what he saw and did would definitely be refreshing to those who wanted to get out.

However, Sima Yi, who couldn't grasp Chen Xi's mentality, finally acted cautiously...

(End of this chapter)