God Three Group Chat: Three Kingdoms

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Completely unaware that his good intentions had been misunderstood, Perennis quickly gathered all the troops that had attacked the Han army, then took a headcount. He ultimately left the heavily damaged troops to rest in place, while the other troops continued their pursuit.

Having finally won this war, we must seize the corresponding rivers to prevent the Han Empire's army and the Parthian army from relying on the rivers for another blocking battle. If that were to happen, who knows how long the fighting would go on.

It can be said that among the troops left behind this time, the Second Trajan's Legion and the Ninth Spanish Legion were the legions that needed to stay.

Although Camillo was furious, considering the number of men left in his army, he could only helplessly accept reality.

A full-strength legion of 6,000 men, and a full-strength three-talent legion at that, has been reduced to just over 2,000 men by now. This is a devastating blow to Second Trajan, who already struggles to replenish his ranks.

As for Tachito of the Ninth Spanish Legion, his performance was even worse than Camillo's. He started by charging without any initial steps and directly engaged the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry in full combat. The Spanish Legion, which had no intention of retreating, together with the Emperor's Guard and the Lark Legion that arrived later, wiped out nearly 5,000 Tiger and Leopard Cavalry. It can be said that the results were very significant.

However, the continuous fighting in the early stages, as well as the weaknesses exposed on the flanks later, were seized upon by Xu Shu, who launched a forced attack. The terrifying impact and penetrating power of the armored cavalry with their lances directly pierced through the Ninth Spanish Pass.

The Ninth Spanish Legion, which originally numbered less than 5,000 men, was reduced to less than 1,000, so its losses were only slightly less than those of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry.

"Damn it, that cavalry is a real nuisance!" Lying on his wounded bed, his upper body wrapped in bandages, Tacitus endured the pain and complained about the cavalry with their lances and armor, which had forced their way in from the flank against the Emperor's Guard.

Despite the loss of hundreds of men, they were determined to attack their flank, leaving Tachito speechless for a moment.

It's not like their Spanish legions inflicted heavy losses on the cavalry with their lances; if they're so capable, why don't they go fight the Emperor's Guard?

Camillo, whose legs were wrapped in bandages, listened to Tachitto's resentment and felt that his own resentment could not be dispelled either.

I thought this was an expedition against the Parthian Empire to continue their past glory, but the battle turned out so badly that the Thirtieth Legion will probably laugh at us.

"You're alright, at least you can still farm, much better than me..." There weren't many people in the tent to begin with, and after thinking for a moment, Camille still comforted Tacito.

Faced with this consolation, Tachito looked somewhat embarrassed and then shook his head.

"What's wrong with you?" Camillo asked, looking puzzled by Camillo's expression.

“The Spanish Legion can’t replenish its troops in a short time. Even if we bring in reserves from the Spanish provinces, it will take at least a month. And even if we do bring in reserves, it’s questionable whether we can restore the Legion to its proper structure. The losses are too severe…” Tacito sighed and said helplessly, “If we were like the First Auxiliary, we wouldn’t be in such a predicament.”

The First Auxiliary Legion has a whole legion of reserve troops, which is truly enviable.

Camillo, who had intended to continue comforting Tachibana, suddenly fell silent.

A regular Eagle Standard Army would be considered wealthy if it had a thousand reserve soldiers, but the Spanish Army was already considering filling its ranks to full strength through its reserves.

Is this the same legion? Is this still the same imperial treatment? After thinking about his own legion's reserve force of less than a thousand men, Camillo instantly lost the will to continue comforting the other party.

Just as Camillo remained silent, another wounded soldier was carried in from outside the tent: Kirby of the Third Army.

“Well, one war has forced three Eagle Banner Legions to recuperate. It seems this war is quite different from what we imagined.” Looking at Kirby, Tachito’s words became much heavier.

The fact that both the Roman Third and Second Legions suffered heavy losses in this war is enough to illustrate the problem.

Moreover, apart from those three legions, the other elite legions of the Roman Empire suffered losses to varying degrees.

Conservative estimates suggest that they lost close to 20,000 elite Roman citizens that night.

For the Roman Empire, which had experienced so many wars, such a level of sacrifice was something it had not experienced for many years.

As for the losses of the barbarian legions, neither Camillo nor Tachito, who were present, both made any calculations.

In contrast to Camillo and Tachitto, who were still in good spirits, Kirby, who was directly rammed by cavalry, was seriously injured, except that his mental state was better. Fortunately, he had the physical ability to release internal energy from his body, which prevented him from dying on the battlefield.

On the other hand, Ma Chao and his men, who retreated along the outer edge, also harassed the Roman Empire's advance to some extent, while maintaining a greater distance to reduce the intensity and attitude of the war between the two sides.

One of the most important reasons is that the losses suffered by Ma Chao and others were actually quite high.

Two Parthian legions and three Han Empire legions, a marching force of over 24,000 men, have now dwindled to less than 18,000.

The relatively well-organized Xu Huang and Wei Yan led the heavily damaged Ardashir Legion, followed by the relatively heavily damaged Ma Chao Legion and the Parthian Rangers Legion, which suffered fewer casualties.

Whether it was the Ardashir Legion, which suffered more than half its losses, or the Ma Chao Legion, which also suffered nearly half its losses, it meant that this force had lost a very important cavalry assault force and frontal combat capability.

The situation was not much better for the Han Empire's army, which was retreating under Sima Yi's command.

"The Parthian army I commanded was basically all caught up in the chaos; only a handful of the tens of thousands of soldiers were able to keep up..." Sima Yi's expression was not very friendly, but he couldn't find a target to blame.

He was able to maintain a good retreat rate and keep his army at a decent size by commanding both the Han Empire's army and the Parthian army.

As a result, the Parthian army under Farssasan began to retreat, leaving Atoimenis to lead the Parthian army to cover the rear. Surprisingly, the part of the Parthian army under Atoimenis also chose to cover the rear.

This caused Sima Yi, who had already devoted a great deal of effort to the project, to feel a sense of unease.

This armed force clearly had greater uses and could better represent a post-war identity, but now seven or eight out of ten have been lost… (End of Chapter)