In yesterday's battle, the Macedonian corps suffered the heaviest losses among the four legions sent by Caracalla, and half of the bodies burned by the Han army belonged to the Macedonian legion. Upon hearing this news, the soldiers of the Macedonian regiment were extremely angry.

The commander of the Macedonian legion was called Alexander, who is said to be a descendant of Alexander III, the king of the Macedonian kingdom during the ancient Greek period. Alexander was known for his bravery and quick temper in the Qin army, but because he himself had Macedonian blood in his veins, and all his soldiers were from Macedonia, he loved his soldiers very much.

Now, his soldiers not only suffered heavy casualties, but also their bones were burned clean by the Han Chinese, and Alexander was even more furious, shouting for revenge for the soldiers, and he wanted to raise troops to kill them now.

However, the commanders of the other three legions had a different view. The three legions were the Dacian Legion from northeastern Rome, the Cyrenaica Legion near Egypt, and the Mauritanian Legion from the southwestern shore of the Mediterranean. Among them, the Cyrenaica Regiment and the Mauritanian Regiment have just been formed.

In yesterday's battle, the Macedonian regiment fought the most bravely, and therefore suffered the greatest casualties. The situation of these three legions was relatively better, with no more than 10,000 casualties in each legion. Especially the two newly formed legions, from the commander to the ordinary soldiers, their willpower is a little weaker. For the Han army's burning of corpses, the element of fear far outweighed anger.

The three commanders unanimously rejected Alexander's offer to fight the Han army to the death, arguing that they would not be able to hold out, await further orders from Caracalla, preferably to make peace with the Han Chinese.

To tell the truth, Caracalla's method of massacring Han merchants to anger the Han Dynasty was not recognized by many Great Qin nobles. Although the goods of the Han people earned countless gold and silver from Daqin, they also promoted the prosperity of the provinces of Daqin, which was a win-win situation, but it was ruined by Caracalla. In the Han and Qin trade, these legion commanders, including Alexander, actually gained a lot of benefits.

In the past, because of Caracalla's propaganda, these commanders thought that the Han army was only relying on the advantages of armor and was actually vulnerable, but yesterday's battle gave them a new understanding. Therefore, with the exception of Alexander, the other commanders hoped that relations between the two sides would return to the state they had before the war.

Seeing that everyone else was cowering, Alexander stood up and said loudly: "Okay, you don't go, we'll go by ourselves!" ”

The Macedonian army usually looks arrogant, and the others have long been unaccustomed to it, but because of their lack of strength, they dare not speak out. Now, with the heavy casualties of the Macedonian legion, the three commanders did not pay much attention to them. The commander of the Mauritanian Legion, Bauscher, said disdainfully: "Then let's fill up the wine here and wait for the news of your victory." ”

Das, the commander of the Dacian Legion, and Kotra, the commander of the Cyrenaica Legion, both laughed. Alexander's face was full of anger and he brushed his sleeves away.

However, when Alexander returned to his barracks and saw a battalion full of wounded soldiers, he was immediately deflated. Now, even if all the lightly wounded are incorporated into the team, there are only more than 8,000 people, and they can't even assemble a decent phalanx of 10,000 people, and it is no different from sending them to death to challenge the Han army. Alexander had no choice but to press his vengeful anger and send someone to report the situation to Rome and ask for reinforcements from Caracalla. When Bausher and others learned of Alexander's actions, they became even more contemptuous of the Macedonian army.

Geeta also placed two legions in Asia Minor, the Lusitanian Legion and the Petica Legion. Lusitania and Petica were both the westernmost provinces of the Great Qin Empire, across the sea from Mauritania. The nobles here are basically supporters of Geta, and these two legions have also just been formed by Gaita.

Unlike the other legions of the Great Qin Empire, Gaita accepted Ju Yi's guidance when forming these two legions, adding many crossbowmen to the legions, the purpose of which was to deal with the light cavalry of the Han army.

Yesterday, although the Lusitanian and Petica regiments were not engaged in the battle, the commanders Risa and Euryke sent a lot of detailed work, so they understood the course of the whole campaign. In this battle, no Han light cavalry was found, and the Han infantry completely crippled the invincible Macedonian army, which also made Risa and Eurich fearful. However, the task given to them by Gaita was to collect the fisherman's profits while Caracalla was losing the battle with the Han army. They can continue to hide behind the scenes, but they don't have to worry.

The Qin army died down here, and Zhang He's side also stood still.

The soldiers of the Han army were busy all night, treating the wounded and cleaning the battlefield, and even the soldiers who did not participate in these tasks were also ready to guard against the sneak attack of the Qin army at any time. Now that it was dawn, there was no movement on the Qin army's side, and they just took the time to rest. The defensive positions around the Han army camp were very strong, and it was difficult to carry out a sneak attack during the day, and if the Qin army wanted to launch a strong attack, it would not be possible to attack without ten times the number of troops, and they could sleep peacefully and well.

Although he did not close his eyes all night, Zhang He did not go to rest, he was visiting the wounded in the tent. In this battle, the Han army fought majesticly, but the casualties were equally heavy. However, the condition of the wounded of the Han army was much better than that of the Qin army.

In the Han army, there were special medical soldiers, and these medical soldiers also had to undergo rigorous training, and they could also pick up swords and guns to fight, but their more important task was to treat the wounded. All of them had been trained by Hua Tuo, a surgeon, and some of them were disciples of medical school, so that they could treat wounded soldiers in a timely manner under rudimentary conditions.

Of course, a group of seriously wounded people still had to be sent to the rear, and a temporary hospital had been built in the Han concession of Parthia, where Zhang Ji and Zhang Qing, the chief disciple of Hua Tuo, were located. If these seriously wounded could be sent there sooner, their hopes of survival would be greater.

Zhang He came here to visit them and to supervise the work of transporting the seriously wounded. No sooner had he reached the outside of the tent than he heard a fierce quarrel coming from inside. Zhang He frowned, opened the tent door, and shouted in a deep voice: "Don't make any noise!" Don't you know that the wounded need to recuperate in peace? ”

A medical soldier said aggrievedly: "General Qiqi Zhang, this brother has broken an arm and has become a waste, but he refuses to go to the rear for treatment, insists on going to the battlefield, does not listen to the persuasion of the people, just quarrels endlessly. ”

It was a young lieutenant, tall, with a slightly childish face that was bloodless, his entire left arm had been completely severed, and the bandage was covered in blood. If such an injury is placed in other armies, if you don't die, you will lose half of your life, and this captain has been able to stand up, in addition to timely treatment, his strong physical fitness is also an important reason.

Zhang He secretly said "It's a pity", stepped forward, patted the captain's right shoulder, helped him sit down, and said with his chin bowed: "Little brother, you are on the battlefield like this, not only can you not kill the enemy, but also drag down other brothers." Listen to Zhang's advice, let's go back to the concession first. Stay in the green mountains, don't be afraid of no firewood, take care of your body, and there will be opportunities in the future! ”

The young lieutenant didn't expect a commanding general to be so pleasant and approachable, so he couldn't help choking up and said: "The last general shoulders the hope of family rejuvenation, but I didn't expect to be injured like this when I first went to the battlefield, and I have no shame to face the ancestors and ancestors when I go back." Please ask the general to give the last general another chance, even if he dies in battle, the last general will never complain! ”

Zhang He was stunned for a moment and asked, "What's your name?" ”

The captain's voice suddenly lowered: "General Hui, the last general Xiahou Ba." ”

"It turned out to be Xiahou Yuan's son, and sure enough, the tiger father has no dog." Zhang He couldn't help but look him up and down again, nodded and said, "You go to recuperate with peace of mind first, I will play your affairs with Your Majesty, and I will definitely arrange it well, you can rest assured." ”

When he was in Hejian back then, Zhang He and Liu Xin, Xu Huang, Zhang Fei and other seven people became brothers with different surnames, and they had a very strong relationship with each other, and Zhang He also knew that Xiahou Ba and Xiahou Juan were cousins. Now that Xiahou Ba was so seriously injured under his men that he became a cripple, Zhang He suddenly felt a little uneasy, and secretly thought that when he saw Liu Xin in the future, he must ask for an official position for Xiahou Ba, at least he must get a county order to be a pawn.

Who knew that Xiahou Ba seemed to have guessed Zhang He's thoughts, waved his intact right arm vigorously, and said loudly: "General, don't let the last general retire!" Although the last general is missing an arm, the last general can still fight. After the general was injured yesterday, he hacked two people to death, don't believe you ask them! ”

Xiahou Ba was too excited, and when he said this, he touched the wound on his left arm, grinning in pain, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

Seeing this, Zhang He didn't dare to push too much, so he had to groan: "In this way, you can recuperate from your injuries first, and when your injuries are healed, come to my side to be a personal companion." The future matters will be decided by me when Your Majesty is clear. ”

According to the military regulations of the Han Dynasty, a severely disabled person like Xiahou Ba should be retired without special circumstances, and Zhang He promised to let him stay first, and he had done his best. With this arrangement, although Xiahou Ba had a lot fewer opportunities to go into battle, he could finally stay in the barracks.

Xiahou Ba is not stupid, he knows that as long as he can keep his military status, there will be a turnaround, and he even promised to make a promise, and his mood has stabilized.

After Zhang He visited the wounded soldiers, he returned to the village and took a clairvoyant mirror to observe, but the Qin army did not move, which made him somewhat confused about the situation.