The whole team didn't actually stop completely, but slowed down in marching. Sacrum stopped at a mountain bag on the side of the road, pulled out a map, and called a staff officer to start planning.

The formation of the staff team is the meaning of sacrum. Sacrum is not a fool, and of course knows that in many ways, the superiority of the Han military system is unquestionable. Especially the setup of this staff.

However, as I said before, the General Staff Department is a department that needs a strong background and a sound education system in order to play well, and when the General Staff does not dare to exercise the right of veto, and the quality of the staff officers is uneven, the role of the staff officers is actually not much different from that of those pro-soldiers.

A large part of his staff officers were friends he had made when he was studying in Rome, as well as officers or staff officers selected from the divisional and corps divisional and corps regimental divisions of the Otsuki Prefecture Second Legion, all of whom had been killed because they refused to obey.

In fact, the quality of these staff officers is really not flattering, and many of them don't even know how to make basic sand tables and annotate maps, let alone how to make campaign plans. I only know that there may be a problem here, and there are trivial things such as the need to replenish weapons, and it is irrelevant.

In this group of people, Prometheus's presence is highlighted. After all, he was a regular Roman officer, and the teaching content of Roman officers was largely the same as that of the Han army. That's why Prometheus is enjoying staying here more and more.

"Bailey, I think as long as we send people to guard these two points, we can reach Luntai City safely. Once they occupied Luntai City, the Han army attacking the Donating Legion was tantamount to losing their support and retreat, and they had no other way but to surrender! Prometheus said confidently.

"Well, Lord Prometheus, you're right." Sacrum agreed.

Murdoch Zan is not a professional staff officer. However, he can also read the map, and he has some command experience. But he still couldn't help but want to say a nonsense, the two points that Prometheus said, the amateur staff officers of Fang Cai also pointed out, but Sacrum did not say so.

After all, it was a matter of life and death, and Murdoch couldn't help but say: "Your Highness, such an obvious tactical mistake, I think we still have to be cautious." You can't listen to one person! ”

Prometheus immediately straightened his face and said in a deep voice: "Your Excellency, what do you mean by this? ”

Murdoch praised: "I don't mean anything else. It's just that our opponent is Yigong of the Han Empire, a dignified duke, and a marshal of the Han Empire. He has fought no less battles than we have, and such obvious tactical mistakes are impossible in his previous battles......"

"The great Marshal Hannibal did not dare to say that he had won every battle, so could he not make a mistake with Marshal Yigong of the Great Han? Absurd! Prometheus immediately retorted.

Murdoch gritted his teeth. continued: "Your Highness, I just think we should be a little more cautious. Or wait until the fourth prince launches our attack. After all, the appointed time is tomorrow......"

"Your Excellency, do you mean that our eldest prince is not as good as the fourth prince? Or do you think our Redcoat God of War, His Excellency Rovinis, is better than me...... Our eldest prince is still better? Prometheus retorted again. This time he was self-aware, and he didn't compare himself to Rovinis, which was not at the same level at all.

Murdoxan finally couldn't help it and shouted, "Lord Prometheus, watch your words. Referring to the deer as a man, it was made by the eunuchs. ”

Murdoch, who has always been a little silent, burst out. Prometheus was stunned on the spot. Also, so far-fetched, it's no wonder that Murdoch is angry. Everyone knows that the relationship between the eldest prince and the fourth prince is not harmonious, and Prometheus mentions it very easily, so that Sacrum is estranged from him Murdochzan. This is a fatal thing in the political struggle in the East. The clay figurines have three points of fire, not to mention Murdokezan who dares to create an anti-Han Empire!

"Alright, Captain, I know what you mean." "No matter what, we now have a common enemy, and that is the Great Han!" The Fourth Prince will launch it tomorrow, but wouldn't it be better if our side could break through Luntai City tonight? The royal army is the army that the father relies on the most, and it is enough to be cautious.

In this way, the order of our army was transmitted, and the front division advanced quickly, occupying the three bridges of the Dylan River, the middle division was on the left, blocking the return of the Han army, and the cavalry division made every effort to respond to the middle division. Later, the division crossed the river from Maokai and advanced along the Tarim River to support the middle division at any time. ”

The military order has been given, and Murdoch can only take the order. Prometheus snorted twice, but he didn't provoke the rebellious fierce man again.

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At night, the Tarim River valley outside Luntai City still shook the sky.

The second battle of the Tarim River valley between the Han and the Yue clan suddenly happened today. Neither of the warring sides was prepared for a decisive battle, but after the siege broke through the camp of the Ili Legion, everything rolled in an unpredictable direction.

However, for the Han army, this should be a good thing. Speaking of emergency response on the battlefield, do the Yueshi people have generals who are stronger than Marshal Yigong of the Great Han Dynasty? Apparently not.

Yigong's measures are also timely. The interval between each wave of attacks is not too long, and the coordination of reinforcements and forward troops has changed from the initial jerky to skillful. Originally, after nightfall, the battlefield should have been temporarily separated, after all, night battles are not suitable for the army of this era. No matter how advanced the Han is, it is only an army in the era of cold weapons.

But today is September 16th!

The moon is 15 and 16 round, and the weather today is surprisingly good. There were no clouds in the dark sky, and the large and bright full moon was like an oversized street lamp, illuminating everything in the valley.

The people of the Moon Clan believe in the full moon, of course, five hundred years ago. Now that the Yueshi has just begun, the totem of the moon has not yet penetrated into the hearts of the people. Therefore, the Yueshi soldiers who bathed in the light of the moon did not suddenly transform and became Super Saiyans. They're still fighting.

There is no doubt about the attack ability of the Han people, but there are no too advantageous means of attack in the moonlight, except for bed crossbows and stone throwers, they can't change any tricks. In the evening, a cavalry of the Donating Legion suddenly penetrated the Han army's catapult camp, and destroyed the 25 heavy stone throwers accumulated by the Han army at the cost of all the deaths, and the current Han army does not have too many weapons that can directly threaten the camp of the Donor Legion.

This counterattack also made the generals of the middle division of the First Army of Ganzhou understand that the night was not only protecting the Han army, but also protecting the Yueshi people. Therefore, the middle division had to shrink the defensive line and minimize the places that could be broken through by the Yue's cavalry.

But actually. There are not many cavalry left in the Yue's Donation Legion.

According to the normal establishment, the Ili Legion and the Donating Legion each had a cavalry division, and there was also a camel team, but the camel team was still responsible for carrying grain and grass in Wusu and did not pull it up. And the two cavalry divisions, the Ili Legion had already run away - many cavalry did not even ride on horses, and the stable stables and stables were broken by the Han army that broke through - after the afternoon battle, the loss of the Donor Legion was also very serious, and more than 4,000 people fell on the battlefield. And the cavalry that destroyed the Han army's stone thrower at night was the donor of the army Qin Si. Abbas's Guards Cavalry Division. Now the cavalry that the Donor Legion can muster is no more than 2,000 cavalry! This is the last breakout force. Of course, it can't be sent to the battlefield again!

On the Han side, the 1st Army Corps of Ganzhou was a pure infantry division, and only the cavalry department temporarily formed by the reconnaissance scout cavalry, and in the afternoon battle, they played well. It has blocked and intercepted countless intrusions and intersperses of the Yueshi cavalry, but it has also suffered serious losses of its own. Almost all of them were wounded. Unable to fight again.

So now whether it is the Han army or the Yueshi army. Both sides are infantry entangled.

Six of the battalions of the Donation Legion have been captured, and the Donation Legion of the thirteen miles of the company camp is now less than seven miles, and there are still seventeen camps left. The only thing to be thankful for is that their logistics camp is placed relatively in the middle and rear parts, and it was not taken off at the first time, so the weapons and food and grass can still be supported.

The only thing to worry about is. In an afternoon of fierce fighting, the number of Yue Clan's casualties was as high as 8,000! The biggest loss of them was the cavalry that raided the Han army's catapult camp, and none of them returned! All 4,000 people were besieged by the Han army and executed! The corpses were carried by the Han army to the camp held by the Yue clan and used as a stepping stone to cover or fill in the ravines! Yue's wounded soldiers are also very numerous, in seventeen battalions. There were more than a thousand wounded soldiers in each battalion, and no less than 700 of them were seriously wounded, that is, about 7,000!

In just one afternoon, the battle losses of the Yueshi Donation Legion were as high as 15,000 people, and the 35,000 army fought nearly a third. This is already the maximum limit that the army can withstand in the Cold Weapon Era, and if it approaches the 20,000 mark, the Yueshi soldiers are bound to collapse!

Speaking of which, in fact, the losses of the Ili Legion were much less than those of the Donor Legion. Because it was a rout, and the Han army did not have cavalry to pursue and cover the kill, the battle losses of the Ili army would not exceed 5,000 people. It's just that the defeated army has been discouraged, and it will take a lot of time to get together and fight again.

"Your Highness, break through?! If you continue to fight like this, the Donor Legion will be gone. A staff officer said to Qin Xi with a bitter face.

Qin Xi sat behind the handsome case, his upper body naked, a deep and visible knife wound on his shoulder blade was gushing blood, and there were arrow wounds on his back and lower abdomen, and a medical officer was sweating profusely to bandage him.

Qin Xi bit the strip of cotton cloth in his mouth, endured the pain and asked the medical officer to treat the wound, then spit out the strip of cloth, and scolded when he opened his mouth: "Damn, the Han people are really brave!" Happy, happy! If I hadn't dodged this arrow in the lower abdomen quickly and the abdominal armor was also powerful, it would have been shot through by the major of the Han Army! As he spoke, he glared at the staff officer and opened his mouth that was still foaming with blood: "Hehe, what are you crying about?" Prince Ben isn't dead yet! Our Yue's men, all of whom are warriors, how can we be afraid of the Han people?! Today, Prince Ben personally shot and killed six captain-level officers and one major in the Han Army, and killed 14 lieutenants and 9 colonels. Hahaha! ”

The staff officer had a bitter face, but at this moment he had to put on a smile, and said extremely ugly: "The third prince is brave and unparalleled, and he is powerful!" It's just that the soldiers below are full of complaints, and the wounded soldiers can't stop wailing, so if it goes on like this, it will definitely cause turmoil in the hearts of the army......"

Qin Xi said: "Then gather all the wounded soldiers who only know how to wail and kill them all if necessary." Save it to sound annoying! ”

"Huh?" The staff officer was stupid on the spot, he never expected to hear his boss say this, if he really killed him, wouldn't it chill the hearts of the army?

But Qin Xi did not hesitate: "That's it." Big brother must have already sent reinforcements, as long as he holds on for one more night. For the rise of the Yue Clan, what is the death of thousands of people? Just when they are loyal to the country, it is enough to let the Privy Council pay more after the war...... In addition, don't patronize the funeral with my mother, tell me, how many Han army heads were killed today?! ”

At this time, the staff officer was completely out of line, and he didn't have any hard training on his face, but indifferently opened the roster in his hand. "Oh, according to the statistics of the battalions, by now, the Han army has lost at least four thousand killed and more than two thousand wounded......"

"Great!" Qin Xi slapped his thigh, but pulled the abdominal wound, and immediately grinned, but he still couldn't stop laughing: "Okay, it seems that the middle division of the Han army in front of him is estimated to be crippled, and at most there are only 10,000 people left." Let the soldiers hold it well. After the war, there are many rewards! ”

The staff officer saluted lightly and withdrew from the tent. Fifteen thousand casualties were exchanged for 6,000 Han troops, which is okay? After this incident, this staff officer can be regarded as seeing through the essence of Qin Si, this is a bastard who treats human life like a mustard! This kind of life must be a hero in troubled times. But it's not the one who can achieve great things in the end! If he didn't have such a father and brother, huh. It is not surprising that people were hacked to death on the streets.

With the departure of this staff officer. Few people remember Qin Si's martial bravery, but his brutality has been widely spread, until a hundred years later, in folklore, Qin Si is still regarded as a demon and fierce god, the kind of person who will be suppressed and defeated forever.

Of course. That's an afterword. At the time, Qin's brutality did not help the Han army's offensive in any way. On the contrary, it made the Yueshi people desperate!

Why?

Because the Han army executes the counterinsurgency order, anyone who picks up a knife or gun is a rebel and a traitor, and they will be killed! The Yue's cavalry that had just stormed the Han army's catapult camp. In fact, there were thousands of people who survived, but all of them were executed without exception - the Great Han did not need to be captured by the rebels! This practice made the Yueshi soldiers of the Donation Legion realize that even if they surrendered, they would die, but if they fought hard, they might still be able to win, after all, there was still a strongest army of the royal capital that would arrive at any time!

Cen Sheng, the commander of the middle division of the Ganzhou First Army, did not have time to take into account the feelings of the Yue rebels at this moment. He only knew that the middle division was also under great pressure from casualties.

The staff officers of the Han army were much more professional than those temporary staff officers of the Yue clan, and in only a quarter of an hour, Cen Sheng got the clearest casualty report.

"The whole division lost 3,794 killed and 1,890 seriously wounded, and minor injuries are not counted. At present, the combat strength of the division is only 8,921.

Among them, the first town suffered the largest casualties, and the organization was already incomplete, and less than half of the two brigades of the first town remained, and the other brigade also suffered a lot of casualties, and has now returned to Shanshan City to rest.

The second and third towns suffered no small casualties, but they could barely fight again.

The cavalry of the Caiyue clan also suffered more than 200 casualties, and the stone throwers were completely destroyed, and the rebuilding needed to transport materials from Shanshan City, and four more stone throwers could barely be repaired tonight. ”

From this point of view, the Yue's battle report is still true and not exaggerated.

Cen Sheng frowned and said, "Send the report to the marshal Xingyuan and ask for reinforcements." In addition, let the second town slow first, don't rush, and send two troops to support the third town. In addition, the third town tried to make a detour to the left flank, and tried to open up communication with the front division as soon as possible. ”

"Whoa." The staff officer thought for a moment and asked again, "Do you want to send a copy of the report to the palace marshal as well?" ”

Cen Sheng snorted coldly and said, "No need. Situ Gong is still commanding the former division, so as not to cause chaos to the palace marshal. ”

"Whoa." The staff officer didn't say anything more, and bowed back.

Cen Sheng thought for a while, and called a staff officer again: "You personally go to the marshal's trip, saying that our division has done its best, and now it is unable to attack again, if there is no reinforcement, please allow our division to withdraw to Luntai City." ”

The staff officer was stunned for a moment and said, "Senior commander, I'm afraid it's not appropriate to retreat at this time, right?" ”

Cen Sheng said: "What's wrong? My division is only 15,000 people, and now 6,000 is not enough? Besides, I didn't say that I would definitely retreat, as long as the marshal was willing to send reinforcements! ”

This staff officer is one of Cen Sheng's henchmen, and after thinking about it carefully, he understands that the commander who dares to love himself does not really want to withdraw, but wants to take the opportunity to ask for more troops. This battle was fought so badly, it is estimated that there are not a few people left in the front division and the rear division, and now that the middle division has more people, won't he be more confident in speaking in the future? Then Situ Gong is just lucky, maybe Master Cen can also sit in the position of the palace marshal!

Thinking of this, the staff officer immediately happily ran to the marshal to report the funeral.

Yi Gong received a request for reinforcements from the middle division, and he didn't think too much about it, so he drew a brigade from the personal guard division directly under the marshal to reinforce Cen Sheng. The military order given was: be sure to block the north bank of the Tarim River, and if you are unable to attack, you can postpone it. However, it is necessary to cooperate with the front and rear divisions to eat the Donor Legion. At the same time, the military order also showed that in the early morning, the second corps of the Che Division would also send a division of men and horses to reinforce it.

It's not that Yigong doesn't understand the little abacus of these people underneath, but he really can't care about dealing with these trivial matters now. Although Situ Gong was the commander of the palace, he had limited experience in commanding large corps battles, and it was really disappointing to see that he personally sat in the front division and the rear division, attacked the flank of the Donor Legion twice in a row, but only won two battalions.

When Situ Gong's detailed battle report came, Yigong knew that Situ Gong was still directing the operation with the vision he had when he was the brigade commander, and the scale of the troops sent was too small, and there was too little cooperation and strategy, so it was extremely difficult to break through. For this reason, Yigong had to send his trusted Wu Chuan to the former division to give advice to Situ Gong.

The trap guards have withdrawn and are resting, and will rush to Yanqi in an hour. On the other side, the advance of the Wangdu army was not fast, and I am afraid that it would not be until the second half of the night to reach the battlefield of confrontation with the Han army. Although Yigong wanted to use himself as bait, the bait was not sent to death, and he had to personally inquire about the defense of Luntai City, which was too busy. (To be continued......)