"Four hundred and seventy-seven were killed and one thousand nine hundred and sixty-one wounded. Fifty-eight people are missing. Debriefing is over! The staff officer finished the latest statistics and looked excitedly at the commander-in-chief, General Ulysses.

A cheerful voice rang out in the big tent. Of course, this was not because the generals and overseers of the Eastern Romans were heartless, and the staff officers had reported the enemy's casualties, collected the corpses of 3,965 Serbian barbarians, and captured 2,124 prisoners. As for the Serbian barbarians who escaped with minor injuries, it is impossible to count, and the number of them is more than a thousand. This was already the biggest victory of the Eastern Romans in more than 100 years. The joy from the heart made it difficult for these generals and the superintendents.

Without waiting for General Ulysses to speak, the eunuch of the prison army said loudly: "If the casualties are less than 10%, our army can fight again!" ”

General Ulysses didn't smile, he turned to the Great Song instructor who was present, "Please also take care of the wounded." ”

"This is natural." The representative of the teaching team responded to the question, feeling a little kind to General Ulysses's actions. Wars are won by people, and Zhao Guanjia does not talk about this issue from the perspective of generalization. He believed that turning a blind eye to one's own casualties and only caring about one's own merits and rewards would only deprive the military of its human goodness. The glorious Great Song Army did not need such soldiers.

Based on this kind of military ethics and logic, after the battle is over and the battle situation is reported, the commander or the head of the school must personally go to the military hospital to inspect the situation. The institutionalized process made it clear that the commanders were not there to show prestige, let alone to receive cheers from wounded officers and soldiers. These officers are to pay attention to what help is needed in military hospitals that treat valiant wounded soldiers.

General Ulysses did not receive a military education from the Great Song Dynasty, but he knew to pay attention to the wounded first. This made the young polytechnic man feel quite cordial, and he was also quite emotional. Before arriving in Eastern Rome, the young man of the Great Song Polytechnic University felt that the medical system of the Great Song Dynasty was the best in the world. Of course, young people who have received a complete education in the city will think so, and the tertiary hospital system and socialized health and epidemic prevention propaganda in the Great Song Dynasty have given young people in the Great Song Dynasty the confidence to be confident.

After arriving in Eastern Rome, the young people of the Great Song Dynasty found that Eastern Rome was far inferior to the Great Song Dynasty in terms of medical theory, but the number of doctors in this country was not small, and there was also a professional hospital system. Completely different from other barbarian countries. After receiving training from the Great Song Dynasty, the Eastern Roman doctors were able to use tools such as gauze, anesthetics, and suture needles to perform battlefield treatments. Even blood transfusion techniques are not excluded. This surprised the men of the Great Song Institute of Technology.

Such a civilized country has been ravaged by barbarians for hundreds of years, thinking of the history of the Great Song Dynasty being oppressed by the barbarians in the north, the young people of the Great Song Dynasty were very emotional in their hearts, and added, "Please rest assured that the doctors of the Eastern Rome can take care of the wounded." ”

General Ulysses, who was an Eastern Roman, was less optimistic about the Eastern Roman doctors, but he didn't want to worry about that. Or maybe he really wanted to get rid of these considerations, if it weren't for the fact that his nephews and relatives were also wounded, if it weren't for the fact that he would be scolded by the clansmen of the war dead and wounded when he returned home, he really didn't want to think about them. Try to make yourself think about the war in front of you. General Ulysses asked his staff: "Has the messenger sent to Rome departed?" ”

"Let's go." The staff officer replied.

The eunuch asked, "Do you want to wait for the Western Roman reinforcements?" ”

"No, you don't." General Ulysses replied. After having been in contact with Da Song for so long, he also knew a lot about Da Song. The now powerful and beautiful Great Song Dynasty was also oppressed by the barbarians like Eastern Rome a few decades ago, and the Great Song Dynasty at that time had no one to turn to. The words of the Great Song Dynasty, 'Relying on the mountains and mountains, and relying on the rivers to dry' made General Ulysses agree very much.

People are independent first and then God helps, and the Western Roman Emperor Boyan is not a fool, so why should he be asked to bear the burden of fighting against the barbarians. General Ulysses believed that the Western Roman Empire would not sit idly by while the Western Roman Empire could deal with the barbarians with just a push of the boat.

"Continue to march tomorrow!" The general commanded.

The Eastern Roman camp was heavily guarded at night, but after all, it won two big games in a row. The general added four servings of cherry shochu to dinner. Now everyone in the army was excited. Eastern Rome is rich in olive oil, cherries and citrus. Ethiopian corned beef fried in olive oil tastes fragrant, with steamed buns steamed from Yuanguo wheat flour, one vegetable per person, and two citrus. With four servings of cherry shochu, the tension after the war was effectively relieved.

The science and engineering men of the Great Song Teaching Team did not drink freely this time, and many of them had to go to the hospital, and they were full of alcohol and blamed the doctors, and the moral training that the science and engineering men received made them reject this style. In other words, the polytechnic man who can do such a thing is not qualified to serve in the province of Europa, which is thousands of miles away. Everyone knows that this is a chore, and it is also a good salary and a relatively fast promotion channel. Ruffian people don't get a chance to get involved.

However, the argumentative habit of the polytechnic man could not be corrected, and a few guys in charge of the left-behind dispatch smelled the aroma of the camp and sighed that there were so many good things in Eastern Rome. Since the development of distillation technology by Zhao Guanjia in the Great Song Dynasty, distillation technology has developed rapidly under the huge demand. Industrial alcohol and brewing are the main sectors driving development.

The people of the Great Song Dynasty liked the wine made from grain wine and molasses, and were not interested in fruit wine. In the Eastern Romans, there was a lack of food and no natural conditions for growing sugar cane, and fruit wine was their favorite drink. The province of Europa didn't like that taste very much, so it developed distilled fruit wine using distillation technology. Cherry shochu produced in the Eastern Roman Empire, which is rich in cherries, has an excellent reputation in the Mediterranean.

In addition to alcohol and water, the components of cherry fruit wine include acetaldehyde, propanol, acetic acid, propionic acid, ethyl acetate, isobutanol, pentanol, succinic acid, ethylene glycol, etc. During distillation, some substances such as ethyl acetate and propanol are distilled and stored in the liquor as much as possible, and other substances such as acetaldehyde, pentanol, and furan-formaldehyde are minimized or separated to ensure the quality of cherry shochu.

Yang Sixian asked a question, "Do you think the Eastern Roman Emperor was a smart man?" ”

As the nephew of Yang Congrong, director of the Eastern European Department of the Great Song Dynasty, Yang Sixian did not hold a grudge because her aunt Yang Shufei lost her status. As a science and engineering man, between the little emperor of Chan Rang and Zhao Jiaren, who seized power, he firmly supported Zhao Jiaren. If the little emperor is still working, Yang Sixian himself is a relative of the emperor, and the reason for him to give up this fantasy is very materialistic. If Concubine Yang Shufei and the little emperor are in power, Yang Sixian will wait to be a slave to the country.

Sima Rong listened to this question and fell into thought. The Sima family has followed Zhao Jiaren since the deceased head of the family, Sima Kao, and has never considered any betrayal. Sima Rong originally thought that the emperor would continue to eliminate the rebels in the country, and the area under his direct control would become larger and larger, and he would probably be consumed by interests and act on his own. Unexpectedly, as long as it was a request made by the Great Song Dynasty Europa Province, the emperor would be very cooperative.

Cherry Shochu is a product of this collaboration. The Great Song Dynasty dominated the maritime power in the Eastern Mediterranean, and the Quadripartite Alliance sold grain to the Eastern Roman Empire at a fair price, but not for nothing. The Eastern Roman Empire was poor, and olive oil production was close to its peak, and it was still not enough to pay for the grain.

At that time, the Eastern European Division of the Great Song Dynasty asked the Eastern Roman Emperor and the Eastern European Division of the Great Song Dynasty to establish a joint venture distillery in the central city of the cherry-rich region. Pay for the goods with the cherry shochu produced. The emperor only sent eunuchs to supervise production, and other than that, he cooperated in full. It actually made up for the shortfall in the payment for imported grain.

Thinking of this, Sima Rong said hesitantly: "If this person is really so smart, why did he mix so badly before?" ”

From a factual point of view, this view is desirable. Yang Sixian smiled: "It's not our strength. ”

"If so, this emperor must be smart." Sima Rong is still not very confident in this judgment.

The help of the Great Song Dynasty was of course enormous, and Constantinople had been hit by so many plagues over the centuries that the Eastern Roman doctors were helpless. It was not until the arrival of the personnel of the Great Song Dynasty in Eastern Rome that a great change occurred.

After widespread vaccinia, smallpox did not occur for ten years, and cholera did not break out for seven or eight years. Now the son of General Ulysses, the commander of the army, has suffered from diphtheria, and after the treatment of Dr. Da Song, this terrible disease, which is almost certain to death, has also been cured. So much so that the Great Song doctors were considered to be God-blessed people in the upper echelons of Eastern Rome and were greatly respected.

So Sima Rong really can't think that the Eastern Roman Emperor is smart enough, really smart enough, how can he have half the ability of Zhao Guan's family. Thinking of this, Sima Rong continued: "The victory this time depends on the fact that the Eastern Romans have not been hungry for seven or eight years. The grain of the Yuan Kingdom is enough for them to eat. ”

Yang Sixian couldn't help but simplify the question, "If you want to say that, then the Ethiopian emperor also has credit!" ”

The Great Song province of Europa was the most powerful power in the Mediterranean, and the Egyptian rulers under the Mongol Empire were greedy but well acquainted. After receiving his share of the benefits, he did not make it difficult for the Great Song Dynasty fleet to pass through the Egyptian canal. Cherry shochu, olive oil, linen, soap, and handicrafts from the Eastern Romans were transported through the Egyptian Canal to the ports of the Ethiopian Empire in the southern part of the Red Sea, where cattle were slaughtered quickly and barrels of corned beef and hides were transported to the Eastern Roman Empire.

The frail bodies of the Eastern Roman citizens who could eat beef had grown much stronger after years of maintenance, and in this battle against the Serbian barbarians, their explosive and staying power was much better than that of the barbarians. The reason why they did not win a big victory was because they themselves did not have confidence, and the Eastern Romans had relied on mercenaries for the past one or two hundred years, and they lacked experience in using their own militias.

The two were chatting when the captain came in. "Don't think about it, go on a night watch." "I'm going to drive them away.

Of course, the two of them obeyed their fate, but after they came back, they were unwilling, so they found the captain, "Captain, do we think that what you said before did you think that our level of consideration was too low?" ”

The captain is also a man from science and engineering, and he knows everyone's habits. In addition, these two guys are the key training objects of the organization, so they simply taught the two of them a lesson.

The Mediterranean Sea is divided into east and west by the Italian peninsula. The Eastern Mediterranean is divided between four countries. The Mongol Empire occupied the eastern and southern shores of the East. To the west of the Eastern Mediterranean was the Western Roman Empire, which owned the Italian peninsula. The northern shore of the Eastern Mediterranean was divided between the province of Europa and the Eastern Roman Empire.

The province of Europa of the Great Song occupied central and southern Greece. The Eastern Roman Empire occupied most of the Anatolian Plateau east of the Bosballus Strait from the Eastern Mediterranean to the Black Sea, as well as the Thracian region west of the Bosballus, northern Greece, and most of the Balkans.

Heading north through the Bosbrus Strait into the Black Sea, entrenched on the western and northern shores of the Black Sea was the Yuan state, which nominally belonged to the Mongol Empire and in fact had full internal political autonomy.

"The Eastern Romans were so poor before, and the country was not united, which is certainly the reason. The greater reason was that the Eastern Rome could not afford to operate trade in the Eastern Mediterranean on its own. And the surrounding countries are not civilized enough to use money on a large scale. What was their previous currency? You tell me. ”

"It's gold and silver coins." Sima Rong immediately gave the answer.

"The number of gold and silver coins is small, and only a few people can use it. What are we using now? It's money delivery! The money is cheap, the currency value is low, and we have set up a lot of factories, so those workers who sell their labor can get the money. And the trade we lead has sufficient commodities circulating in the market, and commodities can be bought with money. The price is still very stable. What do you think this will bring? ”

"Boom!" Yang Sixian replied immediately.

"Not prosperity." The captain corrected.

"I think the Quadripartite Alliance is very prosperous." Yang thought asked.

"Think again. What is cause and what is effect. Tell me tomorrow. "After the captain finished speaking, he went to rest, and he will continue to march tomorrow. There is a problem with this, the seriously wounded of the wounded cannot move, and the lightly wounded, although they can also play a certain role in combat protection, cannot exert their full combat effectiveness. Therefore, a certain amount of troops must be left for protection.

From a military point of view, a tenth of a casualty on the battlefield will cause an army to collapse, but the victorious side will only suffer one-tenth of the casualties, and the army can fight again. However, leaving only 80 out of 10 of the army to continue fighting, the combat effectiveness will be significantly weakened. How to solve this problem still needs to be considered.

The next day, after deliberation, General Ulysses left two percent of his army stationed to guard the roads and the wounded. He took only eighty percent of his army, that is, sixteen thousand men, to continue the pursuit of the Serbian barbarians.

The two sides decided to go back and forth to explore the horses, and the main force set out from camp. Mighty set off towards the fortress of the Serbian barbarians. After two victories, the whole army was in high spirits, convinced that it could raze the fortress of the Serbian barbarians in one fell swoop and end the crusade.