But it is also very dangerous now. If Zhang Ren falls from his horse, falls to the ground and cannot get up, the Romans will rush out directly. The opponent will leave, but they will definitely keep an eye on this place.
"Retreat to the camp quickly." Zhang Ren said to Ji Ling in a hoarse voice, "Do your best to assist the legion in retreating, don't delay, I won't be able to hold on for long, my meridians are seriously damaged."
Hearing this, Ji Ling asked the Zhong base camp to quickly clean up the battlefield, and quickly retreated with Zhang Ren and Gao Lan. Africanas, who had sent people to watch this scene, was sure that Zhang Ren was not dead yet, so he did not
If the pursuit continues, Zhang Ren's life or death will depend on Anulinus's judgment.
"The other party retreated?" Anulinus asked, looking at Africanas.
"Can't you..." Filippo looked at Anulinus's expression and felt a little worried. Filippo also vaguely saw Anulinus looking at the guards of the Second Eagle Banner Corps.
eyes.
Africanas also had a solemn look on his face. In fact, both Filippo and Anulinus realized a problem, which was the hidden danger that the Second Eagle Banner Corps had after the number of elite barbarians increased.
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Unlike the Fourth Eagle Legion, the Scythians and Macedonians of the Fourth Eagle Legion were bathed in the honor of Rome and admitted that they were fighting for the honor of Rome.
But the barbarian guards under Anullinus had a big problem. Africanas had not noticed this before, but this time, facing the cavalry who entered the meteor state, these once most backbone soldiers
The performance of the Guards Corps composed of citizens who were promoted by the barbarians is not even as good as citizens who are just dual-talented.
At least those dual-talented citizens with black hair and black eyes did not collapse when faced with the Tunqi who were completely in an explosive state. They could not defeat them, but the battle line would only be collapsed and there would be no spontaneous collapse.
Behavior.
In fact, this was an inevitable situation after the Roman Empire absorbed the barbarians. Did the barbarians become citizens in order to continue fighting for the Roman Empire? No, the barbarians became citizens for the welfare of the citizens. This was what they worked hard for in the first place.
But now that they have become citizens, why do they continue to work hard? They are very different from the real citizens who have a complete patriotic education and fight for the Roman Empire. Barbarians do not have these.
Roman citizens could fight to the death for their country when necessary. Although the Roman Empire allowed legions composed of citizens to surrender when the war completely failed and then be redeemed by Rome, a Roman citizen's defeat was a defeat, but they collapsed when they could still fight.
This situation, at least before Severus, had never happened before.
According to official history, the combat effectiveness of the Roman Empire declined after Severus reached its peak. This was not only due to the lack of money, but also to the question of why to fight. After barbarians became citizens, they had no reason to fight.
It’s not that they lack quality or combat ability. On the contrary, a barbarian who can become a citizen through military exploits is definitely the best among citizen soldiers. The same can be said for a barbarian who can become a knight and is also the best among knights.
But when they reach this level and have no idea of continuing to climb, they will fall instantly. They have strong bodies, powerful skills, and experience honed in the field of life and death, but they have combat power.
they do not?
Are the weapons of the national army bad? Are their numbers small? But do they have combat effectiveness? No.
By analogy, it is probably the 50th Army. During the Civil War, its combat effectiveness was low and it was basically unable to form combat effectiveness. Two years later, during the Korean War, the Korean War of 1, 2, 3 and 4 was fully occupied. During the third battle, there were no weapons of the same level.
Under the circumstances, if the British heavy tank battalion was completely annihilated in Seoul, it would be no problem to say that the difference in combat effectiveness is just a matter of clouds and mud.
Have the people changed? In fact, the basics have not changed. Have the weapons changed? In fact, it is still the same, it just has one more reason to fight.
For the barbarians of the Second Eagle Banner Corps, they have no reason to fight anymore. They have become citizens. Why do they have to fight such a deadly battle? What is the significance? Can they be promoted? Basically not, it is not that easy to go from citizen to knight.
, when citizens bullied men and women in Rome, it was so good to feed other barbarians, why did they go to the battlefield?
In the past, a whole barbarian guard with colorful hair would definitely stay in place and fight to the death with the garrison in order to become citizens. Even if 80% of the battle was lost, as long as the orders were in place, the survivors would be citizens.
Barbarians will fight to the end.
Because the cavalry is not strong, even if they enter the will transcendence state, only some of the soldiers can achieve it, and they will burn out with only two or three strikes. It is true that those two or three strikes cannot resist the quality of the army.
Is the exchange ratio to three a problem for Barbarian?
not a problem.
But this is a problem for the barbarians who have become citizens. After finally becoming a citizen, just to die here?
That’s nonsense!
What's wrong with me? I think we can't fight. Roman civil law allows us to surrender when we can't fight. I'm just lying down. If it doesn't work, just kick me out. Did I violate Roman civil law? No.
, I just can’t beat my opponent.
It's shameless, right, but it's reasonable.
The Roman Empire allowed citizens to surrender when they could not defeat their opponents, and then the Roman Empire would even spend money to redeem these defeated citizens. If the Roman Empire did not redeem these citizens, these citizens would flee and come back on their own. As long as they set foot on the territory, they would be considered an enemy country.
The status of the slave will be lifted and then his status will be restored.
So for the barbarians, if they are defeated, they will be defeated. If they can fight, they will fight. If they can't be defeated, they will run away. Anyway, if I run away, I will still be a citizen. This is what the laws of the country stipulate.
In the past, when the Roman legions did not have so many barbarians, this problem did not exist. Because there were few barbarians, even if they wanted to break up, it would not have any impact if their comrades did not break up. Each person would also influence each other.
Among a large group of citizen regular soldiers, there are one or two barbarians. The barbarians will also be influenced by patriotic education, and then fight to the death for Rome. But the problem now is that the entire Praetorian Guard of the Second Eagle Banner Corps are all barbarians, and they are all fighting for the Parthian War.
, a powerful barbarian who rose through the ranks through military exploits.
Each one has basically refined one or two talents. At the level of the Imperial Guard, he is definitely a top-notch player. To put it simply, with the faith of Urdu, he can delay the cavalry until the explosion is completed, or even
To put it bluntly, after the seven or eight hundred elite soldiers who entered the transcendental state of will were burned out, the Tunqi returned to its natural level, and the remaining Imperial Guards could hold off the Tunqi at their own risk.
This is why, when Zhang Ren's third destiny was pushed to the limit, Africanas and the Third Eagle Banner Army adapted to the attack intensity of the Tunqi and began to accumulate strength to prepare for a counterattack, forcing Zhang Ren to
I have to activate the fourth destiny.
Because Tunqi is really strong after the dual-will talent blooms, but it is not so strong that it can crush the Imperial Guard. The Imperial Guard cannot defeat it, but it can at least hold back the opponent, at least Africana.
After the Second Eagle Banner Legion changed its will state, his own legion, with the assistance of Filippo, really withstood the rampaging cavalry.
There was even enough energy left to prepare for a counterattack. What really made Anulinus give up and continue fighting was actually the performance of the Praetorian Guards of the Second Eagle Banner Corps. As a Praetorian Guard, they collapsed naturally. Anulinus
I really haven't seen it before.
To be precise, after more than ten years as a legion commander in Rome, Anulinus had never seen the soldiers disperse on their own when the Praetorian Guards could still fight and the legion commander did not give up. You are still citizens of the Roman Empire.
? Do citizens still have the consciousness to fight for the empire?
No, barbarians who have been promoted on a large scale, and there is no patriotic education exaggerated and passed on by more citizens, there is no such awareness at all. This is the reality.
What was even more distressing was that Anulinus had no way to deal with these soldiers, because they showed on a large scale that they could not defeat the opponent, so they had to avoid them selectively, which was at least legally compliant with Roman law.
At most, the former Roman citizens did not take the initiative to touch this point. The patriotic education they experienced made them know why they fought and why they died. Sometimes people live just to be able to touch it one day.
According to conscience, you can say what you can die for, and this is the so-called belief.
There is no doubt that Barbarian does not.
This was a point that Anulinus, who hated barbarians, was very angry about. If he were a real Roman citizen, Anulinus would not retreat, he would continue to fight. He was not a blind man. The scene in which the garrison exploded and self-destructed made
Anulinus understood that the Tunqi he faced before was the top Tunqi.
Zhang Renqiang has returned to strength, but there are limits. At least with the fourth eagle emblem in hand, the limit is there, but Anulinus cannot fight because the strongest headquarters will not contribute. Will other legions contribute? Citizen
Seeing these people they are supposed to learn from doing this, will they do the same thing? A mouse dropping spoils a pot of soup, that's it.
Looking at the guardsmen with colorful hair, after the war, there was no sign of solemnity. Instead, they told each other about their previous alertness. Anulinus really wanted to kill someone, but it was a pity that he couldn't do it.
A military commander is not qualified to judge these thousands of citizens.
Even Perennis had no good way to deal with this kind of behavior. According to the provisions of Roman law, Roman citizens were never allowed to avoid fighting when they were unable to fight. Surrender was allowed. I just avoided fighting, so why was it not allowed?
If you don't allow it, I will just surrender next time. Anyway, if I surrender, you will have to redeem me according to the regulations. If you don't, I will redeem myself and then run back.