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 other party 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 last 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. Afrikanas, 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 Africanus.
"Yes, Zhang Ren looks seriously injured." Africanas replied.
"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 recognized a problem, which was the hidden danger that the Second Eagle Banner Corps had after the number of elite barbarians increased. .
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 troops who had entered the meteor state, these once most backbone soldiers The performance of the Guards Corps composed of citizens promoted by the barbarians is even worse than that of citizens with only dual talents.
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, Manzi became a citizen for the welfare of citizens. That was why he worked so hard 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 fighting 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 being 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 climbing up, 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? Not many people? But is it capable of fighting? 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 directly filled up. During the third battle, there were no weapons of the same level. Under such circumstances, the British heavy tank battalion was completely annihilated in Seoul. It is not a problem to say that the difference in combat effectiveness is a matter of clouds and mud.
Has the person changed? In fact, the foundation has basically not been changed. Have the weapons been changed? In fact, it's 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 should they fight such a deadly battle? What is the meaning? Can I be promoted? Basically no, it is not that easy to become a knight from a citizen. When a citizen bullies men and women in Rome and preys on other barbarians, why go to the battlefield?
In the past, a barbarian guard with brightly colored 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 all be citizens. Barbarians will fight to the end.
Because the cavalry is not strong, even if they enter the state of will transcendence, only some of the soldiers can achieve it, and they will burn out with only two or three blows. It is true that those two or three blows cannot resist the high-quality army. Is the exchange ratio to three a problem for Barbarian?
not a problem.
But this is a problem for barbarians who have become citizens. After finally becoming a citizen, just to die here?
That’s nonsense!
What's wrong with me? I think I 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 slave's status will be lifted and his status restored.
So for the barbarians, if they are defeated, they are 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 national law stipulates.
In the past, when there were not so many barbarians in the Roman legions, 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 with his military exploits.
Each of them has basically refined one or two talents. At the level of the Imperial Guard, he is definitely a first-class player. To put it simply, with Urdu's belief, he can delay the cavalry until the explosion is completed, and even To put it bluntly, after the seven or eight hundred elite soldiers who entered the state of will transcendence were burned out, the Tunqi returned to its natural level, and the remaining imperial guards could hold the Tunqi back at their own risk.
This is why, when Zhang Ren's third destiny was reached to the limit, Africanas and the Third Eagle Banner Army actually adapted to the attack intensity of the Tunqi and began to accumulate strength to prepare for a counterattack, forcing Zhang Ren to The fourth destiny had to be activated.
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 at least it can hold the opponent back, 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 Really never seen it.
To be precise, after more than ten years as a legion commander in Rome, Anulinus has never seen the soldiers disperse on their own when the Praetorian Guards were still fighting 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's even more distressing is that Anulinus has no way to deal with these soldiers, because they show on a large scale that they can't defeat each other, so they have to avoid them selectively, which is 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 your conscience, you can say what you can die for, and this is the so-called belief.
There is no doubt that Barbarian did not.
This was something that made Anulinus, who hated barbarians, very angry. If he were a real Roman citizen, Anulinus would not retreat, he would continue to fight. He was not a blind man. The scene where the garrison exploded and self-destructed made Anulinus understood that the Tunqi he faced before was the top Tunqi.
Zhang Renqiang returned to strength, but there is a limit. 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? If citizens watch these people they should learn from do this, will they do the same thing? One rat excrement ruins 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. 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.
