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The final battle of Germanic total war 049 Pyrrhic victory

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    Once the Romans began to rout, Vannius gathered his forces, leaving only the auxiliary legions and the cavalry of his Gallic allies to pursue them.

    At the same time, Vannius sent the cavalry of the Bel and United Kingdom out to meet Acre's light cavalry.

    Although still unsatisfied, the Gauls and Bilgees burst into excited cheers, and then gave up the pursuit of the Romans under the command of the German heralds and their own commanders, stopped and began to clean the battlefield.

    To finish up the wounded Romans, rescue their own wounded, collect all kinds of left-over weapons, armor and shields - these physical tasks, Vannius naturally left them to the Gallic slaves to do without any courtesy - and, Vannius  Nius still promised that those who performed outstandingly would still have a chance to be free.

    As for the Praetorian Guards under Vannius, they were resting to maintain their strength while maintaining a high level of alert to prevent the Romans who had gathered the team from trying to counterattack.

    The Macmanny Field Legion joined the British to cut down trees again and prepare to build forts.

    By the time the Macmanian Field Corps and the British brought a large amount of wood back from the nearby forest, the northern Gallic tribal coalition and their slaves had completed the work of cleaning the battlefield, and the Birges and Vannius'  The auxiliary legions dug trenches - obviously, Vanius had no intention of "using the remaining brave men to chase the poor invaders", but instead planned to let his victory fully ferment on the Roman side.

    After that, the cavalry unit that went to meet Acre also came back together with Acre's light cavalry, and brought back one by the way, which made the Bilge people very happy.  But the news that made Vannius feel very depressed - the Roman cavalry unit that went to chase the light cavalry was completely wiped out, and the cost was only thirty light cavalry and two hundred Bill and cavalry.

    There is no doubt that this was a great victory - the enemy was about a thousand cavalry.  They were completely wiped out; while their own side lost more than 200 cavalry, and the loss ratio was about five to one.

    However, for Vannius, the soldiers of his Guards Corps, especially the veterans under Acre, are extremely valuable and cannot be replenished in a short time. Every loss is enough to cause physical pain.  What's more, more than thirty people at a time?

    However, in comparison, Vanius¡¯ allies suffered much greater losses.

    The Macmanny Field Corps lost more than 600 people.

    The Britons lost half of their chariots and more than 1,300 warriors.

    The auxiliary corps lost more than 2,100 people.

    ?????????????? Bill and the Union King lost more than 2,900 people.

    The northern Gallic tribal alliance lost more than 3,200 people.

    Add them together.  Vannius's side only fought against the Romans' five legions of new soldiers, and they had already sacrificed tens of thousands of lives.

    However, compared with the past achievements of the Gauls, the results of this battle are enough to make all Gauls - whether they are the Belges, the northern Gaulish tribes, Ervege, Allobroges or the Magians.  Celia or Albisi¡ªfeeling rejoiced.

    After all, they are on the opposite side.  A total of 25,000 Roman soldiers fell. In addition to most of the new soldiers, there were also a thousand cavalry belonging to the prestigious veteran legion such as the Sixth Legion.

    So, that night.  In addition to leaving double the number of guard posts and patrols, the leaders of many Gallic tribes held banquets.  Reward the soldiers and comfort the heroes.  To reward the gods - in short, the whole camp was filled with a jubilant atmosphere, as if they had defeated the Romans and were about to march victoriously into Rome.

    Everyone is full of confidence in the current situation, except Vanius.

    Unlike the confident Gauls, Vannius not only lacked confidence, but was filled with worries.

    They killed less than 30,000 Romans and lost more than 10,000. This can be called a "Pyrrhic victory."

    Unlike the barren and desolate Germanic regions and Gaul, which had been plowed over and over again by Caesar and suffered great losses in population, the Italian region had not experienced war for many years and had extremely rich human resources - Pyrrhus back then.  The king is so wise and powerful that he defeated the Romans twice in a row.  However, the Romans could quickly replenish their troops after each defeat, but Pyrrhus's troops could not be replenished for a long time.  As a result, after the Battle of Asculum, when King Pyrrhus's subordinates congratulated him on the victory, King Pyrrhus sadly replied: "If I win like this again, I will be finished."

    Now, Vanius¡¯s army has a one-to-two ratio in terms of overall casualty ratio with the enemy.

    But compared with the Romans, the total population of Gaul, Germany, and Britain is probablyNot even one to five, or even one to ten - if Vannius's army continues to maintain this ratio of one to two, then even if Caesar does not send out the veteran army, just let Labienus  Second-rate generals can wear themselves to death by constantly recruiting new legions.

    For this reason, Vannius' army had only two choices - continue to fight until all blood was shed; or win victory quickly enough to destroy the Romans' confidence in fighting and fully mobilize all other allies, such as Darius.  The Kingdom of Western Asia and the Kingdom of Samatis launched an attack on the Romans.

    At the same time, Vanius must also increase the combat effectiveness of his army as soon as possible, striving to expand the casualty ratio from one to two, to at least one to three, or even one to four.

    However, this goal is actually a bit nonsense - although Vannius's army received a large number of Roman weapons and armor this time, they were not always suitable for use by the Gauls.  Moreover, compared with the goal of "one to three, one to four", it is really worthwhile to allow the Gauls to face the Romans for a long time and not be discouraged and defeated after being unable to win for a period of time.  Goals pursued and attainable.

    So, the next morning, Vanius summoned all the leaders of the allied forces to his big tent for a meeting.

    When all the leaders gathered together, the serious-looking Vannius first expressed congratulations to all the warriors - no matter what, they all achieved victory against the Romans.  Moreover, it is a big victory and good news worthy of congratulations.

    Hearing what Vanius said, all the leaders laughed and expressed their "humbleness".  This was all due to Vannius's skillful leadership and the outstanding combat power of the Germans, which enabled them to lead them to such a rare victory.

    After everyone stopped boasting, Vanius calmly pointed out that in this battle, the Germans did nothing else except attack on the flanks, assault from behind, and send cavalry to lure away the cavalry of the Sixth Army.  thing-whether it was to withstand the Roman attack from the front.  Whether it was the complete defeat of the Roman legions or not, it was all accomplished by the Gauls themselves.

    In other words, as long as the Gauls can grit their teeth and not let up, they will not be able to break through for a long time.  As well as being timid and shaken by the casualties of their own people, it would not be difficult for the Gauls to defeat the Romans with the superiority in military strength - and now, there is no doubt that the Gauls themselves have the superiority in military strength.

    This kind of praise for the Gauls' combat power was somewhat unbelievable to the Gauls - before that.  It is not that they never faced the Romans with superior strength, but in terms of results, they often lost more than they won - even in Alesia, the Gauls' strength reached an exaggerated 330,000.  The Romans only had 40,000 people, but the result was that the Gauls were so driven that they were beaten to pieces

    but.  This time the victory was real again - and just like what Vannius said.  The Germans did not play a particularly big role in this - except to inspire their courage and destroy the courage of the Romans.

    So, in fact, the combat effectiveness of the Gauls is not much worse than that of the Romans?

    With this thought in mind, the leaders pondered in their hearts.

    After that, Vannius spoke again and told all the leaders a very unfortunate news - although they could defeat the Romans on the battlefield, if they continued to fight according to the current situation, they would definitely be defeated by the Romans.

    Hearing this conclusion, the leaders all showed puzzled expressions and asked Vannius - How is it possible to win on the battlefield but be defeated?

    Seeing that everyone did not believe what he said, Vanius smiled and began to tell the story of the Romans' bitter fighting history.

    In fact, Vannius didn¡¯t know much about the history of the Romans.

    But Vanius still knows about some of the more famous reversals - Pyrrhus, Hannibal, and Teutonic Bird.

    King Pyrrhus achieved two victories in his invasion of the Romans. The first time he killed more than 7,000 Romans and captured nearly 2,000 people, and the second time, he killed more than 6,000 Romans - but  The Romans almost without hesitation replenished their troops and continued fighting Pyrrhus, forcing Pyrrhus to propose peace to the Roman Senate.

    Hannibal crossed the Alps into Italy in the autumn of 218 BC and won four major battles and countless minor conflicts. Even according to incomplete statistics, the total number of Romans killed and captured exceeded  One hundred thousand¡ªand that¡¯s not counting the damage Hannibal had wrought in Italy for fourteen long years.

    But even so, the Romans still survived and fought unremittingly with Hannibal, eventually defeating Hannibal and even conquering Carthage.city.

    As for the last time, the Teutons, Cimbri and Ambulans dealt an even greater blow to the Romans.

    When the three major tribes went south, they originally did not want to fight the Romans, but the Romans took the lead in provoking a war at Noricum.  As a result, at the Battle of Noria, two Roman legions were defeated.

    After that, the evil-minded Romans sent the consul Silanus to lead four Roman legions and the same number of Gallic auxiliary legions to fight the Germans, but they still ended up with almost total destruction.

    In the end, it was the Battle of the Rh?ne Valley that the Germans dealt the heaviest blow to the Romans - the Romans invested 80,000 regular troops, and the total strength of the auxiliary legions reached 120,000 - but in the end, it is said that they left alive  There were only ten Romans on the battlefield.

    However, even though half of the Senate was killed by the Germans, the Romans still did not think about surrendering. Instead, they asked Marius to carry out military reforms, recruit troops from unemployed vagrants and train them, and finally defeated and annihilated the three German tribes.  (To be continued)
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