Soon, the coalition generals received the statistical results.
The number of Roman soldiers killed or captured exceeded 600,000!
The losses of the Stobi coalition were only over 200,000.
This loss-to-death ratio doesn't look very impressive, less than a three-for-one ratio.
But everyone knew in their hearts that this was definitely a miracle!
Because the fighting effectiveness of Roman soldiers is far stronger than that of the coalition soldiers.
After all, the coalition soldiers were either from small city-states or were temporarily recruited. They had no fighting power at all.
Stobi's main army has always been in the hands of Achilles in the east.
Not to mention a one-for-three trade, being able to fight three for one and force the Roman army to retreat is enough to be called a great victory!
King Stoby didn't even set up a battle formation, and just relied on a barrage of punches to defeat the powerful enemy.
This made all the indigenous tribal leaders who were watching the battle admire them deeply!
The leaders of the indigenous tribes all felt that it was a wise decision to choose Stoby's side at this critical moment!
Of course, there is no real need to choose sides!
They were all forced to eat the goddess' mount and had no choice but to board the pirate ship.
But in this happy moment, every leader chose to forget about that incident.
Only the Prime Minister, the High Priest and Achilles were still nervous.
They all felt that it was not the main force of the Romans that was defeated.
There must be a bigger battle ahead!
In view of this, although it is less than ten kilometers away from the city of Hebron.
Odysseus still suggested that it would be best for the entire army to rest for one night and continue the advance tomorrow.
This suggestion was adopted by Xia Zhe.
Anyway, the Romans had already been defeated. Across the vast ocean, they would not receive any significant reinforcements for a while.
The remaining remnants can be cleaned up slowly.
In the morning, when Xia Zhe was using a loudspeaker to encourage the coalition forces to charge, he was too angry and shouted too loudly.
The battle wasn't over yet, but he felt uncomfortable in his throat and wanted to rest and recuperate.
The time was so close, but the king didn't go to the city of Hebron to see Ina. Lillian was very puzzled by this.
After thinking about it, she could only conclude that it was the king's arrogance, and he didn't want Yina to think that he was too proactive.
She could only secretly send someone to deliver a letter to the city of Hyperion, falsely claiming that the king was injured in the battle.
Lillian believed that when Ina saw the letter, she would rush to see Wang anxiously.
Only in this way can two very proud people put aside their respective pride and truly come together!
dusk.
After gathering the defeated troops, Pompey and Crassus finally breathed a sigh of relief.
After counting the number of people, they were disheartened to find that there were less than 150,000 Roman expeditionary forces left.
It is obviously unrealistic to start another war with such a small number of people.
For now, retreating to the seaport of Skora and taking a boat back to the Apennine continent is almost the only option.
However, Pompey was unwilling to give in!
He commanded the morning's battle from beginning to end.
Pompey was very sure that Stobi's so-called three million troops were really just a mob.
Apart from the initial 600,000 people, they all had some tactical skills.
Those enemies at the back who ran around without any order when they heard the drumbeats had no fighting power at all!
He claimed to be one of the two great tactical masters of Rome. In terms of prestige and military strength, he was stronger than the other tactical master, Caesar.
The tactical arrangement of this battle is also very methodical.
Why did we lose to such a low-level opponent?
Pompey couldn't convince himself that he should go back in disgrace without gaining any advantage.
"What? You want to raid the camp tonight under cover of darkness? And you want to kill the Stoby king by surprise? Do you have any chance of success?"
After hearing Pompey's idea, Crassus exclaimed in surprise.
"Keep your voice down! I've thought it through, and the odds of winning are great! Stoby's motley crew, despite their numbers, lack any discipline at all! Having just won a great victory this morning, they certainly wouldn't expect a surprise attack tonight. As long as we plan properly, we're sure to achieve something!"
"I plan to take only 10,000 Republican Guards! They are the strongest warriors of our Rome. One can easily defeat a dozen enemies! As long as we sneak into the enemy camp without anyone noticing, it's not impossible to kill King Strobi and then retreat in the chaos!"
Pompey replied.
Republican Guard?
Hearing Pompey say this word, Crassus nodded unconsciously.
Rome was a republic.
There was no king, and the two consuls were always elected by the Senate.
The Republican Guard is the strongest corps responsible for protecting the Senate and the two consuls.
Each of them is a warrior picked from hundreds.
When fighting against soldiers of the Roman regular legion, he could easily defeat three at a time.
During the morning battle, Pompey and Crassus did not use the 10,000 Republican Guards at their disposal because they were already unable to turn the tide.
Now this elite team that has fought hundreds of battles is still intact.
If we take these people to launch a night attack tonight, we can catch the enemy by surprise.
Crassus believed that these 10,000 people could easily annihilate hundreds of thousands of enemy troops.
If we can successfully reach King Stobi's tent and take the head of that hateful king.
It will definitely save some face for this great defeat.
That way, the loss of their reputation after returning to Rome would be much smaller.
Thinking this way, Crassus chose to support Pompey.
In order to leave quickly after the successful surprise attack, he also sent troops to the port of Skola and immediately began to prepare for the ocean voyage.
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