Princess Consort of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 105 Victory in the First Battle
Zhang Yang thought very clearly that if he wanted to fight with thousands of people on the plateau, strength alone was not enough. He had to learn fighting skills, learn to cooperate, and he had to train some movements into habits during the fifteen days.

However, he was confident that the Tibetans were still at the stage of wrestling and wrestling, and advocated personal bravery. Soto would definitely lead a group of powerful fighters out tomorrow.Greater strength often means higher weight and a more bloated body, which is definitely not as flexible as the group of thin recruits in front of me.As long as they can cooperate well, use the terrain to pull, disrupt their offensive pace, ten people protect each other, and move in unison, they can become ten people fighting four or five people. Can they still win?
Then we can only go back to make guns and cannons, and use hot weapons.

Losing is impossible, it is impossible to lose in this life.

Not to mention the hardships of the training in the middle, these 1000 people fought hard with their lives. Although they were depressed, they all gritted their teeth and persevered, trying their best to meet the requirements of the commander and do their best.

Zhang Yang racked his brains to name this thousand-strong army the First Squad of the Brave Army to boost morale.

On the tenth day, in order to test the effect, Zhang Yang accepted Lou Shide's verification request, and Lou Shide didn't want to interfere with Zhang Yang's training. If he lost, Zhou Jun couldn't afford to lose him.

Zhang Yang randomly selected a group for the combat test, and the officers under Lou Shuai's account also contributed their best ten infantrymen.

Each of the ten warriors raised their weapons high and rushed towards Zhang Jun.The ten members of the first team of the brave army retreated a few steps to the left and rear. The ten warriors were first and last, but they were also very alert, and immediately adjusted their formation and pace. However, the brave army has completed the fan formation, and every three people are in charge of defense, some are in charge of offense, and some are in charge of responding to teammates' negligence and harassment.The strong man held a mace and was responsible for defending the weapons in the hands of the enemy. The nimble man used a sharp spear for cover, and the other used a big knife to slash.The weapons are all wrapped in cloth to avoid damage to the soldiers, but they are all hard work.

The training time is short, and the cooperation is not particularly tacit, but it is better than the miscellaneous soldiers formed by other barracks. They fight separately, and they are blindly slashing at them with swords, guns, swords and halberds. After ten hits, their strength is greatly reduced, and they may not be able to hit the target. .

At the end of the melee, only three of them were eliminated due to lack of combat experience and failed to survive the first attack. The other seven defeated the rest, and the recruit team randomly selected by Zhang Yang won.

Lou Shide watched the whole battle and nodded in satisfaction. Before, he thought that Zhang Yang was too idealistic, but now it seems that his method really works.The soldiers of the Zhou army are mostly from the same area, and they also hope that the soldiers will cooperate with each other and protect each other. It's just that when they go to the battlefield, they only have the enemy in their eyes, so they can't care about the surrounding situation. Knowing how to avoid attacks, it was you who stabbed me and I hit you with a stick, not to mention protecting fellow villagers.Zhang Yang's formation and training methods are indeed very beneficial, and can be said to be an important improvement in the formation.Whether it can really play a role can only be tested by this battle.

The [-]th came in a blink of an eye. The night before, Lou Shide granted Zhang Yang's request and ordered someone to prepare a sumptuous meal, "You are right. Everyone has enough to eat and drink tonight, so that we will have the strength to fight the enemy tomorrow."

Zhang Yang told everyone to eat until they were [-]% full, not to be injured by starvation, which would affect their strength, and not to be too full to move flexibly.

After dawn, the Tubo general Soto came with a thousand warriors, and Zhang Yang immediately brought out a thousand warriors.These 1000 people are indeed ferocious-looking, with wide hips and broad bodies, so they must be strongmen.

Soto: "General Zhang still has a large army behind him. Could it be that if he loses, he will keep me waiting here? I don't recognize this agreement."

Zhang Yang: "I am a country of great etiquette. I am willing to bet and admit defeat. There is no possibility of breaking my promise. The army is only here to watch the battle and cheer. General Soto brought 1000 people here. After Zhang Yang wins, I am afraid it will be very difficult to return to the camp. "

Soto: "I, a Tubo warrior, will never lose to anyone. It is useless to talk too much. General Zhang is also a cheerful person. Let's go to war now. Tubo boys, are you ready?"

Thousands of Tubo warriors shouted together, "Kill, kill, kill."

Zhang Yang said coldly, "Array, meet the enemy."

Then one hundred fans were laid out on the relatively flat plateau area, ready to meet the first round of the Tibetan offensive.

The war was about to break out, the weapons of both sides were staggered, and the sound of iron clashing was heard endlessly. Tubo soldiers kept inserting weapons into the chests of the warriors, and swords and guns of the warriors kept cutting into the waists, legs, and necks of Tubo soldiers.The number of people on both sides is decreasing, and blood is flowing all over the ground. Many brave soldiers who went to the battlefield for the first time screamed out. The comrades who used to eat and live together lay on the ground, and it was impossible to get up again.

The two sides fought for 15 minutes, and Tubo was defeated. In order to preserve the combat power, Soto raised the white flag. Seeing this, Zhang Yang also ordered his troops to withdraw.After a while, the two sides finally separated, but there was deep hatred in their eyes. Today, the two sides started the first battle for their respective honors, and left blood and tears on this land for the first day.

Each counted the battle damage, and the Tubo army still had 670 and two soldiers, of which 220 were seriously injured, and the rest were all killed in battle.The brave army killed 120 people, and the injuries have not yet been counted. Those who were seriously injured tried not to fall down, and they did their best to cover their comrades where they could play a role.

Soto ordered people to transport the corpses of Tubo soldiers back, but Zhang Yang stopped him.

Zhang Yang: "The souls of the Tubo warriors return to their homeland, Zhang Yang can let them go, but these armored and iron weapons on the ground are all spoils of war from my Zhou Dynasty, so naturally they must be kept."

Soto: "Soto admires the bravery of General Zhang's soldiers today. If we fight again next time, we will be ashamed of today."

Immediately, people clean up the corpse, bury it on the spot, and worship.

After procrastinating for an hour, Soto led the rest of the soldiers and shouted "Great Zhou is mighty" every three steps until they returned to the Tubo camp.Because of this battle, he led a thousand warriors to the battle and was defeated, which damaged the morale of Tubo. Soto was beaten with thirty lashes, and he was very annoyed that he underestimated the enemy.

However, after the victory of the brave army, they were not as happy as imagined. After all, they trained for half a month, helped each other during this half month, and developed some feelings, but these comrades never came back.Moreover, entering the battlefield this time, participating in the struggle with knives and guns, and seeing the blood that they had never seen before, still greatly stimulated the psychology of these soldiers.

The other people in the big tent were very happy about this, after all, they had won the battle.

Lou Shide happily praised Zhang Yang: "We have won the first battle and trained well. This commander will immediately ask for credit for you. After the imperial decree comes down, you will be the official general of my Great Zhou. I hope you can become a strong general. Remember that as a general duty, to love the soldiers, and to defend the territory."

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