Chapter 24: The Great Soldier

Zhou Yang did not speak, but was like a sharp sword unsheathed on the ground. The momentum developed by the battle formation was completely relaxed, and its power was magnificent, making people excited. Li Guang, Cheng Bushi, Gongsun He, Gong Jianjian, Qin Wuhui and others couldn't help but hold the hilt of the sword, as if facing the Huns' army.

"What a mighty momentum!"

Ding Jun praised him secretly. Although he had heard of Zhou Yang's name for a long time, he had just seen Zhou Yang's true appearance today. Apart from being handsome and elegant, there was nothing special. Unexpectedly, when the momentum was released, he was full of murderous aura and extremely powerful. This was fed with countless heads of the Huns.

Time was lost in silence. After a long time, Zhou Yang calmed down and his momentum was restrained. Li Guang and others let go of the hilt of the sword.

Li Guang and the others were excited. They had worked with Zhou Yang for a long time and knew that Zhou Yang was very sure of performing this way. Otherwise, they would never have said that. As long as the army was built, how could the Huns be rampant? That was the time for men to make achievements.

Putting aside the achievements, this is still a grand event! Shang Yang built the Qin army and created an era. If Zhou Yang built an invincible army, he would definitely create an era!

They are lucky enough to participate and play in the saddle, which is a honor in life!

If life is like this, what else can we ask for?

"General Ding, show all the secrets of Jianzhang Army." Zhou Yang ordered.

"No!" Ding Jun responded and laughed, "The General is not aware of something. Although we are also Jianzhang Army here, it is completely different from the Jianzhang Army in Chang'an City. The Jianzhang Army in Chang'an focuses on fighting and is skilled in riding and shooting, and can fight and fight. We pay attention to our minds. The Jianzhang Army here is all flexible and proficient in strategies."

"I am agile and proficient in strategy. Isn't that a general? Why don't I go to the battlefield?" Li Guang's eyes widened in surprise.

"Yes!" The Han Dynasty had been suppressing the Huns for decades, and what they needed the most was the generals who were proficient in strategy. Cheng Bushi and others agreed loudly.

"Haha!" Ding Jun smiled and said, "On the border, General Cheng is enough, so why do we need us? We only have one mission in this valley, and find a way to defeat the Huns."

"Have you found it?" Li Guang was famous for his quick mouth and asked rushing to ask.

Who doesn't want to know about this? Zhou Yang and Cheng Buzhi all opened their eyes wide and waited for his answer.

"Oh!" Ding Jun sighed, the best answer: "We have worked hard and worked hard for decades, but we are not as powerful as the general's battle! Before the Great Wall Battle, we had no choice but to do so. Now, we have some clues. This is all thanks to the general."

"hehe!"

When they think of the Great Wall victory, Li Guang and the others were very happy and burst into laughter.

"The Jianzhang Army here has all been on the battlefield and fought with the Huns. However, there are many people who are disabled, so don't joke." Ding Jun reminded him, "There are some things in this room, the generals, please."

Just as he was talking, he came to a large house and Ding Jun pointed his horse whip.

When they came here, they saw Jianzhangjun's real secret. When they heard this, everyone could not bear it. They flew off the horse and rushed over as if they were flying, and actually left Ding Jun, the host behind.

As soon as he entered the house, Zhou Yang looked around and was immediately stunned.

In the middle was a huge wooden platform, with many puppets placed on it, such as people, horses, crossbow soldiers, halberd soldiers, and chariot soldiers. There were many people around the wooden platform, staring at the puppets on it with a solemn look on their faces, obviously thinking.

These people did not wear helmets and armor, but were wearing red military uniforms, indicating that they were still Han soldiers.

He has good spirits and strong spirits. However, many of them lack arms and legs, and you can tell that they have been on the battlefield at a glance.

When they saw Zhou Yang and the others come in, the people raised their heads and looked at them in shock.

"Come and meet the Grand Marshal!" Ding Jun came in the last one and ordered loudly.

"Master?" These people were surprised and hurriedly stepped forward to greet Zhou Yang and said, "I have met Master!"

Everyone knows that Zhou Yang is in the prime of his life and has not performed the ceremony of adding a crown. Even though he has never seen Zhou Yang, he will not admit his mistake.

"I've seen you all." Zhou Yang returned the gift.

"Master, you came just right! What did you think at that time?" After the ceremony, a Han army, who had one leg missing, immediately asked. This man was not young, in his fifties and sixties, and had a gray beard under his chin. I don't know when he was a veteran.

Zhou Yang had already understood that what they set up on the wooden platform was the formation of the Great Wall fighting the Han army. They were studying the way of fighting the Han army. Zhou Yang, the initiator, was right in front of him. Who else could Zhou Yang ask if he didn't ask?

Zhou Yang didn't say anything, so he quickly stepped forward, fiddled with the puppets, and explained them to them.

They worked hard to study the Great Wall Battle. However, this was Zhou Yang's proud work. After hearing Zhou Yang's explanation, it was far beyond their speculation. It made everyone open their mouths and couldn't even say anything.

As soon as Zhou Yang finished speaking, the room was quiet, without even saying a word of praise. They were still in surprise, but they hadn't thought of admiration.

"Qijing, Qijing!"

After a long time, everyone praised him.

During the Great Wall Battle, the tactics used by the Han army did break the Han army's convention. Especially the formation, it was never before, and it was not an exaggeration to say it was a strange plan.

Zhou Yang was a little humble, talked to them, and asked them how they viewed this tactic. These people were not polite, and expressed their opinions, and they really had many insightful opinions. Zhou Yang praised him very much, and he deserved to be selected by thousands of people.

"This is a ready-made staff officer, and a ready-made tactical instructor. You can run a military academy!" Zhou Yang secretly praised in his heart and had a new idea.

After talking about the Great Wall Battle, Zhou Yang chatted with them and listened to their opinions on defeating the Huns. They expressed their opinions again. This was the result of decades of careful research and had many unique insights.

Although there has not been a tactic yet, if someone integrates these and chooses the good strategy, he will definitely develop a complete set of tactics for the Han army.

Tactics are essential things for an army. Without tactics, how can we win?

As for the use of strange strategies, it is above tactics and needs tactics to support it. The Han Dynasty began to study tactics against the Huns decades ago, which is really far-sighted and admirable!

After talking about tactics, it was too late and it was getting dark for a while. Ding Jun asked someone to deliver the meal. The crowd sat together, and while eating, they talked about the fight against the Huns. It was extremely pleasant.

This talk was late at night, and Zhou Yang and the others had just rested.

The next day, Ding Jun led Zhou Yang and the others to see the weapons they studied. Weapons and tactics are inseparable. Without applicable weapons, how can there be applicable tactics?

Under Ding Jun's leadership, Zhou Yang and his team came to a large house, and saw that the house was filled with weapons, Han swords, spears, long halberds, crossbows, strong crossbows, armor, and chariots... These Han army's equipment was all available, just like a weapon exhibition hall.

The weapons here are somewhat different from those used in the North, such as the spear is sharper and heavier.

"Master, this spear is indeed a good weapon used by cavalry." Ding Jun explained: "Since we learned that the Master equipped the spear to the cavalry, we tried several times and found that the spear used by the cavalry was different from that of the infantry, and it was heavier and more powerful."

This is easy to understand. The heavier the spear, the more amazing the impact of the cavalry, and the greater the threat to the Huns.

"It makes sense!" Li Guang first agreed: "At that time, we also discovered this problem, but we didn't have time to create a new spear, so we could only use it."

Ding Jun picked up a Han sword and smiled and said, "Master General, the cavalry is easy to break with swords. We have thickened the sword body a little."

Zhou Yang threw it in his hand, which was heavier than the Han sword used by the border army and thicker. When he cut and killed it immediately, the shortcomings of the Han sword were exposed, which was too easy to break. After this battle, I don’t know how many Han swords were broken.

"This halberd is longer than the existing halberds." Ding Jun pointed to the long halberd: "It is a great skill for the commander to use the halberd formation to block the cavalry of the Huns. In the future, these halberd formations should be included in the Han army. The halberds used for infantry will be more suitable for longer."

One inch long and one inch stronger, and the halberds in the hands of the infantry are longer, which poses a greater threat to the Huns. This makes sense, and Zhou Yang and the others agree.

Zhou Yang took a halberd in his hand and looked at it for a while, saying, "This halberd can be cancelled. In the future, there will be no need for a halberd in the Han army."

"ah!"

Zhou Yang's words were not shocking, and his words shocked everyone to the point of opening their mouths.

The halberd formation was a powerful weapon for Zhou Yang to defeat the Huns this time. It was precisely because the Han army had the halberd formation that the Han army defended the wings and backs when the chariots were broken. The halberd formation was very powerful. If it was used in large quantities, and if it was combined with cavalry and crossbows, the Huns would definitely not be able to take it.

Li Guang and the others were very optimistic about the halberd formation, but Zhou Yang said he wanted to cancel it. How could they not be surprised?

"Master, do you really want to cancel?" Li Guang couldn't help but ask first.

"Yes!" Zhou Yang nodded and said, "Although the halberd formation is good, it also has its shortcomings. First, it requires too many people, which is very powerful. Second, it is good for defense. If you want to attack, it will have limited lethality to the Hun cavalry."

Although Li Guang and the others were optimistic about the halberd formation, Zhou Yang’s words made sense and had to agree.

To deal with a Hun cavalry, several or even dozens of Han soldiers often require them to stab and chop with long halberds.

It is precisely because there are a lot of troops required, and it is okay to use them for defense, and it is a big problem to use them for attack. When defending, the Han army is focused on waiting for the enemy and can take action together. The attack is different. Although the halberd formation is neat, it is impossible to take action at the same time, which greatly reduces the power.

After all, the more people there are, the harder it is to integrate.

"Master General, if there is no halberd formation, how can we deal with the cavalry of the Xiongnu?" Ding Jun's words make sense, and he has unique insights: "The Han Dynasty has many troops, and only with the cooperation of various troops can it have great power. If it is only for one army to fight, it is the Huns. The Huns only have cavalry. Without a halberd formation, the power will be greatly weakened by cavalry and crossbow formation."

"Good words!" Zhou Yang raised his thumb and praised: "The biggest advantage of the great man is that his skills are developed and he can create different types of weapons. These weapons need to be coordinated to achieve a surprising effect. Without the halberd formation, the power is indeed reduced. I want to use another formation to replace the halberd formation."

"Oh!" Li Guang and the others were very interested, their eyes widened, and they looked at Zhou Yang.

"Think about it, if we had a big knife weighing fifty or sixty pounds in our hands, lined up, wearing armor, waiting for the Huns to rush to arrive, we raised the big knife in our hands and slashed it together, what would it be?" Zhou Yang said while gesturing, and finally made a knife-holding action with both hands and slashed it hard.

"A big knife of fifty or sixty pounds? Where is it?"

Zhou Yang's words are a milestone in military history and have extraordinary significance, but they are surprised by Li Guang and others. What surprised them was not the terrible power of this style of play, but the fact that such a big sword did not exist.

Zhou Yang's history is not good enough, and his military history is even more familiar. I don't know that there was a military branch in the Tang Dynasty called "Modao Hand". Everyone held a Modao weighing fifty or sixty kilograms, wore bright light armor, wrapped in steel, and only a pair of eyes were exposed outside. No matter whether you were rushing toward someone or a horse, you would just have a hard knife.

If a 50 or 60 pound pound Mo Dao is invincible. Hundreds of thousands of Mo Dao's hands are all used to attack, and the power is to destroy the world. Not to mention the flesh and blood body, even the iron wall will be broken.

Therefore, the Modao, strong crossbow, and light cavalry became the three powerful weapons of the Tang army. It was precisely because of these three powerful weapons that the Tang army had invincible, swept the world, and made the emerging Arab Empire tremble.

Li Jing destroyed the Eastern Turks, Su Dingfang destroyed the Western Turks, Pei Xingjian fought against Heishan, Gao Xianzhi fought against Hengluosi... Don’t these famous battles have the might of Modao?

The reason why Zhou Yang thought of using this big sword to deal with the Huns was that he thought of Guan Er Ge’s Qinglong Yanyue Sword. Guan Er Ge’s sword weighed 72 kilograms, and one knife would weigh hundreds of kilograms. If countless Han soldiers waved such heavy big swords, who could resist it?

Not to mention the Huns, even the Great Wall will be split!

The advantage of using this big sword is that it is not possible to trap soldiers. A big sword hand is enough to deal with a Hun cavalry, whether it is defense or attack.

If a halberd cannot deal with a Hun cavalry, the nest of soldiers is very obvious. People have to eat and drink. Not to mention anything else, eating and drinking alone is a heavy burden and spend a lot of money. If you save this money, you can do more.

"What's wrong?" Zhou Yang saw Li Guang and the others' surprise and asked in confusion.

"Master, you don't know anything." Ding Jun explained: "This steel is very precious. A sword needs to be tempered and tempered before one is made. If you use a big knife, one will cost fifty or sixty kilograms of steel, and ten thousand will cost fifty or sixty kilograms of steel. If you want to defeat the Huns, ten thousand will require tens of thousands. If you don't want it, fifty or sixty kilograms of steel will always be needed. This will require three or two million kilograms of steel. The Han Dynasty only has so much steel in a year."

The Han Dynasty was the era when iron tools were established, and iron tools officially replaced bronze tools. However, at that time, due to the limitations of iron smelting technology, the output of steel was limited. This was the fundamental reason why large blades did not appear in the Han Dynasty, but appeared in the Tang Dynasty.

A big knife requires fifty or sixty kilograms of steel. If it is used to build a halberd, it will take two or three million kilograms of steel. If it is used to build a halberd formation, it will be an army of hundreds of thousands.

Although the consumption of food and grass is amazing if hundreds of thousands of people is added. However, this can be bought with money. If the steel production is not high, no matter how much money you have, you can only go to the road of the halberd formation.

At that time, steel had to be forged with craftsmen one by one, which was called "a hundred steelmaking". It consumed a lot of labor and had small profits. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, the improvement of iron smelting technology and the output of steel increased significantly, so heavy weapons such as Guan Erge's Qinglong Yanyue Sword appeared.
To be continued...