On the fierce battlefield, the strength of an individual had been weakened to the extreme. What was more important was the strength and cooperation of the army as a whole. In this battle, if the Annam Protectorate was a sturdy dam, then the White Stone Legion was the most ferocious wave, one wave after another.
Although the Annan Protectorate army had the advantage in numbers and their training methods were extremely similar, in this battle, the individual quality and overall strength of the Annan Protectorate army, as well as the teamwork between soldiers, had completely surpassed the Whitestone Corps, displaying an absolute advantage.
Going up and down the slope, the tens of thousands of Tang soldiers, with the help of the steel walls that Wang Chong had brought, were perfectly distributed across the mountain range, displaying an unbelievable defensive strength. On the battlefield, it often required three or more soldiers of the White Stone Legion to put pressure on a Tang army.
If they wanted to break through, they would need even more troops!
On the plains, this sort of fighting strength was simply unimaginable.
"General has ordered that no one dares to retreat! Behead without exception! "
"General has ordered that for every enemy killed, ten taels of gold will be rewarded. For killing ten enemies, you will be rewarded with the title of nobility and your heirs will be protected!"
… …
On the fierce battlefield, a White Stone Legion officer with a scar on his face shouted himself hoarse. Aiming at a soldier in the crowd who was thinking of retreating, he lashed out with his whip, shattering that soldier's armor and sending him flying with a scream.
Duscar Luochi was a famous supervisor of the White Stone Legion.
In battle, if he saw someone retreating, he would never hold back. This time, the commander-in-chief of the White Stone Legion, Duan Wuzhi, was personally taking the field. All the officers followed him, including Duscar Luochi. The officers suddenly became like an impenetrable fortress. Everyone was under pressure, and it was hard to tell how many officers were crazily supervising the battle like Duscar Luochi.
"First and second teams, combine forces! Shields open the way, spearmen in the rear … Whoever can break through the Tang formation first will be heavily rewarded! "
"Third and fourth teams, substitute! Don't retreat! His Majesty is supervising the battle from behind. Whoever dares to retreat will have their entire family executed! "
"They're just putting on a brave front. They're no match for us. We know all of their training! "
"If we can defeat them once, we can definitely defeat them twice, or even thrice!"
"A hundred thousand soldiers! A hundred thousand soldiers! Our White Stone Legion has one hundred thousand soldiers while the Tang regiments on the mountain range only have one hundred thousand at most. We don't believe that we can't break through their defense line with so many people! "
"Charge! Charge! Steady! Hold on … "
…
All the generals of the White Stone Legion were supervising the battle from the front. Thorny Halos flashed in the sky one after another. Unlike the first wave of attack, the White Stone Legion went all out this time. Compared to the frequent movements of the Whitestone Corps, the Annan Protectorate army was far less complicated.
"Giant Shield Formation!"
"Spearmen, get ready!"
"Ready for battle at any time!"
…
As the model for the White Stone Legion, the Annam Protectorate was far less complicated. If the Tang Dynasty claimed to be number two in infantry battles, no one in the world would dare claim to be number one. In this aspect, they didn't even need much guidance from Wang Chong.
"Not bad!"
On the summit, Wang Chong nodded to himself at this sight.
The Annam Protectorate had always been a well-trained army, and the battle of Erhai had eliminated many of the weaker soldiers, leaving behind only the elite of the elite. The greatest advantage of this elite was their individual strength, rich battlefield experience, and proficiency in teamwork. Most importantly, they had a strong ability to execute battle tactics!
In the entire world, there was no general who didn't need subordinates that could command such a well-trained, highly capable, and elite army.
Wang Chong had always believed in one thing: the quality of an army was first and foremost, and only quantity could be ensured. But if he could only choose one of the two, a well-trained and high-quality army was the best choice. Whether it was logistics, fighting power, or the pressure on the empire, they could all be minimized.
"In the entire world, the Anxi Protectorate army commanded by Gao Xianzhi and Feng Changqing, the Twin Paragons of the Empire, is the strongest. It only has around thirty thousand soldiers, but they are armed to the teeth with ballistae and weapons. Moreover, these thirty thousand soldiers can be mounted on foot, and each soldier has a warhorse. Most importantly, they often cooperate with the cavalry of the kingdoms of Anxi, so they are extremely familiar with the tactics of nomadic tribes. Together with the elite, valiant, and strongest soldiers of the empire, the thirty thousand regular soldiers, the twenty thousand reserve soldiers in the rear of the Qixi desert, and the more than one hundred thousand soldiers from the small kingdoms of the Western Regions that obey the orders of the Tang Dynasty, this army is completely capable of intimidating the hundreds of thousands of enemy soldiers. It's undeniable that the Anxi Protectorate army is the strongest in terms of fighting power.
But below the Anxi Protectorate army … it's probably not much inferior to the Big Dipper Army commanded by Geshu Han of Longxi.
Wang Chong quietly said to himself.
Geshu Han's Big Dipper Army was so powerful that it had stopped countless attacks from the Ouzan Empire. Yet the mighty Ouzan Empire had been unable to do anything to him, unable to advance east even when Geshu Han was standing in its way. One could easily imagine the strength of the Big Dipper Army.
Of all the protectorate armies of the Tang Dynasty, only the Annam Protectorate had the fewest battles. For this reason, the Annam Protectorate was the weakest of all the protectorates. But after the battle of Erhai, the 180,000 soldiers of the Annam Protectorate had been eliminated, and the remaining sixty thousand had become the elite of the elite.
Their fighting power had risen instead of falling!
A single person could command sixty thousand of the purest Annam Protectorate elites, add on the thousands of Annam Protectorate generals, and add on the two fierce generals of his father and Xianyu Zhongtong … this was an extravagant dream that Wang Chong had never dreamed of. In the war of the southwest, he could still …
Maintain such a complete army … this was something that Wang Chong had never dared to imagine before.
"Dalun Ruozan, Huoshu Huizang, Gelofeng, Duan Gequan … as long as I am here, you will never be able to cross this mountain. And you will never be able to wreak havoc in the southwest like you did in the past. Ambition comes with a price, and the greater the ambition, the greater the price. Now, it's time for you to pay that price. Let us see just who will be the final victor of the southwest! "
Wang Chong's robes flapped in the wind as he looked down the mountain, a harsh light in his eyes.
Rumble!
With a heaven-shaking boom, a white figure, man and horse, flashing with thorns, slashed into the Annam Protectorate's defense line like a massive sword. "Aaaah!" With an earth-shattering explosion, the giant metal shield, as well as the shield-bearers and spear-bearers behind it, were all sent flying like kites with their strings cut.
The Great Tang defense line that had held out for so long had been broken in a flash.
"All soldiers, charge!"
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