Chapter 45: Training

From the delta where the Gilgit, Hunza and Indus rivers meet, to the first bend of the Indus Valley, it is almost thirty miles, and the farmers who plough the valley, the nomads who graze their herds, and the women who wash their clothes look at the Tang army squad running on this road, and they are all amazed.

If you want to say that you want to send troops, what is the use of a hundred or so people, and if it is an inspection, why do you have to run out of breath? Who doesn't know that the Tang Army, even if it is a foot soldier, has more than one horse, and most people will buy one or two pack horses, or donkeys, wearing full equipment, and not riding horses, but for what?

Don't say that the people are puzzled, Xu Guangjing, who was running behind the team, was also suspicious, he deliberately slowed down his pace and came to Zhang Wuprice's side.

"What's the matter, you've offended him?"

In his mind, all of this happened after yesterday's incident, and as a person concerned, Zhang Wuxuan would probably know something.

"No, I didn't." The latter was still the same as usual, and the answer was simple and crisp.

"What's wrong?"

"Nope."

Xu Guangjing was a little speechless, could he still chat happily, if it weren't for more than ten years of friendship, who would be willing to put a hot face on his cold ass.

"Then why is he making such a fuss?"

"Let's take up the new office." Zhang Wuxuan said a few more words.

"But if you run down so non-stop, how can you still have the strength, and you can't practice your skills."

When it came to business, Zhang Wuxuan was not perfunctory, and replied to him seriously: "Look, he wants to train our physique, as soon as the war starts, the fight is long-lasting. ”

"It's not bad to say so, in this way, it's no different from speeding, everyone is tired, don't say it, restore physical strength, it's not a matter of a moment and a half, I'm afraid that the boots on my feet will be scrapped A few pairs, this money is out of him?"

Zhang Wuyuan didn't speak, how did he know, what that bastard boy thought, if he said that he was looking for trouble, he was just looking for himself, there was no need to pull the whole team together, this thought was really incomprehensible.

Mobilizing troops is burning money!

Xu Guangjing also stopped talking, the things that the two of them were carrying were not lighter than any sergeant, except for those ordinary equipment, behind each of them, they carried a strange weapon that was higher than one person, and this thing alone weighed twenty catties.

Liu Ji couldn't hear their doubts, he ran at the very end, and when he was halfway through, his state slowly came up, and he ran with ease, and from time to time, he would teach some experience to the sergeants around him, and they would naturally pass it on to the rear team.

"Adjust your breathing, don't be too fast, don't slow down, keep your body balanced, swing your arms strongly, and your steps should be even, so that it will take less effort and last longer."

He knows very well that if you want to subdue these veterans, you have to practice and come up with something that can really convince them, yesterday's fist and foot kung fu has laid a good foundation, and today, in front of everyone, what he wants to prove is that strength and physical strength are two different concepts.

This young body, he has been tuning, from the feeling that the future self, at the age of 16, is far from such a good foundation, so, on this basis, appropriate consolidation training, without any equipment, can also achieve good results.

Today is the time to test the results of these more than 10 days of training.

For these sergeants, whatever the officers say is what they say, the left and right are not desperate to go into battle, what can they do if they run, and even the commander is running in the head, they can't even say strange things.

Who doesn't know that this young general, who is only 16 years old, if he can't even run away from a milky child, what face do they have to call themselves veterans, but the other party even loses the face of Deputy Zhang Shu.

The atmosphere was very dull, which always made Liu Ji feel that something was missing, but after thinking about it, he understood.

"Who can sing? Sing something that everyone knows. ”

The flag that followed him was stunned, this song is really there.

"The main soldier is to listen to the brothers sing, Kang Laosi, you have a loud voice, get one."

"One up, one up." The sergeants who heard it all raised their seedlings and coaxed.

Liu Ji looked at the sergeant called Kang Laosi with a smile as he ran, he was about the same height as him, with a big waist and blue eyes and curly hair, he should be a Sogdian.

"Okay, since everyone respects it, I'll offer an ugly one."

He didn't squirm either, and opened his throat and roared: "The black surnamed Fan Wang Ermine Qiu, hey! The grape palace brocade is drunk. ”

He didn't know much about Tang poetry, but he only listened to a rough idea, and was thinking about such a neat word, not like a song in the barracks, when he heard the sergeants behind him speak one after another, and more than a hundred people sang the next sentence together, and the sound echoed in the calm river valley, which was a bit desolate and atmospheric.

"The Kansai veteran can fight hard, and the seventy marches are still unfinished."

Let him dispel it all of a sudden, and roar a few words of 'Sunset Xishan Hongxia Flying Soldiers Shoot Targets and Return to the Camp', whether it is literary or metaphorical, it can't be compared with others.

In this way, running all the way, singing all the way, thirty miles down, everyone was tired enough, and many people fell straight to the grass, how could they have any calmness before.

Liu Ji knew that it was not that their physical strength was not good, but that it was the first time they practiced like this, and the breathing rhythm did not keep up, for the special forces of later generations, minus fifty pounds, armed off-road for twenty kilometers, just an appetizer, and they had to line up after running, how could they be like now, and they were all over the place.

Things have to be taken one step at a time.

He stood on the grass and looked around, there were no fields in this area, not even human population, only some nomadic tribes of sheep herders, scattered among them, he waved his hand and called the flag over.

"Shu ...... Lord, what do you command? Even running and singing, his words are no longer used, but people can still stand.

"Go find that herdsman, buy two sheep, lead people to kill, and we'll have a meal here."

Holding the flag with great joy, he took a string of copper coins handed by him, called a few sergeants who could still stand firmly, and hurriedly ran to negotiate with the people.

As soon as the connoisseur stretched out his hand, he knew if there was one.

At this moment, there are less than twenty people who can still stand there, without bending their waists or panting, Zhang Wuyuan and Xu Guangjing saw this situation, and they knew that this young man had won again.

If you say that the fists and feet can still be tricky, such a real weight-bearing march is the moment to see the real kung fu, the other party is wearing a heavy armor, which is much heavier than the average sergeant, and other weapons and equipment, there are also a lot, how can they not count in their hearts?

When the two fat horned sheep were driven over, the sergeants who fell to the ground all struggled to get up, and they responded early in the morning, and they were in formation and drills, and they didn't stop for a moment, so they ran so far with all their equipment, and in their stomachs, yesterday's idea of oil and water had long turned into sweat, but I didn't expect that there were still today, and there were two of them.

"Kill them all, cut them into pieces, put them on a fire, and let us roast and eat them."

The cheers of the weak began one after another, and the intense hunger was all transformed into motivation, and without his command, they went in their respective teams and groups to look for stones and firewood, and in a short time several fires rose up, accompanied by the thick smell of barbecue, and filled the whole valley.

An hour later, even resting and eating, more than 100 people gradually recovered their strength, when Xu Guangjing picked his fingers between his teeth, walked all the way to him, and instructed the next step, whether to run back directly, or to rest for a while and then run back, Liu Ji forgot about the mountain not far away, and showed a harmless smile.

"Wrap up the rest of the big bones, and when you go back to the camp, you can still make soup to eat, everyone, let's rest."

"Alright." The sergeants responded.

"Now that you've eaten, you have to move and line up!"

With his order, the sergeants sitting on the ground all got up and lined up in a neat line.

"Follow me up the mountain."

Liu Ji waved his hand, turned around and ran in the direction of the mountain, and his men were stunned for a while before they followed in a hurry.