The "Southern Army" led by Meng Wu had 150,000 men, of which 80,000 were combat troops, and they were commanded by eight commanders, with a total of 80 commanders.

When General Wang Qian, the commander-in-chief of Qin's 600,000-strong army, came to inspect the southern army, among the 80 commanders, only Heifu had the opportunity to accompany General Wang Lao to inspect the military camp with General Meng Wu and Commander Li You......

Heifu was personally named by Wang Jian to come forward to speak, Wang Jian asked if he came up with this "football" play, Heifu said yes, saying that he thought of it from Keju, just to let his soldiers have something to do.

He did not brag about it, but said sincerely: "Dare to speak up to the general, just as Captain Li once said to us, since the soldiers entered the barracks, they are no longer free people, and they should forget their relatives and point fingers at the enemy. ”

"But after being in the barracks for a long time, there is nothing to do except eat, sleep, practice, and occasionally make routine rounds. After a few months, it will inevitably be boring and even angry. These kinds of anger prevail in the army, just like the poison of the human body. If there is a war to fight, at least this poison can be lost to the outside, but there is no war to fight at the moment, and if it is allowed to continue, the poison will accumulate inside. Recently, in the battalions, there are often restless soldiers, gambling, private fights, and women in the military market. The lieutenant ordered us to investigate strictly, and although all of them were severely punished, they were still repeatedly banned, but after the football game, my subordinate soldiers had something to do, and they all settled down......"

Heifu's words were very truthful, but Wang Jian nodded secretly, when he was in Xianyang, he had also heard of the name of this person, after all, he was the hero who followed Li You to fight the battle of Liyang, and Li You also praised Heifu a lot.

He is right, let the soldiers stay for a long time and get tired, which is not good for the management of the army, and even affects morale.

Sun Tzu said: Vigorous, lazy during the day, and return at dusk. Therefore, those who are good at fighting with their troops always have to avoid the enemy's initial spirit, and wait until the enemy's morale is low and exhausted before launching an attack. Dealing with the enemy's chaos with one's own strictness, dealing with the enemy's rashness with one's own composure, treating the near with the far, waiting for the work with ease, and waiting for hunger with the fullness -- this is the general law of anticipating the enemy.

After Wang Jian came to the front line, he deliberately did not fight, but waited for four months, also in order to exhaust the morale of the Chu army to defend the country against the enemy, and let his soldiers forget the haze of the defeat of the Qin army in the last battle, so that the morale of the Chu army became increasingly low, and the Qin army's desire to fight grew day by day, so as to realize the reversal of the morale of the enemy and me.

If it is in the stalemate stage, the morale of the Qin army itself will plummet, so how can it be done?

In the past, the princes' kings and generals thought of a lot of ways to solve the morale problem.

For example, Guan Zhong of Qi and Gou Jian of Yue State conscripted women into the barracks to comfort the soldiers, and when the army had no battles to fight, the soldiers vented in the women's lu, and through some clouds and rain, they regained their strength.

However, this method slowly proved to be more harmful than good, first of all, the soldiers and yin and yang families believed: if there is a woman in the army, the morale will be weakened, and if a woman is in the army, the minds of all people will not be on training and combat.

Therefore, from the beginning of the Mo family's defense of the city, it was stipulated: "When women go to the army, order the men to go to the left and the women to the right, and there is no parallel." All of them will be obeyed, and they will not be cut off from the order. ”

And Shang Ying also changed the law: "There are no women in the military city!" ”

Since it was impossible for the Qin army to rely on female prostitutes to inspire soldiers like the army of the Six Kingdoms, it could only relax the constraints on the soldiers and let them do some amateur activities such as cornering and throwing stones. Counting people and watching hundreds of people, in addition to passing the time, can also boost morale and allow soldiers to get exercise.

But no other game has ever been as popular as "soccer", which is not actually a soccer ball, with soldiers jumping as the little ball rolls and letting out a roar of cheers like a battle battle against an enemy formation......

In addition to letting the soldiers pass the time and forget the boredom of the military camp, Wang Jian also saw some shadows of military warfare.

At this time, Li You also held the bow ball just right and sighed:

"I have heard a legend that it is said that the Yellow Emperor and Chi You fought against the deer, and after they were captured, they were skinned and thought to be a dry marquis, so that people could shoot them, and those who were more successful were rewarded. Cut his hair and make a flag, the name is called Chi You. Fill their stomachs to be bowed, so that people kick it, and those who win it will be rewarded, which is the origin of Keju. Slowly, this thing is also often played in the army, entertainment to train samurai, especially Qi and Chu are the most favorite. ”

"But those Qi Chu juju, most of them are tricks to show off their skills, and it is useless in the battle, but the football played by everyone in Nanjun today is different, not only can it entertain people, but also practice the formation, ten people work together to win."

So Li You suggested: "General, this football drama is better promoted in the army, so that the soldiers can practice defending against the enemy as the front, the soldiers who are trapped in the team can practice the breakthrough as the forwards, and the grassroots military officials can be the commanders on the field to practice command." Wouldn't it be nice to be able to play and do what you want? ”

This is Heifu for a few days, knocking on the side to instill Li You, Li You finally made a suggestion to Wang Jian with this, seeing that the boss quoted scriptures, the limelight finally overshadowed himself, Heifu was very happy, now don't worry about taking the lead.

Although Wang Jian is the commander of the Qin army, Heifu's thigh in the next ten years will still be the Li family, and even Wang Qian's own grandson Wang Li will have to rely on Li Si to support him in the future, which must be clearly understood. If you get carried away for a while, you will perform desperately in front of Wang Qian, so that your boss Li You's face will be dull, and there will be a gap between the two, but it will not be beautiful......

Wang Jian is an understanding person, he looked at Li You, and then looked at Heifu who was smiling, but he didn't say anything, just laughed: "Yes, you can let the soldiers of the Chinese Army and the Northern Army also learn." It's just that in this way, I'm afraid that in Shangcai, Ruyang and other cities, the urine bubbles that were thrown casually before will also start to be sold for money. ”

The commander-in-chief told a joke, and of course the others laughed along, and after laughing for a while, Heifu also laughed for a while, and then arched his hand and said: "General, the subordinate has a reluctant request......

It's okay to be low-key, but he also wants Wang Jian to leave an impression on himself.

"What? But it doesn't hurt to say that. ”

Heifu said: "At first, this game was called football, but now it seems that it is not appropriate, and I hope that the general will give it a name!" ”

Wang Jian did not refuse, nor did he hesitate, so he touched his gray beard and said: "Li Duwei said that Keju originates from the stomach of Chiyou, and Chiyou is the master of the soldiers in Qi and Chu Dongdi, and today's game is out of Keju, and our army will use this method to let the elite soldiers practice the art of war...... How about calling a pawn ball? ”

Pawn ball? I wonder if it will be confused with table tennis in the future...... Heifu complained secretly, but it was better than calling rugby, because it had not yet been introduced to China.

After asking the right question, Wang Jian was more satisfied with Heifu's performance, it seems that this little leader who doesn't even have a surname really knows a little bit of the art of war, knows how to train and lead soldiers, and then asked, when he learned that Heifu was only twenty-one years old, Wang Jian couldn't help but sigh:

"The old man is twenty-one, and he is only the lieutenant of Wu County, Hedong County, and there are only 500 people under him......"

After speaking, he looked at Li You again, and was indignant again: "When I was thirty years old, I was just a little duke and a Lang official in Xianyang Palace. ”

He shook his head and let his gray beard flutter in the wind: "The future is terrifying, how do you know if the future is not now?" ”

"The general should be old and strong!"

When Heifu said this, everyone also reacted, and said in unison: "General Wang should be old and strong, and he is the pillar of the country!" ”

When Wang Jian heard this, he also laughed: "However, Jing Chu has not been extinguished, how can he say that he is old?" ”

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In the camp of the Nanjun soldiers, Wang Jian still let people kill the dogs, provide high-quality meals to comfort the soldiers, and personally drink and eat with them, which made the soldiers very moved. Despite his advanced age of sixty, he even kicked the ball at both teams of soldiers as a server for a ball game, causing another round of cheers......

Wang Jian can be said to be the strongest aura among the people he has seen since Heifu came to the era, stronger than the deliberate authority of Nanjun County Shou Ye Teng, his not angry and self-authority, treating the soldiers kindly and cordially like an old chief, but it makes people reverence from the heart, this attitude of being close to the soldiers has won the love of everyone.

After General Wang's inspection, the Nanjun soldiers, who were already in good morale, were even more energetic, so just as he was about to board the car and leave here, among the more than 10,000 troops sent off, someone suddenly shouted loudly: "Dare to ask General Wang, when will you go to war?" We are willing to fight! ”

"That's right, when will we fight, we can't wait, and we want to kick Chu Jun's head as a ball!" Someone should make peace.

After a burst of laughter, everyone's hearts seemed to be united, and 10,000 people knelt down on one knee to Wang Jian at the same time, struck the shield with their swords, and asked in unison: "Please lead us into battle!" ”

Wang Jian was very satisfied with everyone's spirit, and helped the chariot to let the herald speak loudly to the soldiers.

"The fighter plane is coming, the second and third sons don't need to stay longer!"

In this battle, the reason why Wang Jian dragged on for so long and only defended but did not attack was because considering that the state of Chu was large and the people were wide, if the army was led deeper, the Chu army would be scattered everywhere, and it would be difficult to capture its main force. If you divide your troops, you may repeat Li Xin's mistakes, he doesn't like to play hide and seek with Xiang Yan.

And with the army holding here, it will definitely attract the Chu army to the front of Qin, hold each other for several months, seeing that February is coming, the Chu army's food is stretched, and the Chu soldiers should also be armored lice, anxious to go home to farm!

Sitting in the car back to the camp, Wang Jian secretly said in his heart: "See Heifu, know that the military officials are available; And now, I know that soldiers can be used...... The opportunity to take advantage of the momentum and destroy the Chu army in one fell swoop is almost here! ”