Datang New Order

On the fourth match day of the White Wolf Mountain Army Football League, after the third match of the C-League, Xie Li led the "Spike" team members down from the field dejectedly, and without waiting for the players to rest, he said directly: "Go to my place now, everyone think about it!"

Since the football storm broke out in the White Wolf Mountain, the Khitan prisoners of war have also developed a strong interest in this sport. They urged the Khitan people who have the most say in the military camp to ask if they can participate in the game.After experiencing the battle in the camp of the Ministry of Assault, Xie Li has gained more and more attention from the top brass of the military village. To a certain extent, he can say a few words on behalf of the Khitan people. Therefore, Xie Li, who also has the expectation of participating in the competition, proposed to form the Khitan people The team's application.The application was immediately approved, so Xie Li selected nine of the Khitan prisoners of war to form a team.

Li Chengzhong encourages and allows each team to decide their own team name. Xie Li initially named the team "Wolf" team. This is probably one of the first names that all prairie barbarians will think of, but Li Chengzhong feels that one word The title was a bit awkward, so the word "tooth" was added at the end.

The Spikes did not catch up with the first three tiered games, and could only be arranged to enter the C-League. Because of the late formation of the team, they did not catch up with the first round of the league. Therefore, a total of three games have been played so far. One draw and two losses, with one point accumulated, ranked third from the bottom in the league.

The cave dwelling in Jieli is not big, but it is barely enough to squeeze ten people.Xie Li took a deep breath, ordered the team members to sit down, and immediately roared in an almost angry tone: "Wumari, didn't I tell you not to rush up casually? After you go up, our defense immediately It's empty, the opponent's third goal was scored after you rushed up! If it wasn't like this, we could at least tie and get a point! I should have replaced you if I knew it earlier. Ah Zhu, how many goals did you waste? The chance of the ball? You can kick the ball that you can kick in with your eyes closed. What else can you do? And Guth, I heard them say that you can get a good ranking at the Tao Lihua Conference every year , you use your ability to tie a horse with your bare hands, why can't you even hold the ball steadily when you are guarding the goal?..."

Xie Li severely criticized the team members one by one, and then said in a very solemn tone: "We only have one point now, but the game has been played for four rounds, and the most powerful team has already accumulated nine points! Think about what you said at the beginning If you pass, do you still want to be promoted to the second division next year? Don't you feel ashamed?...Okay, I will go to the football game later, to watch the match at the Tianzi Stadium, where the 'Blood Cake' team led by Team Officer Zhong will play there. They are currently No.1 in the First Class, I hope you can take a good look at how their players strictly observe tactical discipline!"

As the first-level teams played one after another, the atmosphere in the school field gradually increased, and many people gathered around the field to cheer for the players.

Xie Li and his teammates squeezed to the side of Tianzi Stadium, and the "Blood Cake" team began to enter the stadium, and there was a burst of cheers outside the stadium.Thanks to the results, the popularity of the "Blood Cake" team is obviously very strong, and the surrounding area of ​​Tianzi Stadium is immediately crowded.

Xie Li was pulled out of the crowd by his arm, and when he saw that the person pulling him was Zhou Xiaolang, he knew that Li Chengzhong was looking for him, so without further ado, he followed Zhou Xiaolang onto the reviewing platform.

Li Chengzhong looked at the four games held in the four venues leisurely with his hands on the reviewing platform. He came up with insights, smiled, and said, "Your team seems to have a bad record."

Xie Li blushed and argued: "They usually have to work, and the food they exchanged is not enough to eat, so their physical strength is naturally poor."

Li Chengzhong nodded, and said: "I have an idea, which can feed your clansmen. You can tell them later that if you are willing to participate, you can sign up with you, and you can form a team of 'Spike'...not a football team. The team is a team attached to the former battalion. You are the team officer. Tell them, I don’t ask them to fight, especially when they face you Khitan people in the future, they don’t need to participate in the battle. I ask you to do it Yes, according to your Khitan fighting method, you fight my soldiers one by one. They can enjoy half of the treatment of my soldiers, that is to say, my soldiers eat three meals a day, two breads and a bowl of meat for each meal. Congee, and you can eat three meals a day, one bread, half a bowl of meat porridge for each meal...Of course not including you, you are still a former instructor, enjoy the instructor's treatment, and the ten work points per day will never be deducted...So , if your people want to eat better, they must seize an opportunity.”…,

Xie Li thought about it, and it seemed that this kind of treatment was much better than letting them work for work points, so he asked, "What opportunity?"

Li Chengzhong said: "A chance to fight. I will assign a team of soldiers to fight with you every other day. I will not use real weapons. Probably both sides will use wooden sticks or wooden knives. Bows and arrows will also remove arrow clusters...Of course, I will Wrap sheepskin and wool on wooden sticks and wooden knives to prevent injury. If you lose, you will lose this opportunity and wait for the next fight. If you win, you will reward the whole team with [-] work points."

Xie Li thought about it for a while, and said, "Your soldiers have 50 soldiers in one team, and we Khitans have at most 30. It's not fair."

Li Chengzhong said: "Basically, my soldiers only learned to hold swords and guns a few months ago. You Khitans are all fighters who have fought on the battlefield for many years. It's fair."

Xie Li argued: "But your soldiers already have a lot of combat experience. As far as I know, they have defeated Pinbu twice in Yuguan and Bailang Mountain."

Li Chengzhong said: "It should be three times, including the assault on the winter camp years ago. But the three victories did not have an upright face-to-face confrontation, so my soldiers are still inferior to you when fighting one-on-one. To be honest, I want to train them The ability to fight face to face, I hope you will act as the 'blue army'."

Xie Li didn't understand what "Blue Army" meant. He thought Li Chengzhong was talking about "Wolf Army". ", allowing the soldiers of the former battalion to improve their ability to fight face to face through actual combat with the "wolves".

After a moment of silence, Xie Li said: "One hundred work points is too little, evenly distributed to each person, there are only three work points, that is, three breads, and as you said just now, there is such an opportunity every other day... ..."

Li Chengzhong immediately said: "Okay, the reward can be increased to two hundred work points. But there is one thing, you must manage your team well. If there is anything out of the ordinary, such as escaping or maliciously hurting people during the drill, I will enforce the military law."

Xie Li sighed: "My lord, don't worry, I will tell them. I have been studying in Feng Sishi's class, and I know that you Han people have the so-called "loyalty"...but on our grassland, grassland people's The habit is that the strong respect. Since they were defeated in battle and surrendered, it means that they have recognized that the adults are strong, and they will bow their heads. According to the rules of the grassland, they are your slaves, and they can even serve you fight."

"Oh?" Li Chengzhong was stunned for a moment, and looked at Xie Li playfully: "Then when you were captured by me, why didn't you 'bow your head and obey orders'?"

As soon as this matter was mentioned, Xie Li felt very unnatural, and he said coldly: "I am a horse-tattling warrior from the Suju Department. In my tribe, I can be regarded as a noble person anyway. I am different from ordinary Khitan people." The same, according to the rules, I have the right to redeem my life with cattle and sheep! But until now, you still refuse to let me exercise my rights... Moreover, surrendering is not a matter of status, and I have never surrendered However, I always think that if you really fight, it is impossible for you to capture me."

Li Chengzhong didn't pay too much attention to Xie Li's persistence. On the contrary, he had a trace of respect. He said slowly: "You are a good instructor. I have seen your training method and it is very suitable. My soldiers have gained a lot. Wait for the future One day, maybe I will let you go, give you freedom, and not charge you a ransom fee."

Xie Li was a little surprised: "You really know how to let me go?"

Li Chengzhong nodded: "I've heard that the horse-tattling warriors are powerful, so when I caught you, I was reluctant to kill you and gave you a chance to survive. Afterwards, it proved that you are indeed very powerful. Not only are you superb in archery, but also in riding. It’s also very subtle. During these days, your teachings have also been very effective, and my soldiers have improved rapidly in terms of ability. In this way, you have contributed a lot to me, and this credit is enough to compensate for your ransom fee.” …,

Xie Li breathed a sigh of relief, he was in a much better mood after receiving Li Chengzhong's promise to set him free. Although he didn't know when it would be, at least he was better than now.Hearing Li Chengzhong's praise for him, he felt more at ease, so he smiled and said: "You Han people are very smart, much smarter than us Khitan people, so it's easier to teach...you just said 'one day' will Let me go, when is that day?"

Li Chengzhong said: "Wait until you Khitan people stop looting, or wait until the day when we Han subdue all the Khitan tribes."

"During the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, we were not able to defeat us. Do you think there will be such a day? I know that more than 100 years ago, in Tuhe Zhenshui, your most valiant army was defeated by us Khitans..."

Regarding the battle of Tuhe Zhenshui mentioned by Xie Li, Li Chengzhong explained it when he heard Feng Daoxian.When An Lushan was the envoy of Youzhou and Fanyang Jiedu, he sent an army of [-] to conquer Khitan, with [-] Xiren as the vanguard, and fought all the way to the real water of Tuhe where the Yaozhan's king's tent was located, but was defeated in the end. .This battle had the same experience as Gao Xianzhi's attack on Talas in the black-clothed food. It also happened in the tenth year of Tianbao. At the beginning of the battle, the Tang army was also very powerful, and the reason for the defeat also came from the betrayal of the vassal nation.What Gao Xianzhi encountered was Ge Luolu's betrayal, while An Lushan was defeated by Xi Ren's rebellion.

In Feng Dao's eyes, the two disastrous defeats in Tianbao's ten years in the northeast and northwest indicated the beginning of Datang's decline from prosperity.Li Chengzhong remembered that when Feng Dao talked about this past, his eyes were full of sighs.