Chapter 72: The Way of Benevolence and Forgiveness (5)
During the attack on Pingbu's winter camp, the soldiers from the front camp captured sixty-nine Khitan people, half of whom were old, weak, women and children, and the remaining thirty-six were young and strong. On the grassland, green and strong means
Soldiers, all adult men, including those who are underage but can handle weapons, are soldiers. How to deal with these prisoners is a very head-scratching matter.
For those old and weak women and children, as long as they are brought under Feng Dao's jurisdiction and work according to the rules, there is no doubt. Tribes on the grassland often conquer each other, and the losers become slaves of the victor.
It is natural for the winning party to raise cattle and sheep, and even give birth to children. Therefore, these Khitan women and children do not have to worry at all. They have natural labor consciousness and obedience.
As for the treatment of those Khitan soldiers, they generally have the same opinion. Feng Dao's view represents the mainstream view of the Central Plains literati, that is, to practice kingly conduct, implement benevolent government, and educate these soldiers. Zhang Xingzhong and Zhou Qidao's views are close to that of warriors, killing them
Among them, the rest were forced to join the army. These two opinions are actually equivalent to fully incorporating these Khitan people into the army, because the so-called "rebellious people" had already been killed by soldiers from the front camp in the battle.
Those who survived and became prisoners were almost all those who voluntarily laid down their weapons, which is often said to be "aware of current affairs".
Li Chengzhong also coveted these Khitan troops, but he also considered the issue of whether the Khitans and the Han people could integrate. The first thing that had to be resolved was the resentment of the more than 300 Han people who had been rescued against the Khitans.
Li Chengzhong personally visited these people, talked cordially with them, asked about their appeals, and listened to their wishes. To his surprise, these people's gratitude to Li Chengzhong and the soldiers in the former camp directly concealed their hatred of the Khitan people.
I was very lucky to be freed from the Khitan camp, and I had no extravagant expectations about how to retaliate against the Khitan people. When Li Chengzhong vaguely revealed his intention to recruit Khitan people for his own use, the people had nothing to say.
Their original words were: "The general is the savior of Mr. and Mrs., how dare I say anything whatever the general wants to do. I am lucky to have escaped, how dare I expect anything else..."
Faced with the blind obedience of people to superiors in this era, or the insensitivity to their own destiny, Li Chengzhong was surprised and didn't know whether he should feel lucky or sad.
Well, Li Chengzhong is not the kind of fool who vows to save the people of the world. His current thoughts are only to quickly increase his strength, defeat the Khitan Ministry's blockade of Bailang Mountain, and further, to restore the people outside the pass.
Land, Yingzhou was brought back under the jurisdiction of the Lulong Army - to put it bluntly, it was brought under his rule so that he could truly have a place to live and settle down. Therefore, he quickly put aside these negative emotions and began to deal with the Khitan
The matter of surrender.
The method is very simple. In order to make the Khitan people really work for him, he plans to repeat what he did to the instructors before - reeducation through labor, or "reform through labor." This method has been used in the past and has been proven to be feasible.
, so Li Chengzhong quickly asked the Khitan people to join in the labor. As mentioned before, those who are willing to lay down their weapons and surrender are basically not unruly people. The requirement of exchanging labor for work points and exchanging work points for food seems obvious.
Very obedient, the Khitan soldiers took over the labor tools with hands accustomed to handling swords and guns.
During the transformation process of the instructor's explanation, the Bailang Mountain Military Village found out some experiences and rules. Therefore, Li Chengzhong took the lead, Feng Dao was the deputy, and the members included Jiang Miao, Fatty Wang Er, and three village elders.
After many meetings and discussions, the Bailangshan Prisoner of War Reformation Committee applied certain successful experiences that proved to be extremely effective in reforming this batch of Khitan prisoners of war, and gradually achieved good results. In addition to labor in exchange for work points, these experiences also include
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Allow Khitan prisoners of war to properly participate in collective work that requires the coordination of multiple people - to cultivate their sense of integration;
Use some small tricks to make Khitan prisoners of war realize the importance of understanding Chinese and Chinese characters - to lure and persuade them to voluntarily participate in cultural courses;
Help Khitan prisoners of war get to know some Han people - so that they can realize the great harm caused to others by past plundering;
Let the instructors explain what they have learned from their own experiences - so that they can see the hope of future life;
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Li Chengzhong was a football fan in his previous life, and the sports events he participated in most in the army were basketball and football. Since he robbed the winter camp of the Khitan Pinbu, he had been eating mutton and beef for a while, and he had nowhere to vent his energy.
In addition to training soldiers, I couldn't help but feel a little bit rich, so I took advantage of my free time to engage in ball games.
Considering the size of the school field in Bailangshan Military Village, Li Chengzhong initially wanted to play basketball, but it turned out that the current technical conditions were not up to this level. He found a few common people who were good female celebrities and gave them guidance on how to play basketball.
Fill fish intestines, sheep intestines, etc. with air and tie them tightly. Stuff these air-filled intestinal tubes into empty balls sewn with cowhide in advance. Fill the gaps with wool. Finally, sew the outer skin on, and a basketball is made.
But the basketball's bouncing effect was not good and could not meet Li Chengzhong's requirements, so Li Chengzhong settled for the next best thing, shrinking the ball slightly and making it the size of a football, which was barely enough to meet the needs of playing football.
It would be no fun to play by yourself, so Lieutenant General Li Cheng pulled in the personal guards led by Zhou Xiaolang.
"Xuanjie also likes Cuju?" Zhou Xiaolang couldn't help but feel happy when he saw Li Chengzhong balancing the ball and showing off his skills. He took the ball kicked by Li Chengzhong, turned over with a kite, and steadily stopped the ball on his neck.
Zhou Xiaolang's hand was much better than that of Li Chengzhong. Li Chengzhong was a little surprised, and then generously praised Zhou Xiaolang. Zhou Xiaolang said that his Cuju was not that good, and Zhou's machete skills were much better than him. While talking, he made gestures.
The guards were divided into two groups, and they wanted to accompany their own family to celebrate the festival.
Since many people know the basic skills of Cuju, it is much easier. As long as the rules are explained clearly, you can start playing directly. In the history class of primary and secondary schools, Li Cheng knew that there was a huge difference between Cuju in this era and football in later generations, so he asked Zhang
The old craftsman went to make the goal and took advantage of his free opportunity to explain in detail the playing methods and rules of later generations of football. The playing method of later generations of football was much simpler than Cuju. The guards understood it as soon as they heard it. After the goal was completed,
Li Chengzhong led the first team and Zhou Xiaolang led the first team and started running around the school field.
The scene was very chaotic. Basically, wherever the ball rolled, ten people ran to it. At the worst time, the crowd even crowded into a ball and the ball could not be kicked out. Li Chengzhong called a timeout and turned around to severely criticize his team's performance.
The five players assigned their respective areas to guard on the spot, distinguishing the defenders, midfielders, and forwards. They threatened military law and required everyone to perform their duties and not move around at will.
When the game restarted, Zhou Xiaolang was dumbfounded. His players kept running behind the ball and often couldn't even touch the ball. In less than half an hour, Li Chengzhong's team scored 14 goals in a row. When Zhou Xiaolang's players
When each one of them fell to the ground from exhaustion, Li Chengzhong's players were still jumping around, constantly dropping their feet, and firmly controlling the movement of the ball.
As the leader of the entire Bailangshan military camp, the "New Cuju" organized by Li Chengzhong naturally attracted the attention of the entire military camp. The impact and explosive power of modern football made all the soldiers in the front camp excited, so the "New Cuju" became popular in Bailangshan.
Langshan. Soccer balls were placed on the warehouse grid one by one. The price tag reached five work points, but the supply still exceeded demand.
The space is limited, but the enthusiasm for "new Cuju" is unlimited. The former battalion soldiers spontaneously formed a team and met to play football on the school field, resulting in a messy field. Several teams shared a field and several goalkeepers.
It happened frequently that the same goalkeepers were guarding the same goal, so each group began to spontaneously communicate and coordinate in private, and communicated about the time of playing football. When communication failed, they would meet to compete for the right to use the stadium through competition. Some group leaders were in
A verbal dispute broke out during a match. In order to vent their anger, they put forward additional conditions for shutting down, and the prize for shutting down was work points. There were also some gang members with explosive tempers who played football with extremely brutal collision methods when the score was unfavorable.
It will trigger a conflict between the two groups. When this conflict becomes more and more intense, a football match will often turn into a later rugby match, with the whole stadium turned upside down and filled with chaos.
So Li Chengzhong had to formulate the rules of the football game in detail. The rules were basically copied from those of later generations, but the requirements for collisions and physical contact were looser. The promulgation of this set of rules was carried out by Li Chengzhong who personally gathered all the soldiers in the battalion. He was on the reviewing stand.
The announcement was made one by one, and the soldiers listened carefully on the school field one by one, even more seriously than when the "Former Battalion Soldiers' Passage Regulations" was promulgated. The soldiers' understanding and mastery of the "Football Game Rules" gradually surpassed that of the "Fore Camp Soldiers' Passage Regulations".
"Soldier Movement Regulations", this was something Li Chengzhong did not expect.
In order to standardize the order of Bailangshan football matches, Li Chengzhong worked hard and formulated a league system. In view of the current situation that almost everyone in the former battalion participated, Li Chengzhong set the league into three levels, namely Class A, Class B, and Class C.
Level. There are currently forty gangs in the front camp, which is the result of absorbing the young and strong among the newly rescued people. Excluding the personal guards, he messed up the drawing of the remaining thirty-nine gangs and held three rounds of knockout matches.
Three levels of teams have been initially determined. The competition system will last for one year, with one round held every five days. The top three teams in each level will be promoted and the bottom three teams will be relegated. Li Chengzhong also stipulated the rules for each level of the league.
The year-end rewards for each ranked team, for example, the first-place team in the League A will be awarded 30,000 yuan to the entire team at the end of the year!
The "Football Match Rules" also stipulate that each game is divided into two halves, a total of half an hour, with five players on the field and five substitutes off the field. This type of futsal is adapted to the Bailangshan military system and is consistent with each game.
The number of people is about the same. At the same time, the competition venue can be increased, because he divided the school field into four smaller open spaces, which can accommodate four games at the same time.
Li Chengzhong also gave up the fun of playing games in person. He trained his guards as referees to enforce the law, and he himself served as the chief referee to maintain the order of the game.
In addition to the above-mentioned measures, Li Chengzhong opened a tactical training class, and the captains of each team - the captains of each team can attend the class voluntarily. He explained various tactics of football matches in the training class, such as long passes, ground penetration, etc.
Explain the responsibilities and tasks of each player on the field, such as goalkeeper, defender, midfielder, forward, etc., and explain the cooperation and movement between players, such as hitting the wall, passing back, through balls, pulling, etc... Every tactical training class is full.
, Li Chengzhong dedicated ten nights in a row to explain. The team leaders were very enthusiastic and enthusiastic about the lectures, and the questions and interactions in the class were also very lively.
After Li Chengzhong's tactical training class, the league was in full swing. On the evening of the match day, the soldiers of the front battalion also took the initiative to postpone their rest time. Under the call of the team leader, they held a meeting to discuss the gains and losses of the day's game and study the next game.
Tactical arrangements for the game. Countless torches were lit in the school grounds at night, and teams training on the four courts were common, even to the point of lining up.
Li Chengzhong was very satisfied with the storm caused by the football match in Bailangshan Junzhai. His initial intention was just for leisure and recreation, plus a little bit of physical exercise. But the subsequent development made him suddenly realize a problem. It seemed that he could pass this
Sports are used to enhance the teamwork and cooperation ability of each group of soldiers, and to train the commanding abilities of the group leader - captain, corps leader - deputy captain. In addition, the performance of a team will help develop the players' collective sense of honor.
There seems to be a huge driving force. These factors are important reasons why Li Chengzhong is determined to vigorously promote the football league.
For a long time, soldiers' battle discipline has been the focus of his training. If each group can be trained into a squad with battlefield flexibility through the football league, if the group leaders and team leaders can compete in football matches,
After cultivating a sense of battlefield command, Li Chengzhong had more expectations for the future of the front camp.