The Great Qin Empire---Qin Li

"Exempt from next year's shift, there is such a good thing!?"

Those who had not participated in the military service for many times were a little bit unbelievable, but they nodded to Chao Bo and confirmed it.

"Of course, every year in the village, the cattle are evaluated for farming. If they get the best, the cattle breeder can also be exempted from one shift, and the Tianshoufu who is responsible for this matter can also get a pot of wine and ten pieces of dried meat as rewards."

"That's right!" Ji Ying added: "The reward for winning the Ten-Day Shift Competition is also a pot of wine and ten pieces of dried meat for the sergeant! Half of it for the squad leader!"

Hei Fu took the opportunity to say: "If we get the first place, I can share the wine and dried meat rewarded to me with the second and third sons!"

"Wine..." The eyes of the two brothers Zhu and Mu immediately turned green.

"Dried meat." Ke, Bu Ke, and Xiao Tao also swallowed their saliva at the same time. Sure enough, when these two things were mentioned, the people from poor families drooled.

Seeing that everyone was motivated to participate, Ping said, "It's easier said than done. We have to compete for the first place among ten teams."

"Heifu never does anything without confidence. I am confident that I can lead Ersanzi to the first place!"

Seeing that the time was ripe, Heifu made his promise: "Even if this fails, Ersanzi will not suffer any loss. If it succeeds, everyone will benefit. Why not do it? All I ask is that Ersanzi will obey me in the next few days!"

Heifu bowed to Dongmen Bao: "I hope Wuchang can do his best to help."

He bowed to Chao Bo: "I also hope Chao Bo can tell me everything I know!"

"I will do my best to help Heifu!" Dongmen Bao is a brave man. Even if Heifu doesn't mention it, he will take the initiative to compete with others.

"Me too." Ji Ying joined in second.

"Whatever, we have to train in the next few days anyway, so we'll just listen to the chief." Chao Bo was very impressed by Hei Fu's respectful attitude towards the elderly, so he simply joined in.

Then, Xiao Tao, Zhui, and Mu also expressed their intention to join in one after another. The two brothers Ke and Bu followed the crowd, and even the most passive Ping obeyed the majority and was forced to agree. In this way, all the members of Guishi agreed to go all out to strive for the first place in the ten-day competition.

"In the next few days, we should work together..."

Hei Fu wanted to say a few more words to inspire his morale, but unexpectedly, the county soldier "Zhao" who took them to their residence yesterday came running over and said that Chen Baijiang had asked to see him.

...

Chen Baijiang had separated from Bin Baijiang at this moment and was waiting for Hei Fu behind a big mulberry tree beside the parade ground. He kept pacing in place, obviously a little anxious. When Hei Fu came up to him, Chen Baijiang raised his head and the first sentence was very unhappy.

"Heifu, what do you mean!"

Heifu bowed and said: "I was reckless today, but General Chen, this is a great opportunity to make General Bin lose face!"

"Wait a minute, do you think this matter can make General Bin lose face?" General Chen looked puzzled.

Heifu smiled: "From the moment General Bin argued with me about this, he lost!"

General Chen was stunned: "What do you mean?"

"First, General Bin is a general without a title, but he argued with me, a mere soldier. No matter whether he wins or loses, it will be very disadvantageous to him if it gets out."

"Second, if I am rated as the best, General Bin will have to jump 300 times and dance 300 times around the parade ground. He will be laughed at by the whole county. From then on, his prestige will be destroyed and it will be difficult for him to gain a foothold in the parade ground. Isn't it wonderful?"

General Chen looked at Heifu in surprise: "You think so far."

If you think about it carefully, it is right. If Heifu gets the first place, his rival General Bin will definitely lose face, which will benefit him in every way. If he doesn't get the first place, it has nothing to do with him. He should just watch the farce without getting involved!

Thinking of this, General Chen felt much more comfortable, and said, "Are you so sure you can win first place?"

"I have indeed been trained by my father, and I should have no problem in disciplining the ten or five. The only problem is..."

Hei Fu raised his head: "I just don't know which county lieutenant will come to evaluate in ten days?"

General Chen stroked his mustache and said, "The right lieutenant and the left lieutenant will come together to evaluate, and the final decision will be made by the right lieutenant."

He knew what Hei Fu meant, and added, "However, there will be a clerk on the scene to record, so the two county lieutenants will not be partial to each other, but will evaluate according to the performance of each squad. In this way, the county left lieutenant will certainly not take revenge for personal gain, but you should not expect the county right lieutenant to deliberately favor you..."

"I dare not." Hei Fu said, "As long as the evaluation is fair, don't be influenced by the left lieutenant and General Bin."

At the end, he bowed deeply again and said emotionally: "I just hope that General Bai will say a few good words in front of the right lieutenant. I have made enemies with General Bin Bai because of the case of the head of Huyang Pavilion. I am afraid that the county left lieutenant is also hostile to me because of this. From now on, I can only rely on General Chen Bai and the right lieutenant for protection."

This is an active surrender. General Chen Bai was surprised by Hei Fu's cleverness. Is this really a 17-year-old farmer who came to the county for the first time?

However, General Chen Bai did not investigate further. At this moment, he just regarded Hei Fu as a sword stabbing General Bin Bai.

"It's good that you understand."

Little did he know that Hei Fu actually had his own plan.

On the way back to the army, Hei Fu thought secretly: "Since I was humiliated by the county soldiers yesterday, I realized that even if I swallowed my anger for a month, I would be harassed by the generals and punished if I was not careful. Anyway, I have offended everyone I should offend. Instead of being a coward and retreating, I might as well forge ahead!"

Make full use of the contradictions between the two generals and even the two county lieutenants. If you do it well, you may have a chance to stand out!

What's more, others think he is bragging about this matter, but Hei Fu has a plan in mind.

He looked at the groups of guards in the distance. They were a mixture of old and young, with uneven heights, different strengths and weaknesses, and loose conditions. Some put their hands in their sleeves and shivered, some raised their heads and shrugged their shoulders in a daze, some hunched over and coughed, or looked left and right, or scratched their ears. Even if they barely stood in a row, the formation was crooked.

Such a formation made him, who was used to the neat and orderly military in later generations, speechless.

Facing such an opponent, Hei Fu felt that it would be difficult for him to lose.

After all, he was a student of the Police Academy, and he was very good at formation. Moreover, before graduation, he served as a military training instructor for freshmen of a certain university. He knew very well how to train a mob into a model of marching in formation...

Although the cultural quality of the soldiers of this era was far inferior to that of contemporary college students, they were more obedient and had better physical fitness. Although most of them were skinny and malnourished, at least they would not faint suddenly in the sun and scare the instructors to death...

Moreover, it was said that they could fight even if they did not obey orders!

"Just wait and see."

Hei Fu looked at Chen Baifu who thought he had a plan behind him, and Bin Baifu who looked down on him from a distance, and even the squad leaders and corporals who laughed at him, and smiled.

"The real military training has begun!"

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On October 3, the 22nd year of the reign of Qin Shi Huang, the third day of the night shift, Heifu got up just after "Pingdan".

Qin also had twelve hours, but unlike later generations, they all had their own names, namely:

Cockcrow (1 to 3), Pingdan (3 to 5), Sunrise (5 to 7), Food Time (7 to 9), Moshi (9 to 11), Noon (11 to 13), Sunset (13 to 15), Market Close (15 to 17), Spring (17 to 19), Cattle and Sheep Arrive (19 to 21), Dusk (21 to 23), People Settle (23 to 1).

After Heifu got up, it was just dawn outside. He washed himself with the water in the water tank outside, closed his eyes and inhaled, stretched his legs, stretched his waist, and started to review the "troop formation" he learned yesterday afternoon.

The method of training soldiers in this era emphasizes "one person learns to fight, and teaches ten people. Ten people learn to fight, and teach a hundred people." So after dividing the troops into ten and five yesterday, General Chen asked the squad leaders and platoon leaders to learn various formation skills from the old troops in the county soldiers. These skills originated from the two military masters Sun and Wu, and can be roughly divided into the following types:

Sit and stand up, which is squatting and standing in military training in later generations.

Walk and stop, which is marching and standing still.

Left and right, which is turning left and right.

Forward and backward, which is advancing and retreating.

Divide and unite, as the name suggests, is the gathering and dispersion of the queue.

Tie and untie, which is gathering and disbanding.

After understanding, Hei Fu couldn't help but sigh with emotion. He had always thought that the basic formation training in the later army was copied from the West. Who would have thought that it could be traced back to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period!

However, Hei Fu and his men were only soldiers, and it was still too early for them to go to battle. Now they were practicing these things mainly for the ten-day competition seven days later. On October 10, the two county lieutenants were coming to inspect their training results, and time was very tight.

Fortunately, Hei Fu had experienced countless inspections by various heads and leaders in school in his previous life, and he had experience.

After Hei Fu practiced for a quarter of an hour, the sun had already appeared above the horizon, and it was time for "sunrise". He wiped his sweat and felt more confident.

It seems that the sergeant played the role of the squad leader in the later army. They had two squads, ten people, standing in a row. The sergeant had to stand at the head of the row, holding a thick bamboo pole - in wartime, he would hold a small flag, and the sergeant had to stand at the end of the team to supervise whether there were any laggards.

"It's too easy for me, but for others, it's still a bit difficult to learn and use it proficiently within a few days."

"Sergeant, it's really early."

Turning back, Hei Fu found that Corporal Dongmenbao had been leaning against the door with his arms folded and watching for a long time.

Hei Fu bowed to him, and Dongmenbao came over and stretched his waist. After watching Hei Fu practice for a while, he couldn't help but complain: "Sergeant is practicing hard, but I just can't understand why he doesn't start training with fighting and archery, but practice this meaningless formation. When he goes to the battlefield, it's useless!"

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