Just when Gu Haotian was concentrating on the weapons workshop, the football training of the guard battalions in Liangshan was in full swing, and all battalions were working overtime for the game in half a month. Moreover, the strong football atmosphere in Qianshan has also spread to the back mountain, and many young people also go to Qianshan to watch football after work, and find their favorite team, and consciously become its fans.

The half-moon period is approaching, and the atmosphere of the battle is getting stronger and stronger. Recently, in the street market of Lihou Mountain, the most discussed thing is the strength of each battalion and the level of that player.

This day is dinner time, the lobby of Liangshan Restaurant is full of guests, the good income in the manor and the price of the restaurant is close to the people, and the unique deliciousness, the people on the mountain come here every now and then to improve their lives, but it has led to the Liangshan Restaurant being full day by day, so it has also become a distribution center for all kinds of information on the mountain.

The most discussed in the past two days is, of course, the upcoming football match of the Escort Team, and no, the diners have begun to express their opinions again.

"I thought that the pro-guard battalion must be the first to be the first place, and only they were trained by petty officials in the whole mountain battalion, and besides, there were four masters in the team: Bian Xiang, Gu Bo, Qin Sheng, and Ruan Shuisheng, so it was really difficult to have opponents."

"The pro-guard battalion is naturally not bad, but the training battalion is not bad, his team members are all composed of instructors, and their ability is originally higher than that of other battalions."

"It's just a pity for the battalion commander Ma Xun, if he is still in the personal guard battalion, the natural scenery is incomparable, and now he has been transferred to the third battalion to bring some recruits, I'm afraid it will be difficult to make a difference."

"This old brother's words, but I don't accept it, I have seen the training of the third battalion team, there is a horse battalion commander in his team, and there are two generals, Li Kui and Jiao Ting, which really can't be underestimated."

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The discussion in the lobby was lively, and Gu Haotian, Wen Huanzhang and others sitting in the private room also listened clearly. Today, Gu Haotian asked Wen Huanzhang for composition, and when he saw that it was late, he invited him to come over and have two drinks together.

Of course, Wen Huanzhang also paid attention to this sport called football, although he was accustomed to the whimsy of this disciple, but this time he was still shocked, and he didn't expect that the Keju used by people to play nowadays had become such a bloody sport after a slight change, he had secretly observed that the situation of the escort team doing nothing after training had completely changed, and what was even more gratifying was that the battalions seemed to be more united and cohesive.

But Gu Haotian, who has always been the shopkeeper, suddenly thought of something and felt a lot of pressure. It turned out that he had forgotten the training of referees, and if he was a referee alone, he wouldn't be tired to death.

On the second day, Gu Haotian went to the barracks early in the morning, and he selected two shrewd team members from each battalion to temporarily strengthen the study of the rules and serve as referees.

The competition day is approaching day by day, and Gu Haotian has also shuttled to various battalions in the past few days to see their training and make some suggestions. Like most people's thoughts, he was also wary of the three battalions of Ma Xun, so he often went to open a small stove.

The third battalion has not yet had a single soldier, but Ma Xun didn't care about this, and pulled Li Kui to find more than 30 players in the new barracks who he had already been optimistic about, and established the football team of the third battalion of the infantry army. Sun An said that the two brothers Li Kui and Jiao Ting have already arrived in your camp, you should be content, the junior officials of the Xue Can brothers promised me the people of the second camp, and you are not allowed to move. After nearly half a month of training, Ma Xun still has confidence in his heart, although he does not dare to compete with the guard battalion, but his self-confidence is not inferior to any other battalion.

The day of the competition finally came, the elimination system was adopted, in the morning under the auspices of Gu Haotian, seven teams drew lots to determine the opponent, the first round, the guard battalion against the cavalry battalion, the teaching battalion against the second infantry battalion, the third infantry battalion against the sailor battalion, the first infantry battalion lucky bye, directly into the second round.

In the evening, the three games started at the same time, and the crowds on the field were surging, but fortunately, Gu Haotian had already prepared and sent escorts at each venue to barely maintain order.

In the deafening shouts, after nearly an hour of fierce confrontation, the curtain came to an end, three games, the most insipid is the training battalion against the second infantry battalion, the training battalion has been pressing the opponent to fight, easy three to one victory; The central axis composed of Zhou Jin, Zhou Qingyun, and Geng Gong broke out with strong combat effectiveness, and it was not until the last moment that Qin Sheng scored the winning goal, winning 3-2, but scaring Bian Xiang and others out of a cold sweat; And the most unexpected is the match between the third battalion of the infantry and the sailor battalion, the third battalion conceded a goal in the first half, the Ruan brothers in order to keep the victory, but they went on the defensive, Ma Xun seized the opportunity to lead the team to press the onslaught, and finally scored two goals in a row, when the sailors woke up and launched a counterattack, but there was not much time, so they had to watch the cooked duck fly away.

That night, the hotels in the mountains were full, and the winning team celebrated the victory, of course, they had to eat, and the losing team had to gather to sum up the lessons, and the fans of each team also took the opportunity to drink two cups and express their feelings.

"It's a pity that the sailor battalion didn't grasp the good situation, and in the second half I watched the three battalions attack wave after wave, and my heart was about to jump out, alas, I didn't keep it in the end." This man was apparently a fan of the Sailor Barracks.

"Do you really think that the third battalion is so unbearable, you didn't see Li Kui and Jiao Ting charging up, but they were like bulls, and there was a horse battalion commander in the rear, this strength is no worse than any battalion." This is a supporter of the Third Battalion.

"But I admired the cavalry battalion, and even the personal guard battalion was almost pulled off his horse by him, and the other battalions dared to despise him." The battle of the cavalry battalion attracted a lot of fans.

"Everyone, don't argue, save some energy for tomorrow, tomorrow night will definitely be more exciting."

There was nothing to say all night, and the next evening the two games started on time, and the result of the draw was that the guard battalion was against the first infantry battalion, and the training battalion was against the third infantry battalion.

The strength of the first infantry battalion was slightly weaker, and there was no suspense that the pro-guard battalion would win. And the other has some twists and turns, the three battalions took the last game, as soon as the opening was led by Li Kui and Jiao Ting to launch a strong attack on the other camp, and although the teaching battalion lacked fierce generals, but the victory was a balance of veteran strength, after a few back and forth, the winning point appeared at the beginning of the second half, Li Kui rushed into the penalty area with the ball, Jiao Ting has also been outflanked in place, but Li Kui faced several people to block, but did not pass the ball and blindly beat it, resulting in a futile, and then the advantages of the teaching battalion's physical strength and skills and tactics were brought into play, and the three battalions had no chance, In the end, Lei Heng seized the opportunity to score a goal and lost 1-0.

Needless to say, there was another night of noise on the mountain, but people were looking forward to the showdown between the two strongholds of the Guardian Camp and the Teaching Camp tomorrow. It's just that Gu Haotian is troubled, after a few days of games, more and more people are watching the game, the first two days because of many games, scattered the audience, and can barely get by, tomorrow night's final will definitely attract more people, if not properly arranged, there will be some accidents. At this moment, how much Gu Haotian missed the football stadium that accommodated tens of thousands of people in later generations, he thought about it, and in the end he could only use the trick of military discipline.

The final was about to start, Gu Haotian ordered each battalion to select dozens of people, sit in a circle on the sidelines as a fence, and ordered the remaining battalion members to use queues to separate the four sides of the field into a space, and the middle as a viewing area for the people, that is to say, use the human body to separate a relatively safe space.

On this evening, in addition to the women, children, old and weak, Wen Huanzhang and the personnel of the management office sat on the middle side of the venue, and Pan Jinlian and Chunya also stood behind him in men's clothes.

"Sister Chunya, Brother Bian Xiang is so majestic!" Pan Jinlian pointed to Bian Xiang, who was standing on the sidelines, and said to Chunya.

"Hmph, that has your little official majesty." Chunya responded with a grin.

At this time, Gu Haotian, as the main post tonight, was standing in the middle of the field to draw lots for the two teams to choose sides, and later with their whistle, the guard battalion and the teaching battalion, the two most elite teams on the mountain, collided together. Under the central dispatch of Bian Xiang, Gu Bo, Qin Sheng, and Ruan Shuisheng instigated wave after wave of attacks from the left, center, and right, and the teaching battalion guarded in an orderly manner under the organization of Ma Qiang and Lei Heng.

After a short break, the penalty shootout began at Gu Haotian's whistle. The guard camp was the first to play, and Gu Bo, who was the first to play, was under the attention of the whole audience, only to see him running up the ball into the net, and the whole audience was jubilant, and then Lei Heng also kicked the first goal of the teaching camp, and after a few times, the two sides played a three-three draw. In the fourth round, Ruan Shuisheng played, but this young man who was famous for a penalty kick that day was unbearable and kicked the ball away. Suddenly, there was silence in the audience, and people were thinking that the pro-guard battalion might be fighting this time. While people were speculating, the fourth ball of the teaching camp was saved by the goalkeeper, and the two sides returned to the starting line together.

At this time, Qin Sheng of the guard camp was about to play, but he saw coach Bian Xiang come forward to stop him, and he walked to the penalty spot to score the ball. As the commander of the training battalion, he was originally bent on consuming with Bian Xiang, but now the other party suddenly changed his moves, which made him at a loss for a while, and he had the intention to let his subordinates go up, and beware that he couldn't bear the pressure, and after hesitating again and again, he finally went on the field and kicked the ball in. As everyone knows, this move is in Bian Xiang's arms, and I saw him shouting: "Qin Sheng has seen you!" ”

A good Qin Sheng, and saw him shout to the penalty spot, in one go to the ball, and at this time all the pressure fell on the member of the teaching team at once, in the suffocating atmosphere of the whole field, he got up, only to see the ball fly in an arc towards the upper right corner of the goal, just when people thought the ball went into the net, but they heard a "bang", the ball hit the crossbar and bounced out.

After a moment of silence, the audience erupted in a tsunami-like cheer, and under the witness of thousands of people, Yangsan's first football league championship was born in the most tragic way.

The next day, Gu Haotian held a grand award ceremony in the Zhonghua Hall, and the participating teams were rewarded more or less, and he also made a concluding speech at the ceremony.

“…… Although there are few people involved, there are also Chinese troops, forwards, rear camps and left and right guards. In my opinion, the strength of the teams of each battalion is almost the same, so how can the two armies win against each other! I thought it was about morale and strategy. Football is a collective sport, and if the morale of the army is unstable and morale is low, there is no doubt that it will lose. The guard battle at the gate of Crouching Tiger Village, can it be defended by the courage of one or two people? It must be impossible to hold it, and he relied on the morale of the cavalry battalion and the sailor battalion to unite and not be afraid of death. The same is true of the competition, can you win with the courage of one person and ignoring the assistance of your brother? No. ”

"And the strategy test is the wisdom of the command, why do I say the command, not the commander, as the saying goes, 'one person counts the short, two people count the long', it is to give full play to the wisdom of the people, and the role of the commander is to concentrate these wisdom, extract the best and most appropriate strategy. It's the same with playing football and fighting, if you don't concentrate everyone's wisdom in advance, make full considerations, and list several possible changes and countermeasures, when there is a sudden situation in the game, you will be in a hurry and mess up. ”

"So, whether it's fighting, playing, morale, or strategy, in fact, you can't escape what our ancestors said, that is, 'know the enemy' and 'plan to move'."

Gu Haotian's words, everyone was deeply touched, like Qin Sheng and others who had participated in the Crouching Tiger Village Resistance Battle, but the Ruan brothers, Li Kui and others were uneasy.

In a round of football matches, a few families are happy and a few are sad, but on the whole, Liangshan's escort team has improved in an all-round way, both in terms of spiritual outlook and military quality.

It was just the strong attraction of football that aroused people's fanatical following, and a few months later the first football stadium was built on Yangsan, and in the future, it also gave birth to an important industry in Yangshan - football lottery.