Chapter 60: Cohort Training

962 A.D. (the third year of Jianlong) November 21 (lunar calendar)

In the afternoon, on the beach in the west of Qishan Island, there are two squares, one large and one small, standing on the seashore. The phalanx on the north side was a little more numerous, a hundred regular members of the escort, ten people in each row and column, standing there neatly.

The phalanx in the south is much smaller, it is the thirty-five children of the large class of the school, barely lined up in four columns, many children are standing crookedly, and from time to time talking to the people next to them, Na Zhe is trying his best to maintain order, but the effect is not very good, the whole team is noisy.

Zhao Zizhong stood in front of the phalanx and watched coldly, and did not speak. An Dalang leaned over and said, "Big brother, I see that these children have itchy skin, shall I clean them up?" ”

Zhao Zizhong shook his head and said, "No, you will see my methods later, there is no need to always use violent methods." ”

He walked to the front of the phalanx of the escort team, scanned the entire phalanx with a sharp gaze, and said: "Now we are conducting a queue training for a month, and the ten people who perform best every day will have meat to eat, and the ten who perform the worst will not have dinner!" I still have to clean the toilet for three days, I hope you can weigh it clearly, don't make mistakes! ”

Zhao Zizhong put his hands behind his back, his feet shoulder-width apart, straightened his back, and shouted to everyone: "Everyone do it according to my posture, you can stand as long as I stand, let's start." ”

The guards followed Zhao Zizhong's example of strangling, and everyone stared blankly ahead, like statues.

In the team next to them, the children watched curiously, some kept pointing and pointing, and some were giggling and laughing, all of which were not the same thing. Na Zhe ran over and asked, "Boss, what about these children?" ”

Zhao Zizhong said solemnly: "You let them stand like us, and tell these children that if they can't complete the training, they won't have dinner, and they will keep standing until I am satisfied." ”

Na Zhe went back to maintain order, An Dalang came over and asked: "These children won't be honest, then Zhe can't control them, should I go and deter them?" ”

"No, if in a quarter of an hour, some of the children are still not honest, you can grab a few of the worst ones and throw them into the sea."

More than ten minutes passed, the wind on the beach was very strong, the weather was very cold, and the sea breeze blew on people's faces and bodies, like a knife. The guards all stood silently, some of them began to tremble, but all of them gritted their teeth and persevered.

Most of the children stood like the guards, a small number of people stood crookedly, and a few people spoke loudly and unscrupulously, laughing from time to time, and they didn't pay attention to what Zhe said.

Zhao Zizhong nodded to An Dalang, and An Dalang slowly walked towards the children. The children in the queue saw a tall and burly body coming over, many of them subconsciously straightened their waists, and only four of them were still talking, ignoring An Dalang.

An Dalang walked into the queue, stretched out his hands, grabbed the clothes of the two talking children, lifted them and walked to the beach. The two children struggled desperately in the air, screaming in their mouths.

An Dalang walked to the beach, with both hands, the two children flew into the sea one after another, "plop, plop" fell into the water, and then fluttered in the seawater.

An Dalang walked back to the queue, and the other two children were stupid, one stood there trembling, and the other turned and ran. An Dalang sped up to catch up with the fleeing child, kicked him in the back, the child fell on the beach, An Dalang picked up his belt and walked back.

Walking up to the still trembling child, An Dalang reached out to lift him and walked to the beach again. When he got to the beach, he did the same and threw the two children into the water. The two boys who had fallen into the sea had already stood up, shivering in knee-deep water, and their lips were purple from the cold.

An Dalang stood on the seashore and looked at the four children with a blank face. Na Zhe ran over and shouted, "Let them come up, don't freeze to death." ”

An Dalang shook his head, "Wait a little longer, this time impress them a little bit, and they will be honest in the future." After a few more minutes, the children were so cold that they couldn't stand it and howled. An Dalang said: "Come up! ”

The children ran to the beach, shaking the water on their bodies, two of them began to cry, and the other two looked at An Dalang with fearful eyes.

Zhao Zi shouted again: "There are clothes on the carriage, change them in, and then give them some hot water." ”

Na Zhe hurriedly went to the carriage to get his clothes and made the four children strip naked. Despite their shyness, the four children quickly took off their wet clothes. Na Zhe dried them with a cloth and dressed them one by one. One of the guards brought hot water, and the children scrambled to get a clean drink.

An Dalang glared and shouted: "You four, go back and train hard, otherwise I will throw you into the sea!" ”

The four children obediently returned to the queue and stood trembling. Now all the children are honest, straddling hard, and no one dares to move.

An hour passed, and some of the weaker guards could no longer hold on, their legs trembling and shaking. Most of the children couldn't hold on, many cried, and a few collapsed on the ground, unable to get up from anything.

Na Zhe and the guards put the collapsed children on top of the carriage, covered them with quilts, and boiled hot water to feed them. Zhao Zizhong looked at the phalanx with a relaxed look on his face, and shouted loudly: "Everyone persevere, if you can complete the training with me, you will have meat to eat tonight!" ”

When the guards heard the good news, they all got up and gritted their teeth and persevered. Zhao Zizhong shouted over to An Dalang, "You take the children to run, run to the dock and come back, I think they can't stand it." ”

An Dalang agreed, formed a team with Na Zhe, and slowly ran towards the dock with the children. After another half an hour or so, some of the guards couldn't hold on, and one after another fell to the ground.

Zhao Zizhong asked the guards to carry the fallen man aside to rest, and the others continued to insist on straddle. After another half hour or so, Zhao Zizhong thought that it should be over. He counted the numbers, and seventy-six of them persevered.

He shouted, "After training, everyone move their bodies and rest for a while." The guards were relieved and moved their stiff limbs. Zhai Xiaoshan also persevered to the end, he rubbed his numb thigh muscles, the sweat on his body was blown by the cold wind, and he had a lot of goosebumps all over his body, and he couldn't help but shiver.

Zhao Zi shouted again: "Everyone follow me, let's run, then it won't be cold." Then he took the lead and ran south. Zhai Xiaoshan was the first to rush out and followed Zhao Zizhong. The others swayed their bodies one after another, and some staggered along, and the whole team was long, sparsely unshaped.

Zhai Xiaoshan followed Zhao Zizhong and asked curiously: "Big leader, what is the use of you standing still with everyone?" ”

Zhao Zizhong glanced back at him, and said as he ran: "You don't understand now, you will know after a month." This kind of training is mainly to hone everyone's will, and those who can persevere are good men. I was surprised that you kid was thin and weak, and you actually persevered. ”

"Big chief, I was born in a poor family, and I have been a slave for others all these years, so it is nothing to suffer this little hardship."

Zhao Zizhong ran about three kilometers before stopping. The people behind arrived one after another, Zhao Zizhong began to form a team, everyone lined up in three columns, and followed him to run back.

When I went back, the team was very neat, everyone eased up, sweated a little, and felt warm. Back at the training place, the kids came back. Under the leadership of Na Zhe, he did the broadcast gymnastics of later generations.

Zhao Zizhong let the guards rest for ten minutes, and then the whole team, a hundred people lined up in a phalanx. He began to train his players to practice 'turning left, turning right, turning backwards.' ’

For a while, many people couldn't tell the difference between left and right, and some people still bumped into each other, and the team was chaotic. Zhao Zi thought about it again, and he asked everyone to pick up a small stone and hold it with their right hand. He cried out, "Your hand that holds the stone is your right hand, remember." The other free hand is the left hand, make no mistake about it. ”

The training continued, and the situation was much better, but there were still people who made mistakes, and from time to time people fell to the ground.

Na Zhe led the children to train too, An Dalang stared at the side, and the children worked hard and trained seriously.

The sun was setting in the west, and it was getting dark. Zhao Zizhong finished the training and walked to the camp with the team. Half an hour later, the group entered the camp. Zhao Zizhong asked An Dalang and Na Zhe to take the guards and children to take a hot bath respectively. The two led everyone in the direction of the bathhouse.

Du Dalei came over with a smile and shouted, "Boss, I've finished writing the plan, you can take a look at it later." ”

"Let's go to dinner first, and then we will have a meeting together in the evening, study it, and implement it as soon as there is no problem."

The two came to the cafeteria, entered the door, and a burst of the aroma of broth wafted in, Du Dalei sniffed, "Today's food is good!" And meat to eat. ”

Zhao Zi repatted him, "Don't think about it, this is for the guards, they are tired today and need to make up for it, let's eat fish, this thing is." ”

Du Dalei muttered: "It's so hard to eat some meat, I eat fish every day, I'm tired of eating it." I used to think that eating seafood was the life of a local tyrant, but now I eat it every day, which is really unbearable! ”

Zhao Zi glared at him, "There is not much meat at present, and when the farm is built, it will be no problem to eat as much as you want." It's better to bear with me now. ”

The two sat down and waited for the meal to begin. After a while, Wei Hongye walked in. Du Dalei shouted: "Old Wei, this way! ”

Wei Hongye happily walked over, "I'll tell you a good news, there is already a steamed bread kiln covered, and you can start making coke tomorrow!" ”