Chapter Forty-Eight: The Whole Army Gambles

In the afternoon, Dewey came to the barracks next to the castle. Now there are more than the three hundred private soldiers guarding the castle in the barracks.

Because of the incident of Du Wei being kidnapped by the magician, in order to strengthen the security of the castle, the family has already mobilized a light infantry regiment to come to this barracks, and the number of private troops of the Luo Lin family, who is currently responsible for guarding the safety of the castle and the surrounding area, has reached 1,000 people.

Du Wei rode into the barracks with a swagger, and Knight Robert immediately arrived with men.

Robert was demoted by half a rank after he came back because of Du Wei's abduction, but it was only a nominal demotion, he still led the cavalry, and probably before the end of the year, he would find an excuse to reinstate the officer.

As soon as Du Wei walked into the barracks, everyone immediately noticed it...... This young master's mount!

The one that Jīng had carefully selected was one of the best horses in the entire castle...... This horse was once coveted even by Robert Knight for a long time......

And now, this steed with a snow-white mane ...... Its tail is bald!

Looking at Young Master Du Wei sitting on this bald-tailed horse, he seemed to be very happy...... Robert suddenly felt his scalp tingle: What does this young master want to do?

"Dear Robert Knight, I'm just coming to see what the lads of the family are doing. Du Wei smiled harmlessly.

"Young master, it's still the chūn season, the chūn season cāo performance has just ended, and everyone is still repairing recently, as for the daily patrol tasks, they are all done by the cavalry team...... I don't know what you want to see?" Robert looked at the smile on Du Wei's face, and suddenly his heart moved, and he said tentatively: "Maybe you want to go hunting? ”

In Robert's opinion, it was probably because the grounded young master was bored and wanted to have some fun.

Hunting is a small thing.

"No, not hunting. Du Wei smiled happily: "I'm here today to find you to play a new trick, a new game I just came up with!"

Dewey removed something from the saddle, and Robert saw that it was a small cloth bag.

After untying the cloth bag, what Du Wei was holding in his hand was a leather ball!

Well, for this ball, Du Wei has made a lot of money.

In order to save money, Du Wei had no extra money to buy cowhides, so he simply went back to the room, picked out one of his own leather coats, and asked the old housekeeper to find a maid who could do needlework, Du Wei simply said his request......

Just sewing into the shape of a ball, it's not a difficult job. The maid finished it in a few strokes, and the stitches were strong.

As for the padding in the ball......

There is no rubber in this world, you can't make a real inflatable leather ball, and in order to keep it playing, you have to get some soft filler, preferably some hair...... Like, a horse's tail!

In this way, he ruthlessly contributed a leather coat, plus the tail of the horse under his seat. A ball is all it takes.

When he got this thing, several servants next to him were looking at Du Wei with "loser" eyes, only Du Wei himself didn't care.

Get some pocket money, but it's up to you.

"Robert, look, this is my new game...... I call it ...... Football. ”

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"Eleven players on each side, one of them is the goalkeeper, except for the goalkeeper, no other player is allowed to touch the ball with any part of the arm, otherwise it is a foul! The purpose of this game is to kick the ball into the opponent's goal as much as possible through the cooperation of their own players! At the same time, let go of the opponent tightly, and do not let the opponent kick into their own goal......

The basic rules of football, Du Wei roughly explained. The rules were not cumbersome, and more than a hundred soldiers quickly understood.

Just kick the ball with your feet!

On the cāo training field, two saddles are used on both sides to draw a goal frame.

Du Wei personally went on the field and selected Robert Knight, as well as a few cavalrymen who had gone out with him, to form a team. Then a group of officers formed another team and began to kick.

At the beginning, it was naturally full of jokes, and the officers of the Rollin family, who had never played football, were often used to committing fouls, and some people were trying to pass the ball farther away, but they ended up with a vindictive knight and kicked the ball away.

Fortunately, Du Wei had already prepared, and the maid who could do needlework brought with him immediately sewed on the spot...... And the hapless knight contributed the tail of his warhorse.

And when a knight rushes forward with the ball, often the opponent will get used to making some illegal actions in order to stop him...... It just opened Dewey's eyes!

Often a person dribbles the ball just after half the court, the opponent surrounds him and kicks it over, not against the ball, but at the person! Then the two of them almost give up the ball, and you go back and forth to get the whole martial arts! This side is full of fighting spirit, and the other side is fierce, and the game is very happy!

I have to say that these officers of the Luo Lin family are quite skilled in martial arts, their hands are extraordinary, and their physical fitness is also very good. On the contrary, after Du Wei ran a few laps, his physical strength was not good, so he simply replaced him, and he himself became the referee.

After a few relentless red cards were sent off to kick the ball and kick it into the tournament, the rest of the people finally played a little bit of a look.

Du Wei also demonstrated a few dribbling and bouncing movements, and tried a free kick far away, and in one afternoon, the soldiers finally mastered the rules of football.

Even the rules of "offside", "penalty kick for foul in the penalty area", "direct free kick" and "indirect free kick" are also played decently.

In the evening, one of the most clever guys has actually learned to fake falls in the penalty area!

Despite the guy's poor performance, Du Wei had to give him a penalty with respect. Because his favorite star in his previous life was Inzaghi, known as the "King of Fake Falls".

This penalty also won the indignation of the onlookers who scolded the "black whistle".

One afternoon, all the officers and soldiers in the barracks fell in love with this man's sport!

The "world's No. 1 movement" in the previous life was really not covered!

In the evening, Du Wei had already found out, and several high-ranking officers had reluctantly found their leather coats and handed them to the maid to cut into balls, and at the same time ...... also contributed a few ponytails.

It was almost time for the sun to go down that the group reluctantly left the cāo training ground. The soldiers who won the game cheered and left as if they had won the battle, while the losing side gritted their teeth and agreed to fight again.

For all this, Du Wei is very satisfied!

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In the evening, Du Wei came to his own small building, Solskjaer had already gone back to rest, and in the evening this building belonged to Du Wei alone.

A few guards were kept outside, and no one was allowed to enter.

Du Wei went up to the third floor with peace of mind, standing on the terrace, looking up at the sky.

"What the hell are you doing during the day?" Semel behind him sat on the railing, holding his white calves high, which dazzled Du Wei for a while.

Trying to turn his head sideways, Du Wei sighed: "Make money." ”

"Make money?" laughed Semel, who had been with Dewey all day, except that Dewey could only see her. Semel laughed for a while, clearly disbelieving: "You lost a leather coat, and you cut off your horse's tail, and at the end of the day, you sweated all over, soiled two clothes, and only changed one body of dust...... Is that what it's called making money?"

Du Wei rolled his eyes directly: "What do you know? ”

At this moment, it was already midnight, there was not a trace of clouds in the sky, the starry sky was brilliant, Du Wei looked at the time: "Is it time to start?"

"The cultivation of star magic is actually not difficult...... But the most difficult thing is to start. At the mention of star magic, Semel's attitude was much more serious, and it was at this moment that the expression on her face seemed to remind Du Wei of the great female astrologer.

Du Wei sat down as Semmel had instructed.

"Feel it with your heart. ”

"Feel what?" said Du Wei's eyes.

"Stars!" Semel said slowly, "Feel the power of the stars." After a pause, she explained, "Of course, at first, you can't feel the whole starry sky, I ask you to choose one of them, and then after you sit down, you have to use all your magical senses to feel it...... Feel the response of that star to everything you have to offer...... It's hard, and it's not something you can feel overnight. ”

Semel then taught Dewey a mantra, and she asked him to recite the incantation in his heart and then choose a star as her goal.

"Which one should I choose?"

"The biggest and brightest one. Semel replied.

Du Wei was stunned: "The biggest and brightest?" God, there are so many stars in the sky, which one is the biggest and brightest?"

Semel smiled mysteriously at this moment, and she gently raised her hand to point to the sky...... Under the moon, Semel's smile is charming, with a hint of mystery, and his eyes are peaceful and unfathomable!

What she was referring to was ...... Moon!

Du Wei's heart is awe-inspiring!

The moon!

He looked at Semel in front of him in surprise...... Great Female Astrologer...... Does she even know this? According to Du Wei's previous life, the sun is a star, and the moon is a satellite of the earth. They are the largest in the sky because of their size and distance from the Earth!

In fact, in this world, even magicians divide the sun, moon, and stars into three different categories!

But no one knew...... The sun and moon are actually one of the stars!

"Feel it with your heart, feel any fluctuations, even if it's just a shock to your heart. The process will be long, it may be a day, or even a year...... If you can make it this far, you'll have a chance to learn star magic...... Otherwise...... I can only say that you don't have this talent. ”

After Semel finished speaking, he yawned and sat lazily on the side, looking at Du Wei who was meditating on his back to the sky with his eyes closed......

In the beginning, Dewey tried to use traditional magical methods to sense ......

With an extra "antenna" on his head, Du Wei's sensing power is very strong, he can even feel the air currents in the sky and the fluctuations of the wind, and he can feel the flow of the river several miles away...... He could even hear the sound of running water......

But the stars, the moon......

It's just too far away!

It's too far, too far!

Du Wei tried his best to expand his jīng divine power, but the tentacles of jīng's divine power became weaker the further he went to the sky...... Even if Du Wei tried his best, he could feel the wind in the sky...... This is already the limit!

Moon?

Du Wei is a reincarnated person, and of course he knows that the moon is far from the ground where he is...... What a distance!!, Du Weike didn't think that his jīng divine power could pass through that astronomical distance!

Obviously, on the first night, Du Wei failed.

"I can't give you specific instructions, because you have to figure it out for yourself. Semel sighed: "These things, you understand, you understand." If you don't understand, I can't tell. ”

Fortunately, Du Wei did not feel any setbacks. Anyway, Semel also said that things will not be so simple. And Dewey ...... He has time! He has nothing else now, but he has a lot of free time.

In the morning, although he didn't sleep all night, after meditating all night, Du Wei's divine power became more and more vigorous. His whole body was full of energy, and he didn't look sleepy at all.

Du Wei vaguely felt that the incantation that Semel had told him seemed to have a huge effect on the growth of Jīng's divine power!

This increase does not refer to an increase in the total amount of jīng's divine power...... But...... I feel that my jīng divine power has been refined in a certain way, and it is more jīng......

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In the morning, Du Wei came to the barracks again, and today Du Wei gathered more troops...... Almost all of the soldiers who were not on patrol came to the cāo arena.

Yesterday, for half a day, all the soldiers who participated in the football game fell in love with this sport.

And today, Du Wei has come up with a new way to play.

"I'll give you a hundred gold coins. Du Wei smiled: "You can form any team, and then sign up to participate......! The team that loses is eliminated, and the winner continues to compete with other teams! The team that wins at the end gets a prize of 100 gold coins. ”

Although Robert felt that this kind of game of kicking was a bit unprofessional...... However, this kind of game is not harmful to the soldiers, at least they can run around and improve their physical strength. Moreover, having just undergone the chūn season cāo performance, the current soldiers are also in the recuperation period, and the training is not so strict.

Coupled with the fact that this young master is so interested, it is not easy to refute his face......

Of course, the deeper reason is that Robert Knight himself likes the game.

The proposal made by the most distinguished young master, the officer did not object. The soldiers, of course, would not object.

Let alone...... And the bonus to get!

In order to ensure that this "cup match" is carried out and to maintain the physical strength of the soldiers, Du Wei deliberately shortened the time of a game.

In the previous life, the regular game lasted 90 minutes, but Du Wei set only half the time here.

Soon, several clerks in charge of logistics in the barracks were in charge of registration, and the soldiers who were gearing up were signing up for the competition according to their personal friends, and some even formed a team of their own squads to sign up for the competition.

The scene lasted all morning, and there were forty teams registered in the end!

Based on the calculation of a team of fifteen players (Du Wei's custom, eleven players on the roster, four substitutes).

The number of participants reached 600! That is to say, more than half of the 1,000 soldiers in the entire barracks participated.

Fortunately, the cāo arena is big enough and ...... Here, there are also large woods and lawns outside, and the venue is not to be worried.

Du Wei personally drew lots and divided the group, so the first football cup match of the Rollin family began......

Because it is a lottery elimination system, after the first round of matches, only half of the forty teams remain.

Because of the venue, it is impossible for the twenty matches in the first round to be played at the same time. So in the afternoon, the top 20 were born!

At this time, Du Wei, who had watched most of the games, had already obtained enough information by relying on his magician's super jīng divine power and memory!

Which teams have better physical strength, which teams have more players who are more likely to fake falls, which teams have more talent, and which teams are weaker......

These details were firmly remembered by Du Wei.

Then, before the next round began, Du Wei smiled and made a suggestion:

"It's kind of boring to just watch someone kick like that...... Let's gamble on something!"