Chapter 611 Internal and External Troubles
The next morning, after completing the basic warm-up exercises, Shi Lei spoke loudly...
"Let's not practice today, let's play a game."
As he spoke, Shi Lei explained the rules of the ghost hunting game.
In fact, the rules of the game are quite simple. Everyone is unarmed and cannot fight. When facing ghosts, people can only hide or escape. Once caught, they are directly regarded as having lost the ability to resist.
Obviously, Zhou Xu didn't want his soldiers to start fighting while playing games.
When the soldiers heard that they didn't have to train, they became very excited.
After a simple grouping by drawing lots, the game started quickly.
It was the first time for the soldiers to play, and although the rules were very simple and they could learn them right away, these guys were full of hot blood, and conflicts were inevitable during the process of chasing and escaping, and they started fighting if they were not paying attention.
Shi Lei stopped the fight immediately after he discovered it. Looking at the soldiers who were involved in the fight, Shi Lei's face did not look good.
Don't forget, their king is right here, and these little bastards have to cause trouble for him at this time.
To put it mildly, this matter is because he is embarrassed. To put it more seriously, it is because he has no way of managing the army! "All of you, get out of here. You don't want to play anymore, and you have nowhere to use your strength, right? Then get out of here and do physical training and strength training. Do 50 sets of each first!"
When the soldiers heard this, their expressions changed.
In normal training, there are both physical training and strength training, but the intensity of each set is high, how can they do fifty sets of fifty sets?! This can be said to be killing them.
But in the army, orders are as firm as a mountain. When their superiors were obviously angry, how could they dare to say "no"?
One by one, they could only grit their teeth and do it on the side. While being punished by training, they had to watch other comrades playing games there. It made them feel even more uncomfortable.
And after seeing their miserable appearance, the soldiers who were playing games became more alert.
Since we are playing a game, just focus on having fun, relax and don't get too carried away, otherwise you will end up hanging out with those idiots around you.
The soldiers who were playing the game for the first time were very excited. They ran until they were sweating profusely, but they didn't feel tired at all.
Three shifts took turns, and after a day of playing, we still felt unsatisfied and almost shouted "See you tomorrow!"
They did play games the next day, but they were only for the soldiers who had been on patrol the day before and had not rested.
Now that the game has just been released, the soldiers are all excited about it, but after everyone has played it, the frequency of playing it will not be so high.
Generally, after a week of training, we would take out half a day to let them play a game and relax.
During this period, Zhou Xu chatted with Shang Xijun for a while.
"You said before that your country annexed another country. Are the people annexed from that country still obedient?"
Although Shang Xijun didn't know why Zhou Xu asked these questions, after experiencing the horror of the dripping punishment, he now answered every question without hesitation and did not dare to be vague.
"There were some disturbances earlier, but after His Majesty issued an order to kill several groups of troublemakers, the situation has improved a lot."
The moment he heard this, Zhou Xu felt more confident.
"The Art of War" by Sun Tzu says: War is a matter of great importance to a state, a matter of life and death, a road to survival and destruction, and it must be carefully considered!
In simple terms, this sentence means that war is a national event that concerns the life and death of the country and its people, and must be seriously considered and studied.
Some people always like to think that military books such as "The Art of War" and "Thirty-Six Strategies" are magical.
Even though he hadn't read a few words in the entire book and had no idea what was inside, it didn't stop him from mythifying it in his mind. He praised it a few times and felt a little more impressive.
But in fact, what is written in this book is not that mysterious. It can even be said that they are all easy-to-understand combat experiences.
To put it bluntly, I'm afraid everyone will have a feeling of "that's it?"
As a person whose ideal when he was in kindergarten was to become the commander-in-chief of the three armed forces, he actually read it when he had nothing to do later.
Take the first chapter of "The Art of War" for example, which talks about various pre-war work.
To put it simply, it is nothing more than collecting intelligence and then comparing all aspects of the warring parties.
How many troops does the other side have? Are the resources sufficient? Is the monarch wise? Are the people living well? All of these need to be compared.
If the other side has more troops than you, more abundant resources, a wise and well-loved monarch, and people living a happy life, then this war should not be fought.
Among them, whether the monarch is wise and whether the people live in peace and happiness are very important criteria.
Because if you start a war when the people are living in peace, it will be an unjust war! In the eyes of the people on the other side, you are a shameless and hateful invader! They will do everything to fight against you! They can't wait to eat your flesh and drink your blood!
If you want to win this kind of war, you will most likely have to pay a heavy price.
After winning the war, you have incorporated the enemy's population and land. Those people will hate you, which will plant hidden dangers for your country, and it will be difficult to have peace in the future! On the contrary, if the enemy is a tyrant and the people live in hardship and misery, then you are in the right position and you are going to liberate them, then the war will be easy to fight.
And this is the harmony of time, place and people.
From the simple conversation with Shang Xijun, it was not difficult for Zhou Xu to guess that the idiot on the opposite side might have launched a typical unjust war before.
After winning the battle, they used brutal means to suppress the unrest. It seemed that the unrest was suppressed, but in fact it further stimulated the population that was annexed, which would definitely bring them greater trouble in the future.
Of course, these are all good things for Zhou Xu.
[That guy is now facing both internal and external troubles, right? ]
The internal troubles were the population that had been annexed through unjust wars, and the external troubles naturally referred to their Great Zhou.
Although at this point in time, the battle between the Southern Border and the ratmen has not yet come to an end, and the situation of their Great Zhou does not seem so stable, the situation on the other side is even worse.
Should we seize this opportunity and take the risk of sending troops, or let it go and play it safe?
However, as soon as this thought came to his mind, Zhou Xu realized that something was wrong and slapped his forehead hard.
"Steady ass! If the other side is stable, then I can't be stable!"
If you think about it carefully, the country on the other side has a permanent military force of 5,000, while their Great Zhou only has 3,000 permanent troops on weekdays, excluding conscription during wartime.
Under this premise, if the other party is given time to resolve its internal problems, then the other party will become his biggest external threat!
From this point of view, now is the best time for them to take action! (End of this chapter)
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