Chapter 67: Football is a good thing! (Please read! Please recommend!)
Chapter 67: Football is a good thing!
By now, soldiers have become accustomed to such emergency assemblies.
Even if such an emergency assembly takes place in the middle of the night, they can still gather quickly in a very short time.
At this moment, they were standing there in unison, with their feet firmly planted on the ground, waiting for Bruno's orders.
Almost every soldier present had seen the Earl in front of them, Bruno Stuart, the master of Idar County.
This is because Bruno often comes to the military camp to hang out on weekdays, but he certainly does not come to accompany the soldiers in training, but simply to show his presence.
In Bruno's opinion, if the soldiers of Idar didn't even know their own lord, how could they shoulder the responsibility of defending Idar, and how could they know who they were fighting for.
It was for this reason that whenever there were any rewards or favors given to the soldiers, Bruno would present them personally.
"Everyone has been training very hard on weekdays, so this afternoon is a chance for everyone to relax."
Looking at the army in front of him, Bruno said with satisfaction: "Everyone has been training very hard on weekdays, but it is also necessary to relax appropriately. Today I have prepared a ball game for everyone. This is a game I invented. I call it... football."
"You have to nominate twenty-two people to participate in this competition. Is there anyone willing to sign up?" Bruno asked with a smile.
In Bruno's opinion, although daily training is indispensable, proper relaxation is also needed every once in a while. Only by combining work and rest can the soldiers' vitality be better stimulated.
Previously, because the Idar Territory had been under pressure from the Gran Heights, Bruno did not dare to relax at all in the training arrangements for the soldiers, and the intensity was extremely high.
Now, the soldiers who have just experienced a battle are in urgent need of adjustment and rest.
Life in the military camp is boring and hard. Although Idar's soldiers are all energetic young men, anyone would get tired of repeating the same training subjects over and over again.
Rather than letting the soldiers get bored with military training in the long run, it is better to create a gap in the intervals between heavy training so that they have a new topic and way to divert their attention on weekdays.
"Report! I want to sign up!"
"Report! Sign up!"
Soon, twenty-two soldiers volunteered to participate.
Bruno divided the twenty-two people into two teams, with eleven people in each team.
"Now you have eleven players each. Choose one player to be the goalkeeper, and the other ten players will cooperate with each other to shoot the ball into the opponent's goal. But please remember one very important point, that is, during the process of playing football, except for the goalkeeper who can hold the ball in the penalty area, no one else can touch the football with their hands or arms..."
The rules of football are not too complicated, so they were quickly explained to the players who volunteered.
Bruno temporarily converted the open space outside the military camp into a football field, and the carpenters used simple wood to build two crooked goals in the field.
As a promoter of football, Bruno naturally became the referee of Idar's first football match.
As for football, which is new to them, the voluntary players were eager to try it out as soon as they heard the rules, not to mention that the game was refereed by the Earl himself.
As Bruno announced the start of the game, the players on both sides immediately started moving.
However, Bruno obviously miscalculated.
For these guys who are playing football for the first time, it is obviously impossible to expect them to understand passing and cooperation.
They rushed forward like crazy, chasing the ball, not caring about the positions of their teammates or the interceptions of the opposing players. If they really couldn't get through, they would just bump into the opposing players...
Of course, not every player rushed forward recklessly. Some players got nervous when they saw the ball coming and kicked the ball out of bounds with a big foot, which made Bruno lose all interest in enjoying the game.
In addition, since it was everyone's first time playing and they were not familiar with the rules, Bruno was too lazy to call fouls on these players later on, because few of them followed the rules seriously...
If it weren't for Count Bruno, the players on the field might have fought for the football.
"Sir, these soldiers..." Looking at the grinning players on the field, Sam finally couldn't bear it anymore.
Bruno interrupted him bluntly: "It doesn't matter. We must provide the soldiers with a proper entertainment activity. Even though they may seem a little noisy when playing football now, they will naturally figure out the tricks after a while. Besides... football is not just a sport. It can also help soldiers learn to cooperate and collaborate, which is the most important thing for these soldiers who will fight side by side in the future."
"Besides, aren't those soldiers watching the game outside the stadium also very excited?" Bruno said with a smile, pointing to the soldiers who were cheering loudly not far away.
"That's true. I never see them so enthusiastic during training on weekdays..." As he spoke, Sam actually laughed.
"Hey! Look! That idiot Baron kicked the football out of the sideline again!" A soldier shouted loudly outside the field.
"Once Baron touched the ball, he kicked it everywhere. Although he had enough power, his accuracy was really poor. Every time, the ball just rolled out of the sideline." Another soldier analyzed calmly.
At this time, another soldier's voice came out cautiously from the side: "By the way...what is the sideline?"
Several soldiers simultaneously cast contemptuous glances at the person who spoke: "Fool..."
In order to let more soldiers experience the joy of football, Bruno organized the competition while ordering the craftsmen to make more footballs. He even shortened the time of a game to thirty minutes.
The exciting football match lasted for a whole afternoon. Almost every soldier took to the field to play a few times. Although the football field was in chaos, it was obvious that after these games, the relationship between the soldiers became closer, and they had many common topics to talk about in their spare time after training.
Even as the soldiers lined up for dinner, they chatted with each other about football.
Bruno rarely went back to his lord's castle to eat, so he lined up with the soldiers to get food accompanied by Sam and Lister.
Because of Bruno, today's dinner is particularly sumptuous. There is not only fish soup and bread, but also a lot of vegetables.
The person who served the soldiers food was a middle-aged woman with a waist thicker than a bucket. Her hand shook slightly, and most of the full spoonful of vegetables fell off.
This is indeed the talent of every cafeteria auntie! …
Thanks to “book friend 20181023150847407” for the reward!
First update. I had a whole day of classes today, so the second update will probably be very late. Sorry...
(End of this chapter)
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