Rivers and lakes in another world

Chapter 563 Winter ([-])

After the grain harvest outside Luanfeng City was almost done, winter finally arrived, and the first heavy snow came quietly.

Although it is said that auspicious snow heralds a good harvest, this first snowfall is really too heavy.

It was no longer a small snowflake, but a big snowflake, densely packed with the strong wind, and it hurt people's faces when they hit it.

There is a vast expanse of white in sight, and it will be as thick as a human palm in a short while. If it is not certain that there are no large-scale vitality fluctuations, it is necessary to check carefully to see if there are highly skilled warriors who have affected the sky.

In such an environment, Beiyan's best entertainment and sports activities in winter began.

Great battle of snow removal.

You can't do it without sweeping. Looking at this posture, if you don't sweep it, you will have to walk as high as a person's calf. It may not affect warriors, but it will be difficult for ordinary people.

In the winter, the south of Yuanwu Continent is like spring, and people can work normally. However, people in the north are snowed heavily, and almost all of them stay at home. At most, they wander around in the city and rarely go out. Even people in the mountains and forests Most of the exotic beasts were hidden, and there weren't many prey to hunt.

It can be said that in the absence of more advanced entertainment methods and means, winter in the north is a bit boring.

However, what the majority of working people are best at is to use their wisdom, and the work of snow removal was born.

Shoveling snow in winter can not only exercise physical fitness, but also increase entertainment.

For example, snowball fights, snowmen, etc., this is not only the privilege of children, but also in the barracks.

Ordinary people will at most let soldiers train independently in the barracks when they see snow falling.

And Yan Xuelan had a whim.Let the soldiers replace their usual training with snowball fights.

This is the main reason why Chen Zheng was stunned after he came out of the retreat.

It was still autumn when I retreated, but as soon as I opened my eyes, the outside was already covered with snow.

If it weren't for the major changes in the living environment, Chen Zheng would have doubted whether he had time-traveled.

As soon as she went out, Chen Zheng saw Pei Zuiji at the door. She first celebrated with Chen Zheng, congratulating Chen Zheng for successfully breaking through to the late stage of Zhou Tianjing, and then told Chen Zheng about the news that His Highness asked everyone to have a snowball fight .

Well, Chen Zheng wanted to say in his heart that they were no longer children. Although they had been separated from the status of children for only a few years, there was no need to have snowball fights. Was this reminiscing about his youth?On the surface, Chen Zheng would not say that, but firmly supported Yan Xuelan's decision.

Using the method of snowball fights to train soldiers, I am afraid that there is no innovation.

Chen Zheng followed Pei Sinji and walked outside. The subordinates he met along the way congratulated him all the way when they saw that his boss had made a breakthrough in cultivation.

Everyone wants to do things by the side of a big boss.Future prosperity and wealth are at your fingertips.

If Chen Zheng hadn't been deeply trusted by Yan Xuelan, and Shen Kuo and Yan Luo helped maintain it, would he be able to control those arrogant soldiers of the Procuratorate?Obviously impossible.

Then Chen Zheng followed Pei Zuiji all the way to the outside of the city.

Yan Xuelan has an order to exercise with snowball fights, which can not only pass the time for the soldiers, but also allow them to exercise while having fun in winter.

The Luanfeng Guard, Security Team, Fengchunying, Procuratorate, and Frontier Protection Division were all mobilized. Of course, if there are people who want to participate, Yan Xuelan will not refuse.

It can be said that this is the first large-scale activity of Yan Xuelan's forces in winter.

And Qin Qing, who is relatively stingy, raised his hands and feet in favor of this activity.

Snowball fights are good, there is no place to spend in the finances, the venues are ready-made, and there are open spaces everywhere outside the city, there is no need to build this or that inside the city.

The materials are also ready-made, white universities are everywhere, and they are still falling from the sky in a steady stream.

The only thing needed was to publicize the snowball fight, and it was enough to find a few people to run errands.

Moreover, snowball fights can serve multiple purposes. Apart from the purpose Yan Xuelan said, Qin Qing also planned to do some snow-sweeping work just in time.

You see, you have to clean up the scene after the snowball fight, how messy is it?The outside of the city has been cleaned up, there is no problem with such a large area, and it would be great to clean up the inside of the city by the way, good deed.

Qin Qing's calculation is really good.

Chen Zheng walked for a while out of the city and could see a small snow mountain built in the distance.

Because the pile is very thick, it is very stable. There is no need to worry about it collapsing after people go up. It must have been built not long ago, and you can still see many people busy on it, repairing the corners.

The ones at the top are the familiar figures of Chen Zheng, Yan Xuelan and others.

Following the built stairs, Chen Zheng went up to meet Yan Xuelan.

"The retreat is over? It seems to be a success. Congratulations, congratulations, you have entered the late stage of Zhoutian Realm." Yan Xuelan congratulated Chen Zheng on his breakthrough while looking at the busy soldiers around him.

Beside him is Xie Nongqi who never leaves, and Liu Ruoning and others.

"Thank you, Your Highness. If Your Highness hadn't approved my request, where would I have the time to retreat? It's just that your Highness's snowball fight can have the effect of training soldiers. I'm afraid snowballs will not hurt or itch on them. .” Chen Zheng was a little curious.

"Hmph, of course there are, Ruoning, tell Chen Zheng a good explanation." Yan Xuelan asked Liu Ruoning to come out and give Chen Zheng a good science popularization.

This snowball fight is not the kind of joke that Chen Zheng imagined in his mind, but a real way of exercising.

Since it is military training, it is absolutely impossible to be the kind of little thing that makes a fuss.

In the next clearing, high slopes made of snow will be built one after another, and the flags representing these troops will be planted on them.

At the same time, various fortifications, snow walls and the like will be built near these high slopes, transforming a large open space into a training ground with complex structures.

Then the troops of all parties will use their own team's flag as the core to snatch the flags of other teams. In the end, the side that successfully collects all the flags will win the game.

Moreover, each team has more than one banner, for example, the Luanfeng Guard with a relatively large number of people has no fewer than ten banners.This also means that there must be at least ten high slopes. These high slopes cannot all be enclosed together, but should be separated. There are quite a few of them, but they are also scattered.

The snowball fight adopts the capture-the-flag mode, and at the same time, the soldiers are prohibited from using true energy, otherwise the snowball fight will be impossible. Once the true energy explodes, a large snowflake can be blown away, so why fight.

They can only rely on their physical fitness to fight snowball fights.

What is exercised is not their individual combat ability, but the coordination ability and organizational ability of the troops.

Through the cooperation of personnel between the troops, they took down the local banner and successfully escorted them to their own banner.This is considered to have successfully obtained the other party's banner.

The combination is powerful.

This is the main reason why Yan Xuelan organized a snowball fight, to keep the troops alive in the winter and at the same time to exercise the abilities of the middle and lower commanders of the corresponding troops.

Apart from restrictions on the use of zhenqi, Yan Xuelan has no restrictions at all in other aspects. She can use various methods, as long as they don't cause too much harm to others, they can be used.

This method of not restricting tactics is a test for the commanders of both sides. Snowball fights are no longer an idea of ​​individual heroes, but teamwork, and even involve cooperating with unfamiliar troops and dealing with relationships.

Yan Xuelan asked everyone to participate, including the people from the Border Guard Division, just to let them get familiar with each other and get closer to the original troops under his command.

What kind of person has a good relationship, and on the basis of familiarity plus life-threatening friendship, it will be strange if there is no progress.

And of course there are rewards.

Any winning army will get extra meals today. This small expenditure can be exchanged for labor. It is worth it.

But this idea was soon broken by Yan Xuelan.

Snowball fights will continue, unless the outside world is not suitable for snowball fights, or there is something important that requires these troops to be dispatched.

So this daily snack will continue, probably until the snow and ice recede.

A day's extra meal is nothing, but it will last until the end of the month, Qin Qing feels a little heartache.

It's not that I don't want to give it to the soldiers, but it's just that the snowball fight is not a credit. If it's just an extra meal, how should I reward for the credit in the future?
It is a good thing that Yan Xuelan is sympathetic to the hard work of the soldiers, but if there are too many rewards, it will not show their preciousness.

However, Yan Xuelan did not agree with Qin Qing's statement, and still carried it out firmly.

She doesn't need to rely on these material rewards to win them over. She treats these subordinates with sincerity, shortens the distance between the two parties, and cultivates a sense of trust. Such subordinates are far more trustworthy than those who are won over by money.

Think about it, if you can use money to recruit a strong general for yourself today, tomorrow this strong general will be attracted by other people's money and stab you in the back.

Therefore, in Yan Xuelan's opinion, some methods that are relatively indiscriminate, such as coercion, money offensive, and beauty seduction are really not on the table.

It would be more humane to get closer to the soldiers.

It is easier to gain trustworthy people.

Of course, this is only a reward for troops, as well as for individuals.

In every snowball fight, Yan Xuelan would choose three of the best soldiers to have a meal with her, chat about life, talk about ideals, and get closer.

This is what makes the soldiers excited.

The same meal reward as before can only be said to be collective and a collective honor, but the latter one is more of a personal honor.

Think about being able to have dinner with your boss, the eldest princess of Beiyan. This honor is something that most people don't have.

For this reason, the enthusiasm of the soldiers is very high.

This is Yan Xuelan's real way to control the hearts of the soldiers, which is more attractive than pure material rewards.

Snowy mountains were built one after another, and there were dense fortifications. There were many people involved, and they worked together very quickly.

The bosses of several troops did not end up, and all the subordinates were commanded by corresponding staff.

After everyone stood up in their own area, they quickly followed the order to start moving.

They all started shooting snowballs.

At the beginning, it was quite chaotic, and everyone was more reckless than rushing.

Although the use of true qi is not allowed, but with their physical fitness, they will not feel much if they are hit by a snowball.

It's just that such a confident person is miserable, especially after encountering a concentrated fire.

The snowballs made by ordinary people are of course different, but these snowballs are made by warriors. Each of them is solid and compressed very hard. It also responds to people, and the most violent ones Humans are often the most vulnerable to fire.

They can withstand the attack of one or two snowballs, but when these snowballs rise to dozens, they really can't stand it.

There is still pain.

At the beginning, the big bosses who watched from above shook their heads. No matter how they looked, they looked like children playing snowball fights. How could it be different from what Yan Xuelan said at the beginning?

No, how could His Highness say something wrong? It must be because the people below are not serious.

But soon the situation changed.

Soldiers have realized that individual heroism is not enough, and began to fight in groups. Commanders at the middle and lower levels began to mobilize personnel near them to let everyone obey orders.

Forcibly playing snowball fights into a routine that children can't play.

Introduce the king into the urn, focus on attacking, encircle the spot to fight for aid, secretly cover the Chencang, and even a good snowball fight has begun to use the art of war.

There is no deepest routine, only deeper routines.

There are many tricks.

Even teams with relatively small numbers began to work together, such as Fengchunying and the Procuratorate, which is a strong alliance.

The public security team acted together with people from other departments of the border guards, and they were not too far behind Luanfengwei in terms of numbers, and even far surpassed them in some positions.

It's even more interesting when fighting.

It's very interesting to go from big melee to small-scale battles and positional battles.

Capture the flag is also getting more fun.

Who wins and who loses is really unknown.

Taking this opportunity, Yan Xuelan and the others can also observe whether there are talents worthy of promotion, for example, those with outstanding skills, and those with good commanding skills, especially those with a big picture, who will be the best in the future The foundation of generals must be vigorously cultivated.

The soldiers below are exercising hard, and the bosses above are also observing carefully.

The whole morning event passed quickly, but the event was not over yet. Everyone took a break for a while, digested it with lunch, and then competed again.

Although the soldiers were a little bit unsatisfied, but after a lot of exercise, especially strenuous exercise for such a long time, even if they didn't use their true energy, they would feel a little sore and swollen, and they still needed to take a good rest to recover.

(End of this chapter)