Internal Troubles and External Threats

The next morning, after finishing the basic warm-up exercises, Shi Lei spoke loudly.

"We're not training today. We're going to play a game."

As he spoke, Shi Lei explained the rules of the Ghost Catching Game.

The rules were actually quite simple. Everyone was empty-handed and forbidden to fight. When a person encountered a ghost, they could only hide or flee. Once caught, they were considered to have lost the ability to resist.

Clearly, Zhou Xu did not want the soldiers under him to start fighting in the middle of the game.

When the soldiers heard that they did not have to train, every one of them became highly enthusiastic.

After they were simply divided into groups by drawing lots, the game quickly began.

It was the soldiers' first time playing. Although the rules were extremely simple and easy to understand, these fellows were all young men brimming with vigor. As they chased and fled, conflicts were still unavoidable, and before they knew it, they had started fighting.

Shi Lei immediately intervened when he noticed. Looking at the several soldiers who had taken part in the brawl, his expression was not pleasant either.

They had not forgotten that their king was right here. Yet these little bastards had chosen this very moment to cause trouble for him.

Put mildly, this made him lose face. Put more seriously, it meant he had failed to govern his army properly!

"You lot, get the hell down here! Can't play without fighting? Got nowhere to use all that strength? Then get over to the side and do physical and strength training. Do fifty sets of each before we talk!"

The expressions of the several soldiers changed the moment they heard that.

Physical and strength training were part of their regular drills, but the intensity