Nanjing Middle School, football field, a military friendship football match is being held intensively and fiercely, cheers are rising one after another.

  Wearing shorts and short pants, fearless of the cold are the students of Nanjing Middle School; while wearing even more exaggerated sleeveless shirts is the Huǒhǔ Ninth Travel Football Team. The two teams are currently engaged in a fierce competition, with the score now 1:0, uh, Huǒhǔ Ninth Travel trailing behind.

  The Mighty Tiger Travel Football Team was formed after Wang Zhenyu accidentally passed by the Nanjing Middle School football field, and its members mainly include Yang Wanguo, Xu Yuanquan and other main officers of the Mighty Tiger Travel.

  These people are not very old, and their official titles are not low. The only thing that is unsatisfactory is that their footwork is really poor. Except for when they're defending and relying on their physical advantage to disrupt the game, basically they can't even pass a decent ball.

  It's rare to have such a poor opponent, and the young men who vowed to perform well in front of the girls surrounded the goal of the Hu Lai team with a barrage of shots. The poor soldiers had no choice but to use their heads, chests, backs, and buttocks to block the football's impact, and Wan Yao-huang was even hit in the nose on the spot, his face covered in blood. He didn't live up to the fine tradition of not leaving the field despite being lightly injured, and instead slipped away directly.

  Although Xu Yuanquan and others were united in their efforts, Left Top Right Bottom's gasping for breath like a dead dog, Yang Wanguo, who was carrying the gate, was hit hard by a ball. However, they still managed to get a penalty kick, that damned Hao Bing forgot he was a defender when the opponent's shot flew into the goal, and directly helped Yang Wanguo out. With one slap, the ball flew away, resulting in a penalty kick. After the goal, the female students watching were excitedly clapping and cheering, some even hugged each other, this scene made Wang Zhenyu momentarily feel like he was participating in the World Cup.

  The 10-0 score was about to end, and Wang Zhenyu, who had disappeared for the entire game and was hiding in the outer circle watching his teammates being beaten left and right, unexpectedly gained possession of a football opened by Tao Xiyue.

  Having watched a monkey show, Wang Zhenyu would not easily let go of this opportunity. He saw him chasing after the football with big strides, facing the opponent who came to intercept, lightly pushing off and using his speed to easily get past. Then he rushed all the way to the opponent's goal, where there was a silly goalkeeper sitting on the ground in a daze. Since you're so unprofessional, I won't be polite either, Wang Zhenyu made a fake move with the ball, lightly pushing it past the stiff-bodied and flustered goalkeeper who had rushed out, easily scoring into an empty goal.

  It's all evened out, after being beaten by Xu Yuanquan and others in a chaotic manner, they were excited to hug each other. Only after being surrounded and almost defeated for the entire game did the sudden victory seem so precious, almost everyone was in high spirits, even Wan Yao Huang, who had been stuffing his nose with tissues, rushed onto the field to celebrate with everyone.

  After scoring the goal, Wang Zhenyu was in a great mood. He immediately instructed Zhao Dongsheng and Ma Xicheng to promote this sport throughout the army. Specifically, they were told to buy a bunch of footballs and bring them back, saying that they would use these things to cultivate team spirit. Ma Xicheng and Zhao Dongsheng now completely admired Wang Zhenyu, the brigade commander. Although they didn't know if football was that powerful, since it was what the commander said, following his orders would definitely not be wrong.

  On March 22, with the dispersal work nearing its end, Huang Xing specially invited Wang Zhenyu to have a meal together. Firstly, it was to express his apology for being unable to promote Wang Zhenyu due to his own loss of power, secondly, to thank Wang Zhenyu for his great contribution in this dispersal work, and lastly, to bid farewell to Wang Zhenyu who was about to return to Hunan.

  "Be careful, on your way to Hunan, don't be too impulsive, I will also write a letter to Governor Tan, hoping he can give me some face. Huang Xing felt a little reluctant to part with Wang Zhenyu, who had helped him greatly, but unfortunately, he himself would soon have to put down his arms and retire, even if he didn't want to, it was unavoidable, sigh."

  Wang Zhenyu smiled, after three cups of wine, he felt a little sentimental. Thinking carefully, if it wasn't for Huang Xing, he might have already sunk into the muddy waters of Hunan with his uncle Wang Longzhong. Moreover, it was precisely Huang Xing's several unexpected actions that not only preserved Wang Zhenyu's small power but also allowed him to take advantage of the second arms deal and expand his influence. Now that Wang Zhenyu had become a prominent figure, he could return to Hunan without fear. With this feeling of gratitude, Wang Zhenyu said sincerely: "Mr. Keqiang, you must take care of your body, don't overwork yourself."

  His eyes turned red as he spoke, and this unfeigned appearance moved Huang Xing so much that he drank it all in one gulp.

  On March 24th, with the huge gains from this Xinhai Revolution, the Hǔ Lǚ (Tiger Troop) boarded a ship and returned to Hunan.

  When the order to return to Hunan was first issued, the thoughts of all officers and soldiers would be somewhat fluctuated. After all, the composition of the troops in the fierce tiger brigade is no longer limited to one province in Hunan. Among the more than 3,900 people in the whole brigade, only over 1,300 were from Hunan, barely accounting for one-third. The remaining Hubei, Guangxi, Guizhou and relatively small numbers of Henan, Anhui, Guangdong and Sichuan accounted for two-thirds.

  In terms of military quality, Wang Zhenyu is indeed a semi-outsider, but it does not mean that his military concept is backward. On the contrary, in terms of building an army, Wang Zhenyu, who has been influenced by later generations' information, is much clearer and more practical than the soldiers of this era.

  Therefore, in the current team, only Wang Zhenyu dared to boldly mix soldiers of different places of origin, without fear of causing internal strife due to regional issues. Of course, this is based on the foundation of good treatment and equal treatment for all. In addition, Wang Zhenyu made efforts to promote the so-called group concept, severely cracking down on regional discrimination. As a result, the combat effectiveness of the Hu Ben Wei did not decrease due to internal conflicts according to conventional rules, but instead rose sharply with the widespread recognition of the Hu Ben Wei by officers and soldiers.

  The entire reorganization process, the officer issue that worried Wang Zhenyu the most was also resolved smoothly. Currently, the officer structure of the entire division is very reasonable, with officers from Hunan, Hubei and Guangxi provinces having a roughly equal proportion; among them, those from Hunan account for about 40%, while those from Hubei and Guangxi each account for about 30%.

  Wang Zhenyu is also very clear about the characteristics of warlord troops based on the principle of party affiliation during the Republic of China period. It's just that big warlords coax small warlords, small warlords coax small soldiers, and officers coax old villagers. In short, it's a level-by-level coercion. Specifically, for example, Yuan Shikai had to coax the Zhili clique, Feng Guozhang had to coax the three governors of the Yangtze River, and Sun Yat-sen had to coax Chen Jiongming's Guangdong Army and Yang Ximin and Liu Zhenhuan's Yunnan-Guizhou Allied Army. And what about these military leaders themselves? They had to go and coax the large number of sworn brothers under their command. From top to bottom, everyone was being coerced. If you didn't coerce them, they wouldn't budge. This is not a big deal, but if one day they were not pleased with the coercion, these turncoats would put on a show of bombarding the commander-in-chief's headquarters or turning traitor on the battlefield, letting you know their power. Military laws and orders were completely ignored. Furthermore, with the deliberate instigation of foreign powers, warlords could only continue to perform the drama of rising and falling from power. A good country was being manipulated by these military men who considered themselves superior, leaving it in a state of turmoil and seriously damaging its vitality. In a strict sense, this kind of army could no longer be considered an army, but rather a violent political group that dominated society. The appearance of this group in modern Chinese history also laid the groundwork for many subsequent historical tragedies.

  As for the warlords, Wang Zhenyu didn't particularly despise them, but he personally believed that they absolutely wouldn't have dared to change the policy of nibbling away at China's borders to swallowing it whole, and the Soviet Union also wouldn't have dared to meddle in the issues of Outer Mongolia and Xinjiang. As for the Anti-Rightist Movement, Cultural Revolution, and One-Child Policy, those strange and bizarre things would not have occurred either.

  In short, if it weren't for these warlords, many tragedies in later generations could have been avoided. At least the eight-year War of Resistance wouldn't have been fought so poorly.

  However, one thing needs to be emphasized and clarified: for Wang Zhenyu from the future, since he has come now, all those who want to separate a region and hinder his unification of the country are warlords and his enemies. The fate of these people can only serve as a meal for him, and they must be resolutely and thoroughly eliminated.

  Wang Zhenyu even warned himself: if this country must have warlords, then there can only be one warlord, and that warlord is himself, Wang Zhenyu. No choice, who let his own level and awareness be higher than those warlords, haha (really shameless!).

  Based on this understanding, at the beginning of the expansion of the 9th Brigade, Wang Zhenyu paid special attention to the issue of de-warlordization. He grasped personnel and financial power firmly in his own hands through two institutions: the instructional corps and the military supply department.

  But that's not enough, he also consciously recruited a large number of Hubei and Guangxi students into the teaching team, and then appointed these people as grassroots military officers. More importantly, he paid great attention to the treatment of soldiers, never lacking what should be given, and in contrast, the discipline was very strict. If someone can still pull out a team from Wang Zhenyu's team after all this, then Wang Zhenyu really has to admit defeat, we won't complain, just follow this big guy directly.

  However, the negative effects of this approach are also very obvious. When the order to defend Hunan came, non-Hunan officials and soldiers couldn't help but think of their homes, and naturally, there would be some emotional fluctuations. This situation once caused Wang Zhenyu's concern. Fortunately, humans, as high-level animals, have a basic principle when facing choices: seeking benefits and avoiding harm. For example, the treatment they received was not bad at all. If they really left the 9th Brigade, where could they find such generous treatment? The psychological instinct of choosing the lesser of two evils quickly suppressed their emotional fluctuations, and the awareness of following the brigade commander to conquer the world and enjoy wealth and glory actually became clearer because of this. How strange!