The reason why there is this polo match is also related to the fact that the imperial court held a polo match in Chang'an in the fifth year of Qianning.

Opinions on polo vary from domain to domain. Some didn't plan to participate at all, some wanted to take the opportunity to strengthen contact with the imperial court, and Zhu Wen even wanted to slap the imperial court in the face.

This was the reaction of the feudal towns, but it was different for the provinces under the direct control of the imperial court.

They all wanted to take this opportunity to make a long face in front of the saint, so naturally they would not miss this opportunity.

Chang Xingru is one of them.

Chang Xingru is the defense envoy of Shaanzhou and the assassin of Shaanzhou, and Shaanzhou is also a feudal town, but this feudal town listens to the words of the imperial court.

Because Shaanzhou is sandwiched between Zhu Wen and the imperial court, its strength is not strong, but it uses its relationship with the imperial court to have 2,000 cavalry, so it is not difficult to make up a polo team.

Seeing that the four years of Qianning were about to pass, Chang Xingru naturally wanted to select players from Chang'an to participate in the polo competition team as soon as possible.

That's why this polo tournament came about.

"What does this saint think, he actually wants to hold a national polo tournament in Chang'an, isn't this a plaything?"

"Hiko's cautious words!"

Hearing that Du Xunhe slandered the saint so indiscriminately, Zhou Xuan was taken aback, looked around anxiously, and hurriedly pulled Du Xunhe over.

"Zhou Changshi, as an official of the imperial court, how can he ignore this. During the lifetime of Xi Zong, it was not because of the polo mistake of the country, and the history of Zhou Chang should be in the book. Seeing that Zhou Xun was so spineless, Du Xunhe was a little dissatisfied.

However, he forgot how he befriended Zhu Wen in order to get Zhu Wen's help, and he didn't have the arrogance of a literati.

Zhou Xuan sighed, "Yanzhi hasn't been to Chang'an for a long time, and I don't know the current situation of the imperial court.

Shengshang ascended the throne for four years, Wang Chongrong in the Beiping River, Li Keyong in Hedong, Nan'an Mountain, Nandongdao, Jingnan, and Longyou and Hexi in the west. How can this be compared to the Emperor Xi Sect?

Today's Shengshang is known by many people as the master of Zhongxing in the Tang Dynasty, but since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, polo has been highly respected, just a polo game, how can it be so exaggerated as you say.

I have heard that you have visited Zhu Wen, the king of Liang, and I am a few years older than you, so I need to remind you one or two. Don't get too close to King Liang, the saint is already planning to deal with King Liang. ”

"The Holy Lord is dealing with King Liang? King Liang has made meritorious contributions to quelling the rebellions of Huangchao and Qin Zongquan, and is a loyal minister of the Tang Dynasty, is the saint not afraid of being scolded by the world? ”

"Hikoyuki, you... In the face of this fellow villager's unscrupulous words, Zhou Miao regretted it a little, if the other party has been like this, I don't know how many people I will offend, don't be implicated by this one when the time comes, wouldn't it be very wronged.

"Who's that guy over there with Zhou Changshi?"

On the polo field, seeing that Zhou Xuan had been talking to a man dressed as a literati of the same age, Chang Xingru, who was dressed in military uniform, was a little curious. 手机端 一秒記住『→m.\B\iq\u\g\\o\m』 provides you with wonderful \ novel reading.

There is no shortage of polo fields in Datang, and Chang'an City is even more abundant. However, in this Shaanxi, there are not many polo fields, and there are only three places in the city, one is in the mansion of Chang Xingru, one is the place in front of the military camp, and the remaining place is in a big family that likes polo.

"Back to my father, according to the next person, it is said that a fellow villager of Zhou Changshi went to Chang'an to participate in next year's imperial examination, but this person is from Bianzhou." Chang Wei on the side said.

Chang Wei is the second son of Chang Xingru, who was previously sent by his father to study martial arts in Chang'an, and this time he took leave to go home. It just so happens that he is more familiar with polo, and in Chang'an's martial arts, there is also a course of polo, and there are many polo teams, and he is the main force of the top three pony teams in martial arts.

For this reason, Chang Xingru asked him to guide the Shaanzhou polo team well, not to mention winning the polo competition in the coming year, and getting a slightly better ranking, his face also had light.

"Bianzhou?" Chang Xingru turned his head sideways and looked at the man beside Zhou Xuan, "It's a little interesting." The polo game will start soon, and today let Weier show you how this polo team trained for your father is doing. ”

"Did you have good players in your father's polo team? The child heard that the saint attaches great importance to this polo game, and it is said that there are additional rewards, but I don't know if it's true or not, but someone in the martial arts is passing it on. ”

"One, did you see the guy standing first on the polo team?" Chang Xingru pointed to a man on the polo field with a red cloth wrapped around his head, holding a horse in one hand and a stick in the other, "That person is good, his name is Ling Qing, he is a fire chief under his father, he was not obvious before, but he is good at playing polo, especially the riding skills, which makes his father breathtaking." ”

Chang Wei looked over and saw that the face was a little different from the normal Han person, and he was a little puzzled, "Father, isn't that person my Tang man?" ”

"Yes. His father was a Tang man, his mother is said to be a Uighur, and you know that there have been many Uighurs in the Central Plains over the past few decades. Chang Xingru said with a smile.

"No wonder, the Uighurs are natural cavalrymen, and I didn't expect my father to have such a team in his hands."

As the audience arrived with a group of officials and invited families in Shaanzhou, cheers rang from the entire polo field.

This polo court does not have a special auditorium, it is all a temporary wooden platform, which can accommodate not many people, but only more than 1,000 spectators.

However, the liveliness is not too much, such a game is difficult to see, which makes many people in Shaanzhou want to see the style of this game not far from the stadium even if they can't enter the stadium viewing area.

There were two teams participating in this game, one of which was naturally formed by Chang Xingru from thirty elite soldiers selected from his own army; The other team is a team jointly formed by the big families and wealthy businessmen in Shaanzhou City.

Since next year's polo match is only a game for soldiers, these big family polo teams cannot participate, but they can be used as sparring partners for the Polo Team of Chang Xingru.

The number of players in the polo game is a team of ten, and the rest are substitutes.

The match between the two sides was divided into three games, each of which lasted half an hour, with a quarter of an hour break in between. In three matches, the team with the most balls in the opposing goal wins, and the team that wins the first two games wins.

And for this game, Chang Xingru and those local big families and wealthy businessmen also took out rich rewards as lottery heads.

"Grandstanding, can playing polo help the court defend against strong enemies?"

Seeing the upcoming polo match, Du Xunhe looked disdainful.

"What Brother Du said, Liu doesn't agree, this polo is very exciting. I just don't know which is stronger or weaker than the one in front of me compared to the forbidden army! Liu Can looked at the two teams that were already preparing for the game on the court and said curiously.

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