"The Four Classics of the Yellow Emperor" records: After the Yellow Emperor killed Chiyou, he ordered people to make his hair into a banner, called 'Chiyou Zhijing', and also filled Chiyou's stomach with chaff, let the soldiers kick and play, and called it 'Keju', which is the earliest ball game!

In the Han Dynasty, the Keju sport developed rapidly, there were six hollow balls, the playing field was called 'Jucheng', surrounded by low walls, there were goals on both sides, each team had twelve players on the field, and there were referees and vice-referees to enforce the law!

The dignitaries of the Han Dynasty often come to Keju City to gamble a lot of money, and some of the powerful people who are obsessed with this sport will also raise a Keju team, winning a lot of rewards, losing and cutting off a kick, so the team members work hard! (If the national football team had learned from it, it would have already won the championship!) ）

Xiao Yi knows Keju better, but he doesn't like it very much, one: In the previous life, China's football team was defeated and defeated repeatedly, not the most smelly, only more smelly, which really broke people's hearts!

Two: Although Chi You is a defeated man, he is deeply respected by Xiao Yi, so he has an indescribable disgust for Keju Movement, don't forget, the teeth of the demon god Chi You are hanging around Xiao Yi's neck!

Therefore, Xiao Yat instigated butterfly wings and 'invented' polo, which flourished in the Tang Dynasty, hundreds of years in advance, this sport integrates speed, strategy, technology, thinking, and teamwork, which is the best way to train students!

Then again, it is not easy to promote a sport, you have to set a good example in order to attract people's interest, and after some preparation, under the fine organization of Xiao Yat, two polo teams were born!

One is led by Xiao Bin and Cao Xing, and the members are the soldiers of the Marquis of Wuchou's Mansion, riding red horses, wearing red cloaks, and holding red bows, they are called 'Red Devils!' ’

One is led by Zhao Yu and Sun Shangxiang, and the members are female soldiers of the Women's Army, riding white horses, wearing white cloaks, and holding snow-white canes...... It's not the White Devils, it's the 'Fairies!' ’

On a sunny day, on the grass field of Zhengming Academy, the first polo match in history began, and the staff of the Hou Mansion were fortunate to be the first batch of spectators, Xiao Yi was 'recuperating' and could not play in person, so he had to act as a referee!

"Friendship first, game second, only hitting, no injury, if there is a violation of the rules, the red card will be sent off the field - start!"

"Rush! --Rush! --Sou! Sou! ”

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Each side sent 10 people on the field, and after saluting each other, they began to chase the polo, which was made of hardwood, the size of a fist, hollowed out in the middle, and painted on the outside, to win by hitting the opponent's goal!

I saw the figure shaking, the war horse neighing, the competition was very fierce, don't look at the white team are all women, but the skills are not bad at all, and relying on the dexterity of the body, constantly make difficult movements, fishing for the moon in the sea, hiding in the foot, riding the heavenly horse upside down...... The movements are unusually beautiful, and they have won bursts of applause!

"Good! -Good! --It's so exciting!

Such a wonderful game immediately attracted many students, all of whom ran to the grass to watch, especially the beauties in white clothes, one by one prancing horses charged, struggling to hit the ball, I don't know how many pure or impure students have been knocked!

Therefore, thousands of students stretched their necks, applauded and cheered for the beauties, and if they exchanged a smile for the beauties, they would be able to foam at the mouth of happiness!

Many students are fantasizing about the scene of their own prancing horse gallop and winning the championship, which can show the bravery of men and practice superb riding skills.

"Ten thousand wins for the fairy team! --Fairy team wins! ”

"Xiaosheng is sixteen years old this year, and he is not married to anyone...... No, the little ones also have to learn to play polo, and ask the fairies to teach their skills! “

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The game lasted for an hour, and finally ended with 10-9, the fairy team won the victory, ten beauties galloped around, accepted the warm cheers of everyone, Xiao Yat also went on the field in person, and gave them all prizes...... A lively little golden horse!

Of course, the Hou Mansion's own soldiers have experienced a hundred battles, and they are all warriors who are one in a thousand, how can they not compare to a group of female babies, but they just pity the fragrance and cherish the jade, and intentionally give in to each other!

Looking at the cheering students, Xiao Yi nodded with a smile, after this wonderful game, polo will inevitably spread among the students, and it may not be long before a big game can be organized!

Xiao Yat expected that in the future, what the students will say, listen to, and think ...... It's all about how to play polo, even in your sleep, you can't do without the word 'polo'!

In order to further stimulate them, Xiao Yi also transferred the women's army, stationed next to the Zhengming Academy, hundreds of flower-like girls, galloping on horses and raising sticks to hit the ball every day, becoming a beautiful landscape, but also attracting countless peeping eyes!

Then again, watching polo is exciting, but playing polo is difficult, it is an aristocratic sport that requires one important thing in addition to courage, riding, intelligence, unity - money!

Clothing, bow pole not to mention for the time being, the mount is a big problem, the world is in chaos, the war is continuous, the war horse is a scarce material, a qualified Hun war horse, the price is about seven or eight hundred thousand yuan, and a horse of the Western Regions is worth a thousand gold!

Fortunately, most of the students of Zhengming Academy were born in official families and had huge financial support, so it was not difficult for them to buy a qualified mount, that is, eat less and drink less!

For those who are from a poor family and cannot afford to buy mounts, the school also has special care, Xiao Yi transferred a group of excellent military horses from the Xuanjia military camp, and stocked them near the school, and the students from the poor family can use them, but they have to pay some price, not money, but credits!

The credit system is also one of the characteristics of Zhengming University, and there are many ways to obtain it, such as excellent learning, cleaning, invention and creation...... You can get a certain amount of credits, and then exchange them for corresponding items, such as mounts, clothing, money, pen and ink...... Even beautiful maidservants!

In this way, the university stimulates the self-motivation of students, and also tells them a truth, as long as you are willing to work hard, you can get what you want, and there are countless wonderful things in the world, all of which are prepared for the heroes among people!

There are some intelligent students who exchange credits for a large amount of materials, and while maintaining their own lives, they can also send some gold and silver to their families, and if they ask for gold and silver from their homes to live, they will be despised by everyone!

In the following days, in order to exchange for mounts, costumes, and bowing sticks, so as to gallop across and win the favor of beauties, the students desperately earned credits, and they were full of tricks and amazing:

Some people have their heads hanging beams, cones and piercing stocks, studying hard day and night, striving for a good score in the exam, and the result is that they all become panda eyes!

Some people are not afraid of hardship, not afraid of tiredness, scrambling to clean, the horse circle is the first beauty difference, through competition to get on the job!

There are also people who find their own way, hiding in the dormitory every day, constantly tinkering with various equipment, creating some strange inventions, and then exchanging credits with the school!

After a period of hard work, the mounts and equipment were finally in hand, and the students formed many teams while training riding, and the names were even more varied, such as the Houyi team, the Baiqi team, the overlord team, the Xihua team, and the Yueyue team...... All for the purpose of attracting the opposite sex!

On the grassland of the school, the war horses neighed, the iron hooves clanged, and the shouts resounded in the sky, and those who knew were students playing polo, and those who didn't know thought that the imperial court was training new troops!

"The industry is good at diligence and ridiculous, and the students play ball all day for fun, so that they waste their studies, and they will pay it back for a long time?"

"The students have fallen into the devil, the old man's persuasion is useless, if you want to reverse this situation, you must let Da Sima come forward, he is the initiator!"

"If Da Sima doesn't agree, the old man will die at the bottom of the stairs, defending Chinese culture with all his blood!"

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The students put a lot of time and time into polo training, and the other aspects of their studies inevitably slacked off, which caused the dissatisfaction of the old doctors.

Xiao Yi is good at fighting on the battlefield, and he is also good at eloquent, in the face of the doubts of the old doctors, he just used a few words, and let them go back obediently, and no longer dare to oppose playing polo, many people have turned from black to fan, and have become polo supporters!

Xiao Yat's method is very simple, that is, from the perspective of national righteousness, he explains the significance of inventing and promoting polo, as well as the benefits it brings to the country and the nation!

China is an agrarian nation, the number of cavalry is pitiful, in foreign wars, often subject to the nomads, and the Chinese nation wants to be strong, must continue to fight for living space, and the way to deal with the nomads is to use cavalry against cavalry!

Cavalry is an expensive type of troops, it is very difficult to train, one is to need a large number of war horses, the other is to have excellent riders, Xiao Yi seized the two grasslands of Xiliang and Hetao, and basically solved the first problem, as for the second problem, it has to be solved by playing polo!

At the height of the Han Dynasty, there were 60 million people, and there were at least 10 million strong men.

Once a war breaks out, gather the team members, replace the cloak with armor, and replace the bow staff with a saber, the country can have millions of elite cavalry and tens of millions of reserve troops in a short period of time, plus sufficient logistics and famous commanders...... Just ask the barbarians from all directions, who can stop my blow?

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