Chapter Twenty-Three: A Fierce Polo Match
The polo field in the Tang Dynasty was somewhat similar to the football field of modern society, but there was no lawn but loess tamped ground, and the field was smooth and bright, without a single grass. The goal www.biquge.info the pitch is placed in the middle of the pitch. It is to bury a large wooden board vertically in the mud, bury half of it, leave half of it, and there is a round hole with a diameter of less than half a meter in the plank, and there is a net bag behind the hole. The so-called ball is a ball made of leather, which is filled with real objects, bulging and flexible. The field is divided into two teams, both of which are one person, one horse and one club, and the winner is determined by the number of hits into the net.
Soon the first game began, and the two groups of people who played against each other also appeared, divided into two teams of six people each. Li Guangbi, Li Yizhong, Li Xiang, An Jiuniang, and two lieutenants under Li Guangbi formed a team. Over there is a team of three lieutenants under Fugu Huaien, Fugu Yang, Li Hui and Fugu Huaien.
Twelve people are all riding on tall horses, although An Jiuniang is a woman, but her sassy and heroic posture is not weak in a group of men. Her horse also has a big red saddle in mind, which is eye-catching and brightly shows the uniqueness of the owner.
Aso craned his neck from the stands and watched intently, for fear of missing any of the highlights, feeling like a combination of equestrian and golf and football. Aru and Fugu Coral on the side are naturally also full of interest. And Jie Du, who was sitting at the other end, made An Sishun look at the arena with his eyes, but his mind seemed to be thinking about something else.
"Knock knock knock..."A drum beat sounded, the ball was thrown high, both teams of people and horses ran, some horses made neighing sounds, and the spectators in the stands also made various cheering sounds, which rendered the polo stadium lively.
The first swing hit the ball was Li Guangbi, the ball flew to the direction of the goal like a meteor, Fugu Huaien hurriedly rode his horse and galloped forward, leaned forward with the club in his hand and slammed it towards the ball, but unfortunately the ball hit the wooden board and was ejected very high, and suddenly, a group of people chased the ball and rode away. More than a dozen people scuffled, only to see the ball flying over the heads of the crowd, and the sound of "bang" hitting the ball was endless.
At this time, Li Guangbi, who was in the middle of the court, won another good time to swing his club, he waved his hand in the direction of the two sons and hit the ball to the edge of the court, but unfortunately the horses of the two sons were surrounded by the horses of Fugu Huaien and the two lieutenants, and they could not escape.
Seeing that the ball was about to land, it was too late to say that it was too fast, a royal blue figure flew in, and the person on the horse bent over and struck upward, and the ball was rescued and flew out high, and then took a closer look, this person was none other than An Sishun's proud daughter An Jiuniang. At this time, Li Guangbi did not have anyone here to block his way, he quickly turned the horse's head to chase the trajectory that the ball was about to reach, and then swung hard "bang--".
"The ball is in!" There was a cheer inside and outside the stadium, and the referee on the side of the court inserted an embroidered flag into the sand table of Lee Kwang Pik's team.
"Uncle is so amazing!" Aru and Asu couldn't help but stand up and applaud, and Fugu Coral also secretly admired that it was inconvenient to express himself as the opponent.
"An Jiuniang is so smart, she saved this ball really well." He Erniang said to Asu Aru, and the two sisters nodded vigorously. An Sishun on the other side of the stands also showed a subtle smile.
On the field, Fu Guyang and Li Yizhong rode by An Jiuniang's side, and couldn't help but praise: "An Jiuniang is really a woman, and she doesn't let her eyebrows." An Jiuniang just smiled and replied, "I agreed, it's just a coincidence." ”
The ball was once again thrown high, and the side of Fugu Wynne, who was already one flag behind, naturally ran more actively. The leader in the front is Fugu Huaien, followed by Li Guangbi, Fuguyang, and An Jiuniang.
Fu Gu Huaien stood on the horse's head and struck the ball back in the direction of Fu Gu Yang, the speed of the ball quickly passed over the top of Li Guangbi's head, Fu Gu Yang pulled the reins and prepared to hit the ball, but who knew that the ball was too fast, seeing that it was going to fly behind him, Fu Gu Yang quickly turned the horse's head and chased back, but who knew that An Jiu Niang's horse was running towards this side, and the two horses were about to collide together.
An Jiuniang hurriedly pulled the reins to the side, because the speed was too fast, An Jiuniang was about to throw it off, she jumped smartly and fell next to the horse race, and Fu Guyang also avoided a dangerous collision with the horse, and regardless of grabbing the ball, quickly dismounted to see if An Jiuniang was injured and thanked her for her agility.
The ball also flew to Li Xiang and Li Hui at this time, the two immediately started a chase, Li Xiang seemed to be ahead of a horse head in terms of speed, and Li Hui was not in a hurry to catch up, but paid more attention to the trajectory of the ball, and sure enough, he found an excellent hitting point, first Li Xiang swung the club, hit the ball, at this time Fugu Huaien also caught up, took Li Hui's ball, and successfully sent the ball into the goal. At this time, each of the two teams on the field gets an embroidered flag.
Immediately there was a burst of applause on the field, and the goal was so wonderful and thrilling that the Aso sisters and Fugu Sango, who were sitting there, were half a beat slow to applaud.
"It was so dangerous just now, I didn't dare to look at it with my eyes covered, and I thought that Brother Yang was going to collide, thanks to An Jiuniang." Aru came to his senses and patted his chest and said to Aso.
The coral on the side also leaned over and echoed, "Yes, my brother was too dangerous just now." ”
"Polo is a sport that looks good and is dangerous, it's really not an easy sport." Aso sighed.
"Asu, you're young, you don't know, there are a lot of injuries in polo, let's just talk about Shuofang, every year there are people injured in polo tournaments, I heard that there was a loss of an eye two years ago." Fugu Coral said to Aso with a serious face, "So, every time I play, I have to pray for the safety of my father and brother like the Buddha. ”
After each got a flag, perhaps because of too much physical exertion in front, the rhythm on the field slowed down a little, and the young people on the field ran more actively in the second half, Li Guangbi and Fugu Huaien, the two captains, were not in a hurry to swing their own goals but gave others some opportunities, An Jiuniang scored one, Li Xiang scored one, and Fugu Huaien's side Fugu Yang also scored one under Li Hui's pass.
In the end, Li Guangbi's team won three embroidered flags, and Fugu Huaien's team won two embroidered flags, and Li Guangbi's team won the victory. Li Guangbi immediately said that he invited everyone to go to Dongfeng Tower for a drink, and Fu Gu Huaien and their subordinates immediately responded and followed, but Fu Gu Yang, the three brothers of the Li family, and An Jiuniang said that they planned to watch the next game, so they did not follow.
After their match, the field was cleared up a bit, and the second match was about to begin, which was said to be a women's polo match. In the Tang Dynasty, polo can be regarded as a national sport, from the palace to the market, women play polo a lot, although not as fierce and exciting as men, but women are vigorous, soft and beautiful, and the ornamentation is not worse than men's polo.
"Auntie, this woman looks like dancing when she plays football." Aso couldn't help but say.
"It's just a beautiful posture, but there is really a kickball dance, I have seen it in the market before, set up a big stage, there are women on stage to perform kicking balls, flying up and down, very beautiful, that day people are surrounded by water, I am begging A-Niang to lift me up to watch." Without waiting for He Erniang to reply, Aru remembered the kicking performance she had watched, and couldn't help but interject.
"Even if you sisters don't know how to ride a horse, otherwise you can practice playing polo." He Erniang said with a little pity.
"I'll learn it in the future, don't worry, sister, let's go to the front and lean on the railing to see if it's good, I want to see it clearly." Asu said that he was going to drag Aru forward.
"Asu, wait, you see Brother Yang and they are here." A Ru pointed to the entrance of the stands, and sure enough, the three brothers of the Li family and An Jiuniang, who had changed their clothes, all walked over to this side.