Chapter 181: The Gambling Contract
This sentence is more appropriate on the polo field.
Although horses can run much faster than people, the polo field is much wider, and the red polo ball flies much faster than a soccer ball under the whip of a stick.
Although Gu Beibei's batsman is not skilled in his position on the court, and his horse running position is also very immature, he makes perfect use of the width and length of the polo.
As soon as the game began, the laughter of the sergeants on the sidelines became quieter and quieter, replaced by various gasping sounds.
And several generals beside Cheng Wudi were also shocked by the scene on the court.
The ten most skilled batsmen in the barracks couldn't even touch the skin of a polo on the court.
Three-person batsmen, busy chasing the polo in vain on the course.
On the other hand, on the Gu North side, he played very easily.
Whenever they are about to be caught up or blocked by their opponents, they can always move the ball out of the game instantly, and it is as easy as a leisurely stroll.
In the opening game, Gu Bei's side attacked for the first time, and the polo was passed three times and knocked down, and it was sent to Chang Xiaolai's horse, but at this time, there was only the goal and a batsman in front of him.
The batsman was in a hurry, and the horse rushed towards Chang Xiaolai, desperately trying to stop him from shooting.
I saw Chang Xiaolai raise his cane high, but he didn't use force, but pushed the polo out before the Chinese batsman arrived.
The Chinese batsman guarding the goal turned his head in shock, looked in the direction of the polo, but saw the direction of the polo rolling, and the Gu Northern Forward batsman was rushing to the horse, bending over, and the staff in his hand was easily pushing...... The polo rolled into the goal of the Chinese army handle without any hindrance.
The referee on the sidelines immediately blew the brass whistle, accompanied by the sound of drums.
A Chinese sergeant ran to the back of the goal with a flag and stuck it on the ground, which meant that Gu Bei's side got a point.
Gu Bei stayed alone in front of his own goal, looking ahead.
Daxia's polo field is too big, and the opponent's goal from a distance of one and a half kilometers makes it quite difficult for him to watch.
However, when the whistle and drums sounded, the flag fluttering in the wind made him immediately understand that his side had broken through the opponent's goal.
He couldn't help but clench his fists and swung them into the air a few times, and it was successful! Bringing football tactics to play polo really works!
Cheng Wushu was even more confused by this scene for a long time, and only after a long time did he mutter: "Straight lady thief, can you still hit the ball like this?" ”
The generals who had made fun of Gu Bei's side before were silent, and they felt that their faces were hot, this was a slap in the face.
There are thin-skinned ones, and they can't help but shout at the Chinese batsmen in the field, shouting loudly, reprimanding them, and telling them to be serious.
The ball game restarted, and these Chinese batsmen no longer dared to underestimate the Gu North side, and they started to play with a twelve-point spirit.
But the result of the game was still one-sided, and only one hour of the game was played, and Gu Beiyi led by a score of seven to three.
And the three goals conceded are almost all related to Gu Bei.
This cargo guarding the door is too watery, and the level is miserable to look at directly. Even a non-threatening shot from the opponent was not able to stop it, but he almost rolled off the horse, causing Chang Xiaolai and other batsmen to laugh.
In the second half of the game, the batsmen of the Chinese army also tried to imitate their tactics, but after all, there was no one to teach them, just by observing with their eyes, how much could they learn?
As a result, the tiger became an anti-dog, and it became scattered, and it was unable to threaten the goal guarded by Gu Bei.
At the end of the training match, Gu Beibei's batsmen were all smiling, they never thought that they could win so easily.
And the hitters of the Chinese army are all silent, the blow is really too big.
The batsmen rode around Gu Bei and walked to the sidelines, and everyone laughed, but saw a group of people beating horses and galloping.
"Bastard boy, if you don't hand over Fang Cai's batting tactics to the batsmen in my military camp today, you won't want to leave this barracks!" From afar, I heard Cheng Wudi's broken gong voice roaring loudly, which frightened Gu Bei and shrunk his neck.
This old guy can't see good things in his eyes!
The horseshoe was snatched by him, and he even had to grab the tactics of playing polo, which was too deceitful!
Gu Bei took a deep breath, glared angrily, and opened his mouth to roar: "Yes!" Uncle Cheng rest assured that the little nephew will do his best to teach them. ”
Forget it, people have to bow their heads under the eaves.
This is the big battalion of the Chinese military camp, and in the face of the threat of old goods, Gu Bei thinks that he is not a tough guy, and he can't say a word.
Three days passed in a hurry, and the military camp was very lively on this day.
There are quite a lot of gossip people in Yingtian City, three days ago in the military camp of the Northern Army, Gu Bei, a man from Luobei County, had a conflict with the daughter-in-law of Xinxiangbo's family, beat Guo Gao's son, and agreed to hit the ball with Xinxiangbo......
Within three days, these gossips had already spread to the ears of Yingtian's nobles and civil and military officials.
In this era of serious lack of entertainment, even the nobles and officials in Yingtian City were very boring.
After learning about the excitement of the Chinese army camp today, who can still sit still?
So, all those who are qualified to enter the Chinese military camp to watch the ball game today, there is no less, and all of them come.
Due to the requirements of Gu Bei to arrange the court, Cheng Wudi deliberately asked people to re-set up a polo field, but the area was slightly smaller. The length is about 800 meters, and the width is 400 meters.
I have to say that the most distinctive point of Daxia is that it is a big character.
The honors and officials arrived one after another, but after everyone saw the polo field used for batting today, they all came up with a sentence in their hearts.
"What the hell is this hitting court?"
Daxia has strict requirements for the polo field used for batting.
First of all, the field needs to be level, and there should be no potholes, otherwise the horses and batsmen will be injured. Secondly, whether the site can grow grass or not, it must be compacted land.
But today, this polo field is full of all kinds of broken blades, scissors, and even many of them are rusty.
Can this field be used for batting?
Is this sure it's not a garbage dump? Where did so much broken copper and iron come from and threw it on it?
The officials and nobles all had question marks on their faces, some of them were old and dazzled, and they even went close to see what was going on.
Someone reached out to the soldiers and asked why the polo field had become the way it was.
The soldier looked left and right, and replied in a helpless whisper: "Back to my lord's words, this is Cheng Hou, with the consent of his old man, specially transported these blades in a carriage, and fell in the field." ”
"Do you know why?"
"I really don't know." Seeing that the soldiers couldn't ask the reason here, this made the nobles and officials even more discussed.
Cheng Wudi, what is this for? Is it because he was afraid that the Gu County man would suffer a loss, so he deliberately made trouble, wanting to cancel today's batting?
This speculation was accepted by most people, after all, as far as the current situation is concerned, today's batting will definitely not be able to continue.
The hooves of the horses are fragile, who would dare to let these precious horses run on such a field?
The arrows of the broken blades, though rusty, still showed their sharpness, which would be trampled on by the horses, and I am afraid that a good horse could be ruined by it.
"Cheng Hou's trick is ruthless enough? Even if the new townsman wants to vent his anger to his daughter-in-law today, I'm afraid he won't be able to. ”
"It's not, Cheng Hou deserves to be the first hob meat in my Great Xia, hehe, this cheeky is really thick-skinned, and he is not afraid of panicking if he uses such a method."
"Don't you know? Cheng Hou's hob has to be avoided even by His Majesty today, so he sent ......"
"Shhh, be quiet, don't be heard by Cheng Hou."
"It's a pity that I can't see the batting today, I don't know if the new townsman will come in a while, will he be disappointed, I heard that at the gate of the Northern Army that day, his righteous son was beaten very badly by a group of Gu County men."
"Hehe, what a righteous son, I don't think Uncle Xinxiang cares at all, I guess he wants to vent for his daughter-in-law! You don't know yet, he ...... with his daughter-in-law."
The topic of discussion soon changed from the strange situation of the polo field, gossip to the relationship between Xinxiangbo and Nayizi's daughter-in-law, and the level of this crooked building is not much different from the forum of later generations.
Throughout the ages, gossip is still the same.
As expected, when Guo Gao led a group of batsmen in, when he saw the hitting court, he jumped to his feet and scolded his mother.
Jiang Zhengyi on the side was also a little dumbfounded, he didn't expect Cheng Wudi, as a dignified marquis, to do such a thing.
What he didn't expect was that the old man actually acquiesced to Cheng Wuving's actions, and it seems that it is impossible to block Cheng Wuving today.
He shook his head regretfully, turned around and wanted to leave with Guo Gao.
But he saw that Cheng Wushu led Gu Bei and a group of batsmen behind him: "Lao Jiang, come to Guo, this batting is about to start, where are you two going to go?" ”
Guo Gao glared at Cheng Wuving: "Cheng Hou, you know it well, why bother asking?" You made the course look like this, how did this shot go today? ”
"Wowhaha, who said no? Lao Guo, aren't you afraid? Cheng Wudi smiled happily.
"You ......" Guo Gao was so angry that he couldn't speak, how could there be such a shameless person?
Cheng Wushu ignored him either, and strode straight to the high platform, raising his voice and shouting at the officials and nobles standing on the steps.
"Ladies and gentlemen, do you want to gamble on the ball today? Do you want to bet? ”
Xia people are good at gambling, and this group of officials and nobles are naturally no exception. Cheng Wudi's words immediately aroused everyone's interest, and they all asked.
"Cheng Hou, how to bet? Please make it clear. ”
"Wow ha, simple. Bet on today's batting results, Xinxiang Bo wins, one to two, Gu County male wins, one to three, and one to two for a draw. How much do you press, I have taken it today, who of you is interested? Cheng Wushu waved his hand, he was very bold, and now he is no longer what he used to be, and the money earned will come in at the hour.