This is the Great Summer drummer starting to beat the drums, and the polo game is about to begin.

The bigwigs of the Northern Army and the Southern Army came to invite the old man to kick off, which was also the ceremony of the polo game.

The old man walked over, shook off the support of the guards, stepped on the horse, took the stick, straightened his waist and galloped towards the center of the court.

Before the official kick-off, the old man had to give a lecture and a few words of encouragement to the twenty polo players on both sides. Similar to friendship first, competition second, unity and enterprising to contribute to the Great Xia.

Of course, these are all made up by Gu Bei's own brain.

After the old man symbolically knocked out the red, fist-sized ball, he rode back to the stands on the sidelines.

Gu Bei thought it was quite interesting, this was the same as inviting celebrities to kick off in games like the World Cup in the 21st century.

In fact, in Gu Bei's view, the polo rules of Daxia are very similar to football in the 21st century.

Except that the field is larger and the horses are running on the field, many other aspects are similar.

For example, there are also two goals at both ends of the polo field, and you can score points by hitting the ball into them. On the polo field, there are ten batsmen on each side, wearing narrow-sleeved robes of different colors.

And there is a goalkeeper in charge of goalkeeping on the field, and a referee Zhou Wei Stadium. It seems that apart from the absence of red and yellow cards and offside rules, everything else is very similar to modern football.

This discovery intrigued Gu Bei, whose favorite sports in the 21st century were football and basketball.

Football, Gu Bei has won countless World Cup championships, of course, that is in the football game.

He was not interested in polo, but after the referee blew the whistle, he suddenly became interested.

Compared to football, polo has an unprecedented visual impact due to the horses running the field.

When a horse that weighs nearly a ton runs at a top speed of fifty or sixty kilometers per hour, the sense of power and impact is extremely shocking.

On the field, the batsmen whipped their horses, galloped and jumped, hit and whipped in the air, and the red polos flew in the air as fast as meteors.

The equestrian skills of these batsmen and the skillful skills of ball control made Gu Bei stunned.

The bigwigs in the wooden stands also applaud the good balls hit by the batsmen from time to time. Those bigwigs still hold their own identities and will not have much inclination.

And Chang Xiaolai didn't have these concerns, nodding and commenting from time to time, every time he hit a good ball, this guy whistled and applauded, on the contrary, when the batsman made a mistake, he jumped to his feet and scolded his mother loudly.

This made Gu Bei have the illusion that he was in the 21st century, and he was sitting in the stands at the moment, surrounded by fanatical fans watching the game.

As the game progressed, Gu Bei began to devote himself to it, cheering loudly or scolding his mother as the spectators in the surrounding stands cheered.

On the course, from time to time, a batsman rolled off the horse's back under the violent impact of the horse, which caused a burst of exclamations from the crowd. Once the batsman gets up again and signals that he is okay, there will be a loud cheer on the sidelines.

The sound of the hurried horse's hooves was like stepping on Gu Bei's heart, shaking his heart with it. He dared to touch his chest and swear that he really fell in love with this exhilarating sport.

Exciting, it's so exciting!

The intensity and appreciability of polo far exceed that of football games in the 21st century, and the faster speed and stronger power make him completely love polo.

Thinking that there is no polo in the 21st century, Gu Bei deeply regrets it, but fortunately, he can now see the charm of this sport in person.

The rules of the polo game are a bit similar to basketball, there are three breaks in the middle, a total of four quarters, and the time of a pillar of incense in each section is about half an hour for the later generations, and a formal polo game takes one hour, and the later generations take two hours.

The rest time is spent changing horses, and horses running at high speed do not have enough physical strength to run the whole race at full strength.

It was only at the end of the first quarter that Gu Bei felt a little pain in his throat. Obviously, I was too involved just now, shouting too hard, and some of my vocal cords were hurt.

But he didn't care, reached out and took the tea handed by Xiao Ran, and poured it up.

"Cool! Brother Chang, today is really the right time, haha, happy and happy!"

"Haha, I said Brother Gu would like it." Chang Xiaoxiao was in a good mood to come and see, and took out a cowhide water bag and poured a few sips of Chinese wine.

Since drinking Chinese wine, every time I go out, I have to carry a few pots of Chinese wine with me, just like Xiao Ran.

The next game is getting more and more exciting, and the batsmen on both sides go back and forth. After the polo match was over, Gu Bei was still intoxicated with this exciting sport.

It is worth mentioning that the Northern Army batsmen led by 20 points in the final game and eventually won.

Just as the old man was about to leave, he heard someone on the side say loudly: "Old man, my subordinates want to play a game with Gu Xiannan in three days......

At this time, someone actually jumped out to play a ball game with Gu Bei, didn't he know that Gu Xiannan was the grandson-in-law of the old man?

Everyone heard it, but it was Xinxiang Bo Guo Gao.

Guo Gao: What does this mean?

Including the old man, everyone didn't understand, only Gu Bei and Chang Xiaolai glanced at each other, and seemed to guess the mind of this new uncle.

Today, the two of them had a conflict with his adopted son at the gate, could it be that Xinxiangbo wanted to take the opportunity to take revenge?

Gu Bei's guess was indeed right, Guo Gao was pampered by Jiang Zhengyi, and wanted to give Gu Bei a little embarrassment by playing polo, so as to vent his anger to his daughter-in-law.

Originally, Guo Gao didn't plan to speak, but he couldn't stand Jiang Zhengyi's constant pleading, so he had to shout.

He was afraid that his old man would not allow it, so he took the initiative to explain: "Old man, my subordinates are willing to play a game with Gu Xiannan in three days." Today, Gu Xiannan and my daughter-in-law had a little misunderstanding in the Northern Army Yuanmen, and my subordinates hope to take this opportunity to play with Gu Xiannan to eliminate the misunderstanding, and ask my husband for permission. ”

What Guo Gao said may be a bit absurd and ridiculous in the 21 st century. However, among the nobles of Great Xia, this is a common way to resolve the contradictions between the two sides.

At the beginning of the Xia Kingdom, when Emperor Taizu first ascended the throne, there were contradictions between the nobles of Great Xia, and there were large-scale personal fights between relatives and guards from time to time.

When the tongue can't convince the other party, let the sword solve the problem.

This is also one of the reasons why Xun Gui raised his own guards.

Emperor Taizu was so annoyed that he simply issued an order prohibiting the use of personal guards and private fights between nobles and nobles, and once it was discovered, he would be severely punished.

Due to the suppression of Emperor Taizu's imperial power, the situation of private fighting was contained, but there was a contradiction between the nobles and nobles, and there must be a solution.

As a result, hitting the ball to solve the contradiction has become an unspoken rule among the nobles of Great Xia.

The reason why Guo Gao proposed it in person was because he knew that the old man was the most fair and strict, and he was selfless.

The old man never used his power for personal gain in his life, suppressed dissidents, and it was he who dared to bring it up.

Gu Bei didn't think anything about Guo Gao's words, but Chang Xiaolai was anxious, and hurriedly waved his hand at Gu Bei.

Cheng Wudi spoke, "Straight lady thief, isn't it a little contradictory to your daughter-in-law?" Big, you're going to hit the ball with my nephew too, you're sorry? ”

The old man also glared at Guo Gao, Guo Gao's fish-colored style he had already heard, and he was already dissatisfied with this.

Guo Gao didn't expect that his old man and Cheng Wudi would defend Gu Bei like this, and he couldn't help but feel a little unable to get off the stage.

But Gu Bei felt a little inexplicable, wasn't it just hitting the ball? What a big deal? As for it?

He didn't pay attention to Chang Xiaolai's dissuasive eyes, and actually nodded his head in response.

"Uncle Xinxiang, if the old man agrees, then you and I will hit the ball in three days."

After he said this, there was no sound on the wooden platform for an instant, and the big guys looked at him with foolish eyes.

Chang Xiaolai was speechless, and directly covered his face with his sleeves, not wanting to see him.

The old man was also stunned, what kind of virtue did his grandson-in-law have, he still didn't know, "Gu boy, do you really want to play with Uncle Xinxiang?" ”

Seeing everyone's reaction like this, Gu Bei finally began to realize that there seemed to be something he didn't know.

He asked weakly, "Old man, if I say I don't want to now, is it too late?" ”

The old man hadn't spoken yet, but Cheng Wudi on the side scolded: ", what a man says, a mouthful of spit and a mouthful of nails, how can you not count?" ”

Gu Bei rolled his eyes, this old thing, it's just enough for others to say this, you meow the silver taels of the four-wheeled carriage and say this kind of thing!

Everyone's reaction let Gu Bei know that there must be something wrong with it. He hurriedly whispered to Chang Xiaolai to ask, and the answer he received made him break out in cold sweat on his forehead.

Special meow, what is this called breaking the rules?

Like the ball game proposed by Guo Gao to solve the contradictions between the two sides, as long as he agrees, Gu Bei must play!

Guo Gao naturally needs to get out of the plug, but can he compare with Guo Gao?

Although this Guo Gao doesn't have any big skills, he is also a veteran of Rong Ma's life, and playing polo couldn't be easier for him.

But Gu Bei, a little fresh meat who can barely ride a horse, can be said to be skilled?

And his thin little body, if he really fell off the horse, he wouldn't break his head and blood, or even break his bones?

Daxia plays polo, it's really too dangerous.

Nowadays, when playing polo, the batsman does not have any protection and is very prone to injury.

In the Xia Dynasty, there were many examples of injuries and even deaths due to playing polo.

In short, it is a very dangerous sport.

Gu Bei was really confused, let him play polo, how is this possible?

Before he had time to repent, he heard the old man announce loudly: "Since Uncle Xinxiang and Gu Xiannan both agree to this matter, then they will play a game in three days." ”

Do you really want to fight? Gu Bei seemed to have seen himself rolling off the horse, falling with his skin and flesh blurred.

His back was soaked with cold sweat, and in the face of the pressure of survival, Gu Bei's thoughts were as fast as lightning, which made him come up with an idea.