"Oh? It seems that the team in Tibet is very confident. His Majesty Li Er smiled and said: "In this way, if I should not fight, wouldn't it seem like a petty family." ”

"Father, there are so many polo teams in the field, if it is just a competition between Datang and Tubo, it will inevitably snub others, it is better to let all the teams present participate in this game." Li Chengqian arched his hand and said.

"Huh? All participating? Tell me, how to participate? His Majesty Li Er looked at Li Chengqian with interest and asked.

"Subject to the draw, let the teams in the field play against each other, level by level, and finally determine the strongest team." Li Chengqian said.

"Well, that's a good idea, so you can't let the winning team go home empty-handed, Deyi." His Majesty Li Er called.

"The slave is here." Deyi bowed forward.

"Pass the word, let the captain of the polo team come to draw lots, decide the opponent to play, and the team that wins in the end will be rewarded." His Majesty Li Er said with a smile.

"No." Deyi responded.

"In this way, it adds a bit of fun." The eldest grandson empress, who was standing beside His Majesty Li Er, chuckled: "In this way, even the concubines are looking forward to today's big winner, I don't know what kind of reward Your Majesty will receive for the team that responds to this game?" ”

Lu Dongzan, who was standing on the side, was also quite curious about the reward of His Majesty Li Er, if he won this polo game, he would find an opportunity to bring up the matter of peace by the way

"Hahahaha, it's rare to see Guanyin and I'm curious, so let me sell it first." His Majesty Li Er laughed and said.

There are six teams of people in the open field outside the Lin De Palace, if it is a group of two or two, how to say that it will take six games in the end, and in an afternoon, whether it is manpower or horsepower will have great attrition, the more you play to the end, you can't play at the level you should have.

Therefore, at the suggestion of Lu Dongzan, only three matches will be played today.

Put the next three games tomorrow, one is to let the players of the team fully rest and recuperate, and second, Lu Dongzan must make time to tell these people that this game, Tubo is determined to win.

Although the sport of polo has been around for a long time, the polo that Datang is playing now is imported from Tubo, so the most slippery thing to play is still the Tubo people, so Lu Dongzan is even more confident in the championship won in this game.

The team that draws lots to decide the team against the opponent inevitably has an element of luck, but under Li Chengqian's hands, there is only an element of operation, if the first round is Datang against Tubo, then this game will not be very interesting.

Therefore, inevitably, the two teams of Goguryeo and the Western Regions can only become stepping stones for the Tang Dynasty, Tubo and Turkic teams.

If you talk about horsemanship, the most powerful is the Turks, the Turks are a nation on horseback, the victory of the polo game won by the Tubo people, facing not only the Tang Dynasty, the fierce opponent, but also the two teams in the Western Regions, although it is said that when it comes to riding, the Turks are not far behind, but they are lost in the skills of polo, the Western Regions are many deserts, only the congenital environmental conditions have imprisoned the development of polo in the Western Regions.

Originally, polo was only played as a performance, so it would be played in the open space on the square outside the Lin Tak Hall, but if it was used as a game, it was obvious that the outside of the Lin Tak Hall was no longer suitable.

So, His Majesty Li Er gave an order, and the venue was transferred from outside the Lin De Hall to the school field in the palace.

The people of the polo teams from all sides, as well as many courtiers and envoys who participated in the banquet in the Lin De Palace, set off to the school grounds.

The school field in the palace is also extremely vast, accommodating this area of thousands of people is naturally insignificant, after His Majesty Li Er issued the order, more than 300 Yulin troops were busy, only a quarter of an hour, the huge school field has been arranged.

The winter afternoon sun is the mildest, so you don't have to worry about setting up a pergola, just by arranging the seats and tables on the raised platforms around you.

After the young people heard that the original polo performance had become a competition between countries, they were particularly excited, and they couldn't wait to play in person to win glory for Datang.

Cheng Chumo and Qin Ying can be said to be fanatics of polo, Chai Lingwu is driven by the two, and his polo skills are not weak, and the rest of the team members are all good players in this sport in the army.

In the left and right guard camps, the sergeants are also very keen on playing polo, and a group of rough men are full of energy and have nowhere to vent, even if they fall off their horses, they are just shouting a few times from the military doctor.

Under the operation of Li Chengqian, the Tang Dynasty faced Goguryeo, and the Tubo and Turkic teams from Ankang and Dongcao in the Western Regions respectively faced each other.

When the Goguryeo team drew a note that said that it was the Tang Dynasty, Gao Huanquan's face was as ugly as it was, and against the Tang Dynasty, the Goguryeo team really had no hope of winning

This is quite frustrating, originally Gao Huanquan was still looking forward to being able to face the Ankang team, no matter how bad it is, how to say that the game will be played until tomorrow, and now it seems that tomorrow's tiebreaker, Goguryeo is out of luck.

Maybe even if the venue is moved to the school field, this first day of the game is similar to the exhibition match, three games, there is obviously a certain gap between the two sides, and the result of the game is self-evident.

In the end, it was the Tang Dynasty, the Tibetans and the Turks who came together.

Tomorrow, the palace will determine the real winner.

Xuan Shijing and Li Tai had no interest in polo, and under the leadership of Li Tai, Xuan Shijing easily entered the warm pavilion of the harem and found Jinyang.

When Xuan Shijing arrived at the warm pavilion, Jin Yang was holding a book and nesting on the rattan chair, swaying the rattan chair while looking at the books in his hand, and there were two palace maids and eunuchs standing behind him.

His Majesty Li Er sent a total of eight palace maids and eunuchs to the Nuan Pavilion, and another eight teams of the Yulin Army changed their guards day and night, so the Nuan Pavilion was also the most heavily defended place in the palace except for the Taiji Palace, and even Li Yuan's Hanyuan Hall was just four teams of guards patrolling back and forth.

It's not that His Majesty Li Er is reluctant to send someone to protect Li Yuan, but that the people sent have all been chased back by Li Yuan, Li Yuan, who originally lived in Hanyuan Palace, is like living in a cage, and there are so many guards around, isn't this adding to Li Yuan's heart.

Li Tai brought someone over, and the guards naturally didn't dare to stop it, so the two of them went straight into the area where the warm pavilion was located.

"Your Royal Highness, His Royal Highness the King of Wei and the Marquis of Dongshan have arrived, did the slaves invite them up, or" The little eunuch downstairs went up to the study on the fourth floor, stood at the top of the stairs and bowed down and asked.

"Invite them up." Jin Yang put down the scroll in his hand and said.

It just so happened that Jin Yang also wanted to inquire about today's banquet

PS: Polo was called a bow in ancient times (to be continued.) )