Chapter 234: The Rules of Rugby

Under Gao Ming's order, the more than 100 hundred cavalry guards lined up in a long line and entered his tent in turn to receive the rugby, and only after everyone got a rugby did Gao Ming nod to them.

"Okay, I'm going to need thirty people, strong and fast."

As soon as Gao Ming's words fell, the hundreds of horsemen who were neatly lined up outside the tent suddenly stepped forward in unison.

Seeing this scene, Gao Ming couldn't help laughing.

"Seeing everyone so positive, Prince Ben feels very gratified, but I only need thirty people to come out and do a demonstration, and the others will wait for the next opportunity!"

Speaking of this, Gao Ming nodded towards the Su Gan Chengji beside him.

"Aki, you go and choose thirty people to come out."

"Yes!"

Su Gan Chengji agreed, and stepped forward to pick thirty people out.

Maybe he was scared by Gao Ming before, but this time he was much more honest, and he didn't dare to play small moves when choosing people, but honestly picked out the most tall and strongest hundred cavalry guards among the more than 100 people.

Looking at the group of big men in front of him, Gao Ming suddenly nodded with satisfaction.

"Well, that's right, the thirty of you go to change into armor now, you don't need to bring weapons, after changing, you will go to gather outside the city, and the others will each carry a bucket of lime, and follow me to the outside of the barracks!"

"Yes!"

Under Gao Ming's order, the hundred cavalry guards immediately went into action, wearing equipment and carrying lime.

There is a large piece of flat open space on the left side of the barracks, which is prepared by Sugan Chengji to expand the barracks, but it has not yet had time to start construction, Gao Ming felt that the size of the land was also appropriate, so he positioned it as a rugby venue.

After arriving at the place, Su Gan Chengji immediately came to Gao Ming with a bucket of lime to ask for instructions.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, how should this land be circled?"

Hearing Su Gan Chengji's question, Gao Ming immediately frowned.

"One hundred steps long, forty-five steps wide, let's go circle!"

"Yes!"

The English rugby that Gao Ming intends to play, the rugby field is about 150 meters long and 70 meters wide, and Datang's step is equivalent to one meter and five in later generations, so the two are about the same, anyway, it doesn't matter if Gao Ming is one and a half stars apart.

As the saying goes, there is strength in numbers, and dozens of people work together to quickly circle the rugby field.

After the field was circled, Gao Ming called the thirty armored guards to the front, divided them into two teams, and then began to explain to them.

"The rules of the game, called rugby, are actually very simple, that is, one of you can just run to the innermost position opposite with this rugby and throw it on the ground, isn't it very simple?"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, the thirty heavily armed hundred cavalry guards did not speak, because they felt that this game called rugby should not be as simple as Gao Ming said, otherwise they would not be allowed to wear armor.

Seeing that everyone didn't speak, Gao Ming suddenly touched his nose with some embarrassment.

"Okay, now that you've all found out, then I'll just say it, in fact, the difficulty of this game is the difficulty in the confrontation between each other."

Speaking of this, Gao Ming raised his hands and pointed at a team.

"Each of you has fifteen opponents who will do everything they can to stop you from taking the ball to their box, and you have fourteen team-mates who will do everything they can to help you get the ball to the opponent's box."

Hearing Gao Ming's explanation, the eyes of everyone present lit up, and seeing their expressions, Gao Ming immediately laughed.

"It seems that you understand, but I have to add at the end, you can collide with each other, you can also hold each other, but you are not allowed to hit or kick with your fists, whoever violates this rule will go back to the barracks to train, do you understand what I said?"

"Understood!"

Hearing their unanimous answers, Gao Ming nodded with satisfaction.

"Okay, now that you understand, let's get ready to start."

As he spoke, Gao Ming took a rugby ball and threw it at one of the centurions, and smiled at him.

"When I shout the start, you hold the ball and rush forward until you reach the lime line on the opposite side, and then you just throw the ball on the ground, okay, let's go!"

With Gao Ming's order, the hundred cavalry guards who got the rugby immediately moved, he held the rugby tightly in his arms, and then used all his strength to rush forward desperately.

Seeing this scene, Gao Ming's eyes suddenly lit up.

"It's fast, no less than a professional rugby player, the only drawback is that the brain is too stupid, isn't this just running straight line waiting to be intercepted by others?"

Gao Ming was right, in less than a few breaths, the hundred cavalry guards who were holding the rugby ball and rushing forward were stopped, but he did not choose to turn, but directly lowered his head and hit it sideways.

"Ahh

Hearing only a wail, the person who stopped him in front of him was immediately knocked to the ground by him, and he himself only stumbled a little, but he quickly steadied his footing, and then continued to rush forward.

When he rushed over the white line and threw the football to the ground, Gao Ming immediately shouted.

"Touchdown scored!"

Touchdown scoring is the main way to score in rugby, but it is not the only way, but in order to save trouble, Gao Ming simply uses this as the only way to score.

Seeing that the hundred cavalry guards had already scored a touchdown, Gao Ming immediately nodded to the others with a smile.

"See, that's how rugby is played, but unfortunately you don't cooperate very well, many people are in a daze, not knowing what they are going to do, I think it may be because you don't have a sense of belonging to your own team."

Speaking of this, Gao Ming took off his coat, and then raised his chin towards Su Gan Chengji next to him.

"Aki, come and help me pull my clothes."

"Yes!"

After Su Gan Chengji helped him pull his clothes, Gao Ming pulled out the Tang knife at his waist and cut it on his clothes.

Seeing that Gao Ming had made a good piece of clothing out of rags with three strokes and five divisions of two, Su Gan Chengji was stunned for a moment.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, you are ......"

Gao Ming did not answer Su Gan Chengji, but beckoned to the hundred cavalry guards next to him.

"The team that scored the touchdown just now comes over and takes these strips of cloth and moves them to your arms, so you can tell who is your teammate and who is your opponent!"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Su Gan Chengji suddenly showed a look of admiration.

"I see, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is really witty, and his subordinates admire him so much!"

Facing the sycophant Su Gan Chengji, Gao Ming suddenly glanced at him.

"Don't pat yourself on the back, why don't you take off your clothes soon?"

Gao Ming's clothes are monochrome, so they can only be used as a symbol of the rugby team, and Su Gan Chengji also noticed this, so after hearing Gao Ming's words, he immediately took off his blue robe and cut it into strips of cloth with his saber.

After handing over the strips of cloth to the other team's hundred cavalry guards, Ugan Chengji returned to Gao Ming's side to report his life.

Looking at the two teams with yellow and blue strips of cloth tied to their arms, Gao Ming nodded suddenly.

"Now, the yellow team with the yellow strip on the hand is the yellow team, and the blue team with the blue strip is the blue team, and the two teams take turns to take the ball and rush to the field, and within a stick of incense, whichever team scores the most touchdowns wins."

Speaking of this, Gao Ming laughed again.

"Since there are winners and losers, there are naturally rewards and punishments, the winning team will be rewarded with two yuan per person, and the loser will not be fined, but you have to help the winning team wash their profane pants for a month!"

As soon as Gao Ming's words fell, a burst of laughter suddenly sounded around him, and even Huzi, who had been following Gao Ming silently, couldn't help laughing.

"Haha, His Royal Highness the Prince, this money is too easy to make, can I also play with them?"

In Huzi's opinion, this rugby game is simply a free benefit, not only do you have money to get, but also someone helps wash a month's dirty pants, this kind of good thing can't be found with a lantern.

As soon as Huzi's words fell, the laughter of the hundred cavalry guards suddenly stopped, as if someone had pinched their throats all of a sudden, and at this time they all looked at Gao Ming nervously, with expectations and worries in their eyes.

Gao Ming knew that they wanted to put Huzi into their team, but they were worried that Gao Ming would put Huzi into the opponent's team, so they showed such a nervous expression.

Seeing everyone's nervous appearance, Gao Ming immediately shook his head at Huzi.

"Huzi, let's play later, forget it today."

There is a reason why Gao Ming didn't let Huzi play, after all, this guy's physical fitness is simply at the level of open-hanging, if he takes the ball, who can stop him?

When Huzi heard that he couldn't play anymore, he was not disappointed, but smiled and nodded.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, in fact, I am talking about playing, I don't dare to play, I still want to protect His Royal Highness the Prince, hehe!"

If someone else said this kind of thing, Gao Ming might think that he was lying, but Huzi is a notoriously dead-eyed, this guy said that he was talking and playing, so he must be talking and playing, so at this time Gao Ming's heart was a little warmer.

"Huzi, this guy is really reliable!"

Thinking of this, Gao Ming immediately smiled at Su Gan Chengji.

"Aki, although Huzi is not very good at his brain, he has a great advantage, that is, he is loyal to his duties, he has never forgotten his duties, and this one advantage alone can cover up all his other shortcomings."

Hearing Gao Ming's meaningful words, Su Gan Chengji hurriedly bowed to him.

"What the commander said is very true, his subordinates have been taught!"

"I hope so!"

Speaking of this, Gao Ming nodded again, and then waved his hand towards Su Gan Chengji.

"Alright, tell them to start playing!"

"Yes!"

He agreed, then turned around and yelled at the two teams in the field.

"Game on!"