Chapter 620: Playing Polo
Su Dingfang came.
But the others didn't pay attention to him at all, as if they didn't see him at all.
He still only cares about eating his own roasted whole sheep, and he also shows that it is very delicious, especially delicious.
Su Dingfang frowned slightly, and then smiled: "I just came to tell you that we will definitely win the confrontation the day after tomorrow." ”
Cheng Yanjin and the others still ignored him, and Su Dingfang was ignored.
"Hmph, tomorrow's polo match, we will definitely win."
After speaking, Su Dingfang turned around angrily and left, Su Lin and Su Feng looked back at the whole sheep that was roasting, swallowed a mouthful of foam, and then reluctantly left.
As soon as they left, Cheng Yanjin immediately scolded: "Bah, I really think who I am, I am still showing off my might in front of me, if it weren't for the face of the saint, I would have to chop him with an axe......"
Cheng Yanjin was very angry, but Cheng Chumo and the others changed their expressions slightly.
"I'm going to play polo tomorrow, what if I lose?"
Polo, is a very popular competitive game in their Tang Dynasty, can be said to be the predecessor of Keju, when the game, the player rides on horseback, holds a club in his hand, keeps grabbing the ball, swings the ball into the opponent's goal, even if it wins.
Keju, which evolved later, was kicked into the Merry Eye, and later football became a goal.
Cheng Chumo and the others still like to play polo on weekdays, but their ball skills are a bit average.
Cheng Yanjin glanced at his son and scolded: "If you lose, you lose, what is there to be afraid of, just win the simulated battle." ”
Although the win or loss of polo is also very important, the battle is the most important, polo, it's just a singing game for this autumn hunt, a bit like cheerleading or something.
It's purely to let everyone have fun, and the rest is crucial.
According to the itinerary of the entire autumn hunt, tomorrow morning to play a polo competition, several teams take turns against the enemy, to decide the winner, in the afternoon, everyone in the pasture hunting, the morning after tomorrow, Li Shimin to review the army, in the afternoon, is a simulation of the confrontation, the day after tomorrow, set off back to Beijing.
The whole trip is not very long, but it is very necessary for Datang.
Li Shimin needs to know the strength of his army, and he also needs to know the ability of the sons and daughters of the powerful in the Tang Dynasty.
As the night deepened, the royal ranch finally fell silent.
A group of patrolmen walked around, and after nightfall, the weather became colder and colder.
Early the next morning, the weather was good, in fact, this weather, Li Chunfeng and these people had already calculated it, and knew that there was no wind and rain in the past few days, so it was set for these days.
Li Chunfeng and the others are still responsible for a lot of things, such as the weather, such as the stars or something, and even when Li Shimin has sex.
Royal affairs, no matter how big or small.
The weather was fine, and when the clock was shining, a lot of people had gathered in the royal ranch, especially those teams playing polo, there were about a dozen of these teams, all of which were composed of the powerful people of Chang'an City.
After Li Shimin came, the ministers saluted, and Li Shimin nodded: "Let's start." ”
As soon as it started, several teams drew lots to decide the order of the opponents, etc., Qin Huaiyu and Cheng Chumo and the others, fortunately, did not draw Su Lin and them, they drew a weaker one.
So this first competition, it was natural to win.
Qin Tian and Cheng Yanjin stood aside and watched, but they were also pleased, in fact, it seems to be playing polo, but it is more about training the technique of horse riding, if the equestrian skills are not good, you can't use it at all, and it is not easy to play polo well.
In fact, there are certain reasons and rules for the emergence of any competitive event.
During the Tang Dynasty, polo was popular, mainly because during this period, the Tang people were still martial, and it was common to fight on horseback.
During the Song Dynasty, Keju prevailed, and Keju has made people walk down from horseback and begin to use people to kick football on the ground, this is because there are not many people who are good at riding horses in the Song Dynasty, and they do not have natural horse ranches, nor are they easy to raise horses, and many of them cannot afford to ride horses, let alone play polo.
It is not surprising that this evolved into Kemari.
Cheng Chumo and the others won a game, and they were very proud, but at the same time, Su Lin and the others also won a game, and they won quickly, but the key is that their opponent is very strong.
When Qin Tian saw this situation, he was also very shocked, because he saw the mount of Su Lin and the others, it was a horse with amazing speed and explosive power, and the speed was not inferior to the first-class horse he had selected from the royal ranch before.
Such a horse is not easy to ask for, and it is not easy to meet, Su Dingfang can buy it, it is not simple.
Qin Tian thought in his heart, at this time, the second round of the competition began, and Cheng Chumo had bad luck and ran into Su Lin.
The two sides confronted each other, and Su Lin rode on horseback and smiled: "I will make your loss ugly." ”
In the face of Su Lin's provocation, Qin Huaiyu also smiled: "Then I have to take a look." ”
Both sides didn't say much, and directly started the competition.
After the competition began, Cheng Yanjin was very nervous and kept shouting, Su Dingfang stood on the other side of Li Shimin, but he showed a shallow smile, like this kind of thing, they are sure to win.
Li Shimin didn't have the slightest sense of favoritism, he just watched, of course, the most important thing was to look at the fast horse that Su Lin and they were riding, that horse was really good, if they had a lot of such horses in Datang, it would be possible to establish an invincible cavalry.
After looking at it like this for a while, Li Shimin suddenly asked, "Su Aiqing, where did you get the horse that Ling Lang sat on?" ”
Hearing this, Su Dingfang was a little nervous, but he still hurriedly responded: "Holy Lord, this horse was purchased by Xia Guan from a merchant in the Western Regions, and it seems to be a horse from one of the countries of the Western Regions called Dawanguo. ”
Dawan is rich in horses, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty once bought a bloody BMW of Dawan with a lot of money, but what Li Shimin did not expect was that in addition to the bloody BMW of Dawan, there were such faster horses.
"Su Aiqing, what's the name of this horse?"
"This horse is called Benlei Horse, a thousand gold."
The Tang people love horses, and because they often fight, the price of horses is generally very high, but a thousand gold, to be honest, is a bit too outrageous.
However, looking at the speed of this thunder horse, Li Shimin still nodded, he felt that such a horse was worth the price.
Li Shimin didn't ask again, Su Dingfang finally breathed a sigh of relief, he was afraid that Li Shimin would suddenly snatch his love and take Ben Lei Ma for himself.
(End of chapter)