On the polo field near Saidaji Temple, Wang Fei rode on the Chi Yanhua that was running at high speed with four hooves, his left hand controlling the reins, and his right hand swinging the polo cue given by Ashina Xiaoyun high, ready to hit the polo that was jumping and rolling on the ground.

A fast-bouncing wooden polo, no more than the size of a fist. To make it easier for riders to search, the sphere is painted with lacquer. When the polo jumps and flies, it stands out like a shooting star.

The clubs presented to Wang Fei by Ashina Xiaoyun are all made of Jiannan rattan wood, which has excellent elasticity and flexibility. The whole club is also wrapped in a layer of soft sheepskin, which is very delicate to hold.

Wang Fei was concentrating on the polo jumping on the ground, while looking up from time to time to quickly observe the situation on the field.

Under the influence of various film and television dramas, documentaries, and historical novels, Wang Fei knew that the people of the Tang Dynasty loved polo. However, if you carefully search the archaeological data, you will find that most of the specific rules of polo in the Tang Dynasty are vague in the history books. On the contrary, the polo matches of the Song, Jin, Yuan and other dynasties left detailed records of rules.

Therefore, after crossing, Wang Fei asked Wang Yong to carefully understand the rules of polo in the Tang Dynasty.

After understanding, Wang Fei smiled bitterly. Because the polo rules of the Tang Dynasty are simply a contradictory mixture of simplicity and complexity, it is too chaotic and speechless.

To put it simply, because the polo game in the Tang Dynasty was still in a period of rapid development and continuous improvement, so the rules are actually relatively concise and easy to understand, in addition to the uniform dress, grooming horses, pay attention to protection, to prevent malicious fighting and stampede There are some hard rules, other rules are very concise, in general, it is necessary to use all means to hit the polo into the goal.

Some of the rules are even incredibly simple. For example, the number of players playing polo does not need to be equal, and the two teams can arrange their own numbers according to their own strength and tactical arrangements. This stunned Wang Fei, who was accustomed to watching 11-a-side football and 5-a-side basketball games in later generations.

But the historical fact is that in the third year of Jinglong (709), there was a famous polo game that has been famous for thousands of years. At that time, the Duke of Jincheng wanted to go to Tubo and his relatives, and the Tubo came to Chang'an to welcome the relatives with their best polo players. In order to celebrate the rare peace between the Tang Dynasty and Tibet, the two sides agreed to play a friendly polo match.

Soon after the start of the game, the Tibetan polo players took the lead. In the case of the serious backwardness of the Datang polo team, Li Longji, who was still the king of Linzi at that time, led Li Yong, the king of Yu, Yang Shenjiao and Wu Yanxiu, the captains of the horses, to replace all the Datang polo players, and fought against the ten Polo players of Tubo with four people, and won the final victory.

It is complicated because the rules of polo in the Tang Dynasty were not uniform, and there were various playing styles and supporting rules.

For example, according to the number of goals, it can be divided into two types of games: single and double goals. A single goal is a small hole of one foot in the lower part of a wooden wall, and there is a net bag behind the hole, and the number of hits into the net bag determines the winner; The two-goal game is that there is a goal on each side of the polo field, and the two teams constantly fight and impact to score the opponent's goal.

For example, according to the requirements of the number of goals, it is divided into two categories: short and long. The short-match system is similar to the golden ball winning rules of later football games, as long as one team from both sides scores a goal and achieves the "first prize", the game is over; In the long game, the two sides agree on a number of goals, such as 10 or 20, and the team that reaches the required number will win.

For another example, there is also a game rule that agrees on a fixed time, and that team will win if it scores more goals. Some for about a quarter of an hour, and some for about half an hour.

In short, there are so many rules that it can be overwhelming. Therefore, before each match, both sides need to spend a lot of time to agree on various specific rules in detail.

When Wang Fei and Ayi Tenggana were chatting, Ashina Xiaoyun had already set the rules for today's game with Wang Qi and others.

Today's game is a two-goal ten-chip long game system.

The personnel who played the game included Wang Jue, Gao Xiangui, Zhang Dejia, Ashina Xiaoyun, Ashina Wenxia, Ashina Jiang, Wang Fei and Wang Fei 8 people.

Originally, according to Wang Jue's idea, he, Ashina Xiaoyun, Wang Fei, and Ashina Jiang were organized into a team, and the other four formed a team.

But Ashina Xiaoyun, who already knew Wang Jue's heart yesterday, obviously didn't want to be in a group with Wang Jue at all, otherwise she wouldn't have come in a white polo uniform in advance today.

Ashina Xiaoyun understood the careful thinking behind Wang Jue's invitation to play polo, and the reason why she accepted the invitation was only because she couldn't refuse the temptation of polo, but it wasn't because she couldn't refuse Wang Jue.

So after learning that Wang Qi wanted to split into a group with her, Ashina Xiaoyun had already thought of countermeasures in advance.

She deliberately said noncommittally and vaguely about Wang Jue's request to play side by side yesterday, making Wang Jue think that she agreed.

At the same time, Ashina Xiaoyun Sect maid Liuli informed Wang Fei, Wang Fei, Ashina Wenxia and Ashina Jiang one by one, asking them to wear white polo uniforms in advance today.

In this way, not only can Wang Qi be rejected, but Ashina Xiaoyun can also fulfill his long-cherished wish and serve as the team's main attacker.

So Ashina Xiaoyun proposed a plan that surprised Wang Jue, that is, Wang Jue, Gao Xiangui and Zhang Dejia were in a team to fight against Ashina Xiaoyun, Ashina Wenxia, Ashina Jiang, Wang Fei and Wang Fei.

The three of them are older, and they often play polo together, and they are more skilled in cooperation; Wang Fei and Ashina Ji Ang are too young, and they don't play polo much, so even if it is a three-person team against a five-person team, Wang Qi's side still has a slight upper hand.

Wang Jue took the initiative to say that such grouping may not be fair, but Ashina Xiaoyun is unrelenting, so he insists on this grouping method.

Wang Jue was helpless, he wanted to fight side by side with Ashina Xiaoyun, but it seemed that there was no chance.

However, Wang Qi thought about it, this polo match was originally for Bojia to laugh, so why bother to make Ashina Xiaoyun unhappy on the trivial issue of grouping? So they agreed, and the others had no other opinions.

After going to state school, Wang Jue and Ashina Xiaoyun and others had fewer opportunities to play, and they have always been treated as children. Therefore, before the start of the game, Wang Qi just had the mentality of playing casually to make Ashina Xiaoyun happy.

So after a little discussion between the three of them, they lined up an irregular goose marching formation: Wang Qi was at the front and served as the main attacker; Zhang Dejia is behind Wang Jue's left, responsible for the defense on the left side and the midfield connection; Gao Xiangui dragged behind Zhang Dejia's right side and focused on defense.

In Wang Qi's opinion, this wild goose formation is enough to be both offensive and defensive.

Ashina Xiaoyun put on a sharp arrow formation that attaches importance to attack: Ashina Xiaoyun is the arrow and is responsible for the main attack; Ashina Wenxia is the arrow body, responsible for the midfield pass; Wang Fei is the tail of the arrow and focuses on defense; Wang Fei and Ashina Jiang were used as arrow wings, arranged on the left and right sides of Ashina Wenxia, responsible for wandering and harassing.

But after the game began, Wang Jue found that Ashina Xiaoyun's playing style was cold, the assault was fast, and the shooting was accurate, and his strength should not be underestimated; Ashina Wenxia doesn't say much, but her eyes are vicious and her passing is very accurate; Wang Fei is steady and steady on weekdays, and his style of play is correspondingly very delicate, and his defense is very solid; Although Ashina Jiang reacts slowly, he is always dangling on the right side, which is also very annoying.

What surprised Wang even more was that the little wild breed riding on Chi Yanhua had extraordinary riding skills, and his passing and shooting were very threatening.

Wang Jue naturally didn't know that this was the result of Wang Fei's hard practice of riding and archery and tai chi during this time.

The reason why Datang polo is so popular is actually rooted in the need for military training. This is because there are many similarities between riding archery and polo, and both require very high equestrian skills and eyesight. Therefore, people who are good at riding and shooting can often play polo well. After Wang Fei's battle of broken leaves, the effect of practicing diligently every day was manifested at this time.

After a moment of play, Gao Xiangui blocked a shot from Ashina Xiaoyun and made a long pass directly to Wang Qi. Wang Jue seized the gap between Ashina Xiaoyun and Ashina Jiang, rode in, avoided Wang Fei's defense, and burst into the hole with a volley from a distance of 10 steps, pulling out the first spot.

After the goal, Wang Qi and the three of them high-fived each other, and Ashina Xiaoyun was so angry.

It was the turn of the five-man side to tee off.

Wang Fei made a short pass and hit the polo to the right of Ashina Wenxia Qingmoqi.

Ashina Wenxia flicked the cue and made a gesture of passing the ball to the right.

After Wang Qi saw it, he hurriedly moved in the direction of Ashina Jiang.

Unexpectedly, Ashina Wenxia's club just shook to the right and did not hit the ball. After she saw Wang Qi move, she immediately turned to the left and hit the polo in front of Chi Yanhua.

So there was the opening scene, Wang Fei rode on the Chiyanhua, interspersed forward in advance, chasing the meteor-like polo.

Zhang Dejia saw that Wang Qi had lost his defensive position, and hurriedly moved closer to the middle, preparing to fill the gap left by Wang Qi and intercept Wang Fei.

As soon as Zhang Dejia moved, Ashina Xiaoyun had already slammed the horse's belly, and Bai Lianju jumped forward, like a white dragon out of the water, and burst into the opponent's midfield.

Don't hit the ball now, but when! Wang Fei aimed at the right front of Ashina Xiaoyun and made a long pass vigorously.

Seeing this, Gao Xiangui hurriedly moved towards the hole, preparing to block the position of Ashina's shot.

Helplessly, Wang Fei's ball passed too well, and Gao Xiangui hadn't arrived at the defensive position yet. The polo had already begun to fall towards the front of Bai Lianju's horse's head, and at this time, Ashina Xiaoyun was about 15 steps away from the goal.

Ashina Xiaoyun grabbed the reins of the horse, stood up on the stirrups, and pressed down with a powerful swing of his right arm.

The polo was directly hit by Ashina Xiaoyun in mid-air, and it spun at a very high speed and flew towards the hole.

Gao Xiangui knew that he couldn't catch up, so he hurriedly crouched on the saddle, holding the polo stick in his right hand and trying his best to reach forward, hoping to cover the hole with the crescent part of the polo club.

The polo roared, brushed shoulders with Gao Xiangui's polo club, and simply hit the hole neatly.

One to one!

Ashina Xiaoyun shouted excitedly, and rode back to high-five his teammates in celebration.

When he high-fived Wang Fei, Ashina Xiaoyun patted him on the shoulder again and praised: "The ball passed well!" I didn't expect Brother Fei to play so well! ”

After receiving the affirmation of the goddess, Wang Fei was overjoyed, and originally wanted to say a few more words to Ashina Xiaoyun. But he immediately remembered Ayitengna's reminder, so he stepped forward and high-five Ashina Wenxia, and praised sincerely: "This goal is all due to Sister Wenxia's feints to deceive the opponent!" ”

Ashina Wenxia's expression was gloomy, and she replied coldly: "Does Brother Fei mean that I am very good at deceiving people?" ”

Wang Fei was stunned for a moment, only to realize that he had said the wrong thing again. was in annoyance, and suddenly found that the corners of Ashina Wenxia's mouth were upturned, and she chuckled: "Fool, tease you!" ”

After saying that, Ashina Wenxia hurried back to her place.

After being startled, Wang Fei shook his head helplessly, and said to himself: "You are indeed good at deceiving people!" ”