Huhuhu~

In autumn, the temperature in Yongzhou suddenly cools, and the bleak autumn wind blows across the earth from time to time, rolling up the yellow leaves on the ground and dancing with the wind.

In the northern part of Yankou Castle, the foot of the originally vast Baofeng Mountain is occupied by continuous white camps, and countless white tents are scattered in various areas, with black flags standing in the middle, and ink-colored unicorn flags constantly dancing up and down with the autumn wind.

In the middle of this huge camp, a racecourse covering an area of tens of thousands of square meters was enclosed a few hundred meters away from the main tent of the Chinese army.

"Come on, General!"

"The general is mighty!"

At this time, the entire racecourse was surrounded by countless soldiers, looking at the two teams playing polo in the stadium and shouting excitedly.

The two polo teams in the field, one led by the cavalry general Huang Jingtian, and the other by the southern army general Xiong Kuohai, the team members are from the Xiao cavalry battalion and the southern army respectively.

The two teams of people and horses came and went on the court, fighting so happily, Huang Jingtian and Xiong Kuohai held special polo sticks and had to make two moves from time to time, and the battle between the two strong men in the late stage of refining saw that the soldiers watching the battle around were boiling with enthusiasm, and the cheering seemed to overturn the entire sky. In the era of cold weapons, there were not many entertainment items for the ancients, and the daily life of soldiers in the army was even more boring.

The sport of polo can not only enrich the soldiers' military life, but also enhance the cohesion and sense of honor among the soldiers in the continuous confrontation, and prompt the soldiers to take the initiative to learn horseback riding skills.

This time, 150,000 troops from the six battalions of the Southern Army, the Northern Army, and the Central Army under Sima Yu gathered at the foot of Baofeng Mountain and stayed for half a month.

In the past half a month, after Sima Yu learned the rules of the game of this sport from Hu Luguang and others, he immediately organized a polo match in the army and vigorously advocated the promotion of the sport of playing polo.

As a modern person, Sima Yu is well aware of the importance of combining work and rest, and when he is not fighting, playing polo is a good way to adjust the life of soldiers in the army and enhance the effect of training.

The rise of polo just caters to the desire of the generals in the army, and quickly became popular in the army.

At this time, Sima Yu did not know, because of his main promotion, coupled with the abundant war horse resources under his rule, this sport soon became the most popular entertainment in the entire southern king of the power, not only the army officers and soldiers like this sport, even the people around the country have actively participated in this sport in their spare time, a large number of polo arenas came into being in various places, the rise of this sport also played a great role in the promotion of the domestic people's horsemanship, and laid the foundation for large-scale equipment cavalry.

There is a rostrum on the north side of the polo field, on which Sima Yu is watching the battle accompanied by Li Mu, Hu Luguang and other army generals, and the soldiers watching the battle around him also move their fiery eyes here from time to time.

"Your Majesty, Jingtian can hold on to the vast sea for so long, it seems that he really hides a lot of strength on weekdays."

Looking at the two teams fighting fiercely on the field, the corners of Li Mu's mouth couldn't help but show a smile, and he whispered to Sima Yu.

Now it is the first polo final held in the army, a total of 11 teams from the six battalions of the Southern, Northern and Chinese armies participated in this round of the competition, and Huang Jingtian and Xiong Kuohai finally led the team to the final.

Although Xiong Kuohai is not very bright-minded, he is extremely talented in the sport of polo, coupled with his natural power, he has always been invincible on the court and is the biggest favorite to win the championship.

And Huang Jingtian mainly relied on tactics and on-the-spot play to stumble all the way to the finals, but he didn't want to be able to match the majestic sea.

"Haha, it seems that the old general wants to win Yanzhang, but it's not so easy!"

When Hu Luguang on the side heard this, he couldn't help laughing and teased Li Mu.

Before the finals, in order to add some fun, Wang Yanzhang and Li Mu also made a bet, and the lottery head was the first move to enter Changzhou in the north.

More than half a month ago, in a battle outside Yankou City, Hu Luguang and others took advantage of Gongsun Shu's escape to lead tens of thousands of cavalry to defeat the 11 Chengjia army in one fell swoop, completing the final blow to Chengjia.

After the end of that battle, the 20,000 horses led by Gongsun Shu were also ambushed by the Eastern Army when passing through the canyon on the north side of Baofeng Mountain, and most of the high-ranking officials of the Chengjia State such as Li Xiong and Gongsun Guang were captured, and the Chengjia Emperor Gongsun Shu escaped unexpectedly and his whereabouts are unknown.

Three days later, when Sima Yu led an army of 110,000 to Yankou City, the entire battle was basically over.

Except for Ren Gui, who led 100,000 Nanyi troops to withdraw into Changzhou, almost all of the remaining 400,000 troops stayed in Yongzhou.

Such a great feats once again shocked the world.

However, after arriving at Yankou City, Sima Yu did not lead his troops into Changzhou as expected by outsiders, but stationed at the foot of Baofeng Mountain.

In this war, although the southern royal army achieved brilliant results, the price paid was not small.

In the nearly two-month war, the three counties of Chenshi, Yunlong, and Jinsha were the main battlefields, and under the plundering of hundreds of thousands of enemy troops, the local economy suffered a devastating blow.

In particular, Yunlong County suffered the most heavy losses under the frenzied plundering of the Nanyi people, all the property and grain outside the city were looted, and almost all the basic buildings built in various places were burned in the war.

According to the rough statistics of the county guards, the amount of money needed to restore the three counties to their original state after the war will be no less than 1 million taels of gold, and there will be nearly 800,000 people in the three counties who are waiting to be fed.

This is also under the rule of Sima Yu, there is sufficient food supply and strong economic support, as well as enough popularity, otherwise no one would dare to fight like this if it were replaced by any other force.

In half a month, more than 100,000 troops were stationed here, and indeed suppressed the defeated soldiers scattered in the three counties, as well as the local careerists.

The 800,000 taels of gold allocated by the royal government quickly attracted many members of the business alliance to re-enter the three counties, transported a steady stream of materials in, and took on the important task of restoring local infrastructure.

Everything is slowly turning for the better!

However, Li Mu, Hu Luguang and others all understood in their hearts that the army gathered here and did not disperse, it was not just to suppress the three counties. The reason why I didn't take advantage of the situation to enter Changzhou was because I was waiting, waiting for the best opportunity to enter Changzhou.

That day will not be far away!

Pedal Pedal Pedal ~

"Your Majesty, Dong'an City is in an emergency!"

Just when the situation on the court entered a tense critical moment, a herald hurriedly came to the stage and reported to Sima Yu with a letter in his hand.

"Oh? Could it be that Ning Yu can't wait? ”

The eyes of all the generals on the stage were all attracted by the letter in the herald's hand, and Sima Yu smiled softly while taking the letter.

"Looks like the laid-back time is coming to an end!"

Slowly sweeping the contents of the letter, Sima Yu's face changed slightly, and he stood up and said slowly.

As his words landed, the faint words seemed to carry earth-shattering pressure, as if they were about to trample the whole world under their feet.