Huaihuang City Xuanwu Tai lecture martial arts hall, the big arena.

This large arena located outside the north gate of Huaihuang Sanlian City was newly built and put into use for the first time. It is an open-air oval stadium, designed in the style of the Roman Colosseum, similar to the stadiums of later generations, but the scale is very large, divided into four levels of spectators, and can accommodate 100,000 people. It took more than half a year to complete the construction, and the design was designed for the purpose of awarding awards and reviewing the martial arts of soldiers. Today, it was officially put into use for the first time, and the Huaihuang soldiers gathered one after another, and the meritorious soldiers of the Northern Expedition entered in turn, and were personally awarded medals and swords by Yi Feng and other senior generals.

After the award ceremony, it was not disbanded, but more lively.

With the sound of cheerful drums, the doors on both sides of the arena opened, and two teams of horses entered the arena. This is also the most lively part of today, the polo competition.

Polo is also called a juju, but unlike kemari, kemari is a kick with the foot, similar to modern football. Bow is to hit the ball immediately, it is polo, which is one of the most popular sports activities today, and it is extremely popular in the military and civilian areas. It is divided into big and small fights, and the big fight is polo, which is carried out on horseback. The small fight is to ride a pony or mule to hit the ball, and there are more people. There are also small teams made up of women, who all ride donkeys to hit the ball. The large arena of the lecture hall was flat, and the rammed ground was leveled with lime and loess, and oil was splashed on it so that there was no dust.

On the east and west sides of the field, there are already goals that are more than a foot high. Behind the goal, there is a false frame on each. Both sides of the goal. Twelve flags were planted each. In the north and south directions, there are also five big drums, ten drummers and a band.

Yi Feng was dressed in a purple brocade robe embroidered with a white tiger and covered with a white bear skin. It looks very spiritual. The stands of the arena are divided into three areas, the ground floor is the first area, which is the seat of the senior civil and military officials of the Huaihuang Governor's Mansion, and Yi Feng is sitting on the stands of the first district on the ground floor at this time. The second floor is the second district, which is a military area, which is specially set up for Wuzhou generals and soldiers. The top floor is the civilian area, which is set up for the common merchants. In addition, on the third floor, there is a section dedicated to women, reserved for women. For safety, a high parapet wall was built in front of the stands. Separated from the Athletic Zone.

Yi Feng sat in the first row of the first district, next to the high-ranking civil and military officers, as well as the accompanying guards and entourage. His place was a box carved from a single piece of marble, and in front of the white tiger chair, there was a marble long table. There are a lot of snacks on it. Behind him stood eight heavily armed guards of the Guards. There were also Flag Guard soldiers in ordinary military uniforms scattered nearby. In addition to Wei Zheng, Gao Bo, Zhang Shu and other civil officials, there are also Wang Bao, Gao Jia, Shan Xiongxin, Qin Qiong, Lai Quan, Dou Jiande and other senior generals in the army, in addition to Xu Gai, Su Yong and other local tyrants who are half businessmen and half officials also have a seat next to Yi Feng. In addition, the battalion-level generals in Huaihuang City are basically all here, and they are seated in the first district. But in addition, there is a group of people watching next to Yi Feng, which is particularly eye-catching. Several young women sat behind Yi Feng. All of them are gorgeously dressed. Although they were covered with gauze hats covering their heads, they could still be seen to be a group of young women. To be able to be in such a public place. Accompanying Yi Shuai to watch the game, everyone could almost guess their identities in their hearts, they must be Yi Shuai's wives and concubines, of course, the second lady of the Gao family who also has a position in the White Tiger Hall must also be among them.

Also specially invited to sit in the stands of the first district today are Fang Xuanling, Li Jing, Yu Wenhuahe, Sima Dejiao, Kedu, Pei Li, Yang Wei and a group of other people. Although Fang Xuanling has been in Huaihuang for a while, he also has a better understanding of the opening of Huaihuang folk customs, but when he saw this public occasion where 100,000 people watched at the same time, Yi Feng actually brought his wife and concubines to show up, and he couldn't help but be a little surprised. This Yi Dashuai really has a bit of personality in doing things, and with such a status, he still doesn't care about his wife and concubine showing up in public.

The two teams that entered the stadium first circled the court, holding clubs to signal to the crowd on the field, which drew bursts of cheers.

At this time, the band on the sidelines also began to play the Lanling Breaking Array music, which was passionate and majestic, adding a bit of atmosphere, Marseille had not yet begun, but the atmosphere had begun to be warm.

Polo was a popular activity in the Central Plains at this time, and it was enjoyed by both men and women, young and old. Yi Feng himself likes it more, although the fight is very intense, and it is even easy to get injured, but it can be very enjoyable, and it is also enjoyable to watch. Especially in the military, polo matches are also a mandatory part of cavalry training. There are two teams of sixteen people on the field, each with two goalkeepers and one team leader. After the two teams circled the field, under the guidance of the referee, their respective captains led them to Yi Feng's viewing platform and dismounted to salute Yi Feng.

Yi Feng stood up and said with a smile: "No courtesy, let the red team guard the east gate, and the blue team guard the west gate!" ”

Samurai Tong smiled and nodded, turned to face the court, and shouted in a long voice: "The commander has an order, the red team guards the east gate, and the blue team guards the west gate!" ”

The referee took out a hollow wooden red lacquer ball and threw it into the air, and the players of the left and right teams immediately galloped forward and hit the ball with their sticks. The red polo was speeding in the air, and the red and blue clothes interspersed and passed through, whether it was Yi Feng and the high-ranking officials of the civil and military affairs in the first district, or the soldiers in the second district and the civilian traders in the third district, they were all immediately attracted by this fierce opening game, and they couldn't help but cheer together. Wu Shi Tong acted as a commentator in front of Yi Feng, and said in a low voice: "The red team is a team composed of the second cavalry battalion, the sponsor is the Seven Star Fort Wine Workshop, and the captain's name is Qin Yong, who is the cavalry head of the second cavalry battalion. The blue team is a team composed of the third cavalry battalion, the sponsor is the salt lake city salt factory, their captain is called Guo Xiaoke, who is also a capital team, I heard that it is the new sworn brother of Wang Fubao, the deputy general of the third cavalry battalion. ”

Yi Feng actually knew Guo Xiaoke and Qin Yong very well, and he had three intelligence agencies under him, how could Yi Feng not know about these generals and their cronies? Qin Yong, the captain of the red team, is the head of the second cavalry battalion, and he is also the brother of Qin Qiong, the commander of the second cavalry battalion, and he is a very brave general. This Guo Xiaoke was originally a native of Xuzhou, Henan, and belonged to a rogue ranger in the township, and later made trouble in the township and couldn't get along, so he followed a caravan in his hometown to Huaihuang to pan for gold. After Wang Fubao became the deputy general of the third cavalry battalion, he also promoted a lot of cronies and subordinates, this Guo Xiaoke has good skills and is very similar to Wang Fubao's smell, so he was transferred to the third cavalry battalion, and now he is also the head of the cavalry. There were many scoundrels in the army, such as Guo Xiaoke, such as Shan Xiongxin, who recently recruited such a hero to his first cavalry battalion, Wang Junkuo, a ranger from Hedong. In addition, there are also many generals like Qin Qiong, who have summoned their own clans and fellow villagers from their hometowns to serve under their accounts. For such a situation, Yi Feng didn't care too much. This is permissible as long as it is not excessive.

Although Guo Xiaoke and Wang Junkuo were rogue rangers in the past, they were also famous generals in troubled times in history, Yi Feng asked Tek to carefully investigate their backgrounds, and after a little understanding, they didn't pay attention to it. However, I still appreciate the special reminder when Samurai Tong was introduced. As the entourage around them, although their level is very low, because they are always by Yi Feng's side, sometimes they are very important. Although he didn't want these people to take advantage of these conveniences to speak for others or anything, it was still necessary to fill in the gaps. Otherwise, the people around you are just puppets, so what's the use. Although the samurai has just come to do things, he is very spiritual in this aspect.

On the field, I saw Guo Xiaoke, the captain of the blue team wearing a blue shirt, holding a moon staff like a tiger leaping forward, dribbling the ball in the air, attacking forward, letting the ball always run in front of the horse, and riding through the red players, like a dragon. The other blue-clothed players tightly guarded him, blocking the snatching and besieging of the red-clothed players led by Qin Yong. He quickly broke through to the east goal, accelerated suddenly, and then the afterburner staff in his hand slashed through the air like lightning, and the red polo spun in the air and crossed an arc, bypassing the two goalkeepers who came to defend and passing through the gap between them at a tricky angle, and hitting the goal.

The referee immediately raised the blue flag and shouted, "The blue team won the first shot, scored the first goal!" Then the drum band on the west side played drums and watched the thunder of joy from the seats. An assistant referee ran to the east goal, pulled out a flag, and inserted it into the west side, signaling for the blue team to score a point first.

Seeing this, Wang Fubao, the deputy general of the 3rd Cavalry Battalion in the front row of the audience, immediately stood up and cheered again and again, and was very happy. On such an occasion, it is natural for one's team to win the first flag, which is naturally a matter of great face. However, Zhang Jin, the battalion general of the third cavalry battalion, said that it was only plain, and it was indeed the third cavalry battalion that won on the field, but in the selection of the third cavalry battalion itself, the five regiments of the third cavalry battalion, and one team in each group, four regimental teams loyal to him were defeated by the team of the regiment that Wang Fubao was also in charge of, and the final representative of the cavalry third battalion was the team of the deputy general Wang Fubao. Even after Wang Fubao defeated his four teams, he refused to ask him to select the strongest from the five regiments to form a three-battalion polo team, and insisted that his regiment's team represent the three battalions, which made Zhang Jincheng very faceless. However, the results of the last series of competitions were that this team achieved good results in the selection tournament, and finally qualified for the opening match with the team of the second cavalry battalion on today's dazzling occasion. (To be continued......)