Polo was originally a game among the Tibetan aristocracy, introduced through the envoys in the early years of the Tang Dynasty, this fierce game was deeply loved by the martial emperor Li Shimin, and was highly respected by him, and immediately spread.

In previous years, the Datang Royal Polo Team had a few games with the Tubo Polo Team that came to Chang'an to worship, both won and lost, and the strength of the Tubo Polo Team from the plateau should be slightly higher, but not much higher.

Since polo was introduced to the Central Plains, it was deeply liked by the upper elites, and now the generals in the Tang Dynasty are basically polo masters, and even many civil officials have good polo skills. In this era of advocating literature and not degrading martial arts, it is the trend to cultivate both civil and military, even if it is a literati, it is not a scholar who is powerless, fighting and killing will kill the city, and the literati often travel with swords, and most of the people who respect the upper class and can make people's blood boil in polo games, most of them think that they can participate as soon as possible, and they will go to play a game when they have the opportunity.

There is often such a situation in the palace, every festival said, Wenchen and military generals together on the field to try polo, and even the palace maids in the palace are organized to play polo, the upper magnates so vigorously respected, so that the overall polo skills improve very quickly, especially the Tang Dynasty royal polo team formed by the masters, it is a gathering of masters, although the Tubo people began to play polo many years earlier than the Tang Dynasty subjects, but until now, the technical difference between the two parties is not very big.

Because the technical differences between the two teams are not too great, it is also unknown how to win this match between the Datang Royal Polo Team and the Tubo Polo Team.

Before the polo match, the rules of the tournament had been announced, and compared with the polo match between the palace guards held in Luoyang in the first half of the year, the standard of the match with the Tubo people was much higher: the ball used was a solid hardwood ball, and the individual was relatively large; Each team to participate in the game is a standard ten players, the contestants are wearing protective armor, there are also helmets on the face, and even the horses ridden by the players have armor to prevent casualties in the fierce confrontation, the field of the game is also much larger, almost half larger than the field used when the game was held in Luoyang, there are two holes on the field, each team has to hit the ball into the opponent's own, and it is also the hole that hits their own attack.

As soon as the brutal contest between the Tang warriors and the Tibetan warriors ended, Liu Yi defeated two Tibetan warriors very easily, one of whom was known as the first Tibetan warrior and the captain of the Tibetan polo team. The competition is bloody and cruel, and many people think that the polo game will also be very fierce and cruel, including the Tang Dynasty monarchs and the members of the polo team.

The members of the polo team have learned from Liu Yikou that two Tibetan warriors have been killed by him, they know this exciting news, all of them are passionate, the polo game has not started, the other party has discounted the general, the players have more and more admiration for Liu Yi's skills, this time there is Liu Yi such a riding and ball skills are very good new force to join, this game is our victory.

All the members of the Tibetan mission were killed by the Tang warriors in a very short period of time because two very famous warriors in the country were killed by the Tang warriors, and their morale was low, and the back of the Zabu, who was twisted by Liu Yi, was still the captain of the Tubo polo team, and the warrior in front was also an important member of the polo team.

The captain died, the team's right-hand man was also killed by Liu Yi, and the strength of the Tubo polo team also decreased a lot.

However, the Tibetan Zheng made the Pang of Nonsai still have confidence in the victory of his team, their polo team composed of the bravest warriors of Tubo, in these years of playing against the surrounding tribes has never met an opponent, just failed to compete with the Tang Dynasty warriors, so that the Pang Sai Pang lost face, and he also hopes to find some face from the polo game.

The venue for the competition is still in the square where the competition has just been, and the venue has also been cleaned up after the competition.

The game was about to begin, and the rousing drums sounded on the edge of the field, and several palace eunuchs who presided over the game and recorded the results were ready in their respective positions, just waiting for the emperor to announce the start of the game.

The polo players on both sides were already on their horses, waiting on the field, and all the players were wearing metal masks on their faces, and all of them had their masks turned down, so that they could not tell who was who.

Liu Yi wore the captain's armband and rode to the front of the player queue.

Li Zhi stood up, pressed his hand, and motioned for everyone to be quiet.

"I am personally presiding over the event between my Datang Royal Polo Team and the Tubo Polo Team, I hope it will be a very exciting event!" Li Zhi said with a smile on his face, and then waved his hand, "I announce, the game begins!"

With Li Zhi's order, the huge red order flag in the hands of the eunuch who presided over the event waved left and right.

When the teams of both sides entered the stadium, all the players participating in the game lined up, lifted their masks, held their canes in their hands to greet the emperor, empress and other members of the royal family on the throne, as well as the ministers, members of the Tibetan mission, and soldiers of the forbidden army, and then saluted each other.

The members of the Datang Royal Polo Team include Liu Yi, Li Duozuo, Qi Mingming, Li Zhishi, etc., Liu Yi was also selected into the Royal Polo Team after the last polo match held in the palace, and the members of the polo team also carried out a lot of cooperation training. The members of the polo team were originally fierce generals, but because of the addition of Liu Yi, the style of the whole team has changed to a certain extent, and the scramble has become more fierce, it can be said that this is a group of tigers and wolves. Today, Liu Yi's strategy before the war is to fight fiercely against the Tubo people, not only to win, but also to play with momentum, and strive to injure the Tubo players on the polo field, so that the Tubo people are afraid.

It's a battle without gunpowder, but there is a chance of bloodshed and even casualties, depending on who has the last laugh.

The players on both sides all pulled down their masks and spread out, standing in a certain formation.

The huge command flag in the eunuch's hand waved down vigorously, and the game officially began.

Because the Tibetans came from afar, they were guests, and the game was kicked off by them first.

The movement of the Tibetans was really fast, and after they kicked off, several players immediately rushed forward, escorting the ball to their own goal, and the other players responded and cooperated on the periphery.

Liu Yi of the Tang Royal Polo Team, Li Duozuo and Qi Ming rushed forward fiercely together to fight after the Tubo people kicked off, Liu Yi relied on the strength of his war horse, and after hitting the two Tubo teams, he rushed into the small circle built by the Tubo people, stretched out his staff, and was ready to snatch the polo from the hands of the Tubo people.

Although the game of polo is fierce, there is a very important rule, that is, it is absolutely forbidden to hit a person or horse with a stick, and a hard stick hitting a person or horse is likely to take the life of a player or a horse under him.

If you hit someone with a stick, it is a serious violation of the rules, and the team will not only be directly judged to lose, but also be despised by others, so even if it is a game that is related to the face of the country, players do not dare to hit people or horses directly with their sticks.

Liu Yi rode a good horse, and in Liu Yi's horse scramble, he kicked the horse of a Tibetan player again, and the Tibetan player was thrown off the horse. Liu Yi took advantage of the speed of his horse, with a beautiful oblique movement, stretched out the staff to snatch the polo from the control of the Tubo player, and immediately hit it vigorously, the ball flew up, hit a Tubo player who rushed over to block, the hard polo that flew out at high speed was amazing, and the Tubo player who was hit in the chest fell to the ground in response, rolled several times, and got up from the ground. At this time, Liu Yi had already galloped over, grabbed the ball again, and under the pursuit of several Tubo players behind him, he protected the ball and rushed towards the goal that belonged to his own attack.

Li Duozuo, Qi Biming, and a Jin Wuwei general who were originally following Liu Yi have also come over to support Liu Yi, ready to cover Liu Yi's hole-in-the-hole.

The ferocious surnames of the Tubo people were also fully revealed at this time, and several teams chasing Liu Yi rushed up to scramble desperately, trying to snatch the polo back from Liu Yi's control.

Liu Yi couldn't run too fast to protect the polo, although there were Li Duozuo and others to escort him, he was quickly caught up by the Tubo players, Liu Yi squinted his eyes and glanced at the side, and saw a player who couldn't see the face clearly got rid of the entanglement of the Tubo people and rushed to the front, he also immediately swung his staff to hit the ball, and hit the ball before the Tubo people were ready to stretch out their canes to grab the front.

Under Liu Yi's vigorous blow, the polo crossed an arc and fell in front of the player at this time, the player seemed to be waiting for Liu Yi to pass the ball over, without the slightest hesitation, bent down, knocked the ball with a cane, controlled the trajectory of the ball, and then vigorously swung the cane to hit the ball, and when the Tubo player just rushed to the front, the polo fell into the net.

Our team scored the first goal, and there were loud cheers on the field, and the shouts of nearly 1,000 people were still very imposing.

In the applause of the spectators on the field, the player of the Datang Royal Polo Team who received Liu Yi's pass and hit the ball into the net was very excited, waved his staff and galloped his horse, and lifted his mask to signal to the watchers.

The first to take the lead, in the scene of the Tubo team's kick-off, Liu Yi rushed in, with his equestrian and ball skills, snatched the polo over, and cooperated with his teammates to score a goal, this good start made all the players of the Tang Royal Polo Team very excited, after the goal, everyone rode up and galloped, waving the stick and screaming.

The emotions of the Tang monarchs and ministers watching were mobilized, shouting and cheering continuously, and the scene became more enthusiastic.

Then the Datang Royal Polo Team kicked off, and the ball was opened by Li Zhishi, who had just hit the hole.

Li Zhishiyi hit the ball vigorously, hitting the ball to a team member who was not being marked, the player rode his horse to the direction of the ball landing, very skillfully controlled the landing polo, and ran all the way forward, Liu Yi, Li Duozuo, Qi Biming and others also immediately stepped forward to protect and prevent the Tibetan players from intercepting the ball.

The Tubo players will not just let the Tang players control the ball all the way to the goal, they also immediately came up to scramble, a Tubo player flew forward, and hit the horse ridden by Li Zhishi, who was caught off guard, lost control of the horse, was knocked off the horse by the Tubo people, and rolled to the side, fortunately there was no injury.

Li Zhishi, who was very annoyed, picked up the stick that fell to the ground, and immediately went over to pick up the fallen war horse, and after being sure that the war horse had not suffered any major damage, he got back on the horse and prepared to join the war group.

At this time, our players and Tubo players had already mixed together, competing with each other, and the ball was still under Liu Yi's control for the time being.

Liu Yi held the staff in his left hand, controlled the polo, slapped the mount with his right hand, chased the wind and hissed, flew up his front hooves, and kicked off the horse with one leg to kick a Tubo player close to him.

In the fierce polo confrontation, even if the player falls to the ground or is injured, no one will come to the rescue, and the only purpose of all the players on the field is to score goals, which is also a manifestation of the cruelty of the polo game.

Liu Yi knocked a Tibetan player off the horse with a war horse and forced another opposing player away, Li Duozuo also forced a Tibetan player away, Liu Yi only had the support of Li Duozuo and Qi Bi Ming, Liu Yi easily swung his cane, and at a distance of nearly 20 meters from the goal, he vigorously knocked the ball into the hole.

Seeing that our side scored another goal, the Tang monarchs and the guards on the side shouted in unison, the sound was terrifying, and the Tang royal players who scored the goal rode around the field again, raising their sticks and cheering.

The game continued, the Tubo people who lost two goals in a row were angry, and their actions were close to madness, although they did not hit people with their sticks, but when they controlled the ball, they often hit people with the ball without violating the rules, several of our players were hit by the opponent, injured or fell off the horse, and the Tubo players also scored a goal in the temporary chaos of our team.

Liu Yi, who commanded the team, did not mess up, this was his estimate of the scene in advance, and he immediately conveyed his meaning to his companions with gestures, asking the players to fight back at each other in the same way.

Our kick-off, this time by Liu Yi to open, Liu Yi waved the stick, when approaching the polo placed in the place, the direction of the stick suddenly changed, the polo that flew up at a very high speed flew directly to the player who was forced to come over with the captain's armband, and the captain of the Tubo team who was caught off guard was hit on the shoulder of the hand holding the stick, although this place was protected by armor, but the high-speed flying polo hit this part, it was still very painful. The stick in the hand of the captain of the Tibetan team who was hit fell to the ground, and he couldn't lift his whole hand, and the other hand protected the place where he had just been hit, where he howled in pain...

(To be continued)