Although the imperial court did not recognize the official nature of the polo tournament and had always regarded it as a civil sport, in fact, all states and armies attached great importance to it, and the state marching institutes in Luoyang City had already arranged careful services.

The so-called Jinjuyuan is the Beijing office of the local state government, of course, only some wealthy Shangzhou have, the players of the polo team and their horses are arranged into the Jinjuyuan, on the one hand, to arrange food and lodging, on the other hand, to protect their safety, to prevent accidents.

Last year, there was a strong Suzhou polo team collective diarrhea incident, and the director zhì polo team was forced to give up the game, so that the Taiping team won without a fight and entered the top ten.

It is precisely because of the painful lesson last year that all teams are careful to take precautions this year, even if they do not enter the theater, the team that houses the house is also cautious, and specially invited chefs and grooms, not daring to be careless.

The polo team led by Li Zhen lived in the Internal Security Department located in Quanshanfang, and Shangguan Wan'er specially invested 2,000 yuan to arrange their accommodation, safety and protection, plus various expenses before, in just a few months, Shangguan Wan'er had spent 6,000 yuan for this polo team.

Fortunately, Shangguan Wan'er has a high status, and with the consent of Wu Zetian, she specially transferred thirty excellent war horses from the Hexi pastoral supervisor for the use of the polo team, otherwise the cost of this polo team will be at least tens of thousands of yuan, and the biggest cost of raising a polo team is the cost of the polo player and the war horse.

A good polo player's monthly salary is at least between 80 and 200 yuan, and the top polo player can even earn hundreds of yuan a month, so the polo team can only be supported by the emperor's relatives, and even powerful ministers such as Xiangguo may not have this kind of financial resources.

Although Li Zhen and others are not professional polo players, and the polo team will be disbanded after the game, in the months from the formation of the team to the competition, Shangguan Wan'er still gave each person a monthly subsidy of 100 yuan.

Of course, the money is not necessarily paid by Shangguan Wan'er herself, there are always wealthy businessmen who are attached to the powerful who are willing to bear it, such as the cost of the polo team of Xiangwang Li Dan is actually borne by the rich Wang family of Chang'an.

In fact, the same is true for state teams, and no state government can afford to raise a polo team every year, which is usually formed on an ad hoc basis, plus the support of local gentry fundraising.

Night has fallen, and the first round of official matches will begin tomorrow morning, and the room is brightly lit, and Li Zhen is discussing with several polo players about tomorrow's coping tactics.

Polo is actually an entertaining version of horseback combat, paying attention to formation, strategy, coordination, morale, war horses, ball skills, etc., generally divided into the front army, the middle army and the rear army, but there are also canceled front army, only the middle army and the rear army, the middle army is divided into the main general and the left and right wings, but in any case, the rear army must be saved, just like the real battle to prevent the enemy from sneaking up on the rear camp grain and grass.

This is also because the polo degree is extremely fast, a ball can pop hundreds of distances, the defensive rider is too late to retreat temporarily, and there is no offside rule, playing polo is about the elusive, ambush, sneak attack and other tactics abound, often the front army just scored, but immediately the rear camp was lost.

"Although the Xiangwang team has good personal strength, their biggest problem is the lack of training, and they will have problems with their cooperation, and the tacit understanding of tactics is far inferior to that of the Qiancai Battalion, so I still play the front army, Zhang Li and Li Genu play the middle army, Lao Pei and Lao Fat guard the rear army, everyone has no opinion!"

Everyone nodded, expressing their agreement with Li Zhen's formation, and then Pei Kuan said: "I'm a little right-wing!"

"Why?" everyone looked at him in bewilderment.

Pei Kuan smiled and said: "When the Xiangwang polo team was training, I carefully observed, I don't have a front army in their formation, but three middle armies, and now it's definitely too late to change the formation, Li Chengqi must be the main general in the middle lane, commanding the whole team, their left wing is weak, it should be replaced by Wu Chongxun, Wu Chongxun is very good at assaulting from the side, corresponding to us is the right wing, so I build yì old fat to the right, specifically staring at Wu Chongxun, as long as Wu Chongxun has no chance to score, then our chance of victory is big." ”

Li Linfu groaned and said: "Will the other party make a surprise attack, with Wu Chongxun as the main general, and Li Chengqi as the left wing?"

"Impossible!"

Li Zhen shook his head decisively, "Although the intention of the Holy Lord's arrangement for Wu Chongxun to Xiangwang's team is that Li Wu is harmonious, but in fact it can't be done, Xiangwang's team will definitely not let the Wu clan be the main general, and letting Wu Chongxun play is already considerate of the Holy Will, and letting Wu Chongxun replace Li Chengqi will make people have unnecessary political associations, so it's impossible!"

Li Zhen said to Pei Kuan again: "The plan to keep an eye on Wu Chongxun is very wonderful, but we have to have an alternative plan, once Wu Chongxun can't play, or he leaves the game early, we have to change our strategy." ”

Everyone discussed for a while, considering the situation of each of the other party's polo teams, and made corresponding arrangements, especially how Zhang Li and Li Linfu cooperated with Li Zhen to break through the defense of the other party's two rear armies, they considered a lot of details of cooperation, and discussed until late, and then everyone went back to their rooms to rest.

Li Zhen blew out the lights, returned to his yard, and walked to the gate of the courtyard but saw Zhang Li head-on, Zhang Li seemed to be waiting for him, what did he have to say, Li Zhen smiled and said, "What, can't you sleep?"

Zhang Li sighed and said, "I only got the news from Li Pan this morning that the Shazhou Polo Team will play against Princess Taiping's team tomorrow. ”

Zhang Li was originally the main general of the Shazhou polo team, after he joined the internal defense team, Li Pan replaced him as the main general, Li Pan's ball skills were slightly weaker, and the strength of the Shazhou polo team was greatly damaged, and the first-class team was reduced to a second-rate team.

Li Zhen smiled and said: "Yesterday, Sister Qiu Niang also joked with me, if Li Pan also joins the internal guard polo team, then we will have five Shazhou children, and we should be renamed the Shazhou Second Team." ”

"Because it's because of you, otherwise how would we have a chance today?"

Zhang Li hesitated, and then said in a low voice: "The Shazhou polo team is led by my father himself when he enters Beijing this time. ”

Li Zhen immediately apologized, he didn't allow his polo players to go out, Zhang Li must not have seen his father yet, he apologized: "Otherwise, after the game tomorrow, I will accompany you to meet Ling Zun!"

"It's not necessary, the schedule of the Shazhou polo team is tomorrow morning, and my father will come to us after tomorrow's game. ”

Li Zhen sighed: "I haven't seen Ling Zun for a long time, when I think of Ling Zun, I think of last year's Wuju Township Test, I really miss the old Dunhuang life!"

Xiangwang's Mansion is also located in Mingyifang, not too far from the original Wei Tuan'er's mansion, Xiangwang's Mansion covers an area of more than 200 acres, and is one of the largest mansions in Luoyang City.

Since Li Dan was abolished as the heir of the emperor and demoted to the king of Xiang, he has been living in the palace of the king of Xiang, usually living in the depths, only last year during the winter hunt was allowed to follow the holy car to the pond.

Since Li Dan's two most affectionate wives, Liu and Dou, were killed by Wei Tuan'er, Li Dan seemed to have aged twenty years old overnight, his heart was like ashes, and he was desperate for the future and future, and he felt that his life would be spent miserably like this.

But Li Dan didn't want his son to have a miserable fate like him, the only concern in his heart was his son, so when Gao Yanfu brought the oracle, he could form a team to participate in this year's polo tournament, Li Dan's heart gradually recovered, not for himself, but for his son, to give them a glimmer of hope.

Li Dan can't come forward, but the eldest son Li Chengqi is already twenty years old, and he is shrewd and capable, he can completely stand alone, Li Dan asked the eldest son to do this, and he was behind the scenes.

However, two days ago, the eldest son Li Chengqi and the third son Li Longji were summoned by the imperial grandmother, and the news they brought really made Li Dan suspicious, and his imperial mother actually lifted his house arrest and allowed him to meet his 'old friend', which is simply unbelievable.

Li Dan did not forget jì, just the year before last, the Shang Fang supervisor Pei Bandit and the inner servant Fan Yunxian came to see him privately, but they were ordered by his emperor's mother to be beheaded in the city, and those ministers who supported him, such as Di Renjie, Ren Zhigu, Pei Xingben and other important ministers were deposed to the magistrate.

His mother has always been as cold as iron, when will she become so tender and loving, Li Dan knows his mother too well, it is likely that this is a trap set by his mother, to catch all the ministers who secretly support him.

Li Dan was very vigilant in his heart, it was okay to go out for a walk, but it was still exempt to visit 'old friends'.

In the study, Li Dan sat at the table and thought about his thoughts in a daze, and the eldest son Li Chengqi, who was standing on the side, understood his father's thoughts very well, and he said in a low voice: "Actually, my father can go to see my little aunt, and the imperial grandmother shouldn't care." ”

The little aunt Li Chengqi refers to is Princess Taiping, Li Dan's younger sister, compared to other brothers and sisters, Li Dan and Princess Taiping have the deepest feelings, after Li Dan was deposed and placed under house arrest, Princess Taiping continued to send people to send various items, and cared for her brother.

Of course, Li Dan knew that there was no problem in going to Xiaomei, but he didn't want to think too much about it now, so he waved his hand and said to Li Chengqi: "Tomorrow is the first polo match, how are you going?"

Li Chengqi bit his lip and said in a low voice: "The child really doesn't want to play with Wu Chongxun, I'd rather give up this game." ”

"No, you can't!"

Li Dan aggravated his tone unhappily, "Your imperial grandmother wants Li Wu to get along harmoniously, so she specially arranged it like this, whether you want to or not, you have to show that you are very united, even if you pretend, you have to pretend to be your father." ”

"But...... We don't have any training together, so how are we going to play tomorrow?"

"Do your best!"

Li Dan said lightly, in fact, he didn't want to have anything to do with the martial family, the entire Li royal family was watching him, if he had a close relationship with the martial family, it would also attract the dissatisfaction of the royal family, and his mother's arrangement made it difficult for him to do, so he could only go with the flow.

"As long as you don't deliberately show contradictions, as for the outcome of the game, I think your imperial grandmother has nothing to say, do you understand what I mean?"

Li Dan stared at his son sharply, Li Chengqi nodded lightly, he understood what his father meant

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