At the fifth watch of the next day, Li Zhen took a total of more than a dozen people, including his subordinates and entourage, and horsemen, and came to the right guard polo field under the strict protection of dozens of internal guard warriors.

A total of 32 polo matches will be held at polo fields in Luoyang City today and tomorrow, attracting hundreds of thousands of people, including locals and avid horse fans who have come to Luoyang from all over the city.

This is almost the carnival of Luoyang, the capital of the gods, the hundred officials have a two-day holiday for this, the imperial city is also open to the general public, the great charm of polo ignites the fire in everyone's heart, the city gate has just opened, nearly 100,000 people from Luoyang have flocked in, surrounded the three polo fields in the imperial city.

A wooden stand was built in the southwest corner of the right-back polo field, specially for dignitaries to watch polo matches, and at the top of the stands sat Mrs. Di and her granddaughter Di Yan, Di Yan sat next to her grandmother unhappily, and complained in a low voice: "I don't like to watch polo games, grandmother came by herself, why do you have to bring me here." ”

"Dead girl, if you don't accompany me, who will accompany me? I'm so old, look at these crowds, if I am squeezed and touched, how will you explain to your father?"

"But there are polo games elsewhere, so why do you have to watch this one. ”

"I just like it, what's the matter?" Old Lady Di glared at her dissatisfiedly.

Di Yan was helpless, so she had to mumble a few words in a low voice, and then stopped talking, having said that, her eyes secretly patrolled to both sides of the stands, the wooden platform was almost full, but she didn't see Shangguan Wan'er, she was a little more comfortable in her heart, her eyes glanced again, and fell on the court, the two teams of the game had not yet come out, she secretly thought in her heart, I hope that guy is defeated today!

The polo field is surrounded by a sea of people, about 30,000 people are watching this wonderful polo game, but compared to the game between the Thousand Cavalry Camp and the Four Towns United, this game is a big deal, around the Polo Stadium of the Thousand Horse Camp, it is said that 70,000 or 80,000 people have gathered to watch the battle, and many people can't see the field at all, so they turn here to watch the game.

The polo field is more than 1,200 steps long and more than 700 steps wide, and there is a half-person-high curtain around it to prevent the polo from shooting out of the field, and also to prevent the spectators from entering the field and being trampled by the war horses.

At the north and south ends of the polo field, a huge wooden board is erected, the wooden board is as high as two feet, but in the center of the wooden plank there is only a small vermilion wooden hole, the wooden hole is only the size of a bowl, and there is a net pocket made of thin rattan at the back, that is the polo hole, and you can score a point by shooting into the hole.

There is a tent covering several acres outside the northeast corner and southwest corner of the course, surrounded by soldiers, and there is a fence to surround the tent from the outside, at this moment in the big tent in the northeast corner, Li Zhen and the other nine polo players are making the final preparations before the game, each of them is wearing tight leather armor, the leather armor is black, and the legs are wearing brown boots, everyone looks slender and strong.

Shangguan Wan'er was also in the big tent, and said to everyone: "Today is the first game, I know that many of you will be worried about whether you can defeat each other? I also asked the saint yesterday, and the saint's attitude is very clear, this time the match is decided by strength, and she will not interfere in any way!"

Shangguan Wan'er's words undoubtedly reassured everyone, everyone was a little worried before, whether the Holy Lord would want Li Wu to continue the scene of fighting on the same field, if that is the case, they are afraid that they will be more auspicious today, Shangguan Wan'er's timely statement undoubtedly played a role in stabilizing the morale of the army.

Li Zhen also shouted to everyone: "We have adjusted to the best state, there is no reason not to win, for today's victory, we will go all out!"

"Go all out!" the crowd roared, their spirits perked.

At this time, there was a low sound of antlers in the distance, and the sound of 'woo-' resounded throughout the audience, it was time to enter, everyone turned over and got on their horses, Li Zhen waved his cane, "Out!"

Ten polo balls entered the court one after another, and at the same time, ten of their opponents appeared on the side of the court, and thunderous cheers erupted around the court.

At this moment, Di Yan also forgot about her annoyance with Li Zhen, put her hands together and shouted: "Lao Li, come on!"

Di Yan suddenly appeared next to her grandmother looking at her with a strange smile, and winked at her, her face suddenly turned red, and she muttered embarrassedly: "Isn't he surnamed Li alone?"

"Ah Yan, who is he? Who is him? I don't know. ”

"Grandmother, don't laugh at me, the game is on, look!"

Di Yan pushed her grandmother coquettishly, and forced her to turn around, and the old lady smiled, and stopped teasing her.

At this time, the five main forces on both sides all came on the field, the internal guard polo team with Li Zhen as the main general and the front army, Zhang Li and Li Linfu as the left and right middle army, Jiu Zhi and Chang Kuan as the rear army, they lined up neatly on the court, all riding on strong high-headed horses, standing according to the staff.

The hunting wind rose, blowing on the face of the main general Li Zhen, and he stared at the other party coldly, unaffected by the earth-shattering shouts around him.

And the Xiangwang team also stood in line, they did not discharge the front army, but the usual formation of the two armies, in the middle is Li Chengqi as the main general, the left wing is Zhao Ning, the right wing is Wu Chongxun, and the rear army also has two people, one is Wu Zhengneng, and the other is the same as Wu Chongxun, who is also a Qianniuwei polo player who supports them, named Han Qing.

On the surface, there is nothing unusual about either of them, but horse fans who have studied it are aware of the weaknesses of both of them.

Old Lady Di whispered to Di Yan: "The weakness of the Xiangwang team in this game is too great, the female emperor is kind, give them two masters of Qianniuwei, but they don't know that the tacit understanding in the polo game is the first important, they didn't cooperate with the training at all, and there is already a contradiction between Li Wu, I am afraid that this game will be more than lucky." ”

"What about the internal guards?" Di Yan didn't care much about the Xiangwang team, she actually cared about Li Zhen's team, "Where does grandmother think their weaknesses are?"

"Their weakness lies in the right wing of the Chinese army, I have watched their training games, Li Linfu is not decisive enough, the momentum is too weak, it is easy to be broken through by the opponent from him, he and the back of Chang Kuan if the cooperation is not tacit enough, the opponent will score from the right side, last time they lost to the Qianqi Battalion three goals, two balls were lost on the right wing. ”

With the sound of a gong, the game officially began, Li Chengqi hit a beautiful slash ball, and the polo appeared in front of Wu Chongxun.

Jiu Zhi urged the horse to rush up, he stared at the man but not at the ball, the war horse blocked Wu Chongxun, but the polo flew past his left side, and Chang Kuan responded in time behind him, cutting off the ball road, he hit the ball hard, and the polo flew into the sky, like a meteor shooting from the front to Li Zhen five hundred steps away.

Li Zhen galloped on his horse, caught up with the polo, and before the opponent stopped him, the ball was scored and passed to Li Linfu on the right side

Li Linfu's ability to control the ball is really strong, not waiting for the polo to land, he hit the stick, and the polo passed to the left side, at this time there was a gap on the left side, and he could shoot directly with the stick, Zhang Li urged the horse to gallop and chase the polo, Li Chengqi was in a hurry, and shouted loudly: "Intercept him!"

Han Qing yelled and slapped his horse to catch up, at this time Wu Chongxun had a loophole, Wu Zhengneng couldn't defend on the right, Han Qing was transferred to the left, so that there was no one to defend in the middle, and Li Zhen was in the middle, Wu Chongxun was in a hurry, and he tore his throat and shouted: "You can't go up, go back to the camp!"

But it was too late, Zhang Li didn't shoot, the stick struck, the polo flew back to the middle, shot straight at Li Zhen, Li Zhen was not in a hurry, swinging the club and hitting it, 'dang!' A crisp sound, the polo changed direction, like a straight line, and shot into the hole fifty steps away, the polo responded to the hole, and the internal guard pulled the first prize.

The court suddenly cheered like a tsunami, and Mrs. Di beat the plank excitedly, "Shoot hard fifty steps away, good ball!"

Di Yan was also so excited that she clenched her fists and shouted: "Lao Li, shoot well!"

The morale of the internal guard team was suddenly high, but the morale of the Xiangwang team was low, and Wu Chongxun glared at Li Chengqi angrily, "The main shooter is Li Zhen, do you understand?"

Although Li Chengqi made a mistake in judgment by calling Wu Qing to intercept Zhang Li, he couldn't allow Wu Chongxun to teach him a lesson, he said coldly: "I am the main general, I have the final say on the court!"

Wu Chongxun held back the anger in his heart, he was going to lead the Qianniuwei Polo Team to compete in this polo tournament, they had been preparing for this for a full year, and they had every hope of finishing in the top eight.

But just because the Holy Lord temporarily dispatched him to support this weak Xiangwang team, as well as the stupid and incompetent main general, their year's hard work was in vain, and he was so angry that his eyes were about to breathe fire, so he had to snort heavily and turn his horse away.

Polo and cavalry are exactly the same in a certain way, that is, morale affects the overall situation, and at the beginning of the game, the internal guard team won the first place and got a point, and the morale of the internal guard team was high, the offensive momentum was like a broken bamboo, and the defense was like an iron wall.

On the contrary, the morale of the Xiangwang team was low, and there was infighting, a quarter of an hour later, Zhang Li scored the second goal of the internal guard, the infighting of the Xiangwang team finally broke out, Wu Chongxun and Li Chengqi quarreled and roared on the court like two fighting cocks, blaming each other, so that the game had to be interrupted for a while.

But as soon as the game restarted, Wu Chongxun suddenly broke the stick, threw the broken stick on the ground, and left the field angrily.

He couldn't bear the shame of defeat, and he couldn't bear to fight with the Li royal family, and the situation that Wu Zetian hoped for the Li and Wu clans to help each other was shattered in less than half an hour.

Without Wu Chongxun, the defense and offense of the Xiangwang team have been strengthened, and several beautiful counterattacks have been played, pushing the audience's affection, but in terms of strength comparison, the internal defense polo team is at least two points higher than the Xiangwang polo team, and in an hour's game, the internal defense polo team has always suppressed the other party.

When the gong sounded to finish the game, the whole audience cheered, and the internal polo team won the game with a score of 5-1, and the Xiangwang polo team was eliminated.

But it wasn't the first team to be eliminated, and on another polo field not far away, the strong Anxi Four Towns United were knocked out by the more powerful Thousand Cavalry Battalion by a score of 6-1.

When the gong sounded at the end of the game, Li Zhen and his partners were ecstatic, hugging each other, many people were so excited that they shed tears, Li Zhen galloped on the polo field, shouting loudly, enjoying the joy of victory.

At this moment, Li Zhen suddenly saw Mrs. Di and Di Yan standing outside the court

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