"Taoyuki has seen the polo team of the imperial guards?"

Zhou Yao suddenly became curious. Although he couldn't play polo, he could play polo, just as a tool to pass the time in his spare time.

He had seen the Imperial Guard, but he had never seen the Imperial Guard's polo team.

"When I go back to Changshi, I am fortunate to meet Zuo Yulin Army polo team in Taiyuan, which made Liu's horizons wide open. Although I don't know what the polo team is like, this horse is not as good as the imperial guards." Liu Can said truthfully.

Zhou Yao touched his beard and smiled, "This is normal. Now the court has recovered Longyou and Hexi, and there is no shortage of war horses. The imperial guards are the army that the court relies most on, so war horses are naturally good."

Du Xunhe was a little unhappy about the conversation between the two. He was a future Jinshi. Unexpectedly, Liu Can abandoned himself in a blink of an eye and fought with Zhou Yao in a fierce manner.

But as cheers came, everyone's eyes were immediately attracted to the venue, and it turned out that the polo game was about to begin.

"Ling Qing, have you heard that? The defense envoy will select twenty people to represent Shanzhou in this game to Chang'an to participate in the polo competition, and ten of us will be eliminated."

Just as the referee was loudly reading the rules of the game in the middle of the field, the few people in the middle of the military polo team were whispering.

"It wouldn't be the elimination of us, especially Ling Qing, who is a good player praised by the defensive envoy."

"It is certain to eliminate ten people. It is said that in the rules issued by the court, each polo team can only send twenty people to participate, ten formal players and ten alternate players.

Rather than worrying about this, let’s think about how to win the first game. The team on the opposite side is not a good match. In terms of polo skills, it is much better than us." Ling Qing, with a young face, looked at the polo team on the opposite side, with a serious expression.

It’s not Ling Qing’s “respect for others and destroy his own prestige”, but in terms of polo skills, they are really not as good as these big families and the polo players trained by wealthy businessmen.

You should know that this polo cannot be played by just one person.

Playing polo, at least you have to have a horse.

Although the Tang Dynasty did not lack horses since the founding of the country, the price of horses was not cheap. Ordinary families who were slightly richer could use horses as inferior to horses for transportation, but horses used to play polo must be good horses.

The price of a good horse is not cheap, and it cannot be afforded by ordinary families. Therefore, in the Tang Dynasty, polo was an aristocratic sport, just like equestrian or golf in later generations. Even if ordinary families yearn for it, they have no conditions.

The players of the polo team opposite come from various big families or wealthy businessmen's mansions. Many of them are directly children of these families, and they have the conditions to learn polo.

But these soldiers are not good. The court's rule is that the contestants can only be officers or soldiers below the lieutenant, which is a great restriction.

There is a characteristic of playing polo in the army. They are good at skills and are mostly middle and senior generals because they have the conditions to play and have rich experience.

Among the thirty people selected by Chang Xingru, when they were selected, less than five people could really play polo, while the others were good at riding.

Ling Qing was not among the five people, but in the subsequent training, he was more hardworking and serious, and his skills improved. But after all, they had a short study time, and compared with the polo team opposite, the only advantage of the only one is discipline.

"What are you afraid of? You're on the court. At worst, you can go out and fight. If you don't believe that you can't fight these people on the other side."

"Yes, fight!"

Ling Qing shook his head, "You can't do anything nonsense! I'll follow my command later and give them something different, which may be effective."

As the rules were read out, the two teams entered the field one after another, with military teams wearing red clothes and red ribbons on their heads, and family teams wearing black clothes.

It was not Chang Xingru who kicked the ball, but Zhou Yao. Zhou Yao came to the sidelines, holding the colorful polo in his hand. As the drum sounded, he threw it into the sky, and the game also meant the official start.

Although there were not many spectators, the cheers did not stop at the beginning of the game. On one side were warriors in the army, and on the other side were polo players from various major families, each with their own advantages and disadvantages, which made the audience look forward to it.

The game was very intense at the beginning, and the players from both sides waved their sticks and began to compete.

However, at the beginning, because the military team's skills were not good, the ball was snatched away by a player from the family wing.

The members of the military team immediately surrounded him and wanted to grab the polo, but were blocked by the members of the family wing. Seeing that the opponent was getting closer and closer to the goal of his team, Ling Qing tilted his body, clamped his legs and hung his whole body in the air. Then he raised his pill staff and snatched the polo under the control of the family wing.

The players of the family wing were also stunned for a moment, but they didn't expect that there would be such an operation. Just when they were stunned, the polo had been snatched by Ling Qing and passed it to the military team members in the rear.

"nice shot!"

Seeing Ling Qing using his skillful riding skills to snatch the polo from the family wing, there was a burst of cheers in the audience, and even Chang Xingru couldn't help but applaud.

"Father, this riding technique named Ling Qing is indeed superb, and the child is ashamed of it." Chang Wei was also a little impressed when he remembered the superb riding technique he showed when snatching the ball just now.

"Being a father is also a talent that I discovered by accident. I have never seen this ability." Chang Xingru laughed.

However, before the two of them were happy for a long time, the situation of the scene reversed again. During the passing process, Qiu was snatched away by the players of the family team again, and the two were separated to block Ling Qing, making it impossible for him to get close to the ball at all.

The skilled family team player rushed left and right with the polo, followed the other team member to cooperate with each other, finally came to the front door, bent down, held the ball with a stick and waved it suddenly. Then the audience saw the colorful polo crossing a beautiful arc and landing into the military team's gate.

"The ball is in! The ball is in!"

Seeing a goal scored, there was a lot of cheers in the audience. As the drums rang, the referee announced the result loudly, "Black Team has a goal!"

"San Lao, what are you doing? Did you use up your energy on a woman last night?"

Unexpectedly, the family wing had a good start, which made the military team feel a little resentful. The player who failed to defend the ball became a punching bag.

"I didn't expect that person to come directly!"

"You don't know how to knock it back?"

"Okay, isn't it just one ball? It's still early, and we still have a chance to catch it!"

Seeing that the family unit was coming to this point at the beginning of the game, Ling Qing felt a little depressed. He didn't expect the goal to be lost so quickly.

In the next game, both sides had their own winners, but the family team was still leading by two goals. Seeing that there was still a quarter of an hour left, Ling Qing, who had figured out the characteristics of the family team's playing, had a plan to counterattack in his heart!
Chapter completed!