Perhaps it was the previous incident at Fengqiumen that made Guo Xin feel that he had a close relationship with the Fu family man, or perhaps it was the young lady of the Fu family whom he met at the palace banquet. Guo Xin immediately smiled and bowed his hand to her. Expressing friendship, he naturally received an equally friendly gift from Fu Zhaoxu.
In a short moment, Guo Xinyi waited for the "Tokyo Team" with red belts on their horses' necks and the "Fanzhen Team" with black belts on their horses' necks, standing on both sides of the court. At this time, the shouts and noises of warriors also began to be heard from the stands. After all, for the warriors in the country today, polo is more familiar to them than the dancing, music and singing at the palace banquet, and it is easier to arouse them. enthusiasm.
The drums on the sidelines began to beat, and Guo Xin had no time to raise his head to search for the figures in the stands. However, he thought that the figures comfortably under the umbrellas on the stage were the civil and military officials in power at that time, and he thought that he had high hopes for himself. His father, and the young lady from the Fu family might be eagerly observing the movement on the field... Guo Xin suddenly felt a little more expectation in his heart.
Guo Xin lay on his horse and held the stick tightly. Although the dull afternoon sun made him feel very hot, he had no intention of wiping the sweat from his forehead and just listened to the sound of the drum.
The drums on the sidelines got louder and louder, but when they reached their peak, they suddenly stopped!
When the drum beat stopped, Guo Xin and the Red Team members immediately rushed out on horseback. According to the tactics that had been communicated before going on the field, the group formed a diagonal formation to cover the tall and powerful Shi De in the middle of the team. Jun went straight to the polo ball on the field.
The horses' hooves vibrated, the cavalry swept across the ground, and the entire stadium suddenly boiled. Guo Xin tightened the reins to maintain the speed relative to the left and right, while waiting for opportunities to observe the opposite team. Different from the slightly slanted horizontal formation of our red team, the black team on the opposite side has an obvious wedge-shaped pointed formation, and the tip is Li Chongxun. At this time, he did not give up too much, shouting and rising up to grab the field.
Polo has been used to train cavalry since it was introduced to the Central Plains. Military men are all familiar with it. Although Guo Xin participated in all infantry battles, and they were all siege battles where his own side had a great advantage, he never even participated in field battles. It's been a while, but he still has a lot of polo and hunting experiences in his memory, and he is probably not too unfamiliar with cavalry tactics. At least he knows that on such a small "battlefield", the flanks of the horizontal team are safer and more reliable. It is easy to use the wide front to take advantage of the position. However, rather than focusing on formations and massive fighting scenes, the polo field sometimes relies more on individuals' exquisite equestrian and ball skills. It is for this reason that polo, which is highly ornamental, is favored by officials and military officials. Popular among Han people.
Just when the two groups of men and horses were close enough to see each other's faces clearly, Guo Xin heard Shi Dejun's loud curses in his ears, and the sergeant beside him also exclaimed: "What a fast horse!"
There was no other reason than that Li Chongxun's horse was so fast that even Fu Zhaoxu and several other people around him would not be able to catch up with him in such a short distance. His crotch was obviously extraordinary!
Shi Dejun shouted and galloped his horses again, which only made the already uncoordinated formation even more uneven. Guo Xinxin secretly thought something was wrong, so he had no choice but to speed up.
Although everyone in the red team struggled to catch up, they were still more than ten feet behind the black team. Before Shi Dejun could get close, Li Chongxun had already grabbed the ball.
The situation was already very unfavorable for the red team. Not only did Li Chongxun get the ball, but there were also gaps in the originally neat formation. Li Chongxun raised his stick to hit the ball, and his fast horse did not hesitate. He and several men behind him saw the Red Army rushing towards them in the air. Song Xie and several soldiers who were approaching did not dare to stop them and gave way one after another, leaving Li Chongxun a few seconds away. People go straight to the red door!
At this time, Guo Xinzong's horse had just passed the halfway mark, and his horse speed could no longer stop. Moreover, he had no confidence that he could catch up with Li Chongxun with the raw horse he picked from the royal stable. In a hurry, no one in the red team could stop him. They could only watch as Li Chongxun was like a fish diving into the water. He seemed to effortlessly wave his arms in front of the door. The polo he saw flashed an arc in the air and hit the ball with random precision. into the goal.
The drums on the sidelines suddenly became louder, and there was an uproar in the stands.
At this time, Guo Xin couldn't help but stop his horse and curse. Fortunately, Shi Dejun had previously said that Li Chongxun was a bear. Although he didn't know what his other abilities were, at least his skills on the polo field were not ordinary.
After another half of the incense interval, everyone on the court was running like lightning. Although there were only twenty-four people batting on the court, the entire court was still filled with dust. However, the situation is not as anxious as it seems. The red team has been completely taken away by Li Chongxun. In the chaos, several players from the black team have scored four goals in a row, three of which were scored by Li Chongxun.
Seeing that his efforts to drive him away were of no avail, Guo Xin simply stopped following the chase, slowed down his horse and walked around the sidelines to observe the situation. At this time, anyone can see that the situation of the red team is extremely unfavorable. Shi Dejun and others are keeping an eye on Li Chongxun, but they have no choice but to lose power. Even if a few people are lucky enough to surround Li Chongxun, they will easily pass the ball. It was given to Fu Zhaoxu and others, causing a group of people to fight in front of their own door, but they lost the ball one after another and were unable to parry.
Unlike the players on the field who were chasing the ball fiercely, the north stand was very silent at this time. The official Liu Chengyou sat under the yellow umbrella and feather fan, beside him were Yang Bin, Su Fengji and others. On the left and right of the main stage were the civil, military and female relatives who had just attended the palace banquet. Although everyone was waiting and watching, their interest was no longer as enthusiastic as it was at the beginning. Instead, it dropped again and again as the red flags were pulled out one by one - this game was really unpleasant to watch.
As a result, there were only a few envoys from the feudal towns left in the stands, who were still cheering for Li Chongxun's goals, extremely proud. Except for one person.
Fu Jinlu looked at the excitement on the field, but his mind was wandering endlessly. Although she had already heard about the precious horse under Li Chongxun from her brother Fu Zhaoxu, it turned out to be true when she saw it today. She couldn't even find a horse that could compete with it in the royal stables in the palace, not to mention that several members of the black team on the field were Li Shouzhen. The family specially trained strong players for horse racing and kicking, but no matter how they thought about it, the improvised team of the imperial army could not compete with them. However, she did not expect such a one-sided result at the moment - not because of the huge disparity in strength between the two teams, but because Li Chongxun was actually in the Xiyuan of the official family, not giving any face to the official family and the civil and military officials in the capital.
Thinking of this, Fu Jinlu went to look for Fu Zhaoxu. Sure enough, he saw that Fu Zhaoxu had left Li Chongxun's main team alone. He seemed to be wandering out to help out in the fierce battle. However, his brother's clumsy thoughts could not escape Fu Jinlu's eyes. , knowing that his brother was deliberately letting things slip, and used this to fade out the Fu family's presence in this competition, so as not to cause displeasure to the officials and the adults on the high platform.
But at this time, another figure walking on the sidelines attracted Fu Jinlu's attention. That figure looked familiar to Jin Lu. After thinking for a moment, he realized that the man was the horseman he met before entering Fengqiu Gate. The elder brother said that he did not know the man, but since the man saluted the elder brother when he was at Fengqiumen, he must have known the elder brother. Judging from his age, posture and equestrian skills, it is obvious that he is not an ordinary martial artist, but I don’t know whose son he is?
