Great Tang’s Talented Little Landlord

Polo was called “Jiju” in ancient China. The invention began in the Han Dynasty and flourished in the Tang and Song Dynasties.

In the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Zhis “Ming Du Pian” has a poem: “Continuously riding on Ju Yang, cleverly pushes Wan Duan”, it shows that polo already existed at least in the late Han Dynasty.

Polo, known as “Dakyu” in Great Tang, can be said to be Great Tang’s first sport. Its popularity is far from being comparable to that of football and basketball in later generations, and it can be called a national football.

Not only Civil and Military Officials and the people love polo, even the emperors of Great Tang also do the same. Among the 23 emperors of Great Tang, two of them died because of playing polo, which shows their fanaticism.

Even Great Tang has a women’s polo team, and they are of good quality.

Great Tang Polo already has detailed rules and etiquette, and there are polo fields all over the country.

The mural “Playing Polo” unearthed in the tomb of Crown Prince in Tang Zhanghuai in later Shaanxi vividly depicts the scene of playing polo in the Tang Dynasty.

Unfortunately, with the rolling of history, in the Ming and Qing dynasties, polo almost disappeared from China and became popular in the West. It is a pity that this legacy of the Tang Dynasty survives in the West.

Li Wangyou only knew the sport of polo in his previous life. He had never been in contact with him, so he was naturally not interested.

However, since he was dragged by the dudes, he would feel at home wherever one is, so he should experience the Great Tang customs.

Today the guys dragged him to watch the game, in a place that Li Wangyou had never been to, the Beiya Sixth Army station in the North Forbidden Garden.

Seeing that the polo match was actually held at the garrison of the Forbidden Army, Li Wangyou couldn’t help being a little curious.

“Brothers, why did Dakyu play at the Beiya Forbidden Army’s garrison today? Who are the two sides of the match?”

Cheng Chumo haha smiled: “Today is the Beiya Sixth Army and I South In the match between the sixteen guards, this group of mothafuckers lost at the Nanya station last time. They were very unconvinced, so they shouted that they would play another game at their Beiya station. Fight as you go, and I will be afraid of them?”

“Yes, I am afraid that he will get a ball. Today, our Nanya will win!” Yuchi Baoqi also said with a big smile.

Li Wangyou was a little confused by these two jerk words, so he simply asked Fang Yiai in a low voice to figure out the reason.

In this Chang’an City, the Sixth Army of the Beiya is the Second Army of Li, who served as the Yuan Cong soldiers and their descendants when Li Yuan launched his army in Taiyuan.

Beijing Sixth Army, also known as the “Yuan Cong Forbidden Army”, is responsible for guarding the north gate of the palace and hunting with the emperor in the garden. It is Li Er’s closest guard army and is stationed in Chang’ an City Imperial Palace Beiyuan.

The sixteenth guards of the Nanya are in charge of the soldiers of the world, including Cheng Chumo’s left and right Jinwu Guards, and the Qianniu guards where Yuchi Baoqi is located, all belong to the sixteenth guards of the Nanya.

Because the Sixteen Guards Office is south of the Imperial Palace, it is called the Nanya Sixteen Guards.

The Sixth Army of the North and the Sixteenth Guard of the South, because they are stationed in Chang’an City, there is always friction.

But they are all Great Tang forbidden forces. With contradictions, you can’t do a real thing, right? Therefore, playing polo to determine the outcome has become a good choice.

Every time there is friction between the bans on both sides, the General Army of the 16th Guards of the South Yap will negotiate a game of polo with the bans of the North Yat. They lose a strategic withdrawal.

Li Er is also happy to see this.

Anyway, he likes to play polo. This group of imperial soldiers can solve the contradiction by doing so, and they can also exercise riding skills. Why not?

With the acquiescence and support of Li Er, this playing polo to resolve conflicts in the military has become a common practice.

The reason for todays match at the Beiya Forbidden Army Station has something to do with Li Wangyou.

In this regard, Monk Li Wangyou Zhang Er couldn’t figure it out: “This matter has something to do with me? Brothers, don’t talk nonsense.”

“Fart, it’s not yours yet. The burning knives brewed by Winery caused trouble? A few days ago, a group of soldiers from the 16th guards of the South Yam went out of the camp and took a rest. After drinking your burning knives, they became drunk, and the same drunk group of North Yamen The soldiers of the Sixth Army clashed.” Cheng Chumo patted Li Wangyou on the shoulder and laughed.

fuck, drunk too much to make trouble, and have a fart relationship with me, Li Wangyou said that this pot is not for me.

Cheng Chumo went on to say: “Tsk, the group of drunk cats played with each other in a hilarious way. In the end, they all said it was the fault of the other party. No, do you have to solve the problem by playing polo? Its that simple to apologize if you lose.”

Li Wangyou silently rolled the eyes, these general soldiers of the Forbidden Army are really idle pain in the balls, and big things have to be so big battle.

He thinks that most of them are Cheng Yaojin, Yuchi Jingde and other old bastards. Only when they are idle and bored will they let the bans play a polo game to pass the time.

Li Wangyou didnt bother to ask about it again, and looked around, and asked a group of dudes: Why didnt you see Qiu Kuns fatty? This is the Beiya Forbidden Army garrison. Im afraid he wont be able to come in. ?”

The fatty who bought his erotica at Pingkangfang, although the two have different identities, their relationship is still very good.

S.F. Carriage, the enemies accounted for a part; and the sorghum used in the brewery was all purchased through the enemies, and the relationship between the two parties became closer.

Li Wangyou likes this indifferent fatty, and doesn’t put him on the airs of a Feudal county man in front of him, and introduces him to a group of lesbians.

Fatty Qiu Kun is also very satisfied with the appetite of a group of dudes, and does not regard him as a merchant uncle. Thanks to the hard work of Fatty, he and the dudes became friends. Normally, they often dated to drink and have fun together.

Today, when I came to the Beiya Forbidden Army to watch a polo match, the boys also called fatty. Thats why Li Wangyou asked.

“Fatty asked someone to spread the word. His elders occasionally felt cold today. He came a little later. I told people to wait for him at the gate of the barracks, and bring him in when he arrives.” Cheng Chumo replied Tao.

Li Wangyou nodded, everyone dismounted their horses in the Beiya barracks, threw the horses to the care of the imperial army, and the entire group went to the polo field together.

Going to the polo field, Li Wangyou was a little surprised. The main reason is that the polo field is too big.

Han Yu once had a poem: Biansi exchanged County City corner, and the building was as flat as a thousand steps. The short wall was dazzled on three sides, and the drums leaped forward and the tree red flag.

It is said that the Dakyu field has low walls on three sides, red flags are inserted all around, and the field is long and flat like a knife.

The distance of one step in Huaxia has been different since ancient times. Great Tang’s step is Li Er’s left and right feet each step, set as the unit of length “step”, which is about 1.5 metres in later generations.

The polo field is a thousand steps long, which is 1500 metres, 1.5 kilometers in length. The standard football field of later generations was no more than 120 meters long, which is equal to the length of twelve or three football fields.

Li Wangyou can only slap his tongue about this, saying that he has been a turtle for a while, and was impressed by the scale and imposing manner of the Tang Dynasty.

At this time, outside the three low walls of the polo field, the six sergeants of Beiya were already standing in armor, and there was a platform built with logs on one side of the field, which should be a place for people to watch the game.

Li Wangyou chatted and laughed with a group of dudes, and walked towards the platform, but suddenly heard that a soldier of the Forbidden Army ran quickly behind him.

“Little Sir Duke, your friend, was beaten…”