Spring is bright.

Northern suburbs, polo court.

Li Chao wore silk armor and brought his Longyou polo team into the field. The emperor had a whim and ordered the governors who were still in Beijing to form a polo team to play polo competitions.

Fifteen Grand Governor's Office Pole Teams, plus thirty-nine Governor's Office Pole Teams, played the league with the Gyeonggi League formed by the 12 Guards and the 12 Guanzhong Army.

The competition system is also very simple. Local teams decide the semi-finals first, then the Gyeonggi team decides the semi-finals. In the end, the twelve teams on both sides play the final league, decide the semi-finals, and hold the finals.

Sometimes, Li Chao really can't guess Li Yuan's thoughts.

Maybe he felt that the situation in North Korea and China was not right this New Year, and he had the idea of ​​using this game to ease the atmosphere.

As the Gyeonggi Grand Governor, Li Shimin also led the Gyeonggi Grand Governor's Office team to attend.

Li Chao also served as the General of the Zuoyi Guard, and many generals were like this. Therefore, the leaders of the 12th Guard and the 12th Army were basically led by the chief of each guard, the army chief or Sima.

They are not only weaker than local teams in terms of quantity and momentum. Local teams have 60 teams, but Gyeonggi League has a home court advantage. Their players are strong and powerful, which is not comparable to the teams that local teams are hastily gathered with guards.

Li Chao can't play polo, and it's still a bit difficult to ride a horse, but if he rides a horse on the field, chases a small ball with a ball stick, and shoots, it's really hard.

However, his team is very strong. The team of the Longyoudao Grand Governor's Office has twenty-two players, eleven formal players and eleven substitutes.

Li Chao can't play polo, but all his four are polo masters. The nobles in Chang'an City basically play polo. They have horses, and some even have polo teams in their houses. For these nobles, playing polo is just like the second generations in later generations playing sports cars.

With a sports car, it would be unreasonable if you don’t race a car.

Some people say that polo originated from Persia and was passed to China through the Silk Road. Some people say that polo has existed in ancient China for a long time, and some people say that it was introduced by Tubo. Li Chao couldn't figure out these things. Anyway, although polo was not a national sport at this time in the early Tang Dynasty, it was a very popular sport in the aristocratic upper class in Chang'an City. Not only young people like to play, but even those emperors and officials also like to play polo, and even women ride donkeys and play polo.

Polo is also popular in the army.

Polo also has various styles of playing, including single goal, double goal, and different numbers of players. The least one team is only four, and the most one team is eleven. Each has its own style of playing, but in terms of the best, the most one is the twenty-two players.

Eleven people on each side, ten players and one goalkeeper.

This kind of polo game with 22 people is not limited in time, but in a point system. Twenty flags are inserted on the side of the field, and one goal is drawn to the winning side. In the end, the twenty-four flags are drawn, and the winner is determined by the number of flags they get.

There is an intermission time.

Cheng Chumo and his four heads all asked to go on the battlefield in person, even if they were all viscounts, their grade was not low, but there was no limit. On the contrary, these officers who went on the battlefield in person were still quite popular.

If you play polo well, you can even become an idol.

Li Yuan also has a Real Polo team, all of which are polo experts, and they are named polo salary.

Even Guo Xiaoke had to go on the battlefield in person, Wei Ting was not willing to fall behind, Zhang Liang, Er Zhu Huan, and Qiao Gongshan were also on the way. Therefore, half of Li Chao's Longyou team were officers, and the highest was even the second-rank Shangzhu Kingdom.

The other teams are similar. Li Chao even saw that Li Shimin was going to play in person, wearing the red-edged jersey of the Gyeonggi team.

The stadium is about a thousand steps long, with stands on all sides, and low walls on three sides, which are very flat. This Royal Stadium has even been poured with oil, so that the stadium is not covered with dust and is as smooth as a mirror.

The wooden goal of the two stone lotus seats is about meter high and is located on both sides of the stadium.

There is also a band on the stadium, with drums and music under the two corridors. There are five battle drums under the goal of both sides, and twenty-four embroidered flags on both sides of the goal.

The emperor saw that there was an empty flag frame lowering the east and west steps under the stands. When he hit a flag, he was called a good match. The guards shouted loudly and planted a flag on the team's flag frame to show that he was able to get a good match.

Every three points are a small quarter, and you can have an intermission break. After the last eight quarters, the winning number will be determined by the number of flags you have.

The Governor's Office actually has only fifty-four teams, and the Governor's Office and the Governor's Office only have the Grand Governor's Office but no ordinary Governor's Office. Therefore, there are actually six Governor's Offices, which are a total of fifty-four teams.

At the beginning, the knockout system was adopted, and the two teams of Gyeonggi and Dogi could directly advance.

For the other thirteen, the Grand Governor's Office was exempted from the competition. The three ordinary Grand Governor's Office in each game took turns to compete. The best-achieved team advanced, and the other two teams were eliminated. The team that advanced had to compete with the Grand Governor's Office in the main road, adopting a three-game two-win system, and the losers were eliminated.

Each of the thirteen teams decided to win, and the Dogi and Gyeonggi teams became fifteen teams to advance.

The fifteen teams were finally drawn by lottery and divided into three groups. In the end, the top two in each group advanced to become the top six of the local team, and finally started the final with the top six decided by the 12th guards and the 12th Army in Gyeonggi.

The stadium is very large, and there are also large places around the stadium.

"Sanlang, Your Majesty has just issued an order to let the Six Guards of the East Palace lead each team to participate in the competition. They will decide the top six places with the 24th team in Gyeonggi."

Guo Xiaoke told Zhang Chao about a new news.

There are ten guards in the Eastern Palace, the left and right guards, the left and right guards, and the left and right Qing Dao. Each of them has three to five military prefectures. In addition, there are four guards, including the left and right guards and the crown prince, the left and right internal commands, which do not command the government soldiers.

After a while, Li Jiancheng appeared with six teams.

The appearance of the prince and the Eastern Palace team still attracted a lot of surprise.

"Our prince's status seems to be stable again!"

Li Chao also nodded. The position of the prince is entirely just the emperor's words. If the emperor wants to protect the prince, then his previous position will be in danger and he will still be able to pass the crisis.

"You won't end?"

"Not interested!"

There is actually only one game today, that is the exhibition match between the Emperor's Royal Polo team and the other teams are just here to draw a draw.

It is impossible for so many teams to compete here. They draw and after they go back, they compete with their own teams. Here, there are only the last leagues of the top six teams on both sides.

"Do you think we can leave Beijing before the end of February?" Li Chao asked.

"What are you anxious about? Such a grand event is so lively!" Guo Xiaoke was not in a hurry to take office.

In fact, Li Chao is not in a hurry to leave Beijing. Once he leaves Beijing, it means that they have missed the best opportunity this year. If they drag on it, they don’t know what will happen.

There are so many dreams in the night!

Li Jiancheng rode a tall Hexi horse over and rode in front of Li Chao first.

"Wen Yuan, you have not been to the East Palace since you returned to Beijing. If you can come to the East Palace one day, I want to have a good talk with you."

"I wonder what Your Highness wants to talk to someone?"

Xu Shimo, the prince's servant beside Li Jiancheng, snorted coldly, "Wuan Gong, have you forgotten that you are still a guest of the prince in the East Palace? As an official from the East Palace, do you still have to resist the prince summoning you to the East Palace?"

Li Chao ignored Xu Shimo. The prince's guest was not a prince's official, and that was equivalent to the prince's teacher. His status in the Eastern Palace was very transcendent. If Li Jiancheng wanted to recruit him and linger, Li Chao could ignore him at all.

"Actually, Gu found that Sanlang had some misunderstandings about Gu. Gu wanted to ask Sanlang to sit down and talk to resolve these misunderstandings. After all, you are still my prince's guest. I hope we can let go of our past grudges and look to the future."

Li Chao understood this as a threat to him. Li Jiancheng wanted to say that he is still the crown prince now and will be the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty in the future. Yes, Li Jiancheng has a good speech. He threatened people and was quite accurate.

"His Royal Highness and I have never had any misunderstandings. Where does this misunderstanding start?" Li Chao said with a smile.

"Sanlang, Gu has always thought you were very smart, but look, although Shimin almost succeeded, Your Majesty can still see clearly. Your Majesty still chose Gu. Gu is the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty will be the same in the future. You are still so young, and you will only be in your early thirties in ten years. Don't you think about the future? I heard that your wives and concubines are pregnant. Congratulations. Ten years later, they will be ten years old. You don't want anyone to take care of their orphans and widows in the future, right?"

"A person who knows the times is a hero. If you can abandon the darkness and turn to the light, I will promise you that your family will be prosperous and prosperous for generations in the future, and will be prosperous for generations of dukes!"

"Abandon the dark and turn to the light? Where does this start? I am also an official from the Tang Dynasty. Is it my personal title? Is this dark?"

Li Jiancheng's face was not very good-looking, "Do you know what I mean? Don't pretend to be confused with it. What's the point?"

"I really don't understand what Your Highness means. My official position was granted by Your Majesty. When I was fighting in Longyou, I was still in the Eastern Palace when I left. Later, Your Highness was eager to report my Eastern Palace official position to his Majesty for his Majesty to be exempted. I am not wrong, right?"

"You are unwilling to look back?"

"hehe."

"Li Chao, don't stop hitting the wall and not turning back, and don't toast or eat the punishment for the wine!"

Li Chao is not polite. Now that you are talking nonsense, who can trust you? Even if Li Chao is now in the Eastern Palace, it will be difficult for him to guarantee that after Li Jiancheng becomes the emperor in the future, he will not destroy the bridge or kill the donkey after crossing the river.

"Okay, I remember your answer today. I hope you don't regret it in the future." Li Jiancheng almost gritted his teeth and finished speaking. With a swing of his sleeve, Li Jiancheng kicked the horse's belly and turned his head and left.

Guo Xiaoke smiled and said to Li Chao, "Sanlang, what you just refused was so direct and did not show any mercy to the prince."
Chapter completed!