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Chapter 90 Polo

Li Xuanjin and others looked from afar. There were hundreds or thousands of people around the road ahead. They were still not very clear when they were far away. When they saw it closer, Li Xuanjin smiled, but his face was surprised, "There are people playing polo here."

It’s not a big fault for him. Daqin is not short of horses. In addition to his own pasture, he also buys a large number of war horses from Tubo every year. However, his figure is a little short, not as tall as the horses raised by Daqin. However, at this time, the Han countries could no longer compare with the prosperous Tang Dynasty. War horses were all used for military purposes, and folk polo events were basically extinct. Daqin could still see some in the capital or in the army during the New Year Festival. However, when he went to the Central Plains, even the royal family was unwilling to use war horses to hold this extremely dangerous polo event. Once one or two horses were injured, it would be thousands of thousands of taels of silver. I still had nowhere to buy a good war horse, so why didn’t it hurt?

Unexpectedly, I saw such a scene in this remote mountain village. It was like a prince and noble family came to a commoner's home, but they saw that the bowls and chopsticks used for meals were carved with jade and inlaid with treasures. How could it not make people weird?

Now in Daqin, even Li Xuanjin can only see a polo game or several polo games with the guards as riders during the New Year. Most of them are to deal with the scene. The competition is not very fierce. Few people are injured in it and look extremely dull. At this time, they can see from afar. Riders wearing red and black are horses on the wide open field surrounded by fences, waving the bats with a slightly bent front end of the thick arms. They roared loudly and chased each other on the field, and even more so.

He used all his strength to hear the loud noise of the bats hitting each other from time to time, and there were wild cheers and howls, and sometimes some people and horses were stumbled on the ground, but these riders were agile and agile, and before the horses fell to the ground, they had already rolled out in a safe direction. They stood up in a dusty face and immediately cursed. Someone immediately pulled out a new horse from outside the field. The man immediately stopped the scolding, turned over and fought again, without any panic or fatigue...

A man was excited when he saw such violent scenes. Without Li Xuanjin's instructions, the group leaned over involuntarily. They sat on the horse, condescending, and naturally saw it clearly. The riders in the field were all strong and fierce, with a heavy bat waving like toys in their hands, and their eyes were like wild beasts searched back and forth in the field. As long as they saw the ball made of vines rolling to the point, they rushed up like a group of evil wolves snatching food.

Wang Hu looked at it for a while and watched from the people from the side. He didn't know that the riders on the field were all group training imperial guards. He felt a little guilty, and he couldn't help feeling a little uncomfortable. Looking at the look of the people around him, he seemed to be shocked. It was okay for these people to come to the ground, but the ruthlessness that was revealed really made these guards of Prince Jing's Mansion who never took others seriously on the spot. After watching for a while, they all felt scared in their hearts. This was the thought of a group of real outlaws, and they were also the kind of outlaws who had no place to vent their energy.

Wang Hu touched his cheek, which was still in pain, and muttered, "The riding skills of these people are not very good..."

His words are the truth. Most of the riders on the field are stiff. Although it is easy to control horses and gallop, they are still far from being able to achieve success in the world and the unity of the horses. Therefore, they rarely cooperate when playing polo, and they rely on everyone to clash and backwards. After watching for a while, they didn't score a goal.

Unexpectedly, Li Xuanjin heard this sentence. His Highness Jing suddenly turned around and stared at Wang Hu for a long time. His face became gloomy. Until Wang Hu felt uncomfortable, he said: "It is the right thing to take other people's strengths and make up for their own weaknesses. You are the person around me, and you are the commander of the guard. If you are so arrogant and have no tolerance, others will think it was me who taught me. If you want me to see it, you should go back and be your guard..."

As soon as he said these heavy words, Wang Hu could not sit still. If he was driven out of the palace, his future would be ruined. If reputation is bad, who would dare to use you in the future and go back to be an imperial guard? Just a abandoned slave or a bearer who bears the title of the master will have to bear for a lifetime. How can there be any future for the future? As long as King Jing is still there, whoever uses him will be unable to get along with King Jing, and even the other princes should consider it. In fact, these guards and ministers are also average. The most taboo thing is to serve the second lord. Can Li Xuanjin not understand the truth? As soon as he said these words, he was really dissatisfied with him to the extreme.

When he got out of the horse, he didn't care about the surprise of people from far and near, and knelt on the ground and said tremblingly, "Wang Hu is willing to accept any punishment. Please... Please... Please remember Wang Hu's loyalty, don't drive me out of the mansion."

In fact, Li Xuanjin's words were not just for Wang Hu to listen to. It was nothing if he didn't leave Beijing. After careful observation along the way, he found that his guards were rare to have something that he could satisfy him. He couldn't help but sigh that he had no talents under his command, and it also showed his weak power in another aspect. Even a small team here was suppressing the guards under his command in a hurry. Although he didn't say anything on the surface, he had already held up his thoughts of rectifying the people in the mansion.

Wang Hu was just touching the blade, so Li Xuanjin immediately broke out. At this time, Li Xuanjin turned his eyes back to the venue and said lightly: "Get up, go back to the mansion and get the ten sticks by yourself. I know you are loyal. But things in this world cannot be done with loyalty. When you go back, think carefully about what I said. I am determined to let you all be an official, but as you are now, it is embarrassing me when you go out. It is better to stay in the mansion honestly..."

Yang Qian'er listened quietly beside her. The extremely rude men in her field were not interested. She looked at Li Xuanjin thoughtfully. She thought to herself that from her words and deeds along the way, this Highness Jing was also unwilling to be lonely. Although he had tried his best to hide it, some clues could not be deceived. Also, which of these dragon, son, phoenix and grandson is easy to meet? Even if there is no chance, why did grandpa follow him out of the capital? He was not afraid of being suspicious of other princes? Grandpa's position in the court is of great importance and always stayed away from the princes. Now doing this... Could it be... Thinking of this, this extremely intelligent girl was shocked...

While he was talking, a rider rolled to the ground. The rider then stood up and pulled the sweaty mount to the sidelines. Someone immediately led a reserved horse. Over the past year, the imperial guards seized at least nearly 2,000 war horses. Some of them were handed over to the county and some were given to the Fengxiang West Road Military Envoy. The benefits were self-evident. The food and military funds transported by the military envoys were never short of anything. The military envoys also sent a message and gave Gongyi County the imperial guards 200 official imperial guards, allowing them to recruit themselves. In addition, those military envoys were just a brigade commander. Although Zhao Shi was nominally a brigade commander, the military soldiers under his command were almost caught up with the troops of the mansion.

There were four or five hundred remaining war horses, although not enough for everyone. However, these horses were generally short Sichuan horses and their qualities were uneven. Zhao Shizhen didn't see them. By the time a few days ago, the horses left by the bandits in the attacking place looked like they were, and they were all kept. So many war horses were not enough to eat and chew. They were not afraid of any damage when training everyone's riding skills. In Zhao Shi's eyes, it was like soldiers in later generations who trained gun techniques. If they were wasted bullets, they would never be able to train sharpshooters. With horses, and cavalrymen from the Red Demon and other expeditionary front-line troops, the advance of these 500 imperial guards was quite rapid. Now everyone can ride horses, and some people are falling off their horses.

These things are gossip. Let's not mention them for now. Just say that this man was about to turn over the horse. A burly man pushed open the fence and walked in. He pulled him off the horse. From a distance, he could hear the loud voice of this man, "Zhang Chaizi, go to the side to rest first, let me go up and play."

The one named Zhang Bazi had a ferocious face, especially a scar that divided his face into two halves. The bright red new flesh raised like a snake on his face, which showed that the pain was really serious at that time, which made his face openly look very evil.

Zhang Chuangzi was obviously unwilling to do so, but when the big man glared at his eyes, he obediently took off his black clothes and was snatched by the big man. However, after wearing them for a long time, he could not fit into his body as strong as a bear. The big man was anxious and neighed, and had already tore off one of his sleeves, wrapped around his arm, threw the torn clothes into Zhang Chuangzi's arms, and as soon as he jumped over, he had already gotten on the horse, but the horse was too short, and he rode on it so much that he was riding a big dog, and his feet were almost dragged on the ground. Sichuan horses could carry heavy loads, but he also ran very slowly under his riding.

Everyone next to Zhang Chaizi immediately grinned and smiled. The big man turned over and got off the horse, his face full of annoyance. With a wave of his hand, Zhang Chaizi, who was smiling, came up with a happy head, "Go, bring me the black charcoal for me."

Zhang Chuangzi was so confident this time. He had a stuttering neck. I don’t know what he said. The big man grabbed his neck collar and picked up Zhang Chuangzi with one arm. He shouted a few words, but then he became weak and threw Zhang Chuangzi aside, pulled open the fence door and left. Zhang Chuangzi immediately jumped up alive, got on the horse happily, and joined the competition on the field again.

Li Xuanjin and others' eyes lit up. Although the voices were blurred when they reached here, they knew that they were all afraid of the expressions of the people around the man. They were all in their hearts. Is this man the Gongyi tiger? It looked so powerful that these people involuntarily compared this man with Wang Hu, but it seemed that Wang Hu was still inferior in terms of body stature. It is no wonder that these unruly people seemed to be rats seeing a cat in front of him.

Li Xuanjin couldn't help but feel a little anxious. He didn't value the courage of this great man. Among the Chang'an Yulin Guards, there were only ones with outstanding courage and strength, but very few of them were so brave and fearless who could train their subordinates. When he saw the team leader, he already had the intention to recruit him. Now that he saw the master, how could he hold back?

As soon as he lifted the reins of the horse, he walked around the fence and led everyone to chase the departing man.

Still far away, Li Xuanjin said loudly: "The one in front is Zhao Lushuai, known as Gongyi Tiger? Can you speak with a step?"
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