Chapter 11 The Polo Storm (Part 1)
"Drink! Drink!"
Bai Yuanguang bent Duan Xiushi with his arm, and said to him, "Mr. Chenggong, the dishes in this restaurant are good today. Have you changed the chef?"
"Haha! That's good, waiter, let's have another plate of braised fish."
"You!" Wu Niang slapped the table so angry that she slapped the table, "You guys help him bully me, I'll tell Uncle Feng to go."
Li Qing'an's head suddenly became a little big, and he called Feng Changqing the second uncle Feng. Could this Wu Niang be?
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Xi Yuanqing, who had been silent at this time, smiled and said, "Qilang, you may not know Wu Niang yet! She is our handsome young daughter, nicknamed..."
"Xi Shuang Gun, you are not allowed to say it!" Wu Niang was anxious and glared at Xi Yuanqing fiercely. Xi Yuanqing quickly raised his hand and smiled, "Okay! OK! I won't say it."
Wu Niang glanced at Li Qing'an, "Hey! What's your name?"
Li Qing'an quickly smiled and said, "My name is Li Qing'an, they all call me Qilang. If you don't want that leopard skin, I will sell it tomorrow."
"I bought it with money, you dare to sell it!"
After pausing, Wu Niang asked him again, "What weapon do you use?"
Li Qingan grinned, could this little girl want to give herself a nickname, right?
Bai Yuanguang was most gloating, and he hurriedly said, "Mirty Niang, Qilang is using bows and arrows."
"Okay, I'll call you Li Zhaogong from now on. I'll say Li Zhaogong, I'll send me the leopard skin tomorrow. Have you heard of it?"
When the other three people heard that Li Qing had the nickname Li Chougong, they couldn't help laughing and laughed together.
Li Qingan had a bitter face and thought to himself: "His grandma, why did Gao Xianzhi give birth to such a daughter?"
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After drinking, Gao Wu returned to the mansion first. Duan Xiushi and Xi Yuanqing had something else to do, and Bai Yuanguang and Li Qing'an returned to the military camp.
"Qilang, don't underestimate Wu Niang. She is skilled in archery and horse skills and has a high swordsmanship. None of the men are her opponents."
"I can see that you all like her very much, right!"
"Yes! The Anxi Army all liked her very much, not because she was cheerful, but because she was very righteous. When she saw something unfair, she would take care of it. Last year, Kang Huaishun's son whipped the soldiers on the street. She saw that she not only beat Kang Huaishun's son up, but also forced him to apologize to the soldiers. Now it's so satisfying to think about it."
Li Qing'an nodded. He suddenly remembered something and asked with a smile: "What is her nickname?"
Bai Yuanguang laughed, "She likes to give people nicknames the most, so everyone also gave her a nickname called Gaozuifeng, but you must not mention it in front of her, she seems to be particularly dissatisfied with you."
Li Qingan laughed silently. Gao Wu was very tall and his legs were long and thin. Isn’t he just a tall chicken?
"Qilang, by the way, I almost forgot to tell you something." Bai Yuanguang slapped his forehead and hurriedly said: "There will be a polo game tomorrow, and you must participate."
Li Qingan nodded happily and said, "I haven't had a formal competition yet! It's just right to use actual combat to test it."
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Polo was at its peak in the Tang Dynasty and had reached a fanatical level. From emperors and powerful ministers to pawns and vendors, everyone loved this sport. It required participants not only to have a strong body, superb riding skills and precise shooting, but also to have the toughest will and extremely sensitive reactions.
Polo has been called the "Military Opera" since the day it was born. It is a necessary training for the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty. Most of the high-level poloists in the Tang Dynasty came from the army, especially the border troops with many cavalry, and they are also talented. Polo is also very popular in the Anxi Army. It has many high-level polo players and won the third place in the polo competition held in the Tang Dynasty last spring.
Li Qingan has shown his extraordinary talent after only a few dozen days of contact with this sport. His ability to capture fighter jets and his accuracy in a shot of the next shot have greatly praised countless people. All he lacks is a kind of competition experience, which needs to be tempered in competitions again and again.
Today's game is a game between Fu Meng Lingcha's personal team and Gao Xianzhi's personal team. Among these two teams, there are the best polo players in Anxi. Gao Xianzhi's side are famous players such as Duan Xiushi, Bai Yuanguang, Li Qing'an, Heba Yurun, and Fu Meng Lingcha's side have Bai Xiaode, Li Feishouyu, Liu Qing, and Liu Zhikui. Ten people were from each side, and the game was held on the Kuz Polo Field.
The polo court is about a thousand steps long, equivalent to the size of three football fields today. The ball stick is three feet long and looks like a moon knife. The ball is like an orange. The hole is a round hole that is one foot square on a wooden board, and the back is woven with a soft pocket to win by hitting the opponent's hole.
The whole game is divided into three innings, one incense stick per game, and the one with more goals wins.
The game attracted more than 5,000 people to watch the game. Not only were soldiers and military families, but many civilians from Kucha City also rushed to watch the game after hearing the news.
On the watch platform next to the polo court were seated by the Jiedushi Fu Meng Lingcha, Deputy Protector, Gao Xianzhi, Military Commander of the Four Towns, Bian Lingcheng, Deputy Protector Cheng Qianli, Arrested Yai Bi Sichen, Executive Officer Wang Tao, Chief Secretary Kang Huaishun and other senior civil and military officials of the Anxi Army.
Meng Lingcha was about fifty years old, with slender eyes and dark skin. Perhaps because of his age, his body became a little obese and no longer had the mighty and ambition of leading the army to fight north and north.
He glanced at Gao Xianzhi, squinted his eyes and smiled, "Xianzhi, how about we set a lottery ticket as usual?"
Gao Xianzhi bowed and smiled, "Yes!"
"Okay, the old rules, we each produce fifty taels of each, and the winner will win."
The military supervisor next to him smiled and said, "Our family is also interested. I have a pearl. Whoever team wins will be."
"Eunuch Bian, there are ten people in the team, but you only give one pearl, how can you decide after winning!"
Gao Wu, the daughter sitting behind Gao Xianzhi, interjected and smiled.
"Monkey Wu, sir, don't talk too much." Gao Xianzhi gently scolded his daughter.
Humeng Lingcha smiled, "Mum Wu said it very reasonably! Military Supervisor, don't be stingy, just pay some money to help you liven up!"
Bian Lingcheng coughed twice, nodded and smiled, "Since Wu Niang has an objection, our family will have to bleed. I will give another 100 coins, and the winner will win."
"Where is the pearl?" Gao Wu asked without hesitation.
Bian Lingcheng twisted out a pearl as big as a walnut and smiled in front of her, "If your swords and gun team wins, this pearl will belong to you!"
"Really?"
Gao Wu was overjoyed, and she shouted in a voice: "Duan Xiaojian, white wax stick, Li Zhaogong, you must fight to the death!"
The Anxi army around him laughed one after another, and Fu Meng Lingcha also laughed loudly. After laughing, he asked, "Mirty Niang, who is Li Zhaogong?"
"That's right, that's right..." Gao Wu suddenly forgot Li Qing'an's real name.
"It's Li Qing'an who shot and killed forty cavalrymen with one bow and one arrow. I took him into his way." Gao Xianzhi smiled.
At this time, someone snorted softly and whispered: "If you have some skills, you will immediately take it as a private property. If you don't know, you think Anxi Jun's surname is Gao!"
Gao Xianzhi changed color and stood up and shouted sternly: "Cheng Dupu, you have made it clear, what do you mean?"
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Chapter completed!