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Chapter 169 Cuju
After the meal, Lin Xuan had someone call Xue Rengui and the others over.

"See General!"

Lin Xuan waved his hand and said, "You don't need to be too polite, I will have a new idea, what do you think about adding Cuju to your daily training?"

During this period of time, a total of three soccer balls have been signed, and with the previous one, there are already four.

Lin Xuan thought that playing football would allow soldiers to better learn teamwork, and more importantly, he would have football games to watch, killing two birds with one stone.

Xue Rengui and Cheng Chumo looked at Lin Xuan strangely, as if they were looking at a fool.

Lin Xuan said dissatisfiedly: "Why are you looking at me like this? Could it be that my proposal is not good?"

Xue Rengui cupped his hands and said: "General, the army usually trains, and Cuju is one of them."

"There is?" Lin Xuan was a little surprised.

Xue Rengui nodded and explained to Lin Xuan.

Cuju, also known as "Taju", "Kuqiu", "Kuyuan", "Building a ball", "Kicking a circle", etc., began in the Warring States period. It was very popular among the people as a kind of entertainment at that time.

During the Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period, Cuju developed rapidly, not only inherited its entertainment, but also appeared in performance Cuju and competitive Cuju.

And began to be used in military training.Cuju not only symbolizes "military power" and has the function of training soldiers, but also is used to enrich military life and keep soldiers in good physical strength and mood.Ban Gu in the Han Dynasty included ancient football as a military skill, and said: "The winner is the one who stands up for offense and defense."

The nobles of the Tang Dynasty loved to play polo, but Cuju was still very popular in the army and among the people.

Cuju is also an event that the army must practice.

Lin Xuan was a little embarrassed. He wanted to show off at first, but he didn't expect that people were already using it.

The wisdom of the ancients should not be underestimated at all.

"Laugh as much as you want, and you're not afraid of getting sick." Lin Xuan said angrily seeing Cheng Chumo and the others holding back their laughter.

"Hahaha…"

The three of Cheng Chumo couldn't help it, they couldn't breathe from laughing.

It was the first time they saw Lin Xuan so embarrassed.

"Hmph! I have a better ball, I guarantee you haven't seen it before." Lin Xuan said with a curled lip.

He felt a little humiliated and could only get it back in football.

"What kind of ball have we never seen?" Cheng Chumo said disdainfully.

"Liu Da, take out the ball and show them." Lin Xuan said.

Liu Da took out the four footballs he brought over.

Cheng Chumo and the others were a little surprised when they saw the black and white checkered football.

"How about it, haven't you seen it before?" Lin Xuan said proudly.

"I really haven't seen it."

Cheng Chumo and the three of them took the ball and carefully picked up the ball.

"It's still made of leather, it's just a different color, it just looks strange." Cheng Chumo said disdainfully.

"What do you know, this ball is inflated." Lin Xuan said angrily.

"General, don't you know that the ball we play is also inflated?" Yuchi Baolin said.

They looked at Lin Xuan with the same eyes just now.

"Inflatable, how is that possible?" Lin Xuan exclaimed.

This is the Tang Dynasty, do you know how to inflate the ball?Lin Xuan didn't believe that the current technology could do a good job of sealing.

"It's in the army, the general can check it out if you don't believe it." Cheng Chumo said.

"Liu Da, go and find me one." Lin Xuan ordered.

Not long after, Liu Da came over with a gray-black ball.

Lin Xuan received it in his hand, pressed it, and felt that it was really inflated.

Lin Xuan threw the ball with some reluctance and fell on the ground, but he didn't expect the elasticity to be very good.

"This is how it is done." Lin Xuan asked.

Cheng Chumo and the others didn't know much about how to make this ball. Xue Rengui stood up and explained: "General, use eight pieces of pointed leather to sew a round spherical shell, and then blow up the animal's urine foam to put it in."

The urine bubble is the bladder of an animal. Lin Xuan did not expect that the ancients would use this thing to make an inflatable ball.

"Okay, you all go back, let someone play Cuju in the afternoon, and let the general take a look." Lin Xuan said.

It was too embarrassing, he wanted to send Cheng Chumo and the others away quickly, otherwise it would be too embarrassing.

Cheng Chumo and the others also knew what Lin Xuan meant, and said with a smile, "This subordinate will resign!"

……

In the afternoon, when Lin Xuan came to the school grounds, his face was very dull. As for whether his heart was as dull as his face, no one knew.

"General, please follow me to the stadium!" Xue Rengui cupped his hands and said.

Under the leadership of Xue Rengui, Lin Xuan came to the military stadium.

The stadium is not as big as the football fields of later generations, but it is not much smaller.

A fence was built around it, and there were some platforms for people to watch.

After Lin Xuan sat down, he sighed a little, this is simply the Tang version of the football field.

Xue Rengui was worried that Lin Xuan didn't understand Cuju, so he explained the rules to him.

During Cuju, two three-foot-high cue sticks are erected in the center of the field, and the upper goal is about one foot in diameter, which is called "Merry Eye".The left and right armies (two teams) with different colors of clothes stand on both sides, with 12 or 16 people in each team.

They are respectively called ball head, Xiao ball, Zhengxie, headxie, left pole net, right pole net, scattered stand, etc.The head of the ball and the player's hat are also slightly different.During the game, the horns and drums are played as a signal. The players on the left kick off the ball first, bounce the ball to each other several times and then pass it to the vice captain. Whoever passes wins.The same is true for the right team to get the ball.At the end, the winner is determined by the number of balls passed. The winner is rewarded, and the loser is punished. The captain has to eat a whip and paint his face with white powder.

After listening to Lin Xuan, he probably had the bottom line in his heart. The titles such as ball head and Xiao ball should be similar to the avant-garde defenders of later generations.

There are still many differences between Cuju and football in later generations, the first is the number of people.

In football matches, a team can only play up to 11 players, and there must be a goalkeeper.

In addition, according to the rules, the goal of football is on the ground, but the goal of Cuju is three feet off the ground.

One foot is equal to 3.3 meters, and three feet is about ten meters.

Lin Xuan was speechless, the goal was too high.

"Boom~boom~boom"

Just then, the drums sounded.

Cheng Chumo and Yuchi Baolin led a team to the field.

Cheng Chumo was on the left. He kicked off the ball first. One player started to bounce the ball, and then passed it to the next one. When it was passed to Cheng Chumo, Cheng Chumo kicked the ball towards Merry Eye.

Although the goal is high, Cheng Chumo has practiced martial arts after all, and his physical fitness is much better than ordinary people, so it is easy to kick it in.

"it is good!"

The surrounding soldiers applauded.

Next, when it was the right's turn, Yuchi Baolin also scored the goal without incident, which caused a burst of applause.

"Rengui, if you tell me how to play Cuju like this, how will it help the training?"

Lin Xuan really couldn't think of any benefit to training soldiers by bouncing the ball once and then kicking it out.

"Master Hou, cuju is not only competitive, it can also exercise the soldiers' physical fitness, which is very good for soldiers. If Lord Hou doesn't like to watch, they can do it in other ways. How about I ask them to change it?" Xue Rengui said.

"Forget it, let me tell you a way, you get people to prepare and let them play according to what I said." Lin Xuan said.

Lin Xuan told Xue Rengui about the football field and football rules of later generations, and asked him to prepare.

Xue Rengui asked Cheng Chumo to beat the drum and told them to end the game.

Cheng Chumo and the others had just kicked, and when they heard the drumbeat, they were at a loss.

Xue Rengui told them the rules mentioned by Lin Xuan, let them get familiar with it first, and then find someone to start setting up the court.

Half an hour later, the stadium was arranged according to Lin Xuan's request.

The lines of the midfield and penalty area are drawn, and the goals on either side are placed.

"Master Hou, everything is ready. Master Hou will check if there are any omissions, so I can tell people to improve." Xue Rengui said.

"That's it. You did a good job. Are they ready?" Lin Xuan said with satisfaction.

Xue Rengui nodded and said, "Go back to Lord Hou, I'm ready."

The rules of football are not complicated, and there is a way similar to Cuju, Cheng Chumo and the others are familiar with it very quickly.

"Let them start." Lin Xuan said.

(End of this chapter)