The Liao State Mission is going to have a Keju competition with my Great Song Dynasty!

When the news quickly spread in the city of Tokyo, it was like a big stone being thrown into the calm water, causing a lot of waves, so that the people of the Great Song Dynasty all over the city began to discuss this Keju competition, and put aside the previous debate about whether Sun Tu had betrayed the country and defected to the Liao.

For this strong enemy in the north, the people of the Song State have always hated and feared, because in the past hundred years, the Song and Liao wars between the two countries have hardly made any big gains, but it is a few battles of the Son of Heaven that have caused the Great Song Dynasty to lose its troops and lose face, and was forced to sign the alliance of the city like the alliance of the Yuanyuan.

It is precisely because everyone knows these results that they still have a lot of awe for the combat power of the Liao people. But now, they actually ran to the city of Tokyo to propose to the Great Song Dynasty to compete in Keju, which made almost everyone think that the Liao people were crazy, because everyone knows that the sport of Keju has been popular among the Han people since the Tang Dynasty, and the masters of Keju in the forbidden army are endless.

While the whole city was discussing the matter, the imperial court soon spread the news that the two sides would play a game on the seventh day of the winter month a few days later, in a forbidden military academy by the Jinming Pond, where even the current officials would lead their ministers to watch the battle.

As soon as this news was confirmed, the whole city was boiling, and countless thoughtful people began to get busy. There are not only those who try their best to get the qualification to enter the school field to watch this game, but also those who open a handicap to attract people to bet on Guan Pu, betting on who will win this Keju match between the two sides, or how many goals each can score in the end......

The Song people were good at gambling, especially the people of Tokyo. Therefore, when a few gambling houses or those who are not wealthy set up a handicap, in just two or three days, the money invested has reached hundreds of thousands, but nearly eighty percent of them are bets on the Song people's own side, which is not only determined by their own position, but also the confidence in the Song Ju masters, even if this handicap has a great deviation, it is still impossible to change the number of bets more and more biased to the Song people's own side.

Compared to the shut-off betting in full swing, it is much more difficult to get in and watch. Although the school field covers a large area and is enough to accommodate tens of thousands of people to sit and watch the game, because the Son of Heaven will come at that time, the number of spectators has naturally been greatly controlled, and only 2,500 people are allowed to enter the stadium in the end.

The figure of 2,500 does not seem to be too little, but it includes hundreds of forbidden army guards who came with the Son of Heaven, as well as those high-ranking officials and dignitaries in the court and their families, so if you count it, the ordinary people who could really enter that day were only a few hundred.

Just these hundreds of places to watch the game, immediately let all kinds of rich and status Tokyo people do their best, whether it is to use money to make a point, or to use favors, each to show their powers, but also let the people of the capital have a lot more to talk about, but also let the popularity of this Keju game in a few days not decrease but increase, and on the eve of the game is even more attention, many people are eager to gather outside the stadium overnight, even if they can't see the game with their own eyes, but also to know the situation and score on the field at the first time.

At this time, it also reflected the pro-people side of the Great Song Dynasty, even if this series of practices of the people was a bit of a headache, the government had no intention of driving away the crowd in addition to sending people to maintain order. Even the imperial court specially sent people to set up a stage near the most lively royal street, and invited Mr. Guan Qi, a well-known speaker in the city, to explain the details of the event to the people in the city who could not be there in person. To this end, they also deliberately arranged dozens of scouts in the arena to deliver news, just to be able to send the match score in the first time.

In a sense, this is the world's earliest live broadcast, although everyone can only listen to the sound but can't see any live picture.

The frenzied atmosphere really reached its peak on the morning of the seventh day of the new year, as the official family led the harem and several adult princes and important ministers of the court appeared in front of the school, the cheers were even louder in the sky, and Sun Tu, who had entered one step earlier, had a jaw-dropping feeling, and praised in his heart that the Great Song Dynasty was indeed an era of extremely developed entertainment industry.

And Yelu Jian, who was sitting next to him, showed a sneer of disdain on his face, and muttered softly: "If Song Guo can put all these extravagance into the army, I'm afraid my Da Liao will really feel a headache." But now Da Song's series of performances is exactly what he wants to see.

As the Son of Heaven led the ministers to sit on the stage with the best position, the audience also took their seats. After seeing that the time was almost there, an official of the Ministry of Etiquette came forward to make a speech first, saying that this Keju match was only a manifestation of the friendship between Song and Liao, and whether they won or lost, it would not hurt the harmony of both sides.

In the end, Zhao Ji also stood up, and excitedly showed a luxurious jade cup engraved with gold and silver to everyone to see clearly, and then said: "No matter what gambling game, there must be a lottery head so that people can go all out." Therefore, I will take out this most beloved Nine Dragons Jade Cup today, and whichever team wins, I will give the cup to the captain of that team. ”

As soon as these words came out, they caused a tsunami all over the audience, and even many courtiers showed excited looks. Because everyone understands the deep meaning, if the Great Song team can win this Keju competition, then Zhao Tianyao, the commander of the Tianwu Army as the captain, will be rewarded by the Son of Heaven, and his status will naturally be very different at that time. Of course, if he loses, his guilt is not small, but now almost no one believes that my Great Song Dynasty's Keju team will lose to these Liao people who came from afar.

At this time, the players who were already waiting on the edge of the field were even more energetic, and their eyes were about to burst into flames, and they just wanted to start the game as soon as possible and achieve a hearty victory as soon as possible.

Compared to them, the Liao players on the other side who looked taller and stronger seemed very relaxed, and there were constantly people shouting at the Song people.

As the time came, a fierce drum sounded, and the players on both sides lined up in response to the sound and slowly walked into the Keju field, which had been rearranged and only paved with loess, but was about the same size as the football field of later generations.

At this time, the number of people who played in the Keju game was not fixed, and the regular ones were in 12 to 16 rooms, and there was no rule that the number of players on both sides must be the same. However, this time, in order to show fairness, Song Liao's two teams also had twelve people.

Similar to later generations, these players were dressed in the same way, with the Song people wearing red shorts on one side and the Liao people wearing black clothes on the other, just like the iron and iron represented in their country names.

Seeing that the teams of both sides had already appeared, many people at the scene shouted and scolded loudly, the former was naturally for their own team, and the latter was for the Liao. Even a millennium ago, home advantage in sports still existed.

A ceremonial official stepped into the middle of the field as a referee, and after affirming that the game was about friendship and some rules such as not deliberately hurting anyone, he threw the ball high into the air while he himself immediately retreated to the rear.

Sun Tu really hadn't seen how the Keju tournament kicked off today, so he was naturally watching it carefully with interest. But after seeing the referee throw the ball like a basketball jumping ball, he grinned in surprise, obviously not the peaceful guessing of the ball in later generations, but directly grabbed it!

Sure enough, at the moment when Keju fell from the sky and smashed into the ground and flicked up slightly, the teams on both sides flew towards the ball like arrows from the string, and everyone was as unstoppable as the beasts that saw their prey.

Soon, the two sides rushed to Keju almost at the same time, and then quickly stepped out to grab the ball that had just stopped, and the body and body also collided heavily at this moment, and many people's footsteps began to stumble, but the toes still desperately tried to reach the Keju.

At the beginning of the game, this Keju match has entered the white heat, which made countless spectators involuntarily let out bursts of shouts. At this time, no matter what their identity is, how they are on weekdays, and how polite they are, they are all free to cheer up for their home team.

The Song team really lived up to the cheers of the home audience, after a scramble, a player had already kicked the ball to the opponent's half, and as the team's ace and captain Zhao Tianyao had already run up at this moment, after a change of direction to shake off the two opponents who were staring at their own way, they had already rushed to Keju first, and with their toes down, the ball followed him as if it were life, and rushed towards the opponent's dragon gate.

"Tianyao's speed is the fastest in our army, as long as he is allowed to bring the ball, no one can catch up with him!" A military general said confidently to several colleagues in front of him, and they all nodded in agreement.

And Tong Guan, who is the relevant player who arranged this Keju competition, also showed a happy smile after seeing this scene, as long as he wins this time, the saint will definitely be happy, and it will be a great credit for himself.

In the expectant eyes of thousands of people on the side, Zhao Tianyao took the lead, and after dribbling in a row, he finally killed in front of the dragon gate, only to see him make a force, and at the moment when the two Liao people flew over, he shot angrily, making the ball turn into a phantom and go straight towards the merry eye.

With a bang, the ball went into the net.

As soon as it opened, the Song people had already taken the lead and scored one point first.

1 to 0!