Volume 4 The Boat Goes Against the Tide Chapter 193 Defending and Counterattacking
In fact, as early as five days ago, after watching the Keju match between Song and Liao, Sun Tu already had a clear understanding of the tactics and strength of the Liao team. Even if you don't use a strategy and fight directly with the Song Ren Keju team, they will not fall behind, but at the same time, there is also the same big problem as the Song Ren team - full attack and full defense that consumes extreme physical energy.
It is not the all-attack and all-defense with passing and cutting as the main tactic advocated by Cruyff or Barcelona teams in their heyday, but all-attack and all-defense in the literal sense. In fact, the twelve people on the field did not have a fixed position, but decided to attack or defend according to the position they were in at the time.
Of course, this is also far from today's Keju game, which has developed for hundreds of years and added a lot of technology-assisted football, in the eyes of people at this time, it is just an ordinary confrontation sport after all.
And since they have such shortcomings and weaknesses, Sun Tu naturally wants to take advantage of them, so he simply takes the initiative to reduce the number of players on the field and induces the Liao people to attack. In fact, there are two intentions in doing this, one is that, as Yelu Arrow judged, it is to make the Liao people reduce the number of players on the field for the sake of honor, so that their original style of play will naturally be greatly reduced, and their power will be reduced accordingly; The second is that it is easier to make the Liao people rush to attack in order to achieve the ultimate goal of consuming their physical energy.
Of course, this kind of bus-style defense, which was hated by many fans even in later generations, also attracted the dissatisfaction of the surrounding audience, and many Song people complained: "We came to see the Keju game, and we hope that you can achieve a victory, what is the matter with this kind of turtle defense?" ”
Even if he was far away on the high platform, the crown prince Zhao Huan, who had some confidence in Sun Tu, also had some confidence in Sun Tu, and his face was a little heavy: "What are they doing?" Tong Shumi, do you think they can hold on to victory? ”
Tong Guan also secretly complained in his heart, but there was no expression on his face, and he comforted him softly: "Your Highness, don't be impatient, Sun Tu must have a comprehensive strategy to arrange it like this." They thought they would change their strategy by the second quarter. ”
But it turned out that his statement was not credible, and the stubborn defense of the whole section really did not allow the Liao people to take any advantage due to their numerical superiority. Every time the Liao players finally found an opportunity to shoot, the Song people would jam their route in time, and sometimes even two or three players would empty their defense line and join forces to save, so that they could not kick the ball to the goal at all, and finally had to pass the ball to the side again to find a new line of attack.
Although the Liao people have an advantage in numbers, they can't be reflected at all at this time. Because Sun Tu had long expected their tactics, with the current structure of the Keju game and the wind eye, it is impossible for the player to shoot the ball in a certain distance and angle, so that he can deploy his limited forces in these important positions, and truly be solid.
And what makes the Liao people feel even more headache is that even if they sometimes make some mistakes, it is clear that as long as the Song people in front of them grab two steps, they can intercept the ball from their feet, and the other party is not moved at all, and is still on the way forward.
In this way, the enemy attacked and defended, and made the audience drowsy, the ball game lasted for nearly two quarters, whether it was the Liao people on the court, or the surrounding people who spent a lot of money to enter the game, they were already tired, in their opinion, the final result of this game can only be a dull draw, which has not appeared in any Keju game they have experienced before.
However, among these people, there are still people who have already seen the doorway. Yelu Jian's expression has changed from suspicion at the beginning to solemnity: "This Sun Tu really has some strategy, and he actually thought of using this hand to drag down my Da Liao team, which is clearly the strategy of Song Chen Fan Zhongyan to deal with the Western Xia people." As he spoke, he sighed with some pity, such a talent could not be used by Da Liao after all.
It is said that when Fan Zhongyan, a famous minister of the Great Song Dynasty, was guarding the border in Yanzhou in the northwest, he flooded all the roads on the border of Song and Xia, turning the plains that could be flattened into swamps, and planting trees all over to block the Western Xia cavalry. Later, he still ordered the armies to hold on to the situation when the opportunity was available, and finally won the victory.
Naturally, the Liao people knew a lot about this strategy and tactics, and now seeing Sun Tu put forward this bus tactic, it actually reminded Yelu Jian of this period of the past.
And in addition to him, there is another person who is also impressed by Sun Tu, and that is Tong Guan. He was not because of Sun Tu's tactics, but because he was able to make all eight members of this team obey the dispatch, especially since the identities of three of them were far above Sun Tu, and he was actually able to make the other party obey orders as a nine-rank military attaché.
"It seems that Sun Qianli's previous idea that he wants to lead the army and train the army is not a joke, as long as this thing is done and the saint is favored, he can be given a chance." Looking at the still stalemate battle situation ahead, Tong Guan's thoughts had drifted to the future. Of course, if Sun Tu can't win today, then he will still not hesitate to dispose of this creational talent as a scapegoat.
Soon, the third quarter of the game finally began. After the offensive in the first two quarters was completely blocked without any lead, Liaoren became more and more anxious, even the captain Xiao lost his mind and was no longer as steady as before, and repeatedly cooperated with others to control the ball and rush to the direction of the dragon gate.
But as long as he moves, Cen Tie, who has the strongest defense among the Song people, will be in time to mark him closely. It's the same this time, seeing that he is in possession of the ball, Cen Tie pounces without hesitation.
But this time, Xiao Yu suddenly had a new plan, seeing him pounce, he immediately sent the ball forward, and at the same time turned around and flashed to the side. The ball happened to fall at the feet of another player, and the opponent understood it, and immediately kicked it again, and actually sent the ball to the extra gap in front of him due to Cen Tie's pray, but it was empty at this time.
Just when Cen Tiexin was stunned, thinking that the enemy had made a mistake in his busy schedule and had lost control of Keju, Xiao Wei's body, which had just staggered past him, suddenly broke back in an incredible way, and then rushed forward in the opposite direction, stopping Cen Tie who couldn't change the direction at all on the spot, and the direction he hit was naturally the landing point of Keju.
After the first two quarters of the battle, Xiao lost suddenly saw through the tactics and weaknesses of the Song army. The opponent's all-out defense is often aimed at the ball handler, but the pressure on the ball itself is not too great, which is also because the Song team is not enough to fully spread out to attack and defend together.
So since this is the case, then he simply seized this loophole and gave the opponent a personal ball, and it was a pass-type ball, which was enough to deceive a defensive player like Cen Tie.
And because Cen Tie is the best defender in the Song people's team, it is impossible for everyone else to worry too much about him that there will be problems, once he breaks through from him, he will inevitably kill the Song people by surprise!
As expected, after he burst in from Cen Tie's side, the other Song players obviously hesitated, only Sun Tu raised his hands and made a gesture and pounced fiercely, wanting to continue to block his path and the angle of his shot.
But this time Xiao lost suddenly had already prepared, seeing Sun Tu pounced, he decisively passed the ball to a teammate who was vacated because of Sun Tu's pounce, and the man immediately rushed forward with the ball, and then drew a gourd in the same way, and passed the ball to the side, and in a few clicks, Juju had already penetrated into the hinterland of the Song people, and he was about to find a chance to shoot.
Is this the so-called long-term defense? The audience, who were already dazed, all exclaimed in unison after seeing this change, and many even stood up directly, clenching their fists. Although they don't like to watch such a dull offensive and defensive battle, they don't want the Great Song Dynasty to be defeated by the Liao people again!
Seeing that a Liao man was about to shoot, several Song players hurriedly rushed forward to encircle him, and Lu Zhishen, the tallest man, jumped up, obviously planning to intercept him in the air.
But the opponent did not hesitate at all, and immediately raised his leg to shoot angrily, hitting the first shot in today's game so far.
At this moment, Yang Zhi also stepped out in time, and with his outstanding martial arts, he quickly flew up with a kick, and actually rubbed his toes on the body of the Keju who had just swept up, and the angle of his flying shot was slightly changed.
"Whew!" Keju crossed the arc under the tracking of everyone's eyes, and then hit the plank next to the merry eye, and without any pause, it was bounced off, and this time the shot missed after all.
The Liao players who saw this scene all showed disappointment, this was an opportunity that they had created with great difficulty, but they still missed.
But at the moment when they were distracted, Sun Tu had already swooped in like lightning, and controlled the ball at his feet before the Liao people who were accustomed to the fact that the Song people would not grab the ball with them and their actions and reactions were half a beat slower.
And it was only then that someone realized that something was wrong, pointed ahead and shouted: "...... there"
I saw that Lu Zhishen, who was still desperately resisting their attack just now, had actually pulled out his feet and rushed forward, judging from his figure, he was no different from a crazy strong bull. And Sun Tu didn't give the other party a chance to snatch the ball from his feet, and without saying a word, he already had a big foot and sent the ball forward.
Lu Zhishen's shiny bald head became the most eye-catching target in the sunlight at this time, so Sun Tu's landing point was quite accurate, and he actually let Juju fall firmly in front of him.
The Liao people who saw this scene were really panicked, if they attacked a game and lost, their faces would be lost. So in an instant, everyone turned around and chased after Lu Zhishen, who was galloping forward with a meteor.
The tide of battle reversed at this moment, and the Song team, which had been defending most of the half, suddenly launched a counterattack!