The 12th (12th) of the first lunar month
Tubo took the lead in attacking with the ball, ten horsemen galloped on the field, the formation was constantly changing, the ball passed back and forth between his ten people, and the tacit understanding between each other was particularly skilled, and the Liang Wang team could only be tired and could not take the ball from the opponent at all. Seeing that the Tibetan side had come to the hinterland of Liang Wangfang, the ball was just under the control of the person who hit the copper coin with a cane, only to see him raise the cane, and then hit hard, the ball speed was extremely fast, and the people around him did not react in time, and the ball went in! With this goal, the side of the Wan Fan in the stands finally regained its vitality, and the voices began to boil in an instant, they had just been defeated one by one, and now they were holding their breath in their hearts, just waiting for someone to defeat the Wu Zhou side for themselves.
Naturally, the forbidden army could not show weakness, and began to shout loudly and regularly "Hurray!" Win! To boost morale, the Liang Wang side regained its spirits and continued to play, but their offense repeatedly missed, all tactics seemed to be seen through by the opponent, intercepted and tackled by the opponent again and again, the Tubo side was not in a hurry to attack, after getting the ball, always back and forth, control, and a wide range of dispatch of Liang Wang's side of the defenders. Liang Wangfang was chasing at this time, but the familiar scene happened again, the horse's hooves slipped, and even the people and horses fell down together, Tubo took advantage of the panic of everyone, and hurriedly organized an attack, Liang Wang's side could not defend well, and was scored a goal. This ball completely made the side of the Wan Fan in the stands completely boiling, and for a while, the gongs and drums were noisy, and the shouts continued, and they saw the hope of defeating Wu Zhou.
The game continued, Tubo was still not in a hurry to attack, or continued to dispatch the defense of Liang Wang's side on a large scale by passing and controlling the ball. The Tubo side took advantage of the victory to chase and scored goals again and again, seeing that the incense on the field was about to burn out, and the score also came to four to zero, and the Liang Wang team fell behind by a large score. Finally, with another person from the Liang Wang team, Tubo scored another goal, and the game ended, 5-0!
Wan Fan shouted loudly in the stands, venting his emotions, while the other side fell into a dead silence, everyone knew in their hearts that Tubo was not in a hurry to attack, and the large-scale dispatch of the ball was to consume the opponent's physical strength, as can be seen from the frequent fall of the Liang Wang team, both horses and people have been seriously exhausted. The morale of Tubo is strong, full of physical fitness, and its own strength is not bad, and the Liang Wang side not only lost morale, but more importantly, there is no physical strength, the result of this competition can be imagined, maybe the Liang Wang side will be defeated by scoring ten goals soon after the start of the game.
At this time, I saw Wu Jiang stumbling under the high platform of the Son of Heaven, kneeling down and saying, "Huh... Your Majesty, our side has fought ten battles, and our physical strength is seriously exhausted, and now several people have fallen from their horses and been injured, I am afraid it will be difficult to continue, and the minister asks to fight again on another day! Before the female emperor could speak, the sound of the Tibetan envoys laughing came from the stands, and the laughter was full of ridicule, and he said with a smile: "Could it be that only these ten people in the Celestial Empire can fight?" If it weren't for the fear of losing, wouldn't you dare to fight again? With that, he continued to laugh. This remark and laughter completely angered the female emperor, and she said loudly: "Why are the Tibetan envoys so ashamed, how can I be defeated under my command?" Everyone listens to orders, who wants to fight? ”
Everyone knew in their hearts that this King of Liang's account was also the best in the bow, and even they couldn't defeat Tubo, and they didn't dare to try it easily. Moreover, Tubo was aggressive this time, and the female emperor must have made up her mind to win, and she took the order rashly, in case she lost, it would anger the female emperor even more, not to mention the reward, and even her life would be lost. As a result, when the female emperor asked, no one answered for a while, and the royal racecourse fell into silence, and the scene was very embarrassing!
The Tibetan envoy laughed again, broke the silence and said, "There is no one in the Heavenly Empire to fight? The female emperor was a little uncomfortable, her heart was full of anger, she wanted to slaughter the Tibetan envoy on the spot, but how could she do this, so she asked loudly again: "Who wants to go to war?" ”
The crown prince Li Xian under the high stage was also anxious in his heart, so far, he still didn't know why Li Sanlang failed to represent the Celestial Empire, could it be that something happened? Therefore, he wanted to accept the order, but he did not dare to be rash, and he was like sitting on pins and needles between advance and retreat. He secretly glanced at King Liang's side, and King Liang was also anxious, if he continued to compete, he would definitely lose, but at this time, no one was willing to take this hot potato, on the other hand, Princess Taiping, at this moment, she was actually calm and relaxed, her face was cold, as if the affairs of the Heavenly Empire had nothing to do with him.
The second time she asked, no one answered, which greatly surprised the female emperor's expectations, she couldn't sit still any longer, stood up, and said loudly: "The one who fights today and wins, the bounty is a thousand taels, and the marquis!" As soon as the female emperor finished speaking, the scene was booed, and the heads and ears were constantly exchanged, and a ball game could be sealed, and the female emperor could be said to be out of the way. But the more this is the case, the more no one dares to accept it, how big the reward is, how big the price is paid, once you lose, it will be angry, and there will be no return.
For a while, although there were constant whispers of discussion, no one answered the order, and the female emperor's heart was almost collapsed. At this time, a person finally walked down from the stands, passed through the defense line of the forbidden army, came to the foot of the high platform of the Son of Heaven, and knelt down and said: "Minister Li Sanlang is willing to fight for the country!" When the female emperor saw that it was Li Sanlang, she was overjoyed and just wanted to answer, but there was a trace of worry in her heart, and she remembered what happened before.
At three o'clock in the afternoon today, the fairy hall is gathered.
The female emperor was about to drive the royal horse farm, and Princess Taiping did not let people pass it on, so she ran directly into the main hall and came to the female emperor's side, without saying a word, she immediately cried. The female emperor has always doted on Princess Taiping, and when she cried like this, she was also very anxious, and hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?" ”
Taiping wiped his tears and said, "Mother, you have to be the master for me!" She did not call "Your Majesty", but changed her name to "Mother", in order to shorten the distance with the female emperor, so that the female emperor was even more anxious, and continued to ask: "What is the matter?" Let's talk about it! I'm in charge of you! ”
Taiping said: "Mother holds a grand event of bowing! The daughter responded, so she also formed a bow team, hoping to serve the country, but she never thought that Anfu, a dog minion, would be unfavorable and let the gangsters get involved. When the right talent was selected, there was a thunder hidden in his arms... Speaking of this, Taiping couldn't cry again, the female emperor was shocked, and hurriedly looked at Taiping's body up and down, saw that she was not injured, and hurriedly asked: "How is my daughter?" What about other casualties? ”
Taiping wiped away his tears and continued: "My daughter was lucky and was not injured. Anfu's daughter has beheaded her, but unfortunately her daughter's bowing team has all died. That Li Saburo... "Hearing that Emperor Li Sanlang was shocked in his heart, could it be that he suffered misfortune? So he hurriedly asked, "How is San Lang?" Princess Taiping hurriedly replied: "San Lang is fine, he was slightly injured, but his bow team is also... Killed. ”
The female emperor was relieved to hear that Taiping and Li Sanlang were fine, but the bow team was killed, although Li Sanlang's bow team was damaged, but it was expected that it was enough to meet the rest of the Wan Domain, so she comforted Taiping and said: "Don't be alarmed, the matter has come to this, there is no need to be afraid, there is no need to blame yourself, the mother will send someone to find out about this matter!" Just give you and Saburo justice afterwards. ”
The female emperor recovered from her memories, looked at Li Sanlang in front of her, and had a question in her heart, according to Taiping, didn't his bow team all die? How do I enter? So he said: "San Lang has the heart to serve the country, I am very pleased, but I heard that your team... ”
Without waiting for the female emperor to finish speaking, Li Sanlang said loudly: "Just let the ministers select a few people from the ranks of the princes!" ”
After hearing this, the Tibetan envoy hurriedly said loudly: "That's not possible! How can there be a reason to select participants everywhere, according to what you said, can our countries also arbitrarily select personnel and participate in the competition? I know you, if you participate in the competition, you can only be selected from the prince's subordinates! When he said this, he attracted the echo of the other vassal states in the stands, in fact, they didn't want the Celestial Empire to win in their hearts, and they all stood on the side of Tubo at this moment.
Prince Li was anxious and asked loudly, "San Lang, where is your bow team?" Li Saburo replied: "It's all ... I can't play! The reason for this will be reported to my father afterwards. Li Sanlang categorically inconvenient to mention the explosion and death in full view of everyone.
After hearing this, the prince also knew that something was wrong, but now where did the prince's subordinates go to gather a bowing team, at this moment he couldn't help but be very anxious, this Li Sanlang has stood up, if it is difficult to ride a tiger, how can this be good? On the other hand, Wu Sansi breathed a sigh of relief, and saw that someone was willing to come out and continue to burn the potato, so he said: "This king knows that Li Sanlang's bowing skills are outstanding, and Liang Wangfu's skills are not as good as others. These words can be regarded as completely throwing the matter to the prince's side.
The Tibetan envoy said loudly again: "No matter how powerful you are, you won't be able to defeat ten with one, right?" If no one participates, then please ask Your Majesty to decide that I have won the Tibetan victory! ”
At this moment, another person passed through the forbidden army, knelt beside Li Sanlang, and said loudly: "I, Chen Xuanli, am willing to fight with Li Sicheng!" Seeing that it was Chen Xuanli, Li Sanlang couldn't help but feel comforted, grabbed Chen Xuanli's arm with one hand, and nodded.
Two more people came out of the crowd and knelt beside Li Sanlang together, and one of them said loudly: "I am a veteran of Long Ansi, with no name and no surname, I just want to serve the country with Li Sicheng!" Li Sanlang looked back and saw that it was Li Ke, and the person who knelt on the ground with him needless to say was that Pei Min! Pei Min said loudly: "The villain was originally a man of the mountains, and now I see Li Sicheng's actions for the country, I am very impressed, and I am willing to fight together!" ”
When the female emperor saw the four of them asking for battle, she was finally a little relieved in her heart, so she asked, "Just wait for the four?" ”
Li Sanlang arched his hands and replied in a firm tone: "Your Majesty, the four of us are enough!" We will live up to our mission! ”
The Tibetan envoy said loudly: "Four against ten!" Still five points behind! Ru'an dares to be so arrogant, there is no one in his eyes, right? ”
Li Sanlang looked at the Tibetan envoy and said: "It's not arrogant, my Heavenly Dynasty is the upper country, and it is indeed enough to deal with you and others!" ”
When the Tibetan envoy heard him say this, his face was full of anger, and he said loudly: "Good! I'll see how you win today! If you win, I will be happy and convinced, and I will be obedient from generation to generation! ”
The female emperor spoke: "Good! I hope that the Tibetan envoys will do what they say! Come, bring my four royal horses, give them to the four warriors, and fight for the country! ”
It is the supreme honor to be given a royal horse, and the four of them hurriedly mounted their horses and came to the middle of the field, ready to fight with Tubo!
At this time, the sound of war drums suddenly sounded on the high platform of the Son of Heaven, and everyone followed the sound of the drums, it turned out that it was the crown prince Li Xian who was beating the drum himself, and he said loudly: "My son should do his best today to fight for the country and live up to the majesty of the Heavenly Empire!" Everyone looked at the prince, and immediately swept away the previous decline, cheers and cheers sounded again, wave after wave, and the forbidden army on the scene began to chant neatly again: "Long live!" Win! ”
Zhang Changzong burned incense in the ding again! Wave the flag!
This four-to-ten, face-saving bow war has finally begun!