12th (11th of First Month)
The defeat of Qiuzi's first stop greatly boosted the morale of the Celestial Empire, and tens of thousands of forbidden troops inside and outside the royal racecourse shouted in rhythmic unison at this moment, "Hurray!" Win! "The sound is shocking, and the princes and nobles and civil and military officials in the stands are also full of voices, not to mention the end of the competition, this momentum alone is enough to deter the heroes!
Seeing that no one was fighting, the female emperor asked Zhang Changzong to lean over to him, and whispered, Zhang Changzong walked to the middle of the high platform again, and said loudly: "Your Majesty has a will, in order to motivate the warriors to fight, the bounty will be tripled!" As soon as these words came out, the royal horse farm boiled for a moment, this is really not a small amount, three hundred gold is enough for several generations to live in prosperity. On the side of the envoys of the Ten Thousand Domains, someone finally stood up, put his hand on his chest, and said loudly: "Your Majesty the Emperor, my Wusun please go to war!" The female emperor nodded in agreement, so the Wusun bow team came to the field, ordered the flag, and the two sides immediately began a fierce game. Under the temptation of the heavy reward of 300 gold, Wusun can be regarded as going all out, but there is a huge disparity in strength, and in less than a pillar of incense, he is also like a turtle, and he is defeated ten to zero.
But this failure, did not make the vassal states timid, after all, the bounty is rich, all the vassal states are eager to try, so they take turns, but not surprisingly, Shule, Khotan, Yanqi, Ruoqiang, Loulan, and the end, Xiye and other countries are defeated one by one, at this moment, let alone win, the vassal states in the Western Regions have not even scored a goal, King Liang's account to beat the bow team is out of the limelight, Wu Sansi is also very happy, and the wine is in full swing! The excited shouts in the stands seem to have begun to hoarse.
The 10th challenge team has appeared - Shattered Leaf City! Broken Leaf City is located in the Chu River Basin, is the farthest fortified border city in the western region, it and Qiuzi, Shule, Khotan and called "Anxi Four Towns", the city has many martial arts, excellent riding skills, this city is Li Ke's hometown. When the bowers from Broken Leaf City entered, Li Ke was concerned, and from a distance, there were several people in the formation who were his old acquaintances, but at this moment, they couldn't recognize each other for special reasons.
Zhang Changzong ordered the flag, and the event began. Broken Leaf City is not a false name of the wave, at the beginning of the launch of a fierce offensive, after a few passes, the ball to the attacking player's staff, the man riding skillfully, riding a horse, the surrounding defenders for a while no one can keep up, seeing that it is not far from the door, the man draws the cane and hits, the ball should enter, one to zero. This was the first time that the Liang Wang team had lost points, and everyone in the stands of the princes and nobles became a lot quieter because of the ball, on the contrary, the side of Wan Fan finally had a chance to vent his emotions, and finally broke out into thunderous cheers, which could not be calmed down for a long time.
The female emperor gave Zhang Changzong a look, only to see Zhang Changzong's order flag waved, and tens of thousands of forbidden troops began to shout in unison: "Long live!" Win! This sound was much higher than that of the Wan Fan stands, and the cheers in the stands were suddenly drowned out by this shout. Liang Wang bowed team was immediately encouraged, and continued to fight, perhaps the reason for the morale shock, not long after the restart, Liang Wang scored a goal, this goal once again ignited the atmosphere of the scene, suddenly the gongs and drums were noisy, cheers and cheers, the momentum returned to Liang Wang's account, they took advantage of the victory to pursue, not long after, and scored another goal. After that, the two sides fell into a stalemate, and neither scored again until a pillar of incense burned out.
This is the first challenge team that has not conceded ten goals within a stick of incense, and it has been courteous to Wan Fan, and the cheers are also very high! Ding burned incense again, and the two sides changed sides and fought again. Counting this game, the Liang Wang team is already the tenth game to face the enemy, whether it is the bower, or the horse's physical strength has begun to decline. At this time, the Broken Leaf City team held the ball in the hinterland of King Liang again, and the King Liang team quickly chased back, but they never thought that the horse's hooves slipped, and even the people and horses fell directly to the ground, and the horses fell down to block the route of others to chase back, and the Broken Leaf City team saw that there was no one to defend, so they lightly struck with a stick, and the ball entered in response, and the score of the two sides was equalized.
This sudden situation was indeed unexpected, Zhang Changzong hurriedly stopped and checked the injury, but fortunately there was no major problem. Wu Sansi amassed a lot of money, and the bow team under the account was equipped with one person and two horses, and for the sake of insurance, the Liang Wang team replaced all the horses and continued to fight. The new horses were full of physical strength and galloped wildly, but the horses could be replaced, but the bower's physical strength was not as good as before, and the two sides went back and forth, but they never scored again.
Seeing that the incense in this game is about to burn out, will this game end in a draw? The Liang Wang team suddenly changed the formation, the horses were in one place, lined up, this formation had never been seen, for a while the Broken Leaf City team was a little overwhelmed, one person in the Liang Wang team gave an order, all the horses rushed towards the opponent's goal together, but Ju was controlled by one of the horses, the Broken Leaf City team was confused by this sudden formation, I don't know how to defend, and I can only gallop with them, when approaching the goal of Broken Leaf City, one of the horses suddenly slowed down, but it did not attract the attention of the defenders in the wild horses, The rest of the riders kept running towards the goal, and the Shattered Leaf City team could only desperately chase back, but at this moment, the person who controlled the bow passed the bow back to the one who slowed down the bow, and there was no one next to him to defend at this time, and he shot from a distance! The ball was finally scored. Everyone finally reacted, it turned out that everyone was planning to run wild just now, in order to attract defenders, so as to leave a chance for this person to score from a distance, it seems that this tactic, there is no less practice on weekdays, and it is intended to be used at this critical moment.
With the goal scored, the incense in the ding just burned out, Zhang Changzong waved the flag, three to two, and King Liang won again! It's already a ten-game winning streak, and the entire Royal Racecourse is boiling again! The forbidden army shouted in unison, "Hurray!" Win! ”
In today's event, the Celestial Empire showed its might in front of all the feudal domains, and the female emperor was happy in her heart, but she was even more proud of Nawu Sansi. At this moment, Wu Sansi was very drunk with joy, and even a little carried away. Princess Taiping leaned closer to him and whispered, "King Liang, is the palace quite satisfied with today's arrangements?" ”
Wu Sansi didn't know what had happened before, and when he suddenly heard Taiping say this, he was shocked, and the wine seemed to be half awake, and he hurriedly asked, "What do you mean?" Princess Taiping smiled lightly, and said with some contempt: "King Liang is really not well-informed, and he does not do unprepared battles in everything, and the reason for this is to ask Wujiang." After Taiping said this, King Liang's original joy brought by the victory suddenly disappeared, could it be that today's winning streak of bows all depends on her? That can be regarded as owing her a great favor, and she felt bored for a while, and wanted to ask Taiping about it again, but Taiping waved his hand and stopped answering, and Wu Sansi had no choice but to give up when he saw this.
Zhang Changzong looked at the sky, the sun had begun to set westward, so he walked to the center of the high platform again and said loudly: "Today, our dynasty has won ten consecutive victories, are there still petitioners from the Western Regions?" "The ten teams that have appeared can be regarded as the best among the feudal states in the Western Regions, and the rest of the countries are also difficult to win, so they should know how to advance and retreat at this moment, so all the envoys of the feudal countries got up and knelt on one knee, put their right hands on their chests, and kowtowed and replied: "The power of the Heavenly Empire, we have already known, sincerely worship, dare not fight again, long live Your Majesty, long live, long live, long live!" ”
The forbidden army and the courtiers also echoed and shouted, and the female emperor couldn't help but look up to the sky and laugh in a shout of "long live, long live, long live", today's victory, the purpose in her heart can be regarded as achieved! The cry continued for a long time, Zhang Changzong looked at the female emperor, and then at the envoys, so he said loudly: "Since there are no more warlords in the vassal states, I declare... ”
"Wait!" One person interrupted Zhang Changzong's words, and everyone's eyes turned to him for a while, it turned out to be the Tibetan envoy in the stands, and he continued: "Tubo please fight!" After hearing this, the people began to talk to each other and whisper. The empress had already achieved her goal, but at this time, there was no one who did not know the current affairs, came out to obstruct it, and couldn't help but show anger, Wu Jiang seemed to see the empress's expression from a distance, so he shouted loudly to the Tibetan envoys: "We have won ten games in a row, and Ru'an dares to fight again?" Is it self-inflicted? ”
After hearing this, the Tibetan envoy did not retreat in the slightest, and said loudly: "If we lose, I am willing to reward 500 gold!" As soon as these words came out, the stands suddenly boiled again, this is not a big deal, but in the eyes of the female emperor, this matter is no longer a matter of how much the bounty is, but a naked challenge! Although Tubo is a vassal state of the Celestial Empire, but he is really dissatisfied in his heart, and he no longer seeks provocation all the time.
The Tibetan envoy saw that the female emperor did not speak, so he clapped his hands, and one of the Tibetan envoys rode into the horse farm, and put ten copper coins on the ground after reaching the middle of the horse farm, and everyone did not know what he wanted, and their eyes looked at him tightly. I saw that the man was holding a moon scepter, waved it hard, and hit the stack of copper coins, and the copper coins suddenly flew up six or seven zhang high, and in an instant everyone in the royal horse farm was shocked, and the copper coins could be beaten away with a moon scepter, strength, skill, and accuracy were indispensable, and it took a long time of strict training. There was silence in the racecourse for a while, and the Tibetan envoy sneered and continued: "If the Celestial Empire admits defeat, it is okay not to compete, and please ask Your Majesty to give you the three hundred gold!" These words had seriously provoked the authority of the female emperor, and everyone began to lose their breath, and Wu Jiang scolded loudly: "The state of contempt, dare to be so rude? We will go to war, and we will win, so that we will not run rampant! As soon as Wu Jiang finished speaking, the scolding began to rise and fall, but the female emperor did not speak, she motioned for Zhang Changzong to lean over, and whispered again.
Zhang Changzong walked to the center of the high platform again and said loudly: "Your Majesty has a will, today's grand event is originally for the survival of the friendship of all feudal domains, there are those who invite war, and there is a reason not to fight?" We will fight. In addition, the winner's bounty has been increased to 1,000 gold! ”
"A thousand gold!" There were exclamations from the stands! This is a huge amount of money, it seems that this time the female emperor has made a bloody investment to protect the majesty of the Heavenly Dynasty, but it seems that King Liang's account must not lose? The female emperor multiplied the bounty tenfold, in order to protest in Tibet, in case she lost, the bounty was small, but this face was lost! But the female emperor can't retreat at this moment, she can only advance, and she is desperate to advance, otherwise the power of heaven will be lost!
In addition to the female emperor, the biggest pressure is Wu Sansi, who is fearless against other feudal states, but the person who played just now in Tubo is too amazing, such a blow will collapse Wu Sansi's psychological defense, and his bow team has fought ten games in a row, and the probability of winning is greatly reduced, and if the battle is lost today, the Liang Wangfu will definitely be doomed, thinking of this, he can't help but be afraid, panic!
Taiping said with some sarcasm: "King Liang, let's ask for more blessings in this matter!" This sudden slaughter of Tubo was indeed not expected in this palace! ”
Wu Sansi glanced at Taiping hatefully, he couldn't tell what Taiping wanted at this time, whether it was friend or foe!
Although there is still a commotion in the Royal Horse Farm, but the Tubo Bow Team has begun to slowly enter, the ten people on the field are all black high-headed horses, the whole body is black and bright, full of momentum, the people riding are also heroic, full of confidence, in contrast, the Liang Wang's bow team has obviously lost its momentum!
The two sides are ready, Zhang Changzong waved the flag, and the event began!