The next day just dawned, Chang'an City was scratched, countless men threw bowls and threw their legs to Chongye Fang, the polo match of Anxi team and Fan Yang team was held in the near noon, although there was still half a day, but Chongye Fang was already crowded early in the morning, gathered more than 100,000 people, this is a grand occasion that has never been seen since Tianbao, a team of cavalry is back to patrol, to stop the crowding of people.

Chongyefang Polo Stadium is one of the two largest polo fields in Chang'an City, the other is the East Inner Garden Polo Field, which is an open structure, that is, there is no wall and stands, if all the surrounding sides are full, you can squeeze more than 10,000 people, but today the east side of the stadium has been requisitioned, and four layers of stands have been built, which is a seat for the magnates, and there is even news that His Majesty the Emperor will come to watch the polo match today.

It is impossible for more than 100,000 people to see all the games, and the walls and trees near all the polo fields are also full of people, and the most spectacular is the Xuandu Temple next to it, not only the walls are full of fans, but even the roof of the highest hall has people climbed up.

Polo is the national sport of the Tang Dynasty, whether it is the common people or the powerful, whether it is a man or a woman, whether it is an old man or a child, the fanaticism for polo has reached an unstoppable level, and even the late Tang Emperor Zhaozong Li Ye was forced to move the capital to Luoyang, and the six armies have fled, still take more than a dozen polo players with him, and he can't bear to give up.

In the Tang Dynasty, not only the warriors who rode horses to fight like polo, but also the scholars were crazy about polo.

With the popularity of women's polo, a form of donkey riding and playing ball with a smaller body and running slower -- donkey bow also came into being among women and became a unique women's sport in the Tang Dynasty.

In the Song Dynasty, due to the loss of the horse breeding base and the fading of the martial spirit, polo began to become entertaining, and Keju replaced polo and became the love of the people of the Song Dynasty, but in the Tang Dynasty, polo is still a kind of military drama, fierce confrontation and fighting, murderous blood, just like the real battle between the two armies, it is the favorite of the martial Tang people.

At this time, the northwest corner and the southeast corner at the same time a wave of movement, this is the two teams into the field, the fans have flashed to both sides, to give way to two passages, today's polo team into the field is particularly guarded, Jin Wuwei and Wan Cavalry Battalion each hold a giant shield, the two teams are closely protected into the field, in a game three years ago, a player of the Hedong Polo Team entered, was stabbed to death by a fanatical fan with a sword, so protecting the safety of the polo player, it has become a major event of Jin Wuwei and Wan Cavalry Battalion.

The Anxi team and the Fan Yang team rushed into the field almost at the same time, and suddenly there was jubilation on the side of the polo field, shouting and applauding one after another, and twenty polo players galloped on the court, they were dressed in military uniforms and military helmets, all of them were tall and majestic.

From time to time, they waved to the fans on the sidelines, and the fans screamed and shouted and rushed forward in a desperate way, and the soldiers who maintained order on the side desperately blocked it, and the atmosphere on the polo field was extremely frenetic.

At this time, three officials of Taifu Temple stepped forward and began to check the harness and equipment of both sides, from this session, the rules of the polo tournament have become very strict, especially one has been added, it is not allowed to hurt people and horses with hidden weapons, this is because in the last competition, Cai Xide injured the war horse of the Anxi Army with a boot blade, so this game is specially stipulated that if the opponent is bruised with a sharp weapon other than a stick, the person concerned will be immediately kicked out of the court, and the team will also be judged to lose at the same time.

Despite the strict rules, today's game was really unusual, and the officials of Taifu Temple still had to check them one by one, mainly checking the boots and sticks of both sides.

In the stands of the arena, An Lushan frowned, lowered his voice and asked the staff Yan Zhuang: "What strategy did Mr. use, I see that they are all alive and well." ”

Yan Zhuang lightly stroked a few rat whiskers and laughed in a low voice: "Don't worry, Dashuai, I already have arrangements, they may have seen through my first plan, but my second and third plans will make them unable to guard against it." ”

An Lushan looked around the arena suspiciously, he really couldn't see where the solemn arrangement would be? Yan Zhuang whispered a few words to him, and An Lushan suddenly realized and nodded secretly.

On the court, the two polo teams have turned over and played horses, and below is the exchange of sticks, which is just a kind of etiquette, and the sticks are provided by the Taifu Temple, and the golfers are not allowed to take them privately.

In the cold of early spring, in the biting cold wind, the two teams stood face to face, coincidentally, Li Qing'an's opposite happened to be Shi Siming, Li Qing'an looked at him deeply, smiled at him slightly, Shi Siming's gaze avoided, and the muscles on his face pulled unconsciously.

"Two teams exchange sticks!" Zhu Hongyuan, the young secretary of Taifu Temple, shouted.

The war horse urged, the two teams slowly caught up, the staff touched in the air, and then handed it to the other party, at the moment when the two horses were staggered, Li Qingan turned sideways and laughed in a low voice: "General Shi, you will lose this battle, exactly the same as you lost last time." ”

Shi Siming trembled, his eyes looked straight ahead, and his lips were almost biting blood, "Never!" "He's going to snap the roots of his teeth.

"General Shi doesn't believe it? Then wait and see! Li Qingan smiled slightly and urged the horse to go away.

Shi Siming stood there in a daze, forgetting to return to the team.

"Siming, don't be in a daze, it's about to start." Cai Xide urged loudly.

Shi Siming sighed, he slowly lowered his head and followed the team to his side.

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The game is about to start, and the VIP seats are all full, all of them are powerful families in Chang'an, but Li Longji, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, did not come.

Both sides went back to their own goals to wait, Duan Xiushi shouted in a low voice, and said: "We have waited for three years, today is our revenge, play with momentum, and let the Fanyang dog thieves taste the power of our Anxi Army!" ”

Ten sticks waved, all the players lined up, Li Qingan and Bai Yuanguang as attackers, in the forefront, as the vanguard, the majestic He Lou Yurun and the other two burly players for the rear army, and the main formation of the Chinese army is Duan Xiushi, Li Fei Shouyu and other five people are in charge.

Fan Yangjun's formation is the same as last time, Cai Xide and Yin Ziqi are the vanguard, Shi Siming is in charge of the Chinese army, the formation is slightly different from the Anxi army, they are three pioneers, four Chinese army, more focused on attacking, at this time Cai Xide whispered to everyone: "Let me tell you first, Mr. Yan Zhuang has made arrangements, there will be abnormal situations in Anxi from time to time, we just know in our hearts, don't make a fuss." ”

When everyone heard this, they looked at Anxi Jun excitedly.

The two armies looked at each other from a distance, both looking at each other with hostility, and the atmosphere outside the arena became more and more frenzied, shouting like thunder, beating gongs and drums, and many people's voices were hoarse.

At this time, the timing incense had been lit, and as soon as the bell rang, a bow ball flew into the middle of the field, and the two sides started almost at the same time, the war horse galloped, the staff waved, and swooped straight to the bow ball in the middle.

Bai Yuanguang arrived first, with a wave of the stick, the ball flew to Li Qing'an on the left, Cai Xide roared, waved a stick and hit the ball with people, Li Qing'an dodged his fierce stick sideways, the ball was gentle, and it was transferred to Duan Xiushi of the Chinese army, not waiting for Duan Xiushi to divide the ball, Shi Siming and two golfers hit on both sides and snatched the ball away, Shi Siming made a long swing and hit the ball far ahead.......

The players on both sides were like lightning, galloping on the field, the bow ball was flying in the air, for a while the Anxi army was dominant, and for a while the Fan Yang team was ahead, seeing that the first timer incense was about to burn out, the two sides still did not break the goal.

At this time, the Anxi army played a delicate cooperation, Bai Yuanguang and Duan Xiushi broke through Fan Yangjun's interception one after the other, and had reached the left side of the hole, and Li Fei Shouyu on the right also rushed to come, Fan Yangjun was shocked, seven people rushed to the left and right, Shi Siming, who was in front, suddenly found that there was no one in front of Li Qing'an in the middle of the road, and there was a gap, he was so anxious that he shouted: "This is a plan to divert the tiger from the mountain, quickly return to the middle!" ”

After Shi Siming finished shouting, he urged the horse to rush, and at the same moment, Bai Yuanguang made a beautiful back knock, and the polo flew out of the crack and landed in front of Li Qing'an, the ball was still a zhang away from Li Qing'an, Shi Siming also arrived, he was only half a zhang away from the ball.

"General Shi, can you stop me?"

Li Qing'an chuckled, Shi Siming hesitated, and involuntarily pulled the reins, at the moment of lightning, Li Qing'an swung his staff and made a stunt, the ball whistled in front of Shi Siming, fifty steps away, the ball went into the net, and Anxi opened the record.

The arena suddenly thundered with joy, countless people jumped up excitedly, and Yang Huahua on the VIP stage was so excited that she screamed: "Li Qilang, play well!" ”

Gao Lishi also came to watch the game today, and when he saw Li Qingan scoring a goal, he couldn't help laughing, and said to Pei Kuan, who was also a horse fan next to him: "What does Pei Shangshu think about this?" ”

Pei Kuan also smiled: "He has eaten Shi Siming." ”

He sighed again, "It's a pity! ”

Gao Lishi was stunned, "What does Pei Shangshu mean by this?" ”

Pei Kuan smiled faintly and said: "The eagle wants to go to the mountains and valleys to see its true colors, if it is kept in a cage, how is it different from a pig and a dog?" ”

Gao Lishi nodded slightly, and suddenly whispered a few words to him, Pei Kuan was stunned, and asked with some disbelief: "Gao Weng, is this really the case?" ”

"Pei Shangshu, you can pay close attention."

Pei Kuan's suspicious eyes were fixed on Fan Yangjun's polo player, and at this time, a bell rang, the first game was over, and the two sides had to rest for a while before fighting.

A high-intensity confrontation match made both players sweat profusely, have to the sidelines to get water to quench their thirst, the water is unified by the Taifu Temple to provide, is boiled hot tea, the tea of the Tang Dynasty is boiled with water, there are various spices added to it, with a large bowl full, there are miscellaneous servants have already been prepared, things are placed on two tables, dozens of bowls of tea, in addition, the porcelain plate is also prepared with various colors of fine dots.

Everyone stepped forward to get tea, at this time An Lushan looked at the Anxi army nervously, but the Anxi army did not go to drink the tea prepared by the Taifu Temple, but Li Siye and others on the sidelines threw in dozens of skins of water, and the soldiers of the Anxi army took the skins and drank them bitterly, and gave the horses water.

"Generals, why don't you drink the tea we prepared?" An official from Taifu Temple ran up and asked.

Duan Xiushi smiled and said, "Thank you Liu, it's just that we never drink tea in the competition, only water, so we prepared it ourselves." ”

The commander was stunned for a moment, and then said, "Since this is the case, then we can prepare clear water." ”

"No, we're already prepared."

Duan Xiushi glanced at Fan Yangjun again, and said with a smile: "Let's give Fan Yangjun these teas to drink!" I don't think they're enough. ”

In the stands, An Lushan snorted heavily, and said to Yan Zhuang dissatisfiedly: "Mr.'s strategy seems to have been seen through by others, and others have been prepared, so what?" ”

Yan Zhuang still smiled and said: "Don't panic, don't panic, these two strategies are just my voice to attack the west, guiding the direction of attention of the Anxi army, my real killer weapon, forgive them for not dreaming of it." ”

"Dang!" In the distance another bell rang, and the game began again.

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The second game is the midfield, which is the most crucial one to determine the outcome of the game, and the Anxi Army is currently leading by one goal, and in the second game, the bloody side of polo is gradually beginning to be revealed.

In the fierce confrontation, the two sides scored two goals each, the score became three to two, as the intensity of the game intensified, the fire of hatred between the two sides three years ago began to be ignited, the actions of the two armies became rough, the yellow dust rolled under the horses' hooves, the war horses collided fiercely, the fists and feet were added when they were glued, the stick became a murder weapon, Duan Xiushi's war horse was hit in the eye with a cane, neighed and fell to the ground, Yin Ziqi was also punched by He Lou Yurun and his head was bleeding, and the game had to be interrupted.

The emotions of the spectators outside the stadium were gradually infected, some people began to scold, some people threw stones into the field, and in the northwest corner, there was even a fierce brawl between fans on both sides, and the cavalry rushed up and directly dragged the brawler away.

The game resumed after a brief pause, and at this time, Pei Kuan's eyes in the stands never left Li Qing'an, and he gradually realized that what Gao Lishi had told him was about to happen.

'Bang! There was a crisp sound on the ground, the bow ball flew sideways, about a zhang away from Li Qing'an, Li Qing'an galloped on his horse, and waved his staff with both hands to hit the bow ball, at this moment, Cai Xide urged the horse to rush up, and Li Qing'an was close to each other, Li Qing'an hit the ball out with both hands at the moment he was close.

Suddenly, Cai Xide screamed, fell from the horse to the ground, the audience was in a sensation, and they all stood up, only to see Cai Xide's right shoulder with a dagger, he rolled on the ground in pain, bleeding profusely.

The sudden situation stunned the officials of the Taifu Temple, and Shi Siming rushed over and shouted, "Don't you care? The Anxi army actually used a hidden weapon to hurt people. ”

The game stopped, Fan Yangjun roared and pounced on Li Qing'an, and the Anxi army did not show weakness, protecting Li Qing'an's regiment, the two sides were tense, seeing that a scene from three years ago was about to be staged again, at this moment, An Lushan yelled, "Stop it all for me!" ”

He rushed off the platform, stretched out his hand and slapped Shi Siming, and scolded: "It's all Tang Jun, who dares to Neijiang?" ”

Fan Yangjun retreated silently, An Lushan stepped forward to take a look at Cai Xide's injury, he sighed, and said to Li Qingan: "General Li, it's just a polo game, why do you bother to be so ruthless?" ”

The polo field was quiet, Zhu Hongyuan, the young secretary of the Taifu Temple, who presided over the game today, was sweating profusely, he never expected that a scene three years ago happened again, and this time it was a change of role, Fan Yangjun became a victim, the problem is that there are new rules this year, those who hurt people with murder weapons must be driven out of the arena immediately, and his team announced that it was lost, is Anxi Jun going to be the first punisher of this new rule?

Zhu Hongyuan was very embarrassed, he knew that if he enforced the law impartially, he would definitely offend the Anxi Army, but Fan Yang was present! What to do with him?

"General Li, how do you explain this?" Zhu Hongyuan had no choice but to question Li Qing'an.

Li Qingan said with a smile: "Zhu Shaoqing, I believe everyone saw it at that time, I was holding a stick with both hands, and I never let go, let me ask, how do I use a knife?" ”

Zhu Hongyuan was stunned, he understood something in his heart, squinted his eyes and glanced at An Lushan, at this time An Lushan said angrily: "Li Qing'an, even if you really do it, I can bear it, everyone thinks peace is precious, but you dare to bite back, and actually said that it was General Cai who harmed himself, you deceive people too much, I want to go to the Holy Lord to sue you." ”

Li Qingan arched his hand and smiled: "An Shuai, when did I say that General Cai harmed himself?" You're thinking too much. ”

"Humph! You didn't say it explicitly, but that's what you meant. ”

"General Li is not wrong at all!"

Pei Kuan walked up slowly, and he sneered and said: "An Shuai may have bad eyes, but I can see it clearly, General Li didn't pull out any dagger at all, as for how Cai Xide has a dagger on his shoulder, you and I know it." ”

Although Pei Kuan was the envoy of Fan Yangjie, but he and An Lushan are mortal enemies, the generals he valued and promoted after An Lushan came to power, they were all demoted, and even one of his confidants was killed by An Lushan by the hands of the Khitans, which made Pei Kuan extremely sad, at this time An Lushan wanted to make despicable means to frame the Anxi army, Pei Kuan would never allow the Fan Yang army he had led to become a scoundrel.

An Lushan snorted heavily with his hands behind his back and said, "This matter is decided by Taifu Temple, what does it have to do with Pei Shangshu?" ”

At this time, Zhu Hongyuan, the Shaoqing of Taifu Temple, was already soaking wet, there was no evidence for this kind of thing, it happened in an instant, no one could see it clearly, unlike later generations who could still video replay, it all depended on human judgment, saying that Li Qingan could make a murderer, and saying that Cai Xide could harm himself, the key is to see whose backstage is hard.

This is the cleverness of Yan Zhuang's design, first drugged in the water to confuse the Anxi army and make them focus on diet, but he took advantage of the loopholes in the new rules and designed Cai Xide to harm himself, in this case, Fan Yangjun has a temperance to make it, and the Anxi army is alone, Gao Xianzhi is far away in Anxi, in this way, the final verdict must be in favor of Fan Yangjun, Li Qingan was expelled from the field, and his reputation was ruined, and Fan Yangjun won the final victory, which is called returning his body in the way of others, and he was burned into the concert hall at the beginning, Didn't he Li Qingan do that?

Unexpectedly, he suddenly killed a Pei Kuan and openly supported the Anxi army, so that Yan Zhuang's originally impeccable strategy was suddenly torn apart.

Zhu Hongyuan was extremely embarrassed, on one side was the envoy of Fan Yangjie, the official of the frontier, and on the other side was the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, the new Xiangguo, he could not afford to offend anyone, at this time, Liu Zhiling next to him quietly stabbed Zhu Hongyuan's back and said in a low voice: "Let the king look to the left." ”

Zhu Hongyuan turned his head to look to the left, he was suddenly taken aback, only to see Gao Lishi standing not far away with his hands behind his back with a smile, he suddenly woke up, Gao Lishi is Li Qingan's backstage, and he can't afford to mess with him.

He immediately made up his mind and said with a smile: "An Dashuai is right, everyone is Tang Jun, why bother to fight in the same room?" I think it's actually a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding! Haha, it doesn't affect the game, the game can continue. ”

With a wave of his hand, he asked Cai Xide to be lifted down, ignoring the dagger on Cai Xide's shoulder.

An Lushan also saw Gao Lishi, he nodded to Gao Lishi flatteringly, but he was extremely depressed in his heart, with Gao Lishi coming forward, of course, this matter can only be closed, but the problem is that his top scorer Cai Xide can not participate.

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The game continued, without Cai Xide, the fierce general, Fan Yangjun's attack immediately weakened, gradually, the initiative of the whole field was grasped by the Anxi army, and the rhythm of the game was also controlled by the Anxi army.

Li Qing'an galloped on his horse, the bow ball flew towards him diagonally, his front was open, no one intercepted, and Shi Siming and other Chinese military players retreated to their own doorway, Li Qingan did not hesitate to wave his staff out, and the bow ball flew towards the hole with a roar, and Shi Siming stood next to the door.

"General Shi, can you intercept this twentieth arrow?" Li Qingan laughed loudly.

The beads of sweat on Shi Siming's forehead rolled down, he took a deep breath, and his eyes were fixed on the flying bow ball, but in his eyes, the bow ball changed, turned into an arrow, and shot in a wonderful posture.

His heart beat wildly, like the beat of a drum, the eighteenth, the nineteenth, it's time to shoot! It's time to strike! But his cane weighs as much as a thousand pounds, and he can't lift it.

Shi Siming yelled, but stopped abruptly halfway through the roar, the atmosphere around him was extremely weird, everyone looked at him blankly, and a golfer reminded in a low voice: "General Shi, the ball has been scored." ”

"Ahh Shi Siming's cane landed.

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With Shi Siming's abnormality, Fan Yangjun's morale completely collapsed, in the third game of the decisive game, was Anxi team scored six goals in a row, only Li Qingan alone scored four yuan, with a disparity of nine to two The score was greatly leading, the game became a one-sided slaughter, at the last moment, Fan Yangjun has completely lost his fighting spirit, and even has no confidence in chasing and intercepting, watching the Anxi army attack and score goals like the wind and lightning.

"Dang!" A bell rang on the ground, the game was over, and the polo field became a boiling ocean, An Lushan blushed and turned around and slapped Yan Zhuang hard.

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(To be continued)