Chapter 111: The Battle of Polo (Part I)
Due to Li Yizhong's extraordinary performance, he shot Song Liao to draw and pressed Xixia together; Yang Yi is still quite satisfied with this result, after all, riding and archery is the housekeeping skill of nomads, and now it is not easy for Li Yizhong and others to tie with Liao in this item.
In the next polo game, Yang Yi will personally lead the team into battle; There is a square goal on each side of the pitch, and each team plays ten horses, and the one with the most goals wins.
Polo was very popular in the former Tang Dynasty, and the Khitan was deeply influenced by the former Tang Dynasty, and this activity was also well inherited and developed in the Khitan; Polo is a high-intensity horse sport, and the scramble is generally very intense, which tests the team's riding skills, physical strength, and team cooperation.
After learning that Yang Yi was going to go into battle in person, Xiao Temo's heart moved, and he instructed his entourage to quietly find the Xia envoy Liang Dingshan, and said: "The Song envoy is too arrogant, if the Western Xia can extinguish the prestige of the Song envoy on the polo field and ask for relatives, the king of my family will try his best to help with the situation." ”
Liang Dingshan came this time, mainly to ask for marriage for the Xia lord Li Qianshun, but unfortunately Yelu Hongji refused on the grounds that Li Qianshun was still young; Liang Dingshan was moving around, hoping to persuade Yelu Hongji through Liaochen, and Xiao Temo took this as an exchange condition.
Xiao Temo's entourage saw Liang Dingshan's answer, so he sent a cue and said: "This is the cue that my king treasures, made of iron and wood, stronger than steel, Lord Liang may be able to use it, and my king wishes the Xixia flag to be victorious." ”
"Go back and tell your king, please rest assured that the foreign official will definitely satisfy him."
Polo is more ornamental than competitive shooting, the game has not yet started, countless people have been surrounded on all sides, there are soldiers and civilians, spectators are like mountains, Yang Yi changed into a leather armor, the polo scramble is very fierce, and a certain amount of protection is needed, Qing Niang obediently helped him tie the belt, pinched his little fist and said: "Brother Yang, you want to score more goals!" ”
"Qing Niang wants the eldest brother to score a few goals!"
Qing Niang immediately raised her hands, the ten fingers of the green onion white were as slender as jade, seeing Yang Yi looking at her ten fingers stunned, she spit out her fragrant tongue and pulled back two fingers, probably thinking that this requirement was still higher, so she simply withdrew one left hand.
"Brother Yang, it's just five! That's not much, right? ”
"No, it's just ten, Qing Niang's request for Brother Yang will never give the slightest discount, you wait and see, hahaha!"
Yang Yi let ten players discharge a three, three, or four formation, he and Ma Hanqing, Li Yizhong formed an iron triangle, Ma and Li will force the top corner of the opponent, and Yang Yi is slightly behind in the middle, just forming a triangle, he repeatedly taught the players how to cooperate, lure the enemy, intersperse, cover and other essentials, and finally asked: "Is it all clear?" ”
"My lord, it's clear!"
"Okay, this time I have to beat Xixia all over the ground to find teeth!"
"Hahaha!"
Yang Yi personally went into battle, the morale was very high, everyone didn't look at the Xixia people in their eyes, ten people wore red armor and galloped in, majestic and high-spirited;
On the other side, the Xixia team, led by Ye Lijiege, also galloped into the stadium at the same time.
The field is larger than the football field in later generations, the two sides slowly walked to the midfield, Brother Yelijie's gaze coldly crossed over the members of the Great Song Dynasty, and finally stopped on Yang Yi's face, and said with pride: "Master Yang, this is a trick played by our rough people, Master Yang is a civil official, I advise you to go to the sidelines to watch, otherwise you will bump into it later, and others will not say that we are bullying powerless scholars." ”
After Brother Yeli Jie finished speaking, the ten members of the Western Xia team immediately let out an extremely exaggerated laugh; Yang Yi compared his own club, turned back to Li Yizhong and the others and said, "Remember, we only laugh for victory, and nothing else is worth laughing at!" ”…,
"Whoa!"
Li Yizhong and the others responded in unison, their faces were indifferent, which embarrassed the Xixia team members who were laughing loudly, and they couldn't laugh anymore; Yang Yi's direct disregard was even more uncomfortable than Brother Yelijie's mockery.
The polo was only the size of a fist, and when it was thrown into the stadium by a person, the two sides immediately began to fight fiercely, the horses were hoarse, the clubs were clashing, the dust was flying, and all kinds of shouts and cheers rang out, it was really a bit like two armies fighting against each other.
Xie Dongsheng in the midfield grabbed the ball first, quickly smashed it, the ball came out from under the belly of the Xixia players, and after the other team member received the ball, he swung a shot and passed the ball to Ma Hanqing in the top right corner, Ma Hanqing used the club to hold the ball, and immediately forcibly rushed to the middle, attracting the three Xixia players;
At this time, Yang Yi rushed to the right corner of the periphery, and Ma Hanqing came to alternate intersperse, Ma Hanqing saw the opportunity and passed the ball back to Yang Yi, Yang Yi immediately waved the ball towards the goal;
With Ma Hanqing and Yang Yi attracted, Li Yizhong in the left corner was ignored, and at this time, near the goal that was easily inserted, he received Yang Yi's pass, and he easily pushed the ball into the Xixia goal.
1 to 0,
The Western Xia players were dumbfounded, this is too easy, this is different from the endless scene of fierce fighting, how is it different?
In the past, they have always used mark-and-shoot tactics, who has the ball in their hands, they will surround it together to force it, Yang Yi They have lured the Xixia players around through a few beautiful interspersed cooperation, except for Ma Hanqing when he broke into the middle with the ball, and the Xixia players had a fierce scramble, Yang Yi and Li Yizhong are both easy and unlimited, and before the Xixia players rushed up to scramble, they had already sent the ball into the goal.
This wonderful scene not only cheered for the Qing Niang, but also the people of Liao also cheered loudly.
Yelu Hongji, who was sitting on the high platform, saw this scene and said to his grandson Yelu Yanxi: "The Southern Dynasty is indeed full of talents!" Yang Yi's set of tactics of luring the enemy, interspersing, and smashing the enemy's nest basically did not fight hard with the opponent, but he could make the opponent tired, and finally suddenly inserted into the middle palace with the left side of the seemingly idle man, and easily captured the flag. Although Yang Yi is young, from today's point of view, Xiao Dalin was unjustly defeated! ”
The princess of Yue Guo next to her said: "Father, Sun Ziyun, know yourself and know your opponent, you will not be defeated in a hundred battles, as long as we know more about Yang Yi's tactics, he will have nothing to fear." ”
"Hahaha, Terry is right, Yang Yi's tactics are more suitable for cavalry combat, but the Southern Dynasty lacks horses, even if the tactics are good, if they really get to the battlefield, they will be greatly discounted, there is nothing to be afraid of, he is afraid that he will be in vain today, hahaha......"
Yelu Hongji laughed very happily, and Yelu Yanxi and the others also laughed happily. Yang Yi on the field doesn't know Yelu Hongji's thoughts, if he knows, he has to laugh, some cooperation on the polo field can indeed be applied to the battlefield, but the key depends on the general's imminent performance, "Sun Tzu's Art of War" Everyone is reading, but how many real famous generals have appeared? It's Zhao Kuo and his ilk.
The Xixia team has reopened the ball, they can't adapt to Yang Yi's new style of play for a while, Ye Li Jie Ge is very simple, he takes the ball himself, and then lets the players form a charging formation to protect the surroundings, and rush towards the goal of the Da Song side! No matter how many ways you come, I'll only go all the way.
This style of play is the ruthlessness of both sides, the war horses on the field neighed, the hooves sounded like thunder, except for Yang Yi who stayed in the opponent's half, Ma Hanqing and others also all returned to the defense, joining the fierce blocking, scrambling.
Brother Yeli Jie took the ball, after all, it was impossible for the war horse to sprint at full speed, and was soon stopped by Ma Hanqing and others, and the two sides became a big scuffle, the clubs hit each other, the war horses squeezed and kicked each other, and the half of the Song Dynasty side was like a pot, and both sides inevitably had some radical small actions. …,
Ma Hanqing is bold, after squeezing over a Xixia player, he finally squeezed to Yeli Jiege's side, the two clubs suddenly collided together, crackling non-stop, as a result, as soon as Ma Hanqing grabbed the ball, he immediately passed it to his teammates, and the player swung vigorously, and the polo flew out of the air and flew towards Yang Yi who stayed in the Xixia half.
The Xixia team members saw that it was not good, and they rushed towards Yang Yi with flying horses!
Yang Yi judged the situation, and without waiting for the polo to land, he volleyed a flying rod in the air, and with a snap, the polo turned in the air and flew towards the goal at a faster speed; Yang Yi's position is still more than 20 steps away from the goal, and the goal is only one foot square, so he can also shoot the ball into the goal?
On and off the field, countless pairs of eyes followed the trajectory of the polo, and the atmosphere did not dare to breathe, nervously waiting for the final result, whew!
When the polo was ready to fly into the goal, the stadium and the field instantly burst out of the tsunami-like cheers, this is like a shot of divine help, even Yang Yi was pleasantly surprised, holding the club around the field, Yelu Hongji and others on the high platform couldn't help but stand up, cheering for this wonderful volley long shot, the most is the princess of the Yue Kingdom, looking at Yang Yi's eyes full of thick smiles.
The Xixia team drove the ball out again, but Li Yizhong stole the ball in the midfield and quickly passed it to Yang Yi, this time Yeli Jie Ge left two players to stare at Yang Yi, Li Yizhong just passed the ball over, and the two forced Yang Yi left and right, to Yang Yi's surprise, these two people did not fight with him for control of the polo, but just clamped him and blocked the angle of his pass.
Brother Yelijie quickly rushed back with all the team members, and rushed up, Ma Hanqing and others also went up to relieve the siege, the two sides were entangled, the scene was chaotic and abnormal, Brother Yelijie flashed a cold smile in his eyes, taking advantage of the chaos, he suddenly swung the club and knocked on the front hooves of Yang Yi's mount, Yang Yi's mount screamed sadly, fell forward, and Yang Yi, who was caught off guard, was thrown out of the horse's head.
With a snort, another Xixia player swept his legs with a club, and if it was a solid sweep, Yang Yi's foot bones would have to be broken.
"Your Excellency!" Ma Hanqing exclaimed, he couldn't save it, in this moment, Yang Yi quickly blocked it with the club in his hand, and the club was broken in response, but it finally blocked this insidious sweep slightly, and after touching the ground and rolling, Yang Yi immediately bounced up, quickly avoided a pair of horses' hooves that stepped on his head, and the half-cut club hit the calf bone of the Xixia player fiercely,
Yes!
The terrible howl was accompanied by the sound of broken bones, and Yang Yi had already flown to Ma Hanqing's side.
"Come on, sir!"
Ma Hanqing pulled Yang Yi onto the horse, and immediately broke away from the crowd, this scene happened in an instant, and when he reacted on and off the field and let out a burst of exclamations, the Xixia player who was knocked out of his leg bone had been dragged out by the war horse for four or five feet, and he was rescued by Brother Yeli Jie and others, so as not to die.
"Damn, dare to come to Yin, Ma Hanqing, you don't have to keep your hands later, it doesn't matter if you live or die!"
"My subordinates understand!"