Chapter 194: Dark Horse

"Cheng Huailiang! First! Li Jingye! The first ...... "track cycling field, the atmosphere is very hot, wave after wave of shouts, all cheering for their optimistic athletes!

The origin of the Games is Li Su's inspiration in the bicycle race, so the bicycle race occupies a very special position in this Winter Games, not only the final round of the city cycling as the closing ceremony, but also the track cycling race as the first race after the opening.

Because there are not many competition items in the Winter Games, and the requirements for the competition venue are not very high, Li Ke rebuilt the original cycling field, which not only increased the area of the venue by more than double, but also built a staircase-shaped stand around it, which can accommodate up to 10,000 people to watch the competition together.

However, at the time of the race, the number of people who poured into the stadium to watch the game far exceeded 10,000, and the stands could not be crowded, so the spectators crowded into the open space between the stands and the track. Li Ke, the organizer, chose to acquiesce in this situation, after all, there are railings around the track, and there is no need to worry about the audience crowding on the track and hindering the game, after all, the more people watch the game, the more people will help them publicize, and next year's Datang Games will be more appealing, and even for this reason, this Winter Games is simply free and does not charge any ticket fees.

However, in such a crowded stand, a special area was set aside directly north, where a huge vermilion curtain was erected, and Li Shimin and Empress Changsun, as well as a group of concubines, princes, princesses, etc., all sat there. The Winter Games were proposed by Li Su. Then it was personally organized by Li Ke, as their father, he naturally wanted to come to cheer, not to mention that he himself is a sports maniac, and he can't let go of such a grand event in front of him, not to mention that this competition is also related to the harmony with Tubo.

"Rokuro. Although Songtsen Gampo is temporarily behind Jingye and Huailiang, he is one place ahead of your third brother, and it seems that he still has room to spare. It is estimated that by the last lap, the opponent is likely to break out, and who wins and loses in the end. It's really hard to say! Li Shimin watched the game below, and pointed to the four people in front and said to Li Su.

Li Shimin sat on the right of the eldest grandson, on the left was Concubine Yang, and behind him was a bunch of concubines, and Li Su sat beside Concubine Yang, instead of sitting on both sides like other princes and princesses. This was also specially arranged by Li Shimin, in order to facilitate the discussion of the situation on the field with Li Su.

"Father, it's only halfway through now, and it's the first time that Songtsen Gampo has participated in this kind of competition. It is inevitable that you will be a little nervous, so even if you have spare strength, it will be difficult to surpass the two favorites Huailiang and Li Jingye! Li Su looked at the Songtsan ganpo that was biting Cheng Huailiang and Li Jingye's buttocks tightly, and said slowly.

Although he said it toughly, a trace of worry flashed in Li Su's eyes. The track race is 12 miles, just three laps around the field, and now it is the second lap, but Songtsen Gampo is still clinging to the top two, and those who have participated in this kind of racing know that the first place is the most tiring. On the contrary, the people who followed only stared at the background of the people in front of them, but they did not feel too tired, and it is estimated that Songtsen Gampo used this method to accumulate animal strength.

Cheng Huailiang, who was ranked first in the field, was also scolding his mother, while pedaling the bicycle desperately, he yelled at Li Jingye, who was following closely next to him: "Liulang is really, why did you change the rules of our competition, if it was still according to our previous rules, Lao Tzu would have kicked this dirt bun behind him a long time ago!" ”

In fact, it is not to blame Cheng Huailiang for being angry, Songtsan Gampo is following behind his wheels, not only reducing the wind resistance, but also making a transcendent posture from time to time, which makes Cheng Huailiang very nervous, and from time to time he has to speed up, which consumes a lot of physical strength. …,

"Uncle Cheng, if you really can't do it, you just let that guy go over first, anyway, there is still a lap, and then you can go back and go back when you have enough strength!" Li Jingye didn't want to consume his physical strength by talking, but Huailiang kept yelling, so he had to reply so that he could calm down.

"No, how can we let a Tubo person rank first in the competition held by our Datang, and this is the first game of the Winter Games, Lao Tzu must not lose!" Although Cheng Huailiang said that he couldn't lose, he would inevitably be a little slack under his feet between words, and he was accidentally overtaken by Songtsen Gampo, and at this time they had entered the most critical third circle.

People outside the arena couldn't help but exclaim when they saw that the first place was temporarily won by the Tubo lord, and they stood up excitedly one by one, waving their arms to cheer for Cheng Huailiang and Li Jingye, hoping that the two could regain the first place.

"Bastard!" Li Jingye looked at the Songtsan Gampo in front of him, and couldn't help but scold angrily in a low voice, and at the same time used all the strength he had been accumulating just now, pedaling the car desperately, and finally maintained a situation where he and the other party went hand in hand.

Cheng Huailiang, who was originally ranked first, suddenly fell to third, he was naturally very unwilling, and desperately accelerated to regain the first position, but just now he had consumed a lot of physical strength, and now he seemed to be a little lacking in stamina, so he could only watch the two people in front of him but couldn't surpass him.

Halfway through the third lap, Li Jingye and Songtsan Gampo in front still did not distinguish between the superior and inferior, and at this time, the players behind saw that the end line was in front of them, and they all began to exert their strength, for example, Li Ke, who had been ranked fourth, surpassed Cheng Huailiang in front of him in the blink of an eye, and also rushed to the position tied with Songtsan Gampo, and the three began to compete for the championship.

Although most of the people in the audience were paying attention to the first three people, some people also noticed that in the second echelon of the drivers, a dark horse suddenly came out, and a young man in a blue cloth short coat overtook the other players in a few breaths, and rushed to the fifth place in the blink of an eye, and then surpassed Cheng Huailiang without stopping, and followed the first three people closely, but it was a pity that whether it was Songtsan Gampo or Li Ke and Li Jingye, they all paid attention to the two people next to them. I didn't notice that someone was already chasing after me.

And when it was only a hundred steps away from the finish line, everyone began to accelerate desperately without reservation, and the young man in blue who had rushed to the fourth place was flying with his legs, and it seemed that he was almost kicking the bicycle out of sparks, and the wheels were spinning faster, and when he was less than 30 meters away from the finish line, he finally surpassed Li Ke and the three people in the front row and grabbed the first place.

"Wow~" Seeing this dark horse that was killed in the sky, there was an uproar in the audience, and almost everyone stood up excitedly. Li Su, who was sitting next to Li Shimin, jumped up and shouted loudly, no matter who wins, as long as that Songtsen Gampo doesn't take the lead.

"Bell~" With a crisp chirp from the referee at the finish line, the dark horse crossed the finish line without accident and won the first official championship in the history of Datang Sports.

"Hahahaha~, Father, I am full of talents in the Tang Dynasty, but I didn't expect an unknown person to not only win a racing veteran like Jingye and Huailiang, but even the lord of Tubo was left behind, all thanks to your good governance!" Li Su said proudly, but in order to give Li Shimin a step down, he finally patted the other party's ass a little.

Li Shimin didn't expect that at the end of the game, there would be such a dark horse that reversed the overall situation? In addition, seeing Li Su's proud appearance, he even felt like he couldn't cry or laugh for a while.

The fun of the game is not only to watch the contestants compete for each other, but also to the uncertainty of the results, when the first runner crosses the finish line, you can never be sure which is the real champion? And the appearance of this young man today is a very accurate embodiment of this law. …,

As soon as the young man in blue crossed the finish line, he was immediately surrounded by the spectators waiting at the finish line, and inquired about the situation of the young runner, in fact, before the race, the information about the runners had been posted, but at that time, everyone was paying attention to the information of the Tubo Lord, Li Ke and other people, and no one paid attention to such an unknown boy at all.

As for Li Ke and Songtsen Gampo, they crossed the finish line almost at the same time, but according to the final observation, Songtsen Gampo crossed the finish line a little earlier than Li Ke and Li Jingye, so they won the second, while Li Jingye was in third, and Li Ke did not enter the top three by a millimeter.

As one of the initiators of the Winter Games, Li Su snatched the award work, originally let Li Shimin do it in person, the effect was better, but after all, the Winter Games was just an experiment, and the scene was relatively chaotic, so in the end, it was Li Su, the most favored prince, to do it. In addition, as the presenter, Li Su also wanted to know the origin of this dark horse.

However, just when Li Su was surrounded by guards and squeezed through the crowd, he happened to see Songtsen Gampo, who was protected by a group of Tubo people and was wiping his sweat and resting. And at this time he also saw the true face of Songtsen Gampo, a historical legend, this year Songtsen Gampo is only 21 years old, not very tall, estimated to be about 1.65 meters at most, but the figure is very stocky, slender face, with a mustache under the chin, a typical plateau look. However, it may be that he follows the local customs, and today's Songtsen Gampo looks like a Han man no matter how he dresses or dresses up, but his black and red complexion can still be seen at a glance The difference between him and the Han people.

seemed to have sensed it, and when Li Su was looking at the Tubo lord at close range, the other party suddenly raised his head, and his eyes like a wolf king finally collided with Li Su fiercely. (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )