The next day before dawn, 100 internal guard cavalry escorted the polo team to the imperial city, today the two games are held in the east of the imperial city, the internal guard team and the Taiping Fu team game in the Qianqiying Polo Field, and the Qiancai Battalion and the Liang Wang military generals team of the game is placed in the right guard horse field, the two polo fields are less than two miles apart, attracting more than 200,000 Luoyang people to pour into the imperial city to watch the game.

In fact, if the defending army had not closed the city gates in time, there would have been more fans pouring in, and the imperial city would have been overwhelmed, and all the gates to enter the palace city would have been closed, and the city would have been full of heavily armed soldiers.

The sky is bright, the two polo fields are already crowded with people, noisy and noisy, drums and music shake the sky, as if encountering a grand festival, nearly 30,000 troops are responsible for maintaining order in the field, 8,000 heavy infantry stand in line in the two stadiums, to prevent the audience from rushing into the stadium out of control.

Li Zhen led the team into the big tent in the northeast corner, and Li Zhen summoned the polo players for the last deployment before the battle.

"Today is still the same as last time, I hit the left side of the middle army, the right route is responsible for the brother slave, Lao Fat and Lao Chang guard the back road, Xiao Ye plays the front army, in addition, the last time the close tactics are very effective, this time the old fat still has to stick to the main force to deal with. ”

Li Zhen's eyes fell on Jiuzhi, who was eager to try, and said to him: "The person you are keeping an eye on is not Zhang Changzong, but Yang Shenjiao. ”

Everyone felt strange, and Chang Kuan asked: "Zhang Changzong is a former army and chief general, why don't you keep an eye on him, but instead focus on Yang Shenjiao of the Chinese army?"

"Although Zhang Changzong also played well, he was still a lot inferior to Yang Shenjiao, Yang Shenjiao is the real threat, I don't mean to follow Yang Shenjiao to run all over the field, as long as he breaks into the front area, you must keep an eye on him and don't give him a chance to shoot. ”

"What about Zhang Changzong?" Jiu Zhi worried: "If Yang Shenjiao attracts me away, the back line will be empty, wouldn't it give him a chance to attack?"

"There is also a lot of time to sit near the goal, can prevent Zhang Changzong, and if the situation is critical, we will withdraw in time to assist in the defense, in short, as I said yesterday, first stabilize the defense, and then wait for the opportunity to counterattack"

Everyone nodded silently, their forces are weak, and only playing defensive counterattacks is the correct plan.

At this time, the drums of war urging outside sounded, and Li Zhen said to everyone: "Finally, check the equipment and war horses again, and prepare for battle."

In another tent, Princess Taiping is also making the final pre-war mobilization, and unlike Shangguan Wan'er, she is extremely concerned about the results of her polo team, and she is eager to win the polo tournament this year, which will greatly benefit her personal prestige and also help her rise in the imperial court.

"I don't want to talk about what happened yesterday, I only have one request now, you have to go all out and win today's game. ”

Princess Taiping's tone was very stern, her eyes wandered coldly on the face of every polo player, and finally landed on Zhang Changzong's face, last night Zhang Changzong poisoned more than a dozen good horses without Princess Taiping's knowledge, trying to blame the internal guard polo team, Princess Taiping was blinded for a while, and finally found out that it was Zhang Changzong who did it, and almost fainted with anger.

Fortunately, she stopped the investigation of Dali Temple in time, otherwise once the matter became big, the incident at noon would also be implicated, and she would not be able to eat and walk around, Zhang Changzong, a fool, didn't know how powerful that woman was in Dali Temple, and actually led the wolf into the house.

If it weren't for the love between the beds, Princess Taiping would have beaten Zhang Changzong a long time ago, she retracted her angry gaze at Zhang Changzong, and said to everyone: "I'll say ugly things first, if you lose this game, then your bounty this year will be canceled, and you won't have a penny, on the contrary, if you win this game, each person will be rewarded with one hundred taels of gold, remember?"

Everyone straightened up and shouted, "Remember"

Princess Taiping waved her hand, "Go to war, give me the inner guard"

The polo players turned over one after another, Zhang Changzong took the lead, leading everyone to run towards the polo field, his face was gloomy, and he held back his anger, he didn't dare to provoke Princess Taiping, so the anger in his heart was going to be vented on today's opponent.

The drum sounded again, the two teams slowly lined up, the two sides of the main will stand on one side, presided over today's game Langzhong Wang Jin took out a copper coin and said loudly: "The two sides of the main will choose"

Zhang Changzong looked at Li Zhen coldly and said, "I choose the literal"

Li Zhen raised his eyebrows and smiled slightly, "Since Zhang Gongzi chooses the literal, then I will choose the finish." ”

Wang Jin threw the money high, and when the money landed, what they saw was the Xingyue finish, Wang Jin threw the ball to Li Zhen, and ran quickly to the outside of the field, Zhang Changzong snorted heavily, turned the horse and left.

The polo game in the Tang Dynasty was different from the polo match in later generations, there were no fouls and court referees, only one game host, responsible for the opening, ending and scoring, once the game started, it would not stop, even if someone was injured in the middle, it would be resolved by itself, unless there was a fierce conflict between the two sides.

Polo is a sport that is very prone to player conflicts, but it is relatively rare in national competitions, especially under the nose of the Son of Heaven, local governments can restrain their own teams, there was only one conflict last year, and so far this year, there has been no conflict.

With a dull drum sounded, a landslide-like cry broke out around the court, the game finally began, Li Zhen hit a diagonal line, Xiaoye longitudinal horse caught up, controlled the polo, the horses of both sides chased and interspersed like the wind, and soon the polo was broken by Zheng Tai, the right side of the Taiping Fu team, Zheng Tai nicknamed 'Nightshade Hand, which means that he has a strong ability to pass and break the ball.

Before Zhang Changzong joined, the Taiping Mansion team also had a high passer, named Ji Zhigao, nicknamed Ma, who was responsible for passing the ball to Yang Shenjiao, the main attacker, but Zhang Zongchang's joining, so that the horse, was forced to sit on the field and watch the game, Yang Shenjiao also retreated to play the Chinese army, Zhang Changzong became the most dazzling offensive general, and also made Li Zhen show the weakness of the Taiping Mansion team.

Although the addition of Zhang Changzong made the Taiping Fu team's attack no longer as smooth as before, the Taiping Fu team was strong after all, and after a quarter of an hour of the battle, Yang Shenjiao got rid of Jiuzhi's close defense and scored first, making the Taiping Fu team take the lead.

The two sides regrouped and fought again, after a stick of incense, Zheng Tai's pass was cut off by Li Linfu, a heavy blow, the polo flew out of hundreds of steps, and fell to the front court of the Taiping Mansion team, Li Zhen's war horse suddenly increased, rushing to the opponent's goal like a gallop, he and Xiao Ye's sharp counterattack made the Taiping Mansion team chaotic, Yang Shenjiao and Zheng Tai were forced to retreat quickly to respond.

At this time, Li Zhen's war horse galloped, and he had already crossed one of the rear troops of the Taiping Mansion team, so that he only faced the defense of one rear army, and the opportunity was in front of him.

Xiao Ye made a pass from the right side, the polo flew in the air, Li Zhen was not in a hurry, the horse ran diagonally, and the last defensive opponent staggered a line of gaps, at the moment when another rear army player arrived, he decisively swung his staff, and shot at an oblique angle fifty steps away, the opponent could not rescue, and the polo shot into the hole.

The two sides fought to a 1-1 draw, and the stadium was boiling, with drums, gongs, and shouts resounding in the sky.

Princess Taiping's face became extremely ugly, the inner guard was not as vulnerable as the rumors in the market, on the contrary, they fought very well, defended very tightly, and once they seized the opportunity, they quickly counterattacked and tore their defenses.

In contrast, although the Taiping Fu team was superior in strength, they were never able to find an effective means of attacking.

Seeing that the two sides had become evenly matched, Princess Taiping snorted heavily, turned around and returned to the big tent, the team's table was so disappointing to her that she didn't want to watch it anymore

The goal of the internal guard team also made the game gradually become wild, perhaps realizing that the Taiping princess was dissatisfied with the team's table, the polo player of the Taiping team was in a hurry, and the scale of the action began to increase, in an attack shortly after the second half, Xiao Ye was collided with by the opponent's rear military player Wang Dali, both horses were seriously injured, Xiao Ye's shoulder was opened a big gap, and the blood did not stop.

Li Zhen replaced Sun Zhi and changed his tactics, he changed to play the front army, Sun Zhi played the middle army, the fierce battle between the two armies also reached a white heat, the score was tightly bitten, when the Taiping team scored another goal not long after, the internal guard team also scored a goal from Sun Zhi who had just played, and equalized the score again.

The Taipingfu team attacked frantically, and there was only a quarter of an hour left before the end of the game, Yang Shenjiao scored another goal, and the score between the two sides was changed to 3-2, and the Taipingfu team led by one point.

Li Zhen was tightly watched by Zheng Tai, the opponent's Chinese army, and it was always difficult to get an offensive opportunity, time passed little by little, and it was almost time before the end of the game, almost everyone's hearts were pinched, at this time, Li Zhen decisively replaced Li Linfu, who was overdrawn and strict, and let Yao Xi, who had never had a chance to play, play.

Opportunities often come when they are not expected, Zhang Changzong made a mistake in passing, the polo was broken by Yao Xi in the air, and he decisively played a low flat ball with very weak power.

Zheng Tai, who had been pestering Li Zhen, saw that the ball was very slow, he dropped Li Zhen and rushed towards the polo, but this was Yao Xi's trick to lure the troops, he took the first step to catch up with the polo, and with a light pick of the stick, the polo crossed Zheng Tai's head and fell in front of Li Zhen.

The opportunity appeared, Li Zhen got rid of Zheng Tai's entanglement, chased the polo, at this time he was only forty steps away from the goal, in front of the opponent's rear army Wang Dali's block, blocking his shooting angle, Li Zhen swung a blow, the polo passed under the belly of Wang Dali's mount, he immediately adjusted the horse's head, the war horse turned its head and galloped to the right, shaking Wang Dali's interception.

But just as Li Zhen was about to swing his staff, a sharp short blade appeared in the corner of his eye, shooting towards his left rib.

Li Zhen was taken aback, flashed his body sharply, the short blade pierced into the leather armor, and rubbed his skin tightly, he could even feel the coldness of the short blade, Li Zhen was furious, and the wind direction of the short blade was no one else except for Zhang Changzong, who was more than a dozen steps away, only to see Zhang Changzong's eyes full of murderous intent, and clenched his fists.

Li Zhen didn't care about the conflict with Zhang Changzongsheng, there was no time, seeing that the last opportunity was fleeting, Li Zhen clamped the war horse between his legs, and the war horse galloped a few steps to catch up with the polo beating on the ground.

At this time, another defender, Lin Yansi, arrived in time and seasoned himself to seal Li Zhen's shooting angle, only to see Li Zhen swing sideways and shoot, the polo flew over Lin Yansi's head, shot to the hole in a parabola, and entered the hole again.

The crowd burst into cheers as the gong rang for the end of the match and the score was tied 3-3, leaving the Taiping Polo team frustrated and having to face a battle with each other's individual shots to decide the final victory

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