Mingli Liquor is located in Luoyang North City, is a famous orchid liquor shop, covers an area of quite large, dozens of young and beautiful orchids in the liquor shop to recruit customers to sell wine, business is very prosperous, most of them need to be booked, Li Zhen They are lucky, when they came to the liquor store, someone just left after drinking, got a private room.

Everyone sat down in the room, this wine shop is mainly barbecue mutton, accompanied by the above good Gaochang wine and wonderful songs and dances in the Western Regions, the most suitable for dinner between friends, it is also this atmosphere, the wine shop is mainly in the private room, and there is a group of people in each room to have dinner and chat.

Everyone sits on an earthen platform, with soft mats underneath, and a grill in the middle, under which a charcoal brazier is placed, where you can roast mutton on the spot or enjoy the meat dishes grilled in the store.

The polo team led by Li Zhen has a total of ten people, in addition to the original seven, Zhang Li has been added, and two polo masters have been found from the internal guards to form a complete team.

Everyone ordered more than 20 plates of various dishes, and asked for two washed and peeled whole sheep, skewered on the grill and slowly grilled.

"Come on! For the upcoming tournament, we drank this one. ”

Li Zhen raised his glass and said with a smile: "I wish us good results!"

Everyone laughed and toasted together, when a young and beautiful orchid and three musicians walked in, and with the joyful and fierce drum beating, the orchid in a pomegranate dress slowly danced the famous Hu Xuan dance in the room.

Li Zhen squinted at the whirling dance of the orchid, for some reason, he suddenly remembered Kang Sisi, and recalled the past with his mentality today, it seemed to be very far away, as if it was a long time ago, and Sisi, who had moved him, gradually moved away from his life trajectory, and gradually faded away from his memory, just like his youth.

"Lao Li, I forgot to tell you, I have news of Da Zhuang. Jiuzhi whispered to the side.

"Oh, what is he doing now?"

"I heard from my father, and he wrote me a letter to my family, in which he said that Da Zhuang had gone to Samarkand with his uncle Conwood, and that he might not come back until the summer, and that he might come to Luoyang. ”

Li Zhen took a sip of his wine glass, and said leisurely: "I'm still thinking, if there is a big strong man, let him fight the rear army, and replace you to hit the middle and back lane, maybe the effect will be better." ”

Pei Kuan said on the side: "Lao Li, when it comes to arranging the formation, I will build yì for you to play the middle lane instead." ”

Pei Kuan glanced at Li Linfu dissatisfied, he has been angry about Li Linfu giving up the middle defense today to chase the ball on the right, although Mrs. Di said that if you don't chase, the other party will break through from the right side, but Pei Kuan thinks that it is just Mrs. Di's words of comfort, everyone can see that the fat man is on the right side, and the other party cannot break through from the right side, obviously Li Linfu's judgment is wrong,

If it weren't for Li Linfu's misjudgment, how could Dou Xianyun have scored that goal in the end.

Pei Kuan drank all the wine in the cup, and said with a rough breath: "There must be someone who understands in the middle of the road, only Lao Li has this kind of judgment." ”

Li Linfu's face turned white, and he heard that Pei Kuan was originally targeting him, and he suddenly glared at Pei Kuan and said, "In that situation at that time, do you dare to say that you can stay where you are?"

"Of course I will also chase the ball, so I said that only Lao Li can judge the military situation, what's wrong with him coming to play in the middle?"

Pei Kuan's words immediately caused a burst of noise from everyone, and even the orchid dance was embarrassed and forced to stop, everyone expressed their opinions, and the meaning was much the same, if Li Zhen went to fight the Chinese army, then who would fight in the front army, no one would have such good shooting skills as Li Zhen.

Li Zhen shouted loudly: "Everyone, please be quiet!"

The room finally quieted down, and Li Zhen said to everyone: "Tactics can't be static, they can't be stiff, and making decisions on the spot is the way to win, Lao Pei's construction is also a tactical choice, depending on the situation, if I need to play the middle lane, we will make temporary adjustments, now everyone drinks, don't hurt each other's harmony for a training match." ”

The crowd stopped shouting and drank and ate meat again, when a woman's voice came from outside the door, "This is it!"

"It seems to be this one!"

The door was opened with a bang!', and seven or eight big men walked in, a young woman dressed as a demon, wearing a tunic black dress, the skirt was inlaid with gold edges, and wearing a long sword, Li Zhen recognized her at a glance, it was his old rival Wu Furong, who now replaced Wan Guojun and became the commander of the other half of the internal guard, and became his Li Zhen's new opponent.

Seven or eight people poured in, and the room suddenly became crowded, and the dancing orchid and the three musicians saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly slipped out along the wall, and Li Zhen and his subordinates also stood up one after another, holding long swords in their hands, and looked coldly at this group of unpleasant guests.

Wu Furong's thin eyebrows were raised, and she laughed sharply: "Commander Li, what a coincidence, it turns out that you are also here!"

"Commander Wu, do you have something to do?" Li Zhen asked lightly.

"It's nothing, I heard that our internal guard polo team lost to the Qiancai Camp Polo Team at noon today, I'm really sad, why is the Polo Team led by Commander Li inferior in skills?"

Wu Furong had a mocking smile on her face, and deliberately bit the words 'our internal guard polo team' very hard, Li Zhen sneered, she knew that this internal guard had nothing to do with the internal guard, so she deliberately came to find fault.

Li Zhen said unhurriedly: "I lost because I didn't have the participation of the Martial Commander, if the Martial Commander can support a few of our high-level polo players in the spirit of generosity and family, I believe we will not lose to others again." ”

Li Zhen's words were extremely sarcastic, implying that Wu Furong betrayed the interests of the family, Wu Furong suddenly trembled with anger, and her anger rushed to the top of her head, she pointed at Li Zhen and scolded: "You dare to talk to me like this?"

Li Zhen snorted heavily, "What is this compared to the gift that Ling Zun gave me in Shaanxi County?"

Wu Furong's face couldn't help but change greatly, and she took a step back, only then did she remember that her father had sent someone to assassinate Li Zhen, her heart twitched, she nodded slowly, "Okay! Good reminder, I almost made a big mistake, Commander Li, it seems that there is no possibility of reconciliation between the two of us, right?"

"Reconciliation is not just words!"

"Hmph, since you refuse to drink the toast, then you can do it yourself!"

"Commander Wu, please!"

Li Zhen waved his hand and asked them to go out, Wu Furong's face was red and white, and she stomped her foot fiercely, "Let's go!"

She led seven or eight of her subordinates out of the room in a rage, and immediately the screams of the drinkers and the screams of the bartenders were faintly heard in the corridor, Li Zhen stepped forward and closed the door, and smiled at everyone: "Don't let this person spoil our interest, let's continue to drink, and continue training in the afternoon!"

Datang's polo tournament adopts a knockout round, with 64 teams fighting each other by lot, eliminating half of them in the first round, the top 16 in the second round, the top eight in the third round, and then the top four, the top two and even the final champion.

Polo competitions are not the same thing as the imperial examinations, martial arts and other talent selection systems, it is more of a mass entertainment activity, in principle, the official does not participate.

But in fact, the polo teams that enter Beijing to participate in the competition are all selected by local governments or armies, which themselves have obvious official imprints, and the people do not have such great organizational ability, so in the end they are organized by the Ministry of Rites.

Two days later, before dawn, under the auspices of the Ministry of Rites, the first round of lottery was held in the lobby of the Ministry of Rites, which will determine the opponents of each team in the first round of the game.

Sixty-four team leaders had all arrived, including local officials, young golfers, and even high-ranking military officials, all with stern expressions, and their eyes were staring at the hand of Yang Zaisi, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites.

The draw is very simple, prepare two cartons, put half of the bamboo sticks with the names of all the participating teams into two cartons, and Yang Zaisi will draw at will, and one of the two cartons will form the opponent of the first round.

When a pair is drawn, it will be reported loudly, and the bamboo stick will be given to the opponent's team leader on the spot to prevent cheating.

"Zuo Yulin Army, against the Youzhou team!"

"Ganzhou team, against Taiyuan Fu team!"

"Liang Wangfu team, against Shuozhou team!"

"Thousand Cavalry Battalion, against the Anxi Four Towns United!"

There was a slight commotion in the lobby, last year's tragedy appeared again, the Thousand Cavalry Battalion was last year's champion, and the Four Towns United was last year's sixth, the two strong teams met, and a strong team was bound to be eliminated.

I saw that an Anxi general had a pale face, stepped forward to get the lot, and slowly walked back to his seat with trembling hands, Dou Xianyun also looked solemn, and the Four Towns United was obviously a strong opponent he didn't want to meet.

"The Guard—"

Li Zhen stood up all of a sudden, and he heard his team

Li Zhen returned from the Ministry of Rites to the Inner Guard in the Imperial City, he looked a little worried, as soon as he entered the door, nine long-awaited polo players surrounded him, "Lao Li, who is our opponent?"

Everyone's expressions were very nervous, and if they met the Thousand Cavalry Battalion or the Taiping Mansion team in the first round, they would be dead.

Li Zhen took out the deputy lottery and said slowly to everyone: "It's the Xiangwang team!"

Everyone immediately cheered, they actually played against the team of Xiangwang Li Dan in the first round, although they had not had time to hold a training match, but they had been training on the same court and knew each other.

Although there are a few good players in the team, they were formed a month ago, and they are the weakest of the private teams, and they have a chance of finishing in the top 32 against this team.

Jiuzhi was very excited, "Let's have a drink and celebrate!"

"Drink your head!"

Li Zhen scolded him and said to everyone: "I just got the top-secret news, the saint thinks that Xiangwang's team is too weak, so he asked two personal Qianniu to join Xiangwang's team, one of them is Wu Chongxun, the second son of Wu Sansi, and the other is Han Qing. ”

Everyone was stunned, Wu Chongxun and Han Qing were the pillars of the Qianniuwei Polo Team, and they were given to Xiangwang, and the Qianniuwei team had no hope this year, but the strength of the Xiangwang Polo Team has greatly increased.

Li Linfu reacted the fastest, and he stammered: "If we win the Xiangwang team, will it anger the Shengshang?"

"I know it's not a problem!"

Li Zhen said to everyone: "The saint also wants to give Shangguan a little face, as long as it is a fair game, winning or losing is based on strength, everyone has nothing to say."

The key is that the strength of the Xiangwang polo team has increased sharply, and the polo of Li Chengqi and Xiao Shangli, the king of Shouchun County, played very well, and now two masters have been added, making the Xiangwang polo team among the first-class. ”

Everyone was silent, and Li Zhen immediately smiled again: "But lack of cooperation is their weakness, as long as we are fully prepared and grasp their weakness, we have a reason to win the first game." ”

The frustrated mood of the crowd was gradually restored by Li Zhen's encouragement, and they were gearing up to wait for the first match in three days

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