The venue for the competition was chosen at the Nanyuan Campus of Xingqing Palace. Because His Majesty the Emperor was greedy for the spring water in the Lotus Garden, he built the Jiacheng (Note 1) connecting the north and the south. As soon as you left Chunming Gate, you walked along the Jiacheng Imperial Road.
You can reach the Furong Garden in half an hour. Therefore, once His Majesty the Emperor and others are interested in traveling, they only need to travel in plain clothes and in plain clothes, and there is no need to make the whole city aware of the Emperor's arrival.
The Nanyuan School Ground was built on a gentle slope next to Chunming Gate. His Majesty the Emperor attached great importance to martial arts. Although the Tang Dynasty had been at peace for a long time, he still reviewed the Yulin Army at the school ground from time to time. The school ground is square in shape, along the three sides of the school ground.
The side is built with a twenty-foot-high bluestone exterior wall (Note 2). The side facing north and facing south is built with a broad and towering platform, and a three-story wooden pavilion is built on it. "Ming Dynasty" written by His Majesty the Emperor himself
"Xuan Dian" has long been developed into large gilt characters engraved under the paulownia wood plaque and hung high in the middle of the hall, announcing to the people of the world that His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty has the temperament of reigning over all directions.
It was almost midnight (Note 3), and flags of various colors were fluttering on the three outer walls, decorating the school grounds gorgeously. Two brocade embroidered yellow dragon scrolls were fixed on both sides of the Ming Xuan Hall, which floated with the strong wind.
The sound of hunting was made to promote the supreme majesty of the royal family. His Majesty Li Longji, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, was sitting in the middle of the hall, proudly looking down at the people in the audience. Although he was nearly seventy years old and his temples were gray, he never obeyed
Old. Yes, what else in this world can make this peerless and majestic emperor bow down? He pacified Empress Wei and killed Taiping, single-handedly creating the prosperous Kaiyuan era, spreading the prestige of the Tang Dynasty to the world, and attracting all nations to come to court.
All this is because of him, Li Sanlang. Li Longji half-squinted his eyes, overlooking all living beings and his country. He stubbornly straightened his already slightly hunched back, and an imperceptible sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth.
.Sitting on the right hand side of His Majesty the Emperor is the peerless noble concubine. The weather today is quite sultry, so the concubine went out of her complicated dress and wore only a goose yellow plain gauze skirt, with her shoulders half exposed, and her will is as lubricated as gel.
Her skin was exposed to the warm dusty air. She was obviously in a good mood today, leaning half lazily on the bed, casually holding a Gaochang grape in her mouth, and smiling lightly at her Saburo from time to time. To the left of His Majesty the Emperor, Prince Li Heng sat upright.
, bowed his head respectfully and submissively. These grand and magnificent banquets and entertainment were nothing short of torture for the prince of the Tang Dynasty. Li Heng always felt that his father was monitoring his every move. During the entire banquet, Li Heng did not dare to take it lightly.
, often the back of his robe was soaked when he returned to the East Palace. Li Longji was obviously dissatisfied with the prince's restraint, and he snorted and ignored his cowardly son.
Players from both sides had already entered the stadium, and they dismounted and saluted in the direction of the Mingtang. Seeing this, the chief of ceremonies bowed to the north and asked for His Majesty's opinion. Li Longji was obviously not in a hurry, and waved his hand impatiently to signal that the game was about to begin.
start.
The musicians and actors standing on both sides were beating drums and gongs one after another. Amidst the rumble of drums, the polo match was about to begin.
Li Kuo tightened his clothes and got on his horse with everyone else. The young man took out the dark black bow stick left to him by his grandfather and stared at it for a long time. This bow stick was too old and it was said that it was used by his grandfather during the Kaiyuan period. It seemed as if
The young man could see his grandpa's heroic posture and his hearty and pure laughter when he waved his stick and rode away... At this moment, the ink paint on the carved stick had long since withered and fallen off, and the mottled features told of the vicissitudes of life and helplessness. But Li Kuo
But I couldn't bear to throw him away. This stick was used by my grandfather. He has always been with me!
After the three-way Endeavor Drum, the competition officially began. The powerful and handsome horses raised their hooves and snorted at both ends of the Nanyuan School Ground, making the school grounds immediately filled with a strong smell of gunpowder.
As soon as the gong rang, a chamberlain standing nearby handed the wooden bow stick to His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. Li Longji stood up and walked to the side of the palace building to throw down the wooden stick.
As a side general, Li Kuo deservedly shouldered the task of seizing the horse. Li Kuo held the horse's belly tightly with his legs, waved his staff, and rushed towards the plummeting Yuju. The moment the staff fell, Li Kuo got up.
Qiantan waved his bow stick and rushed forward.
At the same time, a Hexi tooth soldier riding a yellow gelding horse rushed over. Just when Li Kuo was about to capture Yu Ju, the tooth soldier lightly knocked the horse's belly. The yellow gelding horse was frightened and neighed before jumping up angrily.
He leaned forward and swung Li Kuo's black stick away. Li Kuo did not expect that the other party would behave in such a rogue manner, and shouted: "Who is it? Why is he so unruly?"
The Hexi Ya soldier looked up to the sky and laughed loudly. He waved the golden staff he had captured and laughed loudly: "Your grandfather, I am Zhang Shouyu, the deputy lieutenant of Hexi Zhenwei (Note 4). Baby boy, when you just spoke, you were already on the battlefield earlier."
I have been hacked to death by Turks more than a dozen times. I advise you to go home and drink milk. Don't be embarrassed here." Zhang Shouyu despised the rich young men in Chang'an City most in his life. In his opinion, these people were just some people who had suffered from their ancestors.
Yu Yin was just a waste waiting to die. Just now, Li Kuo actually talked to him about the rules, and he naturally classified Li Kuo as this kind of person in his heart.
After all, Li Kuo was a young man at heart. His cheeks flushed red when he was aroused by this and he shouted loudly: "Don't be complacent, we still don't know who will win!"
Chen Runzhi hurried forward and pulled Li Kuo's sleeves to signal the young man not to act impulsively and mess up. Li Kuo took a deep breath and his mind gradually became clear. He must not be angered by his opponent, he must prove his strength with actions!
The Hexi Ya soldiers cooperated very well. After gaining the ball, Zhang Shouyu organized and launched the attack. Zhang Shouyu raised his speed to the extreme by lightly knocking the horse's belly. He shifted his center of gravity forward and almost galloped along the sideline. Zhang Yanji and Dai Jinjie were waiting on the side.
He rushed forward, hoping to intercept the ball with front and back attacks. Unexpectedly, Zhang Shouyu actually fell to the left side of the horse. He slightly poked under the belly of the yellow gelding, and with a light swing of his stick, he passed the ball beautifully to the right side.
Before Zhang Yanji and Dai Jinjie, another Hexi soldier, could understand what happened, Zhang Shouyu had miraculously returned to his horse. As soon as he hid in the stirrup, he was greeted by the full crowd of applause. Zhang Shouyu looked back and gave Li Kuo a disdainful glance.
"Don't follow the ball, keep an eye on your own people!" Chen Runzhi panted heavily, holding up a crimson bow staff and shouting for instructions.
The two of them just woke up from a dream and hurriedly filled up their positions and returned to the defense. Unfortunately, it was too late. The Guozi team's defense had been completely torn apart. When Chen Runzhi rushed to the backcourt and tried to stop him, the tooth soldier was already there.
He knocked the ball back to Pao Ze behind him. He followed up with the man's rounded arms and hit hard, and the sepak takraw ball went straight into the goal without any suspense. The whole tactic was simple and effective. It only took three passes to penetrate the door of the national team. It was indeed
It was extremely exciting. Ge Shuhan, who was watching from the top of the hall, was overjoyed and cheered heartily. Li Longji frowned slightly. Although both teams were his subjects, from the bottom of his heart, he wanted to see Guozi more.
The team won. This team represented the Guanlong family and the powerful people of Chang'an. If he was defeated by Hexi Yabing, his face would naturally be dull. As if he could see what his Sanlang was thinking, the concubine Yang Yuhuan who was watching from the side opened her red lips lightly.
He smiled and said: "That general of the National Team is Li Kuo, the minister specially appointed by His Majesty the day before yesterday, right?" Li Longji felt depressed, and said "hmm" in a muffled voice and stopped talking. Concubine Yang was not annoyed either.
He covered his mouth and chuckled and said: "Your Majesty, do you want to come and make a bet with me? I guess the national team will win in the end, and the young man of the Li family will definitely avenge his shame." Li Longji came after hearing this.
Interested, she said doubtfully: "Why did my beloved concubine say this? In just one battle, the strength of both sides was immediately apparent. If nothing else happens..." Before Li Longji finished speaking, Concubine Yang tapped Li Longji's lips.
He asked: "Your Majesty, do you dare to bet?" Li Longji was completely aroused by Concubine Yang, and said with a hearty smile: "Let's bet, am I still afraid of my beloved concubine?" Concubine Yang smiled and said: "Sanlang
If you lose, you will be punished by writing a poem and treat it as a gift to me."
"Then what if my beloved concubine loses?"
"I hate it, they are not all yours." Concubine Yang's cheeks rose with two blushes, showing her shyness.
On the court, the members of the National Team felt a deep sense of shame. They clearly felt that the eyes of those Qiu Ba soldiers were full of disdain and contempt, as if they were just a bunch of gangsters waiting to die.
Useless waste.
Zhang Yanji urged his horse to Li Kuo and whispered: "Brother Kuo'er, calm down. Just use the tactics we practiced before. I don't believe these ruffians can break such a sophisticated formation!"
Li Kuo nodded lightly and knelt on the horse's belly. Qingfeng seemed to feel the unhappy mood of his master. After a long neigh, it spread its hooves and instantly left behind the Hexi Ya soldiers who came to encircle and suppress him.
Horse hooves hit the loess school ground, raising dust and making an ear-splitting sound. It reminded people of the postmen who rushed to report the military situation for eight hundred miles, and of the sentry who returned with the enemy's information and fulfilled his mission.
The gentle, gentle and charming smile of a peerless beauty brought by Yiqi Hongchen...
Note 1: Jiacheng: After Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty came to the throne, he changed Xingqingfang, where he originally lived, into Xingqing Palace. In order to facilitate going to court and going out, a wall was built on the east city wall to form an aisle with the original east wall, dedicated to
The emperor used it as a city gate.
Note 2: In the Tang Dynasty, one foot equaled 30.7cm today, and 20 feet equaled approximately 6 meters.
Zhu 3: Wei Shi: Sun 昳, also known as Sun Set, Sun Center, etc.: The sun is westward as Sun Set. (Beijing time 13:00 to 15:00).
Note 4: Zhang Shouyu: a famous general under Ge Shuhan. Deputy Lieutenant Zhenwei: from the sixth rank.
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