The competition venue was chosen at the Nanyuan Schoolyard of Xingqing Palace. Because His Majesty the Emperor was greedy for the spring water of Furong Garden, Jiacheng connecting the north and south was built (Note 1). As soon as he left the Chunming Gate, he could not walk along the Jiacheng Imperial Road.
It takes half an hour to reach Furong Garden. Therefore, once the Emperor and his elders have a good time to enjoy the tour, they only need to go out in a light car and travel in a condom, and there is no need to make a fuss all over the city know that the imperial guards are coming.
The Nanyuan schoolyard was built on a gentle slope close to Chunming Gate. His Majesty the Emperor attached great importance to martial arts. Although the Tang Dynasty had been peaceful for a long time, he still inspected the Yulin Army from time to time. The schoolyard was square, along the three parts of the schoolyard
A bluestone exterior wall that is as high as twenty feet (Note 2) is built on the side. A vast and towering foundation is built on it, and a three-story wooden pavilion is built. His Majesty the Emperor wrote the "Ming" written by His Majesty himself
Xuan Hall has long been engraved with large gilded characters under the plaque of tang wood, hanging high in the middle of the hall, demonstrating to the subjects of the world that His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty was the king of the ten thousand square meters.
It was almost time to come (Note 3), and colorful flags were floating on the three exterior walls, which decorated the schoolyard with gorgeous beauty. Two embroidered golden yellow dragon patterned star were fixed on both sides of the Mingxuan Hall, following the wind.
It made a sound of rushing, promoting the supreme majesty of the royal family. His Majesty Emperor Li Longji was sitting upright in the middle of the Mingtang, looking down at the people below the audience. Although he was nearly 70 years old and his temples were gray, he never accepted it.
Old. Yes, what else can make this peerless and majestic emperor lower his head in this world? He pacified Wei and killed Taiping to create the prosperous Kaiyuan era, spreading the reputation of the Tang Dynasty to all the worlds and causing all countries to come to pay tribute.
All of this was because of Li Sanlang. Li Longji, half-squinted his eyes, overlooking the vast crowd and his country. He stubbornly raised his slightly hunched waist and back, and a slight sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.
.The emperor sat on his right hand with a beautiful concubine. The weather was quite hot today, so the concubine took off her complicated dress and wore only a goose yellow plain gauze skirt. Her shoulders were half exposed, which would be as smooth as grease.
Her skin was exposed to the warm air. She was in a good mood today. She leaned on the bed lazily, holding a Gaochang grape, and smiled slightly at her own Sanlang from time to time. His Majesty the Emperor's left hand side, and Prince Li Heng sat upright.
, bowed his head respectfully and obediently. These grand and majestic banquet entertainments were like torment for the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty. Li Heng always felt that his father was monitoring his every move. Li Heng did not dare to take it lightly at all during the banquet.
Often when he returned to the Eastern Palace, the back of his robe was already wet. Li Longji was obviously dissatisfied with the prince's restraint, and snorted and ignored this cowardly son.
The players on both sides had entered the court and lined up to get off the horse and saluted in the Mingtang. Seeing this, the ritual officer bowed to the north and asked for the emperor's opinions. Li Longji was obviously not anxious, and he waved his hand to signal the game to be immediately
start.
The musicians standing on both sides beat drums and gongs one after another. Amid the rumbling drums, the polo competition was about to begin.
Li Kuo tightened his clothes and turned his horse with everyone. The boy took out the black ink stick left by his grandfather and stared at him for a long time. This stick was too old and was said to have been used by his grandfather during the Kaiyuan period.
The boy could see the heroic posture of the grandfather waving his stick and his hearty and pure laughter... At this moment, the ink paint on the carved ju stick had already withered and fell off, and he was talking about vicissitudes and helplessness in the mottled spots. But Li Kuo
But I couldn't bear to throw him away. This stick was used by my grandfather, and he was with me all the time!
After the three-way drum, the competition officially began. The heroic and handsome horses were sniffing at both ends of the Nanyuan school grounds, making the school grounds smell strong.
With a sound of a gong, the eunuch standing beside him handed the wooden ju stick to His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. Li Longji got up and walked to the side of the palace and threw the ju stick down.
As a border general, Li Kuo deservedly took on the task of robbing Ju. Li Kuo tightly clamped his legs with his horse's belly, waved his staff, and rushed over to the falling Yu Ju. The moment the imperial staff fell, Li Kuo was on his body.
The protruding forward waved his stick and greeted him.
At the same time, a Hexi Korean soldier arrived tightly on a yellow horse. Just as Li Kuo was about to capture Yu Ju, the tooth soldier knocked off the horse's belly. The yellow horse was frightened and neighed and jumped up angrily.
He stretched forward and waved his body and pulled Li Kuo's black stick away. Li Kuo didn't expect that the other party would use such a scoundrel behavior and shouted: "Who is it? Why is it so unruly?"
The Hexi Korean soldiers laughed at the sky, waved the golden imperial staff it had taken and said, "Your grandpa, I am Zhang Shouyu, deputy lieutenant of Zhenwei, Hexi (Note 4). The baby, you were on the battlefield when you were talking just now.
He was hacked to death by the Turks more than a dozen times. I advise you to go home and drink milk, and don't show your shame here." Zhang Shouyu looked down on the rich young master in Chang'an City the most in his life. In his opinion, these people were just some of the ancestors who suffered from their ancestors.
Yu Yin just ate the waste waiting to die. Just now, Li Kuo actually told him the rules, and in his heart he naturally classified Li Kuo as such a person.
After all, Li Kuo's heart and nature were so excited that his cheeks flushed and shouted loudly: "Don't be proud, it's still unknown who will win!"
Chen Runzhi urged him to step forward, pulled Li Kuo's sleeve and signaled the boy not to act irritably, which made him mess up. Li Kuo took a deep breath and his mind gradually became clear. He must not be angry with his opponent, he must prove his strength with his actions!
The Hexi Korean soldiers cooperated very well. After obtaining the ball, Zhang Shouyu organized the attack. Zhang Shouyu raised his speed to the extreme. He moved the center of gravity forward and almost galloped along the sideline. Zhang Yanji and Dai Jinjie were waiting on the side.
He went up and hoped to break the ball by attacking from front and back. Unexpectedly, Zhang Shouyu fell to the left side of the horse, and slightly explored the ball from under the belly of the yellow horse. With a light wave of his stick, he passed the ball beautifully to the one who responded on the right.
Another Hexi Korean soldier, Zhang Yanji and Dai Jinjie, had not understood what was going on, but Zhang Shouyu had magically returned to the horse's back. He hid in a stirrup and received a cheer. Zhang Shouyu looked back and threw a disdainful glance at Li Kuo.
"Don't follow the ball, keep a close eye on your own people!" Chen Runzhi gasped and held a screech stick and shouted loudly for dispatch.
The two woke up as if they were dreaming at this moment, and they hurriedly made up their positions to return to defense. Unfortunately, it was too late, and the defense line of the Imperial College team had been completely pulled open. When Chen Runzhi ran to the backcourt and swung to stop it, the tooth soldier had already been
Knock the ball back to the robe behind him. Following the man with a round arm and a hard hit, the trolley ball went straight into the goal without any suspense. The whole tactic was simple and effective. It was just three passes through the gate of the Imperial College. It was indeed
Very exciting. Ge Shuhan, who was watching the palace building, was overjoyed and cheerfully cheered. Li Longji frowned slightly. Although both teams are his people, from the bottom of his heart, he would rather see the country.
The team won. This team represents the Guanlong family and the Chang'an powers. If they were defeated by the Hexi Korean soldiers, his face would naturally be lost. It seemed that he could see what his Sanlang was thinking, and the imperial concubine Yang Yuhuan, who was watching on the side, opened her red lips lightly
He smiled and said, "The border general of the Imperial Team is Li Kuo, the minister whom His Majesty specially appointed the day before yesterday?" Li Longji felt depressed, and said "Yeah" in his voice and stopped talking. Yang Guifei didn't think she was annoyed,
Covering his mouth and chuckled, "Do you want to come and bet with me? I guess the National Team will win in the end, and the Li family's young man will definitely avenge his previous shame." Li Longji came after hearing this.
Intrigued, he said in confusion: "Where is my beloved concubine saying this? Only in the previous battle, both sides will have the strength to show up immediately. If nothing unexpected happens..." Before Li Longji finished speaking, Yang Fei tapped in front of Li Longji's lips.
He said, "Does Your Majesty dare to bet?" Li Longji was completely aroused by Concubine Yang, and said with a hearty smile: "If you bet, bet, is it possible that I am still afraid of my beloved concubine?" Concubine Yang smiled and said, "Sanlang
If you lose, you will be punished to write a poem, and you will treat it as a gift to me."
"What if the beloved concubine loses?"
"Hate, it's not all yours." Concubine Yang's cheeks rose, and her shy look was revealed.
On the court, the members of the Imperial College team felt a deep sense of shame. They clearly felt that the eyes of Qiu Babingpi were full of disdain and contempt, as if they were just a group of people who were waiting to die.
Useless waste.
Zhang Yanji urged the horse to Li Kuo and whispered: "Brother Kuoer, keep calm. Just use the tactics we practiced before. I don't believe that these soldiers can break such a profound formation!"
Li Kuo nodded lightly and knocked his horse's belly. Qingfeng seemed to feel the unhappiness of his master. After a long neighing sound, he flew out his four hooves, and instantly left the Hexi Korean soldiers who came to encircle and suppress them.
The horse's hooves hit the loess school field, raising dust and rolling, making a deafening sound. It reminds people of the postmen who rushed to report military situations at eight hundred miles, the whistle detective who returned home with the enemy's situation and fulfilled his mission.
The gentle and gentle smile of the peerless beauty brought by a ride on the world...
Note 1: Jiacheng: After Emperor Xuanzong of Tang ascended the throne, he changed the Xingqingfang where he originally lived to Xingqing Palace. In order to facilitate court and outing, he built a wall on the east city wall, forming a sandwich with the original east wall, exclusively for
The emperor uses it, that is, the city.
Note 2: In the Tang Dynasty, one foot was 30.7cm today, and 20 feet was about 6 meters.
Stay 3: Weishi: Sunrise, also known as Sunrise, Sunrise, etc.: The sun is westward and the daily decline. (Beijing time 13:00 to 15:00).
Note 4: Zhang Shouyu: A famous general under Geshuhan's tent. Deputy Chief Zhenwei: From the sixth rank.