The Legend of Shushan Xuanjian

Chapter 290 Decisive Battle on Yuanxi
Unintentionally buying wine to pay homage to youth, looking at the mirror empty and sighing with white hair.

The young man under the flowers should laugh at me, and gradually win the horse to visit the master.

——"Passing Zhang Xi to Zhang Wan" Yue Fei

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The decisive battle on the Lantern Festival finally came. An hour before the start of the Shenshi battle, the people of Chang'an had already arrived at the Daming Palace Liyuan Stadium one after another.

On both sides of the goal, a golden dragon is engraved on the head of the goal, and Shi Lianhua sits under it to collect achievements.The two court commanders and guards held small red flags and sang together.In the Liyuan Jiaofang, there are two corridors for Qiucibu drum music, and there are five Jiegu drums in each of the two corridors.The Jiaofang also set up five drums under the flags of the east and west goals.The two officials, the clan and below Jiedu wear different-colored embroidered clothes, the left friend is Huang Lan, and the right friend is Zi Lan...

Xuanzong, with black gauze headband and hair, goose feather arrow sleeves, and gold belt around his waist, rode out on a white horse. The Liyuan Jiaofang rehearsed the "Liangzhou Song" with a strong reputation.

The prince passed the ball to Xuanzong, and the Liyuan Jiaofang made music and played drums.Xuanzong galloped his horse and came to the door. With a wave of his stick, the bowed ball drew a red light and flew into the net.The sound of drums and music seldom stops, on and off the stage, all officials and ministers, shout long live!

After three preparations, Xuanzong threw his stirrups off his horse, and surrounded by the royal family and princes, he returned to the high platform of the Changting Pavilion.

After Xuanzong counted the chips, the final ceremony ended.

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As soon as the drum was played, all the riders lined up in the arena, raised their sticks high, and saluted the royal family, civil and military officials in the long pavilion.

Prince Li Heng walked to the front of the stage and said loudly: "The stadium is like a battlefield, it is not more than life and death, but higher than life and death! All the generals should do their best to fight and show our great power of the Tang Dynasty!"

The riders lined up in a row, rode their horses and galloped around the field, waved their clubs to signal to the people of Chang'an, and the horses under their crotches held their heads high and neighed with high fighting spirit.The polo field was filled with gongs and drums and thunderous applause.

Later generations have poems to prove it:

The steed is galloping like the wind, blowing its whip out of the Wei Bridge.

Bend the bow to say goodbye to the Hanyue, and insert feathers to break the arrogance of heaven.

The stars are exhausted, and the fog in the camp is empty.

Successfully painted Linge, unique to Huo Prostitutes Yao.

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In order to make the final more enjoyable, three foreign players are allowed on the field at the same time.Guangping Wang Li Chu followed the formation that defeated Jianning County King Li Tan: Li Siye and Li Fei Yuanli flew together on both wings, Guangping Wang Li Chu served as a midfielder, and Yongwang Li Lin and Yang Yichan partnered as strikers.

Li Qi's formation is Li Yan, Li Qi and Li Bei's solid defense, "Octopus" Yuan Tike and Alberts organize the midfield, and the Persian princess Boni Atti advances alone.

From this lineup, we can clearly see Qing Wang Li Cong's tactical thinking: to stabilize the backcourt and wait for an opportunity to defend and counterattack.

Guangping Wang Li Chu's team formation is too luxurious, and it is a wiser tactical choice to replace offense with defense.

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Alberts is domineering, as the left wing of the Persian princess Boni Atti, he is as rebellious as Li Siye of Anxi Tower.The two are on one side both offensively and defensively, and their direct exchange of fire will surely spark sparks.

Li Fei and Yuanli have sharp assists, and Yuan Tike is skillful in dribbling and controlling the ball. Whoever plays better between the two can give the team more offensive opportunities.

Yang Yichan's unpredictable horse speed confronts the Persian princess Boni Atti's erratic movement. The two heroines are heroic and heroic, which is a graceful scenery.

There is also the existence of Gao Xianzhi, who is like a god of war, looking down upon the heroes.

However, for the royal family, the challenge of the son of the deposed prince Ying to the eldest son of the prince Li Heng is probably the real highlight of this game-the ulterior motive is not in the wine.

Even so, Li Chu's team, which has three generals from the Anxi Army, is still full of confidence.In particular, General Gao Xianzhi has already let out rumors that he will definitely go into battle in person in this match.This news gave fans a reassurance.

The major casinos in Chang'an are even more optimistic about Guangping Wang Li Chu's team, offering odds of [-] to [-].Many gamblers also bet their treasures on Li Chu's team.Even Gao Lishi, Mrs. Guo Guo and other dignitaries will bet heavily on Li Chu's side.

King Qing Li Cong remained unmoved and did not change his original intention. Regardless of the handicap, he continued to add a lot of money to his son's team.

After the royal princes took their seats, Gao Lishi smiled and said to King Qing Li Cong, "His Royal Highness, if you win this game, you will be the richest man in Chang'an!"

King Qing Li Cong said with a smile: "Our family is not wealthy, so we can't afford to lose. But, for the sake of the children, I admit it!"

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With the sound of a drum, the game officially began.

At the beginning of the game, Li Chu's army pressed the opponent's half as a whole, controlling the game and attacking very relaxedly and patiently.

Li Feiyuanli also ran to the frontcourt position with the formation, inserting the opponent's hinterland from time to time to support.No matter the wing or the center, whether the left hand or the right hand holds the cane, no matter the personal breakthrough or the through pass, the attacker of the Anxi Army can always create opportunities.

When the first drum sounded, Li Fei Yuanli, who was very competitive, took the lead in attacking, broke through from the side, took the ball into the hinterland of the frontcourt, and passed the ball to Yongwang Li Lin.Li Lin and Yang Yichan hit a wall to cooperate, passing Li Yan.Afterwards, Yongwang Li Lin hit the goal post with an extremely ruthless shot, which shocked the defending Li Qiu into a cold sweat.

The second drum sounded, Li Siye from the Anxi God Tower made a long pass in the half, and the ball flew sixty steps and landed in front of Yang Yichan's horse.

Yang Yichan clamped the horse's belly, galloping like lightning, speeding up instantly!The speed was astonishing, she threw away Li Qi who was defending her in just two steps, faced the empty goal, and easily scored the ball.

Relying on the speed of the horse, forcing a breakthrough is Yang Yichan's forte.In terms of deep attack, Yang Yichan and Yongwang Li Lin also cooperated skillfully.

Next, the two cooperated in passing and running again, but were destroyed by the "eight-armed ape" Yuan Tike first.The two looked at each other and smiled, full of confidence and sure to win.

The third drum sounded, Li Feiyuan shot a cold arrow suddenly, and shot a diagonal lob from the side, which was blocked by the door frame.Li Chu is also a well-known fast horse. Li Yan arrived one step ahead, swung his stick and slammed the ball into the dead corner of the goal on the other side.

The first few drums sounded, and Yang Yichan stole the limelight with his superb equestrian skills in the "Yulong Jue".Sit down and fight the horseshoe blood jade lion, always one step ahead, appearing in the gap of the opponent's defense, catching the opportunity to shoot.

The people watching the game feel that Li Chu's team seems to have opened the lid of the stewing pot, and the artificial fish is the knife, and they can have a full meal at will.However, the first two goals were scored too easily, which prevented Li Chu's team from winning the game in one go.

After a few drums sounded, the offensive of Li Chu's team was somewhat weak.Both Yang Yichan and Yongwang Li Lin had chances to score, but they missed the goal several times.

The "Eight-armed Ape" Yuan Tike blocked the left and right, like iron chains across the river; the Alberts men and horses were strong and powerful, and they collided fiercely; coupled with the chain defense of the Li Qi team and the "iron barrel formation" was impenetrable, they lacked the means to attack. The Li Chu team couldn't chew on it for a while.

Li Qiu's team defended and counterattacked, and every counterattack was organized in an orderly manner, slowly consuming Li Chu's team's horse racing energy.Regardless of the fact that Li Chu's team scored twice as many goals and shots on target as their opponents, the two sides created equal scoring opportunities.

Unable to attack for a long time, there will always be people in a trance, anxious and out of control.Seeing that the opponent was huddled in the half court, Li Feiyuan was too big, regardless of his own defensive task, he frequently attacked the opponent's hinterland, leaving a large open field behind him.

Gao Xianzhi watched clearly from the sidelines, and was about to remind Li Feiyuan to retreat, but the other party had already seized the opportunity:

Li Feiyuanli entered the frontcourt, dribbling too much, intending to juggle and win a round of applause in front of the emperor.Unexpectedly, Yuan Tike's reaction was extremely fast, "drawing" the ball from behind him, and then passed it to the Persian princess Boni Atti who came in behind.The Persian princess Boni Atti, with the ball in hand, rode her horse and galloped wildly, riding alone for thousands of miles, shot a furious shot, and the ball went into the net in response.

Li Feiyuan didn't have time to turn his horse around, so he was really helpless against this sudden blow.

After Li Chu's team lost points, Li Feiyuanli continued to push the ball forward. When intercepting Li Qi's pass that seemed to pass and shoot, he almost scored an own goal and blocked the ball into his own goal.

When the last drum sounded in the first half, the Persian princess Boni Atti even had a chance for a lore.As soon as Alberts got the ball, before Yang Yichan had time to react, she charged forward.

Alberts understood, swung a long pass, and sent the ball to Bonnie Attima.Boni Atti hooked the ball with a stick, picked up the ball, and ran to the back corner of the goal with a lob shot.

Li Siye, who performed steadily in the audience, was on the back of a galloping horse, his left foot was off the stirrup, his body was lying on his side, and he barely blocked the throwing ball with a move of "rhinoceros looking at the moon".The ball hit the beam and bounced out of bounds.

If it weren't for Li Siye, who performed steadily throughout the game, to catch up in time, this lob shot almost made Li Chu's team lose all previous efforts, and the victory in the first half would be lost.

(Note that Chapter [-] has just been revised.)
　Notes:
　　1. Quoted from Tang Shu:
　　Playing ball, playing in the army.Taizong ordered Yousi to set the ceremony in detail.In March, Huiju Daming Hall.There is a division to remove the ground, and the east and west are erected as the goal, more than ten feet high, with a golden dragon engraved first, and a stone lotus sitting on it, to collect achievements.The left and right are divided into friends and masters, and the two guards are guarding the gate, and the two guards hold small red flags and sing... The Jiaofang set up the Kucha Department to play drums in the two corridors, with five drums each.There are also five drums under the flags of the east and west goals...the two friends and officials, the clan and below Jiedu wear different-colored embroidered clothes, the left friend is Huang Lan; "Song"... the emperor hits the ball, the teaching workshop makes music and plays the drum... the emperor wins, the music stops, and the official shouts long live.The ministers will sing well if they get the money, and those who get the money will get off their horses and give thanks.When all three preparations are completed, the Imperial Palace calls the servants to drink. "

　　2. Li Bai's "The Next Song"

　　The steed is galloping like the wind, blowing its whip out of the Wei Bridge.

　　Bend the bow to say goodbye to the Hanyue, and insert feathers to break the arrogance of heaven.

　　The stars are exhausted, and the fog in the camp is empty.

　　Successfully painted Linge, unique to Huo Prostitutes Yao.

　　
　　
　
(End of this chapter)