Datang: Just been appointed as the crown prince, the counterattack system is here

Chapter 241: Game within a game! Falling off a horse and lame again?! [Seeking monthly votes]

There were no strict regulations on the number of players on both sides in polo matches during the Tang Dynasty.

In other words, you can play with a few people or hundreds of people.

For example, during the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty, Li Longji led four people to fight against ten Tibetans.

And now, it is naturally possible for Li Chengqian to lead four people to fight against the envoys from four countries.

But compared to Li Longji's game, this game was more intense.

Because the number of the other side has increased several times.

"Oh!"

Another sound of a polo ball hitting another object was heard.

The moment after Li Chengqian hit the ball, Xue Rengui squeezed the horse's belly with his legs, and the chestnut horse galloped out like lightning. He then raised the moon staff high and hit the flying polo ball accurately.

The polo ball flew like a meteor towards the goal of the envoys from the four countries.

"Quick! Stop it!"

Murong Shun was the first to react and immediately led his players back to defense.

Seeing this, the envoys from the other three countries also ran to their positions, ready to attack Li Chengqian's goal the next moment Murong Shun intercepted the polo ball.

There are two main types of goals in the game: single goal and double goal.

A single goal is a wooden board in the center of the field with a hole underneath and a net behind it. The team with the most goals wins.

Double goal is similar to modern polo and football, with goals set up at both ends of the field, and the winner is the one who scores by scoring in the opponent's goal.

The ball is made of hardwood, the size of a fist, hollow in the middle, with patterns on the surface and painted.

A baseball stick is a long pole with a crescent-shaped top, mostly made of hardwood, but also made of bamboo or rattan.

Li Chengqian and his friends were playing with two goals, and scoring a goal was called "getting a chip".

You can win by scoring a certain number of goals first, or you can win by being the first to score a goal first. There is no time limit.

Murong Shun was seen riding a white horse, rushing towards the polo ball at lightning speed. At the moment when the polo ball was about to fly into the goal, he used the moon staff to knock the polo ball away.

The polo ball changed direction and flew toward one side of the field.

Seeing this, Li Lizhi immediately spurred her horse to chase after him. She leaned forward on the horse's back and tried to stretch out her arms to stop the polo ball.

But just as she was about to touch the polo ball, Princess Sakura suddenly rushed out from the side and hit the polo ball hard to the other side with her moon staff.

"hateful!"

After Li Lizhi's ball was intercepted by Princess Sakura, she frowned, and couldn't help but let out a delicate cry, and rode her horse to chase after her again.

Princess Sakura showed a proud look and followed with a smile.

The two sides quickly entered a white-hot stage, with players from both sides going back and forth and neither giving in.

The polo balls flew back and forth on the field, and the players galloped wildly on their horses, making the civil and military officials, princes and princesses, envoys from various countries, as well as Li Shimin, Li Yuan, Empress Zhangsun and others who were watching the game feel very nervous.

Before long, the atmosphere of the entire banquet hall was pushed to a climax by the competition.

Their shouts, cheers, and encouragement intertwined together, as if they were going to overturn the entire banquet hall.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince will win! Your Highness the Princess will win!"

Chang Sun Chong stood at the edge of the court, waving the colorful flags in his hands vigorously and shouting loudly.

Although he saw the entire process of Murong Shun's proposal to marry the princess, and knew that Murong Shun had his eyes on Princess Changle Li Lizhi, he did not dare to say a word from beginning to end because of his father Changsun Wuji and his inferiority complex about his own strength.

This made him feel very guilty and self-blaming.

It’s as if something belongs to you, but you don’t have the ability to protect it.

Fortunately, Li Chengqian stepped forward in time to save Li Lizhi and save his inferiority complex.

Otherwise, he really didn't know how to face the pain of losing Li Lizhi.

And now, when he saw Li Chengqian leading three people and even a woman to fight against dozens of envoys, the passion for idol worship suddenly broke out.

His face was full of excitement and sweat kept dripping from his forehead.

Beside him, a group of second-generation nobles in Chang'an City also cheered with him.

Their voices were loud and in unison, as if to inject infinite power into Li Chengqian's side.

Perhaps Li Chengqian didn't even know how powerful a group of fans he would gain because of this unprecedented competition.

"Ding Fang!"

Just as the polo ball brushed past the moon staff of a Goguryeo player, Li Chengqian didn't have time to think and shouted to Su Dingfang who was not far away: "Intercept the ball!"

Swish!
The moment after Li Chengqian shouted, Su Dingfang rode the black horse like an arrow from a bow, and the moon staff in his hand drew a silver arc in the air.

Murong Shun's white horse started almost at the same time, and the two moon staffs collided in the air. The sound of metal clashing startled the orioles on the sidelines and made them fly up.

The vermilion lacquered wooden ball brushed past Su Dingfang's ear. He grabbed it with his backhand, swung the moon staff in a spear-like pattern, and actually stuck the ball into the net pocket on the staff head.

"Good! What a surprise!"

On the Chrysanthemum Terrace, Li Shimin and Li Yuan cheered excitedly.

Under the Chrysanthemum Terrace, civil officials and military generals also happily raised their glasses to celebrate.

The envoys from the other twenty-nine countries looked at Li Chengqian and his three companions in disbelief.

They could never have imagined that Li Chengqian and his three men could fight so fiercely against dozens of people from Goguryeo, Japan, Tuyuhun and Western Turkic kingdoms.

Isn't this incredible?

Are all the people in the four countries' delegations useless?

It seemed that he had the same idea as the envoys from the 29 countries, and the fat boy Li Tai also spoke stubbornly and contemptuously.

"I thought these barbarians were so powerful, but now it seems they are just so-so. If it were me, I could also take four people and beat them in a group!"

"Just blow it!"

When Li You heard the fat man's words, he immediately started to taunt him: "It's hard for you to even beat us, and you still want to take four people to fight against a group of them! Don't think that if the Crown Prince can do it, you can do it too. Forget about anything else, do you have a subordinate like Su Dingfang? I'm afraid you don't even have Xue Rengui!"

"That's right! Why are you pretending to be so powerful?" Li Yuanchang also echoed.

"You! You guys!"

The fat boy was so angry at the uncle and nephew that his face turned red. Just as he was about to argue with them, Li Ke hurried over and said with a smile, "Okay, everyone, stop talking. The game isn't over yet, and we don't know who will win or lose yet!"

"Too."

Li Tai finally realized what Li Ke said and nodded. Then, as if remembering something, he took out the Coiling Dragon Jade Pendant and said disdainfully, "After all, I won the reward from my father. What about you? Nothing!"

"Bah! Who cares?"

"Alright, alright, stop talking. You don't want Father to see us being disloyal, do you?"

"This"

When everyone heard what Li Ke said, they immediately shut up.

At this moment, Murong Shun's sneer was heard in the gust of wind: "Polo was introduced to the Tang Dynasty from our side. You have only learned the basics. Do you understand the rules?"

Before he finished speaking, three moon staffs, like poisonous snakes spitting out their tongues, attacked Su Dingfang from above, middle and below.

"careful!"

Qin Qiong's shouts came from the sidelines.

Cheng Yaojin, Yuchi Gong, Chang He, Hou Junji and other generals immediately turned their eyes to Su Dingfang.

Li Shimin and Li Yuan also subconsciously stood up from their seats.

Su Dingfang suddenly tightened the reins, and the black horse under him lifted its front hooves into the air, allowing him to easily hide under the horse's belly.

The three moon staffs collided with each other, and the wooden ball took the opportunity to pop out of the net bag.

Su Dingfang stretched out his arms lightly, and the moon staff pierced out from under the horse's belly. The wooden ball turned into a golden rainbow and penetrated into the goal of the envoys from the four countries.

On the vermilion scoreboard, the copper bell guarded by the palace servants clanged.

"First place! His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's side has won!"

The singing officer's voice was trembling.

The civil and military officials on the sidelines suddenly burst into enthusiastic cheers.

Li Yuan and Li Shimin on the Chrysanthemum Terrace also clapped their hands and laughed excitedly, while the envoys from the other twenty-nine countries cursed Murong Shun's side for being useless.

"Dingfang! Good fight!"

Li Chengqian rode his horse to Su Dingfang with a smile on his face.

Li Lizhi and Xue Rengui also rode over.

Su Dingfang sighed with amusement, "I followed my father to fight against bandits at the age of seven, and joined the rebel army at the age of fifteen. Now I am competing with the rich and powerful in this soft and prosperous land. I am really ashamed!"

Xue Rengui laughed when he heard this: "Playing against them is really not challenging at all. It's not as fun as our rugby!"

"Wow! You guys are amazing! I was so nervous just now!"

Seeing Xue Rengui and Su Dingfang talking about the previous match calmly, Li Lizhi wiped the sweat from her forehead and sighed with admiration on her face.

You know, she was in danger several times just now in order to get rid of Princess Sakura's defense. She didn't expect that the ball fell into Su Dingfang's hands and he scored so easily.

I have to say that each of my brother the Crown Prince's subordinates is stronger than the other.

Thinking of this, Li Lizhi set her eyes on Li Chengqian again and said jokingly with a smile, "Crown Prince, you said you can't play polo, but you can actually conduct, right?"

"Oh, you're so smart!"

Li Chengqian smiled and glared at her, and the latter stuck out her tongue playfully.

Princess Sakura and Murong Shun, watching from a distance, were livid and gnashing their teeth. Although Li Chengqian and his team had scored the first goal, according to the rules of the game previously played by Fatty and his team, the winner wasn't determined by whoever scored first, but rather whoever scored the most goals.

Therefore, they still have a chance to turn defeat into victory.

It was just a bit embarrassing that there were so many of them, but the other four people took the lead.

"Humph!"

Murong Shun snorted unwillingly, then glanced at his players and said solemnly, "I'll be the main attacker from now on. You guys defend them like hell!"

After saying that, he glanced at Princess Sakura and the others, a ruthless look flashing in his eyes: "If necessary, as long as we can win, we can do it at any cost!"

Hearing this, Princess Sakura and the others looked at each other in bewilderment.

at the same time.

Among the crowd of civil and military officials, Cui Renshi, Wang Gui, Lu Chengqing, Li Zhen, Li Shushen, Zheng Shanguo and other heads of the five surnames and seven families also looked at each other and nodded in tacit understanding.

Although the competition among the envoys of twenty-nine countries did not go as they wished, it did not affect the game they set up.

Cui Renshi calmly picked up the wine glass, took a sip, and then placed the glass on the southernmost side of the table.

Although this action did not attract the attention of anyone present, in an inconspicuous corner, a woman who looked like a palace maid, who had been paying attention to Cui Renshi, raised the corners of her mouth slightly, and then calmly released a brown insect from her sleeve.

This brown insect looks like a centipede, but its tail is like a scorpion. As it crawls down the woman's fingers, it makes a barely perceptible sound from its mouth and its tail trembles.

On the other side, Li Chengqian, who was chatting and laughing with Li Lizhi while waiting for the next game to start, suddenly felt a splitting headache coming like a tide.

"Your Highness! Are you okay?"

Fortunately, Xue Rengui was quick-witted and helped Li Chengqian, otherwise Li Chengqian would have been in danger of falling off his horse at any time.

"No, it's okay."

Li Chengqian rubbed his head and said something vaguely.

Li Lizhi, who was standing beside him, immediately revealed a worried look and said, "Crown Prince, if you feel unwell, I will go find Father and ask him to postpone our competition!"

Li Chengqian bit the tip of his tongue, and the two pains seemed to cancel each other out instantly, instantly easing the pain considerably. He immediately shook his head and said, "No, I'm not feeling uncomfortable!"

"But."

"Okay, let's continue the game!"

Before Li Lizhi could finish her words, Li Chengqian interrupted her without question, then looked around at everyone present, wondering if the situation just now was related to what happened that night?
If what happened just now is related to what happened that night, did that mysterious woman also come to the banquet?

The outbreak of the virus has clearly been suppressed by the system, so why can it still affect me?
And the dream of falling off a horse that night, is it related to today's race?

Thinking of this, Li Chengqian's eyes narrowed slightly.

This Double Ninth Festival banquet was originally a trap set by him for others, but he did not expect that he would become a part of the trap set by others.

"Boom--!"

The war drums suddenly sounded.

"Round two! Begin!"

The polo officials on the sidelines cheered loudly.

This time Murong Shun learned his lesson.

He commanded the four-nation delegation to form a wedge-shaped formation, with moon staffs advancing like a forest.

Xue Rengui was about to fight back when he saw Princess Sakura passing his horse and spraying a cloud of powder mist at lightning speed.

Immediately afterwards, Xue Rengui's horse stood up, neighing wildly as if it had gone mad.

Xue Rengui was caught off guard and the moon staff in his hand almost flew out of his hand.

At this time, Su Dingfang discovered that something was wrong and rushed over without saying a word.

But before he could rush to Xue Rengui, Gao Jianshou and Li Siyuan of Goguryeo came over to him, leaving him unable to take care of himself.

"Lizhi, be careful!"

Just as Xue Rengui and Su Dingfang were successively greeted by the envoys from the four countries, Li Lizhi also faced the attack from Murong Shun.

Li Chengqian saw this and shouted through the clamor.

"Bah!"

When Xue Rengui heard Li Chengqian's shout, he suddenly exerted his strength and shouted, directly breaking the nose ring of the out-of-control horse.

Then, he clamped his legs around the horse's belly, used brute force to control the horse that was struggling in pain, and crashed into the formation of the four-nation delegation.

The wooden ball bounced between dozens of horse hooves.

Murong Shun's white horse suddenly stood up and kicked the horse Li Lizhi was riding in the face with its front hooves.

At the critical moment, Xue Rengui suddenly pulled off the heart-protecting mirror on his chest and swung the moon staff to hit the mirror.

"Boom-"

The sound of metal hitting stone resounded throughout the stadium.

The white horse neighed and fell to the side, and Murong Shun was not careful and rolled into the dust.

Li Lizhi seized the opportunity and wielded the moon staff, causing the wooden ball to draw a tricky arc and fly into the net along the edge of the goal.

The official who sang the numbers nearly broke his gong as he excitedly shouted, "Second number! Princess Changle."

"Shu Zi'an dare!"

When the middle-aged Tuyuhun man saw Murong Shun fall off his horse because of Xue Rengui's shock, he instantly rushed out as if he had lost his mind and hit Xue Rengui's back of the head with his moon staff.

Just as Xue Rengui was about to turn around to block, a jade-inlaid moon staff flew out from the side and knocked the attacker and his horse back three steps.

Looking up, it was Crown Prince Li Chengqian.

"A polo field is not a training ground."

Li Chengqian said this expressionlessly, but a cold glint flashed in his eyes: "There's one last round left. If you score a goal, you win."

"This"

The players of the envoy group were startled.

They just couldn't understand why Li Chengqian's team had to go to the last game when they had already scored two goals and secured the victory?

Or even a single game to decide the winner?
Is the Crown Prince of Tang trying to humiliate us?

Want to defeat us completely?
At this point in their thoughts, both the middle-aged man who had just been beaten back and Murong Shun who had rolled on the ground and just got up showed an extremely ugly expression.

But then Murong Shun angrily said, "Alright! This will be the last round! If you lose, I'll never ask to marry the princess again!"

Li Chengqian sneered, but ignored him. Instead, he rode his horse, picked up a new moon staff, and shouted, "The competition continues!"

"Oh!"

As soon as the wooden ball was launched, the envoys from the four countries changed their formation again.

The five men spread out like goose wings, with their moon staffs rising and falling one after another, resembling the hook and sickle formation commonly used in the military.

Li Chengqian and the other three knew clearly that this was going to destroy their horses.

Su Dingfang let out a long whistle, and the horse he was riding suddenly accelerated and actually passed through the gap between the two moon staffs.

The wooden ball jumped on the top of the stick, sometimes left and sometimes right, causing chaos in the formation of the four countries' delegations.

Murong Shun's eyes were red as he screamed, "Stop him!"

The Goguryeo riders ignored the wooden ball and charged straight towards Su Dingfang on four horses.

Amid screams from the sidelines, Su Dingfang pulled the reins hard, stepped his horse's front hooves on the head of the opposite horse, and used the force to jump over a meter high.

The man was in the air, the moon stick was like a meteor chasing the moon, and the wooden ball brushed the tip of the grass and flew towards the west goal.

Seeing this, Murong Shun on his horse suddenly swung out the moon staff in his hand, trying to knock the wooden ball into the air.

Li Chengqian shouted angrily: "Shameless!"

The moon staff also flew out of his hand and hit Murong Shun's moon staff.

The wooden ball continued to move forward and hit the goal with a "bang".

next moment.

The three brass bells on the scoreboard jingled and shook.

When Murong Shun heard the sound, he stood there in a daze, and the others were also stunned, with expressions of disbelief on their faces.

They actually lost three games in a row.

How can this be? !
"Hahaha! He wins! His Highness the Crown Prince wins!!"

There was a sudden cheer all around.

Cheng Yaojin patted Yuchi Gong's shoulder and laughed so hard that he fell backwards.

Li Shimin and Li Yuan also came to the Chrysanthemum Terrace with laughter and applauded.

"Good! What a great three-hit trick!"

"Wonderful! It's really wonderful!"

Hearing these cheers, Li Chengqian did not show a happy expression. Instead, he showed a suspicious expression and murmured, "Did I guess wrong?"

“Lü Xixi——!”

The moment he finished speaking, the horses on the field seemed to be frightened and started running wildly.

"hiss!"

A familiar headache came again, and Li Chengqian subconsciously grabbed the reins.

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