Chapter 758 Finals Winner
After three-party discussions, the rules for the polo finals were finalized.
The finals were played back-to-back, with each of the three teams playing two games to determine the rankings. There was no such thing as a break after one match and then a second. Tired or not, we didn't care; the goal was absolute victory.
On the day of the finals, the audience seats in the Tri-State Free Trade Area were packed.
"It's time to enter! It's time to enter!"
The Pingzhou Polo Team entered the stadium not by the polo players galloping in handsomely on their horses, but by two small teams.
They held Pingzhou engineer shovels on the left and right and began to turn the soil.
While turning the soil, the person next to him held up a large round plate and began to suck the mud continuously.
This scene confused everyone on the field.
"What are the engineers in Pingzhou doing?"
Pingzhou's engineer shovels are quite famous. Many people present were knowledgeable and recognized them at a glance.
Someone more knowledgeable appeared, "I know! The disc held by the Pingzhou engineer is a magnet. Magnets have a strong attraction to iron objects."
"Wait, what are those shiny things on the magnets?" An eagle-eyed audience member noticed something unusual.
"Needle! Can't you see this clearly?"
"My eyesight is not good."
"Hiss, no, who planted the needle on the road where the Pingzhou cavalry was going to appear? How insidious!"
"If they're not from Dali, they're from Xianbei. Is there any need to explain?"
"I think the Xianbei Tartars are definitely behind this. The Dali polo team is no match for them. As long as they can cripple the Pingzhou polo team's horses, their chances of winning will be very high."
"How despicable."
"Fortunately, Pingzhou discovered it early, otherwise the consequences would be unpredictable."
Tuoba Jin's face looked very ugly. He saw the actions of the Pingzhou engineers and heard the discussions around him.
Actually, they learned this tactic from Pingzhou. Pingzhou had ambushed their Xianbei cavalry on the road time and again, inflicting heavy losses on them each time. So why couldn't they just retaliate in kind?
Tuoba Jin didn't understand that the situation was different. Back then, when the two armies were fighting, any means were permitted. Now it was a truce, and polo was about fairness and justice, so using this method seemed despicable.
On the rostrum, Lv Desheng looked at Wang Yun and Tuoba Jin and said pointedly, "The supervision of our Three States Free Trade Zone is not good enough."
Wang Yun and Tuoba Jin: ...
What Lu Desheng said was a slap in their faces. He said it was the supervision of the Three States Free Trade Zone, but in fact he was talking about Dali and Xianbei. The supervision of Pingzhou can't harm itself, right?
Isn't this just pointing at a monk and calling him a bald donkey?
"So will the final be held now or not?" Wang Yun asked with a dark face.
Lu Desheng glanced at him and knew that he was very fond of Bu Bi.
Therefore, Lu Desheng deliberately said, "Why not compete? We must compete!"
Wang Yun and Tuoba Jin: "Then what else is there to say?" Since we want to compete, stop talking nonsense!
After Pingzhou's engineering team cleared the road section, it was the turn of Pingzhou's polo team to take the stage.
When the Pingzhou team led by Qin Sheng appeared, everyone's eyes lit up.
Every horse in the Pingzhou team was equipped with a saddle and horseshoes.
The use of saddles allows Pingzhou polo players to sit on their horses more steadily, or to control their horses.
The teams that can enter the finals are the best among their own forces.
Take the Pingzhou team for example, they have mastered the use of tactics and have excellent coordination with each other.
Now that they are sitting on such fine horses, they look even more majestic.
Zhuifeng, the horse under Qin Sheng's crotch, neighed provocatively at the horse participating in the competition from Dali.
The Dali team, upon learning they were going to play against the Pingzhou team, sent a young player named Zhang Meng to lead the team. He was known for his bravery. Faced with the provocation of a horse, his face darkened.
Before the game, the members of the Dali team received orders that their main purpose in this battle was to harass and consume the members of the Pingzhou team, and winning or losing did not matter.
Faced with the round-the-clock battles between Dali and Xianbei, Qin Sheng and the young generals or elites of Pingzhou looked at each other and took action according to the plan.
At the beginning of the game, Dali team scored two goals in a row.
This left the Dali team, led by Zhang Meng, completely bewildered. Zhang Meng gritted his teeth and changed his strategy. With a two-goal lead already in hand, he wanted to lead the Dali team to victory! He completely forgot his original intention before entering the game...
The other players of Dali also obeyed Zhang Meng's command. Since the start of the polo match, Dali has always been at the bottom in this regard, and was suppressed by Xianbei and Pingzhou, and they were all holding back their anger.
In the final, we are leading by two goals, so we must fight!
Let’s avenge our past shame today!
After the Dali team changed its strategy, Wang Yun, Tuoba Jin and others immediately realized it.
"What's wrong with you guys in Dali? Didn't we agree that this match would focus on exhausting the players from Pingzhou?" Tuoba Jin growled.
Wang Yun whispered, "Oh no! I've fallen into a trap!"
"What kind of idiot did you send to command the team?" Tuoba Jin asked.
Wang Yun also looked solemn. If Zhang Meng did not change his strategy temporarily and engage in a war of attrition, he would be the best choice.
"The Pingzhou team is clearly conserving their strength. Didn't your Dali team's commander see that? He thought a two-goal lead was a huge advantage and guaranteed victory? Believe it or not, the Pingzhou team could have allowed you to maintain that advantage and only counterattack you at the very end?"
Tuoba Jin still had some vision. The result of the match between Dali and Pingzhou teams was just as he expected. Pingzhou team fought back in the last quarter of an hour and directly won the match.
With such a result, it's too late to say anything.
Immediately afterwards, the second game began, with the Pingzhou team playing against the Xianbei team.
This is an extremely bloody and exciting game, which not only involves the collision of power, but also the fighting between teams.
When the scene got tense, all the audience members covered their mouths and noses tightly, trying hard to suppress the screams in their hearts.
By the end of the match, not a single Xianbei player was left standing; all lay down. On the Pingzhou side, half the players had also collapsed.
Looking at the Pingzhou players fighting bravely to exhaustion on the field, Zhang Xian said softly, "Sir Wang, Second Prince Tuoba, we Pingzhou have won."
The Xianbei team lost. Tuoba Jin's face was so gloomy that water could drip out of it. He pointed at the saddles and horseshoes on their horses' backs and said, "Wait, you are cheating!"
Lu Desheng glanced at them and said, "What? You want to shirk your responsibility? Isn't there a rule in the competition that horses can't be dressed up?"
Tuoba Jin choked, "That's not the case."
Lu Desheng rolled his eyes. "That's all, isn't it? Didn't you Xianbei also tamper with the horses? Besides, the saddles and horseshoes were so bright, how come you had no objections at the start of the race?" And now that we've lost, you're complaining? Even if you have an opinion, you have to keep it to yourself!
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