Reborn Action Star: Starting in Hollywood

Chapter 442 Turning the Tide
Lin Yuan is riding a red horse, holding a baseball bat, looking very heroic.

He looked at the stick in his hand, a standard long-handled L-shaped stick, very similar to the ones used in ice hockey games.

He also saw the net behind the goal used to bounce the ball, which also looked quite like a basketball net.

I wonder if the four major North American ball leagues will feel uneasy when they see this polo match when his movie is released?

As time goes by, the four major sports leagues have become less active in helping him promote his movies than before.

Especially when "Lin Yuan and His Wife" was released, there was basically not much statement.

When "The Legend of Tang Dynasty" is released, will they become attentive again?
Lin Yuan felt like laughing.

In fact, he no longer cares so much about extorting money from the four major ball leagues, but if they think too much and offer benefits on their own initiative, Lin Yuan will have no choice.

Lin Yuan clamped his legs around the horse's belly and came in front of Chen Long.

"General Yuchi, are you confident that you can help me win this game?" Chen Long asked with a smile.

"Your Majesty, I have no confidence." Lin Yuan said he had no confidence, but his eyes looked straight at Chen Long with a look of full confidence.

Being able to reach the high position of Jiedushi, Chen Long was naturally a shrewd person. He quickly understood what Lin Yuan meant: "You mean, according to my style of play, I have no confidence in winning."

"Yes!" Lin Yuan replied.

"Based on your playing style, are you confident of winning?" Chen Long asked with interest.

It had been a long time since he had seen such a confident subordinate who actually dared to proactively challenge his superior's tactics and demanded to follow his own way.

"Yes! If you follow my tactics, I am confident that we can win." Lin Yuan answered loudly.

"How are you going to fight?" Chen Long asked.

"It's very simple. Just remove the six riders from our team and keep only four offensive players." Lin Yuan replied.

"What? We are already at a disadvantage, but we are still taking the initiative to reduce manpower. What's the logic?" Chen Long asked.

"Your Majesty, in the past, four of us defeated a ten-man Tibetan team. The principle lies in the maneuvering space, which is very important for top players. If our players are not good enough, we might as well make room to give the top players more maneuvering space," Lin Yuan answered seriously.

"A larger space allows me to better demonstrate my riding skills. I can calmly move around and look for opportunities to fight without worrying about being blocked by my own people." Lin Yuan continued.

In polo matches, although a galloping horse is faster than a human running on two legs, its flexibility is far inferior.

Therefore, when both sides compete for the ball, they mostly rely on side sprints.

To turn around quickly or even stop suddenly requires extremely high riding skills, and there is a risk of injury if you are not careful.

Li Longji was able to create miracles when he was young because he changed his tactics. The reduction in the number of our men gave us more room for maneuver in the second half.

He could calmly lure his opponents over, and when they dispersed, the gaps between the lines widened, creating opportunities for him to fight.

When faced with a losing situation, sometimes cutting off one's own arm is the only way to solve the problem. Sufficient space is sometimes the most valuable thing.

This is also the principle behind Xu Zhu's solution to the Zhenlong chess game.

"That makes some sense, but if we do as you say, we'll lose even more miserably," Chen Long asked.

"As long as you follow my advice, if you really lose, I am willing to take the responsibility and accept the punishment from you, sir." Lin Yuan said with his hands clasped together.

"Okay! Since you have the courage, I will listen to you this time. What's the harm?" Chen Long said loudly.

Once the tactics were decided, Chen Long did not hesitate and immediately dismissed six riders, leaving only four.

Before the kick-off, the Hedong team, with only four players, looked lonely, and the ten-player Turkic team on the opposite side seemed particularly numerous and powerful.

Seeing this scene, the audience immediately boiled over:
"What's going on? We're already so far behind, and you're proactively reducing the number of players? Wouldn't that make the loss even worse?"

"Is this a voluntary admission of defeat? With fewer people around, it sounds better to say you lost."

"Not giving up, this seems to be General Yuchi's tactic."

"What kind of tactics are these? Will this really work?"

"Stop arguing! Just watch the game. Could it get any worse than it is now?"

"Woo~~" the kickoff horn sounded in the stadium.

This time, the Hedong team let Lin Yuan kick off.

Lin Yuan swung the stick, but not towards the enemy, but instead kicked the ball behind himself.

"What is this for! Are you going to give away points?" An audience member in the stands immediately shouted in confusion.

As soon as Lin Yuan hit the ball, he turned his horse's head and ran backwards.

Li Renjie and Chen Long beside him rode their horses and rushed forward.

Seeing this scene, the Turkic team was stunned:
I've never seen anyone play like this, not attacking but retreating?

For a moment they were unsure whether to watch out for Chen Long and his two companions who did not have the ball, or to surround Lin Yuan who had the ball.

However, the Turkic team was an experienced and strong team after all. Soon, at the signal of the team leader, they assigned four riders to guard Chen Long and his two companions.

The remaining six people rushed forward and rode their horses towards Lin Yuan.

Their idea was simple: grab the polo ball, then attack and score another point.

Lin Yuan looked at their swarming formation, smiled, and swung his club towards the far right side of the field, hitting the polo ball out.

Then he immediately squeezed the horse's belly and sprinted towards the rightmost seam.

fast!
It's so fast!

Lin Yuan and the red horse under his crotch rushed straight forward at an astonishing speed like a red lightning.

The Turkic riders who rushed towards him had no idea that Lin Yuan was so fast, and they had no time to make any interception moves. They saw Lin Yuan riding his horse past them at full speed.

At this time, Lin Yuan tore a big hole in the Turkic team's defensive formation from the right side.

The knight who was guarding Chen Long had to ride forward to stop Lin Yuan and plug the gap.

It seemed that he was about to block Lin Yuan right in front of him.

Lin Yuan shook the reins with his left hand, and the red horse under his crotch actually paced quickly and moved sideways.

This is simply unscientific. Horse legs are not as flexible as human legs. If you want to make this kind of quick lateral movement, you may break your leg if you are not careful.

Once a horse's leg is broken, it is doomed to die.

It is impossible for a horse to mend its legs after breaking them like humans do.

Therefore, all horses will instinctively resist this pace, and only if they fully trust their owners and have received sufficient training will they do so.

Only horses can make this magical stride.

Faced with this sudden change, the Turkic riders had no time to stop their horses and passed by him, leaving the goal behind him wide open.

Seeing this scene, the audience immediately burst into cheers:
"Slant step! This is a diagonal step!"

"What is a diagonal step?"

"It's a riding technique that involves controlling the horse's lateral movement! This requires very high riding skills, and can only be mastered through long-term cooperation between the master and the horse!"

"But as far as I know, a gait is a slow sideways step of a horse!"

"That's true under normal circumstances. Being able to make a horse do a sideways stride is a very advanced riding skill. I never thought General Yuchi could actually control the red horse under his crotch and do a sideways stride at such a high speed!"

At this moment, there was no more obstacle in front of Lin Yuan.

He spurred his horse into a gallop, heading straight for the goal.

In desperation, the two Turkic riders who were guarding Li Renjie and Chen Long had to give up their defensive goals and ride forward to stop Lin Yuan.

Faced with the opponent's encirclement, Lin Yuan could have tried to speed up his horse and rush through the two of them.

But he did not take the risk. After all, football is a team sport and one must learn to trust his teammates.

So he yanked the club hard and hit the ball forward.

"puff!"

The ball drew a perfect arc and landed in front of Chen Long.

How could Chen Long miss such a great opportunity?

He rode his horse forward quickly and hit the polo ball into the goal with one stroke.

2-6!

A goal was scored, and the audience immediately cheered:

"This goal was so beautiful! I've never seen such a brilliant goal before. General Yuchi alone mobilized nine players on the opposing team!"

"No wonder General Yuchi is invincible. His riding skills are simply astonishing."

"Do we have any hope of equalizing the score?"

When someone asked this question, the atmosphere immediately became depressed.

Although thanks to Lin Yuan's efforts, Hedong Town scored a goal and recovered one point.

However, the current gap is still as high as four points, and it is still extremely difficult to make up the score.

People started complaining:
"It would have been better if General Yuchi had been allowed to play earlier. We're so far behind now, it would be difficult for General Yuchi to catch up even if he's brave enough."

"Yeah, the tactic we used to score that goal just now can't be used repeatedly. It will only get harder and harder to score."

"There are only four of us. We have more space to maneuver when attacking, but on defense, those knights can be effective even if they just stand still. Now I'm worried about how they're going to defend against the Turkic attacks."

"Woo~" At this time, the kick-off horn sounded again in the field.

It was the Turks' turn to attack.

They immediately divided their efforts and pressed towards the back half of the Hedong team from different angles. The Hedong team had only four people, and they were unable to stop the ten people's charge.

When Li Longji and his four men defeated the Tubo team, they used the method of locking down the enemy player with the ball.

With a small number of people, it is impossible to defend the enemy one by one, but we can lock down the rider who has the ball, making it impossible for him to pass the ball effectively, and then take away his possession of the ball.

This requires very high skills and cooperation from the four players.

We want to prevent the four players on the Hedong team from replicating this tactic.

But Lin Yuan has an even more unreasonable tactic: if he can't defend the line, then just don't defend it and let the opponent in directly!
He was seen riding his horse to the front of the goal alone, while the other three teammates did not retreat to defend, but instead galloped towards the opponent's goal.

The Turkic team was confused:
What is this going to do?
Have you given up on defense?

But why was there one more person left behind?

Lin Yuan rode a red horse and stood alone in front of the goal, like a goal god.

Seeing Lin Yuan's expression, the Turkic player laughed: Do you think you can stop us from scoring just by standing there?

The Turkic rider holding the ball suddenly pulled the club.

"Boom!"

With a loud bang, the polo ball flew straight towards the goal from behind Lin Yuan.

"Yululu~" The red horse under Lin Yuan's crotch let out a long whistle, and actually raised its front hooves high, standing only on its hind legs.

What’s even more exaggerated is that this is not just standing still.

But before raising its front hooves, the red horse had already rotated its body using its hind hooves as a fulcrum!
Lin Yuan rode on the upright red horse and pulled the baseball bat in his hand with all his strength.

"Boom!"

The Turkic team's shot was blocked...

This scene made the audience at the scene unable to believe it. What kind of magical riding skill was this?

Are you and Ma on the same page? How could you possibly be so in sync?
The fixed hind leg rotation is a very difficult move in equestrianism.

I didn’t expect that when Lin Yuan drove the red horse under his crotch to rotate, he could immediately follow it up with an upright movement!
This simply makes the difficulty several times greater.

What’s even more exciting is that Lin Yuan not only drove the Red Horse to perform such a difficult continuous movement, but also accurately blocked the opponent’s shot!

To the audience, this is no different from chopping an arrow with a knife.

What kind of perverted timing ability is this?
What made them even more crazy was that Lin Yuan's shot was not a random one.

The reason why he made the red horse under his crotch do such a difficult move was not to show off, but to adjust the angle of the shot.

The polo ball hit by Lin Yuan drew a beautiful trajectory in the air and headed straight for the back half of the Turkic team!

At this time, all ten members of the Turkic team had pressed into the Hedong team's half, but there was no one in their own half.

And there were Chen Long and three others...

Li Renjie took the ball from Lin Yuan, swung it lightly, and the ball went in.

3-6!

This scene made the audience excited.

In the very short time that Lin Yuan came on the court, the Hedong team recovered 2 points, giving them hope of a comeback.

The Turkic team couldn't believe their eyes. How could they lose these two points so easily?

"Woo~" the kick-off horn sounded again.

This time it is still the same defensive tactics as last time.

Chen Long and three other riders went straight into the opponent's back half, and Lin Yuan scored the goal alone.

The Turkic team refused to believe in evil and tried to shoot again.

The result was another slap in the face.

Lin Yuan hit the ball out, and Chen Long received the ball and counterattacked to score.

4-6!

The Turkic team felt very desperate. How could they fight?
There is an impregnable goalkeeper on the opposite side.

"Woo~" After this kick-off, the Turkic team learned their lesson.

They sent five riders back to their own half to guard Chen Long and his two companions.

The remaining five continued to attack with the ball.

This way, even if the attack fails, we will not be left without the ability to defend.

"Boom!"

Sure enough, the shot was blocked by Lin Yuan again.

The Turkic team was a little numb.

But this time, Lin Yuan did not pass the ball directly to Chen Long and the other two.

Because teammates are also under the defense of superior enemies, they do not have good offensive opportunities.

So Lin Yuan chose to charge with the ball himself.

When Lin Yuan hit the ball far away, the five Turkic riders who had attacked before did not choose to compete with Lin Yuan in speed to grab the polo ball.

They chose to line up horizontally to block Lin Yuan's way.

The fight for the ball can be left to the five teammates in the second half. They have only one goal, which is to hold Lin Yuan back.

Facing the wall formed by the Turkic riders, Lin Yuan did not slow down, but squeezed his horse's belly hard and rushed towards the Turkic riders at a faster speed.

Seeing this scene, the audience was stunned:
"My God!"

"What are you doing? Crashing into it could kill someone!"

"At such a high speed, both horses and riders will die if they collide!"

The red horse under Lin Yuan's crotch weighs 580 kilograms, and together with his own weight, the total weight exceeds 650 kilograms.

At this time, the horse's speed has exceeded 65 kilometers!

With such a fast speed and huge weight, once it hits the opponent's horse, the power released will be no less than that of a small bomb exploding.

Not only did Lin Yuan not slow down, he also whipped the red horse under his crotch hard, rushing forward at a faster speed.

Where did this madman come from? Is he trying to kill himself?
Faced with Lin Yuan rushing towards them, the Turkic riders panicked and urged their horses to get out of the way.

But how could it be too late?
Seeing that they were about to collide, the Turkish knight closed his eyes in despair.

"clatter!"

Suddenly, a very crisp and loud sound of horse hooves sounded in front of them, and the red horse under Lin Yuan's crotch took off into the air.

"Whoo~"

With a gust of wind, the red horse passed over their heads!

This scene left everyone present dumbfounded.

"Ta-ta-ta-ta!"

After landing, the red horse continued to rush forward quickly. Lin Yuan grabbed the polo ball, brought it all the way to the goal, and swung it into the goal to score.

5-6!

During the entire process, the five Turkic riders in the backfield did not step forward to intercept.

They were completely shocked by Lin Yuan's heroic appearance, which was like a god descending from heaven, and stared blankly at Lin Yuan as he scored the goal.

In fact, it was not just the Turkic riders. Chen Long and the other two as well as the audience were also shocked to the point of being speechless.

It was not until more than ten breaths after Lin Yuan scored the goal that everyone came to their senses and immediately broke into thunderous cheers.

At this point, the Hedong team scored 4 points in a row!
The consecutive goals completely destroyed the morale of the Turkic team, and they were no longer able to organize an effective confrontation.

When the horn sounded at the end of the game, the final score was locked at: 9-6!

After Lin Yuan came on the court, the Hedong team scored 9 points in a row, while the Turkic team never scored again.

It can be said that Lin Yuan turned the tide with his own strength and changed the outcome of the entire game.

"Cut!" Director Nolan shouted with satisfaction.

The filming was finally completed and the actors got off the stage and went home.

"It's finally over. This scene was really not easy." Chen Long sighed, "Fortunately, I'm just a guest star, so the last scene is not difficult."

"It's not difficult for you, but it's a bit difficult for me." Lin Yuan replied.

"Just a little difficult?"

Chen Long had read the script and knew what Lin Yuan was going to do.

He pointed to the large net at the edge of the polo field, used to block the ball, and said, "Are you really going to do this? I can't even imagine such a dangerous action scene."

Chen Long was talking about the next scene, which is also an equally thrilling action scene in "The Heroes of Tang Dynasty" besides jumping off the Hukou Waterfall.

When Director Nolan heard Chen Long say that he couldn't imagine how dangerous this scene was, his expression immediately became serious.

(End of this chapter)