Wu Gen rubbed his eyes and raised his head. His eyes were bleary. Candles were already lit in the room, and Dongfang Ji was shaking his body. "What's the matter? Are we going to have dinner?"
Dongfang Ji stroked his forehead and was speechless. At the end of the day, Wu Gen had already eaten six meals and felt a little dissatisfied. Wu Gen had already mastered the basic rules of war chess, and he originally thought about having a game with him, but as soon as night fell, Wu Gen yawned non-stop and felt sleepy. In the end, he simply fell asleep on the table.
Luo Bing had issued a death order, and he must teach Wu Gen within one day. Otherwise, given his character, he might have to guard the mountain gate and build the mountain road.
"Keep on holding on. You can wait until I play a game with you and get familiar with the use of chess before going to sleep." Dongfangji persuaded in a gentle tone, fearing that the master would just drop his pick and run away. Now it's the other way around. The one who teaches chess is begging the one being taught. What's going on?
Wu Gen yawned loudly and stretched, "Forget it, I already know a thing or two about chess theory. Any more practice will only be a waste of energy. It's better to take a good rest so that you can be mentally prepared for the challenge tomorrow." He stood up. Just about to go outside.
Dongfang Ji and the two instructors quickly stopped the old man and said, "We have to practice it before we get into it. Isn't it a little hasty? How about getting familiar with it again."
Wu Gen sighed, "To tell you the truth, I am exhausted as soon as night falls. It is useless to keep going like this. I will have a plan for tomorrow. Thank you for your trouble and say goodbye." After that, he walked away.
Dongfang Ji and the two teachers looked at each other with helpless faces and had no choice but to walk away.
The next day, Luo Bing took Wu Gen and Xia Houzhong to Shaoyang Courtyard again. Nangong Ping was already waiting outside the mountain gate. The two of them chatted and arrived at Shaoyang Courtyard.
As soon as he arrived at the courtyard, Wu Gen couldn't help but be stunned. The place for the chess game was on the square in front of the main hall. The square is quite spacious and can easily accommodate a thousand people. At this time, the three floors inside and outside are already crowded with people watching the battle.
Seeing Wu Gen coming over, discussions broke out in the court, and boos continued to be heard.
When we reached the center of the square, a platform was set up with a huge chessboard on it. There are formations all around, and as soon as you enter it, the noise outside will be isolated, so as not to affect both sides of the game.
Wu Gen stood on tiptoe and looked curiously, wondering who the Shaoyang Academy had sent to fight. Just as he was poking his head around, cheers broke out in the stadium, the crowd parted, and a young man with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks and an extremely thin body came from outside the stadium.
Wu Gen couldn't help but be stunned. He had met this person once before, and his name was Hu Jia. When I first arrived at Geshan that day, the first person I met was this person. It seemed that he was my opponent today. It was really fate.
Hu Jia walked up to Wu Gen and bowed deeply, "Hello, Senior Brother Wu. It's an honor to be able to play chess with Senior Brother today. I hope you can give me some advice."
Wu Gen patted his shoulder carelessly, "Easy to say, we said goodbye in a hurry that day. I didn't expect to see you again here today. As a brother, I want to learn from my junior brother's methods." He secretly worked hard in his hands and looked at the other party with a smile. .
Hu Jia's face changed slightly, his body twisted, and he escaped from Wu Gen's claws. There was anger in his eyes, "Today you and I represent the two houses. We put aside our personal friendship for the time being, so please don't hold back." Senior brother, why don't we two take the stage?"
"Please." Wu Gen waved his hand.
"Senior brother, please." Hu Jia also made a gesture of invitation.
"This is junior brother's place. How dare a brother overstep his bounds? Junior brother, please."
"..."
Seeing the two of them competing with each other and the smell of gunpowder getting stronger, Nangong Ping had no choice but to speak and let the two of them appear on the stage at the same time, while he and Luo Bing sat not far away to watch the battle. Xia Houzhong was as rigorous as ever. He walked to the stage in person and checked carefully to prevent the other party from doing anything.
Nangong Ping glanced at Luo Bing, "Master Luo, shall we begin?"
Luo Bing lay on the chair without any image, "Whatever.".cao
A bell rings and the battle begins.
Wu Gen stared at Hu Jia opposite him, "Junior brother, in today's battle, my brother will not hold back."
Hu Jia said with a smile, "Senior brother, I don't know how to give in."
Wu Gen slapped the chessboard, making the opponent jump back in fright.
He said, "Junior brother, don't show off when you can't hold on, otherwise you'll hurt your body."
Hu Jia was a little angry. Wu Gen was shocked. The key was that his ugly appearance was seen by his classmates outside the court. He inevitably dropped the topic and said angrily: "Brother, please stop using such tricks that disturb people's minds. Come on. Let’s get started, and we will finally see the real results in the chess field.”
Wu Gen was exposed by the other party, but his face did not turn red and his heart did not beat. He said in a deep voice: "Let's get started."
The two put their hands on the chessboard, closed their eyes slightly, and gradually focused their minds.
In the distance, Nangong Ping glanced at Luo Bing slightly from the corner of his eyes, feeling a little proud in his heart. If I had known that this person was worried about losing the mountain gate and had been planning for a long time, do I really think that the sudden proposal to play chess was a temporary idea?
Although Hu Jia is also a newly admitted student, he comes from Songtao Academy, where he is known for his strategy. Although strategy is different from warfare, what you practice is to prepare a curtain.
I have gone to great lengths to lure Hu Jia from Chongzhiyuan just for today. You are so cruel, Luo Bing, you are still far behind. After seeing the end, do you still have the face to shout and act arrogantly on Geshan Mountain?
Wu Gen followed Dongfang Ji's instruction and his mind slowly sank into the chessboard. Suddenly, Hu Jia was no longer in sight. He seemed to be sitting on the sky, with a chessboard in front of him, and below him mountains, rivers, and fertile fields. On the chessboard, only one's own side can be seen, while the opponent is hidden in the clouds.
After observing the surroundings, Wu Gen placed the first chess piece. The chess piece fell, and a team of elephant soldiers appeared on the field. The next time, another group of magic rune soldiers appeared.
Wu Gen made his moves one after another, and a large army gradually appeared. As the number of chess pieces increased, Wu Gen also discovered that more soldiers was not always better.
The larger the army is, the heavier the burden on logistics and equipment will be, and the supply from the rear will be more difficult, and the war will not last long.
This chess game is really amazing. It looks like two people talking about it, but in fact it requires a clear mind and no calculation. What is considered is the ability to coordinate the overall situation and strategize.
According to what I learned in Dafeng Village, when going out to rob, you need to first find out the terrain, roads, dangerous places, and dangerous passes of the place where you are going to start, and find out the number, property, and guards of the people being robbed. As the saying goes, if you know your enemy and yourself, you will never be in danger in a hundred battles. .
While Wu Gen was reorganizing the army, he also sent a large number of scouts and dead soldiers to explore the movements of Hu Jia's side.
Looking at the continuous feedback of information, Wu Gen couldn't help but frown.
Hu Jia arranged his troops in a tight formation, with needles hidden in the cotton, and coordinated from head to tail, fighting a dignified battle. This kind of opponent is quite difficult to deal with. It's like trying to gnaw at a well-defended fort, with strong walls everywhere and nowhere to say anything.
From this moment on, it can be seen that Hu Jia is definitely not a temporary product like himself, and he must have some abilities.
On the opposite side, Hu Jia was also mobilizing troops and generals. Before he came, the leader of the hospital, Nangong Ping, had already explained that Wu Gen was a man of a quick temper and had many methods. He just had to fight steadily, fight stupidly, fight to the death, do not expose any flaws, and use his military strength little by little. By establishing an advantage, you can accumulate victory and you will definitely be able to win it.
Wu Gen frowned. If he wanted to defeat such an opponent, in addition to multi-temperature calculations, he had to devise cunning strategies and engage in deceitful battles to have a chance of victory.
After some reconnaissance, Wu Gen found that although the opponent's troops were strong, closely connected with each other, and the troops were well matched, with head and tail strikes responding, and tail strikes responding to the head, the overall movement was relatively slow.
After pondering for a moment, he gathered together the Volunteer Soldiers who were originally dispersed among the various armies, and deployed the Medical Soldiers who were originally used to treat the wounded soldiers among the Volunteer Soldiers. This was equivalent to completely giving up the protection of the ground forces.
The regular soldiers move away from the opponent's main battle legion to avoid its edge.
After some operations, Wu Gen's front was empty, and he actually gave up half of his country. If the opponent enters from here, they can push almost all the way without any obstruction.
This move is quite risky, but after all, it is still the temperament of a bandit. If it is not operated properly, large areas of land will be lost, strategic space will be compressed, follow-up supplies will be difficult, and it is easy to fall into a situation where land and people will be lost.
The Yi Falcon soldiers took the lead and took advantage of the convenience of quick action to rush towards Hu Jia. When approaching the enemy, they avoided their main defensive direction, made a large circle, broke through the enemy's scattered air defenses, and flew deep into the country.
Hu Jia mobilized his troops and stood firm in various major cities and key passes. Troops from the rear were constantly moving forward. Looking at the impregnable line, even if Wu Gen attacked first, he would still have the strength to pull back quickly.
Songtao Academy mostly studied the art of vertical and horizontal movements. Although Hu Jia was poor at adjusting situations, he was very familiar with the national economy and people's livelihood, the general trend, and the geography of mountains and rivers.
In a grand battle, Hu Jia is confident that he can use his meticulous skills to erode his opponents bit by bit. Just now, through reconnaissance, it was discovered that Wu Gen's army avoided his main battle direction and took a detour.
Hu Jia secretly laughed in his heart, thinking about how easy it would be to hit him on the flank. There are few flanking troops, but there are many dangerous and fortified cities to rely on. In addition, he also has a reserve force, which is enough to last until his main force captures the opponent's city and returns to support after the country is destroyed.
After waiting for a while, the opponent's army did not appear. Hu Jia was a little puzzled. Even if they were marching slowly, the two sides should be in contact, but there was silence on the battlefield. Except for some of the scouts sent out who failed to return, there were no major losses. This kind of loss was almost insignificant for a large army, and Hu Jia didn't take it to heart at all.
While he was hesitating, there was a sudden commotion from the rear, and his baggage team and grain-producing areas were attacked by the other party.
What attacked him was the overwhelming falcon soldiers. These falcon soldiers moved quickly and did not aim at killing, but focused on destroying their own military supplies. What's even more abominable is that the falcon soldiers were also mixed with medical soldiers, who dropped poison everywhere they went, destroying water sources and food.
Seeing the chaos in the rear, Hu Jia on the one hand strengthened his defenses, and on the other hand organized his own falcon soldiers to search for the enemy.
It's just that Wu Gen's Yifu soldiers usually run away when they are hit, and they run away when they can't be hit, and they are never reluctant to fight. Hu Jia had to spread out the Yi Falcon soldiers further and expand the search area in order to discover his opponent earlier.
Taking advantage of the air superiority, Wu Gen keenly discovered the opponent's movements. I couldn't help but feel overjoyed. How could I waste such a good opportunity?
Hu Jia's relatively dispersed air force encountered Shui Yunsheng's falcon soldiers, and they were divided and surrounded one after another. Although both sides had their own injuries, overall, under the attack of Wu Gen's relatively superior troops, small victories turned into big victories, and Hu Jia's Yifu troops were rapidly reduced.
Seeing that something was wrong, Hu Jia quickly gathered the remaining falcon soldiers, merged with the troops on the ground, and placed them under the protection of ground arrows. However, when the Righteous Falcon is used in this way, it not only loses its mobility advantage and is unable to cover the ground forces, but also needs the ground to provide protection, which actually becomes a useless move.
Even so, Hu Jia was not too worried. Although the other side's Yifu soldiers acted quickly and caused a lot of trouble, it was nothing more than trouble. Its power is like a long sword, sharp as it is, but the damage is not fatal. Unable to occupy the opponent's city and seize strategic resources, it can only serve as a source of harassment and containment.
Enduring the other party's harassment like flies and mosquitoes, he became ruthless and organized an army to march towards the other party's city. As long as they occupy the opponent's territory, these falcon soldiers will become water without a source and will be consumed bit by bit sooner or later.
