Chapter 015: A Game Within a Game
It is said that Chen Tuan had an adventure when he was a teenager, when he was only four or five years old, he played on the shore of the whirlpool, and an old woman in Tsing Yi breastfed him, and since then Chen Tuan has become more and more intelligent and wise. Reading the history of hundreds of schools, once you see it, you will never forget it, and it is famous for its poetry.
Five generations later, Tang Changxing went to try to enter the Shiluo in the middle of the year, so he did not seek the official position of Yulu, took the mountains and rivers as his pleasure, lived in seclusion in the famous mountains and rivers, got the law of the dragon sting, and obtained the Tao in sleep, so he was the best at sleeping in his life. It is said that his poems, books, easy, medicine, all-encompassing, the way of the Ming Emperor's hegemony, can predict the rise and fall of the country, the blessings and misfortunes of people, and several emperors have intersections, especially with Emperor Taizu is also a minister and friend, deep feelings, leaving many good stories.
"And now, when the country is broken, the two of them suddenly appear in the dream of His Royal Highness King Wei, does it indicate something?" Liu Huang was messy, if it was any other time when anyone told him such a strange thing, he would probably laugh it off, but now it was different.
First of all, when the country was in danger, Zhengshuo had surrendered, and the newly established small court was chased around like a dog, and there was no place to stand, so it could only float on the sea day and night, living a precarious life; Moreover, when Liu Huang's life was hanging by a thread, it was this little prince who gave him an elixir to turn the corner for safety; Then there was the sudden storm that saved them from falling into the hands of the Mongols.
When people are most helpless, many people may choose to turn to omnipotent and ethereal gods, hoping to help them resolve the crisis, especially in the era when the theory of gods and ghosts is prevalent, I am afraid that no one is an exception. And now Liu Huang is in anxiety, trying to get out of the passive situation and powerless, it is natural to want to grasp any straw that floats down, even if it subverts his previous cognition, and involuntarily believes Zhao Hao's words first.
"Your Highness, haven't the two ancestors said anything to you, or give you some advice?" Liu Di asked a little impatiently, he wanted to know if what His Highness had been doing these days was related to dreams.
"Pointing, pointing? It's a game of chess! Zhao Hao said with his eyes wide open.
"Ah...... Your Highness has played against them? Liu Huang looked at His Royal Highness's innocent gaze and said for a moment, but there was some disappointment in his words.
"Yes, I played two games with Taizu and Lao Zu!" Zhao Yu raised two fingers and shook them and said.
"How's it going?" Liu Huang asked casually.
"I won two games against Taizu, and I am a draw with Lao Zu." Zhao Yu said excitedly, as if showing off.
"Yes, does Your Highness remember the chess game?" Liu Huang barely squeezed out a smile and said, probably in order not to disappoint His Highness, his words were perfunctory.
"Oh, of course I remember, one day the ancestor couldn't wake up from a deep sleep, and the ancestor asked me to play chess with him!" Zhao Yu was even more excited when he heard this, and he was busy setting up the chess pieces for review.
Liu Huang looked at the first game between His Royal Highness and Taizu, he may really be a beginner, and he didn't know how to let Zhihong go first. In the course of the confrontation between the two sides, the rooks, horses, soldiers and generals, soldiers, and elephants can do their best to give full play to their offensive and defensive combat effectiveness. And His Royal Highness is like a newborn calf with his bicycle advancing and retreating, breaking through Taizu's strict defense.
"Your Highness is really like Zhao Yun single-handedly savior in the 100,000 army of Cao's army, and he is invincible!" The plate was intense, and the rain outside the cabin was urgent, and Liu Huang was also thrilled to watch, as if he was playing against Taizu, until His Royal Highness locked the victory, he wiped the sweat on his forehead and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Hehe, Taizu also praised me for being able to destroy Zhengrui and turn the tide in extreme danger, and I can be called a hero." Zhao Yu said with some embarrassment.
"Your Highness, hurry up and swing the second game." Liu Huang nodded and thought that Taizu's comments were appropriate, but he was no longer aware of entering the game, and urged His Highness to say.
In the second game, the two changed their sons and fought again, and after entering the game, the red and black sides on the chessboard each had seven left, and the schema was beautiful and rigorous. At this moment, at first glance, the red side seems to have a chance to win, and Taizu seems to be eager to win a game, and the killing moves are frequent. However, His Royal Highness changed the previous style of chess, calmly laid out, step by step, and conceived exquisitely, laid many traps, arranged the game profoundly, and led the opponent into a desperate situation step by step, and there were only seven sons left in the board at this moment.
"Whew, it's dangerous!" After this game, His Royal Highness looked as usual, but Liu Di's face was flushed, sweating through his clothes, as if he was caught in the game. However, at this time, he already believed that His Highness had learned to play chess in a dream, because he knew that there was no chess player in the palace who surpassed Taizu's chess strength, so he could not teach His Highness such a clever apprentice.
"The first game was also made by Taizu, otherwise it would be a tie." Zhao Yu pouted, seemingly dissatisfied with Taizu's 'release of water'.
"Your Highness, even if Taizu is humble, it will not be easy for His Highness to win." Liu Huang sighed and said, he understood that even if he went into battle, he would not be able to get out of such a wonderful chess game, and His Royal Highness could learn without a teacher just by watching the two of them play, and he was no longer smart, but a genius. Thinking that I have studied hard for 20 years before I have a bright future, I can't help but feel a little depressed.
"The ancestor is the master of the game, there is no flaw between offense and defense, and every step can be killed, so I didn't sleep well, and I didn't have the energy the next day." Zhao Hao didn't seem to notice Liu Huang's crying face, shaking his little head and sighing.
"Oh, then please go ahead and review it!" His Royal Highness's words made Liu Di's teeth itch with jealousy, but he still said with a smile, saying that although this kid is telling the truth, he also has to be considerate of the old minister's fragile heart!
In the next two games, His Highness may have deliberately let Liu Huang see clearly, so he walked very slowly, which also left him time to think, but also made him feel more thrilling. After only more than ten rounds of prelude battles in the first game, it turned into a fierce battle, and gradually entered the endgame of rooks and horses fighting chariots, and at the beginning there was a chess situation in which the red side could kill two rooks and one horse in a row, but His Royal Highness who held the red gave up this great opportunity.
Liu Huang was a little confused, but when he deduced more than a dozen steps in his heart, he realized that it was a deception set up by his opponent. The next chess move is even more confusing, making people like seeing flowers in the fog, the moves are profound, varied, and the slightest relaxation will fall into the land of no return. And look at His Royal Highness's chess path calmly, do not rush forward, do not attack, be careful everywhere, and resolve the puzzles laid by the opponent one by one, so that the situation turns from danger to safety, and finally the game has been drawn.
Without waiting for Liu Huang to detach himself from the strange and changeable first game, the second game has already begun. At the beginning of this game, the ancestor who held the red attacked all the way, and killed several 'generals' of His Royal Highness one after another.
When entering the end game, the red side still has two rooks, although His Royal Highness who holds the black has a scholar's appearance, but there are only three pawns that can attack, and the strength and weakness can be distinguished at a glance, which makes Liu Huang have to suspect that His Highness said that the two games are all tied because the ancestor is suspected of releasing water......
"Your Highness, there is such a huge disparity in chess momentum, should you abandon the game?" Liu Huang pondered for a while, and felt that it was difficult for black chess to make a difference, not just persistence can be changed, admitting defeat is the best choice, but through these three games of chess, he realized that His Royal Highness is by no means an ordinary child, so he said uncertainly.
"At that time, I also had this intention, thinking that I would definitely lose, but a sentence from my ancestor made me change my mind." Zhao Yu said.
"What did the Ancestor say?" Liu Huang asked urgently, he knew that Chen Tuan was a master in the world, and he could often prosper the country with a single word, and he might be taking the opportunity to ignite His Highness, but he was still unknown.
"Although there is wisdom, it is better to take advantage of the situation. Although there is a base of Rhine, it is better to wait for the time! Zhao Hao replied.
"Although there is wisdom, it is better to take advantage of the situation. Although there is a base of Rhine, it is better to wait for the time! Liu Di frowned and repeated in a low voice, with his knowledge, this sentence is no stranger, it is from the article "Mencius", which was said by Gongsun Chou and his teacher Mencius, and the gist of this sentence is that even if you have wisdom, you have to take advantage of the situation; Even if there is a hoe and a plow, it has to wait for the farming time, but Chen Tuan and His Royal Highness said that this sentence is by no means so simple, and there must be a deep meaning in it.
Just when Liu Huang pondered the meaning of his words, he suddenly found that the situation in the plate had changed again. If Red's swift and rampage rooks resemble dragons in the sea, Black's three pawns are slow and weak earthworms, but at this moment the rooks are restrained by Black's two pawns and are not allowed to move at will, and at the same time, Black is able to maneuver the other pawn and flexibly change the position of the pawn, so that the red rook does nothing, and the situation naturally changes dramatically.
"Hey, this game is mysterious!" Liu Huang was surprised to see the reversal of the situation, but now the earthworm, which looked unusually small in front of the dragon, was able to compete with the two rooks, and Black gradually reversed the decline and finally ended up in a draw with the clever cooperation between the remaining few pieces, delicate moves and complex and changeable strategies and tactics.
Liu Huang stared at the chessboard for a long time and did not move, he saw that this game was more 'internal strength', than who can calm down, who will take advantage of the situation and the grasp of the opportunity, and gradually understand what Chen Tuan said. In a sense, personal wisdom is indeed not as good as the times to create heroes, and excellent tools also need the right time to play a role, so many people complain, thinking that they have no talent, or are cornered, in fact, they have not seized the opportunity, which must be content to wait for the opportunity and endure loneliness......