(Foreword)

Young people, use your wisdom to compose the old man's life!!

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October 30, 2021 at 14:50 p.m

I looked up and saw that Zhao Yun had already picked up the gun and returned, the results of the second game made everyone happy, but the problem after that was once again put in front of us, we still failed to find a way for Huang Zhong to defeat Xiahou Yuan, although Huang Zhong killed Xiahou Yuan in the first battle of Dingjun Mountain, but the results of the previous competition were very disappointing, there must be something we did not take into account, this game of chess seems to be just fighting in the corner of the chessboard, but the chess players have already looked at the overall situation, strategizing, and winning thousands of miles away.

Although I have never met Mr. Ouyang Yu, I can see from the puzzles he laid out that the old man is thoughtful and talented, and he is worthy of being a master in the world.

Just when I was secretly admiring, suddenly the war drums sounded in unison, and I saw Xiahou Yuan come to the front of the battle and shouted: "Where is the enemy general, come and fight with me quickly." ”

"Xia Cheng, I said don't hesitate, I can't think of any way anyway, it's better to fight." Cui Li said it was a bold statement, but it was a reckless move.

Xia Cheng put his hand on the button to fight, but he didn't press it, although he looked expressionless, but he must have hesitated in his heart, and it was difficult to make such a decision.

Lin Yun hurriedly wrote something on the paper again, and the speed became faster and faster, as if the time for the exam had come, and there were still students who were still struggling to answer the questions when the final paper was closed.

"Wait!! Wait!!! Lin Yun put down the pen in his hand, not so much to put it down, but to fall out. The pen landed on the ground with a crisp sound.

"Lin Yun? What's wrong? Zhao Yuyu was obviously startled by Lin Yun's voice.

"I see, I know." For a moment, she was as happy as a child who had been appreciated, "I know why Huang Zhong and Xiahou Yuan were just a tie before. ”

"Really, how do you know?" Zhang Xinran's eyes told me that she seemed to see hope again.

"Look!" Lin Yun picked up the paper he had been writing just now and showed it in front of us.

The Battle of Bowangpo took place in the seventh year of Jian'an (202 AD).

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The Battle of Changbanpo took place in the thirteenth year of Jian'an (208 AD).

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The battle of Dingjun Mountain took place in the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an (219 AD).

……

All the time points on the paper are marked out. It's self-explanatory.

"Could it be the point of time?" Li Ruina took the paper and confirmed further.

"That's right, it's the time node, as you can see, the seventh year of Jian'an, that is, 202 A.D. - the Battle of Bowangpo. In the thirteenth year of Jian'an, that is, in 208 A.D., the Battle of Changbanpo. In the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an, that is, in 219 A.D. - the battle of Dingjun Mountain. So our previous failure should have been a mistake in chronological order. Lin Yun's speech was fast, but clear.

"In this case, that is to say, when we defended for the second time, after the battle of Bowangpo in Xiahoudun, we directly fought the battle of Dingjun Mountain, thus skipping the battle of Changbanpo, so we failed." Zhao Yuyu continued to speculate along Lin Yun's train of thought.

"That's right, there is no battle of Changbanpo, and where did the battle of Dingjun Mountain come from, so there is no such thing as Huang Zhong beheading Xiahou Yuan." Cui Li woke up like a dream.

"So that's the case, no wonder Cheng Yin suddenly changed the order of the enemy's generals, in order to adjust the order of the three battles back to the correct order, we all misunderstood him before!" Zhang Xinran said a little embarrassed.

"Cheng Yin, I knew you would be able to." Cui Li also echoed on the side.

Wrong! Wrong! Wrong!!! The order of the three battles, I did think of it when I adjusted the order of the enemy's generals, but this was not the fundamental reason why Huang Zhong and Xiahou Yuan were tied. But I don't know how to explain it, after all, it's just a feeling of mine.

"In that case, Xia Cheng, let's continue to fight." Zhang Xinran couldn't wait to end this headache-inducing puzzle.

"yes, let's start the third matchup quickly." Cui Li also kept urging on the side.

But Xia Cheng didn't press the button to play because of this, it seems that he should also find that things are not as simple as we think, we are now standing at the final level, and success is close at hand, but the more critical it is, the more we can't take it lightly, a seemingly small mistake is enough to make all our efforts go to waste.

Xiahou Yuan still stood in front of the formation and shouted: "Where is the enemy general, come and fight with me quickly." ”

"Xia Cheng, what are you waiting for?" Cui Li shouted anxiously.

"Summer City! You don't press me! Zhang Xinran was also anxious, seeing that hope was in front of him, so he could wait for a moment longer.

"Summer City!"

"Summer City!"

……

Xia Cheng didn't pay attention to everyone, just frowned and looked at Xiahou Yuan who was showing off his might on the battlefield.

"Where is the enemy general, come and fight me quickly."

"Nameless rats, vulnerable."

Xiahou Yuan kept shouting and scolding on the field.

"Xia Cheng, get out of the way!" Cui Li really couldn't listen anymore, and rushed to Xia Cheng's side, trying to push him away. But I did rush back from the other side quickly, and stopped me sharply: "Cui Li, you calm down." ”

"I'm calm, how can I be calm, Lin Yun hasn't already made the truth clear, we made the chronology of the three battles wrong before, and now that you have adjusted the time, everything is fine, but if you look at him, you deliberately didn't let Huang Zhong fight. If there is a setting that wins without a fight, don't you think it's a pity? Cui Li's tone was full of anger and incomprehension.

"What Cui Li said makes sense, I don't understand it, Xia Cheng, I know that you are usually the most far-sighted, but now we have figured out all the rules. Why didn't you let Huang Zhong fight? Zhang Xinran's patience seems to have reached its peak.

Zhang Han didn't speak, just stopped and watched. It's still like it's not about itself.

Although I also knew that Xia Cheng must have considered not letting Huang Zhong fight, in fact, we felt that something was overlooked by us, if this was really the case, I really gave up all my efforts.

I looked down and saw that the paper written by Lin Yun was scattered on the ground, and I bent down to pick it up and put it in order. Suddenly, the contents of the paper caught my attention, but at the same time, my head began to hurt again.

Everything familiar again.

Chessboard.

Chess game.

The middle-aged man in front of him.

The sound of chess pieces hitting the board.

It keeps coming to my ears.

So that's the case, and it seems that it is indeed time to end this complicated battle of the three generals.

(End of chapter)