(Foreword)

Cold ice can't break the water, and dead wood can meet spring again.

(Text)

My head ached so badly, and it all seemed like it had come so appropriately.

"Focus, kid, don't be distracted while playing chess!"

The voice was repeated again and again in my head.

When I opened my eyes, it was the same table-style chessboard again.

By the bright light, I saw a middle-aged man sitting across from me, with a serious expression that didn't seem to smile, wearing a striped shirt and a mechanical watch in his right hand. It's so familiar and so strange.

"Kid, what are you thinking, remember that all you have in mind is the game right now." The man's voice was deep and powerful.

I looked at everything so familiar in front of me, this chessboard had helped me solve countless puzzles before, and this time it will also help me turn things around.

Both offenses, while fast, were almost focused on the upper left area of the board. The middle-aged man's chess game is very steady, he does not easily lift the moves, but constantly stabilizes the area where the chess is located.

The young man took out the chess pieces and landed them on the chessboard, and this hand "pulled" extremely exquisitely, which suppressed the middle-aged man's layout and thickened his own defense. But at this moment, the middle-aged man's move was beyond my expectations, I don't know if he made a mistake or deliberately, the chess game of the two sides at this time was entangled in the upper left area, and the middle-aged man at this time intentionally or unintentionally dropped the chess pieces in his hand on the lower right chessboard.

In this way, the boy took advantage of the situation in the chess game on the upper left and easily took the majority of control, but I did not see the slightest panic on the face of the middle-aged man, as if he had expected all this for a long time. But why did he give up the game with the boy in the upper left corner, and instead put the chess pieces in his hand far to the lower right?

The chess game is going on quickly, the two of you come and go, and soon the situation in the upper right is already clear, as expected, the middle-aged man will give up the layout of the upper right, but he will go down the trend and gradually the situation has undergone subtle changes, the original middle-aged man intentionally or unintentionally played the move has become an indispensable bridge for him, not only inheriting the layout of his middle but also consolidating the foundation of his lower right.

Sure enough, I finally understood the middle-aged man's intentions, and his seemingly intentional and unintentional moves were the same strategy I had envisioned earlier. It seems that this time I am not here to find the answer, or to confirm the answer in my heart again.

The middle-aged man touched the necklace around his neck with his hand. The necklace was so finely worked, and on the top of the necklace was engraved the word "Shu" that I had noticed before. It seems that all this is not unrelated, perhaps fate has bound us together.

"Good." The man began to sort out the chessboard, "Although I was a little anxious at the beginning, I was very good at this hand, and then I played more and more calmly. ”

I watched him move the pieces quickly.

"Sure enough, three-and-a-half, you won. By the way, how many games have you won since you learned? ”

I didn't speak.

"Remember children, life is like chess, and strategizing can win a thousand miles!"

At this time, my head began to ache suddenly, and the scene in front of me began to blur, but Arthur's voice came from my ears: "Cheng Yin, are you okay?" Can you hear what I'm saying? ”

I opened my eyes slightly, but the harsh sunlight couldn't help but make me close my eyes again, and I raised my hand to block out the sunlight in front of me before I barely opened my eyes again.

"Arthur......? Where am I? ”

"What else could it be? Cheng Yin, what's wrong with you? Aren't we on the battlefield at Yiling Pass? Don't...... You forgot? I looked at Arthur in front of me and continued to me with a nervous expression: "You suddenly fell down just now, which frightened me, Cheng Yin, are you okay?" Isn't it too tired? ”

"Arthur, I'm fine, I'm really fine." I barely stood up.

"Cheng Yin, great, you finally fell down with a headache again, how is it? Did you think of a good idea? Cui Li's words really made me angry and funny.

"You can say yes, you can say no." I'm not talking nonsense, this time I'm not looking for the answer, I'm going to confirm it.

"Cheng Yin, when is it? Why are you still playing guessing games with us, yes yes, no yes no, we really can't resist. Cui Li said.

At this moment, Lu Xun suddenly shouted loudly: "Array!"

It seems that the enemy has developed a new tactic, and this time it is not known how it will change.

"Cheng Yin, it's not good, the enemy's arrow platform suddenly came straight to the middle of our army." I followed what Xia Cheng said and looked into the distance, only to see a circle of enemy soldiers holding heavy shields suddenly appeared in front of the dozens of strong men who had been pushing the arrow tower to move. The speed of the arrow tower suddenly increased, and it rushed directly into the center of our army.

Before I could think about the enemy's tactics, dozens of soldiers flew down from the emblem, their spears in their hands more slender than ordinary spears, and a rope around their waists. At the moment when they fell to the ground, the spears in their hands stabbed at our soldiers, and then they were pulled back to the platform by the ropes on their bodies.

The whole process of the attack is as swift as an eagle in the sky grabbing food.

The soldiers who fell from the sky were all well trained, and the slender spears were more suitable for their agile attacks, and if you didn't pay attention to the spears in their hands, they would attack our soldiers through the thick shields.

The enemy's sudden tactics completely disrupted our position, and I had only two options at this time: one was to lead a small number of soldiers to retreat to Yiling Pass, and the second was to fight with the enemy until the last moment.

But it soon dawned on me that either option would make the current situation worse.

The enemy general Lu Xun quickly waved the feather fan in his hand again, and many wooden carts suddenly appeared from behind his army - a huge tiger was carved in front of the wooden cart, with fierce eyes and sharp claws. It was propelled forward by five or six strong men, and at the same time stood two enemy soldiers, each holding a heavy-looking hammer.

The cart was moving fast and coming towards our troops.

"Cheng Yin, look! The enemy seems to have sent a lot of new devices, I wonder what new tactics they have developed? Cui Li pointed to the wooden cart that was speeding towards us.

I saw that those vehicles were quickly approaching our soldiers, but they did not mean to slow down at all. Our soldiers also quickly blocked the tiger shield in their hands, trying to stop the enemy's attack, but who knew that those wooden carts rushed straight towards our soldiers.

(End of chapter)