Chapter 0748 Seven Stars Gathering: Traps at Every Step
Today's first update: Chapter 748! 2/4!
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Guanqi said nothing, opened his black and white eyes, and waited for Xu Kun's choice.
Xu Kun was a little scalp numb by his "eyes", looked left and right, and finally sighed: "Then I choose chess..."
Chess, at least I played chess with Hao Jian when I was young, and I played chess with an old man on the street on the way home from school!
Go, that's really nothing!
Zhang Guanqi nodded, sensing that Xu Kun had made his choice, and threw the Tianluo chessboard into the sky, which immediately turned into a 5*9*2 chessboard with a clear boundary between Chu and Han!
When the chessboard fell, the entire Baizhan Mountain moved!
The small hills were combined together and turned into mountains of equal size, which began to move on the chessboard. On the mountains, gravel fell and finally turned into lifelike... chess pieces!
Why is it so lifelike? Because these merged mountains are shaped like chariots, sturdy elephants, soldiers marching in formation, and heavy artillery with black barrels...
Similarly, there are also general platforms and general platforms prepared for the two!
"Eh? Why is there no horse?"
Not only is there no horse, Xu Kun also found that there is no chess mountain representing officials and scholars!
"This... is a chessboard?"
When Xu Kun and Zhang Guanqi were guided by the formation at the same time and took the position of general, Xu Kun could see the whole area from a high position!
He was wearing a red general robe and was the commander of the red side!
Zhang Guanqi was wearing black armor and was the commander of the black side!
Each of them held red and black chess pieces, with a rushing river in the middle and mountains blocking the way. This is the boundary between Chu and Han!
The sky has turned into a colorful glow. Both sides have entered the formation and can't hear any noise from the outside world!
A great voice sounded: The formation is complete, the winner leaves the field, and the general moves first!
He is the handsome red side!
Xu Kun grinned: "Senior, it seems that you still let me go!"
Zhang Guanqi smiled but said nothing, but when Xu Kun looked at the whole chessboard, he felt bad!
There were no guards to protect him on both sides of his general platform. Instead, there was an empty space on the left, right, and front, and three teams of pawns were in a pincer attack and surrounded him!
In other words, if the black side moves first, the team of pawns facing him with only one empty space only needs to move forward one more step to form a killing momentum!
Xu Kun almost shouted to protect the emperor. The dignified general platform was actually driven straight into by the opponent's three teams of pawns. How could this be possible!
He forced himself to calm down. The most urgent task was to resolve the inevitable situation that he was about to face, but before that, Xu Kun had to see the deployment of the troops of both sides and know how many soldiers he had available!
It doesn't matter if you don't look at it, the more you look at it, the more you frown!
Both sides, including the general, each have seven pieces!
The red side includes: general, chariot*2, cannon*1, and soldier*3!
The black side includes: general, pawn*4, chariot*1, and elephant*1!
According to the distribution of the red and black chessboards, and the rules of the chess record, the red side is from right to left, one to nine, and the black side is from right to left, from the opponent's perspective, 1 to 9!
There is no vertical coordinate in chess, but for the sake of memory, from Xu Kun's perspective, starting from the row where the opponent's general platform is located, there are a total of ten rows!
Of the opponent's seven pieces, only four pawns crossed the Chu River and Han River and came to their own territory!
Including the three teams of pawns [four·nine], [five·eight], and [six·nine] that are attacking from three sides, and [eight·eight] on the left!
His own general platform was firmly located at the central position of [5·10]. There were no guards or ministers on both sides. On the right side, two chariots were waiting to be dispatched at [2·10] and [3·10] positions, and a heavy artillery was placed at [2·8] position!
The remaining three teams of soldiers were respectively at [1·7] position on his own chessboard, and [4·2] and [6·3] positions, which also broke into the opponent's hinterland and went straight to the general platform!
The opponent had three remaining chess pieces, and the general platform seemed to feel the danger approaching, so it moved away from the central main position in advance. A chariot was placed at the original general platform position of [5·1], and the general platform was moved west to [6·1] position!
There was also the last elephant, which stood at [5·3] position, with its sight crossing the Chuhe Han border, passing through the team of pawns on the opposite side, and showing off its power towards its own general platform!
This game is called: Seven Stars Gathering!
(PS: The author is a complete idiot when it comes to playing chess. In order to write this chapter well, I studied chess records for two days. If you don’t understand something, you can search online for the famous endgame: Seven Stars Gathering Game!)
But Zhang Guanqi didn’t say anything, and Xu Kun didn’t understand what the Seven Stars and Eight Stars were…
He only knew that if he made the wrong move in the next move, three teams of pawns would surround him and he would be dead!
Damn, a high-end game!
"If I want to break the siege first, I can pull down the cannon. If the opponent dares to push the pawn, I can directly use a team of the opponent's pawns as a gun mount and bombard the team of pawns in the middle... No, no, if I pull down the cannon, the opponent does not push the pawn and directly moves the chariot over, I will be in a dead end in just two steps!"
"What if the cannon is leveled with two and four, and the opponent's army is in check?"
"The pawn directly opposite can be leveled with four and the cannon will be removed, but in this case, the cannon blocking my rightmost chariot will be gone, and I can directly move the chariot from two to nine and check!"
"Hehe, I am such a smart guy, just do it!"
Xu Kun waved his right hand and was about to attack, but suddenly found something wrong!
It was the other elephant's roar that was so loud that Xu Kun raised his hand and put it down again!
"Damn, why did you forget about this beast? I can enter the car and he can return to the elephant. Not only can he block the attack route of my car, but also let the opponent's car face my station. Even if I mobilize the two sides of the opponent's hinterland, A team of soldiers blocked me, but the opponent could still use four teams of pawns to force me to have no room for change..."
Nothing is decided yet, can we surrender our troops?
Xu Kun remembered what he used to do when he and Hao Jian were playing chess when they really had no other moves. Anyway, death would not be a pity...
But this still leads to death...
Xu Kun squeezed all his milk... ahem, brains, and thought about at least dozens of ways to attack, and found that the opponent had a way to crack it!
It should be said that there are no tricks to crack it, but that every move you make may lead you to fall into the trap set by the opponent!
Looking at the troop strength alone, we have two vehicles that can move freely. On the other hand, the opponent's vehicles are protecting the general's platform, and the available troops are only four teams of pawns!
Of course, ordinary men can also kill generals and seize flags. If the hinterland is invaded by the opponent's army, even without a strong army and generals, the lonely marshal can fall into a certain death situation!
With Xiao Bo Da, this is not just a chess game, but a battlefield full of chilling atmosphere!
Once the coach falls to the ground, even if you have thousands of troops, it will become a mess!
Bang...Xu Kun sat down on the handsome platform!
He thought for a long time, and cold sweat broke out on his head, but he still couldn't think of a reliable way to break the situation!
Looking up, Zhang Guanqi, diagonally to the right, was as calm as a dog. Even though Xu Kun had been inking for a long time, he didn't rush him!
Zhang Guanqi: I would like to urge you, but I am a mute!
In his mind, Thor was also observing the chess game. After watching it for a long time, he laughed and said, "That young man is pretty good. He just set up a dead end for you. It feels so good to see you defeated!"
Shut up, it's not a big deal to watch the fun!
Feeling Xu Kun's impatience, Thor said happily: "Hey, look at you, you are so anxious!"
"What? Why don't you just flip the chessboard?"
"We will not accept this injustice!"
"You can't play chess, don't be ashamed!"
Xu Kun, who originally had the idea of overturning the chessboard, immediately changed his mind under Thor's sarcasm.
He gritted his teeth and said, "Just wait for me. If I don't break this bird chess piece today, I really won't go out!"
Thor spread his hands, pretending to be innocent.
Although Xu Kun was full of words, he knew that as a bad chess player like himself, it would take him half a day to calculate a move, let alone play the entire game!
He specializes in martial arts, and he admits that when it comes to playing chess, he is definitely no match for Zhang Guanqi!
In this case... Jie Jie Jie!
Xu Kun decided to cheat!
"We don't have the ability, but I don't believe it. No one can understand this broken chess game!"
"I'll be back when I go!"
After saying that, Xu Kun sat down cross-legged, and his whole energy suddenly became extremely weak.
Zhang Guanqi, who had been sensing Xu Kun's movements, looked stunned and a little confused.
Thor yelled: "Damn, you brat, can you still have some spirit of playing chess? You don't follow martial ethics, but you actually want to invite foreign aid!"
But at this moment, Xu Kun had already used the [Underworld Sacrifice], and after giving Heishan Land enough money to buy the road, he arrived at Wangxiang Terrace on a familiar road.
When all the ghosts saw Xu Kun, they all immediately started to use their tricks!
"Boss, you're here. Please come in. Who do you want to accompany you today? Do you think I can do it?"
A standing strong man, with his body trembling with fat, offered himself to the banquet.
"Seniors, please help us. I don't want combatants this time, I just want a special kind of talent!"
"Hey, this is a novel statement. Who in our line of work is not a special worker?"
Someone spoke, which immediately made the whole room laugh.
"Hey, I don't have time to explain. If any of you are highly accomplished in chess...especially chess, I'll pay a big price to come with me!"
Hearing that they were looking for someone to play chess, these eager people all shrank their heads.
Occasionally, one or two people would brag about how good they were at chess, but the guy next to them would have their pants taken out.
"Ah, yes, yes, thirty years ago, in order to defraud a little girl of a piece of candy, you shamelessly regretted more than a dozen moves and made her cry so angry that her mother came out without even wearing any pants. I’m chasing you!”
"Ahem, what are you wearing? I'm borrowing one to talk. I'm not even wearing any pants. What's going on?"
"Fuck you!"
Seeing a group of rough guys chatting, Xu Kun raised his forehead, could he really just flip the table?
Just when Xu Kun felt that his soul was about to go back, a cold and lazy voice came over.
"What kind of chess game is it? Take me to see it~"
(PS: There is a prize for Q\u0026A. Who can guess who this person is today? Please tag me in the group. Three more updates will be added tomorrow. If you guess it before the new chapter tomorrow, one update will be added~)
