Let’s talk about Julu, on the 31st day of the twelfth lunar month, Julu City.

On this day, Li Mengxi and Guan Yu were playing chess in the house. The game they were playing was chess. The chess pieces were carved from wood and the chessboard was also carved from wooden boards. It was very rough.

Halfway through a game of chess, Li Mengxi stared at the chessboard for a long time. He scratched his head, looked up at Guan Yu and said, "Admit defeat and try again."

Guan Yu smiled and started playing chess again.

At the beginning of a new game, Li Mengxi said to Guan Yu, "Can you give me another horse?"

Guan Yu then took one of the horses away.

Looking at the edge of the chessboard, there is already a rook on the side, and now a knight has been moved. It seems that Li Mengxi can't beat Guan Yu even if he gives up a rook, and Guan Yu has to give up another knight.

Li Mengxi's chess skills cannot be said to be bad, only terrible. Li Mengxi only understands the rules to the extent that he will not make mistakes. Guan Yu is a chess master and can easily defeat the people Li Mengxi kills.

The two of them gathered around the chessboard, playing one after another.

After playing for a while, Guan Yu looked up at Li Mengxi, who was looking down at the chess game, and asked seemingly casually, "Xi'er, we are waiting for the soldiers to stand on their own. If the imperial court sends troops to challenge us, how can we deal with it?"

Li Mengxi didn't even raise his head. He frowned at the chessboard and thought about the chess strategy, and said casually, "The imperial court has sent troops. It's possible.

If the imperial court sends troops to fight against it, there will be at most eighteen princes, with a maximum strength of...200,000."

As he said this, Li Mengxi said that the chess piece made a move, and the horse jumped next to Guan Yu's chariot, trying to eat Guan Yu's chariot.

Guan Yu casually moved the chess piece, jumped on his horse, and pinned Li Mengxi's knight's leg. Guan Yu looked at Li Mengxi and asked seriously, "If twenty armies come, can we win?"

Li Mengxi shook his head without thinking, "Fighting against a giant enemy of 200,000 on the battlefield, our army is poorly equipped and the chance of winning will never exceed 20%."

When Li Mengxi said this, Guan Yu was at a loss. Guan Yu said cautiously, "If you can't win, how can you deal with it?"

Li Mengxi's mind was entirely on the chessboard. He stared at the chessboard, touched his chin, and thought about it, and casually replied, "Since you can't win on the battlefield, the chance of winning is not on the battlefield.

The imperial army may have two hundred thousand soldiers and horses. However, with two hundred thousand soldiers and horses, how can they fly to me in one night? No way.

This is an opportunity to win."

Guan Yu frowned slightly, "How?"

Li Mengxi said, "The army of 200,000 people is moving together, and there is no trace of it. Its movement can be seen five hundred miles away.

The opportunity to win is here.

If the official army is 500 miles away and has not yet arrived, then I will strike first. Our army will send out 50,000 troops to sweep across all directions. In an instant, we can engulf millions of people.

When the commander of the army arrives five hundred miles away, I already have millions of people. In this way, if one million hits two hundred thousand, or five hits one, victory will be easy."

Guan Yu suddenly realized, he glanced at Li Mengxi in surprise, "It's so..."

That's it. Li Mengxi is not a fool. He clearly knows that if the imperial court comes to attack with 200,000 soldiers and horses, he will definitely not be able to defeat it with only 100,000 manpower.

You obviously can't beat me, so why bother?

So, either run away or find other ways.

However, Li Mengxi was reluctant to abandon Julu, a geomantic treasure land, so he could only think of another way.

Therefore, the only option is to strike preemptively.

Since 100,000 troops cannot defeat 200,000 officers and soldiers, if you want to win, you must naturally have more troops and find ways to increase the number of troops. Referring to the Yellow Turban, there is a method of coercion.

Zhang Jiao could hold hundreds of thousands of people hostage, so why couldn't the Zhuozhou rebels send troops from all directions to hold millions of people hostage when their life and death were at stake?

As Li Mengxi said, the imperial court could mobilize no more than 200,000 soldiers and horses. If 200,000 soldiers and horses went out to fight, it would be impossible to hide their movements. Their traces could be detected hundreds of miles away.

Once you know that the imperial court is sending troops to kill you, why sit back and wait for death? Just strike first. I will kill him first before he comes to kill you.

This was the strategy for pacifying the imperial court's 200,000-strong army.

Guan Yu knew that Li Mengxi had a countermeasure, and that Li Mengxi had already prepared a plan for the worst case scenario. Guan Yu felt at ease and began to concentrate on playing chess.

It is not difficult to come up with the strategy of preemptive strike, but why Guan Yu didn't think of it? It's not that Guan Yu is not as resourceful as Li Mengxi, it's a matter of mentality.

Even now, even though it is clear that he wants to separate the territory, Guan Yu still has no idea of ​​​​fighting with the imperial army in his subconscious mind. In other words, Guan Yu is not brave enough and is limited by his loyalty.

As for Li Mengxi, Li Mengxi was extremely courageous, but he was not used to the Han court. If the Han Dynasty dared to send troops to attack, Li Mengxi would be ruthless and would definitely kill the Han Dynasty.

Therefore, Li Mengxi, who was astonishingly courageous, could easily think of a way to break the situation, but Guan Yu was restricted by his mentality and thinking.

A mere 200,000 officers and soldiers are nothing.

During the conversation, Li Mengxi defused a possible massive offensive from the imperial court.

The chess game continued, even if Li Mengxi lost a rook and a knight, Guan Yu calmed down and concentrated on attacking. After a while, he killed Li Mengxi and lost the whole game.

After putting Li Mengxi to death, Guan Yu looked at the depressed Li Mengxi and said with a smile, "Xi'er, your chess skills are not good."

Li Mengxi spread his hands in frustration and said, "I haven't learned anything."

The implication is, if you beat me, a newbie, is it worth showing off?

I have free time to play chess today, not just on a whim, but to explore military strategies.

It is said that chess was created by Han Xin, the master of war. The chess game contains the essence of Han Xin's life's military skills.

According to previous research, this is indeed the case. For example, in chess, "pawn" is a chess piece. The pawn can only move forward but cannot retreat. This is the rule.

This is because the human body's knees are facing forward and the eyes are also facing forward. Naturally, it is easier to align when walking forward, and it is more stable when walking forward.

On the contrary, if you move backward, it will be difficult for one to align, and it is easy for both to fall if you move backward.

If two formations confront each other, one is moving forward, and the other is being pushed backward. Then it is inevitable that the one retreating will retreat further, and the more people will walk around and fall, the chaos will become more and more chaotic, and in the blink of an eye it will become a decadent trend.

The structure of the human body determines that walking forward is more stable than walking backward. Therefore, the step formation can only move forward and never retreat.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click the next page to continue reading the exciting content! And if a person's knees are like an ostrich, and the knees are reversed, then walking backwards will be more stable, then the essentials of the art of war will change again.

If you become a pawn in a chess piece, you can retreat as well as advance.

Li Mengxi had already figured out some of the essence of the rules of chess earlier. Now that he was free, he came to chess in order to discover more tactics hidden in chess.

It is a pity that Li Mengxi is not good at chess, and when he and Guan Yu attacked and killed each other, they could only defeat each other and could not form a confrontation and pull, so they could not use their attacking and killing skills in Phenomenal chess.

Li Mengxi and Guan Yu were playing a new game of chess. Guan Yu suddenly asked, "Xi'er, do you know when tomorrow will be?"

Li Mengxi was stunned for a moment, his face full of doubts, "Tomorrow? I don't know."

Guan Yu reminded with a smile, "Tomorrow, the twelfth lunar month will end and the first lunar month will begin."

Li Mengxi was confused for a moment. He still couldn't figure it out. He was still wondering, "...when does the twelfth lunar month end and the first lunar month begin?"

Guan Yu said, "On the first day of the lunar month, the new year begins."

"Oh!" Li Mengxi suddenly realized, his eyes widened, "It's the New Year! It's the New Year!"

He suddenly felt inspired.

Before you know it, it's New Year's Eve.

The New Year is an important festival. Li Mengxi immediately discussed with Guan Yu that no matter how poor he was, he had to celebrate the festival. Tomorrow, he could kill more livestock and cook more broth to distribute to the whole army so that the whole army could enjoy it together.

Guan Yu readily agreed.

At the end, Li Mengxi frowned and looked at Guan Yu, and asked, "General Guan, do you still remember when X joined the rebel army?"

Li Mengxi's question stopped Guan Yu. Guan Yu raised his head and thought for a moment, "...in May? It should be in May, when a certain leader of the Yellow Turbans met your two brothers on the road."

From May to now, half a year has passed since the end of Han Dynasty before I knew it.
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