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Chapter 60 Sadness

"When the well-clad army brought a large number of migrant people to the other end of the plain, they were full of hope. The young general Chi Yun brought not conquest or killing. He hoped to build a new home here with those people who longed for stability. The war in the Central Plains lasted too long, so long that everyone forgot when the last peace show. Are you eager to make achievements? Of course, no one is willing to live a mediocre life. But first, we must live."

"The people from the Central Plains do not know how to chase water and grass, nor can they grazed like those tribes who have lived on this land for many years. They can always reach the right place on time when the rainy season comes, and transfer it to a more suitable land before bringing unbearable losses to the cattle and sheep in the dry season. They brought seeds, pickaxes and plows, and farming techniques from the Central Plains. More importantly, they can drive the well so deep that they can reach the layers of rocks and the surging water flow under the soil. The fragrant and sweet water flow seems to be inexhaustible, enough to maintain their settlement in one place without having to follow the naturally formed puddles."

"Finally, two people from different lives met. Central Plains immigrants looked curiously at the herdsmen who seemed to be able to live on their dear mounts for the rest of their lives. The lasso seemed to be able to extend their arms a few feet away. The arrows shot from the simple compound bow could accurately sweep away the annoying mosquito mites in the air."

"The herdsmen carefully looked at these new faces, and regarded the water drawn from the deep well as the proof that the God of Earth promised these people to share this land, and the crops grown in the land made them feel that these immigrants were so mysterious and great."

"But the life that the grassland can nurture is limited after all. At the beginning, we could pat each other's shoulders friendly and call out brothers' herdsmen and Central Plains immigrants. Finally, because of small things and differences arising from small lands, they pulled out their swords at each other. They had no other choice, they had to fight and hope to win. In this land where poverty and prosperity coexist, water and fire alternately ravage and nourishment, only one can become the future master."

"The young general Chi Yun has grown into an excellent general, and his government has not erased his keen sense of war. However, he can consider the meaning of fighting again and again more steadily. He summoned the officers who were tired of war, redistributed weapons for the veterans who had become peasants, and black smoke rose again. The woodworking workshop was converted into a workshop for making various huge war machines. Steel and wood were carefully placed here, in order to kill the enemy most efficiently... The military camp

It was rebuilt, and in the melodious snare of warriors, all kinds of exercises began again. Looking at all, Chi Yun always rode his horse to the vast horizon and looked sadly at the distance. On the horizon, there may be a cavalry pioneer on the other side at any time. They are not evil enemies. Unlike the bloody and cunning battles in the Central Plains. Unlike fighting for the ridiculous goals of some people, the purpose of this war is so clear. But it is precisely this that makes people even more sad... survival or destruction. This is a problem."

Without introducing the various designs on the map in detail, and without introducing the strategies adopted by both sides when they started, Ye Tao explained the background of the entire war in a story-telling tone. Both sides fighting on each map have rough role settings, but these settings have never been used before. Ye Tao's simple description can make people understand that war may be such a helpless thing.

The guzheng song gradually returned to silence, while the melody of the Qiang flute began to float throughout the explanation hall.

"The princess's tent is under the green mountain

There is the fragrance of grass all year round

Snow mountains and glaciers have become streams flowing at the foot of the green mountains

Let the princess' manor always have the sing of birds and flowers

The beautiful princess is the sun on the grassland

Her steps seemed to make the flowers bloom

…”

After chanting a few lines praising the princess's face and kindness, Ye Tao's narrative took a sharp turn and began to tell the story of the princess' in order to resist the erosion and occupation of the grasslands where the herdsmen lived by immigrants in the Central Plains, she organized a large army to confront General Chi Yun.

"You just hope she can tie her braids to a longer length

But she donated her own dowry

You hope that there will always be only singing and honey in her life.

But she asked everyone to sharpen the saber

The children of the grassland are always so energetic

She said,

We will win vigorously

or

Destruction!”

It was not until the backstage sent the battle situation on the first page to the explanation stage that Ye Tao gradually began to change from emotionally speaking to rational explanation. However, the ups and downs of his sentences just now were deeply imprinted in the hearts of everyone present. When Ye Tao was explaining the battle situation, he deliberately ignored the background of the chess game between the two sides. Instead, he introduced everyone to the situation of a real war as much as possible.

Ye Tao often followed the chess game. He passed small notes with his instructions to Suo Zheng and others who ran up and down to convey the progress of the chess game. With his instructions, the background music continued to change with his explanation and as both sides alternately gained the advantage. When the two sides finally formed a relatively stable control line and began to fight a series of battles around the control area handover line of both sides, the most core equipment in the explanation hall began to take effect. The general front line map was projected on the screen. Although the light source is not strong now, don't expect that there will be a modern projector that can be more than 800 lumens at any time. The illumination of the ambient light can be ignored. The current projection allows most people to see clearly, but there is no big problem.

The screen in the middle projected a map of the front line division, and the two screens on both sides were the current military strength and production resources of both sides. All the people present could clearly see the changes in the situation. Under the influence of deliberately strengthening the situation, many people present also began to consider whether a series of commands of both sides were appropriate based on the idea of ​​real military conquests.

However, marching chess players who truly understand the experience can better understand the value of this battle. This is almost a comprehensive display of discovering game loopholes, exploiting game loopholes and cracking game loopholes. Perhaps the last conversation with Ye Taodi inspired Li Mian, Tan Weishi's team actually invested a lot of time and energy. They discovered various loopholes that can be exploited in terms of formulas and designs. The calculation problem of the cavalry impact that Li Mian discovered before was a very critical tactic. When Chi Yun discovered that his opponents repeatedly used small cavalry to accumulate formula multiplication for the main impact, Chi Yun almost immediately came up with response measures that made people amazed. He split each independent combat unit into three to five units, and took turns to deal with the impact of small cavalry in Tan Weishi's side. In this way, the ground coefficients on the multiplication formula cannot be accumulated.

The senior players quickly discovered this problem and became more interested in the battles of the two sides with a very technical content. Among the players, although there is a marching chess gameplay as a simulation of real military struggle, many people are obsessed with the exquisite design and various calculations in the middle of this game, and are obsessed with pure game skills. The scene of the Imperial Army Chi Yun team standing at two extremes against the little princess team of Tan Weishi, which is undoubtedly satisfactory to both sides.

After cracking the ground loophole for the calculation formula of cavalry impact, Chi Yun found that Tan Weishi's subordinates had used material mobilization loopholes to transfer a large amount of property to the rear, and established a fortress that took into account both the control line, and developed a military station and a supply point centered on the fortress. A series of water supply points were controlled in their hands. As for the warring parties, although Chi Yun, who represented the Central Plains immigrants, did not have to worry about the water source problem of his rear base, it was impossible for him to dig deep wells to replenish water sources at any time when fighting. Tan Weishi's strategy was really ruthless from this perspective.

Chi Yun had no choice but to gather a large number of troops and carried a considerable amount of siege equipment to siege cavalry. At this time, Tan Weishi's side assigned all the cavalry troops to the scout cavalry commanded by Chi Lei, and used the unique maneuver power of the grassland cavalry to greatly break the attack and raid battles. In the fortress, all the expensive troops that had finally been gradually accumulated - heavy infantry.

The concept of heavy infantry has never appeared on the real battlefield in the era they are living in. If it is similar, probably the heavy armored guards in the imperial guards in the royal palaces of various countries whose concierge role is greater than combat function is the most similar. However, in the game strategy of chess, heavy infantry is widely used by players who value defense or love to fight because of their strong defense and ability to stabilize the battle situation, as a key type of troops. In such a scene, the grassland cavalry took the lead in establishing a considerable scale of heavy infantry units, which made everyone feel a bit unexpected.

What was even more unexpected was Tan Weishi's determination. Although the little princess was not familiar with the specific game, she now held the decision-making power. Her subordinates, Li Mian, Chi Lei, Zeng Zining, etc., would briefly report the decisions and choices they made to her, and then she would make the final decision. Although Tan Weishi did not understand military affairs very much, there was no doubt that the thoughts that were fighting in her mind were fierce. The pressure on her was also so great.

Tan Weishi was actually preparing to use the fortress to eliminate Chi Yun's main force to the maximum extent, and all the cavalry troops commanded by Chi Lei completely destroyed Chi Yun's rear. Perhaps the fortress will be conquered in the end. This excellent position fortress and the water sources around the fortress will also be separated from their own control. However, the price that Chi Yun's side has to pay is definitely not small, and the time the fortress has bought for the cavalry troops is enough for Chi Lei to cause consequences that Chi Yun's side cannot bear.

Tan Weishi's determination made Chi Yun who understood it really make him sweat, and also made all the fans of chess and chess present sigh. Perhaps this is just a game, but when victory or defeat represents honor or loss, it represents paradise or hell, as the game deepens, everyone may truly devote themselves to the situation of the battlefield filled with smoke, no choice is so easy. Although there is no super decisive battle that many people will be excited, the courage and skills of the command and decision-making demonstrated by both sides in this battle are enough to be praised by everyone.

The battle of encircling the fortress with one unit, while the brigade returned to the rescue, using cavalry against cavalry, and using maneuver power to fight the maneuver power was still launched. After the cavalry troops were dispersed, both sides tried to organize local superior forces and try to annihilate the opponent's teams in an institutional way. Because the formations of both sides were so open, the scouts' reconnaissance and anti-reconnaissance methods were so exquisite. This local battle often turned into a force mobilized by both sides to perform fuel-filled strangulation battles in the local area and the endless encounters of different scales in the surrounding areas... Until both sides could not bear the losses, they tacitly stopped and withdrew from the battle circle and looked for fighter jets.

Ye Tao's commentary, accompanied by the Qiang flute and the Guzheng, increasingly explained such a bloody war of tragic and solemnity. After such a war, it seems that it is no longer important for who will survive. If such a war occurs in reality, it is conceivable that when the war is over, no one will think that when the war is over, every household will have dead and wounded, and will continue their lives with sorrow. Is this the true nature of war?

After exploiting almost all the game loopholes discovered, the weakness in strategy and tactics still made Tan Weishi's side a little weak. In the battle of control at several key locations, the first evacuation became the beginning of Tan Weishi's failure in the war. However, Tan Weishi's side did not easily admit defeat. They used less and less troops to deal with increasingly powerful enemies, constantly looking for opportunities to strike Chi Yun's troops. From the beginning of the war,

The tent of the head coach at the last side, which had never moved, in the chess game, the tent that the princess was located moved with the last group of the most elite guard cavalry battalions. I don’t know whether it was stubborn or in response to the image of the kind and determined princess that Ye Tao had portrayed before, Tan Weishi led the guard cavalry battalion to crash into Chi Yun’s central army with a force of dozens of times her strength. He would rather be trampled into mud in the melee than surrender...

And there is no more suitable to end such a war full of sorrow and such a wonderful chess game than such a battle.

From the opening to the end, in addition to the short lunch break, Ye Tao talked on the podium for four hours, showing this wonderful chess game to everyone in another form. In his commentary, there are not only chess game, battle, magnificent scenes, but also the customs of the grassland, the human struggle that can be highlighted in war, and the meticulous mood of the generals on both sides... Veterans like Zhuomang can truly understand the struggles and pains of the generals on the battlefield described by Ye Tao, the struggles and pains of the generals on the battlefield, the efforts of the soldiers at the bottom to win and survive, and the complex state between life and death, are all so realistic. The realistic makes them, those who survived one after another, burst into tears, as if they were a sharp thorn, directly pierced in the softest part of their hearts.
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