The 40th episode: Yin Feng Zhao Gang quickly leaves Ma Fu Yun Ying plays Go

  After careful consideration, Ma Teng had been on an expedition against the Qiang and Hu tribes for over ten days. One day, Ma Fu was so bored that he personally made a set of chess pieces and a board, and invited Pang De to play a game with him.

  Pang De glanced at the chessboard carved on the stone and said, "As far as I know, during the Qin Dynasty, the six-zi game used ivory pieces, with six black and six white pieces. Your pieces are made of wood, with a total of thirty-two pieces, divided into two groups of red and black. Why is there such a big difference?"

  The groom only remembered now that the soul he had passed through before was a game of Chinese chess, said to have been created by Niu Xianke of the Tang Dynasty. Thirty-two pieces were carved from round wood or ivory and bone, with sixteen red and sixteen black. Two people played against each other, with the red side having one king, two advisors, two elephants, two rooks, two knights, and five pawns, while the black side had one general, two guards, two elephants, two rooks, two knights, and five soldiers. During the game, both sides took turns moving their pieces, with the goal of capturing the opponent's king or general as the winning condition. In the late Eastern Han Dynasty, there was definitely no such chess piece or board.

  "Could it be that the Chu River and Han border dispute was about the struggle for supremacy between Gaozu and Xiang Yu, the Overlord of Western Chu?" Just as Ma Fu was thinking about how to teach him how to play Go in the fastest way possible, another question from Pang De popped up.

  The cloud eagle standing beside him said, "It should be."

  The groom smiled and said: "This chessboard is exactly where Gaozu and Xiang Yu competed for the hegemony. Come, come, let me show you how to play."

  After that, the horseman began to patiently teach Pang De. Yun Ying was also very interested in this game of Go, she held her fragrant cheek with her jade hand and stared intently.

  After a good while, Pong De finally managed to make his move. In the previous games, Ma Fu had intentionally let him win, so Pong De was able to hold on for at least a cup of tea's worth of time per game.

  But slowly, even Ma Fu didn't dare to be careless, because Pang De's comprehension was extremely high, and when playing chess, he was truly wholeheartedly devoted to it, so that when soldiers came to report military information, under Ma Fu's repeated reminders, he only slowly raised his head to ask what the matter was.?? Hu Bao Qi 40

  After killing a dozen or so pieces in a row, Pang De fully felt the charm of this game of chess and laughed: "Chess is like a battlefield, a battlefield is like chess, one move too careless, and the whole board loses."

  Ma Fu laughed and said: "General Pang is indeed a man of extraordinary insight, I truly admire him."

  He pointed to the chessboard and said: "The way of playing chess is like a military order, the way of laying out the pieces is like a strategy, but the way of breaking through is to operate in secret, to plan the whole situation. This small chessboard contains everything, it's really wonderful! I don't know how Governor Ta came up with this idea, he's truly an extraordinary person."

  Ma Fu's eyes narrowed slightly as he said, "This is not something that Ben Taigong can do. This must be the work of a superior being."

  Just as Bao De was about to play another round with Ma Fu, Yin Feng suddenly walked over with reddened eyes and said: "I beg to report to the governor, I just received a letter from my family, my father has passed away suddenly, and I need to rush back to handle the funeral."

  Pang De was shocked and quickly comforted him. The groom also hastily ordered people to prepare silver, fast horses, and let Zhao Ang help him with the funeral.

  After Yin Feng and Zhao Ang left, Pang De sighed: "Man has morning and evening calamities and blessings, the will of heaven is hard to fathom, the will of heaven is hard to fathom!"

  The groom also followed with a sigh: "Things in life are unpredictable, and the only thing that can be cherished is the brothers and sisters around us."

  Pang De heard what Ma Chao said and seemed to be deeply moved. That night, he invited Ma Chao, Yang Fu and others to drink and chat together.

  The atmosphere of this wine was very depressing, so that everyone discussed strange, powerful, chaotic and mysterious things during the toast.

  For someone like Ma Fu who fears neither heaven nor earth, talking about these things is truly absurd, but in front of Pang De, he has no choice but to talk.

  After drinking and returning to his own mansion, Yun Ying, who had been quietly following him, suddenly spoke up: "Ma Taisou, you're really good at pretending. Even I almost fell for it. Did you guys set this up when Ma Teng was still around?"

  The groom had long known that he couldn't deceive her, so he said: "It's unavoidable, it's unavoidable. As a general, how can you stand firm in this chaotic world if your subordinates don't have soldiers?"

  Yun Ying sat down on a stone bench in the courtyard and said, "Although it can be said that way, but if you only have soldiers and no brave generals, no strategists, no money, no family background, and no connections, it's also very difficult to stand firm among the vassals."

  The groom looked up at the sky and laughed loudly: "What should be had will eventually have, what should come will also come sooner or later. What I need to do now is to lay out this big chessboard well. As for each step, I can only say that soldiers come to block, water comes to flood."?? Tiger Leopard Riding 40

  "What a big tone you have! You don't seem to put the lords of the world in your eyes at all." Yun Ying seemed not to trust him.

  The husband didn't mind her attitude, he kept Yunying by his side, on the one hand because he had a very special feeling for her, but also not excluding that he wanted to use her to uncover the "big boss" behind her.

  Ma Fu never forgot that Yun Ying and his men were after the "Tian Shu", although he was not sure what this Tian Shu was, but now Ma Fu had basically confirmed that the power of this Tian Shu could be worth thousands of troops and horses.

  It was already late at night, and the horseman said to Yunying: "Whatever you say. It's getting very late, go back to your room and rest."

  Ever since Yunying became Ma Fu's personal bodyguard, he had arranged a room for her next to his bedroom. However, even so, Yunying would sometimes appear in his room without warning, and Ma Fu was already used to this situation.

  Yun Ying said softly: "Ma Tai Shou, don't you look down on a young woman like this?"

  The groom was taken aback and hastily asked her what she meant by this.

  Yun Ying said: "You are willing to spend time teaching Pang Jun to play Go, why don't you want to play a game with a young girl like me?"

  "Are you going down?" the horseman asked in surprise.

  Yun Ying shook his head helplessly and said, "Such a simple thing, I already learned it when you were teaching General Pang."

  The groom smiled and said: "Well, then I'll presumptuously ask Miss Yunying to play a game of chess with me?"

  "Of course, first move that stone-made chessboard to your room."

  After finishing speaking, Yun Ying walked towards Ma Fu's room first.

  It was not a difficult task for the groom to move this seemingly small stone, and with just a slight effort from his arms, the stone rose into the air. In no time, the stone had been moved by him into the room.

  Yun Ying called out to the servant girl, Wen, who had warmed up a pot of wine. After pouring a cup for herself and Ma Fu separately, she said: "Why don't we also set some game rules? Whoever loses will have to drink a cup?"

  "A cup? Ah, isn't that a bit too little?" Ma Fu glanced at Yunying, who looked even more beautiful under the faint light.

  Yun Ying said: "Then let's just have a pot directly."

  She then placed the jug of wine in front of the coachman.

  The groom looked at her in surprise and said somewhat puzzled: "Is this a trap you set up on purpose? Do you want to get me drunk?"

  Yun Ying's face was expressionless as she said, "Everyone in Wuwei knows about Marshal Ma's capacity for wine. You're known as 'thousand cups without getting drunk'. I'm a woman with limited capacity for wine, especially after drinking too much, it's inevitable to lose courtesy, so please yield to me, Marshal Ma."

  The groom's bones went soft as he listened; she was obviously being coy!

  Yun Ying saw that he didn't refuse, so she took the lead in arranging the chess pieces and said: "Red goes first, black goes later", the young woman makes the first move.

  The horse husband did not think that she had noticed such details, and had to let her go first. At the beginning, the horse husband walked quite smoothly, killing one of Yunying's horses with a single shot. Originally thought the victory was already decided, this wine must belong to Yunying.

  Just thinking about not having seen Yunying's drunk appearance, Ma Fu was filled with anticipation. Moreover, he also understood the principle of speaking the truth after drinking. Perhaps after she got drunk, Ma Fu could learn from her mouth about the background of those people behind her back.

  But Ma Fu had obviously underestimated Yunying's ability. Yunying not only mastered all the movements of the pieces, but also excelled at deploying troops and arranging arrays. Just as Ma Fu was feeling complacent, he lost a car and a cannon in succession. This was a very embarrassing thing for this old chess player, which meant that the two had now entered a critical moment of stalemate.

  At this moment, whoever makes a wrong move will likely collapse completely. Therefore, the horse husband also puts all his energy into the chessboard at this time.

  "Matthew, didn't you say you were going to let the little girl go? Why is your attack so fierce?"

  Ma Fu's face suddenly turned pale with sweat: "Do you still need me to teach you this chess move? Don't tease me!"

  Yun Ying's beautiful eyes rolled slightly as she glared at him and said: "Fine, I'll let you see the skills of a young lady!"

  As soon as the words fell, he was hit by Ma Fu's cannon, and Ma Fu was so angry that he almost bled from his seven orifices. At the moment when he said something wrong to Yun Ying, he actually made a wrong move. And this move directly led to his complete collapse.

  Just as Yunying was about to put away his chess pieces, Ma Fu said, "Don't be so bitter?"

  Yun Ying said: "Haven't you heard that it's difficult to raise only daughters and petty men?"

  Looking at the few chess pieces left on his side, Ma Fu simply abandoned his pieces and surrendered, directly picking up a jug of wine and drinking it gurglingly.

  After drinking a pot of wine, Ma Fu Lian had several hiccups. He was unwilling to admit defeat and asked for another round.

  Yun Ying hastily shook his head and said: "One game will decide the outcome, I won't give you any more chances."

  The groom who lost was sulky and immediately said, "This time if I lose again, I'll drink two jugs! If you lose, drinking one jug is enough, how about it?"

  Yun Ying obviously wanted Ma Fu to get drunk. Facing such a condition, she readily said: "Okay, but you'd better be careful!"

  The second game was still Yun Eagle's turn, and Ma Fu took the initiative from the start. This time he grasped a principle, which was to rush all his pieces towards the enemy camp at the fastest speed no matter what. It was like cavalry warfare, attacking where the enemy was not prepared, taking them by surprise, and having the greatest advantage when they suddenly appeared behind the enemy's back.

  Sometimes speed is everything!

  Faced with Ma Fu's swift and fierce attack, Yun Ying was initially able to use his defensive formation to resist, but under Ma Fu's successive "deceptive" and "unpredictable" attacks, Yun Ying's passive situation became more and more apparent.

  However, she was born a very stubborn woman and would never give up until the last moment.

  Ma Fu was in no mood to chat with her at this time. He said, "What? You still have three pieces left and you won't admit defeat?"

  Yun Ying's face turned serious: "No guts, didn't you say you'd let me?"

  Upon hearing this sentence again, the groom is about to faint. However, the outcome has already been decided, and he can't say anything now. The only thing he's looking forward to is Yun Ying's drunken state after drinking a pot of wine...

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