kvmb Chapter 406 Playing Chess
Chapter 406 Playing Chess
"What did you say? Zhao Wenhui's army is about to arrive?"
Wu Yanhao jumped three feet high, not showing any bearing of a nobleman.
Li Cunxi was almost frightened by Wu Yanhao, and looked at this young man who was like a time bomb in shock.
"You're not sleeping?"
"I was about to fall asleep, but when I heard you say that Zhao Wenhui's army was coming, I immediately perked up."
Shocked, Lu Dayou rubbed his temple and asked, "Won't Zhao Wenhui's army arrive tomorrow?"
"Dayou, are you sleeping like a fool?" Li Cunxi looked at him with concern, "Today is the day when Zhao Wenhui's army will arrive."
Lu Dayou immediately felt unwell. He stretched out his arms and slapped himself in the face.
After a long time, he came to his senses and yelled:
"Come today? Then I'll go wash my face with cold water again."
Li Cunxi stood up to stop him and said helplessly:
"Forget it, if you really can't recover, it's okay to take a rest."
"Today, we don't all have to be present to face Zhao Wenhui's army. It's not impossible to meet him later."
"Anyway, Zhao Wenhui's army will stay in Chongzhou for a whole day and will set out again tomorrow."
Lu Dayou quickly shook his head, of course he was unwilling.
"I better go wash my face. This is no small matter."
Not long after, Lu Dayou came in from outside. There were no drops of water sliding down his face, and he looked much more energetic.
"It's really cold water to wash your face..." Wu Yanhao wrapped his clothes tightly, "It's really cold today."
"It's okay. I've gotten used to it. It was like this every day when I was in the mountains."
Lu Dayou shook his face wildly, shaking off all the water drops.
Wu Yanhao sniffed, felt bored, and called Lu Dayou to play chess.
Li Cunxi and his friends had nothing to do, so they just sat in a circle and watched the two people play chess.
The chess these two people played was Gobang taught to them by Li Cunxi. It is definitely enough to play Gobang on a Go board.
The two men played a game of chess for two full hours, and the military advisors on both sides who were watching the game were spitting all over the place.
Wu Yanhao saw that there was only a small space left on the chessboard, and heard Li Cunxi's random instructions beside him. He suddenly became undecided and didn't know where to place the chess piece.
Seeing that the black chess piece had been held in Wu Yanhao's hand for almost an incense stick of time, Li Cunxi became anxious and pointed at the center of the blank area.
"Down here, down here!"
Wu Yanhao stroked his short beard and glanced at the position. He didn't want to make a move, so he said to Li Cunxi:
"Cunxi, you know that people watch chess without saying a word, right?"
"You should learn more from Brother Jinghui. Although Brother Jinghui is also my military advisor, he has only been silently cheering me on until now."
Li Cunxi turned his gaze to Hu Jinghui and found that the other party was staring at him with a pair of big eyes, not saying a word, and his gaze was almost poking through the chessboard.
Wu Yanhao's chatter was still ringing in his ears. Li Cunxi pointed at the chessboard and shouted, "Move here, move here."
After watching the game for a long time, Hu Jinghui had already discovered how this game should be played. Without saying a word, he took the black chess piece from Wu Yanhao's hand and placed it on the position Li Cunxi said.
Wu Yanhao silently suppressed the words that were on the tip of his tongue.
He had just used Hu Jinghui, who had been silently cheering for him, to teach Li Cunxi, but now Hu Jinghui snatched the chess piece away with a swift move.
So after pretending for so long, you actually want to help me play chess yourself.
Lu Dayou on the opposite side felt extremely pressured and glanced at Li Yuanfang from the side.
Li Yuanfang still had no expression on his face, as if he was just watching the battle.
The demon spirit and the shadow stood on tiptoe to discuss the battle situation, and seemed to be analyzing for him where to move next.
The further you advance in playing Gobang, the more careful you have to be. Otherwise, if you make a wrong move, you will lose the whole game immediately.
After all, they had been playing for nearly two hours, and Lu Dayou didn't want to lose so easily.
He frowned and looked for a long time before finally deciding on his move.
At this moment, Li Yuanfang grabbed the chess piece and placed it on the chessboard with a "pop".
Lu Dayou was stunned for two seconds, the corners of his mouth twitched twice, and he glanced at Li Yuanfang who still had no expression on his face.
"You're welcome." Li Yuanfang said, "I saw that you were taking a long time to make a move, so I helped you out. Don't thank me."
Lu Dayou was too tired to complain and turned to look at the three people playing chess opposite him.
At this moment, Li Cunxi pointed at the chessboard and began to give Wu Yanhao advice.
Hu Jinghui watched coldly, and although he didn't say anything, he had already done something like snatching the chess piece with his flying hands before.
"I'll do it myself, I'll do it myself."
Wu Yanhao made his move quickly and then looked at Lu Dayou on the opposite side.
Lu Dayou was playing chess and secretly glanced at Li Yuanfang, only to see that Li Yuanfang was still the same as before.
As a chess player, he felt a lot of pressure being stared at like that.
Seeing that Lu Dayou was reluctant to move, Li Yuanfang moved slightly.
The next second, Lu Dayou noticed this and made a quick move.
Li Yuanfang stretched out his hand about one centimeter, then quickly pulled it back, pretending nothing had happened.
The game of chess soon came to an end. Lu Dayou placed his last piece, and there were no empty spaces left on the board.
The game ended in a draw.
"If you had listened to me at the beginning, and we set up a long snake formation or a tortoise shell formation, you would have won long ago."
Li Cunxi suddenly felt bored and started preaching with his hands on his hips.
"I should have played two moves for you just now, maybe I would have won by now."
Hu Jinghui also spoke from the side.
Li Yuanfang didn't say anything. Although he was Lu Dayou's military advisor, he only made one move for Lu Dayou, and that was when the battle was almost over.
Wu Yanhao and Lu Dayou suddenly felt under tremendous pressure. Who could stand having a military advisor next to them while playing chess?
It would have been fine if they just taught you how to move, but those two top masters who claimed to be invincible in the world actually got started right away!
The two looked at each other and saw each other's helplessness.
Li Cunxi and Hu Jinghui were still analyzing the battle situation when the closed door of the second hall was suddenly opened.
Qiu Jing, the governor of Chongzhou, who had been busy dealing with Chongzhou affairs these days, trotted in.
After he saw the appearance of everyone inside, he hurriedly came to Li Cunxi and bowed and clasped his fists.
"Li Fuyin, all the lords, all the generals, General Zhao Wenhui, the governor of Yingzhou, is leading a large army and is less than fifty miles away from Chongzhou City."
"We have already set up a military camp outside the city. Once General Zhao Wenhui arrives, we can go out of the city to comfort the troops."
"The supplies for rewarding the army this time were all provided by the Chongzhou Governor's Office, and did not involve any of the people's money."
"The detectives and runners of the Chongzhou Governor's Office have already transported the supplies out of the city and sent them to the military camp in batches."
Qiu Jing reported to Li Cunxi very respectfully what he was going to do, with a look of respect on his face.
Li Cunxi slowly stood up and patted Qiu Jing's shoulder gently, with a gentle smile on his face, making Qiu Jing feel like she was in the spring breeze.
"Governor Qiu is really a good official. I am very pleased. Since Governor Qiu wants to reward the army, I will naturally join in the fun."
"By the way, I would also like to meet General Zhao Wenhui."