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Hezhong Town, Hezhong Mansion, in the tent of the commander of the Hedong Coalition Army, the marshal of the Hedong Coalition Army of the Tang Dynasty, the envoy of Hedong Jiedu, the Yin of Taiyuan Mansion, and the northern capital stayed behind, Tongping Zhangshi, Zheng Congyan, the king of Xingyang County, was dressed in a light fur, wearing a black cross-legged head and cross-legged with the one-eyed scar-faced black crow Li Keer sat at a chess table, opposite them were Helian Duo, the envoy of Zhenwu Jiedu, and the second marshal of Wang Chongrong, the king of Xinfeng Han, the four of them drank chilled green cider while playing "Four Kingdoms Military Chess." From time to time, a guard brought in the roasted venison from outside the tent, respectfully set it aside, and then quietly withdrew from the venison.

These Four Kingdoms military chess originated from the Qin Domain, and it is said that it was also made by Li Jing, just like mahjong, checkers, backgammon and other small games. Simple, yet fun. In particular, the military chess is full of war elements, especially the soldiers. Now it has already swept the entire Tang Dynasty, and it is said that even the Son of Heaven Li Yi often pulls the generals of the palace to play military chess together, which makes the generals of all towns in the world follow the popularity of this game.

If it is said that the original elegance is Go, the most common is Xiangqi. Literati must know how to play Go, but on the street of the teahouse, they play more Go, but now in the army, they mostly play military chess. When the army is idle, in the military tent, the sergeants have nothing to do, so they play military chess there. Double military chess, four-person military chess, open chess, dark chess, all kinds of ways. The rest gathered around to watch the battle, and even gambled a little money and small things, which became a common practice, and the officials did not bother to ask.

At this time, the four marshals of the Hedong Coalition Army played together, which is the military chess of the four countries in the military chess, and there are four main ways to play military chess today. Two people military chess, two people chess, four countries military chess, four countries double chess. At this time, Zheng Congyan and them went down. It's the military chess of the four countries.

Four people occupy four corners on the board. Divided into two sides, the two opposing alliances confront the other two and cooperate with each other to fight;

The chess pieces of the four people were all erected, and Zheng Congyan and Helian Duo allied against Li Keyong and Wang Chongrong. The dark chess of the four countries still needs to be judged, and at this time, the eunuchs of the four towns will stand on one side to make a judgment for their chess.

This kind of dark chess is the direction of the word, bounded by the mountain boundary. Arrange a formation in a grid other than the camp. The walking route includes the horse route and the track line, the thinner one is the horse route, any chess piece can only take one step on the horse route, and the thicker black one is the track line, and it cannot stop at the front line. When there are no obstacles on the track, the sapper can walk freely on the track line, and the other pieces can only go straight or pass through the arc line on the track line, and cannot turn at right angles.

The landing point of the chess pieces includes the node, the camp, and the marshal's mansion, and the camp is a safe island, after entering. The enemy chess pieces cannot eat the chess pieces in the camp, and the military flag must be placed in the marshal's mansion. Pieces that enter any of the marshal's mansions can no longer move. The sapper has the ability to dig mines, and can place the chess pieces by himself at the beginning of the game, and the sapper also has the ability to scout, when the sapper encounters the enemy chess piece, the enemy chess piece will be seen by all players, but the sapper will also disappear. Bombs cannot be placed in the first row, mines can only be placed in the last two rows, and military flags can only be placed in the marshal's mansion.

The rules are marshal-governor-army master-box owner-battalion owner-capital leader-team leader-gang commander-engineer, the eldest son eats the younger one, and if the son is the same size, they will disappear together. If the marshal disappears, the flag must be displayed. When the bomb meets any chess piece, both sides are killed together, the mine cannot be moved, and the sapper can eat it. The bombs hit the mines and all of them were killed, and the rest of the children died when they hit the mines. The flag is pulled out by the opponent and there is no chess to move, and the sapper can take a curve on the track.

This military chess is simpler to start with than Go, more lively than chess, and because the small soldiers can also command the marshal and the commander of the army on the chessboard, the ordinary soldiers like this feeling of commanding thousands of armies.

Zheng Congyan was originally a master of Go, but he also had some research on this weapon, compared to Li Keyong and Helian Duo, who didn't know how to play Go and only played chess, he obviously had an advantage. However, Li Keyong has a lot of love for military chess, so he originally had the feeling of meeting an opponent in chess.

It's just that today's game is the military chess of the Four Kingdoms, and the one who partners with him in the alliance is the landlord here, Wang Chongrong, the marshal of Hezhong Town. Wang Chongrong was not very lucky today, he took the marshal to eat a head at the beginning, and then Zheng Congyan blew up the marshal, and directly lit up the military chess.

Next, Wang Chongrong obviously became the target of the siege of Zheng Congyan and Helian Duo, and lost the governor and the military lord one after another, leaving only one military master to support, so to speak, almost disabled. Although Li Keyong had the intention to save the situation, it could be seen that the righteous brother Wang Chongrong was losing one after another, and he was a little distracted, seeing that it didn't take long for Zheng Congyan's sappers to fly straight along the track and pull out the military flag of Wang Chongrong's mansion. At this time, the marshals and military masters of Zheng Congyan and Helian Duo were both saved, the eldest son was almost not lost, and Li Ke used one person to fight two people, obviously the chance of winning was completely lost.

Accidentally, Li Keyong's marshal was touched by Helian Duo, and the governor was eaten by Zheng Congyan's marshal.

Seeing that the defeat was decided, and he was powerless to return to the sky, Li Ke let out a long sigh, pushed the chess pieces in front of him, and admitted defeat in the reverse chess.

Seeing Li Keyong admitting defeat, Helian Duo drank a sip of cold and sour cider with a smile, and took a bite of the slightly cold roast venison for a long time, and said with a smile: "King Jin is a little lucky today, counting this game, King Jin and King Han have already lost three games in a row to me and the king of the county. King Jin's precious white tiger skin was sent to pick it up after a while. The 100 carts of salt that King Han lost, but he said that he would take it out as military funds. ”

"Lone never gambles, and after a while, he will let people send it to King Xiangjun." Li Keyong shook his head, picked up a glass of wine, drank it all, and said, "Lone brings up the old matter again today, Lone's rebellious son Li Siyuan rebelled, Lone Zheng wants to lead the troops back to the town to quell the chaos, and asks Zheng Shuai for permission." If Marshal Zheng, Marshal Helian and Marshal Wang supported him, the generals would be grateful and would be willing to give 3,000 war horses to each of them, and another 6,000 as a thank you gift to the rest of the allied commanders. ”

Fifteen thousand horses, that's not a small number.

Even if the land east of the river is also a horse-producing land, war horses are still precious strategic materials, and a war horse can be sold for at least 100 yuan if it is taken to the Central Plains or Shannan Huainan and other places. This is still the price of the previous year. If it's for food. According to the high price of at least 10,000 yuan a stone today. It can also be exchanged for twenty stone grain. A family of 3,000 war horses is at least equivalent to more than 50,000 stone of grain.

Even if Li Keyong now occupies the land of Daibei, he has experienced several major battles, and after defeating the war, Li Keyong now takes out 15,000 war horses, and it is estimated that he will give up half of his family property. Li Ke was willing to spend such a bloody capital and only wanted to lead the army back to Daibei, which shows how desperately he needs to go back.

Fifteen thousand war horses. Whether it is Hedong Town, Hezhong Town, or Zhenwu Town, they can also take it out, but it is definitely about half of the war horses in this town. Especially in today's situation of melee in feudal towns, the cavalry are all the soldiers of the towns and clans, and they are all armed cavalry in ordinary times.

The Shatuo people are even more dominated by cavalry, and they crisscrossed the world and fought for the Tang Dynasty in all directions, relying on the Shatuo cavalry. Li Keyong is now going to take out the cavalry and give it away, so it can only be said that Li Keyong is really in a hurry.

If it is a normal case. Li Keyong would never have such a big deal and took out 15,000 war horses to give away. But now, he can only be reluctant to let the child trap the wolf. In fact, since Li Keyong returned, killed Li Sizhao, and regained the 50,000 Shatuo troops that went south, he has been thinking about returning north.

However, Zheng Congyan, the marshal of the coalition army, would not let him get his wish easily.

In the previous time when the generals of Hezhong went south to King Qin, Zheng Congyan handed over the important task of crusading against Hebei Domain to Li Keyong, and he led the army south to prepare to rescue Luoyang.

After Li Keyong used it for the first time, Zheng Congyan would never fall in the same pit for the second time.

When Li Keyong was told of his death and Li Jing came forward, Zheng Congyan did not take the opportunity to wave troops to counterattack these Shatuo untrustworthy people for the sake of state affairs, and allowed them to make meritorious contributions with their crimes and send troops south to King Qin together. Who would have thought that Li Keyong suddenly came back to life, killed Li Sizhao, forced Li Siyuan to rebel, and even attracted 200,000 Hu people to the south.

If it weren't for Wang Chongrong, Yang Fuguang and others who said good things for Li Siyuan, and the secret edict of the Son of Heaven descended on him, asking him not to pursue Li Keyong's past affairs, Zheng Congyan and Helian Duo, the old opponents of Shatuo, would have already let go of their horses to besiege Li Ke. Now, Zheng Congyan barely maintains his peace with Li Keyong, but that is also on the premise that Li Keyong is willing to continue to lead the Shatuo army south to Qinwang and recover Luoyang. If Li Ke used the slightest move to return north alone, Zheng Congyan would definitely kill this rebellious Shatuo white-eyed wolf as soon as possible.

What's more, Zheng Congyan also received several secret letters from Li Jing, in which Li Jing asked Zheng Congyan and the towns to drag Li Keyong and his Shatuo army to the south, and he would personally lead his troops and horses into the north of Daibei to meet the southern invasion of the Hu people, sweep away these Hu Chou in one fell swoop, and at the same time recover the land occupied by the Shatuo people in the north. In the letter, Li Jing also agreed with Zheng Congyan that if the Qin army recovered Daibei, then the two states of the Xin Dynasty would be returned to Hedong Town.

Because of this, Zheng Congyan, who had long been dissatisfied with Li Keyong, actually wished to trap Li Keyong, and borrowed Li Jing's hand to break Li Keyong's lair, take the land of Daibei, and take back the two states of Xindai.

Li Keyong has always wanted to return to Daibei, but although he has 50,000 horses, he is only a small part of the 200,000 Hedong coalition army. If he returns north alone without permission, he will inevitably be attacked by Zheng Congyan and Helian Duo, Li Keyong is still at war with Li Jing, at this time he finally reached a reconciliation with the Son of Heaven, but he did not dare to start a war with the Hedong coalition army again. Just let him ask for it, promising all kinds of promises and benefits, Zheng Congyan was not moved at all, and now he heard that Li Jing would lead the expedition to the north, and he couldn't help but feel that something was wrong.

The 200,000 Hu people went south, plus the Shatuo soldiers of Yanmen, it may be enough to deal with the traitors of Zhang Zimian and Li Siyuan, but if Li Jing also sends troops to the north, the chances of victory will be very slim.

In any case, he had to return north, and for this, he did not hesitate to use all his chips.

Compared to his own foundation in Daibei, what are just 15,000 war horses?

"King Jin laughed, Ben Shuai doesn't care about your Shatuo's housework, but now that the troops are on the front line, they will soon launch a battle to recover Luoyang, at this time, the King of Jin is going to return north, isn't it a joke?"

"Zheng Xiangguo forgive me, it is really Li Siyuan who made a rebellion in the north, and now he has attracted the Hu people to the south, since he is fighting for the Son of Heaven, then he has the responsibility of defending the land."

"Li Siyuan led the Hu people south?" Helianduo sneered casually, "That's funny." In addition, what is the saying that it is the responsibility to defend the land? The king of this county remembers that the king of Jin seems to have been given the title of king of Jin by the Son of Heaven, but he is only the envoy of the Yanmen Festival, Yanmen Town governs the seven states of Dai, Xin and Wei, Xin, Wu, Confucian, and Concubine, but it doesn't seem to govern the two states of Yunshuo, right? Yunshuo Erzhou is the territory of Datong Town, and the envoy of Datong Festival, I remember that it was Li Sizhao who had just been murdered by you for no reason. Now Li Sizhao's brother has succeeded to the position of Datong Festival Marshal, and he is not in Yanmen Town! ”

Li Ke's face was red and red with Helian Duo's words, one eye almost wanted to breathe fire, and the scar was even more protruding, which was hideous.

"Li Siyuan is my Shatuo rebel general, and he will clean up the portal."

"Family affairs can be after the state affairs, to exterminate the Henan pseudo-Qi rebels, after the triumph, how the King of Jin wants to clean up the portal, I have no right to ask. But now, since the king of Jin is in the coalition army of King Qin in Hedong, he must be controlled by his own commander, if you want to break away for no reason, you should know the consequences! Zheng Congyan never had a good impression of Li Keyong, and at this time, he was armed with a gun and a stick, and his words were full of threats. It's not just a verbal threat, it's a matter of saying it and doing it.

Limited by the intervention of the imperial court, he can't take the initiative to deal with Li Keyong, but if Li Ke bumps into his military method head-on, then he will never be soft.

"If Zheng Xiangguo is willing to help, he is willing to take out another 3,000 high-grade war horses to give!" Li Ke said with gritted teeth.

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Zheng Congyan: "King Jin is talking nonsense, do you think that a certain person is a person who ignores the affairs of the country and the dynasty for his own personal interests?" King Jin should not forget, why did His Majesty pardon you for your successive rebellions, if it weren't for your promise to be a striker for Your Majesty and desperately sweep away the pseudo-Qi, you should think that this commander can still tolerate you to this day? ”

Zheng Congyan shook his head as he spoke, "If it weren't for the kindness of His Majesty, I was willing to give you another chance, Ben Shuai would have already beheaded you, so why not leave you at this time." You don't need to say anything else, rest assured here, prepare to cross the river to attack the thief, if you are loyal to the king, Your Majesty will not treat you badly in the future, if you are half-hearted, and then have any bad intentions, you must be careful of the sharp sword on your head, Li Keyong, remember, from now on, this commander will always keep an eye on you! ”

"Alright, now you can step down!" Zheng Congyan reprimanded Li Keyong mercilessly!

Rick's face was cloudy and full of anger, but he finally gritted his teeth and turned around and strode out of the tent. (To be continued......)