Chapter 1402 "Flower Battle Chess" And "Zetian Guaxiang"!

The sea is surging, and the seven thousand miles of the Gulf of Mexico are all intersecting with the fleet's exchanges, from the savanna in the north to the dense jungle in the east. This is the north of the Central American world, just like the world's "Ren Meridian" that has been opened up, symbolizing the connected seashore.

In the south of the world, another crucial "Du Meridian" is still fighting on the scale of 100,000 legions! If the Sierra Madre Mountains that run across Central America are the "backbone of the world", then the long Sierra Madre Mountains, where the intersection with the Mixteque Mountains forms the Oaxaca Central Plateau, is like the "tailbone of the world" behind the waist.

At this moment, the Yunshan Fortress, which has been surrounded by four Mexica legions for a year, is located in the center of the mountain plateau, at the most critical "tailbone point"! As for the two kings who personally set off the wind and clouds and opened up the "Ren and Du Meridians" of the world, they are sitting in the center of this chess game of the world, playing another "real chess game".

"Xuluot, use cannons to attack the tiger!"

"Flatten the boat and eat the cannon."

"The tiger eats the boat!"

"Get on the boat and eat the tiger."

"Haha! Xuluot, you lost a tiger and a boat, and I only lost a tiger and a cannon! Your army has weakened a lot!..."

".Teacher, you are so vigorous and unstoppable, and you caught me off guard. You are really as brave as a tiger!..."

"Ha! As a commander, you should be like this! The chess game is like a battlefield. Once you have identified the target, you should be unstoppable and break through the formation at all costs, just like a heavy obsidian war club!... But you, Xuluot! Whether it is fighting or playing chess, you always focus on logistics and defense, and you first seek stability, Waiting for the opportunity with the lowest cost to make a move... This is not like a young man, and it is even less like the brave style of us Mexica people! …”

“Ah! The teacher is right! But sufficient logistics is always good. And avoid the sharp edge, weaken the enemy's power, and strictly guard yourself. Although you can't win a big victory, at least you won't be defeated, and not too many warriors will die…”

“Haha! Xiu Luote, you! … You invented this chess game, and you clearly know that when a ‘warrior’ crosses the river, there is no retreat! But you are still so cautious and stingy with the lives of the warriors. You are so kind-hearted... Advance the pawn! …”

“Capture the pawn.”

Hearing Avite's comments, Xiu Luote smiled and shook his head. He was still defending in this "Flower War Chess" as always, and he always sat still even if there was a chance to win by taking risks. And Avite kept attacking, forcing the exchange of pieces from time to time, and he was really indomitable, brave and diligent, leaving no room for maneuver!

This set of "Flower War Chess", with nine vertical and ten horizontal chessboards, is undoubtedly the "chess" of later generations! The southern expedition army besieged the city for a year, and daily entertainment was very scarce. In addition to divination and writing books, Shulot also invented "Go" and "Chess".

Among them, the black and white "Go" focuses on calculation and is quite popular among the priests of the alliance. The "Chess", which has a more war atmosphere and represents killing, has taken the name of "Flower War Chess", becoming a recreational entertainment for military nobles to simulate war and is becoming popular in the camp.

Of course, the battlefields in Central America are crisscrossed by rivers and mountains, and there are no cars or horses. Here, "boats" are used to replace "cars", and "tigers" symbolizing jaguar warriors are used to replace "horses" of cavalry. The rest, "cannons", "soldiers/pawns", "soldiers", and "generals/generals" remain unchanged, representing "cannons", "warriors", "guards" and "generals" respectively. Only the ‘Xiang/Xiang’ became the ‘Ji Xiang’, symbolizing the special war priests in the army.

When these two kinds of “chess” came out, Avite got the news as soon as possible, and he was also interested and quickly learned it. Obviously, he prefers the killing “Flower War Chess” and this new “war game”!

And with Avite’s intelligence, no alliance noble in the entire camp can be his opponent, even if he doesn’t let him win. In the end, only Xiu Luote, who “invented” the chess game, can “barely” fight him on equal terms.

No matter what new tactics Avite came up with, Xiu Luote was a stable “win four and lose six”, “barely” keeping up with his progress. Like this game, he found an opportunity at the beginning, forced to exchange pieces to gain an advantage, and Xiu Luote never showed any flaws again, and the two sides could only slowly strangle one piece at a time.

"Eat the tiger!..."

"Take the boat..."

"No more boats! Take the cannons!"

"Eat the boats..."

The two fought back and forth for half an hour. When it came to the end, Avite was left with "one soldier, one cannon, one soldier, and one general", while Xuluot was left with only a single old "general" and a pair of "sacrificial ministers" as guards. Finally, Avite placed a "palace heart soldier", and finally "checkmated" Xuluot with great pleasure!

"Haha! Xuluot, I won this round again!!..."

Avite laughed loudly, and in the bitter smile of Xuluot's sigh, he moved the cannon to eat the "general". He held the golden "general" chess in his hand and played with it for a few times, enjoying the pleasure of defeating the student, but still felt a little unsatisfied.

On the sandalwood chessboard of the entire "Flower Chess", "Soldiers/Pawns" are mahogany chess pieces, "Ship Tiger Cannon Priests" are silver chess pieces, and only the "General/General" is a gold chess piece! In the final analysis, this "Flower War Chess" is still a "war game" between Mexica nobles. According to the military tradition of the alliance for decades, the upper and lower levels of the army must be clearly distinguished, and even the chess pieces of the war chess must be like the various levels of the army, "different attire, identifiable at a glance".

"Xiuluot, at the beginning of this game, did you really make a mistake, or did you deliberately let me?..."

"Teacher, I didn't think so much. I habitually deployed defenses at the beginning, just like the last game. I didn't expect you to find this flaw... But next time, I won't make such a mistake!..."

"Hahaha! That's how war works. One step wins and all the steps win, one step loses and all the steps lose! However, the alliance is now in a big situation. Even if we make one or two mistakes, as long as we learn from the lessons, we can still completely sweep the world!..."

At this point, Avite's expression turned cold, and he looked at the mountains in the southwest and spoke faintly.

"The Lord God is a witness! Just like the alliance of the tribes in the clouds, even if Mixtec and Zapotec are added together, they have less than half of our chess pieces! The defeat of the Western Route Army made the great leader Yun Chen eat a 'pawn', so what? As long as Yunshan City is taken, Yun Chen will lose the 'sacrifice minister' who guards the corner, and also lack a 'soldier'. Under the siege on three sides, his death has long been doomed!"

"Teacher, you are right! I had a sudden inspiration last night and officially divined. The hexagram is exactly the lower Qian and the upper Dui, 'Ze Tian Que'! This hexagram is that the water is in the sky, and the water in the sky will flow down. Five Yangs remove one Yin, it is not difficult to remove, just 'determine' your mind! As long as the punishment is resolute and the army is reorganized, it will inevitably suffer losses first and then gains, first a small defeat and then a big victory!..."

"Hmm? The hexagram of divination is Ze Tian Que? Make up your mind, lose first and then win?..."

Hearing this, Avite pondered and said nothing. The "defeat" the two discussed happened last month, when the Western Army conquered the Mixtec coastal city of Shuangshan and headed north to attack the Mixtec southern heartland, Yangu City!

You know, as long as the Western Army conquers Yangu City, it can connect with the Eastern Army in the northwest and completely cut off the last coastal connection channel between the lowland Mixtec and the Zapotec tribes. Afterwards, the Western Army only needs to go north from Yangu City and seal the valley entrance between the mountains, and together with the Central Army, it can turn Huahuapan, the mountain river city where the chief Yunchen is stationed, into a trapped bird in the mountain river valley!

Faced with this deadly cage, the chief Yunchen would naturally not sit idly by. He secretly dispatched elite troops to invite battle to the north first to confuse the commander of the Central Army, the giant bear Stanley. Then, he personally led 5,000 elite warriors south to attack the brave vanguard of the Western Army, and successively conquered Prince Montezuma II of Hedou City and Shuangshan City.

Meng Er was attacked suddenly. Although he fought in person and showed his tenacity as the "second bravest general of the royal family", he was defeated and returned to Hedou City. In this battle, an 8,000-man royal army was defeated, and at least 1,500 warriors were killed. It was almost the battle with the heaviest casualties since the alliance's southern expedition to Yunzhong. But the great leader Yun Chen did not get much benefit. It is said that he was shot in the shoulder by the brave Meng Er himself with a bow!

The Mexica Central Army was always pressed in the north of Shanhe City. The great leader Yun Chen did not dare to leave for too long, and had no time to pursue to expand the results of the battle. After repelling the Western Army in a battle, he was eager to lead the army back to Shanhe City to continue to fight against the giant bear Stanley.

"Well... the Western Army advanced quickly. Although they were sharp along the way, they were indeed very tired. Even the sharpest obsidian blades could not kill five people in a row! Counting, Yeguo City, Xianggou City, Hedou City, Shuangshan City... the Western Army was already on the southern expedition. They conquered four Mixtec city-states, and suffered a setback before the fifth city-state. Their merits outweighed their faults!..."

Avite's expression flickered, and he set the tone first. That is, the Western Army as a whole has made contributions. Next, as long as they defend Hedou City and make good repairs, they can make more contributions. As for the blame for this defeat…

"Of course, as a pioneer, Montezuma the Younger lost 1,500 warriors in one battle, so he must have done something wrong. Now that the southern expedition has reached a critical moment, let's put aside the faults first... Wait until the southern expedition is victorious, and then summarize the military merits and demerits. After the merits and demerits are offset, the remaining merits will be divided into fiefdoms in Yunzhong!..."

Hearing the last sentence "divided into fiefdoms in Yunzhong", Shulot raised his eyebrows and showed understanding. Avit had mentioned before that after conquering the Mixtecs, half of the Yunzhong Valley would be cut off and given to the two sons born to him and Alyssa. And now that Alyssa has given birth to twins, the fault of the second Meng was also delivered to her in due time. Next, of course, the supreme kingship represented by the God King will cooperate with the divine power of the prophet Shulot to control all the decisions on fiefdoms after the war! The core of political power lies in the arrangement of "personnel"...

"The Lord God is witnessing! Dear God King, I will explain the Lord God's hexagram to all the nobles at the next military sacrifice!... As you said, the Western Army was blessed by God, and the faults were only on a few individuals. The merits and demerits of the generals offset each other, and the God King was "fair and impartial", and everything will be discussed after the war!..."

"Good! Very good!... Xiu Luote, my most outstanding student, my respected military priest... The Lord God's enlightenment, it turns out that only you can truly understand it!... Haha!"

Note: The Easter egg chapter is a map of the southern expedition.