Chapter 482: Underestimating Liu Bei? Ruixue

Sun Jian's words obviously stimulated Cao Zhang. Cao Zhang was still a little hesitant at first. After all, he had to face the simultaneous attacks of many forces at the same time. In addition, the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, the Lieutenant of the Grave-robbing Cavalry and the Lieutenant General of the Fa Qiu under his command only added up to more than 3,000 people.

The other side had two or even three famous generals including Huang Zhong, and tens of thousands of troops. The strength of the two sides was a cliff-like gap. Cao Zhang was about to refuse, but was stimulated by Sun Jian's words.

"No problem."

Cao Zhang nodded in agreement. Guerrilla warfare is not a positional warfare, so it is not too difficult. He is all elite. Even if he can't win, he can run away. He can fight when advancing and run when retreating. No matter what, he will not be surrounded by the other side.

"Well, it's true that a tiger father has a dog son. In fact, the situation is not as bad as I said. At least, you won't face the siege of several famous generals, because Jiangxia County and Yuzhang County will have people attacking, and they can't spare their hands to deal with you. Only Changsha County really needs you to deal with it."

Sun Jian did not hide his admiration at all. He just said those words just to test Cao Zhang. If Cao Zhang had the intention of retreating, he would immediately replace Cao Zhang and let his men take Cao Zhang's original position. Then let Cao Zhang follow his men to attack.

But Cao Zhang's performance still satisfied Sun Jian, so there was no need to change someone to be in charge here.

"Bofu, you set off immediately and head to the border of Nanyang County to join Dian Wei. I believe Liu Bei will start to act immediately after the New Year."

"The news of my promotion to a legendary general has not been leaked. Liu Bei should not be on guard, right?"

Sun Ce said with some doubts. This time, he thought that the opponent was only Jingzhou, so he had never taken it seriously, but now it seems that Sun Jian and Cao Cao do not think so.

Sure enough, Sun Jian shook his head heavily.

"You underestimate Liu Bei too much. No, it should be said that we all see Liu Bei too clearly. A man who can develop from a weaver and shoe seller to the first lord who controls the land of Kyushu and is also crowned as a king. For such a person, we must make a perfect plan before going to war. If you still use the previous view to deal with Liu Bei, then this time, it is better for us not to go to war as soon as possible."

This time, not only Cao Zhang was shocked, but even Sun Ce was puzzled. Has Liu Bei frightened their fathers to this extent?

"Okay, I will rush to Nanyang County after the New Year."

"Remember, you only need to stop one of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. Except for Zhuge Liang, Xi Zhicai and other counselors, you cannot take action even if others pass by under your nose. Zhuge Liang and others must make sure to kill them with one strike and ensure their own retreat before taking action. Do you understand?"

Sun Jian's two words were extremely heavy, which made Sun Ce remember them in his heart. Cao Zhang on the side also felt a sense of killing.

"I know, father."

Sun Ce bowed to Sun Jian and saluted. Sun Jian's eyes moved slightly, and then patted Sun Ce on the shoulder.

Sun Ce and Cao Zhang took the order and left. Sun Jian sat in the same place, looking at the disappearing backs of the two people, his eyes were dark and unclear, and I don't know what he was thinking.

There are still three days before the New Year. Even in the border city of Jiaozhi County, there are already lights and decorations, and there is a festive atmosphere.

In the north, places like Qingzhou, Yuzhou, and Yanzhou are filled with a strong New Year atmosphere. There has been no war for nearly half a year, and people everywhere think that the war is over and want to have a good New Year.

Some local gentry even opened their granaries to distribute porridge, which is a rare sight.

In the Liewang Mansion in Linzi, Qingzhou, red lanterns were hung early. Fa Zheng even found a group of special dance troupes from Yanzhou and brought them to Linzi, waiting to dance the troupe on New Year's Day to pray for the next year.

In the Liewang Mansion, wooden signs representing the two door gods Shentu and Yulei were hung early on the doors of all sizes. At this time, Shentu and Yulei were the door gods of the people. During the New Year, not only wooden signs should be hung, but also worshiped to bless the family to be free of illness and disaster in the coming year.

Not only that, Gu Rubing also ordered to buy countless fireworks and firecrackers to be set off on the New Year's Day. Except for some generals who had to be on duty in various places, the rest had already arrived in Linzi, preparing to celebrate the New Year here.

On the New Year's Day, Gu Rubing got up early and ran into Zhuge Liang as soon as he left the room.

"Prime Minister, you got up so early today."

Gu Rubing said with a smile. Zhuge Liang was wearing a black and white crane felt and still holding a feather fan.

"Isn't it the same for the lord?"

The two looked at each other and laughed. The heavy snow began to fall all over the sky last night. By this morning, the sky and the earth seemed to be covered with this touch of snow and white. The heavy snow made the weather no longer so cold.

Gu Rubing was covered with the fur of the Youzhou snow ferret. In this snowy weather, he still felt a little cold. Gu Rubing rubbed his hands unconsciously. If he didn't have the physique of a second-rate general, he really couldn't stand this cold weather.

He always felt that the winter at this time was much colder than his previous winter.

"My Lord, do you feel a little cold?"

Zhuge Liang keenly noticed Gu Rubing rubbing his hands and asked with a smile. Gu Rubing nodded.

"It is a little cold. I haven't seen such heavy snow for a long time."

"Yes, the heavy snow has covered up so many dirty things in the world."

"Why don't you find a place to make tea by the fire and play a game of chess?"

Gu Rubing suddenly became interested. At this time, it would be nice to make a pot of hot tea, play a game of chess, and talk about the local customs.

Zhuge Liang naturally agreed.

"My lord, your chess skills have improved so fast that it's staggering. Today I'll ask you to give me some advice."

Zhuge Liang's words were sincere. Even Gu Rubing himself didn't know how fast his chess skills had improved. I'm afraid only Zhuge Liang knew.

But Gu Rubing only thought that Zhuge Liang was making fun of him. After all, he had never won against Zhuge Liang. From losing seven and six at the beginning to losing three and two now, although he was making progress, he still felt that Zhuge Liang has not yet shown his true strength.

The two of them walked all the way to the screen in the main hall. Although Gu Rubing had long since lost his title of Qingzhou Mu and was now Lie Wang, his Lie Wang Mansion was actually still the former Zhou Mu Mansion.

After being named the King of Lie, not to mention the expansion, even the slightest flip of the door has not been restored, it is still the same as before, which has caused the already small mansion to become even more crowded.

Because there were more people living there, Ma Chao, Huang Zhong, Huang Zu, Wei Yan, Pang De, and Liu Qi all had their own rooms in Prince Lie's Mansion. Gu Rubing and Zhuge Liang also found the second half of the main hall. In the main hall, a screen was used as a barrier to create a place for them to play chess and drink tea.

Fortunately, there are basically no servants in Prince Lie's Mansion. There are only some maids in the backyard, and the front yard is always guarded by soldiers. They are a group of grown men who don't need servants, so they don't have to be taboo when they say something. Main hall.

When they arrived, soldiers had already lit charcoal for them and built a stove. The tea leaves were soaked in the already warm hot water, exuding bursts of tea fragrance.

Around the stove, there are some oranges placed next to the stove, simmering them with the help of the hot stove. When the skin turns dark, the oranges inside lock in the freshness and sweetness without the cold feeling, and taste warm. Heat has always been Gu Rubing's favorite.

The chessboard has been set up, and the two of them are sitting across from each other. They never have to guess first. Gu Rubing takes the first move. As Gu Rubing's black piece falls, the game between the two begins in full swing.

Zhuge Liang and Gu Rubing did not use all their strength when playing chess, but it was definitely not just a few points as Gu Rubing thought. It should be said that Zhuge Liang only retained two points, because Zhuge Liang never attacked, only defended blindly. Then, while Gu Rubing was attacking, he tore apart Gu Rubing's fragile protection and finally slayed the dragon.

It's just that now Gu Rubing can delay it until the end of the chess board, and the winner can often be determined. This is what makes Zhuge Liang most surprised. He can achieve this level after learning chess for less than a year. It was rare, because even Zhuge Liang had only learned chess for about two years before reaching Gu Rubing's current level.

The two of them had been playing this game for nearly half an hour, and the situation on the chessboard had become one-sided. The number of people in the hall had also changed from two to five. Gu Rubing was already three eyes behind, but he was still there. I am persisting and want to try to see if I can lose less.

Zhuge Liang sat across from him, smiling and looking at Gu Rubing who was thinking hard. While drinking hot tea, he took half of the oranges that Zhao Yun had peeled, and the other half naturally fell into the hands of Gu Rubing, who was thinking hard.

After a long time, Gu Rubing took out four black chess pieces from the chessboard, placed them on the chessboard, and surrendered.

Xi Zhicai on the side was amazed.

"My lord's chess power has increased, it's a bit scary."

Gu Rubing glanced at Xi Zhicai angrily, laughed and cursed.

"Wen Yuan, you are also laughing at me, right? I have been forced to this point by the military advisor, and you still say that my chess skills have improved. You are either laughing at me on purpose or trying to flatter me."

"Flattery? What is flattery?"

Xi Zhicai asked with some doubts, and Gu Rubing responded immediately.

"Nothing, nothing, come on, Wen Yuan, let's play a game of chess. I want to see how much you, the one who laughs at me, can beat me."

"Okay, then I will come and play a game of chess with my lord."

Xi Zhicai stood up from the seat beside him and said seriously, came to Zhuge Liang, and bowed to Zhuge Liang again. Zhuge Liang smiled and nodded.

"Even if you try your best, don't give in to me."

Gu Rubing said with a smile. He didn't notice that after he said this, Zhuge Liang, Xi Zhicai, and Guan Yu, who had been watching the game without saying a word, had some strange expressions on their faces.

So the chessboard was moved from the original sitting bed to under the sitting bed, and Gu Rubing and Xi Zhi started their first game of chess. Xi Zhi sat upright with his hand in the chess box, ready to guess first.

This was Gu Rubing's first time playing against someone other than Zhuge Liang. After getting ready, a black chess piece clicked on the upper right corner of the chessboard.

Xi Zhicai didn't react, and he didn't even guess why he started playing. However, it only took Xi Zhicai a moment to figure it out, and then he clicked a white chess piece and played with Gu Rubing's chess piece. at.

The game between the two began here.

As soon as the game between the two began, Fazheng and Liu Ye came to the hall. As soon as they entered, they noticed that something was not right in the atmosphere, and a chilling atmosphere filled the air.

After the two of them walked in, they discovered that Gu Rubing and Xi Zhicai were engaged in a fierce game of chess, and the fight on the chessboard was extremely brutal.

Xi Zhicai not only had no intention of giving in to Gu Rubing, but also used all his strength at the beginning of the game, attacking from three sides at the same time, which caught Gu Rubing off guard. Gu Rubing had been attacking mainly before, and he was a little unaccustomed to it for a while, and was defeated by Xi Zhicai.

When a big dragon was about to form on the chessboard, Gu Rubing finally reacted and killed a piece, embedding it in the seven inches of Xi Zhicai's unformed big dragon. The dragon was not formed, so it was naturally a dragon. The movement of the dragon was restricted, so it could only be a snake, and this snake was locked by Gu Rubing at the seven inches, so the attack was greatly hindered at this moment.

Xi Zhicai's eyes moved slightly, he naturally saw the importance of such a chess piece. Originally, he should have moved here in the previous step, but he wanted to further restrict Gu Rubing's actions, so he was greedy and took a little risk, and did not improve his formation in time, and was seized by Gu Rubing.

Xi Zhicai picked up a white chess piece and placed it on the upper hand of the dragon-trapping nail, intending to eat it. Gu Rubing did not hesitate at all and placed a black chess piece on the left hand of the white chess piece, prolonging the dragon-trapping nail again. Xi Zhicai stopped attacking head-on and began to siege, and the white chess piece fell.

Gu Rubing did not continue to prolong the dragon-trapping nail, but began to counterattack.

After Xi Zhicai used six white chess pieces to pull out the dragon-trapping nail, a new big dragon was formed on Gu Rubing's chessboard, and the two sides began to attack and collide.

The advantages accumulated by Xi Zhicai in the early stage were completely disrupted by the two dragon-trapping nails just now, and all of them were returned. Now Xi Zhicai only has a half-point advantage over Gu Rubing. Even with this half-point, Xi Zhicai dare not say that he is sure to win all the time, and Gu Rubing may take it away at any time.

After Gu Rubing launched another attack, Xi Zhicai suddenly changed his style of play. He stopped fighting Gu Rubing and chose to start killing the dragon.

After seventeen moves, Gu Rubing surrendered again. This time, Gu Rubing lost two moves to Xi Zhicai.

By the time the two finished their game, the room was already crowded. Zhuge Liang, Guan Yu, Fa Zheng, Liu Ye, Lu Su and others who knew chess were standing aside with serious faces, carefully analyzing the game.

Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao, Zhang He and Liu Qi, who didn't know much and knew a little bit, were memorizing the two's respective moves.

Zhang Fei, Ma Chao, Wei Yan and Pang De, who didn't know anything at all, were attacking Juzi.