The next morning,

"What you see is called war chess." A group of new instructors gathered in front of a huge sand table with densely packed chess pieces. Chief instructor Song Jianjun loudly introduced to these new officers: "This is used to deduce battlefield changes.

You may have to join the staff of the New Army in the future. The staff officers of our New Army use this kind of war chess to deduce possible changes on the battlefield. The staff will make situation judgments based on the deduction and provide advice to the generals.

They make suggestions.”

Song Jianjun pointed to the huge chart hanging on the wall, which contained many dizzying battle flag rules written in detail. Song Jianjun introduced these rules as tools used to simulate the battlefield.

"You can't just listen to me. You don't understand. Now let's play this kind of chess." Song Jianjun looked around the room full of officers: "Which one of you will try with me?"

Many instructors were looking at each other, but no one said anything. After a moment of hesitation, Xu Ping stood up and said, "Sir, I am humbled by my position and want to give it a try."

"Okay!" Song Jianjun looked at the newborn calf, rubbed his hands excitedly, and shouted loudly: "Let's just use the Battle of Nanguan."

This was a battle that took place decades ago between the Changsheng Army and the Later Jin Army, and ended in a narrow victory for the Changsheng Army.

"There are basically no weather problems in this war, and the terrain is not too complicated. We don't want it to be too difficult the first time." Song Jianjun looked at Xu Ping with a smile: "Your name is Xu Ping, right? Instructor Xu wants to use the Immortal Army, or the

Build a slave?”

"Eternal Life Army."

Several other veteran instructors quickly set up the sand table. Song Jianjun completed his turn without thinking. The Hou Jin army on the chessboard quickly pushed towards Xu Ping's battle line. Song Jianjun explained the mobility of the chess pieces to everyone while placing the chess pieces.

As well as the influence of the terrain, Xu Ping poured out all his tactical ideas without any concealment. Xu Ping listened to the opponent's ideas silently, keeping his eyes on the huge sand table. After pondering for a long time, he finally began to slowly

Move the chess pieces.

After taking two steps, Xu Ping picked up another chess piece and heard Song Jianjun laugh: "Be careful, Instructor Xu, I was in this team back then."

I don’t know how much time passed, but the only sound left in the room was the heavy breathing of everyone. The referee took away the heavily surrounded chess pieces from Xu Ping’s two teams, as well as a golden chess piece marked as the inner guard.

"Master Hou..." Song Jianjun deliberately let out a deep sigh, then laughed again: "Okay, can you understand?"

"Understood."

"Understood."

The young officers in the room nodded. From the beginning to the end of the game, Xu Ping was suppressed by Song Jianjun's fierce offensive. In the end, Song Jianjun successfully rewrote history and completely destroyed the Ming army that should have won.

"Who else is coming?" Song Jianjun began to look around the room again, his eyes scanning the faces of these new officers: "Who is coming to try again?"

After a while, no one in the room spoke. Song Jianjun turned around and looked at Duguqiu, another senior instructor: "Let's show them a show."

"Yes, sir." Dugu Qiu nodded lightly and walked to the position opposite Song Jianjun.

"Sir." Xu Ping, who had not spoken for a long time, suddenly broke the silence in the room. He raised his head from the sand table and looked at Song Jianjun: "Can you try again for your humble position?"

"Okay." Song Jianjun smiled and said, "Does Instructor Xu still want the Immortal Army this time?"

"No," Xu Ping shook his head and said, "I want to try my hand at building a slave."

"Okay," Song Jianjun waved his hand: "Hurry up and set up the sand table."

Xu Ping recalled Song Jianjun's moves just now and carefully directed Hou Jin's army. After a few rounds, the changes on the chessboard gradually followed the footsteps of history. Song Jianjun didn't even bother to pay attention to Xu Ping's outflanking, and directly

The reserve team invested in the middle, just like the Battle of Nanguan in history, and cleanly opened up the middle of Houjin. Then, Song Jianjun divided the Ming army's only cavalry into two, and one group captured Xu Ping.

The left wing of the army did not allow them to leave the battlefield, so the first group rushed towards their rear path.

Xu Ping raised his head: "Instructor Song, when you talked about the Battle of Nanguan the day before yesterday, you said that the Marquis was going to pursue General Zhenglan's banner at this time. You also said that this was the only correct response and could not be given.

An opportunity for Jiannu to regroup."

"You're right. But I'm not a Marquis. I'm just greedy for petty gains and want to eat up your left wing." Song Jianjun smiled slyly and said, "Instructor Xu, feel free to come over here. You're welcome."

Xu Ping lowered his head and looked at the sand table carefully. He quickly adjusted the troops on the left wing into a circular formation for defense, then accelerated the pace of the right wing and launched an assault on the Ming army's general flag.

When Xu Ping was deploying, Song Jianjun kept explaining to the surrounding officers: "On a real battlefield, it is impossible to have an overview of the whole situation like Instructor Xu. Battlefield communication relies entirely on flags.

It is actually impossible to cooperate with the Ming army brigade. Therefore, no matter how detailed the regulations of war chess are, they cannot be compared with actual combat on the battlefield."

"Sir, it's your turn." As he spoke, Xu Ping had already completed the last step.

"Okay." Song Jianjun lowered his head and began to mobilize quickly, and kept talking: "Of course, it was impossible to see Jiannu's movements as clearly as I did back then, let alone which army was about to collapse.

, you can clearly see which troops are still in good condition. But you must develop awareness through war chess and know when the army is in danger, under what circumstances it should defend, and under what circumstances it should attack..."

Time passed quickly between the battle and Song Jianjun's explanation.

"It's such an honor to be able to stand in front of the Marquis with a spear in hand!" Song Jianjun smiled and raised the chess piece representing his team high, placed it heavily on the flag of the Ming army, and covered it with a golden

There was a crisp "pop" sound on the chess piece of the Internal Guard: "Instructor Xu, it's your turn."

Hou Jin's cavalry has been forced in front of the Ming army's flag, but Xu Ping's left wing has long since ceased to exist. The Chinese army that reorganized several times was also defeated by Song Jianjun. Now these cavalry on the right wing are all he has. They represent the spearmen and

The Fire Gunman's chess pieces were densely packed in front of the Hou Jin army. The Ming army's deeply concave battle line surrounded the last Hou Jin cavalry in the middle, forming an encirclement on their flanks and rear.

The Houjin troops commanded by Xu Ping fought hard all the way to the Ming army's general flag. All units had been severely damaged early and suffered huge losses. Some of the Houjin chess pieces concentrated near the Ming army's general flag were on the verge of collapse. Even Huang Taiji's

Team Bai Jia also suffered heavy losses. The subsequent counterattack by a large number of Ming troops was able to wipe them off the chessboard immediately.

"No need to continue?" Seeing Xu Ping thinking hard, Song Jianjun asked with a smile.

After Xu Ping admitted defeat, Song Jianjun looked at the sky and saw that it was already time to start the exercise: "You guys should all understand that from now on you will have to learn how to fight through chess. That's it for today."

After the disbandment was announced, the people in the room began to disperse. Xu Ping was still staring at the sand table and thinking. At this time, a veteran who had been listening by the side came over and said to Song Jianjun: "Excellent lecture, Instructor Song."

Song Jianjun stood at attention and saluted the old general: "Thank you, Mr. Zhang, for the compliment."

The general named Zhang then turned to Xu Ping: "Instructor Xu, I have heard about you, and Mr. He even praised you."

Xu Ping imitated Song Jianjun's words: "Thank you, Mr. Zhang, for the compliment."

"My general is Zhang Chengye," the officer announced his name: "Instructor Xu is a very good chess player."

"General Zhang is so complimentary that he cannot accept a humble position."

Zhang Chengye just smiled, and Song Jianjun behind him also smiled at Xu Ping and said, "I have taught many newcomers, but they all resisted me. No newcomer has ever dared to challenge me."

"As the commander-in-chief, you dare to command the Dongsen Battalion. Don't you even have the courage to stand up and play chess? Then I have to wonder what your teaching team has taught you!" Zhang Chengye turned around and scolded Song Jianjun twice, and then

He turned back and looked Xu Ping up and down: "I will need talented staff officers and officers to help me. Instructor Xu will learn from Instructor Song. I may ask you to help me in the future."

After leaving the teaching team camp, Xu Ping hurried to the Zhiwei barracks to find Jin Shentong. By the time he arrived, it was already past the agreed time. Jin Shentong was obviously impatient with the wait: "Brother Xu, you're so late."

"Sorry, sorry, Brother Jin Haihan." Xu Ping briefly talked about today's events, starting with the war chess deduction he just learned.

"Instructor Song is right. War chess deduction can allow us to turn a lot of common knowledge on the battlefield into something like intuition. Let's go into the city and talk while walking along the way."

Today, Jin Shentong did not wear his dazzling red Zhiwei uniform, but put on a black suit. This black military uniform is the uniform of the military judge in the new army. He explained that the Zhiwei uniform was too ostentatious, and there was a funeral in the Zhao family recently.

, wearing a bright red suit is also not appropriate: "Sometimes when I go out with friends, wearing this military uniform is very useful. The military judges are as afraid of tigers, and no one dares to look twice. If you put down the mask again, then

You don’t have to worry about your identity being revealed.”

This made Xu Ping a little strange. He didn't know if Jin Shentong would be worried about his identity being leaked when he visited any military camp of the New Army. Even if it was leaked, what would it matter. Maybe Jin Shentong sometimes went to places like casinos for entertainment? Now around the capital

They are all new officers and soldiers, and of course there are other Beijing camps, but those officers and soldiers can also recognize the official positions of the new army. Naturally, Jin Shentong does not want anyone to recognize his military position, or for any rumors to spread to his direct guards.

.But... But if they see a military judge coming, will the New Army officers and soldiers who are gambling still have the intention to continue their pastime? Besides, the New Army military judges are notorious for not recognizing their relatives and being nosy. Even other soldiers in the Beijing camp often

When being questioned by cold words, the problem will be reported to the commander of the Beijing camp. Therefore, the officers and soldiers of the Beijing camp and the local ruffians near the capital are very afraid of them. They often flee when they see the New Army military judges in black military uniforms.

Jin Shentong told Xu Ping that this chess game was also perfected by Zhendong Hou Ming. He himself grew up playing this game when he was a child: "Brother Xu, don't be sad. Instructor Song has taught many students and they have already mastered the game."

, I think even the Marquis may not have played with him."

After chatting about chess for a while, Xu Ping asked: "I wonder what the teaching team will teach in the future?"

"There's nothing more. For the staff and team officers, war chess is the most important training. Even if they are promoted from General Manager Qian to the training team for training, that's all they learn. The training team can make the non-commissioned officers familiar with it.

Regulations, it would be great to let the officers experience the battle regulations. No matter how much they are, they can't be learned in the training team." After a while, Jin Shentong said "ah" again, and suddenly mentioned something: "By the way, I once heard Jia Yan say

However, in addition to war chess, the Marquis also approached them and compiled a military book together, called "The Source of War", yes, that's the name."

"Oh?" Xu Ping became interested when he heard it, and quickly asked: "Brother Jin, does he know what this military book is about? When will it be handed over to the teaching team to read?"

"I don't know about this. It's not like Jia Yan was involved alone. I heard that Mr. Zhao, Mr. He and Mr. Yang were all involved, and it wasn't just them. But of course it was Master Hou who wrote it. I heard that Mr. Hou wrote it.

It took more than ten years to finish it." Jin Shentong had a fascinated expression on his face. He thought for a while and shook his head: "I really can't guess it. I also asked Jia Yan and General He, and they both told me at the time;'

You can't learn this thing now, and it's useless if you learn it.' This book "The Source of Conquest" must be the strategy of war that the Marquis has treasured in his heart."

Seeing the regretful expression on Xu Ping's face, Jin Shentong comforted him and said: "To be honest with Brother Xu, I also mentioned this book to the Young Marquis. The Young Marquis also asked the Marquis, but the Marquis was

Answered the Young Marquis: "The book hasn't been compiled yet, and you won't need it yet. This book is not very useful for battle formations. When you can use it, I will naturally give it to you." I heard that the manuscript of this book is

It is placed in the study room. I once suggested that the Young Marquis take it out quietly and take a look at it, but the Young Marquis refused to do anything."

"How can a military book with the word 'conquest' in its name not be of much use for conquests?" Xu Ping was very skeptical of this statement: "If it is not of great use, why bother to compile it?"

"I don't know about this. Brother Xu, go and ask. Maybe the Marquis fell in love with Brother Xu at a glance and passed it on to you." Jin Shentong joked: "Brother Xu can't hide his secrets at that time.

You want to lend it to me to read."

The two of them were talking and laughing along the way, and soon they entered the city and arrived in front of the Zhao Mansion. Today Xu Ping was able to find a helmet with cheek guards, so that even if the visor did not fall off, his face was deeply hidden under the helmet.

Finally, in order to make it difficult for others to identify his body shape, Xu Ping also put on the breastplate of a deputy cavalry. Despite all the painstaking preparations, Xu Ping was still very nervous after dismounting in front of the Zhao Mansion, for fear that the concierge would recognize him.

Himself. When the servants of the Zhao family came over to take the horse, Xu Ping quickly lowered his head, and with a slow step, he landed two meters behind Jin Shentong, looking like a follower.

Jin Shentong handed the greeting note to the concierge: "Please tell me, Jin Shentong will pay my respects." He then signaled Xu Ping to the concierge with his eyes: "This is my friend Xu Ping, please come and see me together."
To be continued...