Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

In the summer, a rainstorm came suddenly and poured down on the land on both sides of Guandu, sweeping away the scorching heat and the smell of blood in the air, bringing some rare coolness, and also bringing Guandu into a short truce.

The "crackling" sound of the rain hitting the ground made many soldiers feel tired and relaxed. Most of them huddled in their tents and fell asleep, or chatted about everything under the sun.

On a high platform built in a large camp of the Han army, which was originally a platform from which one could overlook the general movements of the Cao army camp from afar across the river, now the view across the river was only hazy.

However, the platform has a roof, and although the rainstorm was heavy but there was little wind, this high platform became a good place to enjoy the rain view.

Looking around, everything was hazy, with the waterline connecting the sky and the earth.

The Han army's main camp, which used to be grim and stretched for more than ten miles, now seemed a little more peaceful in the rain.

Li Ji, who was standing with his hands behind his back and looking at the north bank of Guandu, suddenly spoke up. "Kong Ming, do you think Cao Cao will be able to sleep well because of this heavy rain?"

"Teacher, if you stand at Guandu for a day, I'm afraid Cao will not dare to relax for a moment."

Zhuge Liang, who was making tea, answered leisurely, with a Go board in front of him.

However, this chessboard was not prepared for Zhuge Liang.

Just as Li Ji stretched out his hand over the edge of the platform, feeling the force of the raindrops hitting his palm, and catching a handful of cool rain water, he heard heavy footsteps from behind that could not be covered by the sound of rain.

Li Ji turned around and saw Jia Xu, who was becoming more and more plump, holding an umbrella and crawling into the platform in a somewhat embarrassed manner, and said with dissatisfaction.

"Zikun, what elegance is this? It's better to sleep in the tent in this heavy rain. How can you still have the leisure to ask me to come over to drink tea and play chess..."

At this moment, a wisp of water mist floated out from the tea set in Zhuge Liang's hand, carrying a rich tea aroma and drifting in front of Jia Xu, causing Jia Xu's voice to pause, and he subconsciously closed his eyes and sniffed.

Li Ji chuckled when he saw this.

"Otherwise, you leave?"

"Leave? Where to? Thank you for inviting me, Prime Minister. It's a great thing that countless people want but cannot get. How can we just leave like that?"

Jia Xu sat down on one side of the chessboard very consciously, showing the gentleman's attitude of being content with whatever happens, and said, "Since we are here, we should make the best of it."

"Obviously you just thought that since you're here, you should at least have some good tea."

Li Ji sat on the other side of the chessboard and did not forget to make a joke.

However, Jia Xu's face became thicker and thicker day by day, and he obviously didn't care about this verbal dispute, but only cared about his appetite.

When a cup of good tea was pushed in front of Jia Xu, Jia Xu held it with both hands, first sniffed it lightly, and then savored it carefully. His temperament and movements were much more professional than Li Ji's.

"Its color is like snow reflected in a blue lake. When brewed with sweet rain, its subtle fragrance slowly develops, like orchid but not orchid, like musk but not musk, penetrating the mind and making the six internal organs suddenly feel clear... good tea, wonderful tea, the best of the best."

Listening to Jia Xu's series of comments, Li Ji also took a sip, only to feel that he could not keep up with Jia Xu's level.

Li Ji could appreciate nice words, but he obviously couldn't appreciate so many dirty words.

"Wenhe is not far from writing books and establishing academic studies."

"There are still many shortcomings, so I dare not speak nonsense..."

Jia Xu first waved his hand modestly, then said, "There are so many types of tea, I alone am far from being able to list them all, unless Zikun helps me."

Li Ji couldn't help but give Jia Xu a cold look...

He wants to eat and drink for free at public expense, and he can even come up with such an excuse. He is really shameless.

Suddenly, Xu Chu personally came up to the platform with a scout. Zhuge Liang took the urgent report wrapped in waterproof sheepskin on behalf of Li Ji, opened it and glanced at it.

Zhuge Liang's expression changed slightly. He asked the scout to go down and rest. Then he sat down again and poured tea for Jia Xu. Then he spoke to Li Ji.

"Teacher, the two armies have come into contact..."

Li Ji nodded slightly, indicating that he understood. Jia Xu continued to sip his tea without looking away, as if he was deaf and blind and didn't hear or see anything.

However, what was a little unexpected to Jia Xu was that this time Li Ji did not explain why he lured him into the game and did something troublesome. Instead, as if he had heard something trivial, he raised his hand and pushed the box of "black pieces" beside the chessboard towards Jia Xu and said.

"Come to think of it, I haven't played chess with Wen He for a long time. I spent some time thinking about this endgame and thought of it. Wen He might as well break it."

After saying that, Li Ji picked up a white piece and dropped it onto the chessboard.

"Snapped!"

Jia Xu also picked up a "black piece" and prepared to make his move. However, when he saw the chessboard clearly in front of him, he paused.

The chess game on the chessboard in front of us is not so much an "endgame" as it is the middle game stage.

What’s even more interesting is that the black and white colors seem to occupy half of the chessboard each, but overall the white pieces have a slight advantage.

Of course, this is not the point. The point is that Jia Xu vaguely saw the current situation of the Battle of Guandu from this chess game.

This made Jia Xu unconsciously more serious. He scanned the chessboard back and forth, thinking...

Li Ji did not urge Jia Xu, allowing Jia Xu to think for more than twenty breaths. Then Jia Xu placed a piece next to the one Li Ji had just placed.

Jia Xu’s Go skills were not weak, or in other words, as long as the wise men of the time knew Go, their Go skills were not too bad.

At a glance, the overall situation in the middle game is not favorable for the black pieces, but there is only one corner where the situation is advantageous, and once this corner is occupied, it can even slowly cut off the white pieces' "big dragon".

Unless Jia Xu was really deaf and blind, he would definitely not be completely ignorant of the fact that Lu Bu led the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry to approach Zhongmou County.

So looking at the whole chess game, Jia Xu made his move without hesitation.

Seeing this, Li Ji's expression did not change. Instead, he followed suit and started fighting with Jia Xu.

"Snapped!"

"Snapped!!"

Li Ji and Jia Xu made their moves very quickly, and they were constantly fighting each other in that corner.

But the black pieces already had the upper hand in this corner, and under the continuous strangulation, the number of white pieces that were killed was undoubtedly greater. Jia Xu also took the white pieces out of the chessboard one by one and threw them into the lid at random.

"If this continues, Heizi will definitely win."

"is it?"

"Snapped!"

Li Ji retreated to that corner again, seemingly still making a last-ditch effort.

Seeing this, Jia Xu did not hesitate and immediately placed another piece, cutting off the energy of a white piece and taking the piece.

Li Ji said with a slight smile on his face.

"It seems that Wenhe can't break this mess either..."

This startled Jia Xu, who had raised his hand in the air, but he saw Li Ji had already picked up another white piece and dropped it into the chessboard.

"Snapped!"

When the move fell, Jia Xu's fingers loosened in shock, and a chess piece fell outside the lid, and he muttered.

"Kuroko...lost?" (End of this chapter)