I'm a thankful fox in Tokyo

Chapter 212 The one wearing red armor is the old thief Dongye!

By the time the two of them set up the chessboard and sat down, the time was around 12:30 noon.

The windows on both sides of the study were cleverly opened, so that sunlight could always shine in regardless of whether it was morning or afternoon. The shoji door was wide open, facing the small garden in the courtyard, where Grandma Iori was pruning branches with scissors. The late spring breeze was gentle and lingering, bringing the faint sound of an old woman humming an unknown ballad, which was quite picturesque.

"Let the game begin!"

Dong Yeyu and Yu Zi saluted each other, and then said: "I will hold the red, Yu Zi will hold the black, you go first."

Yu Zi nodded, and issued orders with his hand like a flag. Standing in the center of the battlefield, facing the Ever-Victorious Army with terrifying fighting skills, although the soldiers were so scared that they almost wanted to run away, after the military order was given, they had to move their feet reluctantly and came to the edge of the Chu River, confronting the red-armored army with clear flags and strict armor.

Haha, pushing the middle pawn at the beginning, has Miko really watched too many anime?
Higashino Yu recalled watching the game "Go Boy" when he was a child. At the beginning of the game, Tianyuan connected the heaven and earth. The background music and exaggerated special effects were amazing, and he regarded it as a model for pretending to be cool and then getting slapped in the face.

Later I learned that the Tianyuan opening method is basically used to look down on the opponent and bully the weaker ones. Of course, it is not without value, but if masters dare to play like this in a competition, they will lose nine times out of ten.

With a sigh in his heart, he ordered the morale-boosting soldiers on the flanks to push forward to the battlefield to make room for the heroic knights to go into battle. He thought for a moment and prepared to stop when the time came.

If I kill Yuko and make her cry and flee, and people say I bully a child, then I will be ridiculed as the white-haired big man Shigure Yue.

"General."

In the quiet study, Miko's calm and clear voice made the atmosphere tense.

Who shot the command arrow?

Who broke the glass cup? Why are there so many assassins?

Where's my horse?
Dongye Yu, holding the chess piece in his hand, was hurriedly analyzing how to break through the wave of killing moves launched by Yu Zi. He was already sweating profusely, his cheeks were flushed, and he no longer had the confidence he had at the beginning of the battle.

After thinking for a long time, he wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead and looked at his own cavalry. The only solution now was to sacrifice the horses to save the king.
Without cavalry to cover the flanks and with only a few chariots left, they could only rely on artillery and infantry to fight the enemy, and their chances of victory were slim.

But if we allow the enemy to attack the central army, then the general will be captured and the commander's flag will be cut down. I am afraid that morale will collapse in an instant and the army will be defeated.

In desperation, Dong Ye Yu ordered the cavalry to retreat to rescue the central army.

On the battlefield filled with smoke, arrows covered the sky and the sound of cannons like thunder continued to ring out around them. The knights in red armor put down their armor and ignored the feather arrows that occasionally pierced their armor. They just stared indifferently at the flank of the black-armored infantry in front of them and drove their mounts straight forward.

They have been in the army for more than ten years and have fought in countless battles. Both their mounts and their knights have long been the elite among the elite.

"kill!"

The black-armored soldiers and the red-armored soldiers were suddenly shocked and had no time to react.

puff!
A muffled groan was heard, and the red-armored knight had already thrust his lance into the infantryman's chest neatly, but the lance tip seemed to be stuck in the enemy's flesh and bones, so he dropped his lance and drew his sword, using the speed of the charge to sweep across the battlefield. The black-armored soldiers would be injured or killed if they were touched.

But the strange thing is that no matter how brave they were and how they killed the enemies, the enemy troops around them seemed to surge up like waves, one after another.

The knife gradually became blunt and my arms began to feel sore and weak.

The knights were so exhausted that their breath even smelled of rust.

The captain was about to give the order for the final charge, but the knights first retreated to an open space some distance away from the center of the battlefield, sorted out their equipment, and gripped their ring-handled swords tightly, ready to tear off a piece of flesh and blood from the surrounding area of ​​the black-armored infantry formation like hawks.

At this moment, a panicked messenger came running with a red recognition flag on his back and a command flag in his hand.

"Captain, the enemy has rushed into our central army formation. The general is in danger. Captain, please come back to help as soon as possible!"

"what?!"

Upon hearing that the central army was surrounded and the general's life was in danger, the morale of the brave knights was greatly dampened and they felt disheartened.

The Cavalry Captain looked calm and just smiled: "We have followed the general for decades and fought in more than a hundred battles, big and small. There have been many more critical moments than this. The general has great luck and will never be defeated by women and children like this. Soldiers, follow me."

"kill!"

The cavalry captain's words managed to stabilize the falling morale. The brave cavalrymen cheered up and followed the captain. The sound of horse hooves was like thunder, and they soon approached the central army formation.

However, the girl on the black side could not see this tragic scene. When she saw the cavalry retreating, she showed a look of having expected it and ruthlessly gave the order to massacre.

The spirited knight, wearing black armor and holding the reins, received the military order, laughed three times, and drove forward.

"You thieves! We have been waiting for you for a long time. Today, we will kill all of you here!"

The Black Armored Knights were completely different from their low morale at the beginning of the battle. They shouted wildly and fought hard, defeating all the enemies along the way. With the help of their own artillery and cavalry, they smashed Dong Yeyu's cavalry into pieces.

"Our army is defeated, our army is defeated!" someone shouted.

"Take one step back and you will die! Follow me and kill!"

The cavalry captain in red armor brandished a ring-handled sword and rushed towards the enemy with a roar, but he did not expect that the enemy cavalry commander was as brave as Lu Bu, drawing his bow and arrow on the high-speed battlefield.

call out!
A white armor-piercing arrow flew through the air, and the cavalry captain fell off his horse. The mount was quite smart and did not panic. It ran a few steps out of inertia and found that its master had fallen off the horse. It turned back and stayed beside him with its head lowered.

There were dozens of arrows stuck in his body, the most fatal one pierced the artery in his arm, and most of his bones were broken when he fell off his horse.

Enemy cavalry and chariots kept passing by, the Red Army's flags fell, the army formation was scattered, and it was defeated.

The sound of wheels and horse hooves made people's internal organs uncomfortable, dust covered the sky, and the smell of blood, earth and grass mixed together, but no one paid attention to the cavalry captain because there was greater wealth ahead.

Today, I have fully repaid the general's kindness.

The cavalry captain watched the golden-armored general nimbly climb down from the command platform, mount his horse and try to escape alone, but the enemy was surrounding him, so he was afraid that he would not be able to escape.

He sighed in his heart. A clay pot is bound to break by the well and a general is bound to die on the battlefield. Having served in the army for decades, he was mentally prepared.

He withdrew his gaze from the central army, endured the severe pain all over his body, moved his body and leaned against a rock. On weekdays, he trained and fought with his comrades, or drank and had fun, but it was rare for him to have such a peaceful time.

But when I think about the years of fighting and a lifetime of military service, which are all like a mirage, a great sadness wells up in my heart.

The coldness brought by the blood loss gradually enveloped him.

The knight forced himself to open his eyes and through the rising dust saw the blue sky, which was exactly the same as the one in his hometown.

I feel sorry for my wife, children and mother at home. What should I do from now on?
A line of coldness slid down the corner of his eye.

"Hey! There's a captain here who's still alive? Great, great, good fortune will come naturally! The overwhelming wealth doesn't belong to me, but this little fortune is mine!"

The soldier laughed three times, raised his sword and slashed it down, puff!
The man held the head and tied it to his waist. The headless general's body collapsed weakly on the bank of the Green Grass River.

With a bang, the bodies fell to the ground with a dull sound, as if it had been repeated countless times over the past thousands of years. The war would never end, and such sounds would continue to appear. But how many people could hear the sad cries in the distance?

It only makes people sigh.

The poor bones beside the Wuding River are still the lover in the spring boudoir's dream. The black-armored knight driving the chariot rushed straight to the generals' platform and laughed wildly: "Haha, the great achievement is mine, and the one wearing golden armor is the old thief Dongye! Catch the old thief Dongye!"

The old general in golden armor sitting on the command platform was sweating profusely but showed no fear. His personal guards held him up and changed his armor.

The general struggled and pushed his guards away: "What are you doing? Let me go! Today's defeat is all my fault. Anyone can leave, but I must live and die with the other soldiers!"

The military advisor holding a feather fan winked at the other guards, and they rushed forward, stripped off the old general's golden armor and exchanged it with their own.

The old general was furious and was about to draw his sword, but the military advisor blocked his way in front of his personal guards and said, "Although the general was defeated today, you must not learn from the Overlord. There are many talented people in Jiangdong, and who knows if they can make a comeback!"

The veteran was silent for a second, sighed heavily, and waved his hand: "Strategic retreat!"

"You old thief, you want to run away? You shameless villain, chase him!"

"The one wearing red armor is the old thief from Dongye!" a soldier shouted.

The veteran simply took off all his armor.

"The one who is not wearing armor is the old thief Dongye!"

The veteran had no choice but to wrap the cape around himself.

"The one with the long beard is the old thief Dongye! Hunt down the old thief Dongye!"

The old general hurriedly cut off his beautiful beard on horseback.

"The one with the short beard is the old thief Dongye! Hunt down the old thief Dongye!"

Are you him!
The old general was furious and was about to turn around to kill the enemy, but he heard a soft voice coming from the sky.

"General. There is no son left, Tono Nissan."

She put down the chess piece very gently, without any force like the old man in the neighborhood who wanted to smash the chessboard with the chess piece.
pat.

To Dong Ye Yu's ears, it was like thunderclapping out of the blue. The two chariots surrounded the old general in the center, one in front and one behind.

Dong Ye Yu held the last chess piece in silence for a long time. As soon as he let go, the chess piece fell weakly onto the board.

"I lost."

Rubbing his stiff face, Dong Ye Yu sighed and stared blankly at the chessboard. On the battlefield, only the old general and his personal guards were left. They were surrounded by the enemy and could not even put up a fight. They were just waiting for the enemy to strike.

Dong Yeyu looked away and supported his face to look towards the courtyard.

There is no greater sorrow than a dead heart. I never expected that the great general Dongye, who was so powerful among the old men in the community, would one day be defeated by a woman and a child. It is hateful, lamentable and tragic.

Yuko lowered his brows and did not disturb the dazed Higashino Yu, but put the chess pieces back in place.

The girl said softly: "I was just lucky. Dongye Nissan was also very powerful. In the end, I only had one pawn, two chariots, one cannon, and two horses left."

Are you comforting me or rubbing salt into my wounds? Dong Yeyu's mouth twitched, "No need to say more, Miko's chess skills are indeed far superior to mine. If I lose, I lose."

Yu Zi looked at him carefully for a moment, and the corners of his mouth slightly curved up, then quickly smoothed it out: "But."

Dong Yeyu interrupted her, his expression serious: "Today, I played chess with Yuzi, which was very enjoyable. Unfortunately, I probably put too much fermented black beans in the noodles I ate this morning, and my stomach felt a little uncomfortable. Therefore, I made many stupid moves in the second half, and I was one step behind. It's a pity."

Fei Yi watched the game for a while. She couldn't even understand the words on the chess pieces, let alone the chess pieces. However, she could understand Dong Ye Yu's expression.

If you lose, you lose. It's shameless to make excuses.

Fei Yi thought about it in his heart but didn't dare to say it out loud. Dongye was a narrow-minded kid and he couldn't beat him. If he offended him, he might be caught and beaten one day.

Upon hearing this, Miko was very sure of what Higashino Yu said and nodded: "Higashino Nissan did make a few mistakes in the middle, but it is very interesting to play chess with Higashino Nissan. Other monsters are far from being as powerful as Higashino Nissan. Shall we continue?"

"Ahem, well, Miko, do you remember that Jinguji's classmate's parents are coming to thank me this afternoon?"

Dong Yeyu took out his phone and took a look. "It's getting close to one o'clock now. They should be arriving soon. I have to go back to entertain the guests."

Miko nodded thoughtfully, "Shall I go back with Touno Ni-san?"

"You just learned a lot this morning, Yuzi. You should review and consolidate your knowledge at home now. Chinese characters are profound and contain the wisdom of China for five thousand years. You need to take them seriously."

Dong Yeyu said seriously: "And since Yuzi has decided to embark on the path of cultivation, you can no longer live a leisurely life like before. You must know that the path of cultivation is like sailing against the current. If you don't move forward, you will fall behind. Yuzi, you have a poor talent for cultivation and you must work harder!"

Dong Yeyu finished speaking, smiled and touched Yu Zi's head: "Of course, we must also pay attention to the combination of work and rest. If you feel tired, just rest."

"I am leaving."

"Tongye Nissan, take care, see you tomorrow!"

Higashino Yu waved his hand and met Iori's grandmother on the road. They chatted with each other with a smile and then bowed to say goodbye.

Yuzi supported his hands on the chessboard, staring at Dongye Yu's departing back in a daze, until his figure left his sight and his vision gradually blurred.

I didn’t expect that Dongye Nissan cares so much about winning or losing?

Higashino Yu: What's the point of playing Go and chess if you can't win?
But this will allow us to understand him a little better, and perhaps get closer to his heart, right?

When the girl thought of this, a smile spread across her crystal clear amber eyes. She then fiddled with the chess pieces and began to review the game, preparing to study Dong Yeyu's chess moves.

Next time, let Dong Ye Ni San win, but don't let him see it. Dong Ye Ni San is really good at playing chess.
Miko smiled when she thought of this. Even someone as outstanding as Higashino Nissan seemed to have many things that he was not good at.

Fei Yi sneered, "You are so stubborn. I don't think he is as good as you said before, Miko."

Miko just smiled lightly and didn't answer.

But such a face-saving Dongye Nissan is very cute, she thought to herself.

After studying for a while, Miko looked at Feiyi and said, "Feiyi, how about I teach you how to play chess?"

"Playing chess? That's boring. I won't come."

Fei Yi held his cheek with his hand, looking worried.

Yuzi looked at him for a while, thinking, and asked softly: "Are you worried about those people?"

Fei Yi was silent for a while, then nodded, "I want to go back and take a look."

(End of this chapter)