Big Moon Ballad

Chapter 1033 Chessboard
In the Shianyuan, no one knew about the conversation between a middle-aged man and a young man.

Time passed like water, and in the blink of an eye it was the eve of the beginning of the war.

The middle-level ceremony consumes a lot of time for the practitioners, and the time is tight. The three-day interval between the first round and the second round, the practitioners in Ruyang City can be said to have a very rich life.

In Shi'an Yuan, the other courtyard of Song Qian's stepson in the middle Tang Dynasty, the past three days were quite intense.

In the backyard, the tenth target that had been shot crashed down, and Zhao Guang also fell with a bang in the muddy wrestling ring.

"Master, I have really tried my best..."

Zhao Guang's whole body spread into big characters, and he slowly raised one hand, "I really can't fall... I never tried so hard when I came out of the womb..."

Zhao Guang panted and looked at the other teenagers who were also paralyzed on the ground panting like cows. If there were not so many people who were also practicing, and girls such as Ji Ange, Gui Li, and Li Jinniang were watching, he probably would have given up. up.

"Indeed, that's enough," Ying Baoyue stood beside him, looked down at him and smiled, "See you tomorrow, the battle will start, His Royal Highness, please go back to the residence and take a good rest."

Zhao Guang looked up at her and turned over suddenly.

There were only a few practitioners standing in the arena, and this girl was among them.

"Hey, Your Royal Highness, do you think there is hope for me in tomorrow's riding, archery and wrestling?" Zhao Guang looked at Ying Baoyue expectantly.

"I don't know either," Ying Baoyue said seriously, "but practice is better than no practice."

After finishing speaking, she raised her head and smiled at everyone, "I'm going to take a shower after practice, everyone go to bed early tonight, we will be opponents tomorrow."

"Mm," Ji Jiashu shook the broken bow in his hand, and nodded.

Li Ji who was also standing didn't speak, and the black eyes under the mask looked at her quietly.

Ying Baoyue nodded to them, turned around and walked towards the courtyard where she and Ji Ange lived.

Ji Jiashu quietly watched her back.

The sun sets, the moon rises, and the bright moonlight hits the girl's shoulders, and she walks to her residence wearing the stars and the moon like this.

"Hold the moon!" He suddenly shouted loudly, "Go to bed early at night!"

Ying Baoyue was startled, stopped and turned around, looked at Ji Jiashu and Li Ji, who was also staring at her, and smiled.

"Okay," she said.

……

……

"You lied to Mr. Chunhua."

The night before the war was quiet, and the moonlight shrouded the entire World Security Courtyard.People in the Middle Tang Dynasty had their own set of rules for building houses, including courtyards and bathing pools dedicated to collecting books. When Ying Baoyue finished bathing and her hair was still steaming, she pushed away the fence outside the library. A boy was already sitting.

Gui Chen, who was sitting at the stone table, raised his head while holding the scroll, looked at her and said expressionlessly.

"I haven't." Ying Baoyue looked at him and squinted and smiled, "I did go to take a shower."

Gui Chen sniffed the lingering fragrance in the air, his ears felt a little hot, he knew that the wrestlers practicing wrestling in the front yard these two days were too frightened to approach her when they heard her going to take a shower, suddenly he was a little glad that he didn't have to practice wrestling.

Ying Baoyue made a different training plan for everyone, and his training plan was different from Ji Jiashu and others.

"How is your art of war?" Ying Baoyue walked to him.

"I only had time to re-read the Seven Books of the Martial Arts," Gui Chen gripped the scroll tightly in his hand, "I can't remember many of them."

He hadn't touched the books for nearly ten years.

When his grandfather passed away, he left him a lot of military books, and he really liked reading them when his grandfather was alive, but after his grandfather passed away, he wanted to become a practitioner to change the situation of his mother and Guili, so he simply put all those books away. It was sold and replaced by Pharmacopoeia and other miscellaneous books.

The elementary ceremony did not test the art of war. At that time, he felt that it was over for him to become a practitioner. He never thought that he would still be able to use these books of war.

Guichen never expected that in less than a year, he not only became a practitioner, but also passed the elementary ceremony and advanced to the middle-level ceremony.

"It's great to be able to read the Seven Books of the Martial Arts in two days." Ying Baoyue sat down opposite him, "Your grandfather laid a good foundation for you."

If it weren't for the foundation from childhood, I wouldn't even be able to read a book in two days, let alone understand it.

"I failed my grandfather's expectations." After staying up all night for two consecutive nights, Gui Chen could hardly keep his eyes open, but he still insisted on reading the last word in the book of war.

"I can only remember a general idea," Gui Chen said regretfully after closing the book of war, "I'm afraid I will disappoint you too."

He knew very well why Ying Baoyue only let him read military books and did not require him to practice wrestling and riding and archery, because his level was too low, wrestling could not suppress high level practitioners, and riding and shooting required years of knowledge, it was simply impossible It's done overnight.

He only has a little foundation in the art of war.

"You have lived up to your grandfather's expectations," Ying Baoyue looked at him quietly, "In my opinion, you have the demeanor of a descendant of a general."

"It's just talking on paper," Gui Chen smiled wryly, looking at a chessboard on the table.

The reason why he can persist in such hopeless efforts these two days is because of this chessboard.

This chessboard reminded him of Ying Baoyue's appearance when he was preparing for the primary chess competition.

She carved a huge chessboard on the ground of Qing'an Yuan, and then sat by the chessboard for two days and two nights.

The figure of the young girl who sat on the ground by the chessboard all night left a deep impression on Gui Chen.

At that time, everyone thought that it was impossible for her to win, but she was only at the seventh rank at that time, and she insisted on making it to the end, so even if he didn't know where he could go, he would never give up until the last moment.

It's just that Guichen didn't expect that it would be so difficult to sleep when he really worked hard and was in the middle of a big battle.

"Hold the moon," the pale-faced young man holding the scroll looked at her drowsily, "I'm very sleepy, but I can't fall asleep."

His mental tension was high and it was difficult to relax.

Unlike Ji Jiashu and the others, he only has the art of war to save his grades.

"I don't want to..." The young man lowered his head slowly, but the next moment he raised his head as if he was awakened. He muttered to himself, "I don't want to be left behind by you..."

He is not a genius like Chun Huajun and the others, and he has gone through too many detours in the past, but he doesn't want to leave her side either.

Ying Baoyue quietly looked at the extremely sleepy young man on the opposite side of the stone table who was still clutching his book of war and refused to go to sleep, and said softly, "Guichen, you don't need to be so nervous, the art of war is not as difficult as you imagined."

"Liar," Gui Chen muttered in a trance but his thoughts were still clear, "The illiterate veterans at the Great Wall of Eternal Night probably know more about the art of war than me..."

He knew very well that he had no actual combat experience at all, and only knew some rules and regulations in the military manual.

"The art of war is actually very similar to playing chess." Ying Baoyue suddenly stretched out his hand to set up the chess game on the table, "In addition to understanding the strategies in the book of war, you really need actual combat experience."

"If you can't sleep, play chess with me."

Under the moonlight, the chess pieces shone brightly.

Gui Chen dimly stretched out his hand, following Ying Baoyue's chess moves, making moves step by step.

Gui Chen seemed to be in a dream, staring at the chess game on the board, his eyes widened a little bit.

"This is……"

"Soldiers, the major events of the country, the place of life and death, the way of survival, must be observed," Ying Baoyue watched the chess game, and said softly, "You already know the most important things, maybe one day, you can become like your grandfather." General."

　"Soldiers, the great affairs of the country, the place of death and life, the way of survival, must be observed."--"Sun Tzu's Art of War Beginning"

　　The Seven Books of Martial Arts: "Sun Tzu's Art of War", "Wu Zi's Art of War", "Six Secret Teachings", "Sima's Law", "Three Strategies", "Wei Liao Zi", "Li Weigong's Questions and Answers" are compiled from seven famous military books, focusing on ancient Chinese military works essence.

　　
　
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