Mi Han

Chapter 80 Lu Meng lost his chess (seeking further reading)

Lujiang County, Xunyang City.

In the county office in the city, Lu Meng, dressed in civilian clothes, was playing chess with Sima Yi.

Lu Meng just arrived in Xunyang City not long ago!

Although before, under the order of Sun Quan, Lu Meng gathered most of the Jiangdong soldiers and horses in Xunyang City.

But after all, the mobilization of [-] soldiers and horses is not an easy task, and it is a military and national event that will take a long time.

Therefore, Lu Meng has been in Xunyang City for several days, but he was mostly busy with military affairs during these few days, arranging the preparations for the army to go out.

In addition to arranging the departure of the [-] Jiangdong army, Lu Meng also rearranged the defense of Lujiang County in the past few days.

Lujiang County is located in the north of the Yangtze River, and is the only strategically important place in the hands of Jiangdong among the three counties in Huainan.

It is precisely because of the existence of Lujiang County that Sun Quan was able to send troops to Hefei many times before the Northern Expedition.

But in the same way, Lujiang County is also a strategic barrier for Jiangdong in Jiangbei.

If Lujiang County is lost, the heart of Jiangdong will be exposed to the prying eyes of the northern cavalry at all times.

Although it is said that Sun Quan has temporarily established an alliance with Cao Cao in order to capture Jingzhou, but Lu Meng knows that this alliance is very unstable.

It is very likely that after he takes Jingzhou, the Cao-Sun alliance will be completely broken.

At that time, Jiangdong's army was all in Jingzhou, which was a very dangerous thing.

Therefore, in order to ensure the safety of the back road and the safety of Jiangdong's heartland, Lu Meng re-strengthened the overall defense of Lujiang County.

Even if Cao Cao suddenly broke the covenant one day and led his army to attack Lujiang County.

With the defensive system he had set up, Lujiang County would be able to last until the moment when he led the army back to help.

All these tedious and important matters, even if Lu Meng is quite talented, it took him a lot of effort to basically declare the completion of the work within a few days, which made his health worse.

After basically completing all the preparations, Lu Meng, who was free today, specially invited Sima Yi to play chess with him in the Xunyang County Office.

There are not many entertainment activities in this world, and Go is the favorite entertainment activity of scholar-bureaucrats in the world.

According to legend, Go was created by Dayao in ancient times, and it has been handed down to this day, and the gameplay of Go has been developed very maturely.

Ma Rong's "Fu on Go" once praised Go: "A brief look at Go can be used in the use of soldiers."The game of three feet is the battlefield.Chen Ju soldiers, the two enemies are equal.

Because the game of Go is implicitly consistent with the formation of troops in the Art of War, the leaders of the world still like this sport.

When Sun Ce, the former lord of Jiangdong, was still in power, he would always discuss military and state affairs with his confidants while playing chess.

Under the leadership of Sun Ce, among the three major powers in the world, the Jiangdong generals loved this activity the most.

Maybe it was to pass the boring time, or maybe it was to relieve the pain in the body, today Lu Meng enthusiastically invited Sima Yi to play chess together.

The reason why Lu Meng chose to play chess with Sima Yi was because during the time he spent with Sima Yi day and night, Lu Meng realized that Sima Yi was also a man who knew how to fight.

Chess players can only experience the greatest fun of this activity by playing against a player who knows how to play chess.

The second is because Sima Yi is the only person in the army who knows about his condition.

Playing chess will make people concentrate, and Lu Meng does not want to let others see that there is something abnormal about him when some subconscious reactions of his body are focused on playing chess.

In Lu Meng's dormitory, Lu Meng is playing black chess and Sima Yi is playing white chess.

Looking at the current situation on the chessboard, the white chess representing Sima Yi is being firmly suppressed at the four corners of the chessboard by the black chess representing Lu Meng, and it looks like he is about to lose.

But looking at Sima Yi's expression, he didn't seem to be upset at all about his impending defeat.

On the contrary, he had a relaxed and natural look on his face, as if facing the current situation where the defeat was already certain, he seemed to have a second plan.

During the time spent with Lu Meng, Sima Yi, who knew he couldn't resist, completely calmed down.

Anyway, as long as he didn't make any changes, Lu Meng would always treat him with the courtesy of a superior guest, which made Sima Yi feel a lot more at ease.

As for Lu Meng, when he was facing a good situation on the chessboard, his face was also full of seriousness.

During his time with Sima Yi, he has played chess with Sima Yi many times.

After playing chess with Sima Yi many times, Lu Meng also discovered Sima Yi's chess playing style.

That is when the situation is unfavorable, he is good at forbearance.

Even in order to make the enemy careless, he will deliberately sell a few flaws.

But once the opponent shows a flaw due to carelessness, he will decisively seize this rare flaw and deliver a fatal blow to the enemy.

It is precisely because he understands Sima Yi's style of chess that even though he appears to have the upper hand, Lu Meng does not dare to be careless.

After contemplating for a long time, when Lu Meng felt sure that nothing would go wrong and was finally about to make the crucial move, Han Dang's loud begging for advice sounded outside the dormitory.

"Governor, you should report something important."

Han Dang's tone was full of anxiety, and his tone seriously slowed down Lu Meng's actions.

After hearing Han Dang's appeal, Lu Meng's brows furrowed deeply.

He didn't frown because Han Dang interrupted him playing chess, but Han Dang's anxious tone gave him a bad feeling.

Could it be that something happened to Sun Huan?

Han Dang has been in the army for more than forty years, and he is a rare veteran. Ordinarily, ordinary things would not make him so anxious to report.

And since it was Han who came to report, it must be a military matter.

The clever Lu Meng immediately thought that there might be news from Sun Huan's forward army.

But considering that Sun Huan had [-] elite soldiers in his hands, and Zhou Rui he had appointed to assist him, Lu Meng was not too worried.

Lu Meng ordered the waiter beside him to bring Han Dang in.

Not long after, Han Dang, led by Lu Meng's attendant, came to Lu Meng's body.

The moment Han Dang saw Lu Meng, he hurriedly bowed to Lu Meng, and was about to report.

But when Han Dang saw that Sima Yi was also there, he subconsciously stopped wanting to report.

Seeing Han Dang's actions, Sima Yi knew in his heart that it was because of his presence that he was about to leave wisely.

But at this time Lu Meng said, "It's okay, Zhong Da doesn't need to leave."

"Mr. Han, let's just say it is."

Lu Meng felt that the military affairs that made Han Dang feel worried and anxious must be a big deal.

Such things may soon spread throughout the world.

Besides, Sima Yi has always been under his control, and he is not afraid of Sima Yi leaking the secret at all.

That being the case, there is no need for Sima Yi to leave.

Seeing that Lu Meng didn't mind Sima Yi's presence, Han Dang no longer had any scruples.

Thinking of the news he just received, he couldn't bear the anxiety in his heart anymore, and blurted out,
"Just now the defeated soldiers from the front reported back. It is said that just two days ago, when Sun Duwei led [-] elite soldiers to the outside of Gong'an City, the guard general Mi Yang invited them to attack.

Sun and Sun Duwei's troops were almost wiped out. "

"As for Captain Sun and Captain Zhou, their whereabouts are currently unknown."

After Han Dang finished reporting, even Lu Meng couldn't hide his surprise when he heard the news.

Because of the surprise in his heart, the chess piece in his hand fell on the chessboard with a "clang" because of a lack of concentration.

Lu Meng blurted out, "Six thousand troops, why are we here?"

(End of this chapter)