Journey to the West: Beginning with the Apprenticeship of Bodhi Patriarch

Chapter 3 Jiang Zu
This "immortal pointing the way" led him into the chess game, where he personally met Emperor Yan, the ancestor of the Jiang family, and solved the cause and effect situation of the Jiang family for him.

"What should I do?"

Jiang Yuan lowered his head and looked. He was wearing armor and holding a spear, with the word "Soldier" written on his chest armor. He was one step ahead of the four soldiers.

He looked back at Yan Emperor, trying to find clues from him.

Emperor Yan was still standing beside the platform, looking at him with a smile on his face, nodding at him, his eyes full of encouragement.

This is to ask him...

Win the Battle of Zhuolu?

He is just a pawn, how can he win?

In chess, a single pawn is the most powerless. It can only move forward and has no way to retreat.

In confusion.

Jiang Yuan heard the beating of drums, the neighing of horses and the sound of cannons. He saw a cavalry group coming from behind him and stared coldly ahead.

He looked ahead at a shallow river and vaguely saw the enemy's ferocious soldiers glaring at him.

Behead! !
A sentence suddenly appeared in Jiang Yuan's mind, and he was filled with anger. He stepped across the river uncontrollably and moved forward with his sword raised.

When he raised his spear and moved forward, the vicious soldier raised his spear and stabbed him.

puff.

Gold enters the flesh.

Jiang Yuan’s eyes widened. He wanted to fight back, but his hands felt weak.

The vicious soldier skewered Jiang Yuan's entire body from the ground and then pinned it to the ground, with a hideous and disdainful smile still on his face.

boom! ! !
Thunder exploded.

Jiang Yuan stood up suddenly and looked around. In the deep and quiet room, the chessboard was in front of him and the master was looking at him with a smile.

He looked down at the chessboard.

The brown soldier crossed the river and was eaten by the white pawn, opening up the situation for the "horse" behind him.

He just... turned into a brown soldier and was stabbed to death by a white soldier?
If he wants to understand the cause and effect of the Jiang family, he must win the chess game of the Battle of Zhuolu. But he is a pawn, so how can he win?

The role of pawns in chess is more to open up the situation and assist other pieces so that the artillery and chariots can advance directly.

How can a game of chess be won by just pawns?

The unsolvable face.

Jiang Yuan frowned, he didn't know how to win, so he had no choice but to ask the master for advice.

This is the reason why he has the surname Jiang, which cannot be explained by the ancestors.

Only he is qualified to solve this game.

Jiang Yuan stood up and bowed, then said, "Master, I don't understand. Please give me some time to solve this problem."

The master nodded with a smile and said, "Go away, boy. Come back tomorrow."

Jiang Yuan took his leave and returned to his quiet room.

He returned to the quiet room, washed his hands, sat on the cushion, and bowed his head in deep thought.

How can he win on that chessboard?
A mere soldier is so powerless.

Jiang Yuan closed his eyes, his mind was clear, and a chessboard emerged. Lines were laid out in front of him, with the river as the boundary, and chess pieces were placed one by one.

He tried to figure out how a single pawn could win the entire game.

No matter how he tried, one pawn could not shake the entire chess game.

Jiang Yuan is constantly trying.

From dawn to night, and from night back to dawn.

……

The next morning.

Jiang Yuan walked out of the quiet room as usual.

He wanted to sweep away the dust, but when he looked down, he saw that the dust was gone, and he couldn't help but smile.

I sweep dust every day, but today there is no dust to sweep, which makes things feel awkward.

Jiang Yuan walked out of the cave, watered the dead trees and new flowers, and then returned to the master's quiet room to serve him.

When the work was done, he returned to the chessboard.

Found that the chessboard was neatly arranged.

The master approached and said, "Which piece do you want to move today, boy? The cannon? Or the chariot?"

A gun? Or a car?
Can choose?
Jiang Yuan was stunned.

But how could he break the impasse with only one person?

Whether it is a cannon, a chariot, or a soldier, they are all chess pieces. How can chess pieces control the game?

The only one who wants to break the situation is a chess player. Only a chess player can break the situation. Jiang Yuan suddenly realized, as if waking up from a dream.

"Master, just march as a soldier."

Jiang Yuan sat down and said.

The master smiled and said: "This young boy is teachable."

As soon as he finished speaking, the hand under his sleeve gently lifted the soldier, and the soldier moved forward one step, and the immortal showed him the way.

When one piece falls, the wind and sand rise again, and the world changes.

Jiang Yuan returned to the desolate battlefield. He looked down at the long spear in his hands, and turned around and left without saying a word.

Under the astonished gaze of the soldiers and catapults.

Jiang Yuan walked up to the platform and faced the head coach Xuanyuan Huangdi.

He bowed, took off his armor and handed it to Emperor Xuanyuan Huangdi, staring at the commander's armor on Emperor Xuanyuan Huangdi with a sharp gaze.

transposition!

Being a soldier can't solve it.

Then be the head coach! Be the chess player!
Xuanyuan Huangdi was silent for a moment, quietly took off the commander's armor and handed it to Jiang Yuan, then put on the armor handed to him, walked to the soldier's position, and took command for Jiang Yuan.

Jiang Yuan stood on the high platform. He felt that his consciousness seemed to be connected to the entire desolate battlefield. He could see all the soldiers and communicate with all of them.

dong dong dong! !

The drums beat and the sky laughed loudly.

Go to war!
Jiang Yuan drew the bronze sword from his waist and roared hysterically: "Fight!!"

war!
war! !

war! ! !
Calls for soldiers and horses were heard from all directions.

Jiang Yuan coordinated the troops and moved.

Catapults were placed across the middle of the road, ready to go, chariots hung with swords and knives were moving across the open field, and cavalry were taking a detour, ready for a surprise attack.

Only when all the battle formations are mobilized can an attack be launched.

As a chess player, Jiang Yuan is full of confidence, and his every move shows the demeanor of a great general.

The overlord who used to defeat dozens of old men in street chess games reappears.

Jiang Yuan made all the arrangements, drew his sword, shouted angrily, crossed the river and launched an attack.

On the desolate battlefield, a great war broke out. Chariots rushed past, soldiers were bleeding, catapults roared, cavalry surrounded and attacked, and the unprecedented battle was fierce.

One piece after another.

Jiang Yuan always had the upper hand and suppressed Chi You's side. No matter how Chi You roared on the high platform, he could not change the situation of the battle.

After thirty rounds, Jiang Yuan still had one chariot, one cannon, one horse, four soldiers, and all the elephant soldiers.

On the other hand, only a few men were left on Chiyou's side.

Just when Jiang Yuan was about to launch a general attack and kill Chi You in one fell swoop.

A chariot came from nowhere, rushing towards Jiang Yuan with great force.

A burly man on the chariot roared and charged forward with a shield and axe in hand.

Xingtian!

Jiang Yuan remained calm and ordered Yinglong to guard him on the left.

Yinglong received the order, roared into the sky, and rushed towards the chariot. In a few moves, he defeated the chariot and broke it into pieces.

From then on, Chiyou's group had no one who could cross the river and no longer had the strength to fight.

The outcome is decided.

Jiang Yuan was about to destroy Chi You when he was suddenly patted on the shoulder. He turned around and saw Emperor Yan looking at him with a smile.

"From today on, you are not the Jiang of Shennong of Jiangshui, you should be your Jiang Zu."

Yan Di said with a smile.

Cause and effect are severed here, and one leaves the world to complete his practice.

Jiang Yuan felt relieved, as if the burden on his shoulders had fallen off. He bowed to Emperor Yan and said, "Thank you, ancestor, for your help."

Emperor Yan said nothing, but just smiled.

Jiang Yuan said no more, turned around and drew the bronze sword again. He launched a general attack to wipe out Chi You.

When the chariot was under his arrangement, he cut off Chi You's head with swords.

The chessboard is over.

Jiang Yuan felt dizzy and when he regained consciousness, he was already in a quiet room. He felt lost, everything was different, yet everything seemed the same as before...

(End of this chapter)