When Lin Xuan returned home, he immediately drew the chess piece and had people carve the chess pieces and make a chess board.
He was really afraid that Li Yuan would come to his house and kill him.
Xiangqi was originally called Liubo, with six black and white chess pieces.
The chess that became popular in later generations is said to have been made by Niu Sengru during the reign of Emperor Daizong of the Tang Dynasty. It was carved from logs or teeth, with thirty-two chess pieces made of bones, half red and half black.
After nearly a hundred years of practice, chess was finalized at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty.
During the Southern Song Dynasty, chess became "a household name" and became an extremely popular chess activity. The nobles at that time were all fond of playing chess. More than half of the "chess waiting for imperial edict" established by the palace were chess players.
Lin Xuan believes that chess should attract Li Yuan more than mahjong.
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Late autumn dyes the grassland a layer of withered yellow color.
The cold wind howled across the plain, and the withered yellow grass swayed in the wind.
On the vast land, a war is taking place among a tribe.
The blood was poured on the withered grass on the ground, adding a chilling atmosphere to the vast world.
Towards evening, the invading party won and drove their cattle, sheep and horses away from the ruined tribe.
No one paid attention to the corpses on the ground.
Vultures and wild wolves will help them dispose of the corpses, and soon these corpses will disappear.
Hu Jiangwenhe led the army and returned to the camp with the spoils of war. Immediately, soldiers came to report, and the Khan summoned him to discuss matters.
"It's true Khan, it's already evening, what's the point of discussing in such a cold weather?" Hu Jiang Wenhe said cursingly.
However, it was war time now. Although Hu Jiangwenhe was not happy, he still took his personal guards and rushed to the royal court in the cold wind.
Before dark, Hu Jiangwen and He Zhongyu rushed to the royal court.
Outside the king's tent, Xijier saw Hu Jiang Wenhe arriving, and hurriedly greeted him and asked: "Why are you here just now? Khan has asked him several times."
Hu Jiangwenhe said displeasedly: "What can I do? I was leading troops to exterminate a tribe that wanted to defect to the Western Turks, and I only got the news after I returned."
Sigil said: "Stop talking about these things and go in quickly."
Hu Jiangwenhe followed Xijier into the king's tent and saluted Yi Nan: "I have met the Khan!"
Yi Nan looked a little displeased and asked: "Chief Hu Jiangwenhe, we informed you in the morning, why didn't you come until now?"
Hu Jiangwenhe said calmly: "Khan, I led my troops to exterminate a tribe that wanted to surrender to the Western Turks early in the morning. I returned to the tribe in the evening and did not know that Khan had summoned me."
He was not worried at all about what Yinan Khan would do to him.
Although he was nominally subordinate to Yinan Khan, he had autonomy over his own tribe.
What's more, they are currently at war with the Western Turks, so he is not afraid anymore.
"Is it really because they want to join the Western Turks, or are you trying to annex those tribes and strengthen your own?" Yi Nan looked at Hu Jiang Wenhe with a gloomy expression.
Hu Jiangwenhe looked at Yi Nan and said with some confusion: "Khan, isn't this an order from you? For those tribes that want to surrender to the Western Turks, we can directly send troops to annihilate them to frighten other tribes."
Yi Nan was so angry that he almost vomited blood.
Yes, this is what he said. The presence of the glazed wolf in the Western Turks has greatly attracted those small tribes that use wolves as their totems.
Many small tribes took refuge in the Western Turks, which put Xue Yantuo at a disadvantage in several wars with the Western Turks.
He wanted to use this method to scare those small tribes.
Who knew that many of his tribes would actually take this opportunity to annex those small tribes and strengthen themselves.
On the contrary, it made those small tribes firm in their determination to surrender to the Western Turks.
Looking at the innocent-looking Hu Jiangwenhe, although Yi Nan was angry, there was nothing he could do.
In normal times, with the strength of the tribe he controls, the tribes that belong to him would not dare to defy him.
But now that he is at war with the Western Turks, if his methods are too ruthless, those tribes may defect to the Western Turks.
Those tribal leaders defected to the Western Turks and could still control their own tribes. For them, the loss was not great.
But he can't, Nishu can't tolerate him.
"From now on, you are not allowed to attack those small tribes." Yi Nan waved his hand and said.
Hu Jiangwenhe asked: "Those who want to seek refuge with the Western Turks won't do anything?"
"If they want to take refuge, let them take refuge." Yi Nan said coldly.
If they continue to do this, they are helping the Western Turks.
Hu Jiangwenhe said: "Our strength is not as good as the Western Turks. If we allow those tribes to defect to the Western Turks, it won't be long before the Western Turks will fight us."
During this period, although the two sides fought several battles, they tested each other and did not exert their full strength.
Although the Western Turks are stronger than Xue Yantuo, they are also limited. If one of them is not good, they may lose to Xue Yantuo.
"I'm going to fight them as the weather warms up next year. Just do what I say." Yi Nan said coldly.
Hu Jiang Wenhe saw the murderous intent in Yi Nan's eyes and was wise enough not to say anything else.
If Yi Nan is pushed into a hurry and attacks him, it will be troublesome.
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"Cough cough~ cough cough cough..."
"Khan, are you okay?" Qilaobaat'er asked worriedly.
Nishu clenched his hands calmly and said: "It's okay, it's just that the weather suddenly turned cold and I felt a little cold. How many tribes have you gathered recently?"
Qilaobaat'er said: "Back to the Great Khan, because of Xue Yantuo's 'help', a total of twenty-one small tribes have joined recently. Including the previous ones, our Western Turks have increased the number of combatable troops, nearly five thousand people."
"Yes, that idiot Yi Nan did help me a lot." Nishu said mockingly.
Qilaobaat'er asked: "Is the Great Khan ready to take action?"
Nishu nodded and said: "Yes, as long as the weather warms up, we will directly fight to the death and destroy Xue Yantuo in one fell swoop."
He was not opposed to taking action, but it was not appropriate to do so in such a hurry.
The tribes that preceded the Western Turks had always regarded the mud as a yang and a yin as a yin.
Although the prestige of Nishu has been greatly increased with the help of the Glazed Wolf, it still takes time to integrate into so many small tribes.
Qilaobaat'er asked with some confusion: "Great Khan, didn't you say before that we would start next autumn? Did something happen?"
Nishu said: "I am worried about the Tang Dynasty. If it takes too long, Yi Nan will know that he cannot defeat us, so what should he do if he takes refuge in the Tang Dynasty?"
"Even if Yi Nan wanted to defect to the Tang Dynasty, his tribal leaders would not agree." Qi Laobaat'er did not agree with this explanation.
For the various tribes in Xueyantuo, they were more willing to seek refuge with the Western Turks than with the Tang Dynasty.
The Tang Dynasty was a centralized system, and it was impossible for the Tang Dynasty to allow them to continue to control the tribes.
On the contrary, taking refuge with the Western Turks is just a change of Khan, and they will not lose anything.
Anyone who is not a fool knows how to choose.
Qi Laobaater felt that the worry about the mud being cooked was completely unnecessary.
Nishu said: "It's still possible, isn't it? Well, you can spend the afternoon first, and we'll talk about the decisive battle later."
"Yes!" Qilaobaat'er saluted and withdrew.
Nishu spread his hands and saw a pool of blood on his palms.
"I also want to wait, but I don't have time." Nishu said calmly.
There were several doctors from the Western Turks who had robbed him from the Tang Dynasty. After their diagnosis, he could live for at most two years.
He didn't want to believe it, so he sent people to find some doctors from the Western Regions, and they all got similar results.