Chapter 243
The elephant is not as good as the horse - a very common consensus, but instead of advancing the horse, Ye Tian replaced it with an elephant, which still came as a slight surprise to Zuo Zhengyang.
In the following moves, there were hardly any major mistakes. Aside from the initial moves, Ye Tian played by the book, but in the end, naturally, Zuo Zhengyang won. Ye Tian’s chess skills were limited; he was no match for him.
After looking at the chessboard, which was now in a dead position, for a while, Zuo Zhengyang lowered his head to set up the pieces again and said, "Let’s play another game."
Ye Tian did not speak and began to set up his pieces as well.
He had already been very cautious, but he couldn’t withstand Zuo Zhengyang’s calm and imposing aura. Being a military general full of vigor, how could he be an opponent for a civil servant? The killing intent formed within the army lingered in his heart and could not be polished away. He had tried very hard; in the past, when playing chess, it was either advancing the chariot or blindly pushing forward with the pawns. Who would use a defensive strategy? It would be better to go straight and scatter the enemy’s forces.
The second game, the red pieces moved first again.
"Don’t deliberately hide anything, one’s nature can’t be restrained by oneself, it requires release in order to be controlled."
Suddenly, Ye Tian’s heart felt like a bottle of mixed flavors had been overturned, with sweet, sour, bitter, and spicy emotions all bubbling up. He wasn’t a sentimental person, but he felt useless for being so easily seen through by someone else.