The Clay Horse Ferries Prince Kang 泥马渡康王

📖 As recorded in the classical booksBook result: Red wins江湖百局秘谱

📚 Jianghu Baiju Mipu — one hundred selected street (jianghu) positions, Qing dynasty

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Red to move — and Red must WIN without a single chariot. Red's whole striking force is a knight, a cannon and five pawns; Black holds the board's only chariot, behind two advisors, an elephant and a knight. Red's pawns have pushed deep, but what can they do against a mobile chariot? Yet Giang Hồ Bách Cục Bí Phổ (game 84) concludes flatly: Red wins — a verdict no machine has verified. The name is the Southern Song's most famous escape legend: in 1127, Prince Kang — Zhao Gou — fleeing the Jin, was carried across a river by a mysterious horse; only on dismounting did he learn what that 'horse' really was. A true miracle, or political theatre to legitimise a throne? The anecdote below asks exactly that. On the board: can you find Red's way 'across the river'?

📖 Anecdotes

하루에 700리를 달린 진흙 말: 기적인가, 정치적 술수인가

1127년, 강왕(康王) 조구는 여진족 금(金)의 군대를 피해 도망치다 절에서 잠이 들었다. 꿈에 절의 신이 나타나 경고했다. 적이 곧 따라잡을 것이며, 문밖에 말이 기다리고 있다는 것이었다. 그는 깨어나 실제 말을 발견해 올라타 남쪽으로 날듯이 달려 강을 건너 목숨을 구했다. 그런데 말에서 내려 뒤돌아보니, 말은 영원히 미동도 하지 않았다 — 절의 진흙 말 조각상이 살아 움직인 것이었기 때문이다. 이 기적 같은 이야기는 신의 계시일까, 아니면 다른 무언가일까? 먼저 꼬리표를 붙이자. 이는 송·원 시대의 민간 전설로, 송의…

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Source
江湖百局秘谱 第84局
Book result
Red wins
Verification
📖 As recorded in the classical books
Side to move
Red to move
Difficulty
Hard
Red forces
King, Advisor ×2, Elephant, Horse, Cannon, Pawn ×5
Black forces
King, Advisor ×2, Elephant, Horse, Chariot
FEN
3a1a3/5P3/b3k1P1P/9/8P/8P/9/5n2B/2C1Nr3/3AKA3 w
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