The Deputy Commanders Pledge Their Lives 偏裨效命
✓ Engine-verifiedBook result: Red winsMate in 10爛柯神機
📚 Lanke Shenji — a Ming-dynasty endgame manual
A xiangqi study from 爛柯神機（无局号）. Red to move to move — Red forces: King, Horse, Chariot, Cannon, Pawn; Black forces: King, Advisor, Horse ×2, Chariot, Cannon ×2, Pawn. the classical books record: Red wins. Engine-verified — the winning side mates in 10 along the main line below.
✓ Engine-verified — The Fairy-Stockfish engine (NNUE) confirms Red checkmates in 10 moves — the main line was checked move by move, every move legal. Date checked: 2026-11-02.
- Source
- 爛柯神機（无局号）
- Book result
- Red wins
- Verification
- ✓ Engine-verified
- Side to move
- Red to move
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Red forces
- King, Horse, Chariot, Cannon, Pawn
- Black forces
- King, Advisor, Horse ×2, Chariot, Cannon ×2, Pawn
- FEN
3k5/2Pna1R2/2Nc5/3r5/9/9/9/C3np3/4c4/5K3 w- Transcribed from
- GitHub weiyinfu/xqp: 残局/烂柯神机/偏裨效命 红胜.xqfGitHub · liudada1980/canju12
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- 1.Red Pawn 2,1→3,1Black King 3,0→4,0
- 2.Red Pawn 3,1→3,0Black Advisor 4,1→3,0
- 3.Red Cannon 0,7→0,0Black Advisor 3,0→4,1
- 4.Red Horse 2,2→1,0Black Advisor 4,1→3,0
- 5.Red Horse 1,0→3,1Black Advisor 3,0→4,1
- 6.Red Chariot 6,1→6,0Black Advisor 4,1→5,0
- 7.Red Chariot 6,0→5,0Black King 4,0→4,1
- 8.Red Chariot 5,0→5,1Black King 4,1→4,0
- 9.Red Horse 3,1→1,0Black Cannon 3,2→3,0
- 10.Red Horse 1,0→3,1