📚 Yuanshen Haikua — a Qing-dynasty endgame manual
Red to move. Black is the better-equipped side: two Rooks, a Cannon, three Pawns and a full Advisor–Elephant guard; Red also has two Rooks and a Cannon, but only one Pawn and no palace guard at all. The classical manual Uyên Thâm Hải Khoát (No. 36) concludes: draw — Red must find a way to hold against a more complete army. This position has not been verified by engine; the result follows the old book. The name recalls how Gia Cát Lượng won over the young general Khương Duy: not by beating him in battle, but by erasing his road home until serving Zhuge Liang was his only option left. The story is told in this page's Anecdotes section. In your view, short on material and stripped of defenders, what can Red rely on to force Black to accept the draw?
諸葛亮は若い将軍の「帰り道を消した」――残された道は、彼に従う道だけだった
才能ある敵将を味方にするため、諸葛亮は戦場で彼を倒さなかった。彼は彼の帰り道を消した――天も地も、彼がすでに寝返ったと信じるまで。 若き将軍は天水の姜維。諸葛亮の伏兵を最初に見抜き、逆の罠を仕掛け、趙雲と互角に戦った男である。老将・趙雲は報告した。「この地にこのような男がいるとは思いませんでした」。諸葛亮は決意した。この男は私のものにしなければならない、と。 離間の策は三層だった。一つ、捕らえた指揮官・夏侯楙を天水へ解放し、「姜維は蜀に降った」という噂を添える。二つ、姜維に変装した兵を夜、天水の城壁の下へ送り、太守の馬遵を罵らせる。「約束通りなぜ城を開けないのか」。三つ、戦いで姜維を追い、天水…
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