第1章 小卒入局

Pawns enter the game

The Great Sui Dynasty was a big chess game laid out with the rivers of the Nine Provinces as rivers and the Kunlun Mountains as boundaries, inviting chess players from all over the world to play chess for the whole world.

Li Shimin was brave, decisive, ruthless, and had the ambition to conquer the world, but he had no steps to reach the top. He wanted to turn his chariot into a commander.

Dou Jiande was blessed by God but was imprisoned in a small area. He had thousands of miles of fertile land, but like a prime minister, he could not leave the fields in Hebei.

Yang Xuangan was like a cannon, sharp and powerful, able to call upon thousands of people. Although he had the courage of a charioteer, he lacked the foresight of a fortune teller. He was also shackled by his family background, and he jumped left and right, ultimately achieving nothing.

Li Mi was like a horse that could travel a thousand miles a day. In the morning he was a counselor and at night he was the King of Wagang. Although he had great ambitions, he was ultimately unable to escape from the snares he had set.

Du Fuwei, Xiao Xing, Wang Shichong, Liu Wuzhou, and Liang Shidu all considered themselves powerful chess players, and they were in chaos, with one person taking the stage after another.

Everyone in this world wants to be a chess player, but they don’t know that the heaven and earth are the chess players, and all things in the world are chess pieces.

But Xiao Xia just wanted to be a quiet pawn, a pawn that could move forward and backward.

大隋王朝是以九州万水为河、以昆仑诸山为界布下的一盘大棋，邀天下棋手，走天下之棋。
李世民英武果断，心狠手辣，有吞天地之志，却无登顶之阶，他想化车为帅。
窦建德有老天赏饭却又画地为牢，空有千里膏腴之地，却如相子走不出河北一方田地。
杨玄感似当头炮，犀利强劲，一呼万众，虽有车马之勇，却无相士之虑，又被家世桎梏，左右跳横，终一事无成。
李密如日行千里之马，朝为参事郎，夜当瓦岗王，他胸怀万里，最终还是走不出自己布下的绊马索。
杜伏威、萧铣、王世充、刘武周、梁师都皆自以为枭雄棋手，乱哄哄，你方唱罢他登场。
这世间人人都想做棋手，殊不知，天地才是棋手，以世间万物为棋子。
而萧夏只想做一个安静的小卒，一个能前进、能后退的小卒。