No. 5: Retreating Cannon and Ranked Chariot Break the River-Patrol Chariot and Edge Horse

Pieces on the board

Red has a General, 2 Advisors, 2 Elephants, 2 Chariots, 2 Horses, 2 Cannons, 5 Soldiers. Black has a General, 2 Advisors, 2 Elephants, 2 Chariots, 2 Horses, 2 Cannons, 5 Soldiers.

Move list

Final position

Variations and alternative defences

The source manual records 12 variations. Each branch starts from the move number shown.

• Variation 1, from move 17: 17. R3=4+ K5=6 18. R2+8+ K6+1 19. R2-1+ K6-1 20. R2=6 H5+3 21. C4=7 C3=5+ 22. A6+5 H4+3 23. R6+1+ K6+1 24. R6-7 C2=3 Try it on the board
• Variation 2, from move 15: 15. R6-3 P3+1 16. C5+4 H6+4 17. R2+6 -H-3 18. R2=5+ A4+5 19. R5=7+ H4-5 20. R6+7 C3-4 21. R6-2 C3+5 22. R6=5 C2+7+ 23. E9-7 R2+8 24. A4+5 C3=1 25. R5=7 R2=3 26. E3+5 C1+2 27. K5=4 R3=5 28. R7+3+ A5-4 29. R7-5 C2=4 30. R7=8 C4-2+ 31. R8-4 C4=6 32. R8=9 C6-6 33. R9=8 A6+5 34. H1+3 A5+6+ 35. H3+4 C6+3 Try it on the board
• Variation 3, from move 16: 16. E9+7 C2+7+ 17. H7-8 C3+3+ 18. A6+5 R2+9 19. E7-9 C3-1+ 20. R6-1 R4=2 21. R6=8 R2+8+ 22. A5-6 R2-1 23. R2+4 C3+1+ 24. A6+5 C3=1 25. R2=4 H4+3 26. A5+6 H3+4 27. A4+5 R2+1+ 28. A5-6 R2-5+ Try it on the board
• Variation 4, from move 15: 15. R6=8 H4+5 16. R2+4 P3+1 17. R8=7 A4+5 18. R7-1 H5+3 19. R7-1 C2+7+ 20. A6+5 H6+4 21. R7=8 R2+7 22. C4=8 R4=3 23. A5+6 R3+8+ 24. K5+1 R3-1+ 25. K5-1 H4+6 26. K5=6 H6+4 27. C8+7+ E3+5 28. R2=8 H4+2 29. C5=8 R3=5# Try it on the board
• Variation 5, from move 12: 12. P1+1 C3+5 13. E7+9 H7+6 14. R6-3 P3+1 15. E9+7 C2+7+ 16. A6+5 C2=1 17. R6=9 R2+9+ 18. A5-6 R2=3 19. E7-9 C1-2 20. H7-5 R3=2 21. R9+1 H4+2 22. R9=6 R4+6 23. C4=6 C3=4 24. C6=7 C4-2 25. H1+2 H6+4 26. C7-2 H4+2 Try it on the board
• Variation 6, from move 20: 20. R9+1 H4+2 21. R9=8 H2+3 Try it on the board
• Variation 7, from move 16: R2+6 17. H1+2 H6+7 18. H2+3 H7+5 19. E7-5 C3=1 20. H7+9 C2=1 21. R6+1 R2=1 22. R2+5 R1=3 23. R6=7 R4=2 24. R2=6 R2+8+ 25. R6-5 R3+1 26. C4=7 C1=4 27. A5-6 R2-3 28. C7-1 Try it on the board
• Variation 8, from move 20: 20. R6=9 H4+5 21. H7+9 R2=3 22. H9-7 H5+3 23. R9=7 H3+5 Try it on the board
• Variation 9, from move 18: 18. C5+4 C2=1 19. R6=9 R2+3+ 20. A5-6 H4+5 21. H7+5 R4+8+ 22. K5+1 R4=5+ Try it on the board
• Variation 10, from move 17: 17. R2+5 C2=1 18. R6=9 H4+6 19. R2=4 H6+5 20. E7-5 R2+3+ 21. A5-6 R2-5+ 22. R9-1 R2=6 23. A6+5 Try it on the board
• Variation 11, from move 12: 12. C4=3 E7+5 13. H1+3 C3+5 14. E7+9 C3=7 15. C3+5 C2=7 16. R6=3 E5+7 17. R3+1 -C=3 18. H7+6 H4+6 19. H6+5 H6+5 20. E3+5 R4+2 Try it on the board
• Variation 12, from move 18: 18. C5+4 C3+5 19. R2+7 H4+5 20. E3+5 C3+2+ 21. E9-7 H5+3 22. A4+5 C7=5 23. K5=4 R4=6+ 24. K4=5 R2+3 25. C5-2 R2=6 26. R2-7 +R+1 27. R3+1 -R+2 28. R3+1 -R=4 Try it on the board

Nearby puzzles

• No. 2: Breaking the Cannon: Remove the Elephant First, Then Raise the Third-File Horse
  20 moves
• No. 3: Breaking the Cannon Striking the Elephant: Trade Advisor, Then Raise the Right Horse
  22 moves
• No. 4: Retreating Cannon Breaks the River-Patrol Chariot: Pushing the Soldier to Trade
  30 moves
• No. 6: Retreating Right Cannon Punishes the River-Crossing Chariot Greedy for a Soldier
  19 moves
• No. 7: Flying Elephant and Advancing Horse Break the River-Crossing Chariot and Edge Horse
  14 moves
• No. 8: Pushing the Soldier Before the Horse to Break File and Ranked Chariots with Edge Horse
  26 moves

More from Plum Blossom Manual →

Languages: English · Tiếng Việt · 简体中文 · 繁體中文