Introduction to the work: "Generals Like Chess" takes the philosophy of contradictory systems as its core and tells the legendary life of Lai Jinghong, an orphan girl from a general.
In the 17th year of Yong'an, General Lai Huaiyuan of Zhenbei was falsely accused of collaborating with the enemy by Prime Minister Cui Boyong, and his entire family was executed. Eight-year-old Lai Jinghong fled to the border with the "Nine Changes of Formation" left by his father. The title page of the formation diagram reads: "Contradictions arise from each other, and yin and yang are rooted in each other. Those who can control contradictions can control thousands of armies."
Eight years later, she disguised herself as a man and joined the gang leader army. She used the wisdom of formation diagrams to identify the network of contradictions in the army, used a hundred-man formation to break the siege of Qingzhou, presented eight formation diagrams to win a great victory at Qingxia Pass, and was awarded the title of general in the first battle.
After entering Beijing, she formed an alliance with Zhang Yunzheng, the censor who was investigating the injustice of the Lai family, and broke through the conflicts in the court. Cui Boyong counterattacked after discovering his identity. At the critical moment, the emperor ordered a retrial. Zhang Yunzheng presented irrefutable evidence and Lai Huaiyuan was vindicated.
Lai Jinghong regained her daughter's body and defended Beidi as the general of Zhenbei. She got to know Zhang Yunzheng through thick and thin and eventually got married. His son Lai Jizhi inherited his ancestral ambitions. Many years later, she stood under the plum tree at home, guarded the border, found her destination, and passed on the wisdom of "dancing with contradictions" to the next generation. The novel uses five laws as its context to show the story of a woman who uses wisdom to control conflicts and achieve legend.
