The second time, the postman deliberately makes things difficult for Liu Bei, and Zhang Fei, enraged, beats up the postman. The court is dominated by eunuchs. General He Jin establishes his nephew Liu Wei as the emperor, and decides to eliminate the eunuchs after taking control of the military.
The third time He Jin was killed by the eunuchs, while at the same time Dong Zhuo, the assassin of Liangzhou whom he had summoned, had already led his troops to Luoyang. Dong Zhuo's desire to abolish the throne was opposed by Ding Yuan, and Dong Zhuo used the stratagem of separation to make Lu Bu, Ding Yuan's righteous son, betray Ding Yuan and defect to Dong Zhuo.
The fourth time, Dong Zhuo abolished the young emperor and installed the king of Chenliu as the emperor, causing discontent among the courtiers. Cao Cao volunteers to assassinate Dong Zhuo, but fails.
In the fifth chapter, Cao Cao rises an army in Chenliu and sends out an imperial edict to denounce Dong Zhuo. The eighteen vassals who came to crush Dong Zhuo made Yuan Shao their ally, and Guan Yu beheaded Hua Xiong, Dong Zhuo's general, in front of the battlefield, and has since shaken the three armies. When Lu Bu came out to challenge him, the three Liu Bei brothers fought bravely to defeat him.
The sixth time Dong Zhuo used Li Ru's plan to rob Emperor Xian of Han Dynasty to Chang'an. Sun Jian, the governor of Changsha, left Luoyang after obtaining the Jade Seal of Transmission and prepared to go back to Jiangdong to develop his career.
The seventh time, the alliance of 18 vassals began to disintegrate. Yuan Shao occupied Jizhou and went to war with Gongsun Zan, but Gongsun Zan got the fierce general Zhao Yun, and Yuan Shao was not favorable with the battle. Sun Jian, to avenge Liu Biao's blocking of the road, led his troops to attack Jiangxia, but he was killed by random arrows.
The eighth time, Dong Zhuo was tyrannical and abusive, and Wang Yun, an apprentice, used the beauty Diaochan to alienate Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu. Dong Zhuo threw his halberd at Lu Bu at the Feng Yi Pavilion, and the two of them have been feuding ever since.
The ninth time, Lu Bu killed Dong Zhuo with his own hands under the provocation of Wang Yun, and the remaining members of Dong Zhuo, Li Jue and Guo Si, attacked Chang'an and killed Wang Yun.
The tenth time Li Jue and Guo Si, having assumed power, made Cao Cao attack the Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou under the guise of Emperor Xian. When Cao Cao's father was killed by Tao Qian's general Zhang Lo, Cao Cao took his anger out on Tao Qian and led his troops to Xuzhou to look out for plunder.
The eleventh time Kong Rong is attacked by the remaining Yellow Turbans and sends his fellow villager Taishi Ci to the plains to ask Liu Bei to come and relieve the siege. Liu Bei arrives in Xuzhou, and Cao Cao withdraws his troops because his rear is being attacked by Lu Bu. Tao Qian intended to cede Xuzhou to Liu Bei, but Liu Bei politely declined.
The twelfth time, Tao Qian falls ill and dies, and Liu Bei takes over Xuzhou. Cao Cao uses a trick to defeat Lu Bu and captures Puyang City, which Lu Bu is forced to abandon.
The thirteenth time, Yang Biao used a counter-plan to turn Li Jue and Guo Si against each other, but unexpectedly, the two of them actually rebelled in Chang'an city, Yang Biao was ashamed of himself. Yang Feng, a general of Li Jue, was dissatisfied with Li Jue's tyranny and attacked Li Jue, but he was defeated and left.
In the 14th chapter, Cao Cao defeated Li Jue and Guo Si, and brought Emperor Xian of Han Dynasty to Xudu, and since then, he has been in control of the court. Yang Feng and Han Siam are defeated by Cao Cao and go to Yuan Shu. Liu Bei took Lu Bu in, and Cao Cao made Liu Bei attack Yuan Shu under the guise of an edict from the Han Emperor. Zhang Fei was ordered to defend the city, but Zhang Fei got drunk and Lu Bu took the opportunity to capture Xuzhou.
The fifteenth time, Sun Ce, the son of Sun Jian, borrowed troops from Yuan Shu, intending to carry on his father's legacy and develop a great cause. Sun Ce captured Moling, defeated Liu Cao, the assassin of Yangzhou, and surrendered Taishi Ci. When Yan Baihu of Wu County attempted to rebel, Wang Lang of Huiji rose to help and was defeated by Sun Ce.
The sixteenth time, Liu Bei was forced by Yuan Shu and had to turn to Lu Bu, who shot his spear at the Yuan Gate to help Liu Bei. Zhang Fei steals Lv Bu's horses, Lv Bu expels Liu Bei from Xuzhou, and Liu Bei defects to Cao Cao. Zhang Xiu attacks Cao Cao's camp at Wancheng, and Cao Cao's general Dian Wei is killed in battle.
The seventeenth time Yuan Shu claimed the throne in Huainan and at the same time raised an army to attack Lv Bu. Chen Deng went to talk to Han Siam and Yang Feng, who betrayed Yuan Shu, and Yuan Shu was defeated in battle as a result. Cao Cao sent out a diatribe to make Liu Bei, Lu Bu, and Sun Ce join forces to attack Yuan Shu, who had no choice but to flee across the Huaihuai, and Cao Cao captured Shouchun.
The 18th time Cao Cao fought with Zhang Xiu and Liu Biao, and both sides won and lost. Liu Bei is cornered by Lu Bu, and Cao Cao sends Xiahou Dun to help, but Xiahou Dun is shot in the left eye by Cao Shi, a general of Lu Bu.
In the 19th chapter, Cao Cao connects with Chen Deng as an insider, causing Lu Bu to retreat and defend the city of Xiapi. Cao Cao uses Xun Yu and Guo Jia's plan to flood Xiapi, leaving the city without food. Lu Bu's generals Song Xian, Wei Xu, and Hou Cheng rebelled and surrendered the city; Lu Bu was captured by the three men, and Cao Cao ordered Lu Bu to be executed.
The Twentieth Cao Cao brings Liu Bei back to Xudu, and Emperor Xian recognizes Liu Bei as his royal uncle. Cao Cao hunts with Emperor Xian in Xutian, watching the courtiers' behavior. Emperor Xian, disturbed by Cao Cao's authoritarianism, writes an imperial edict in blood on a jade belt and gives it to his uncle Dong Cheng.
The twenty-first time, Dong Cheng shows the sash edict to Liu Bei, who signs the certificate of righteousness. Cao Cao invites Liu Bei over for a drink and points out that Liu Bei is the hero of the world, and Liu Bei is so shocked that he drops the bamboo chopsticks in his hands. Liu Bei volunteers to attack Yuan Shu in order to escape Cao Cao's control, and Yuan Shu dies in Huainan. The assassin of Xuzhou, Che Huo, tries to harm Liu Bei, but his plan is foiled by Chen Deng.
22 Liu Bei, after regaining Xuzhou, feared Cao Cao's attack and wrote to Yuan Shao for help, who ordered Chen Lin to write a diatribe against Cao Cao. Cao Cao sent Liu Dai and Wang Zhong to attack Xuzhou, but the two generals were captured by Zhang Fei and Guan Yu respectively.
In the twenty-third chapter, after Zhang Xiu surrenders to Cao Cao, Kong Rong recommends You Heng to Cao Cao, but You Heng insults Cao Cao in public, which upsets Cao Cao. Cao Cao asks Thieu Heng to beckon Liu Biao to surrender, but Thieu Heng is killed by Huang Zu. Dong Cheng confides in Imperial Doctor Ji Ping, who poisons Cao Cao's medicine, but Cao Cao discovers it, causing the Clothesline edict to be leaked.
In the twenty-fourth chapter, Cao Cao beheads Dong Cheng's entire family and sends his troops to attack Liu Bei, who abandons the city and goes to Yuan Shao. When Cao Cao attacks Xiapi, Cheng Yu offers Cao Cao a plan to surrender Guan Yu.
The twenty-fifth time Zhang Liao went to persuade Guan Yu to surrender, and Guan Yu had no choice but to surrender to Cao Cao. Yuan Shao listens to Liu Bei and sends Yan Liang to attack Baima, where Guan Yu steps in and beheads Yan Liang.
The twenty-sixth time Yuan Shao sent Wen Chou to avenge Yan Liang's death, but Wen Chou was killed by Guan Yu again. Liu Bei writes a letter to contact Guan Yu, and when Guan Yu gets a letter from Liu Bei, he resolutely decides to leave Cao Cao and go to Hebei to look for Liu Bei.
The twenty-seventh time Cao Cao led his generals to see Guan Yu off. On his way to Hebei, Guan Yu passes through five passes, where he is killed by the guards who intend to stop him.
The twenty-eighth time, Guan Yu arrives at the ancient city and beheads the Cao general Cai Yang in front of Zhang Fei, which dispels Zhang Fei's suspicion of his brother. Guan Yu takes in Zhou Cang and Guan Ping on his way to Hebei, and Liu Bei finally escapes from Hebei and comes to the ancient city with Guan Yu and Zhao Yun to meet Zhang Fei, and the brothers finally meet.
The twenty-ninth Sun Ce was attacked by Xu Gong's family and was seriously injured. When Yu Ji, a Taoist priest from Langya Palace, spreads talismanic water for the people, Sun Ce thinks that Yu Ji is a demon, so he beheads him. As a result, Sun Ce's sores erupted and he died. Sun Ce's brother, Sun Quan, succeeded his father and brother and recruited people in Jiangdong.
Thirtieth Yuan Shao's 700,000-strong army attacked Cao Cao, and Cao Cao's army had no food. Xu You offered Yuan Shao the idea of attacking Xudu, but Yuan Shao refused to accept it because he thought that his sons and nephews were committing adultery, so Xu You went to Cao Cao and persuaded Cao Cao to attack Wuchao, the place where Yuan Shao's grain and grass were being stored.
Thirty-one After Yuan Shao's grain was burned, his army quickly disintegrated, and Cao Cao defeated Yuan's army in a back-and-forth battle at Cangting, and Yuan Shao fled back to Yecheng. Liu Bei was in Runan and linked up with Liu Pi and Gong Du to attack Cao Cao, but Cao Cao used a trick to attack Runan, and Liu Bei was defeated and persuaded by Sun Qian and others to defect to Liu Biao, the assassin of Jingzhou.
Thirty-two Yuan Shao dies of illness and is succeeded by his youngest son, Yuan Shang, who attracts the displeasure of Yuan Tan, Yuan Shang's brother. Cao Cao takes advantage of the fact that the Yuan brothers are killing each other to take advantage of the situation, and in the end, the Yuan brothers lose both of their lives, and Cao Cao takes advantage of the situation. When Cao Cao broke through Yecheng, Jianshi was killed and Chen Lin surrendered to Cao Cao.
Thirty-three times Cao Cao's son, Cao Pi, finds Yuan Shao's daughter-in-law, Zhen, in Yecheng, and Cao Cao marries her. Cao Cao attacks and kills Yuan Tan in the plains, and sends Lu Kuang and others to defeat Yuan Shao's nephew Gao Gan at Huguan. Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang defected to Wuhuan, and Guo Jia advised Cao Cao to attack Wuhuan. Yuan had no choice but to defect to Gongsun Kang, the governor of Liaodong, who killed him.
Thirty-fourth Liu Bei attacks Zhang Wu and Chen Sun in Jiangxia and captures the Lu horse. Cai Mao repeatedly designs to trap Liu Bei, but is unsuccessful. Liu Biao set up a banquet in Xiangyang and invited Liu Bei to come to preside over it. Cai Mao wanted to take this opportunity to get rid of Liu Bei, but the ploy was recognized by Yi Ji, and Liu Bei escaped from the west gate, and his Lu horse jumped over the Tangxi River with a leap of three feet.
Thirty-five Liu Bei, after escaping from the feast, came unconsciously to Sima Hui's grassy hall, where Sima Hui introduced Liu Bei to Fu Long and Feng Xiao. When Liu Bei returned to Xin Ye, a man who called himself Shan Fu came to join him and advised Liu Bei to defeat Cao Ren's troops.
Thirty-sixth time Shan Fu offered Liu Bei a plan to attack Fancheng, and Cao Ren and Li Dian were defeated. Cheng Yu tells Cao Cao that Shan Fu is only a false name, and that the man's real name is Xu Shu. Cao Cao then borrows a letter from Xu Shu's mother to earn Xu Shu's passage to Xudu. Before Xu Shu leaves, he advises Liu Bei to go to Longzhong to find Mr. Wolong, Zhuge Liang.
Thirty-seven times later, Sima Hui comes to visit Liu Bei and describes Zhuge Liang's talents to him. Liu Bei leads Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to Longzhong, but when Zhuge Liang goes on a trip, he has to return to Xinye. A few days later, Liu Bei visits Longzhong again and meets Zhuge Liang's brother Zhuge Jun, who tells Liu Bei that Zhuge Liang's whereabouts are uncertain.
Thirty-eight Liu Bei came to Longzhong hut for the third time, and finally met Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Liang explained to Liu Bei the situation of "three parts of the world". Liu Bei asked Zhuge Liang to come out of the mountain, worship Zhuge Liang as military counselor. Sun Quan, in order to avenge his father's death, led an attack on Xiakou, using Gan Ning as the vanguard to attack and kill Huang Zu.
Thirty-nine Liu Biao's son Liu Qi, because of his stepmother Cai's persecution, asks Zhuge Liang for a plan to get out of the situation, and under Liu Qi's repeated questions, Zhuge Liang finally tells Liu Qi how to get out of the situation. When Cao Cao sends Xiahou Dun to attack Xinye, Zhuge Liang uses a plan to burn Cao Cao's army at Bowangpo, winning a great victory.
40th Liu Biao dies of illness, and Cai Mao establishes his young son Liu Cong as the lord of Jingzhou. Kuai Yue and others persuade Liu Cong to surrender to Cao Cao, who thus gains Jingzhou. Liu Bei, using Zhuge Liang's stratagem, abandons the city and burns Xinye to repel Cao Ren's troops.
Forty-one Liu Bei leads the people of Xinye and Fancheng to the city of Xiangyang, but Cai Mao forbids Liu Bei to enter the city. Liu Bei leads the people to Jiangling, where he is attacked by Cao Cao at night on Chang Ban Po, and is separated from his generals and family. Zhao Yun sacrificed his life to save Liu Bei's family and killed more than 50 generals of Cao Cao's camp.
Forty-two years later, Zhang Fei's shout at the Chang Ban Bridge scared off Cao Cao's army of one million men. Afterward, Cao Cao led his troops to pursue Liu Bei's defeated army, and encountered Jiangxia's soldiers led by Guan Yu, who repelled Cao Cao's army. When Liu Bei arrived at Jiangxia with his remaining troops, Zhuge Liang volunteered to go to Eastern Wu to join Sun Quan in his fight against Cao Cao.
Forty-three Zhuge Liang followed Lu Su to Jiangdong, and met with all the strategists of Jiangdong, Zhuge Liang and all the people to start the tongue defense, and refuted all the people have nothing to answer. Zhuge Liang uses a radical method to make Sun Quan's determination to fight against Cao firm, but Sun Quan eventually hesitates and has to fetch Zhou Yu back from Chaisang to discuss countermeasures.
In the forty-fourth chapter, Zhuge Liang skillfully changes the meaning of the word "Er Qiao" in the Bronze Sparrow Terrace Fugue so that Zhou Yu decides to fight Cao Cao. Zhou Yu explains the advantages and disadvantages to Sun Quan, who decides to defeat Cao Cao. Zhou Yu, believing that Zhuge Liang's talents posed a threat to the Eastern Wu, sent Zhuge Jin to persuade Zhuge Liang to surrender, but to no avail.
45 Zhou Yu visits Cao Cao's water fortress at night and decides to use a trick to get rid of Cao Cao's naval governors Cai Mao and Zhang Yun. Cao Cao sends Jiang Gan to surrender to Zhou Yu, who invites him to sleep on his couch and intentionally lets him see the forged letters between Cai Mao and Zhang Yun and the Eastern Wu. Jiang Gan returned to Jiangbei and presented the letters to Cao Cao, who ordered the execution of Cai Mao and Zhang Yun.
Forty-sixth Zhou Yu, wishing to harm Zhuge Liang, purposely allows Zhuge Liang to build 100,000 arrows in three days. Zhuge Liang calculates that there will be heavy fog in three days, and takes Lu Su on a straw boat to Cao Cao's camp. Cao Cao orders the release of arrows, and all 100,000 arrows are shot at the straw boat. Huang Gai decides to use the trick of the flesh to fool the Cao camp's agents and then goes to surrender fraudulently in order for Zhou Yu's fire attack plan to succeed.
Forty-seven Kan Ze was ordered by Huang Gai to go to Cao's camp to present a fraudulent surrender, and Cao Cao sent Jiang Gan to find out the truth. Zhou Yu places Jiang Gan in the Western Hills, where he visits Pang Tong at night, and Pang Tong offers Cao Cao a "chain of stratagems," which causes Cao Cao to nail all of his ships together and creates the conditions for Zhou Yu's successful fire attack.
Forty-eight times Cao Cao faces the Yangtze River and writes a poem with a long lance. Liu Fu points out the inauspicious aspects of Cao Cao's poem, and Cao Cao is furious and kills Liu Fu. When Cao Cao sails a chain of warships to battle Eastern Wu, his generals Jiao Tou and Zhang Nan volunteer to challenge him, but are killed by Wu generals Han Dang and Zhou Tai.
49 Zhuge Liang, in order to cure Zhou Yu, claimed that he was able to borrow the south-east wind, and worshipped at the altar of the seven stars for a whole day, which finally blew the south-east wind. Zhou Yu sends Huang Gai's fireboat forward to burn Cao Cao's warships, and half of Cao Cao's 830,000-strong army is damaged.
Fiftieth Cao Cao escaped from Red Cliff, Zhuge Liang laid several ambushes on the road, causing Cao Cao's soldiers to lose half of their men. Cao Cao falls for Zhuge Liang's plan of "falsehood" and leads his troops down the Huarong Road, only to be met by Guan Yu's ambushes. Cao Cao begs for mercy from Guan Yu, who releases Cao Cao on account of Cao Cao's past favors.
Fifty-one Zhou Yu leads his army to attack the southern county of Jingzhou, where he is confronted by the defender Cao Ren. Cao Ren intentionally abandons the city to lure Zhou Yu into the city, but he ambushes the crossbowmen on the enemy tower, and Zhou Yu is hit by an arrow and falls off his horse, and is rescued by the crowd. Zhou Yu used a trick to make Cao Ren come to rob the camp, and was about to take advantage of the situation to attack the city, but he didn't realize that Nanxian and Jingliang had already fallen into Liu Bei's hands, and he was so angry that he suffered from arrow sores, and collapsed on his horse.
Fifty-two Zhou Yu sent Lu Su to ask Liu Bei for Jingzhou, and Zhuge Liang said that he could not exchange Jingzhou until after the centenary of his son Liu Qi. Liu Bei used Ma Liang's plan to attack the four counties in Jingnan, Zhuge Liang designed to occupy Zuoling first, and then sent Zhao Yun forward to attack Guiyang County, the governor Zhao Fan out to surrender.
Fifty-third Guan Yu attacked Changsha County and started a great battle with his general Huang Zhong. Because the two of them showed mercy to the enemy, Han Xuan, the governor of Changsha, thought that Huang Zhong was linked to Liu Bei and was about to kill him, but he was killed by Wei Yan, who had been dissatisfied with Han Xuan. When Sun Quan attacked Hefei, Zhang Liao, the guard, realized Sun Quan's plan, which led to Sun Quan's defeat and Taishi Ci's death.
Fifty-fourth Zhou Yu earns Liu Bei to the Eastern Wu and tries to trap Liu Bei with the beauty trick, but Zhao Yun uses Zhuge Liang's plan to make Zhou Yu's trick come true, and Liu Bei gets the approval of Sun Quan's stepmother, Mrs. Wu, who betroths her daughter to Liu Bei.
Fifty-five Zhou Yu designs to put Liu Bei under house arrest in Eastern Wu. Zhao Yun uses Zhuge Liang's plan to falsely claim that Jingzhou is in an emergency situation, and Liu Bei takes Mrs. Sun back to Jingzhou with him. Sun Quan and Zhou Yu respectively send troops to intercept them, but they are all drank back by Mrs. Sun. Zhuge Liang met Liu Bei at the riverside to board the boat, and made the soldiers shout and humiliate Zhou Yu, who was so angry that he fainted on the boat with a recurrence of his arrow sore.
Fifty-sixth Yecheng's Bronze Sparrow Terrace is completed, and Cao Cao feasts with all the civil and military officials at the Bronze Sparrow Terrace. Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang told Lu Su, who had come to claim Jingzhou, that he must obtain Yizhou before Jingzhou could be returned. Zhou Yu wants to attack Jingzhou under the guise of laboring for the army, but his plan is foiled by Zhuge Liang, who arranges for four armies to wait for Zhou Yu's troops to arrive.
Fifty-seventh Zhou Yu died of illness, Zhuge Liang went to Chaisang to mourn, and on the way back, he met Pang Tong, and Zhuge Liang told Pang Tong that if he was not satisfied, he could go to Liu Bei. Liu Bei sends Pang Tong to Leiyang County to deal with affairs because of his ugly appearance. Zhang Fei went to Leiyang County and found Pang Tong's extraordinary talent, which finally led to Pang Tong's reuse by Liu Bei.
Fifty-eight After Ma Teng was killed by Cao Cao, Ma Chao, to avenge his father's death, joined forces with Han Sui to attack Chang'an and the Tongguan Pass, and Cao Cao, fighting against the odds, was killed by Ma Chao, who cut off his beard and abandoned his robes, almost losing his life.
Fifty-nine times, Ma Chao and Cao Cao's fierce general Xu Chu fought to a standstill. Cao Cao uses Jia Dang's stratagem to drive Ma Chao and Han Sui apart, finally turning them against each other. Han Sui eventually has his arm cut off by Ma Chao, but Ma Chao is also attacked by Cao Cao's army and flees to Qiangzhong. Han Sui led his people to surrender to Cao Cao, and was made Marquis of Xiliang.
The 60th chapter: Liu Zhang, the governor of Yizhou, sends an envoy, Zhang Song, to link up with Cao Cao, but Zhang Song is instead driven out of Xudu by Cao Cao. Liu Bei sent his generals to welcome Zhang Song, who was passing through Jingzhou. Zhang Song was so grateful for Liu Bei's kindness that he offered Liu Bei a geographic map of the forty-one states in Xichuan before he left. Liu Bei led Pang Tong, Huang Zhong and Wei Yan to enter Sichuan together.
Sixty-one Sun Quan sent Zhou Shan to Jingzhou to fetch Madame Sun and Ah Dou to Eastern Wu, intending to make Liu Bei exchange Jingzhou for Ah Dou. Zhao Yun chases Zhou Shan's fleet and recovers Ah Dou. Cao Cao was conferred the title of Duke of Wei and received nine tinsel. He led his army to attack Eastern Wu and was defeated by Sun Quan. Sun Quan sends a letter to Cao Cao, who receives it and retreats.
62nd Liu Bei used Pang Tong's plan to attack the Fulshui Pass and killed the guards Yang Huai and Gao Pei. Liu Zhang sends Zhang Ren and four others to set up a fortress in front of the city of Luo. Wei Yan wants to take credit for Huang Zhong's efforts and destroys the intended plan, leading to the defeat. Huang Zhong saved Wei Yan and beheaded the Sichuan general Deng Xian.
63rd Pang Tong, eager to take the city of Luo, was shot by Zhang Ren's ambush troops at Lufeng Slope. Zhuge Liang, Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun split their army into two and head for Xichuan, leaving Guan Yu to defend Jingzhou. Zhang Fei passed through Ba County and captured Yan Yan, the governor of Ba County, with a strange plan. Yan Yan firmly refused to surrender, but Zhang Fei admired Yan Yan's ambition and treated him with courtesy, and used Yan Yan's troops as the vanguard to arrive at Fushuiguan ahead of schedule.
64 Zhuge Liang then also came to the Fushui Pass, and set up a plan to capture Zhang Ren, who swore to surrender and was executed by Liu Bei. Ma Chao used the Western Qiang soldiers to attack Liangzhou and killed the governor Wei Kang. Yang Fu, a general of Wei Kang, surrendered to Ma Chao, and secretly contacted Jiang Xu, Liang Kuan, and Zhao Qu to attack and defeat Ma Chao, and Ma Chao's wife and children were killed.
65 Ma Chao defected to Zhang Lu in Hanzhong, and Zhang Lu was entrusted by Liu Zhang to send Ma Chao to rescue Liu Zhang. Ma Chao and Zhang Fei battle all day long, no victory, Zhuge Liang sent to bribe Zhang Lu strategist Yang Song, Yang Song to Zhang Lu falsely accused Ma Chao want to conspire against, so that Ma Chao in a dilemma, Liu Bei took the opportunity to persuade the surrender of Ma Chao, in the Ma Chao assisted the capture of Yizhou, Liu Zhang surrendered.
The 66th time, Lu Su planned to invite Guan Yu to cross the river to meet with him with the intention of claiming Jingzhou, but Guan Yu went to the meeting with his own sword, which eventually made Lu Su's plan ineffective. Emperor Xian of Han and his father-in-law Fu Wan secretly murder Cao Cao, and the plot is exposed. The Fu Wan family is killed, and Empress Fu is executed by order of Cao Cao.
In the 67th chapter, Cao Cao leads his troops to attack Zhang Lu and subdues his general Pang De. Yang Song accepted a bribe from Cao Cao and surrendered his city, and Zhang Lu surrendered to Cao Cao. Interfluence guards Zhang Liao, Li Dian, and Le Jin worked together to defeat Sun Quan's attacking party at the Easy Jin, and since then Zhang Liao has shaken the Eastern Wu with his might.
Sixty-eighth Cao Cao, after leveling Hanzhong, led his troops to come to the aid of Zhang Liao, Sun Quan and the battle was unfavorable, Chen Wu, Dong attacked the battlefield was killed, Sun Quan had no choice but to ask Cao Cao for peace. A Taoist priest, Zuo Ci, arrives in Yedu and teases Cao Cao with his spells. Cao Cao is furious and wants to execute Zuo Ci, but he is so frightened by Zuo Ci's spells that he falls ill.
69th Plain divine divination tube chariot invited by Cao Cao to Xudu, predicted that Cao Cao will lose a major general in Dingjunshan. Geng Ji and five others decide to murder Cao Cao on the fifteenth night of the first month, but Cao Cao's generals find out and all five are killed.
70th Liu Bei marched into Hanzhong, Zhang Fei fought against Cao's general Zhang He, and outwitted the three strongholds of Wakou Pass, causing Cao's army to suffer heavy losses. Huang Zhong volunteered to go to meet Zhang He, who was forced to flee to the Tiantang Mountains, where Huang Zhong advanced to Tiantang and killed the defenders Han Hao and Xiahou De.
Seventy-one Huang Zhong confronts Xiahou Yuan at Dingjun Mountain and kills him using Fazheng's plan of "waiting for the enemy to escape". Cao Cao led his army to take revenge, Huang Zhong was surrounded, Zhao Yun single-handedly went to rescue, and ordered the camp to lay down the flag and drums, alone outside the fortress door to block Cao Cao's army.
Seventy-two Liu Bei backwater battle, broke Cao Cao's main force, Cao Cao retreated to the oblique valley, the main book Yang Xiu see through Cao Cao wants to retreat, Cao Cao reprimanded for confusing the army, Yang Xiu will be executed. Liu Bei pursues the attack, and Cao Cao has no choice but to withdraw to Xudu.
Seventy-three Liu Bei named himself "King of Hanzhong," equal to Cao Cao's title, and named Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Ma Chao, Huang Zhong, and Zhao Yun as the Five Tiger Generals. Guan Yu was instructed by Liu Bei to advance to Xiangyang and attack Fancheng, which was defended by Cao Ren.
Seventy-fourth Cao Cao sent Yu Ban to save Fancheng, making Pound the front vanguard. Yu Ban was afraid that Pang De would make a success of it, and repeatedly obstructed Pang De's pursuit. When Yu Ban set up his stronghold in Fenghou River, Guan Yu flooded his stronghold with water, and the seven armies under Yu Ban's command were wiped out; Yu Ban was captured and Pound was beheaded.
Seventy-five Guan Yu was hit by a poisoned arrow during the attack on Fancheng, and Hua Tuo, the miraculous doctor, came to scrape Guan Yu's bones to cure the poison. Lu Meng of Eastern Wu used Lu Xun's plan to make Guan Yu unsuspecting of Jingzhou. Lu Meng led his soldiers to occupy the beacon tower by night and captured Jingzhou without spending a single soldier, Pan Jun, the ruler, and Fu Shiren, the defender of public security, surrendered.
Seventy-sixth Cao Cao sent Xu Huang to help in the battle, Xu Huang used a trick to defeat Guan Yu's army. After Fu Shiren surrenders Mi Fang, the general of Nanxian, Nanxian also falls into the hands of Dongwu, and Guan Yu is forced to retreat to Mecheng. Liao Hua went to Shangyong to ask for help, but Shangyong's defenders Liu Feng and Meng Da refused to send troops. Sun Quan sent Zhuge Jin to persuade Guan Yu to surrender, but Guan Yu refused.
Seventy-seventh Sun Quan set up an ambush on the path of Mecheng, and Guan Yu and Guan Ping were captured by Sun Quan, and both were beheaded. Guan Yu's soul was transformed by the old monk Pu Jing of Jade Spring Mountain, and has been manifesting itself in Jade Spring ever since. Sun Quan transferred the head of Guan Yu to Cao Cao, who buried him as a prince.
Seventy-eight Liu Bei wants to march on Wu and ask for punishment, but Zhuge Liang stops him with bitter advice. Cao Cao orders Hua Tuo to cure his head cold, but Hua Tuo says he must cut open his head to remove the root cause, and Cao Cao is furious and imprisons Hua Tuo in prison. Soon after, Hua Tuo died, and Cao Cao became very sick, and after telling his ministers what he wanted to do, he died with a long sigh.
Seventy-nine Cao Pi succeeded to the throne and ordered his brother Cao Zhi to be taken down for questioning because he did not show up for the funeral. Cao Zhi, in a state of extreme grief and anger, wrote a poem of seven steps to denounce Cao Pi's unkindness. Liao Hua persuaded Liu Bei to behead Liu Feng and Meng Da, but the news leaked out and Meng Da surrendered to Wei. Liu Feng led his troops to Chengdu and fled to the city, but he was beheaded by Liu Bei.
The 80th Cao Pi, under the advice of all the ministers, abolished Emperor Xian of Han Dynasty and made himself emperor, with the name of Wei. Zhuge Liang persuaded Liu Bei to revive the Han Dynasty, Liu Bei repeatedly refused, Zhuge Liang fraudulently sick to earn Liu Bei promised to claim the title of emperor. Liu Bei became emperor in Chengdu, the state name Shu Han.
Eighty-first Liu Bei wants to raise troops to attack Wu, Zhang Fei in Langzhong to prepare the white flag and white armor, because the generals Fan Jiang, Zhang Da did not meet the deadline for the completion of the Zhang Fei beaten, the two resentment, into the tent assassination of Zhang Fei, fled to the East Wu. Liu Bei was so indignant that he immediately led an army of 700,000 men to crush the Eastern Wu.
82 Sun Quan sent Zhao Zi to Cao Pi to ask for help, and Cao Pi appointed Sun Quan as the King of Wu, adding nine pieces of tin. Sun Quan wanted to stop fighting, but Liu Bei refused and sent Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's sons, Guan Xing and Zhang Bao, as the front vanguard to kill the Eastern Wu.
83rd Huang Zhong died in the war, Liu Bei more and more resentment, intensify the attack on Eastern Wu. Sun Quan had no choice but to send Liu Bei's enemy to the camp of Shu army, but Liu Bei still refused to give up, determined to sweep away the Eastern Wu. Kan Ze recommends Lu Xun to Sun Quan as the governor, but Lu Xun is young and most of the generals are not convinced.
The 84th time, Lu Xun designed a fire to burn down the camp, Liu Bei's 700-mile camp was burned, Liu Bei returned to Baidi City with his defeated troops. Lu Xun chased him to the fishbowl, where Zhuge Liang laid a stone formation to stop Lu Xun's army. Fearing that Cao Pi would take advantage of the situation to attack Wu, Lu Xun led his troops back.
85 Liu Bei is seriously ill at Yongan Palace in Baidi City, and calls Zhuge Liang and other people to entrust the aftermath. Liu Bei dies, Zhuge Liang establishes the young Liu Zen as emperor, and Cao Pi takes the opportunity to send five armies to attack Western Sichuan. Zhuge Liang secretly mobilized his troops and retreated four of them, and told the latter's lord Liu Chan what was on his mind. Deng Zhi read Zhuge Liang's mind, and Zhuge Liang sent him on a mission to Eastern Wu.
The 86th time Deng Zhi stated to Sun Quan about the interests of Shu and Wu, which finally made Sun Quan decide to cut off the dealings with Wei and unite Shu **** together to fight against Wei. When Cao Pi's imperial army marched south to attack Wu, Wu general Xu Sheng designed to defeat Cao Pi, and Wei general Zhang Liao was killed.
Eighty-seventh Jianning governor Yong loosened the association of barbarian king Meng Hou rebelled, Zhu Geliang with the counter-intelligence of each break, pacify Yong loosened the rebellion. Meng Yu and Zhuge Liang confrontation, Zhuge Liang set up ambushes, captured Meng Yu, but Meng Yu is not convinced.
Eighty-eighth Meng Yu relying on the Lushui natural dangers, sit and defend not out, Zhuge Liang night crossing Lushui, Meng Yu under the account of the cave master of Meng Yu dissatisfaction, captured Meng Yu, offered to Zhuge Liang. Meng Yu is still not convinced, led the troops to resist again, sent his brother Meng You went to the Shu camp fraudulent surrender, but was recognized by Zhuge Liang, Meng Yu came to meet, and was captured by Zhuge Liang.
89th Zhuge Liang abandons his fortress, lures Meng to go deeper, sets up an ambush, and captures Meng alive. Zhuge Liang once again let go of Meng Yu, Meng Yu asked for help in the Bald Dragon Cave Lord Duo Si Da Wang, Duo Si rely on the surrounding treacherous environment, that the Shu army can not enter, but Zhuge Liang get Meng Jie's help, deep into the barbaric side, Meng Yu was meandering in the West Yin Ye Cave Lord Yang Feng captured.
90th time Meng Yu because of the loss of Sanjiang City and asked for help from the king of the wood deer, with a huge beast to repel the Shu soldiers, Zhuge Liang skillfully used a fake beast to expel the real beast of the barbarian side, Meng Yu was defeated. Meng Huo tried to trick Zhuge Liang with a fraudulent surrender plan, but failed and was captured. Meng wanted to use Wu Ge's rattan armor army to defeat the Shu army, but Zhuge Liang used fire attack to destroy the rattan armor army. Meng Yu was convinced by Zhuge Liang and finally surrendered.
In the ninety-first chapter, Zhuge Liang returns to Chengdu, and presents the Table of the Exit of the Divisions, urging the latter's lord, Liu Zen, to do his best to rule the country. Zhuge Liang leads his generals on a northern expedition, making Zhao Yun and Deng Zhi the front pioneers. When Cao Pi, the lord of Wei, dies, Cao Rui succeeds him and sends Xiahou Mao, the son-in-law of Cao Cao, the Emperor of Wu, to lead an army to meet the Shu army.
In the ninety-second chapter, Han De, a famous general of Xiliang, leads his four sons out to meet the Shu army, but all five are killed by Zhao Yun. Zhuge Liang captures Xiahou Mao with a plan and orders him to go and recruit the governors of the two counties of Anding and Tianshui. Cui Lang, the governor of Anding, surrendered fraudulently, but Zhuge Liang recognized him, and Cui Lang was killed.
Ninety-third Zhuge Liang sent Zhao Yun to attack Tianshui City, and general Jiang Wei came out to meet him. Zhao Yun led the army back, Zhuge Liang used the countermeasure to separate the relationship between Jiang Wei and Tianshui Taishou Ma Zun, Jiang Wei was attacked by Ma Zun and surrendered to Shu, Zhuge Liang took Tianshui. Zhuge Liang out of Qishan, Wei Lord Cao Rui sent Cao Zhen to meet Zhuge Liang, military counselor Wang Lang wants to say surrender Zhuge Liang, but was scolded by Zhuge Liang.
Ninety-fourth Cao Zhen wants to borrow the power of the Qiang people to break Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Liang used a plan to defeat the Qiang army, the Qiang king Cheriji promised to break off relations with Wei. Meng Da wants to return to Shu and decides to raise an army to attack Wei, but his plan is leaked. Cao Rui reappoints Hussar General Sima Yi, who defeats Shangyong and Meng Da is killed in battle.
95 Zhuge Liang dispatches Ma Su to guard the fortress Jieting. Ma Su does not listen to Wang Ping's advice and insists on setting up his fortress on the top of a hill, leading to the disastrous defeat of the Shu army. Zhuge Liang uses the "Empty City Trick" in the western city to make Sima Yi suspicious and orders the withdrawal of his troops.
Ninety-sixth Zhuge Liang leads his army back to Hanzhong, orders the beheading of Ma Su, and demotes himself to three ranks. When Zhou Bream, a general of Wu, fraudulently surrendered to Wei, Cao Huo, a general of Wei, raised an army to attack Wu. Zhou Bream, in order to gain Cao Huo's trust, cut off his hair as an oath. Cao Xiu marched into Stone City, but was ambushed and defeated.
In the ninety-seventh chapter, after Zhao Yun's death, Zhuge Liang again went to the "Table of the Expedition" and left Qishan, but was thwarted at the Chencang road crossing. Jiang Wei fraudulently surrenders to Cao Zhen, and Cao Zhen's general Fei Yao sends troops to attack Zhuge Liang, but is ambushed and Fei Yao dies.
Ninety-eight Zhuge Liang's army has no food and decides to retreat. Wei Yan, under Zhuge Liang's secret plan, beheaded the Wei general Wang Shuang, who came to pursue him. King Sun Quan of Wu is proclaimed emperor and changes his name to Huanglong. Zhuge Liang makes three trips to Qishan Mountain and breaks Chencang City, killing the guard Hao Zhao.
Ninety-nine Zhuge Liang plans to take Wudu and Yinping, and Liu Chan, the later lord, edicts Zhuge Liang to be reinstated in his official position. Zhuge Liang wants to break Sima Yi, and under the pretext of retreating, he defeats the Wei army that comes after him. Zhang Bao falls ill and dies, and Zhuge Liang orders a retreat to Hanzhong. Cao Zhen and Sima Yi invade western Sichuan, Zhuge Liang predicts that there will be heavy rain in January, and holds fast.
The 100th time Cao Zhen and Sima Yi make a bet that each of them will guard a valley to wait for Shu's soldiers. Chen Shi makes an unauthorized advance into the Min Valley, damaging his troops and horses, and is executed. Cao Zhen was defeated by Zhuge Liang, a sick, Zhuge Liang sent a letter to the Wei camp, Cao Zhen look at the gas died. Zhuge Liang goes out to Qishan and fights with Sima Yi, and the Wei army is defeated. Sima Yi sent Gou An to spread rumors, Liu Zen called Zhuge Liang back.
The 101st time Zhuge Liang went out of Qishan five times, and used a strange trick near Hao Cheng to make Sima Yi not dare to attack, so the soldiers were able to play wheat in Hao Cheng. Li Yan misses the grain and grass, fearing that Zhuge Liang will blame him, and lies about the military situation, saying that Eastern Wu has invaded the country. When Zhuge Liang withdrew his army and returned to Shu, Zhang He went in pursuit, and Zhuge Liang set up an ambush on the Wood Gate Road and shot Zhang He to death.
The 112th time Zhuge Liang makes six trips to Qishan, preparing to attack Sima Yi's camp, but he is preempted by Sima Yi, and Wu Ban is killed in battle. Zhuge Liang makes wooden oxen and horses to transport grain in the upper valley, and Sima Yi decides to copy them, but Zhuge Liang designs to take all the wooden oxen and horses from the Wei army.
The 103rd time Zhuge Liang designs to trap Sima Yi in the Valley Above and set him on fire, but heavy rain falls and Sima Yi is able to escape. Zhuge Liang is ill and knows that his days are numbered, so he tries to prolong his life by using the method of superstitions, but when he is still one day short of success, the great lamp is extinguished by Wei Yan's slip.
The 144th time Zhuge Liang was seriously ill, and called Jiang Wei and Yang Yi to entrust him with the aftermath. Liu Chan sends Li Fu to greet him, and Li Fu asks Zhuge Liang about his successor. When Zhuge Liang passes away, Jiang Wei and his men use the wooden statue of Zhuge Liang to hide it from Sima Yi, so the Shu soldiers are able to retreat.
The 115th time, Wei Yan was dissatisfied with Yang Yi's leadership and rebelled, but Yang Yi used Zhuge Liang's plan to behead Wei Yan. Cao Rui in the Wei state of great construction, labor, tearing down the old Han's legacy of Chenglu disk, in order to seek immortality.
The 166th time, Gongsun Yuan of Liaodong rebelled against the government, and Sima Yi led his troops to pacify him and beheaded Gongsun Yuan. When Cao Rui died and Cao Fang took the throne, Cao Shuang, a powerful minister, designed to remove Sima Yi's military power. To remove Cao Shuang's suspicion, Sima Yi pretended to be gravely ill, so that Cao Shuang could remove his suspicion.
In the 17th chapter, Sima Yi used a trick to get rid of Cao Shuang, and Cao Shuang's relative, Xiahou Ba, was so upset that he surrendered to the state of Shu. Jiang Wei took advantage of Wei's internal turmoil to invade Wei, but he was defeated by Guo Huai and Chen Tai with a trick. Jiang Wei had no choice but to retreat and set up crossbows on the road to prevent pursuers.
In the 108th chapter, Sima Yi falls ill and dies, and Sima Shi and Sima Zhao take charge of the state of Wei. After the death of Sun Quan, the lord of Wu, Sun Liang succeeded him. Sima Zhao took the opportunity to attack Wu, and Ding Feng, a Wu general, led his foot soldiers onto the enemy's ships, defeating the Wei fleet in one fell swoop. Sun Jun, a member of the royal family of Wu, was dissatisfied with Zhuge Ker, the chief minister of Wu, and designed to murder Zhuge Ker to take control of the military power of Wu.
The 119th time: Jiang Wei's second expedition to the Central Plains, beheading Wei's general Xu Qi and trapping Sima Zhao on the Iron Cage Mountain, but help arrives, and Sima Zhao takes the opportunity to go down the mountain. The Wei soldiers invited the Qiang soldiers to help, Jiang Wei retreated, Guo Huai came to chase after him and was shot by Jiang Wei. When Sima mastered the power, Cao Fang, the lord of Wei, wanted to murder Sima, but Sima found out and abolished Cao Fang as the king of Qi, and set up Cao Fung as the emperor.
The 110th time, Wei generals Bu Qiu Jian and Wen Qin rose up against Sima Shi's tyranny, and Wen Yuanyan, the son of Wen Qin, led his troops to break into the Wei camp and was invincible. Sima Shi had an eye tumor attack and died. Sima Zhao suppressed the rebellion of Bu Qiu Jian. Jiang Wei took the opportunity to invade the Central Plains three times, defeating Wei general Wang Jing with his back to the water, but was then defeated by the design of Wei general Deng Ai for entering the enemy's territory lightly.
The 111th time, Jiang Wei invaded the Central Plains four times, Deng Ai designed to trap Jiang Wei in Duan Valley, the Shu general Zhang Weight was killed in battle, and Jiang Wei retreated back to Shu. The Wei general Zhuge Dang started his crusade against Sima Zhao, and he was linked to the Eastern Wu **** with his troops. The Eastern Wu general Sun ran well and sent his troops to help him, and Sima Zhao started his army to suppress him.
The hundred and twelfth time, Zhuge Daan was so tyrannical that his generals fled the city. Wu generals Quan Duan and Wen Yuanyan surrendered to Sima Zhao, and Zhuge Dong was killed. Taking advantage of Zhuge Dong's rebellion, Jiang Wei invaded the Central Plains and fought with Deng Ai and his son. Deng Ai used the delaying tactic to prolong the war, and after Zhuge Dong's defeat, Jiang Wei had to retreat.
The 113th time, General Sun Liang of Wu Kingdom had a good run and abrogated Sun Liang, the Lord of Wu, as the King of Huiji, and established Sun Xiu as the Emperor. Ding Feng, a veteran general, contacted Zhang Bu and designed to kill Sun, and the civil unrest in Wu was pacified. After Jiang Wei's six expeditions to the Central Plains, he fought with Deng Ai and Sima Wang and defeated the Wei army. Deng Ai used Dangjun's plan to send someone to Chengdu to spread rumors, and Liu Zen recalled Jiang Wei to Chengdu.
The one hundred and fourteenth time, Cao Huan, the lord of Wei, dissatisfied with Sima Zhao's power, led an army to invade, and Sima Zhao's subordinate warrior Cheng Ji killed Cao Huan. When the army of Cao Huan was appointed as the emperor by Sima Zhao, Jiang Wei sent Wang Jiao to the Central Plains under the pretense of asking for punishment. Deng Ai sent Wang Jiao to defraud and surrender, but Jiang Wei realized it and defeated the Wei army, but at the same time, the Shu army suffered great losses and had to retreat.
The Hundred and Fifteenth: Jiang Wei's Northern Expedition Again, and Deng Ai's Hold. Liu Zen listens to Huang Hao and Yan Yu's slander and recalls Jiang Wei. Jiang Wei was forced to settle in Touzhong to avoid trouble. Sima Zhao sees the time is ripe and decides to raise an army to destroy Shu.