The main contents and famous stories of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Content: "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" describes a history of more than ninety years, from the Yellow Turban Rebellion at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, to the divided world, and then to the unification of the world by the Three Kingdoms of Jin and Ping.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty was weakened and the Yellow Turban uprising occurred. Heroes from all walks of life took advantage of the opportunity to suppress the Yellow Turbans to develop their power. Cao Cao held the emperor hostage and ordered the princes to become the most powerful. There has been constant fighting for years, with the weak and the strong preying on the strong. In the Battle of Guandu, Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao and unified the north. In the Battle of Chibi, Wu general Zhou Yu defeated Cao Cao, leaving Cao Cao temporarily unable to invade the south of the Yangtze River, forming a tripartite and relatively stable situation. The Three Kingdoms are Cao Cao's Wei, Sun Quan's Wu, and Liu Bei's Shu. After Cao Cao's death, Cao Pi became emperor. General Sima Zhao unified the country, ended the three-legged situation, captured Wei as Jin, and established the Jin Dynasty.

Famous stories: Three sworn brothers in Taoyuan, Guan Yunchang warmed wine and beheaded Hua Xiong, three heroes fought against Lu Bu, Cao Cao cooked wine to discuss heroes, Guan Yu beheaded Yan Liang and Wen Chou, rode alone for thousands of miles, passed five passes and beheaded six generals, Guo Jia left a plan to determine Liaodong, Liu Bei visited the thatched cottage three times, Zhuge Liang burned Bowangpo and Xinye, Zhao Yun rode the savior alone at Changbanpo, Zhang Fei shouted to retreat Cao's soldiers at Changbanqiao, Zhuge Liang talked with the Confucians, Zhou Yu met with heroes, Zhuge Liang went on a straw boat Borrowing arrows, Zhou Yu burned Chibi, Huarong Dao Guan Yu released Cao Cao, Zhuge Liang defeated Zhou Yu three times, Guan Yun scraped bones to cure poison and flooded seven armies, Lu Meng crossed the river in white clothes, Lu Xun burned the company camp, Zhuge Liang set up eight formations, Zhuge Liang captured Meng Huo seven times. , Ma Su lost his street pavilion, Zhuge Liang built a wooden cow and his horse ran away, Zhuge died and Zhongda walked away alive, Zhuge Liang died in Wuzhangyuan.

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The first chapter of the Three Brothers in Taoyuan

In the late Eastern Han Dynasty, the government was corrupt, coupled with successive years of famine, the people's lives were very difficult. Liu Bei intended to save the people, and Zhang Fei and Guan Yu were willing to share the same cause with Liu Bei. The three fell in love and chose a peach garden behind Zhangfeizhuang. At this time, the peach blossoms were in full bloom and the scenery was beautiful. Zhang Fei prepared a green ox and a white horse as a sacrifice, burned incense and worshiped, and the oath was completed; the three recognized their brothers according to their age. Liu Bei was the eldest brother, Guan Yu was the second, and Zhang Fei was the younger brother. This is the famous "Taoyuan Stake" in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

The first time Cao Cao deceived his father

Because Cao Cao didn’t like to study, Cao Cao’s uncle didn’t like Cao Cao and often went to his father to complain. One day, Cao Cao saw his uncle coming towards him. He fell to the ground on purpose, and there were many strange things happening. When his uncle saw this, he hurriedly went to his father and said so to Cao Cao. His father hurriedly came to take a look, but found that nothing was wrong. When his father asked what happened, Cao Cao said, "It's just because my uncle doesn't like it. He did it on purpose." From then on, his father no longer listened to what his uncle said, and Cao Cao went his own way.

The second time Zhang Fei angrily whipped the postal supervisor

Because Liu Bei had done great service in fighting for the Yellow Turban, he became a county captain. Soon, the postal supervisor came and looked down on Liu Bei. He asked about Liu Bei. Liu Bei said that he was the queen of King Jing of Zhongshan. The governor said that Liu Bei pretended to be the emperor. The attendant told Liu Bei that the governor was angry and did not give him a bribe. Liu Bei said that since he took office, he had not taken anything from the people and had no money to give him. So the governor was really angry. Later, Zhang Fei drank a few glasses of wine and rode out. He saw several people kneeling at the county office and asked if they were willing. Zhang Fei was very angry and rushed in to check on the governor. He caught him and tied him to a pillar in front of the county government office. He tore off the wicker sticks and beat them, breaking several of them.

Chapter 4: Cao Cao Offers the Sword

Dong Zhuo has exclusive power, and important officials in the court discuss how to get rid of him. Cao Cao borrowed Wang Yun's sword and said that he would give it to Dong Zhuo in the hope of taking the opportunity to assassinate Dong Zhuo. (www.lz13.cn) Wang Yun gave him the sword. Cao Cao hid his sword and came to Dong's Mansion. After Lu Bu left, he chatted with him. When Dong Zhuo fell impatiently and fell on the bed, he drew his sword and attempted to stab him. Dong Zhuo discovered him in the mirror. Cao Cao hurriedly lied and said that he came to offer the sword, then presented the sword to Dong Zhuo and ran away in a hurry. Dong Zhuo realized Cao Cao's intention and hurriedly ordered people to capture Cao Cao.

Chapter 5: Cao Cao accidentally killed Lu Boshe

Cao Cao failed to assassinate Dong Zhuo and fled. On the way, he passed the residence of his father's sworn brother Lu Boshe. Lu Boshe stayed with Cao Cao for one night. That night, Lu Boshe went out to buy wine and ordered his family to kill a pig to entertain Cao Cao. Cao Cao heard the sound of sharpening a knife in the middle of the night, and heard the Lu family saying, "Tie him up first and then kill him." Cao Cao became suspicious and thought Lu Boshe was going to harm him.

So he rushed out with a knife and killed all the Lu family! Later, when he saw a pig tied up in the kitchen and ready to be slaughtered, he realized that he had accidentally killed a good man. Cao Cao left the Lu family and met Lu Boshe on the way back from buying wine. Lu Boshe said that he had ordered his family to kill pigs and prepare wine to entertain Cao Cao. Why was he leaving so soon? Unexpectedly, Cao Cao actually raised his sword and killed Lu Boshe. Chen Gong, who was traveling with him, blamed him for being very unloyal. Cao Cao said, I would rather let the people of the world fail than let the people of the world fail me. Chen Gong was stunned. So Chen Gong went to seek refuge with Zhang Xiu.

The fifth chapter: Guan Yu warms wine and kills Hua Xiong

During the Three Kingdoms period, Dong Zhuo was in power. Cao Cao joined forces with Yuan Shao, Gongsun Zan, Sun Jian and others to attack Dong Zhuo. Dong Zhuo sent Hua Xiongqiang to fight, and Yuan Shao The others' men were all defeated. Guan Yunchang raised his sword and asked for a fight. Cao Cao said he would drink a bowl of wine before going. Yunchang said he would drink when he came back. Yide played drums for him, and when he brought Hua Xiong's head back, the wine was just warm.

Chapter 17: Cao Cao cuts off his hair and takes over as head

When the crops were harvested, some soldiers did not know how to care for them and trampled on them at will. In order to protect the crops, Cao Cao ordered the soldiers not to trample the crops, and any offenders would be killed. Things improved after that and the crops were good. Once, when Cao Cao was passing through a wheat field, his horse was frightened and ran into the wheat field and trampled the wheat. Cao Cao wanted to carry out the military order and cut off his head to apologize, but due to the persuasion of the generals and considering the overall situation, he decided to cut off his head instead.

Chapter 20: Cao Cao Discussing Heroes over Drinking Wine

It is said that Cao Cao asked Liu Bei for a drink. It was winter and the wine was boiling. Cao Cao said that there were only four people in the world who could be called heroes. Yuan Shao, Sun Quan, himself, and Liu Bei. When Liu Bei heard this, he was so frightened that his cup dropped to the ground. In fact, Cao Cao said this just to test whether Liu Bei was really ambitious.

Chapter 25-26 Guan Yu traveled thousands of miles alone

In the fifth year of Jian'an (200 AD), Liu Bei was defeated and surrendered to Yuan Shao. Guan Yu was captured by Cao Cao. Guan Yu was treated with great courtesy, he was appointed as a partial general, and was granted the title of Hou Tinghou of the Han Dynasty. However, Guan Yu was in Cao's camp and his heart was with the Han, and "he surrendered to the Han but not to Cao." In order to repay Cao Cao's kindness, he rode his horse among thousands of people. Kill Yan Liang, punish Wen Chou, and break the siege of Cao Jun's White Horse. Cao Cao liked Guan Gong even more, and sent Zhang Liao, a fellow countryman of Guan Yu, to persuade him. Guan Yu said, "I know Cao Gong is very kind to me, but I have been favored by Liu Bei and swear to fight for his life and death. We must not betray him." After hearing this, Cao Cao had no choice but to do anything. Afterwards, Guan Yu inquired about Liu Bei's whereabouts, said goodbye to Cao Cao, "traveled thousands of miles alone", "passed five passes and killed six generals", and finally found Liu Bei.

Chapter 27: Guan Yu passed five passes and killed six generals

Killed Kong Xiu when passing through Dongling Pass; killed Han Fu when passing through Luoyang City; killed Bian Xi when passing through Bishui Pass; Killed the prefect Wang Zhi when crossing Xingyang; killed Qin Qi when crossing the Yellow River ferry; killed Cai Yang outside the ancient city occupied by Zhang Fei, hence the name "Crossing Five Passes and Killing Six Generals".

The 30th Chapter of the Battle of Guandu

In the fifth year of Jian'an in the Eastern Han Dynasty (200), Cao Cao's army defeated Yuan Shao's army in a decisive battle in the Guandu (now Zhongmou, Henan) area. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the powerful and powerful armies fought to seize control of the Central Plains. At that time, Yuan Shao owned the four prefectures of Ji, Qing, You, and Bing. He relied on his large number of troops and sufficient food supplies, and planned to eliminate Cao Cao, who only controlled Yan and Henan prefectures. In January of the fifth year of Jian'an, Yuan Shao led 100,000 elite troops southward. Prior to this, in order to avoid being attacked from both sides, Cao Cao had defeated Liu Bei, who had joined forces with Yuan Shao, and stationed himself in Guandu, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack. In April, Cao Cao used the strategy of attacking the east and attacking the west. He killed Yuan General Yan Liang in Baima (now Huaxian County, Henan Province) and defeated Yuan's army. Yuan Shao was defeated in the first battle and his energy was frustrated. He instead divided his troops to attack and formed a camp to press forward. The two armies faced each other in Guandu and held a stalemate for several months. During this period, Cao Cao wanted to return to Xuchang (today's east of Xuchang, Henan) because of his exhausted troops and lack of food. Counselor Xun Yu believed that if Cao's army was weak and the enemy was strong, retreating at this time would be an advantage. On the contrary, Yuan's army underestimated the enemy and had internal discord. After a long stalemate, something would change and they could win by surprise. Cao Cao accepted his words and sent troops to attack and burn Yuan's army's grain carts. He also personally led 5,000 elite troops to attack Yuan's army's grain camp in Wuchao (today's Henan Province), annihilated Yuan's army and burned all his grain stores. When the news came, Yuan Shao's troops were shaken and they dispersed and surrendered. Cao Cao took the opportunity to attack across the board and wiped out more than 70,000 enemies. Yuan Shao and his son only led more than 800 cavalry to flee north. The Battle of Guandu laid the foundation for Cao Cao to unify the north, and Yuan Shao never recovered from the fall. The Battle of Guandu is a famous example in the history of ancient Chinese wars where a small number of people defeated a large number.

Chapter 36-37 Xu Shu entered Cao’s camp without saying a word

In the 13th year of Emperor Xian’s founding of the Han Dynasty, Cao Cao led his army to conquer Jingzhou southward. By this time Liu Biao was dead, and his son Liu Cong surrendered without a fight. Liu Bei led more than 200,000 soldiers and civilians to retreat south. When Cao's army reached Dangyang Changbanpo, Liu Bei was outnumbered and fled in defeat. Unfortunately, Xu Shu's mother was also captured by Cao's army, and Cao Cao sent someone to forge a letter from her mother to summon her to Xudu. When Xu Shu heard the news, he was so sad that he bid farewell to Liu Bei in tears. After Xu Shu went north to return to Cao Cao, he was still very attached to his old master Liu Bei and his good friend Zhuge Liang. Although he had outstanding strategies and talents, he was unwilling to advise Cao Cao and became enemies of Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang. Therefore, Xu Shu stayed in Cao Wei for decades, but never made any political or military achievements.

Chapter 38-39 Three Visits to the Thatched Cottage

Liu Bei admired Zhuge Liang's talents and wanted to ask him to help him unify the country. One day, the three people came to Longzhong, but Kong Ming was not there, so they had to return disappointed. Returning to Xinye, Liu Bei heard that Zhuge Liang was back and ordered his men to prepare their horses immediately. When they arrived at the thatched cottage, the book boy said that Zhuge Liang had been invited away. The three of them returned in dismay. Time passed quickly, and Liu Bei planned to visit Kong Ming three times. The three of them came to Longzhong for the third time. They were still more than half a mile away from the thatched cottage, so Liu Bei dismounted and walked. At this time, Zhuge Liang was taking a nap. In order not to disturb him, Liu Bei waited respectfully at the foot of the steps. Kong Ming woke up and talked about national affairs. Zhuge Liang saw that Liu Bei had visited the thatched cottage three times and was sincere, so he agreed to work with Liu Bei to achieve a great cause.

The Thirty-ninth Chapter of Burning Bowangpo

In the early days of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Cao was very powerful and unified the north. The next step was to move south. Attack Liu Bei. At this time, Liu Bei took refuge with Liu Biao and was stationed in Xinye. Cao Cao sent general Xiahou Dun to attack Xinye. At this time Liu Bei had already invited Zhuge Liang. Zhuge Liang set up an ambush in Xinye and ordered Zhao Yun to lure the enemy deep and then attack with fire. Xiahou Dun really hit the mark. Returned defeated. This was the first battle Kong Ming fought after coming out of the mountain.

Chapter 40: The Burning of Xinye

After the burning of Bowangpo, Cao Cao made a comeback and sent Cao Ren and Cao Hong's army to attack Xinye. Zhuge Liang expected that he could not stay in Xinye, so he left the city empty and hid sulfur and other fire-starters on the houses. After Cao Jun entered the city, he moved into private houses. There was a strong wind at night, and Liu Bei's army, who was ambushing outside the city, fired rockets into the city. The fire started quickly. Cao's soldiers fled out of the city, but were intercepted and killed by Liu Bei's army, and they returned defeated.

Chapter 41 Liu Bei leads the people across the river

When Cao Cao's army marched south to Jingzhou, Liu Bei was forced to retreat to Xiangyang. The people of Xinye and Fancheng were willing to follow Liu Bei even if they died. . Therefore, Liu Bei ignored the opposition of the generals and insisted that "those who do great things must put people first. Now that people belong to me, why abandon them?" He took in refugees along the way, helped the old and the young, endured hardships, and staged a tragic scene of leading the people across the river.

Chapter 41-42 Liu Bei beats Adou - winning people's hearts

During the Kingdom of China, the Battle of Dangyang Changban was an encounter between Cao Cao and Liu Bei. The heroic general Zhao Yun takes on the important task of protecting Liu Bei's family. Due to the fierce attack of Cao's army, although Liu Bei broke out of the siege, his family was trapped in the siege of Cao's army. Zhao Yun tried his best to assassinate him. After seven in and seven out, he finally found Liu Bei's son Adou. Zhao Yun broke through the siege of Cao's army, caught up with Liu Bei, and returned his son. Liu Bei picked up the son, threw it to the ground, and scolded him angrily: "You are such a little boy, how can you harm one of my generals!" Zhao Yun picked up Adou and cried and worshiped: "Although Yun is so heartbroken, he can't repay you." This is " The story of Liu Bei defeating Adou in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

Chapter 42: Zhang Fei makes a big fuss on Changban Slope

During the battle of Changban Slope, Cao Cao’s army came to chase him. Zhang Fei stood on Changban Slope with his spear and bow raised. , shouted loudly: I am Zhang Yide from Yan! Who dares to fight to the death with me? The sound was like a huge thunder, and everyone in Cao's army trembled when they heard it. Cao Cao hurriedly ordered the umbrella cover to be removed. Xia Houjie was so shocked that his liver and gallbladder were shattered and he fell down from his horse. So Cao Cao quickly took the lead in getting back on his horse and retreating.

Chapter 43: Zhuge Liang’s verbal battle with the Confucian scholars

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Cao knew that it would be difficult to annex Sun Liu at once. So he wanted to join forces with Sun Quan to destroy Liu Bei. Except for Lu Su, all of Sun Quan's men advocated surrendering to Cao Cao to protect themselves. Lu Sute asked Zhuge Liang to be a lobbyist. When Zhuge Liang arrived in Wu, his words made counselor Zhang Zhao speechless. After that, the counselors of Soochow all attacked Zhuge Liang, and seven of them were refuted by Zhuge Liang and found it difficult to defend themselves.

Chapter 44: Jiang Qian fell into the trap

Cao Cao wanted to find out the strength of Soochow, so he sent Jiang Qian, who had an old relationship with Zhou Yu. Unexpectedly, Zhou Yu had already seen Jiang Qian's purpose, lured him to sleep with him, and put the fake letter on the case. Jiang saw that Zhou was sleeping soundly (pretend to be asleep), so he checked the letters and found that Zhou had written letters to Cai Mao, Mao's agent in Cao's camp. Zhou also designed to let Jiang "accidentally" overhear the exchange of information with Mao Cai's people (looking for someone to act), so Jiang Qian fell into the trap. , reported to Cao Cao, and Cao killed Mao and Cai in anger.

Chapter 46: Huang Gai’s Bitter Meat Strategy

In 208 AD, Cao Cao led a million-strong army to defeat Soochow in one fell swoop. In Chibi, across the river from Zhou Yu's 30,000 horses. Most of Cao's troops were from the north and were not familiar with water warfare, so they were unable to stand firm. Once they clashed, Cao's troops were defeated. Cao Cao ordered the warships to be connected with iron chains. Huang Gai and Zhou Yu did some secret research and came up with the bitter plan. The next day, Huang Gai's family disobeyed military orders and clashed with Zhou Yu. Zhou Yu was furious and beat Huang Gai severely. Huang Gai was so angry that he wrote a letter of surrender to Cao Cao.

Chapter 40 Chapter 6: Borrowing Arrows from a Straw Boat

Zhou Yu was jealous when he saw that Zhuge Liang was quite talented. One day, Cao Cao and Sun Quan faced off against each other in Ruxu (a section of the waterway where West Chao Lake enters the Yangtze River in today's Chao County, Anhui Province). In the first battle, Cao's army was defeated and could not hold on. One day, Sun Quan took advantage of the mist on the water and took a light boat to break into Cao Jun's front line from Ruxukou to observe Cao Jun's deployment. Sun Quan's canoe traveled five or six miles, and the drums and drums were playing. However, Cao Cao was suspicious by nature. Seeing the power of Sun Jun's purge, he was afraid of fraud and did not dare to fight. He sighed and said: "I should have a son like Sun Zhongmou, and Liu Jingsheng's son has the ears of a pig!" "Subsequently, Cao Cao ordered all bows and crossbows to fire at the Wu ship. After a while, Sun Quan's boat tilted due to too many arrows on one side, and was in danger of capsizing. Sun Quan ordered the ship to be turned around so that the other side would receive another arrow. After a while, the arrows were all leveled, and Sun Jun returned safely. Only then did Cao Cao realize that he had been fooled.

Chapter 48: Pang Tong’s serial plan

Chapter 48-49: Everything is ready but the east wind is needed

At that time, Zhou Yu arranged the fire He led the generals to inspect the riverside for various matters regarding the attack. When he saw the war flag blowing in the wind on the river, he was deeply moved, so he vomited blood and fell to the ground, unable to get sick. After hearing the news, Zhuge Liang went to visit and wrote sixteen words, "If you want to defeat Duke Cao, you should attack with fire. Everything is ready, all you need is the east wind", pointing out the source of Zhou Yu's heartache. Later, Zhuge Liang also set up an altar to worship the wind to help Zhou Yu complete the fire attack.

Chapter 50: Huarong Daoyi explains Cao Cao

After the Battle of Chibi, Cao Cao fled in a hurry from Huarong Dao. Zhuge Liang sent Guan Yu to ambush here. Cao Cao's men were trapped and out of horses, they had lost their troops and generals, and could no longer fight. Guan Yu thought that out of Cao Cao's kindness to him in the past, he ignored the military order to capture Cao Cao alive and let him go.

Chapter 51: Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu

After the Battle of Chibi, the next year, Zhou Yu went to capture Jingzhou, but Zhuge Liang captured it first.

Chapter 54: Second Qi Zhou Yu: Accompanying his wife and then defeating the army

Zhou Yu originally wanted to marry Sun Quan's sister to Liu Bei, and then detain Liu Bei and force Zhuge Liang to hand him over. In Jingzhou, Zhuge Liang unexpectedly used a trick to make Zhou Yu "lose his wife and lose his troops."

Chapter 56: Three Qi Zhou Yu

Zhou Yu challenged Liu Bei to return Jingzhou to disadvantage, and then led his troops to attack He failed and died of illness.

Before he died, he said: "If you are born Yu, how can you be bright!" He was so angry that he died of anger

Chapter 58: Cao Cao cuts off his beard and abandons his robe

Sixtieth Six chapters of Guan Yu attending the meeting alone

After the Battle of Chibi, Zhuge Liang made three plans to make Zhou Yu angry. After establishing his career, he sent general Guan Yu to guard Jingzhou, an important place. In order to obtain the lost land, the Wu State never gave up the idea of ??regaining Jingzhou, so they held a banquet named to entertain Guan Yu but actually called it the Banquet of Hongmen. Guan Yu was invited to cross the river to ambush Dongwu at the banquet. Guan Yu, who wanted to kill him with a sword and axe, had been on the battlefield for a long time. He had read the military books well and knew the plan in advance. He was well prepared, so he only led a dozen of his entourage, carrying swords and riding a small boat to the meeting alone. During the banquet, Guan Yu used the excuse that he and Lu Zijing had not seen each other for many years and reminisced about old times. Holding Lu Su and not letting go, they toasted each other. In fact, they used Lu Su as a hostage to escape from the ambush. Seeing that Lu Su was trapped, the swordsman did not dare to attack easily. Guan Yu not only accepted the invitation to the banquet, but also dampened the spirit of Wu State and discouraged Sun Quan from taking back Jingzhou. The idea also praised Guan Yu's brave spirit and extraordinary intelligence

Chapter 72 The Death of Yang Xiu

As the king of Wei, Cao Cao learned that General Xia Houyuan was killed by Huang Zhong After being killed, he personally led an army of 200,000 to avenge Xia, not wanting to suffer repeated setbacks. On this day, Cao Cao saw the chicken soup delivered from the kitchen and felt that the current war situation was like chewing chicken ribs. He was reluctant to throw it away because there was no meat in it. At this time, General Xiahou Dun came to ask for the night command, and Cao Cao replied casually: "Weak ribs! Tasteless!" After hearing this command, Yang Xiu, the marching director, immediately ordered the accompanying sergeants to pack up and prepare to return. Xiahou Dun was surprised and asked why, and Yang Xiu said: "I know from tonight's command that King Wei will retreat. It's useless to eat without meat, and it would be a pity to throw it away. The current war situation is exactly like this. You can't win if you advance, and you will be laughed at if you retreat, so why not Return early. I expected that the King of Wei would have to return home someday, so I packed my bags first to avoid panic before leaving." Xiahou Dun thought it made sense, so he packed his bags as well. When Cao Cao found out, he was furious and had Yang Xiuchu executed on the charge of "disturbing the morale of our army".

Chapter 74: Guan Yu flooded the Seventh Army

Guan Yu attacked Fancheng. Cao Cao ordered General Jin to be the general of the Southern Expedition, and Pang De was the vanguard to command the seven armies. They went to rescue them at starry night. Fancheng. Guan Yu was convinced and went to meet the enemy in person. Guan Yu and Pang De fought for more than a hundred rounds, with neither victory nor defeat. On the second day of the battle, the two generals came out and did not answer. They fought for fifty rounds. Pang De turned his horse and fled, with Guan Yu chasing after him. Pang De took the arrow, but Guan Yu was unable to dodge and was hit by the arrow, and was injured. Ten days later, the arrow wound healed. I also heard from Guan Ping that Cao's troops had moved to the north of the city to station themselves. Guan Yu didn't know what he meant, so he rode up to a high place to wait and see. He saw many people and horses in the northern valley. He also saw that the water in Xiangjiang River was fierce and flooded the seven armies, and he immediately thought of his plan. So he hurriedly ordered his subordinates to prepare boats and rafts, pack rain gear, and send people to block the water inlets everywhere. Pang De discussed with the generals that it was not easy to stay in the valley for a long time, and prepared to move the soldiers to the high ground tomorrow. That night, there was a heavy storm. Pang De was in his tent and heard thousands of horses galloping and shouting loudly. When I came out of the tent, I saw water rushing in from all directions. The soldiers of the Seventh Army drifted with the waves and many of them drowned.

Chapter 75: Guan Gong scrapes bones to heal his wounds

Guan Yu's left arm was once shot through by a flying arrow. Although he recovered afterwards, his bones still ache every rainy day. . The doctor said: "The arrow is poisonous, and the poison has entered the bones. You should cut your arm and scrape off the poison on the bones. Only then can the disease be completely eliminated." So Guan Yu stretched out his arm and asked Hua Tuo to split it with a knife. At that time, Guan Yu was drinking with other generals. There was a lot of blood on his arms and the blood plate was full. However, Guan Yu was cutting meat and drinking, talking and laughing very naturally.

Chapter 76-77: Guan Yu carelessly lost Jingzhou (Guan Yu defeated Maicheng)

Guan Yu defeated Cao Ren, captured him alive, flooded seven armies, and shocked China. Cao Cao was so frightened that he wanted to move his capital several times. After that, he slowly became proud, and Guan Yu's success was something that neither Cao Cao nor Sun Quan wanted to see. Cao Cao sent people to sow discord between Guan Yu and Sun Quan, but Guan Yu rejected Sun Quan's marriage invitation. As a result, the relationship between the two parties became tense. Sun Quan sent Lu Xun, who was unknown at the time, to replace Lu Meng as the governor. Lu Xun pretended to be humble to please Guan Yu. As expected, Guan Yu fell into the trap and transferred most of the troops arranged to defend against Wu to deal with Cao Cao.

So Lü Meng took advantage of Guan Yu's battle with Cao's army, pretended to be a merchant, crossed the river in white clothes, and seized Guan Yu's base. Guan Yu lost the battle and had no way out, so he had to defeat Maicheng and was later captured alive by Lu Meng and beheaded.

Chapter 81 Zhang Fei was killed

Chapter 84 Lu Xun’s camp burned seven hundred miles of Kong Ming’s eight formations

Chapter 85 Return to Liu Bei Baidi City to Tuogu

Chapter 87-89 Capture Seven and Release Meng Huo

Chapter 95 Empty City Strategy

Zhuge Kongming After leaving Qishan, the pioneer officer Ma Su missed the street pavilion by mistake, causing the frontline troops to be trapped day after day. In desperation, Kong Ming decided to retreat to Hanzhong. The army was gone, and only five thousand soldiers and horses were left by Kongming to garrison Xicheng County. One day, he suddenly received a report from Ma Fei, saying that General Sima Yi of the State of Wei was leading an army of 150,000 people and was swarming towards the west city. At this time, Kong Ming had no generals around him, only a group of civilian officials, and half of the five thousand soldiers and horses stationed in the city had been sent to transport grain. All the officials turned pale after hearing this, but Kong Ming remained calm and composed. He immediately ordered the flags to be hidden, the city gates were opened on all four sides, and twenty military schools were assigned to each gate to pretend to be civilians and sweep the streets. The remaining soldiers are not allowed to go out rashly or shout loudly without permission. When everything was ready, Kong Ming led the two boys to the high building with their harp, sat on the railing, burned incense and played the harp. But when Sima Yi led his troops, he saw Kong Ming sitting on the tower in Yunwang City, smiling broadly and acting as if there was no one around. He was very puzzled. Sima Yi was suspicious by nature, so he ordered the troops to withdraw without explanation.

Chapter 95-96: Ma Di Lost Street Pavilion

Sima Yi's army forced Qishan, and Zhuge Liang didn't know who to send to guard it. Ma Di was happy to go, but Zhuge Liang was afraid that he would not fight. Zhuge Liang gave him 20,000 troops and horses at his disposal, and sent Wang Ping as his deputy general. Ma Su wanted to set up ground in the mountains, but Wang Ping thought that Ma Di would not be able to do it on flat ground. After listening, he gave Wang Ping five thousand troops and led his army to station on the mountain. Sima Yi originally thought that the street pavilion was difficult to attack. When he heard that Ma Di was stationed on the mountain, he was overjoyed and sent people to surround the mountain and cut off water and food. The soldiers on the mountain rushed When he came down, he used bows and arrows to fend off the soldiers. They couldn't stand their hunger and thirst. After fighting for a while, they all came down the mountain and surrendered. Ma Su was defeated miserably. Only Wang Ping persisted for a while

Chapter 102: Zhuge Liang Created a Wooden Ox and a Flowing Horse

Dead Zhuge scared away the living Zhongda

Zhuge Liang was about to die, so he left behind a plan. The army first pretended to retreat, leaving several ambushes along the way. When Sima Zhongda came to pursue him, , he ambushed his troops and attacked. The army rolled out a cart with a statue of Zhuge Liang sitting on it. Sima Zhongda thought that Zhuge Liang was not dead and he was fooled, so he quickly retreated. The Shu army pursued and killed them for a while, and then retreated to Hanzhong. This achieves the purpose of safe retreat.

Chapter 115: Wisely Killing Wei Yan

When Zhuge Liang first met Wei Yan, he expected that Wei Yan would rebel, so he arranged for Ma Dai to be an undercover agent next to Wei Yan, and before he died Give Yang Yi a tips bag and ask him to open it when Wei Yan rebels. Later, Wei Yan really rebelled. Yang Yi acted according to the plan and asked Wei Yan to shout three times: "Who dares to kill me." At this time, Ma Dai responded and killed Wei Yan.

Chapter 119: Happy to Miss Shu

After Liu Chan, the Empress of Shu, surrendered, Sima Zhao hosted a banquet in honor of him. When the music of Shu was played, all the officials of Shu shed tears. Only Liu Chan was still smiling. Sima Zhao asked Liu Chan, do you miss Shu? Liu Chan said, I am happy here, I don’t want to. This is the origin of being reluctant to miss Shu. (Reflections after reading)