rotk.net - Cao Hong

Chapter 5 — Cao Cao Appeals To The Powerful Lords; The Three Brothers Fight Against Lu Bu.

Cao Hong; one of Cao Cao's two cousins to arrive at Qiao with 1,000 followers each at the call to arms.

Chapter 6 — Burning The Capital, Dong Zhuo Commits An Atrocity; Hiding The Imperial Hereditary Seal, Sun Jian Breaks Faith.

Cao Hong; gives up his own horse to the unhorsed Cao Cao after the Xingyang rout - 'the world can spare me but not you' - saving Cao Cao's life.

Chapter 11 — Liu Bei Rescues Kong Rong At Beihai; Lu Bu Defeats Cao Cao Near Puyang.

Cao Hong; serves under Cao Cao in the Yanzhou recovery.

Chapter 12 — Tao Qian Thrice Offers Xuzhou To Liu Bei; Cao Cao Retakes Yanzhou From Lu Bu.

Answers He Man's challenge on foot, sword against iron mace, and kills him with a feint and two slashes after fifty even blows; commands the right assault column at Puyang's gates.

Chapter 14 — Cao Cao Moves The Court To Xuchang; Lu Bu Leads A Night Raid Against Xuzhou.

Cao Hong; with the escort force from Xuchang.

Chapter 17 — Yuan Shu Marches Out Seven Armies; Cao Cao And Three Generals Join Forces.

Left facing Zhang Xiu and Liu Biao's risings in Nanyang and Jiangling; worsted in several engagements, his distress calls bring Cao Cao's army south.

Chapter 22 — Yuan Shao And Cao Cao Both Take The Field; Guan Yu And Zhang Fei Captures Two Generals.

Cao Hong; serves under Cao Cao at the Yellow River frontier.

Chapter 24 — Cao Cao Murdered The Consort Dong; Liu Bei Flees To Yuan Shao.

Given command of the three thousand hand-picked 'Imperial Guards' - Cao Cao's men - who seal the palace after Consort Dong's murder.

Chapter 26 — Yuan Shao Loses Another Leader; Guan Yu Abandons Rank And Wealth.

Cao Hong; with Cao Cao at the Yellow River frontier.

Chapter 30 — Shunning Advice, Yuan Shao Loses Leaders and Granaries; Using Strategy, Cao Cao Scores Victory At Guandu.

Cao Hong; commands the Cao Cao camp while the Wuchao raid is underway.

Chapter 31 — Cao Cao Overcomes Yuan Shao In Cangting; Liu Bei Seeks Shelter With Liu Biao In Jingzhou.

First ambush company on the right; blocks Yuan Shao's last road with Xiahou Dun - and is left in sole command on the river bank, maintaining the appearance of strength, when Cao Cao races south to Runan.

Chapter 32 — Jizhou Taken: Yuan Shang Strives; River Zhang Cut: Xun You Schemes.

Left holding Guandu during the Jingzhou feint, then sent ahead against Yejun - his siege lines are already drawn when Cao Cao's main army arrives.

Chapter 33 — A Gallant Warrior, Cao Pi Marries Lady Zhen; An Expiring Star, Guo Jia Settles Liaodong.

Bursts through the press at Nanpi and kills Yuan Tan face to face; later speaks for the officers against chasing the Yuans into the Sea of Sand - the safety counsel Cao Cao rewards even while ignoring it.

Chapter 40 — Lady Cai Renounces Jingzhou; Zhuge Liang Burns Xinye.

Co-commander of the first division with Cao Ren: it is he who reads the empty city as flight and orders it occupied for the night - the decision that puts the army inside Zhuge Liang's tinderbox.

Chapter 41 — Liu Bei Leads His People Over The River; Zhao Zilong Rescues The Child Lord At Dangyang.

Carries the news of the Xinye disaster to Cao Cao, and at Changban gallops down from the hill to demand the lone rider's name - carrying back 'Zhao Zilong of Changshan' and earning the no-arrows order.

Chapter 43 — Zhuge Liang Disputes With The Southern Scholars; Lu Su Denounces The Majority Opinion.

Cao Hong; with Cao Cao.

Chapter 48 — Banquet On The Great River, Cao Cao Sings A Song; Battle On Water, Northerners Fight With Chained Ships.

Cao Hong; with Cao Cao.

Chapter 50 — Zhuge Liang Foresees The Huarong Valley Episode; Guan Yu Lifts His Saber To Release Cao Cao.

Given charge of Yiling and Jiangling by Cao Ren as the defense is reorganized.

Chapter 51 — Cao Ren Withstands The South Land; Zhuge Liang Angers Zhou Yu.

Loses Yiling to Gan Ning in twenty bouts, flees the relief battle on foot over Lü Meng's barricades, urges opening Cao Cao's guide-letter - and duels Han Dang forty bouts in the scripted flight that baits Zhou Yu into the city.

Chapter 56 — Cao Cao Feasts In The Bronze Bird Tower; Zhuge Liang Provokes Zhou Yu A Third Time.

Third bull's eye of the contest, fired to reclaim the robe for the red-robed family side.

Chapter 57 — Sleeping Dragon Mourns In Chaisang; Young Phoenix Intervenes At Leiyang.

One of the four ambush leaders whose armies hem in the western column at the review.

Chapter 58 — Ma Chao Launches An Expedition For Revenge; Cao Cao Flees The Field In Disguise.

Loses Tong Pass on the ninth day of a ten-day charge - baited out by loose horses and staged naps - and is nearly executed for it; then redeems everything at the hillside: 'do not hurt my lord!' - fifty bouts against Ma Chao that buy Cao Cao's life. 'Had I not spared Cao Hong, I should have fallen today.'

Chapter 59 — Xu Chu Strips For A Fight With Ma Chao; Cao Cao Writes A Letter To Han Sui.

Cao Hong; with Cao Cao.

Chapter 61 — In The River, Zhao Zilong Recovers Liu Shan; With One Letter, Sun Quan Repulses Cao Cao.

Cao Hong; with Cao Cao at Ruxu.

Chapter 69 — Guan Lu Sees Things In The Book Of Changes; Five Loyal Subjects Die For Their State.

Cao Hong; sent against Liu Bei's Hanzhong-frontier campaign - defeats Wu Lan.

Chapter 70 — Zhang Fei Takes Wakou Pass With Tactics; Huang Zhong Captures Tiandang Mountain By Stratagem.

Cao Hong; named in passing.

Chapter 71 — At Opposite Hill, Huang Zhong Scores A Success; On The River Han, Zhao Zilong Conquers A Host.

Cao Hong; with Cao Cao in Hanzhong.

Chapter 78 — Treating A Headache, A Famous Physician Dies; Giving The Last Words, The Crafty Hero Departs.

Cao Hong; with the Cao clan at the transition.

Chapter 80 — Cao Pi Deposes The Emperor, Taking Away The Fortunes of Han; Liu Bei Assumes The Throne, Continuing The Heritage.

Cao Hong; in the Wei court.