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Chapter 87
— Conquering The South Mang, The Prime Minister Marches The Army; Opposing Heaven Troops, The King Of The Mangs Is Captured.
The defense of Yongchang and the key to everything after: years before, he sent secret agents through the south and drew 'The Plan to Subdue the Mangs' — the map he now lays in Zhuge Liang's hands. Made Adviser and Army Guide.
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Chapter 88
— Crossing River Lu: The Mang King Is Bound The Second Time; Recognizing A Pretend Surrender: Meng Huo Is Captured The Third Time.
Sites the four cool stockades that shelter the army through the fifth-month heat — the 'mistake' that is actually a lure — and co-hosts the drugged banquet with Ma Su.
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Chapter 89
— The Lord of Wuxiang Uses The Fourth Ruse; The King of Mang Is Captured The Fifth Time.
Solves the sunken-raft problem with the giant bamboos of the nearby mountain — thirty thousand men cut the hundred-span bridge over the West Er — though even his map-knowledge runs out at the Bald Dragon Ravine.
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Chapter 90
— Chasing Off Wild Beasts, The Prime Minister Defeats The Mangs For The Sixth Time; Burning Rattan Armors, Zhuge Liang Captures Meng Huo The Seventh Time.
Knows the Wuguo Kingdom by reputation — the rattan that no thrust pierces, the poison river — and counsels retreat: 'victory will mean little.' Zhuge Liang, merrily, prefers a counter-plan.
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Chapter 91
— Sacrificing At River Lu, The Prime Minister Marches Homeward; Attacking Wei, The Lord Of Wuxiang Presents A Memorial.
Left at Yongchang with Wang Kang in joint command of the four southern territories — Yizhou, Yongchang, Zangge and Yuesui — the settlement that holds the south while the army turns north.