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Chapter 29
— The Little Chief Of The South Slays Yu Ji; The Green Eyed Boy Lays Hold On The South Land.
Sun Ce's wife (the prose calls her Lady Qiao), summoned to the deathbed: care for his mother, and pass through her sister the charge that Zhou Yu must uphold Sun Quan.
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Chapter 44
— Zhuge Liang Stirs Zhou Yu To Actions; Sun Quan Decides To Attack Cao Cao.
Elder Qiao, 'the widow of Sun Ce, our late ruler' - one of the two beauties Zhuge Liang's doctored ode places in Cao Cao's tower, and half the insult that commits Zhou Yu to war.
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Chapter 48
— Banquet On The Great River, Cao Cao Sings A Song; Battle On Water, Northerners Fight With Chained Ships.
Named in Cao Cao's drunken confession: victory means marrying the two Qiaos into the Bronze Bird Tower 'to rejoice my declining years' - the boast that makes Zhuge Liang's doctored ode true after all.