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Chapter 79
— Brother Oppressing Brother: Cao Zhi Composes Poems; Nephew Harming Uncle: Liu Feng Receives Punishment.
Follows his brother over to Wei — and springs the Fangling ambush on the fleeing Liu Feng at a wave of his signal.
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Chapter 94
— Zhuge Liang Defeats The Qiangs In A Snowstorm; Sima Yi Captures Meng Da By A Rapid March.
Governor of Jincheng, and never a real conspirator: he and Shen Dan 'were only pretending to abet' Meng Da, drilling troops to keep up appearances and pleading transport delays to explain why they could not start. It is Shen Yi's secret message that tells Sima Yi the revolt is coming. Arrives outside Xincheng under his own banner, is taken for a rescuer, and answers the opened gates with 'Rebel, stay!' Promoted and given a post in Sima Yi's army.
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Chapter 95
— Ma Su's Disobedience Causes The Loss Of Jieting; Zhuge Liang's Lute Repulses The Army Of Sima Yi.
The encirclement of Ma Su's hill and the cutting of the water are his work with Shen Dan: Sima Yi 'ordered Shen Yi and Shen Dan to surround the hill and to block the road to the water supply'. They also take the abandoned Jieting camps, so that Wei Yan and Wang Ping come back to find them held, and drive the pair to Liliu. Left with Shen Dan to garrison Liliu when Sima Yi moves on Xicheng.