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Chapter 7
— Yuan Shao Fights Gongsun Zan At The River Pan; Sun Jian Attacks Liu Biao Across The Great River.
Sun Ce; eighteen years old; rides with his father against Liu Biao. After Sun Jian's death he negotiates the body's return by trading Huang Zu and brings Sun Jian's coffin home - the start of his arc.
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Chapter 8
— Wang Yun Prepares The Chaining Scheme; Dong Zhuo Rages At Phoenix Pavilion.
Sun Ce; receives Sun Jian's body and buries him on the plain of Que; sets about quietly building strength in Changsha while gathering able people.
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Chapter 15
— Taishi Ci Fights With The Young Overlord; Sun Ce Cuts Short The White Tiger King.
Sun Ce; the chapter's lead. Pledges the imperial seal to Yuan Shu in exchange for 3,000 troops and rides south of the river to begin the Jiangdong conquest. Defeats Liu Yao, single-combats Taishi Ci on Shenting Hill, crushes Yan Baihu and Wang Lang of Kuaiji - and takes the southeast with his own hand. The 'Little Conqueror' chapter.
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Chapter 16
— In The Camp Gate, Lu Bu Shoots The Halberd; At River Yu, Cao Cao Suffers A Defeat.
Sun Ce; named in passing - south stable under his rule.
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Chapter 17
— Yuan Shu Marches Out Seven Armies; Cao Cao And Three Generals Join Forces.
Refuses Yuan Shu's loan - 'I would rather punish such a renegade than help him' - garrisons Jiangkou, is made Governor of Kuaiji, and on Zhang Zhao's plan brings his fleet against Shouchun's west face while shipping Cao Cao a hundred thousand carts of grain.
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Chapter 18
— Giving Counsels, Jia Xu Directs A Great Victory; Braving Battlefield, Xiahou Dun Loses An Eye.
His camp at Hukou pins Jingzhou's attention; Cao Cao's memorial makes him Lord of Wu and General Who Destroys Rebels, with orders against Liu Biao.
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Chapter 21
— In A Plum Garden, Cao Cao Discusses Heroes; Using The Host's Forces, Guan Yu Takes Xuzhou.
Sun Ce; named in passing as the rising southern power.
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Chapter 28
— Putting Cai Yang To Death, The Brothers' Doubts Disappear; Meeting At Gucheng, Lord and Lieges Fortify Each Other.
Sun Ce; named in passing - about to die in chapter 29.
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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 dies aged twenty-six. After publicly executing the Daoist Yu Ji and refusing to acknowledge the wound dealt by Xu Gong's three retainers in the hunting forest, his face wounds open during a final glance in the mirror. Names Sun Quan his successor with the line 'for internal matters consult Zhang Zhao; for external Zhou Yu' before dying.
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Chapter 38
— Zhuge Liang Plans For The Three Kingdoms; Sun Quan Attacks Xiakou To Take Revenges.
Sun Ce; named in passing - his mother's dying instructions are honoured.
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Chapter 42
— Screaming Zhang Fei Triumphs At Long Slope Bridge; Defeated Liu Bei Marches To Hanjin.
Sun Ce; named in passing as Sun Quan's late brother.
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Chapter 44
— Zhuge Liang Stirs Zhou Yu To Actions; Sun Quan Decides To Attack Cao Cao.
Present in his widow and his charge: Elder Qiao is his relict, and Zhou Yu holds 'a sacred trust from my late lord, Sun Ce' that no ode was needed to enforce.
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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 as Elder Qiao's husband in Cao Cao's banquet boast - the dead rival whose widow the Prime Minister means to house in his tower.
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Chapter 54
— The Dowager Marchioness Sees Her Son-In-Law; The Imperial Uncle Takes A Worthy Consort.
Named as Patriarch Qiao's other son-in-law - the family thread Zhao Zilong's first bag pulls to reach the Dowager's ear.
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Chapter 57
— Sleeping Dragon Mourns In Chaisang; Young Phoenix Intervenes At Leiyang.
The companion of Zhou Yu's younger days in the threnody - the humble-cottage friendship the mourner laments first.
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Chapter 68
— Gan Ning's Hundred Horsemen Raid The Northern Camp; Zuo Ci's Flung-Down Cup Fools Cao Cao.
Sun Ce; named in passing.
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Chapter 83
— Fighting At Xiaoting, The First Ruler Captures An Enemy; Defending The Three Gorges, A Student Takes Supreme Command.
Sun Ce; named in passing - Sun Quan's elder brother, founder of Wu.
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Chapter 86
— Using Words, Qin Mi Overcomes Zhang Wen; Setting Fire, Xu Sheng Defeats Cao Pi.
Sun Ce; named in passing - Sun Quan's elder brother and founder.
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Chapter 98
— Pursuing The Shu Army, Wang Shuang Meets His Death; Raiding Chencang, Zhuge Liang Scores A Victory.
Sun Ce; named in passing as the founding brother at the accession.
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Chapter 120
— Recommending Du Yu, An Old General Offers New Plans; Capturing Of Sun Hao, Three Kingdoms Becomes One.
Sun Ce; named in passing.