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Chapter 13 — Li Jue and Guo Si Duel In Changan; The Emperor Establishes Anyi The New Capital.

Debuts under Yang Feng's banner: a battle-ax on a fleet bay who fells Guo Si's general Cui Yong with a single blow at Xinfeng, is presented to the grateful Emperor, and holds the line again at Huaying when Guo Si's rings close.

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

Fells the treacherous Li Yue in a single bout at the Gu Hills, then bars Cao Cao's road at the mound crying 'Cao Cao is stealing away the Emperor!' - and trades fifty even bouts with Xu Chu. Won over in his candlelit tent by his old friend Man Chong, he refuses to murder his masters as a parting gift - 'it is very wrong for a servant to slay his master' - and crosses to Cao Cao with a handful of riders.

Chapter 19 — Cao Cao Makes Flood In Xiapi; Lu Bu Perishes At The White Gate Tower.

Takes Chen Gong prisoner at the south gate as the flooded city falls.

Chapter 23 — Mi Heng Slips His Garment And Rails At Traitors; Ji Ping Pledges To Kill The Prime Minister.

Xu Huang; serves under Cao Cao.

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

Xu Huang; in the Xuzhou assault.

Chapter 25 — Besieged In Tushan, Guan Yu Makes Three Conditions; Relieved At Baima, Cao Cao Beholds A Marvel.

Xu Huang; engages Yan Liang at Baima and is forced back after 20 bouts - only Guan Yu's strike succeeds.

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

Xu Huang; commander at the Yellow River frontier; engages Wen Chou before Guan Yu's strike.

Chapter 27 — The Man Of Beautiful Beard Rides On A Solitary Journey; Guan Yu Slays Six Generals Through Five Passes.

Xu Huang; named in passing.

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

Follows up his prisoner-spy's intelligence by burning Han Meng's entire supply convoy in a defile by night - the first fire of the grain war - then rides rear guard on the Wuchao raid itself.

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

Xu Huang; with Cao Cao at Cangting.

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

Kills Yuan Tan's champion Wang Zhao at Liyang, shares the white-flag ambush and the night raid with Zhang Liao - and personally captures Shen Pei dashing out on the southeast of the fallen city.

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

Kills Yuan Tan's champion Peng An in a few bouts before Nanpi, and charges as one of the four points at White Wolf Hills.

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

Xu Huang; with Cao Cao.

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

Rescues Cao Cao from Ling Tong's gorge ambush, engages Zhao Zilong with Zhang He at the first laugh, swings a work-gang whip over the road-builders in the mire, and stands with Xu Chu and Zhang Liao against Zhang Fei at the second.

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

Ends the contest by aiming past the target: his arrow cuts the willow twig, the robe flutters down, and he rides off wearing it - until Xu Chu lifts him bodily out of the saddle.

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

Closes the fourth side of the trap that ends the Ma family's embassy.

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

Cannot curb Cao Hong through nine days of insults and is scolded for it - then supplies the campaign's master stroke: cross the Yellow River at Cattail Ferry, seize the west bank, and cut the Xiliang army's rear. He marches with four thousand men and Zhu Ling to the hidden gullies.

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

Xu Huang; with Cao Cao.

Chapter 67 — Cao Cao Conquers Hanzhong; Zhang Liao Terrorizes Xiaoyao.

Xu Huang; fights Pang De at Yangping.

Chapter 68 — Gan Ning's Hundred Horsemen Raid The Northern Camp; Zuo Ci's Flung-Down Cup Fools Cao Cao.

Xu Huang; with Cao Cao at Ruxu.

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

Xu Huang; with Cao Cao in Hanzhong.

Chapter 72 — Zhuge Liang's Wit Takes Hanzhong; Cao Cao's Army Retires To The Ye Valley.

Xu Huang; commands a wing at the Han River for Cao Cao; routed in the empty-camp panic.

Chapter 75 — Guan Yu Has A Scraped-Bone Surgery; Lu Meng Crosses The River In White Robe.

Xu Huang; sent by Cao Cao to relieve Fan; gathers a fresh army; will engage Guan Yu next chapter.

Chapter 76 — Xu Huang Fights At The River Mian; Guan Yu Retreats To Maicheng.

Xu Huang; Cao Cao's chosen relief commander. Crosses the floodwaters with a fresh army; engages Guan Yu's perimeter at Fan; duels Guan Yu personally (old friend on the other side of the line); breaks the siege. The Wei side's redemption from the Yu Jin disaster.

Chapter 79 — Brother Oppressing Brother: Cao Zhi Composes Poems; Nephew Harming Uncle: Liu Feng Receives Punishment.

Xu Huang; with the Wei column at Shangyong.

Chapter 86 — Using Words, Qin Mi Overcomes Zhang Wen; Setting Fire, Xu Sheng Defeats Cao Pi.

Xu Huang; with Cao Pi.

Chapter 94 — Zhuge Liang Defeats The Qiangs In A Snowstorm; Sima Yi Captures Meng Da By A Rapid March.

Xu Huang; killed in this chapter - shot in the head by an arrow from Meng Da's men on Sima Yi's approach to Xincheng; dies of the wound. The last of Cao Cao's named generals.