Chapter 117
— Deng Ai Gets Through The Yinping Mountains; Zhuge Zhan Falls In The Battlefield Of Mianzhu.
Nineteen years old, Leader of the Van at his own request - 'Since my father commands the army, I volunteer to lead the van!' - and he rides out alone to challenge the Wei leaders in the second battle. Watches his father die from the wall of Mianzhu, and is told by Zhang Zun not to go out. 'My father and I and all our family have received favors from the state. My father has died in battle against our enemies, and can I live?' He whips his horse into the thick of it and dies there. Deng Ai has father and son buried fittingly.