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Chapter 7
— Yuan Shao Fights Gongsun Zan At The River Pan; Sun Jian Attacks Liu Biao Across The Great River.
Peng Ji; Yuan Shao adviser who first proposes seizing Jizhou outright.
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Chapter 22
— Yuan Shao And Cao Cao Both Take The Field; Guan Yu And Zhang Fei Captures Two Generals.
Named Commanding General beside Shen Pei for the Liyang expedition - and dissected in Xun Yu's council takedown as 'steady but useless'.
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Chapter 30
— Shunning Advice, Yuan Shao Loses Leaders and Granaries; Using Strategy, Cao Cao Scores Victory At Guandu.
Rebukes Tian Feng's 'ill-omened words' as the army marches - and, when the broken Yuan Shao stumbles home, whispers that the jailed prophet is laughing: the slander that gets Tian Feng put to death.
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Chapter 31
— Cao Cao Overcomes Yuan Shao In Cangting; Liu Bei Seeks Shelter With Liu Biao In Jingzhou.
Meets the beaten Yuan Shao with reinforcements, hears the remorse about Tian Feng - and jealously invents the prisoner 'clapping his hands for joy' at the defeat: the slander that sends the letter and sword to the prison. In the succession council he sides with Shen Pei for Yuan Shang.
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Chapter 32
— Jizhou Taken: Yuan Shang Strives; River Zhang Cut: Xun You Schemes.
Declares Yuan Shang successor with Shen Pei at the deathbed - then draws the fatal lot to serve Yuan Tan as pledge, finds him suspiciously healthy, tries to resign, and is kept as a hostage until the withheld reinforcements give Yuan Tan his excuse: Peng Ji is put to death.