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Chapter 10
— Gathering Arms, Ma Teng Moves To Rescue The Emperor; Commanding A Force, Cao Cao Marches To Avenge His Father.
Recruit from Wucheng, invited into Cao Cao's growing brain trust in the wave brought by Liu Ye alongside Man Chong.
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Chapter 11
— Liu Bei Rescues Kong Rong At Beihai; Lu Bu Defeats Cao Cao Near Puyang.
One of the six generals in Cao Cao's twenty-thousand-man night raid on the western camp; he and Cao Hong are beaten trying to hold off Zhang Liao and Zang Ba during the dawn retreat.
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Chapter 12
— Tao Qian Thrice Offers Xuzhou To Liu Bei; Cao Cao Retakes Yanzhou From Lu Bu.
Guards the rear with Yu Jin on the Puyang march, and when Xue Lan flees toward Juye, rides him down and kills him with an arrow.
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Chapter 14
— Cao Cao Moves The Court To Xuchang; Lu Bu Leads A Night Raid Against Xuzhou.
Named a Commander in the great distribution of offices at Xuchang.
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Chapter 18
— Giving Counsels, Jia Xu Directs A Great Victory; Braving Battlefield, Xiahou Dun Loses An Eye.
Wounded in Jia Xu's counter-ambush at Wancheng, then rides as one of the four van commanders against Lü Bu and falls back with Li Dian on Jibei after the eye-arrow rout.
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Chapter 23
— Mi Heng Slips His Garment And Rails At Traitors; Ji Ping Pledges To Kill The Prime Minister.
Claimed by Cao Cao as one of his secretaries - and rated by Mi Heng as 'a fair armorer'.
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Chapter 26
— Yuan Shao Loses Another Leader; Guan Yu Abandons Rank And Wealth.
Asks the question everyone is thinking - why march the supply wagons in front? - and is told to wait and see; after the victory Cao Cao explains the bait to him by name.
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Chapter 48
— Banquet On The Great River, Cao Cao Sings A Song; Battle On Water, Northerners Fight With Chained Ships.
Commands the rear naval squadron under the black flag in the chained fleet's array.
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Chapter 75
— Guan Yu Has A Scraped-Bone Surgery; Lu Meng Crosses The River In White Robe.