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Chapter 34
— Behind The Screen, Lady Cai Overhears A Secret; Across The Tan Torrent, The Dilu Horse Carries Its Master.
Cai Mao's brother, posted on the road to the Xian Hills from the east gate to cut off Liu Bei's escape from the Xiangyang banquet.
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Chapter 46
— Using Strategy, Zhuge Liang Borrows Arrows; Joining A Ruse, Huang Gai Accepts Punishment.
Sent with his brother Cai Zhong to feign desertion and avenge Cai Mao - Zhou Yu reads the missing families at a glance, posts the pair under Gan Ning's watchful van, and privately marks them for sacrifice to the flag on the day of battle.
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Chapter 47
— Kan Ze Presents A Treacherous Letter; Pang Tong Suggests Chaining The Ships.
Probes Gan Ning and Kan Ze, is terrified into revealing his own pretend-desertion - 'let us tell you something quite secret!' - and writes to Cao Cao vouching for the very defections Zhou Yu invented.
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Chapter 49
— On Seven-Star Altar, Zhuge Liang Sacrifices To The Winds; At Three Gorges, Zhou Yu Liberates The Fire.
Kept back in camp 'for another purpose': bound at dusk, told his head will serve as the sacrifice to the flag, he betrays Kan Ze and Gan Ning with his last breath - 'under my directions!' laughs Zhou Yu - and is beheaded on the river bank before the fire fleet sails.