Chapter 88
— Crossing River Lu: The Mang King Is Bound The Second Time; Recognizing A Pretend Surrender: Meng Huo Is Captured The Third Time.
The chapter's tragedy: shamed off the field by Ma Dai's rebuke ('how could you forget the debt to the Prime Minister?'), sentenced to death by his King and beaten a hundred strokes instead — he leads the malcontents into the drunken King's tent, binds him, and delivers him to Zhuge Liang, taking praise and presents. Meng Huo, freed, lures him to a fake meeting and has him assassinated, his corpse thrown in a gully.