Chapter 105
— The Lord of Wuxiang Leaves A Plan In The Silken Bag; The Ruler of Wei Removes The Bronze Statue With The Dew Bowl.
Wins the confrontation that decides the whole Wei Yan affair. Sent ahead by Yang Yi with three thousand troops, he reaches the rear of Nangu Valley, calls Wei Yan out — 'You rebelled immediately after the late chief's death, before even his body was cold' — and then talks past him to his men: 'you soldiers are Shu people. Your fathers and mothers, wives and children, and your friends are still in the land. Were you treated unkindly that you have joined a traitor?' More than half of Wei Yan's army walks off the field. He then fights a few bouts, feigns defeat, draws the pursuit into his archers, and cannot be caught.