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Chapter 43
— Zhuge Liang Disputes With The Southern Scholars; Lu Su Denounces The Majority Opinion.
Fourth challenger: asks if Zhuge Liang means to play the persuader like Zhang Yi and Su Qin - and is told those two were heroes who carried seals of state, unlike men frightened into surrender counsel by one crafty letter.
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Chapter 44
— Zhuge Liang Stirs Zhou Yu To Actions; Sun Quan Decides To Attack Cao Cao.
Bu Zhi; pacifist; with the council.
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Chapter 68
— Gan Ning's Hundred Horsemen Raid The Northern Camp; Zuo Ci's Flung-Down Cup Fools Cao Cao.
Carries the peace mission to Cao Cao's camp — a yearly tribute for mutual withdrawal.
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Chapter 73
— Liu Bei Becomes The Prince Of Hanzhong; Guan Yu Marches To Attack Xiangyang.
Sees through Cao Cao's game — 'he wants to shift the misfortune to us' — and turns it: let Cao Ren attack by land first, draw Guan Yu out of Jingzhou toward Fancheng, and only then send Wu's army to seize the empty city. The scheme both thrones adopt.
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Chapter 83
— Fighting At Xiaoting, The First Ruler Captures An Enemy; Defending The Three Gorges, A Student Takes Supreme Command.
Counts the five dead men Liu Bei hated and builds the ransom from what remains: Zhang Fei's head, the two assassins, Jingzhou, Lady Sun — the total-concessions package the First Ruler throws back.