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Chapter 60
— Zhang Song Turns The Table On Yang Xiu; Pang Tong Proposes The Occupation Of Shu.
Fights the invitation twice: bursts in sweating to warn that forty-one counties will change hands, then seizes Liu Zhang's robe with his teeth to stop the welcome journey — dragged off with two teeth left in the silk.
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Chapter 62
— The Taking Of River Fu Pass, Yang Huai and Gao Pei Perish; The Siege Of Luocheng, Huang Zhong and Wei Yan Rival.
Dissuades the troop grant, and after Zhang Song's exposure gives the two orders that shape the war: seal every pass against Jingzhou, and hold Luocheng — 'the very throat of the road he must take.'
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Chapter 64
— Zhuge Liang Plans For The Capture Of Zhang Ren; Yang Fu Borrows Soldiers To Destroy Ma Chao.
Liu Zhang's second emissary to Hanzhong — buys Yang Song's favor first, then argues the lips-and-teeth case to Zhang Lu with the promise of twenty counties, and wins the help the first messenger was refused.
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Chapter 65
— Ma Chao Battles At Jiameng Pass; Liu Bei Takes Over Yizhou.
Rises sword in hand against Qiao Zhou's surrender-omens, boycotts the victory reception — and submits only when Liu Bei calls at his door in person; made General of the Right Army.
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Chapter 80
— Cao Pi Deposes The Emperor, Taking Away The Fortunes of Han; Liu Bei Assumes The Throne, Continuing The Heritage.
Huang Quan; in Liu Bei's court; among the petitioners. Later defects to Wei during the Yiling retreat.
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Chapter 81
— Eager For Vengeance, Zhang Fei Is Assassinated; Athirst Of Retribution, The First Ruler Goes To War.
Appointed Counselor to the expedition with Cheng Ji.
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Chapter 82
— Sun Quan Submits To Wei, Receiving The Nine Dignities; The First Ruler Attacks Wu, Rewarding Six Armies.
Talks the First Ruler into at least hearing Zhuge Jin — if the proposals fail, the envoy can carry back the knowledge that Shu means to punish the crime.
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Chapter 83
— Fighting At Xiaoting, The First Ruler Captures An Enemy; Defending The Three Gorges, A Student Takes Supreme Command.
Given command of the marines when the army splits into eight for the advance on Xiaoting.
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Chapter 84
— Lu Xun Burns All Consecutive Camps; Zhuge Liang Plans The Eight-Array Maze.
Warns that ships going downstream cannot easily come back and asks to lead the van himself — and is instead given command of the army NORTH of the Great River, watching Wei: the posting that will cut him off from his Emperor when the fires come.
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Chapter 85
— The First Ruler Confides His Son To A Guardian; The Prime Minister Calmly Settles Five Attacks.
Cut off on the north bank, he yields to Wei rather than to Wu and weeps through the audience — declining Cao Pi's title, refusing to believe the spy's tale that his family has been executed: 'the Ruler of Shu knows my heart.' He is right: Liu Bei has already refused vengeance and kept the family on the rolls.