Huang Zhong performs more heroic deeds, then Zhao Yun says to Cao Cao, “Hey, remember me?”
With the battle for Hanzhong in full swing, Liu Bei sends a senior citizen to chase off some rowdy kids.
You are a court official. Cao Cao just put down a coup, and now he’s asking whether you helped put out the fire started by the rebels or just stayed home. What would you say?
We make virtually no progress in the narrative this week as we get tangled up in mysticism, superstition, and oh yeah, another conspiracy to overthrow Cao Cao.
After a general risks life and limb to save him, Sun Quan makes sure everyone appreciates the sacrifice.
Sun Quan tries to wrestle some territory away from Cao Cao, while at the same time playing peacemaker between two of his own officers.
Another foe bows to Cao Cao’s might.
A long overdue farewell to Dongwu’s military genius, who had the misfortune of being alive in the time of Zhuge Liang. Or at least, that’s how the novel tells it.
Guan Yu brings a really big knife to a land dispute.
Liu Bei comes into some new possessions, and then tries to wiggle out of having to pay back his creditors in Dongwu.