Everyone gears up for a fight with Cao Cao over Xu Province, and then all of a sudden it’s the province nobody wants.
Our old friend Cao Cao is expanding his operation. Want to join? You just need to either be a friend of a friend of a friend of a friend of a friend of someone who already works there, or be a man-beast who kills dozens of coworkers with your bare hands over a disagreement.
Dong Zhuo learns that broken chariots, wild horses, and melancholy songs are, in fact, not auspicious signs.
Expertly manipulated by Diao Chan, Lü Bu and Dong Zhuo come to blows over who gets to go to bed with a 16-year-old.
Sun Jian leaves his son in charge, while Dong Zhuo leaves his son out in the cold for a pretty face.
Now that they are not fighting Dong Zhuo anymore, the former coalition leaders have to do something to occupy their time. What better way is there to avoid idleness than waging war against each other?
Dong Zhuo moves the capital and turns the journey into a traveling horror show as only Dong Zhuo can, while the coalition becomes distracted when it discovers the one thing of value that Dong Zhuo left behind.
The coalition forces are marching for the capital, but first, they will have to get past Dong Zhuo’s top generals. The result is two of the most famous battlefield encounters in Chinese lore. Podcast: Play in new window | Download
It’s a busy episode for Cao Cao. He gets out of a sticky situation, screws himself out of a delicious pork dinner, drops some life wisdom on his traveling companion, and then stirs up a whole lot of trouble for Dong Zhuo.
As Dong Zhuo rises to power, he bestows endless kindness and benevolence on all mankind. He’s doing such a great job, in fact, that someone decided to give him a beautiful, bejeweled knife with a razor-sharp edge while he was lying down with his back turned.