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After scores of battles big and small

Sun Ce controlled the 6 prefectures and 81 counties in Jiangdong

Cao Cao bad made emperor Xian og Han move capital to Xuchang

Appointed himself Senior General Marquis Wuping

He had advantage from hold over the emperor

Liu Bei stations troop in Xuzhou and is governor of the city

Defeated Liubei has turned to him Liubei let him live in Xiaopei

If the two lead troops to invade

It will be a great threat to us

Do you have any good idea to stop it?

I'll lead 50,000 troops

to get rid of Liubei and lubu

It's brave of you but not wise

Xuchang is newly established as the capital.We can't use force hastily

I have an idea

We can get the result without any troops

Go ahead

Liubei is now governing Xuzhou without the emperor decree

You may memorialize the throne to appoint him governor of Xuzhou

Then write a confidential letter telling Liubei to kill Lubu

Liubei succeeds,he'll lose a right hand

Then we can get rid of him later on

If he fails,Lubu will surely kill him

This is the trick of making the two tigers fight each other

Good

I'll memorialize the throne tomorrow

Liubei

You've enjoyed the favor of the emperor

I've coke to congratulate you

Thank you,please

Brother Zhang

Don't act wildly Get away

Elder brother,you...

Why do you want to kill me?

Caocao says you're a treacherous man

He's told my elder brother to kill you

Is it true?

Well,please come with me

Liubei

Cao wants to drive a wedge between you and me

Don't worry

I won't do such an injustice

My dear brother

Xunyu,your trick failed

Then we can try the trick of driving away and swallow the wolf

What does that mean?

You may send someone in secret to Yuanshu

Tell him Liubei has prevented a secret memorial to the throne

In an attempt to annex the southern area

Yuanshu will be so angry to hear it,he'll surely attack Liubei

You may issue a false imperial edict ordering Liubei to fight Yuanshu

If only Yuan and Liu join hands, Lu Bu is sure to have doubt

That's the tuck of driving the tiger to swallow the wolf

Good

One is Lubu the other is Yuanshu

I'll see what Liubei is going to do

Dispatch the troops to attack Yuanshu tomorrow

We must have someone defend the city

Let me defend the city

You can't do it

You become headstrong after drinking

You ever whipped the officers and soldiers

And you turn a deaf ear to others

I don't quite trust you

I'll let Chen Deng help you

You may rest assured

Dispatch 30,000 troops to Nayang

Tomorrow Yes

Liu Bei

Liu Bei is only a nobody

How dare he rank with the others

I've long wanted to attack him He's now come to assault me

That's too outrageous of him

Ji Ling

Yes

Dispatch 100,000 troops to Xuzhou quickly

Let Liu Bei come out alive

Yes

Cao Cao told my brother first to kill Lu Bu

and now to attack Yuan Shu

Cao Cao is giving my brother

a real hard time

Before his departure,my brother told me to drink less

He was afraid I would bungle matters after drinking

I invite you to here today to take an oath

Let's drink to our heart's content tonight

From tomorrow on nobody is allowed to drink including myself

In order to guard the city well

I pledge my word now let's drink

Cao Bao

General Zhang,you may drink but you can't be so sulky

Right

Now Cao Cao told us to kill Lu Bu

And then told us to fight Yuan Shu

I'll get rid of Cao Cao

I wouldn't be sulky anymore

So he would never lead my brother by the nose anymore

Come on,drink it

I don't drink,General

You don't?

I never drink,I'm a born non-drinker

I'm sorry for that

A born non-drinker?

A fighter supposed to be a drinker

I want you to drink this cup

I really can't drink

Only one cup

That's right

One more

I can't drink anymore

You've already drunk one cup

How could you refuse to drink more?

I really can't drink anymore

One more,just one more

You dare disobey my order? Give him one hundred beatings

What did Liu Bei tell you before his departure?

You're only civil official you just mind your own business

Let me alone?

Why are you staring at me?

Take him away

Beat him General Zhang

For the sake of my son-in-law

Spare me please

Your son-in-law?

Who's he?

He's Lubu

I didn't mean to beat you

But you threaten me with Lubu

I simply want to beat you now

Beat him

No,you can't beat me

General Zhang

If not for your vile son-in-law

My brother won't have too much trouble

To beat you is to beat Lu Bu.beat him!

Bastard,he is going too far

General go to rescue Cao Bao

Chen Gong,what do you think I shall do

Xiaopei is not place to live long

Liu Bei has left for Huainan

It's good chance for you to take Xuzhou

Don't miss the chance or it'll be too late to regret

Good

Tell my father-in-law to coordinate from within

I'll take Xuzhou tonight Yes

This time I'll see how that bastard

would account for it before Liu Bei

Ji Ling has retreated to Huaiying River

He dares not fight us

If we're locked in such a stalemate

Brother Zhang

It's Brother Zhang

Brother Zhang

Big Brother

Brother Zhang

What are you doing here instead of defending Xuzhou?

Elder brother...Xuzhou

What happened?

What happened to Xuzhou?

I lost Xuzhou

What?You...

You left Xuzhou against your will

I grew so sulky that I got drunk

And beat Cao Bao Lu Bu's father-in-law

Cao Bao coordinated with Lu Bu from within

You may have me court-martialed

Stand up

What about the two sister-in-law

They were both hemmed in the city

What?

What did you promise when you offered the city?

What did elder brother warn you of?

Now the city is lost and the sister-in-law are hemmed in

What are you going to do with it?

Brother Zhang

As the old saying goes

Brothers are limbs

Wives are shirts

A worm-out shirt can be sewed up

But how could a severed limb be replanted

We three are sworn brothers

We vowed die together on the same day

Though you lost the city and my family

How could I let you die midway?

Besides,Xuzhou wasn't originally mine

It doesn't matter whether it's lost or not

Lu Bu won't harm my wives in the city

We can still try to save them

One slip of your mistake doesn't cost your life

Elder brother

Not long afterwards,Liu Bei's camp was looted by Yuan Shu

Liu Bei suffered heavey casualties

Withdrawing from Yutai Liu Bei was homeless

Chen Gong advised Lu Bu

to let Liu Bei return to Xuzhou

So he could later order liu Bei to fight in the van

They would first attack Yuan Shu then Yuan Shao

to finally overrun the whole empire

Lu Bu afraid Liu Bie would grow suspicious

So he send Liu's two wives back him

Liu Bei was glad and led his men to Xuzhou

Together with Guan and Zhang

Let me escort your wives to Xiaopei

All right

First help them to settle down

Brother Liu Bei

Brother Liu Bei

General

Thank you for protecting my family

You're welcome

Where's Zhang Fei?

He's gone to Xiaopei with the two sisters-in-law

Liu Bei

It was not that I wanted to take over Xuzhou

Oh,no

Only that your brother got drunk here

I was afraid he'd mess things up

So I came to defend it for you

Now you're back

I'll give it back to you

Oh,no

I've long intended to give Xuzhou to you

Now is the right time I did it

It's better you

No

I'm contended to live in Xiaopei

I may govern it on your behalf

Everyone

Sun Ce borrowed my troops for the mutiny

Now he's taken all the land in Jiangdong

Instead of repaying my kindness

He has come to claim his jade seal

What shall I do with him?

He has the natural barrier of the Yangze River

His soldiers are good supplies ample

We can do nothing with him for the time being

What's your idea?

We should first attack Liubei

To get even for what he did to us

It's not late to attack Sun Ce

After that

Liu Bei...

Ji Ling has just defeated Liubei

Though Liu Bei has been defeated

But he's now made peace with Lu Bu

Lu Bu is now occupying the strategic Xuzhou

He'll cause trouble sooner or later

Please think it over

Then how should I attack Liubei

You may buy over Lu Bu with silk and grain

Without his help Liu Bei is a sitting duck

And then we can deal with Lu Bu

So Xuzhou can be taken easily

Right,we can seize Xuzhou first Then attack Jiangdong

So this imperial jade seal is mine

Good,Han Yin

Yes

You may escort two million Dou of grain to Lu Bu

And give my letter to him to let him keep away from Liu Bei

Yes Ji Ling

I appoint you as senior general

Lei Bo,Chen Lan Yes

You two as the assistant commanders

And lead 100,000 troops to Xiaopei

Yes

Please

Please go back

Please

Don't bother to go any further

Please make a reply to Yuan SHu

To express Yuan Shu's thanks to him for the grain

I won't help Liu Bei

All right,I'm leaving

We've only 5,000 troops in Xiaopei

How can we resist Yuan's 100,000 troops?

Yuan Shu's nothing

Let me compete with Ji Ling first

Before we can go down to discussion

Don't show off yourself

Now can we resist the enemy with so few troops?

You may write to Liu Bei

Is he willing to help?

Sun Qian is right I'll write the letter

Yuan Shu asks me not to help Liu Bei

But Liu Bei has written to me for help.Cheng Gong

What are you going to do general?

Liu Bei stations in Xiaopei

He's not harmful to me

But if Yuan Shu gets rid of Liu Bei

With attacking of other generals

I won't be able to ensure Xuzhou

What you're worrying is true

Only if you dispatch troops to save Liu Bei

You can't account for it before Yuan Shu

What a dilemma

I've got an idea

I have a plan to silence both of them

Here is Liu Bei,please

How dare I disobey your order

Please

Please

Please

I invite you here to raise the siege

When you achieve your ambition some day,remember me

Well.Here is general Ji Ling

Ji Ling?

General,I...

Don't be afraid

I invite both of you here for a discussion

don't be suspicious have a seat

General Lu Bu has promised not to help Liu Bei

Why did he dispatch the troops?

Isn't there is the intention to help Liu Bei?

You want to kill me?

No

To kill Liu Bei?

No

What for?

Liu Bei is my brother

Besieged by you I've come for assistance

Then you still want to kill me

I'm not a bellicose man

But a mediator

I mean to mediate between you

May I ask how,general?

I've a way to let it be judge by fate

You'll see later sit down

What're you driving at?

Let me introduce you to each other

Lu Bu is not bellicose

But the world thinks I am

It's really a colossal misunderstanding

I've prepared a banquet for you here

It's good banquet not a treacherous one

to mediate between you Liu and Yuan

Please stop this war for my sake

You each withdraw your troops and go back

You're mistaken

I lead 100,000 troops under my lord's order to catch Liu Bei

What an arrogant bastard

What so special about 100,000 troops?

It's child's play to kill you

How dare you hurt my brother

Put back your sword

Let's see what General Liu's idea is

You may fight each other later

I mean to reconcile you to each other

How could you fight each other?

Reconcile!

It's easy to say so

Ji Ling,don't be so arrogant

Do you think I'm afraid of you?

Dare you go out to compete with me?

You bet

Let's go

Get my hallberd

I told you not to fight but accept the fate

Good

The gate is 150 paces away from the hallberd

If I can hit the center branch of the hallberd--head with an arrow

You'll both withdraw your troops

If I miss

You can go back and prepare an immediate battle

Whoever disobeys me

I'll join my troops

With the other party to fight him

Are you going to shoot...

the center branch of the halberd-head

All right I'll comply with you

Hope you don't break your word

Get me the bow

It's the will of heaven

Heaven bid you to withdraw troops

Come on

Pour wine

It's reconciling wine Cheers!

I dare not disobey your word

How could my lord believe me

When I'm back?

It's not difficult I'll write to convince him

You just lead your troops back

Thank you,general

Without me,you'll be in danger

Fool

You were deceived by Lu Bu

Lu Bu took my provisions

But he designed such a trick to side with Liu Bei

I'll lead the troops in person

To attack both Liu Bei and Lu Bu

No,Lord

Lu Bu has the valiant warrior

And has the strategic Xuzhou

What if Lu Bu allies himself with Liu Bei?

But we can't let them off so easily?

Lord

I have an idea

Go ahead

The other day you send me grain

Now you send me the betrothal gifts

I wonder why?

My lord hears you have a laughter

She has the same age with that of the son of my lord

My lord has admired you for a long time

And would like a marriage

He wants to contract a lifelong alliance

He has sent me here to be the matchmaker

What do you think of it?

Please have a rest in the courtier hotel

Let me think it over

Thank you,general

Goodbye

How dare you,Han Yin?

Do you think we're all fools in Xuzhou?

How dare I think so?

Who offered the alliance trick?

To ally Yuan Shu with Lu Bu by marriage

is to attempt Liu Bei's life

Chen Gong

Nobody could outtrick you,Chen Gong

Please keep it a secret for me

Liu Bei is the here of the day

Only he is still young

You don't want to see him grow,do you?

Don't worry,I won't leak it out

But I'm afraid if it takes too long

It will be seen through by others

Whom are you referring to by others?

Could you tell me what should I do?

I'll go to Fengxian

And persuade Lu Bu to wed his daughter at once

If so

Yuan Shu will be very grateful to you

You just wait for good news

You've agreed to Yuan Shu's proposal?

You've already know it

What do you think?

Good

But I wonder when is the big day

The date is not fixed yet

There are set rules as to the period of time

from betrothal to wedding

What rules?

One year for the emperor Half a year for a lord

A quarter for a minister and a month for a commoner

Yuan Shu owns the jade seal

He'll be emperor sooner or later

What about following the imperial rule?

No

Then following the lord's rule?

No

Well,the minister rule?

Still no

You want me to follow the commoner's rule?

No

Then what're you driving at?

The lord are contending for hegemony

Now you unite with Yuan Shu by marrige

There may be some who is jealous of you

If we fix a wedding date too far away

They may lay an ambush on the wedding day

Then what to do?

Hence today's plan

Since you've betrothed your daughter

Why not sent her to Shou Chun

Before the lords get to know it?

She may first settle down in another place?

Then choose a good day for wedding

By so doing nothing will go wrong

You're absolutely right

I'll go to prepare for it right away