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Zhang Fei broke into Cao Cao's camp captured Cao's general Lui Dai alive

But Liu Bei was afraid Cao Cao might be back with his troops

He released Liu Dai and Wang Zhong let then back to Xuchang

Ordered Guanyu hold out Xiapei safeguard Liu's two wives

Sun Quan to defend Xuzhou He himself and Zhang Fei maintained Xiapei

That placed them between the horns to guard against Cao Cao

Cao cao

From Dong Cheng's residence?

Let him in

I'm Qin Qingtong

When I was talking with Dong's concubine in dark

Dong Cheng happened upon us

He had the suspicion.That we had illicit relations.He beaten up me

Even threatened to kill me!

So I escaped there at night

Prime Minister!

Prime Minister!

I saw Wang Zifu,Wu Zilan.Chong Ji Wu Shuo and Ma Teng

Were discussing something secret in Dong's residence

They muse be planning to murder you

Dong Chong was writing on a piece of white silk

But I couldn't see what he was writting

Yesterday I saw as well Ji Ping was biting his finger

To swear in the inner chamber

I don't know what they have written

Prime Minister!

Prime Minister he's attempting..

Are you falsely accusing hime to vent your personal spite?

I dare not

You said Ji Ping was biting his finger to swear

Which finger

Index finger

Index finger of his right hard

What I said is really true Hope You'll find out the facts

Thank you.Prime Minister!

Why is it so difficult to decoct the medicinal herds?

It will soon be ready!

Medicine is ready Take it and you'll be well

I'll be well

As you're a scholar you've got to know the etiquette

You must know the subject must take the medicine when the emperor is ill

The son has to take the medicine first When the father is ill

You're my trusted Why don't you taste the medicine before I take it?

Medicine is for the sick Why do you want someone else to try it?

Well,have a good drink till you get drunk

Wang Zifu

Today I've invited all the officials

Why is Dong Cheng the emperor's brother-in-low absent?

Is he absent here!

I hear he's been ill recently

I hear Zifu is a heavy drinker Come on Let's have drink competition

You can hold your liquor I can't drink as much as you can

There's no pleasure at the banquet

I'd like to present something too make you Zifu sober up

Zifu have you sobered up?

It's my honor to have you here in my residence

Why didn't you come to the banquet last night?

I wasn't feeling well

This is an illness of worrying about the country

As you're ill.

I've brought you some good medicine for your illness

This man has confessed and Wang Zifu 3 other men have been arrested

Except one person

Ji Ping

What told you to poison me?

It's Heaven!

He's beaten black and blue nowhere on his body can be tortured any more

Ji Ping.What happened to the index finger of your right hands?

I bit my finger to swear to kill the national traitor

I'll have all your the fingers out off I'll see how you swear

I can swallow the traitor with my mouth

Curse the traitor with my tongue

Cut his tongue.Yes

Prime Minister!

Emperor's brother-in-low

Please show me

Where the imperial palace is?

I want to prostrate myself in front of imperial palace before death

I'm unable to get rid of the rtaitor for my country

It's the will of Heaven

Imperial doctor!

Do you know the man!

Why not!

A shameless lackey.

He seduced my concubine, ran away from my residence

We're trying to catch & kill him!

He's to accuse you of your plot to murder me.He is here to give proof

Who dare put him to death?

How could you believe the one-sided words by an escaped lackey?

Have you found it.

How dare you?

Your majesty

Your majesty

He,the prime minister...

Your Majesty,do you know Dong Cheng has betrayed you?

Dong Zhuo has been killed

It's Dong Cheng not Dong Zhuo

I really don't know

Have you forget to cut finger to write an imperial edict?

Your majesty

Take her out & have her executed

She is pregnant for five months I hope you'll have pity on her

Can we keep it And so it'll revenge its mother?

Take her out & strangle her to death If she can't hang herself

Tell Cao Hong to lead 3,000 troops to guard the palace as imperial guards

From now on,whoever,imperial relative or imperial clansmen

Wants to enter the palace without my order will be put to death

Prime Minister

Here are Dong Cheng & the family members of over 700 people in all

Awaiting your further order!

Executed!

Thought Dong Cheng and others are dead

We must get rid Liu Bei and Ma Teng

Ma Teng station his troops in Xilang And can't be taken easily

We ca write to console him & induce him to the capital to wipe him out

Liu Bei has just levied his troops Their hearts are not stable

He'll be defeated.If you send an expedition against him

Good

Pass my order

We'll send 200,000 troops to attack Xuzhou along 5 route

Kill Liu Bei

It's the right time to dispatch troops as the weather is more warm

At the end of winter And beginning of spring

Sun Qian!

Please give my regards to Yuan Shao when you see him

Ask him to dispatch troops earlier come back to Xuzhou without delay

Yes

Just in case.We can have discussions at any time

You're the troops in Xiapei

and place yourselves between the horns

But there's distance between the two places

If the worst comes to the worst

Don't say anything

Cao Cao has a whole bag of tricks

You must be careful in case the enemy breaks into our campsite

You don't have to worry about it

Take care

Yuan Shao

Lord

Caocao is leading troops to attack LiuBei Xuchang is weakly defended

If you take the chance to send troops to break into Xuchang

You can save both the emperor and the people

Liu Bei will be relived from the danger in Xuzhou as well

This is a rare chance Please think it over

I also think this is the best chance but I'm in a trance

there might be some trouble to dispatch troops

You can't miss the chance

I'm going to die

Why do you say that?

I've five son

I love the youngest one best

But he's suffering from scabies And his death is expected at any time

My heart is troubled and confused

Lord

I think we'll discuss it some other time

Lord

Lord

Tell Liu Bei the reason after you return

He can come to me if he has any trouble

I'll certainly help him!

We could have a discussion if brother Guan were here

Don't worry

Cao Cao's troops come from afar They must be worn out

We may as well loot his camp before he is settled down

He'll surely be defeated

I've taken Brother Zhang as a warrior only

However,you made a trick to catch Liu Dai last time

What you said just now is in conformity with the art of war

In the case I'll make preparations right away

I'll lead the crack troops to break into the enemy camp at night

Good wait!

I'll go with you tonight

Yes

Lord this time Cao Cao's attack on Xuzhou is different from that before

You may go back to Xuzhou as things are urgent

Yes

I'm leaving now

Mr Sun

When you get to Xuzhou

Send someone to Xiapei right away And tell Guan Yu

It's so important that I'll go to Xiapei myself

Tell Guan Yu Cao's troops are coming,he must be careful

Stop going ahead

A sudden strong wind happens to break the flagpole

What do you think it means?

What does it bode?

Why does our army stop?

A strong wind has broken the flagpole just now

The prime minister would like to know what that bodes

Where does the wind come from?

From the southeast

What colored flag has been broken?

A triangle flag in red color

Guo Jia

It bodes nothing

But Liu Bei's troops will come to break into our camp tonight

This is what I'm thinking about

Order the troops to be on guards

The army be divided into 9 battalion Let one battalion in all directions

The other 8 battalion lay ambushes in all directions

Yes

That's Heaven's retribution

Charge

Charge

Too bad! We've fallen into Cao Cao's trap

Retreat quickly!

Big brother

Brother Zhang

Guan Yu is protecting Liu Bei wives And defending Xiapei to the last

If it isn't taken immediately it will fall into Yuan Shao's hands

Zhang Liao,I like Guan Yu talent and his warlike abilities very much

I want to engage him to enter my service

It'd be better to send someone to talk him to surrender

Guan Yu thinks highly of personal loyalty

I know him slightly And willing to go

However..

Zhang Liao

Prime Minister

As Guan Yu is a greatr hero The only way to win him over is by strategy

We may send back surrendered soldiers to Xiapei

They will say they had an escape and they'll be coordinate from within

And we'll try to lure him out to fight

I shall present to be defeated And lead him somewhere else

Our crack troops will cut off his retreat

Then I shall induce him to capitulate.We'll succeed

Guan Yu

General,Why is the sky red?

Is it the flame from Xiapei?

Guan Yu

Do you want to fight it out with me?

How can an unarmed general talk about fighting

Is it that you want to insult me?

Well I'd like to tell you something about the battle last night

The prime minister was well prepared for it

Troops laid ambushes in all directions

Have now tightly encircled the low hill

It's impossible for you to fight back to Xiapei

The prime minister has led the troops to break into the city

I hope you'll think it over & over

Do you come to talk me over?

No

You saved me before Can I help saving you?

Then are you here to help me break through the siege?

No

What are you doing here If you're not coming to help me?

Guan Yu

I don't know what has happened to Liu Bei and Zhang Fei

Last night the prime minister took over Xiapei

nobody was hurt

Liu Bei's wives were well protected

Nor are they allowed to be disturbed

So you're trying talk me over by these words

I look upon death as going home

Go back immediately.I'm going down the hill to fight your troops

Guan Yu

What you've said well be rideiculed by the world

I'll die for loyalty How can people laugh at me?

If you died in the battle you'll be guilty of three faults

Go ahead,please

You and Liu Bei are sworn brothers

You'll die at the time when Liu Bei is just defeated

If Liu bei appears again some other day

He'll get no help from you

Is this anything else than betraying the oath?

This is the first fault

Liu Bei has entrusted you to be in charge of his family

You die they would have no one to protect them

Is it what you will let him down?

This is the second fault

You martial arts are superb

And you have a good knowledge of history as well

Yet you're not thinking how to help Liu bei support the Han

But instead,you want to go thought fire and water

And win a worthless reputation as a valiant fool

Could this be called justice?

That's the third fault

I feel it my duty to point out these three faults to you

heng!

you've spoken of my three faults

What do you want me to do?

Now Cao's troops are all around

If you refuse to surrender,you'll certainly die

but die for nothing

You'd better yield to Cao Cao for the time being

You can go back to Liu Bei later When you get any news of him

And you won't break your oath

Beside,you can preserve your useful life

These are the three advantages Please think it over

You were speaking of the three advantages

But I have three conditions

If Cao Cao agrees

I'll take off my armor without hesitation

If he refuses

I prefer to be guilty of the three faults and die

The prime minister is generous and broad minded,I'm sure he can take it

I'm ready to have your three conditions

The first condition,I've vowed with my brother to help the han's reign

So I submit only to the emperor not to Cao Cao

The second condition,the two ladies

Should be support according to the official wage of the imperial uncle

No one is allowed to enter their house

The third one

Once the information about the imperial uncle is known

No matter how far is I'll leave Cao Cao

I'll set off to rejoin him

Not a single one of the 3 conditions can be dispensed with

Or I'll absolutely not submit

I hope you'll report it back in time

He'll go to him when learns where Liu Bei is

Well,why should I keep Guan Yu?

You don't have to worry

Liu Bei has treated Guan Yu kindly and liberally

Why can't you keep Guan Yu

If you are more kind and liberal to win his heart?

You think highly of Guan Yu

Because you know he's the person

who knows how to repay one's kindness

What you said is right

I will grant the three conditions

Yes

Wait

Pass my order all the troops around the hill must withdraw 30 li

Let Guan Yu go into the city to meet the two ladies

Yes.I take your orders!

Uncle Guan

It's my fault to make both of you frightened

I went to try a last battle

But was besieged on a hill by Cao's troops

Cao Cao sent Zhang Liao urged me to yield

I made the condition

I'll submit myself to the emperor not to Cao Cao

The two sister-in-law shold be well Supported

Their house is not allowed to enter by anyone

And the last of all,once I know my brother's whereabouts

I'll leave Cao Cao & go to rejoin him even he is thousand li amay

Without your decision I dare not take any final step myself

Do you know whereabouts of the imperial uncle?

No

When Cao troops entered the city yesterday

But nobody come to us

Now that you've agreed you don't have to ask our consent

I'm afraid Cao Cao will not let you go to look your brother later on

No worry about that I'll see to that

In that case you must decide everything

You don't need to ask us

Take care of yourself please

Have a rest,please

A defeated general is here to

Thank you the Prime Minister for your graciousness

I've long admired your loyalty

Today I've the great fortune to meet you.That's my life long desire

I'm grateful to you for your promise of my three conditions

I hope you will not break your faith

Since I've made my promise I never go back on my word

When I learn where the imperial uncle is

I'll go to him in spite of all difficulties and dangers

I beg your pardon,even for having no opportunity to say goodbye to you

Liu Bei is alive You'll be allowed to go to him

But I'm afraid he might be like die in the battle

But don't worry.I'll try to get some information about him

Thank you.Prime Minister