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In the fourth year of Jian'an period in the reign of Emperor Xian of Han

Sun Ce of East Wu died

Sun Quan,his brother succeeded to him and laid hold on Jiangdong

Sun Quan rejected Yuan Shao's request to form an alliance against Cao Cao

But instead set up a cordial relations with Cao Cao in the north

In August of the fifth year of Jian An period

Yuan Shao dispatched 100,000 troops to attack Cao Cao

This is well known in the history as Battle of Guandu

Though Sun Quan rejected my cordial proposal

Can he do anything to me?

Who in the world can match my mighty army?

Report! Cao Cao has dispatched 70,000 troops to join the battle

Cao's army encamped at Guandu

His vanguard is advancing towards us

Cao Cao really overestimates himself

He thinks his 70,000 troops could fight with a force of 700,000 strong

Is that like throwing an egg against a rock?

Pass my order to hurry forward

One battle will see who is stronger

Lord be sure not to have hasty movement

How could you say that When our army is in high spirits

Lord,Though we've more troops They are not so bold as the enemy

They've crack troops but they have no ample supplies

We should try all means to hold off & delay

If we can hold off long enough, the victory will be ours without fighting

If we make haste to fithg that is just what Cao Cao hope for

Hope you'll think it over

Tian Feng has been put into prison for his words had upset my armies

Our armies have just moved forward You dare to mislead my armies

It's unfavorable to war if you refuse the faithful advice

Guards! Take him out And have him executed

Yes!

Pass my orders!

You don't take the faithful advice It's unfavorable to war

Wait pliase!

It's no good to the army's morale if advisor is executed before the battle

It'd be better to have him imprisoned And deal with him later

What General Zhang said is reasonable

It's not too late to deal with him after defeating Cao Cao

put him in chains in the army

I'll punish him & Tian Feng together after defeating Cao Cao

It will be unfavorable to war if the Lord doesn't accept the good advice

All the armies should speed up the advance

And then will camp themselves to west to resist Cao Cao

The Lord wiff fall as he does not accept the faithful advice

It will be unfavorable to war as he refuses the faithful advice

It will be unfavorable to war as he refuses the faithful advice

Cao Cao

Guo Jia

Is Prime Minister watching & waiting?

Yuan Shao outht to take offensive as he comes over so arrogantly

However his vanguard is carrying shields

That means he assumes the defensive

Yuan Shao might take the defensive but you can't do the same

Ours is an army of veterans And one man worth ten

We should start a speedy battle to deflate enemy's arrogance

A long campaigh will lead to an unhappy situation

For our supplies are not sufficient enough

Our 70,000 are fighting against an enemy of 700,000 men

So you should lose no time to make a decision

Any hesitation might affect army's morale

Yuan Sao, In the presence of the emperor

I recommended you the title of senior general

Why do you now plan a rebellion?

You take the title of the Prime Minister of Han,but really a rebel

You're guilty of monstrous crime. How dare you accuse others of rebellion?

I've the edict to make you prisoner

I've the girdle decree to arrest rebels

Beat the drum!

Shout arrows!

Kill the rebels!

Lord,Cao Cao has retreated to Guandu and encamped there

Retire to Guandu?

Guandu is a strategic passage to Xuchang

This movement of Cao Cao's is to control the passage

Prevent our army from marching forward to Xuchang

That's an excellent scheme

Pass my orders.Our army should move near to Guandu & encamp there

And officers should challenges from time to time

Don't let Cao's army get firm foothold and have a chance to rest

Whoever controls Guandu gains the cotrol Xuchang

I think we may send 100,000 troops to guard Guandu

Then throw up mounds near Cao's camps

Our men should be ordered to shoot arrows down to the enemy camps

To disturb the enemy day & night He may be forced to give up this pass

Then Xuchang will be taken by us before long

A good stratagem Pass my order

Strong men from each camp should be selected to throw up mounds

Cao Cao will be besieged in Guandu

It's said that Cao Cao is well versed in the art of war

And yet i shall let him to be in a dilemma

Yes, I take your order!

Xun You

Inspector.Look

Prime Minister

Any message from Xun Yu?

We're held Guandu for over a month though each side has its gains &lose

Yuan has more troops And enough supplies

If this situation goes on,our army's morale will be surely sinking lower

Now Xuchang is undefended

If Yuan Shao sends a few troops to attack Xuchang

How shall we resist the enemy?

Now that we could not win in a speedy battle

We'd better retire earliet so as to prepare ourselves well

For another battle in the future

I've said a lot Why do you keep silent?

Prime Minister.I've come here to offer you a plan for making ballast

I've never thought you

What

I didn't expect you have the idea of the retreat

Think it over please

Our 70,000 troops are resisting the enemy forces 700,000 strong

Have held here for over a month Though we've not won

But we're not been shaken by Yuan's huge army either

That exactly show Yuan's army is just so so

Prime Minister!

The messenger returned from Xuchang brought with him a letter from Xunyu

It appears to me that Yuan Shao has assembled such larger force at Guandu

With the expectation of winning a defeat

You're very weak while he's very strong

If you can't get the better of him He'll be able to work his will on you

That's a crisis of empire

Your opponents are indeed numerous But Yuan doesn't know to use them

With your military genius Why are you not sure to succeed

Now though your numbers are small

You're securely entrenched with your hands on his throat

He'll be prevented from advancing

That state of thing can't last long,but will change

This is the time to make some anexpected move.You must not miss it

Entrenched with our hands on his throat to prevent him from advancing

This state of thing can't last long but will change

This is the time to make some anexpected move.You must not miss it

Reasonable this chance mustn't be missed

Prime Minister What's Xun Yu's idea in his letter?

We must hold fast to Guandu

Put our hands on his throat to prevent him from advancing

The present situation is just like that

We're hold out at Guandu for more than a month

It so called that situation can't last long

As long as we can hold our position And miss no chance

This state of things will change as Xun Yu predicted

The most urgent thing now is

To set our army's mind at rest boost their morale

As to the plan put forward by Liu Ye just now

Liu Ye

Come on!

I've tried my best

To let an arrow hit the traitor

It might be two or three hundred paces away

Prime Minister issue an order Please!

Li Dian

Who's asking to see me?

Prime Minister Lord

We two are here without being invited

Why are you two so muddied?

In the day time, I saw Yuan's men when digging pits behind the mounds

That means Yuan's army can't attack us openly,instead, attack us secretly

They're now tunneling a way into the midst of our camps

Don't worry.Prime Minister

Liu Ye has instructed our men to dig a deep moat around our camps

The their tunnel will be useless And labor will be wasted

Prime Minister, But our provisions are getting exhausted

I'm now writing to Xun Yu

To send provisions here without delay

General Xu Huang asks to see you

Prime Minister

Anything urgent?

My assistant Shi Huan on his patrol duty captured a spy

After interrogating

I've found out Yuan Shao sent General Han Meng to escort supplies to armies

Han Meng is a valiant fool

We can send a few thousand light cavalrymen

To intercept him

It'll cause much trouble in the enemy camp

Fine. Xu Huang you can lend your troops to move out first

I'll order Zhang Liao & Xu Zhu to lead their troops to come to your aid

If Yuan Shao's relief troops come

You can attack them from both sides

I'm leaving to make some preparations right away

Hurry up!

We must get to the central camp before dawn

Who's that man over there?

It's General Zhang & Gao

If you had come a bit earlier how could the supplies have been raided

The Lord has sent us to your rescue

When he got the report from the escaped soldiers

No more talking. Let's go &fight Xu Huang while he's not far yet

That's fine!

Look,general!

I'll go & fight him You two should hold the ground

That's too bad! We're fallen into the enemy's trap been surrounded

Are you ashamed of coming to me since our supplies were raided

Coming,Yes

Take him out & put him to death

Yes

Lord

Lord

Lord,our army morale is sinking after the supplies were raided

To execute a general at this time will cause more trouble in the army

Lord

General Han fought the enemy desperately but failed

Because of Cao Cao's crafty trick

I hope you'll forgive him and let him redeem himself by good service

Forgive him.Please!

Well I forgive you this time

Leave here immediately

Thank you.Lord!

Now have you any idea? Since our supplies were raided?

Wuchao is our main depot of provisions

Must be carefully defended to guard against any accident

I've made my plans. You'll return to Yedu & keep supervising the supplies

Be sure to supply the army with provisions in time

Yes! Take your orders

Chun Yu Qiong!

Yes

Wuchao is our important depot And must be heavily defended

I order you to lead troops to guard there carefully

Not a single mistake is allowed! Yes

Lord!

What

Ju Shou wants to see you for something urgent

I won't see him

Ju Shou said it is of military importance

I won't see him no matter how important

Yes

You're now in chains not an advisor to the Lord

Tell me please or I'll go down on my knees

You can't do that before a soldier

If you want to know. I'll tell you

Han Meng escorted the supplies.They were raided &ruined on the way

The Lord has sent Shen Pei to Yedu to supervise the supplies

Chun Yu Qiong to defend Wuchao

What's the matter?

Tell the Lord at once

A disaster is near!

I've something to report to you

I've nothing to deal with today I've time to listen to you

How do you say you've nothing to deal with today? A disaster is approaching

I've followed you for years

At the time when a disaster is about to come

I hope you sincerely listen to me

I let you come to me as you've been with me for many years

Stand up. Tell me what you have on your mind

Yes

Provisions are of great importance for any army

I know it better

But you haven't really keep this important matter in your mind

What!

Supplies were raided. Wuchao will fall at any moment

I've sent Chun Yu Qiong to have it heavily defended

This is just the weak point

You're still in chains

And have nothing to do with military affairs

It's a common knowledge for military commander take the supplies seriously

I've already sent troops to defend them

Lord, Chun Yu Qiong is fond of drinking

He is always dead drunk withour any wit and scheme

How can this muddle-headed and incompetent fellow

Undertake such an important task?

Guard!

Put him into prison for his arrogant

Let him be heavy chains! Lord! Lord!

He can't be out without my order!

I risked my life to geve the advice A disaster is near keep dear head

To be careful,Lord

Lord! Lord!

Pass my order to put the warder to death send another one to replace him

Who is that man?

Where do you send him under escort?

Report!

I captured this suspect on my partol duty

He called himself a trader

I cearched him & found a confidential letter from Cao Cao to Xuchang

Now I'm sending him to the central camp

A Cao's spy

Where's the letter? Bring it to me

This is of military importance I'll go to report it to the Lord in person

We must defeat Cao Cao at Guandu in this battle

All right?

Lord! Good news!

What's surprised you so pleasantly?

Good news indeed. We can defeat Cao Cao in a battle

Go ahead. Please!

Farewell

Sit down

Please tell me right away

Cao Cao has held at Guandu for a long time

The capital must be undefended

A small army dispatched immediately

Then Xuchang could be broked Cao Cao could be captured

How do you know Cao Cao is short of supplies?

Our guard captured spy brought with confidential letter

Saying Caocao is urging provisions from Xuchang

Cao Cao is full of tricks

I'm afraid this letter would induce us to fall into his trap

Lord

If we don't take Xuchang now.He'll do you some injury someday in the future

Cao Cao is very crafty we can't but believe this letter

We definitely couldn't slip this golden chance

I'm willing to make a pledge at the risk of my life

How can you say this letter is not a trick of Cao Cao's?

How could you know Cao Cao so well?

Lord

Speek up?

I dare not ignore a matter of the military concern

Cao Cao expressed clearly in his letter that

Their supplies can hardly meet their needs The army's moral will be upset

Guandu could hardly be defended How can this be false?

Lord

Lord,here is Shen Pei's message from Yedu

Read it,Yes

Upon your orders.I went to Yedu to arrange the army provisions

Everything is ready. Supplies wil be sent to you soon

So you don't have to worry

I've another thing to report.Xu You...

Don't stop! Keep no reading

Xu You was found to be in the habit of receiving bribes while in Jizhou

He had winked at his relatives collecting excess taxes

Now his son and nephew have been imprisoned

This is Shen Pei's slander on me You mustn't believe him

How can you have face to stand before me and propose plans

You're and old friend of Cao Cao's

Can it be that he has bribed you

You try to deceive me into dividing my forces.So that Cao Cao defeat me

Is that true?

Shen Pei has plotted a frame-up against me

I ought to take off your head

But I'll let your neck carry it for the time being.Guards...

Get him out!

Never let him come to me again

Yes

Shen Pei has plotted a frame-up against me

Shen Pei has plotted a frame-up against me

Shen Pei has plotted a frame-up against me

Faithful words offend his ear.He's pest and unworthy of advice from me

Yuan shao rejects my honest advice

He's surely be taken by Cao Cao

Why don't turn to Cao Cao?

You beast. You're spoilin grains while our men have nothing to eat

If it's not the horse of the Lord

Stop

Please report to the Prime Minister

This man was capture by our sentry

He said he has comething importan to report to the Prime Minister

The Prime Minister has just gone to bed

After holding a meeting of war with his generals last night

I'll repor to him when he wakes up

This man insited on seeing the Prime Minister an once for simething urgent

It can't be delayed

Say no more

Who dare disturb the Prime Minister as he has just gone to sleep?

Cao Cao

Cao Cao

Who's shoutin outside the door?

Xu You of Nanyang is coming over to you

Fine

You an honorable Prime Minister of the Han

Should not treat me,a civilian so humble

No! Come on!

Well,we're old friends only

Without any rank between us

Come on! Please

Come on

Please!