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Dear old friend didn't expect to meet you here

I was unable to chose the worthy master

I had to retire myself to serve under Yuban Shao's command

But he turned a deaf ear to my advice and plan

So I've left him and turned to you

Very good

You're willing to come here It'd be a great help to me indeed

Have you any good idea to defeat Yuan Shao?

I advised him to send light cavalrymen to take the cap

So that you would be attacked from both sides

If he did that I'd be lost

How much grain has you in store?

Enough for one year

I'm afraid not

Well it was just joking

Only half a year

Why?

My old friend, sit down please

I've come to you wish sincerity

But you repay me with deceit I'm disappointed

To tell the truth

Only enough for three months

Why are you laughing?

People say you're crafty man it's true indeed

Everyone knows in war there's no objection to deceptions

But never a word to anyone else

Actually I've only supplies for this month's use

Stop throwing dust in my eyes any more, your grain is exhausted

How did you find that out?

You send persons to go to Xuchang for grain and hay

Your urgent letter to ask for grain is in my hand

Since you've found out the truth

I sincerly hope you'll give me some advice to defeat Yuan Shao

Prime Minister

You all leave here nobody is allowed to come in

Yes

You're resisting a great army with a small one

You're sure to suffer defeat if you don't force on a speedy battle

Go ahead

I've a plan

Within three days

It can defeat Yuan's 700, 000 men without fighting a battle

But will you follow my advice?

You don't have to do that

Just let me know everything on your mind

I'll follow your plan

You're known to be good at the art of war

So you must know what comes first in defeating the enemy

Cut off his provisions supplying route?

This is like choking one's throat

But only by cutting off his supply

You are not sure to put him to death

You don't need to beat about the bush

Yuan's sores of all provisions are at Wu Chao

That's is Yuan's vital part

It's a key place, and Yuan must have put a strong force there

So it's not easy to take

This is the key to defeat Yuan within three days

Yuan ignores this important and strategic place

And sends a drunkard officer Chunyu Qiong to guard it

He is quite unprepared

A golden opportunity for you to attack

But how to do that, do you know?

It's a piece of cake

Send some of your crack cavalry units

to pretend to be Jiang Qi's troops

And they've come to help guard against the grain

These men can find an opportunity to set grain

and other provisions on fire then within three days

Yuan would be in disorder An excellent idea

An excellent idea I'll go there in person

It's dangerous to raid grain depot you shouldn't go yourself

It's hard to tell accident if you go there yourself, please think it over

I still have some doubts about Xu You's schemes

Wuchao Yuan's grain depot would certainly be well guarded

I'm afraid there's some tricks in Xu You's scheme

So you can't go there in person

5, 000 cavalrymen are no match for Yuan's large troops

Report

Prime minister

The 5, 000 cavalrymen are ready to set out

Good

Prime minister

What shall we do?

Wuchao is the vital part of Yuan

Our victory or otherwise depends on the raid on Yuan's grain depot

Xu You was sent here by Heaven to help me defeat Yuan Shao

Now we don't have enough grain to hold out any longer

I've to either follow his advice or sit still and be hemmed in

Moreover this raid has been my desire for a long time

No more suspicion I'm afraid Yuan Shao will

break through to attack us here while you're away

That's already well planned

Give orders please!

Set out for Wuchao at dusk

Yes

Pass my orders

Hold aloft the torch lights and go all out

Chun Yu Qiong

What's the matter?

Look! Wuchao is on fire!

Something unexpected has happened at Wuchao

The rear guards keep eyes on the grain

The rest will come with me to resuce our men at Wuchao!

Prime Minister

Yuan's relief troops are coming up in the rear

Generals, press on to the front till

the enemy is actually close at hand

Then face about

Their relief troops are attacking us in the rear

Now I order the rear guards to fight back and

to keep our way out through

Yes

Lord, Wuchao is on fire

Yuan Shao

I'm villing to go to their rescue with Gao Lan

No, Cao Cao must be there in person

So his camp must be undefended

We'd better send some troops to attack his camp

and that will soon bring him back again

Take advantage its fatigue, Cao's army can be defeated at one stroke

This strategy has ever been used by Sun Bin

That's right

No

Cao Cao is crafty, he must fully prepare for such an attack

If we attack his camp and fail

Once Cao's army goes back to Wu Chao, we'd under a pincer attack

That's disadvantage to us

What Cao Cao thinks now is to raid grain

How could he leave any troops behind?

So make an instant decision to attack the camp

It's important to rescue Wuchao

What you both said

You both

Lord

You both

have reason

Zhang He and Gao Lan

Yes

You two lead five thousand men

Yes

Jiang Qi will lead ten thousand men to rescue Wuchao

General

Did you sober up last night?

If you are sober now, have a look

This is the place you are entrusted to defend

Just as Xu You said

With this man at Wuchao

There's no reason not to lose it

Guard

Yes

Have him tattooed on the face and body

Then send him back to disgrace Yuan Shao

Let's hurry back to Guandu

pretend to be the Wuchao's defeated soldiers

When we encounter their relief troops kill them on the spot

Yes

Xia Hou Yuan

General we should not go further on or they would suspect us

Which troops?

We're Chun Yu Qqiong's men

defeated by Cao's army at Wuchao

Jiang Qi

Hurry up! Advance to Wuchao

Stop, Jiang Qi

Send person to pretend to be Jiang Qi's troops to Yuan Shao's camp

telling him Jiang Qi has driven away Cao's men

and recovered Wuchao

Yes

Go back to Guandu immediately

Raise your head

My lord

What's on your face?

tattooed... chaaracters

What characters?

Lord

Speak up

Drunkard.. of Wuchao

You drink, drink...

I want you to drink enough

Guard

Take him put and sink his head in the wine jar

Let him drink enough

My... Lord

Report

Speak up

Jiang Qi has send back messenger to say

He has beaten back CaoCao's men and recaptured Wuchao

How about Guandu?

Zhang He and Gao Lan are still fighting bitterly

Nobody knows what will happen?

Send more troop to Guandu

We must take it

Yes

How is the battle in Guandu?

Just as Zhang He expected

zhang He and Gao Lan failed to take Guandu

Cao Cao broought his men back and attacked them in the rear

Where're the two generals now?

The defeated solders said

They had broken through the siege with a hundred or more men

No one knows their whereabouts

But once they come back

Wouldn't you be blamed for the advice?

Aren't they dead?

All right

Any news from Guandu?

Things are bad?

Things are bad?

Did Cao Cao leave a strong force deployed at Guandu?

What's the matter?

You're still kept in the dark

In fact Cao Cao had no strong force at Guandu

But those two generals just didn't do their best

What do you mean?

They have long had desire

to go over to Cao Cao

Bloody hell

That's too bad

What's wrong

Guo Tu has sent me to tell you

The lord was very angry with you

He said you two hadn't done your best at Guandu

What?

Would put you to death in order to warn the rest

Who said we hadn't done our best?

It's very urgent I can't stay here long

I have to go back

Do take care of yourselves

We were fighting bitterly, but still

We've come this end

We've come our lord's messenger

My respects to you two generals

The lord asked you two to return to the camp immediately

For what?

I know nothing

I really don't know

You don't know?

You can't

Yuan Shoa is used to lend a ready ear to slanderers

He'll be defeated by Cao Cao sooner or later

How could we sit still and await death?

Better we turn to Cao Cao

Pass the Prime Minister's order

That Zhang He and Gao Lan invited to the camp

Prime Minister

Zhang He is a valiant general

He fought with Zhang Liao for fifty rounds at Guandu

I'll meet them at the gate in person

Prime Minsiter

These two have come to surrender all of a sudden

I've doubts about them

So you shouldn't do that

I'll treat them generously

Even they harbor evil intentions it can be changed

Prime Minister

Now that you two have come to me from afar

Please accept my respects

Prime Minister

Stand up please

Your coming to me

Is like Wei Zi going to Yin and Han Xin to Han

Stand up please

Stand up please

Beat him

Whoever keeps on talking rubbish and undermining the army's morale

will be flogged heavily

Beat him

Yuan Tan

Who is it?

Father

It's me

My son

Why not stay in your own camp? Why come here?

Father

Though we've suffered some defeats the die is not yet cast

Though father is vexed don't think to excess

Xu You has left me

Zhang He and Gao Lan have betrayed me

The morale is low now

Lord

Lord, he's dead

What?

Damn you!

Guard Yes

Take the disgusting guy out

and give him three hundred heavy strokes

Yes

Forgive me, please

Ask him who's dead

Damn you! Beat him! Beat him!

We're already in panic while they're quite stable

What did you say?

Father!

Better retire earlier

I've found another one undermining the army's morale

An officer in the rear camp said

If things go on like this

We'd be soon or later defeated by Cao Cao

Did you hear it clearly?

Every word of it

Have him executed to warn the army

Pass my words to the army whoever talks rubbish and

undermines the army's morale will be put to death

Yes

Come back

Lord

Check very camp carefully

The army's morale is crucial to us at the moment

Yes

General

Tonight is the time to destroy Yuan's army

We'll attack the enemy camp simultaneously along eight routes

Mr. Tian Feng

What's the meaning?

Tian Feng, congratulations

What for?

Yuan Shao has been heavily defeated for not taking your wise advice

His 700, 000 troops were completely annihilated

Mr. Tian has persuaded you not to use strong foces

Now is the result The lord's on his way back

I think you'll be rewarded and promoted

What's the matter?

My days are numbered

Mr Tian Feng

What do you mean?

General YuanShao appear liberal but he is jealous inward

And he is forgetful of honest advice

If he had won the battle I might have a way out

But now he's suffered a crushing defeat

He'd be ashamed of seeing me

So I know all too well I should die

Mr. Tian, this

What's the matter, officer?

At the lord's order put Tian Feng to death

Mr. Tian

Yuan Shoa has hastened across the river with only eight hundred men

It's Heaven's will One can hardly escape his destiny?

Mr. Ju Shou

Mr. Ju Shou

Mr. Ju Shou

Take off his chains

Yes

I'll never surrender

Yuan Shao was foolish enough not to listen to your advice

Why do you still insist on your wrong cause?

If I had you to help me earlier

I should have been sure of the empire

You've the talent to benefit the world

Only you haven't found a wise lord to serve?

I appreciate your talent very much

and I'm willing to do a great cause together with you

Could you serve me for the great cause?

Bury him honorably at the ferry of the Yellow River

with the inscription on his grave stone

Look, Prime Minister

Why are you making such a fuss? A bundle of letters was found

There were secret correspondences between Yuan Shao and many persons

All were flattering Yuan Shao

Really?

Prime Minister The names of those concerned

should be listed out, and they must be arrested and put to death

No, burn all the letters

What's your idea behind it?

At that time Yuan Shao was so powerful

Even I couldn't ensure my own safety, let alone other persons

Prime Minister

Some aged native people are here to offer you toast

Prime Minister

Prime Minister

During Emperor Huan's reign an astrologer foretold the arrival

in the place of a true man fifty years later

Well, that was exactly fifty years

Yuan Shao is very hard on the people and incurs hate

You've sent a punitive expedition against Yuan Shao to punish him

Now you've destroyed one million strong army of Yuan's at Guandu

That just fulfils the prediction fifty years ago

The people now may enjoy peace

Right

How dare I deserve that honor?

We're native along the Yellow River

Facing our mother river and at the age of nearly one hundred

We dare not tell lies

Right

Please, Prime Minister

In this case, I've to make the decision by myself

To offer the wino to this land and river

to express my gratitude for her fostering and tutelage