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Cao Cao

Smash East Wu Pledge to take over the south

Prime Minsiter

The officials and officers took their seats. Shall we start the perfomance?

Is the timbre of te chain bells good enough now?

They have been recast several times Now they work all right!

Now begin the banquet and dance

Since I started my first expedition

I've removed evils from the state

I've sworn to clean the country and restore peace

Now only this land of the south is left to withstand me

We've this mighty one million troops and you all of officials and officers

And have no doubt of my final success

After I take over the south. There'll be no trouble in all the country

Then we shall enjoy wealth and honor and revel in peace

We trust you may soon report somplete victory

And we shall rely on you to obtain our good fortune

We trust you may soon report somplete victory

Fine

Let's drink wine!

Thank you. Prime Minister

I'm laughing at Zhou Yu and Lu Su know nothing about appointed time

They dare throw eggs against rocks

Heaven has brought me the deserters

Who are their most trusted friends

Please say nothing of these things I'm afraid it might be leaked out

You're all my trusted friends

Why should I refrain myself?

Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang are so foolish they attempt to shake Mount Tai

With the strength of ants. They ridiculously oeverrate themselves

Why does the raven thus cry in the night

The moon is so bright

That they thinks it is day and they leaves his tree

Bring my spear here and serve wine

This is the spear that broke up Yellow Turbans captured Lu Bu

Destroyed Yuan Shu and defeated his brother

In the north my army reached Liaodong

And it stretched out over the whole south

It has never failed in its task

Now there is moon high in the sky and no ware down in the river

The present scene moves me to depths

And I will sing a song in which you'll accompany me

Drinking wine, we sing a song Human life will last. how long?

Like dews in the morning Many days spent in suffering

We shall never be bound By grief which forget we can't

How to drown our sad emotion? Only in wine of good reputation

Talents with blue collars stay For you I ever pine away

So much I'm attached to you My heart aches and you don't know

How merrily make the deer a sound Grazing far beyond they're found

Since I have honored guests here We'll play mirthfully lute and lyre!

The moon is high above and bright How can I bring it down with might?

Grief from within comes out on Ceaselessly it flows ever and anon

Across the field and small lane You are kind to pay a visit again

Being separated for so long You cherish friendship bygone

The moon's bright and stars sparse And southwards fly the crows

They circle the tree thrice around No branch to alight can be found

With rocks and crags the mountain rises high

With waters and waters the sea's bottomless nigh

With the assistance of distinguished talent

A harmonious world is to be kept

Where is ShuXu?

Present

Do you have any instruction?

Shi Xu

You used to by very strict in music

What's your opinion about the words of my short song?

The lyrics of your song have their depth in meaning

They're consistent with the melodies The literary talent is wonderful

Don't show me with compliments

I don't mind if you point out my mistakes frankly

I'm pleased to have my errors pointed out

You really want me to speak the truth?

Certainly

Your song is an excellent piece of literature works only

Only what?

Only the court music ought to be peaceful graceful and pure

But there are illomened words in the short song?

For instance, the stars are paled by the full moon's light

The raven wrings his southward flight

And thrice he circles round a tree No place thereon to nest find he

These are in contrary to rules of court music and are illomened words

When our army is on the point of battle and lives are to be risked

Why do you speak such ill words?

How dare you try to belittle my endeavor?

Prime Minsiter

Have them recast again!

Yesterday I was drunk. I'm guilty of killing Shi Xu by mistakes

He's the wellknown musician of the day

From now on There won't be any court music

I regret the deed exceedingly

Prime Minister

The large ships in the naval camp

Have all been connected by iron chains

The flags and weapons are all ready

We ask for the command to start

You may go first I shall be there in a minute

Smash Dong Wu..

Please look over there

Please look here

Advance

Shoot

Prime Minister will surely win

Zhou Yu

If heaven had not been on my side

How could I have got this excellent plan from master Feng Chu?

Now the ships are interlocked firmly to each other

One may cross the river as easily as walking on firm lard

Prime Minister

The ships are firmly interlocked to each other

But you should be prepared for an attack by fire

So that they can scatter to avoid it

Cheng Yu. You look a long way ahead but you see what can not happen

His words are to the points why do you laugh at him?

Guard! Bring me the kindling

Prime Minister

You may burn me with fire

How is it?

A fire attack has to depend on the wind

Now is in winter and

only west and north winds blow

You'll get neither east nor south wind

I'm on the northwest bank and

the enemy is on the south bank

If they use fire

They will destroy their own ships instead of ours I've nothing to fear

The reason is simple and easy to understood. How couldn't I know it?

I never take the enemy lightly if it was the tenth moon or early spring

I would certainly take his advice

You're indeed wise! None can equal You!

Fine

I order the recall and battle ships must return camp inperfect order

You must be ready at any time be fight against Zhou Yu

Prime Minister will surely win!

Do you remeber the incident of Shi Xu last night?

Prime Minister the vanguards have the naval force of East Wu

On the river outside Sanjiangkou

I've these ships attached to each other. How can zhou Yu resist us?

I'm Junior general Jiao Chu I'm Zhang Nan

We're from the north but we're also sailors

Please give us twenty boats

We'll kill some of their generals and seize some of the enemy flags

We may prove ourselves adept on the water?

I don't think naval work would suit you as you were born in the north

The man of the south are thoroughly accustomed to ships

It's a matter of life and death in a battle

You shouldn't regard your lives an a child's playing

If we fail, we would like to be punished according to military law

Now all the large ship are chained together

There're only small ships each can only take twenty men or so

I fear it is unfavorable to use small ships in attacking

If we took large ships where would be wonderful?

Give us a score of ten small ships Zhang Nan and I will take half each

and we'll win the battle

I'll let you have twenty ships

And 500 good and vigorous men with long spears and stiff crossbows

And the main fleet shall make a demonstration on the river

Yes

Wen Pin!

Yes!

You'll lead thirty ships to suport them

I guess they two will not be able to win in this battle

My aim is to check out on the strength of the Wu force

If they are defeated, help them back immediately

Yes!

Who will go and take them prisoners?

We two would fight in the van

Fine

The other naval camp should be safely guard eel. Don't act rashly

Yes

Look, Lu Su

It seems the chained large ships ought to be used to resist the enemy

Yes Mao Jie

Yes Start immediately

The other naval camp should be safely guard eel. Don't act rashly

Yes

In the battle, Cao's army suffered big defeat

Zhou Yu came out of the camp and challenged again

So the chained ships of Cao's army had to join in the battle

Charge

Shoot arrows!

Throw spears!

General Zhou!

General Han!

Withdraw the marines

Quick! Beat the gone!

Be quick!

Chase after them Shoot arrows!

Catch up with them

Fine

We've won the battle. It proves the invincibility of our chained ships

Mao Jie beat the going to withdraw the fleet

Don't fall into Zhou Yu's ambush!

We were defeated in the battle We deserve punishment

Please stand up

It's a common occurrence to win or lose a battle

Don't worry

Stand up please!

Thank you for not executing us

You used to be very strict in military law

Why didn't you punish Han Dang and Zou Tai for their defeat

In this battle, I wanted them to have one victory and one failure

What do you mean?

When Cao's single ship came to fight I definitely wanted to defeat them

If not how can we show our superiority in naval warfare?

When CaoCao ordered chained ships to attack us. I wanted the failure

Otherwise Cao Cao would not trust

The ruse of Chanining the ships together suggested by Pang Tong

Chief commander just now the by yellow flag which was flapping

In the wind in the middle of Cao's fleet. Suddenly fell into the river

That's a bad omen to them

Lu Su please come with me to the riverside and have a look

The disposition of Cao's camp is really magnificent

But Cao Cao was still kept in the darkness

There will be a calamity for them in a few days

Chief Commander! Chief Commander!