Three Kingdoms 365
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[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 161] The Hand That Struck the Table — Sun Quan slashes the table with his sword and resolves to resist Cao Cao
It was the dawn of the next day. Sun Quan (孫權) sat again upon the high seat of the hall. The night before had been long. He had held a council with his mother, Lady Wu (吳太夫人). "The decision of a sovereign is made together with the we…
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[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 160] The Scholar’s Blade — Sun Quan and Zhuge Liang meet; decision deferred to morning
Sun Quan (孫權), who had been listening to the morning's tongue battle from a room outside the hall, at last opened the door and entered. His steps were quiet — the kind that do not sound upon the wooden floor. The eleven officials bowed t…
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[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 159] Words That Seated Eleven — Zhuge Liang debates eleven officials at the hall
Of the eleven civil officials, Zhang Zhao (張昭), at the foremost seat, spoke first toward Kongming (孔明). "Wolong Sir, your name has long been heard by rumor. What meaning has the step you have carried this time into the east, into Jiang…
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[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 158] Into the Hall Alone — Zhuge Liang enters Sun Quan’s hall alone to negotiate alliance
It was the morning two days after reaching Jiangxia (江夏). Kongming (孔明) boarded a single boat. The boat turned east. Its destination was the hall of Sun Quan (孫權) at Chaisang (柴桑). On board there were only Kongming himself and one …
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[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 157] A Reunion of the Scattered — Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang tally the living and missing after Changban
The night at Changban (長坂) had grown fully deep. The moon had already risen to the middle of the eastern sky. At a corner of the western hill of Liu Bei's (劉備) main body, Kongming (孔明) sat alone. Upon his knees lay a single sheet of …
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[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 156] Silence After the Broken Bridge — Zhang Fei breaks the bridge at Changban to halt Cao Cao’s pursuit
Cao Cao's (曹操) two thousand cavalry had fully vanished behind the northern horizon. The sound of hooves was no longer heard. The dust that had been rising at the north end of Changban Bridge (長坂橋) was now settling. Zhang Fei (張飛) he…
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[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 155] Three Thunders — Zhang Fei roars three times on Changban Bridge, turning back Cao Cao’s troops
The giant on the bridge drew a great breath. It rose and swelled within his chest. Then his voice opened. "Wo nai Zhang Yide ye! Shei gan yu wo jue si zhan!" I am Zhang Yide. Who dares come to a fight to the death with me? That single shou…
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[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 154] The Giant on the Bridge — Zhang Fei alone holds Cao Cao’s 2,000 riders at Changban Bridge
That same evening, to the north of Changban (長坂), there stood a bridge called Changban Bridge (長坂橋). It was a wooden bridge crossing a small stream to the north of the long hill. Its width was narrow — too narrow for two horses side b…
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[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 153] The Father Who Threw the Child — Liu Bei and Zhao Yun return the infant A-dou
Zhao Yun's (趙雲) horse reached the western hill of Liu Bei's (劉備) main body. The sun had not yet fully set behind the western horizon. A red glow still remained along one side of the sky. Zhao Yun dismounted. At the moment his knees tou…
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[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 152] Alone Through Seventy Rings — Zhao Yun breaks through Cao Cao’s encirclement carrying the infant A-dou.
At that very hour of the same evening, Zhao Yun's (趙雲) horse had already entered Cao Cao's (曹操) encirclement of five thousand cavalry. In his breast, Liu Bei's (劉備) infant son Adou (阿斗) lay sleeping. How had he come to be inside? Z…
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