Three Kingdoms 365
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[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 81] The Neck of Che Zhou — Liu Bei executes Che Zhou and takes Xuzhou
On the evening after Liu Bei's (劉備) two younger brothers had laid a resolve together in the back room of the old guesthouse, the neck of Che Zhou (車冑) was laid beneath Guan Yu's (關羽) Green-Dragon Crescent Blade. Within those few days…
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[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 80] A Single Step Back to Xuzhou — Liu Bei returns to Xuzhou’s walls with 20,000 troops, meets Che Zhou
After Liu Bei (劉備)'s twenty thousand foot soldiers stepped out through the gate of Xudu (許都), they traveled some days along the road and arrived again before the old walls of Xuzhou (徐州). The walls of Xuzhou held a familiar grain. Th…
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[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 79] The Yuan Remnants Step Northward — Cao Cao sends Liu Bei to cut off the retreating Yuan remnants northward
Several days after the drop of warmed wine beneath the green plums had settled upon the table, a piece of news from Jianghuai (江淮) arrived at the table of Cao Cao (曹操) in Xudu (許都). The first line of the dispatch read: "The remnants …
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[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 78] Green Plums and Warmed Wine — Cao Cao and Liu Bei debate heroes over wine by a plum tree
On the day after Dong Cheng's (董承) hem had been spread before Liu Bei's (劉備) two hands, Cao Cao (曹操) sent a single envoy to Liu Bei's house, inviting him to his own private garden (別苑). Liu Bei received the envoy of that invitation…
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[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 77] The Hem of Dong Cheng — Dong Cheng receives the sash edict; Liu Bei joins the plot
On the evening after the cry of Long Live from the hunt at Xutian (許田) had quietly sunk away, inside the inner chamber of Dong Cheng's (董承) house, the hem of a robe was passed from one hand to another. Emperor Xian (獻帝) came alone to…
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[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 76] A Hunt at Xutian — Cao Cao shoots a deer with the emperor’s bow at a hunt
In the spring that followed the three breaths laid upon the white stone of Baimenlou (白門樓), a morning of hunt opened upon the plain of Xutian (許田). Xutian was an imperial hunting ground laid to the southeast of Xudu (許都). Each sprin…
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[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 75] Lü Bu — Lu Bu executed at White Gate Tower; Cao Cao and Liu Bei attend
Beneath the white stairs of the White Gate Tower (白門樓), Lü Bu's (呂布) last breath was laid upon a single white stone. A moment before the execution, Lü Bu sat upon that white stone beneath the tower. His two eyes looked far toward the …
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[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 74] A Single Day at the White Gate Tower — Lü Bu is executed at Baimen Tower; Chen Gong and Zhang Liao submit to Cao Cao.
On the morning after the western back gate of Xiapi (下邳) had been opened, Lü Bu (呂布) was bound and seated upon the high tower of the walled city. The name of that tower was Baimenlou (白門樓), the White Gate Tower. The stairs of Baimen…
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[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 73] Two Lines of Betrayal — Song Xian and Wei Xu betray Lu Bu and open Xiapi’s gate
After two months of siege, the resolve of two generals inside a tent at Xiapi (下邳) began to shift. Their names were Song Xian (宋憲) and Wei Xu (魏續). They were veteran field captains under Lü Bu (呂布), whose breath had grown short as …
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[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 72] A Breath of Two Months — Lü Bu and Chen Gong face a two-month siege at Xiapi and delay a decision
After Xiahou Dun's (夏侯惇) single shovel of earth opened the first breath of the water-attack (水攻), two months passed quietly over the walled city of Xiapi (下邳). When the tenth day of the first month had passed, the stream of the Sish…
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