Collected Scenes:
Day 1 half-day:
At this time the court was in the hands of Zhang Ji, who had made himself regent-general, and Fan Chou, the self-styled regent. These two generals rode roughshod over everyone. WHo at court could protest? Grand Commandant Yang Biao and Treasurer Zhu Jun secretly petitioned Emperor Xian: "Your humble sevant has a plan to turn the two traitors against each other and then summon Cao Cao to purge their faction and secure the court." With Emperor Xian's permission, Yang Biao began manipulating Fan Chou's jealous wife to sow dissension between Zhang Ji and her husband.
One day, after Zhang Ji persuaded Fan Chou to come home with him after court. They ate and drank until late. Fan Chou went home drunk and coincidentally was seized with stomach cramps. "You've been poisoned!" cried Lady Fan, and she forced an emetic on him. He felt better after vomiting. "I collaborated with Zhang Ji in the takeover; what cause has he to do me in? If I don't act first, however, I'll be the loser," Fan Chou said and quietly readied his army for an attack on Zhang Ji. Zhang Ji, informed of Fan Chou's moves, said, "How dare he!" and sent his own forces against his own collaborator. The two armies, tens of thousands in all, fought in a free-for-all just outisde the capital, at the same time availing themselves of the opportunity to plunder the populace.
Zhang Ji's nephew, Zhang Xiu, surrounded the palace with his men. He put the sovereign in one carriage, the Empress in another, and assigned Jia Xu and Zuo Ling to escort them out of the capital. The rest of the palace staff and the women followed on foot. As they crowded through the rear gate of the ministerial house, Fan Chou's soldiers accosted them and killed many with volleys of arrows. At that moment Zhang Ji rode up and forced Fan Chou's men to give way.
Thus did the imperial party got out of the city. But, burdened by wounded and with no supplies, would they escape the grasp of the villains Fan Chou and Zhang Ji?
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Day 1 lynch:
One day Sun Ce was leading some troops in a hunt by Xishan in Dantu. They had a large deer on the run. Sun Ce's horse, given free rein, had chased it up a hillside. Sun Ce found himself among some trees, where three men with spears and bows appeared. "We are Xu Gong's men, here to avenge our lord," they cried. One of the men had raised his bow and positioned an arrow. He shot Sun Ce in the cheek. Sun Ce pulled the arrow out, took his own bow, and shot back. The man fell as the bowstring sang. The remaining two forced Sun Ce back, jabbing wildly with their lances. It was a struggle to the death. Sun Ce was stabbed in several places, and his horse was maimed. His life was hanging in the balance when Chen Pu rode up with a small party and hacked the two assailants to pieces.
Once home, Sun Ce sought the services of the healer Hua Tuo, but the physician had gone to the north, leaving behind a disciple. He was summoned to treat Sun Ce's wounds. "The arrow," the doctor observed, "was tipped with a poison that has penetrated the bone. You need a hundred days' quiet convalescence before the danger will pass - and don't let moods of anger affect you, or the wounds will not heal." Sun Ce, it so happened, had a most irascible nature and was frustrated that he could not be cured that very day.
After some twenty days of resting, the patient heard that a messenger had returned from the capital, and he called him for questioning. "Yuan Shu," the messenger began, "is quite wary of you, my lord, and his counselors respect your prestige. The only exception is Lü Fan." "And what does he have to say?" Sun Ce asked. The messenger hesitated, angering Sun Ce, who pressed him to convey facts. "Lü Fan told Yuan Shu," the envoy finally admitted, "that you were not a serious concern because you are reckless and always ill prepared, hasty and deficient in strategy, a foolhardy man sure to die by a scoundrel's hand." "That fool dares to rate me! I'll take his capital!" Sun Ce swore.
But as the shout burst from Sun Ce, his wounds reopened and he fainted. His mother had him carried to a bedchamber, but he failed to regain consciousness. With that Sun Ce passed away at the age of twenty-six.
Anomandaris(General King) is dead. He was the Warlord Sun Ce.
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Day 2 half-day:
The imperial procession passed Xinfeng and reached the Baling bridge. It was autumn, and a sharp west wind was blowing. Hundreds of troops clattered onto the bridge, blocking the carriages. "Who wants to pass?" a harsh voice demanded. Privy Counselor Yang Qi rode onto the bridge and answered, "The Emperor. Who dares prevent us?" Two generals stepped up to Yang Qi. "We are here," they said, "at the order of General Fan Chou, we cannot allow you to pass." The Emperor was distraught. "Out of the wolf's lair," he lamented, "and into the tiger's mouth. What can we do?" His whole entourage trembled. Fan Chou's rebels edged closer. Then, to the blast of drums another general appeared from behind a hill, unfurling a giant banner reading "Yuan Shu of the Great Han." He had one thousand soldiers ready for combat.
Hearing that the Emperor was passing, Yuan Shu had come to offier his services. Now his army stood opposite Fan Chou's. Fan Chou's general, Li Meng, rode before the two lines and denounced Yuan Shu. Shu turned to his line and called for Ji Ling, who charged out, battle-axe in hand, on a superb steed. Ling went straight for Li Meng and cut him down in a quick exchange. Yuan Shu then overpowered Fan Chou's forces and drove them off some twenty li.
The Emperor proceeded to Anyi to establish his capital there. The procession enetered Anyi, but finding no building with an upper story, the royal couple had to stay beneath the thatched roof of a simple farmhouse without a gate. A screen of brambles on all sides took the place of an outer wall. In the farmhouse the Emperor conferred with his ministers while the generals stood guard outside. There, the court first learned new reports that the armies of Sun Ce, Yang Feng, Liu Biao and Gongsun Du had all fallen. The chaos was on all sides now...
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Day 2 lynch:
After Liu Bei completed his conquest of Liu Biao's domain, he turned his eyes south to the rest of Jing province. Han Xuan, governor of Changsha just south of the river, immediately sent forth his top general Wei Yan with all the troops he could muster, but the army was decimated in a fiery ambush perfectly executed by Liu Bei's strategist, Xu Shu. With Liu Bei's troops overrunning his capital, Han Xuan fled south with his son, Han Hao, to the remote regions controlled by governor Jin Xuan. Han Xuan said, "Zhao Fan's Gui Yang has tens of thousands of troops, more than enough to hold off Liu Bei. If they receive us, we can kill the governor, take his land, and rebuild our strength until we're ready to stand against Liu Bei. That way we can recover the whole of Jing." Thus agreed, father and son presented themselves. But the governor, feigning illness, postponed their reception and kept them in a guesthouse.
Before long spies reported to the governor that Liu Bei was established in Changsha and had no intentions of marching to Gui Yang. Delighted with the news, Zhao Fan positioned armed men behind the wall hangings in the official hall and had the visitors shown in. The formalities concluded, the governor bade them be seated. It was bitter cold. Han Xuan, seeing no cushions on the floor, asked, "May we have mats?" Glaring at them, the governor said, "Your heads are going on a long journey. What do you want mats for?" Han Xuan was taken aback. Zhao Fan shouted, "Guards! What you waiting for?" The executioners rushed out and beheaded the men where they sat. The governor had their heads place in a wooden box, which he dispatched to Changsha. Liu Bei received the heads and sent to Gui Yang a thousand catties of fine silk as a token of appreciation. Thereafter, Liu Bei made no plans to conquer Gui Yang.
Okaros (alt146) is dead. He was the Warlord Han Xuan.
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Day 3 half-day:
The Emperor entered Luoyang and saw the ruin of his former capital - the palace buildings burned out, the streets and markets desolate. Everything was overgrown with weeds. The walls of the palaces were crumbling. Emperor Xian ordered Yuan Shu to build a small dwelling to serve as a provisional palace. In the meantime court was held in the open woods.
Grand Commandant Yang Biao appealed to the Emperor: "The decree with which you honored me has yet to be dispatched. At present Yuan Shao has the most powerful army in the northeast. He should be summoned to support the royal house." "I have so ordered," said the Emperor. "A second petition is not necessary. Send someone and be done with it." In accordance with the imperial will, an envoy was sent.
In Luoyang the Emperor found all in ruin. Even the walls were beyond repair. Moreover, reports of new threats from Fan Chou and Zhang Ji alarmed him. To Yuan Shu the Emperor said, "Our messenger has not returned. Our enemies could come at any time. What can we do?" Yuan Shu replied, "I will fight to the death to protect Your Majesty." But Dong Cheng said, "Look at our walls and how few soldiers we have! What if we fail? I recommend that Your Majesty proceed to Cao Cao's camp." The Emperor approved, and that day the court set out for the region east of Huashan. Horses were so scarce that the officials followed the Emperor's carriage on foot.
The procession was hardly under way when clouds of dust darkened the sky ahead, and the air throbbed with drums and gongs. Masses of troops loomed in the distance. Emperor and Empress were too frightened to speak. A single rider approached. It was the imperial envoy. "General Yuan Shao," he reported, "has called up every soldier in the northeast and is coming in response to your decree. He has sent Yan Liang on ahead with ten top generals and fifty thousand picked men to deal with the threat to Luoyang from Fan Chou and Zhang Ji." At last the Emperor felt safe.
At the suggestion of Shao's generals, the Emperor returned to his former palace in Luoyang. Yan Liang stationed his army outside the city. The next day Yuan Shao arrived with the main force, established camp, and was received. Prostrating himself below the stairs to the imperial dais, Yuan Shao acknowledged his sovereign. The Emperor bade him stand and commended him for his service. Yuan Shao and his advisors spent the rest of the day updating the Emperor on recent events: after Tao Qian's general Zhang Kai had killed Cao Cao's family, Cao Cao had invaded Xu and Yang. In the west, Han Sui had come into conflict with his sworn-brother Ma Teng, and a great battle was fought between them at Tianshui. Tao Qian and Han Sui's forces were both completely wiped out.
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Day 3 lynch:
After assisting the Emperor's flight, Yuan Shu had returned to his own capital at Shouchun. Fighting losing battles with Cao Cao to the north and Han Xuan to the south, Yuan Shu feared he would soon see his province aflame. Seeing his lord's despair, Chen Lan proposed that they invite the great warrior Lu Bu to assist in defending the province. Many of the advisors and court officials argued sternly against inviting a traitorous fiend like Lu Bu into their province, but Yuan Shu was desperate and sent Yan Xiang as envoy to Lu Bu, who was currently stationed in Xiapi, asking for assistance. The envoy departed and returned a week later with Lu Bu's acceptance. On the appointed day, Yuan Shu personally lead a force east to meet Lu Bu's own army. As Yuan Shu's force passed through Elm Bridge Gate, Shu was told that his aide Lü Fan had strung himself upside down above the city portals, a written protest in one hand, a sword in the other. Lü Fan was threatening to cut the rope and dash himself to death if his warnings were not heeded. Yuan Shu called for the protest note, which said in essence:
Your aide Lü Fan weeps blood, appealing in all sincerity. "Effective medicine is bitter to the mouth but remedies disease. Loyal words offend the ear but benefit one's conduct." In ancient times King Huai of Chu ignored the advice of Qu Yuan and covenanted at Wuguan, falling prey to Qin. Now Your Lordship lightly leaves his home district to welcome Lu Bu at Fucheng. Will you return the way you came? If only you would put Chen Lan publicly to death and break off with Lu Bu, the entire population of Zhong as well as your own house would benefit.
Angered by what he had read, Yuan Shu said, "I go to meet a humane and benevolent man, a kindred spirit of noble intent. How often do you mean to affront us this way?" Lü Fan uttered a single cry, severed the rope, and crashed to his death. Yuan Shu set off for Fucheng with thirty thousand soldiers. Behind him rolled a thousand carts loaded with grain, money, and silk for tribute.
Liosan (Silencer) is dead. He was Lü Fan, a scholar of Yuan Shu's forces.
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Day 4 half-day:
One day the Emperor summoned Yuan Shao to the palace. Receiving the messenger, Shao noticed that his eye was clear and his manner energetic. "You at least are plump enough. How do you take care of yourself?" "No special method," replied the man. "I have fared hard and simply for thirty years." Shao nodded and continued, "And what office do you hold?" "I was recommended for filial devotion and honesty," the messenger replied, "and have served Liu Bei, as well as Zhang Yang. When I heard the Emperor was back in the eastern capital, I came to pay my respects and was appointed court counselor. I am Dong Zhao, a native of Dingtao in Jiyin." "A name long known to me," replied Shao. "How fortunate to meet with you here."
Yuan Shao admired the aptness of Dong Zhao's replies and proceeded to ask him about the condition of the royal house. "My lord," he answered, "the loyal army you command has saved the court from chaos and rescued the Son of Heaven. For this you rank with the Five Protectors of antiquity, who safeguarded the sovereigns of the Zhou dynasty. In the present instance, however, we have many generals with many ambitions; they may not always obey you. Therefore it might be more advantageous to move the Emperor from Luoyang to Ye. On the other hand, the court is newly installed here in the former capital after a period of shuttling about, and men of near and far yearn for stability. Another move will be widely resented. Still and all, extraordinary acts win extraordinary merit. The choice is yours."
Yuan Shao, who was timid of taking bold actions, took Dong Zhao's hand and smiled. "I really wanted to move the court," he said, "but your counsel has persuaded me I dare not, lest the high ministers who oppose the move turn against me."
So it was that the court remained in Luoyang, which was eventually rebuilt and the lands about recultivated until the capital became prosperous and defensible once more. Meanwhile, Yuan Shao completed his conquest of Cao Cao's territories, eliminating Cao's forces entirely.
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Day 4 lynch:
After being fighting with Liu Bei, Cao Cao, Kong Rong and Yuan Shu, Lu Bu abandoned his fortress at Xiaopei and retreated west. Bypassing Yuan Shao's armies at Luoyang and Xuchang, he brought his forces to Wan and began a campaign against Zhang Ji, hoping to steal from Ji the imperial forces that once followed Lu Bu's own command. They met in a great clash at Tong Gate, and after Lu Bu's generals Song Xian and Wei Xu were lost in the fighting, Lu Bu retreated back to the pass.
After two weeks of scattered engagements, Song Xian and Wei Xu returned to the pass with a few dozen men and called out, "We are former commanders of Lu Bu's who have been forced to surrender against our will. Zhang Ji is treacherous and unreliable and has used us ill. We want to work for our former lord again. Let us in at once." Lu Bu warily allowed only the two brothers up to the pass. They disarmed, left their horses, and went in to tell Lu Bu, "Zhang Ji has only just arrived in full force. Attack his camp tonight before they dig in. We will take the lead." Lu Bu accepted the proposal.
Following the two generals with more than ten thousand men, Lu Bu approached Zhang Ji's camps. Suddenly a roar went up behind him, and an ambush was sprung from all sides. Lu Bu dashed back to the pass but found it already in the hands of Zhang Ji's commanders, Lei Xu and Hu Che'er. Lu Bu turned north and rode to seek refuge with the chief of the Xiongnu. Zhang Ji took control of the pass and sent men after the fugitive.
Lu Bu entered the territory of the Xiongnu nation and came before their khan. Dismounting and pressing himself to the ground, Lu Bu said, "Zhang Ji has devoured my homeland. Now he has designs on yours. With your assistance we could protect the north." But the khan rebuffed him. "I have no quarrel with Zhang Ji," he said. "Why should he invade my land? Are you trying to foment hostilities?" Lu Bu saw the khan make a hand gesture, but before Lu Bu could turn around two of the khan's guards had buried their swords in his chest and another three had grabbed hold of his halberd. In anger Lu Bu thrust off the guards off his halberd and swung it into the faces of the two who had stabbed him. The khan had drawn his own sword and as Lu Bu turned about the Xiongnu chief neatly decapitated the warrior.
Korvalain (Morgoth) is dead. He was the Warlord Lu Bu.
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Day 5 half-day:
The campaign against Lu Bu complete, Yuan Shao invited Liu Bei, who had joined in the fighting at Xiaopei, to return with him to the capital. The next day Emperor Xian held court. After receiving news of the defeat of Lu Bu by Zhang Ji and the Xiongnu, and of Zhang Lu's forces' collapse in Hanzhong, Yuan Shao hailed Liu Bei's feats of arms and presented him. Attired in court apparel, Bei paid homage at the base of the steps to the throne. The Emperor then instructed him to ascend. "Tell me of your lineage," the Emperor said. "I can trace my ancestry through Prince Jing of Zhongshan," Liu Bei replied, "back to his father, Jing, the fourth emperor. My grandfather was Liu Xiong, my father Liu Hong." Emperor Xian ordered the director of the Imperial Clan to recite from the clan registry.
The Emperor checked the order of the lineage and found that Liu Bei was indeed an imperial uncle. Elated, Emperor Xian summoned him to an adjoining room, where they enacted the formalities befitting uncle and nephew. The Emperor mused, "Yuan Shao abuses his authority to the point that state affairs are out of our control. But now we may have a remedy in this heroic uncle of mine."
The Emperor guided Liu Bei to the ancestral temple and then into the Gallery of Meritorious Officials, in whose honor the Emperor burned incense before walking on with Liu Bei to admire the portraits. "So splendid, so heroic the forefather," sighed the Emperor, "so fainthearted and feeble the progeny. One can't help sighing." As he spoke, he directed Liu Bei's attention to the portraits of the two officials on either side of the Supreme Ancestor. "Is this not Zhang Liang," he went on, "lord of Liu? And this, Xiao He, lord of Cuo?" "Indeed," replied Liu Bei, "the Supreme Ancestor relied greatly on them in founding the dynasty." The Emperor observed that no one was near and whispered, "So should you, uncle, stand by us." "I have no merit," Liu Bei answered, "to serve as they served." "We remember well," the Emperor continued, "your service in fighting the tyrant Dong Zhuo, for which no reward could suffice." Then, pointing to his garments, he added, "Won't you wear this robe of mine and tie it with this girdle so that you will always seem to be by my side?"
Returning home, Liu Bei discovered in the girdle a secret decree written in the Emperor's own blood:
Of late the treasonous Yuan Shao, abusing his authority, insulting and degrading his sovereign, has connived with his cohorts to the detriment of our dynasty's rule. Day and night we brood on this, dreading the peril to the realm. Think of the obstacles and hardships the Supreme Ancestor faced when he founded this dynasty: forge a union of stouthearted men, stalwarts of unimpaired integrity and unimpeachable loyalty; exterminate this perfidious faction and restore the security of our holy shrines for our ancestors' sake. I have cut my finger and shed this blood to compose this decree confided to you. Remain vigilant. Do not fail our hopes.
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Day 5 lynch:
After fighting off his northern aggressors, Yuan Shu had concentrated on expanding his territory south into the lands formerly held by Liu Biao and the Sun family. Soon his reign stretched south the Chaisang and westwards through Jing right up to the borders of Huang Zhong's domain. It was in the eastern lands of Wu, however, that Yuan Shu would meet his gravest threat - Liu Yao. Brother of the esteemed Liu Dai and a humane but mighty governor in his own right, Liu Yao had conquered Wang Lang's fertile plains and Yan Baihu's mighty fleet intact, and now wielded these two resources to dominate the land from Jian Ye to Jiang Xia. After the death of Sun Ce, Liu Yao had taken in refugees from the Sun family's forces, including the generals Zhou Tai, Jiang Qin and Chen Wu, as well as Sun Ce's sister Sun Shang Xiang, who was now Liu Yao's wife. But above all of Liu Yao's resources and officers, it was Taishi Ci - a fearless warrior from Huang Xian who could break through a fifty-thousand-man siege by himself - that Yuan Shu feared the most.
The two forces engaged each other at Lu Jiang. Yuan Shu sent out his top general Zhang Xun for personal combat. Taishi Ci spotted Zhang Xun, raised his spear, and rode out to meet him. The two horsemen tangled, closing and breaking some forty or fifty times. Then Zhang Xun yielded and made for his line; Taishi Ci galloped after. Zhang Xun began circling round his formation; Taishi Ci would not let up. From a point of vantage, Yuan Shu's general Qiao Rui drew his bow and, sighting true, shot Taishi Ci in his left eye. Bellowing in pain, Taishi Ci plucked out the arrow; the eyeball had stuck fast to the point. "The essence of my parents cannot be thrown away," he cried, and swallowed the eye. He pulled out his own bow, placed the arrow and shot at Zhang Xun, striking Xun squarely in the back. Turning, he went for Qiao Rui and speared him in the face before he could defend himself. Zhang Xun fell dead from his horse and Qiao Rui toppled from his vantage point. The spectacle left both sides aghast.
Taishi Ci rode back to his men. Heartened by their general's merits, Liu Yao's forces delivered slaughter on the leaderless troops of Yuan Shu. Yuan Shu's slain soldiers were strewn over the blood-soaked field. Thousands more fled. His former commanders, Lei Bo and Chen Lan of Mount Song, plundered his treasure, grain, and fodder. Bandits kept Shu from returning to his base city, Shouchoun, and he was forced to remain at Jianting with barely a thousand men, most of them old and weak. It was midsummer. He had thirty pecks of wheat to feed his followers. Many of his own family had already starved to death. Shu could not swallow the coarse meal and asked the cook to find some honeyed water to ease his thirst. "We have bloody water," the cook said, "no honey." Suddenly Shu, who had been seated on his couch, groaned and toppled over. He spit up mouthfuls of blood and died.
Korbas (Grief) is dead. He was the Governor Yuan Shu.
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day 6 half-day:
Liu Bei read the imperial edict through his tears. He could not sleep that night and in the morning returned to the library to reread the document. But no concrete plan occurred to him. Finally he fell asleep against his desk pondering the means to get rid of Yuan Shao.
The courtier Jian Yong arrived, intending to discuss with Liu Bei the most recent news of Yuan Shu's defeat in Zhong by Liu Yao. Recognizing his master's intimate friend, the gateman did not stop him, and he straight into the library. Jian Yong saw Liu Bei dozing at his desk, a silk scroll under his sleeve. The imperial "we" was barely visible on it. Becoming curious, Jian Yong quietly took up the document. After reading it, he stowed it in his own sleeve. "Imperial Uncle Liu," he cried, "are you not ashamed? How carefree to be sleeping so!" Liu Bei came to immediately. Missing the decree, he felt his senses swim and his limbs fail. "You plan to murder Yuan Shao, then?" Yong demanded. "I shall have to denounce you." "Brother," Liu Bei wept, "if that is your intention, the house of Han expires."
"I was simply playing a part," Jian Yong reassured Liu Bei. "Our clan has enjoyed the fruits of service to the Han for many generations. Far from failing in loyalty, I mean to lend my all to the task of destroying the traitor." "The dynasty is fortunate indeed if you are so minded," Liu Bei responded. "Let us retire, then," Jian Yong suggested, "and draw up a loyalist pledge to do our duty to the Emperor whatever the risk to ourselves and our clans."
In great excitement Liu Bei fetched a length of white silk and wrote his name at the head. Jian Yong added his, and suggested his trusted friend General ______ would surely be willing to make cause with them. Liu Bei also proposed his trusted friends Commandant _______ and Counselor _______. At the moment a servant announced all three officials had arrived in quick succession. "Thus Heavan aids us!" Liu Bei exclaimed and sent for the three. Each eagerly added his own name to the pledge.
The unexpected arrival of Ma Teng, governor of Xiliang, was announced. "Say I am not well and cannot receive him," Liu Bei instructed the gateman. But when this answer was brought, Ma Teng shouted angrily, "I saw him only yesterday at the Donghua Gate in a new robe and girdle. Why is he giving me excuses?!" Flicking his sleeves, Ma Teng turned to leave. "And no one to save the dynasty!" he said with a sigh. Liu Bei caught his words and held him back, saying, "What do you mean, 'no one to save the dynasty'?" "I am fuming over Yuan Shao's insurrection of His Highness, but it seems even the closest relative of the ruling house has sunk in dissipation and gives no thought to punishing the traitor. How could you be one to relieve the dynasty's distress?" "There are eyes and ears everywhere," Liu Bei cautioned. "You must lower your voice." "Those who crave life above all," Ma Teng retorted, "are unfit to discuss serious matters." Convinced of Ma Teng's loyalty, Liu Bei said at last, "Restrain yourself a moment, my lord. I have something to show you." He drew the governor into his chamber and handed him the imperial edict.
As he read, Ma Teng's hair stood on end; he bit his lips until blood covered his mouth. "If you plan to act," he said, "my Xiliang troops will help." Then Liu Bei led the governor to meet the other supporters of the indictment against the prime minister. At Liu Bei's request, Ma Teng affixed his signature, confirming his oath with a swallow of wine and some drops of blood. "What we swear here we will never disavow," he said, and pointing to the five men, he added, "If five more will join us, our cause will succeed." "Loyal and stalwart men," Liu Bei warned, "are all too few. If we take in the wrong ones, we will only ruin ourselves." Ma Teng asked to see the register of current office-holders. Coming to the names of the house of Liu, he clapped his hands and cried, "Here is the man we must talk to!"
Whom did Ma Teng name?
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This post has been edited by D'rek: 30 July 2010 - 02:27 PM