The Three Kingdoms, Volume 3: Welcome the Tiger: The Epic Chinese Tale of Loyalty and War in a Dynamic New Translation

902 Pages·2014·2.57 MB·English

by  Iverson

The THREE KINGDOMS
VOLUME 3
Welcome the Tiger
LUO GUANZHONG
Translated by YU SUMEI
Edited by RONALD C. IVERSON
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Contents
CHAPTER SEVENTY-FIVE
Hua Tuo Performs Surgery on Guan Yu’s Injured Arm
Lu Meng Crosses the River in a White Robe
CHAPTER SEVENTY-SIX
Xu Huang Fights a Great Battle on the Mian River
Guan Yu Retreats to Maicheng in Defeat
CHAPTER SEVENTY-SEVEN
Guan Yu’s Ghost Visits Jade Spring Mountain
Cao Cao Is Possessed in Luoyang
CHAPTER SEVENTY-EIGHT
Treating Cao Cao, Hua Tuo Dies in Prison
On His Deathbed Cao Cao Leaves His Last Words
CHAPTER SEVENTY-NINE
Cao Pi Presses His Brother Zhi to Improvise Poems
Liu Feng Is Executed for Failing to Rescue His Uncle
CHAPTER EIGHTY
Emperor Xian of Han Is Deposed by Cao Pi
Liu Bei Claims to be the True Successor of Han
CHAPTER EIGHTY-ONE
Zhang Fei Is Assassinated
To Avenge His Younger Brothers Liu Bei Goes to War
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CHAPTER EIGHTY-TWO
Sun Quan Receives Nine Gifts after Submitting to Wei
Liu Bei Rewards His Officers and Men in His War with Wu
CHAPTER EIGHTY-THREE
Liu Bei Gets His Sworn Enemies at Xiaoting
Lu Xun Is Made Commander to Guard the Yangtze
CHAPTER EIGHTY-FOUR
Lu Xun Burns His Enemy’s Seven Hundred Li of Camps
Zhuge Liang Cleverly Plans the Eight Arrays
CHAPTER EIGHTY-FIVE
Liu Bei Leaves His Son in Zhuge Liang’s Care
Zhuge Liang Peacefully Settles the Five Attacks
CHAPTER EIGHTY-SIX
Qin Mi Engages Zhang Wen in a Philosophical Debate
Xu Sheng Uses Fire to Destroy Cao Pi’s Army
CHAPTER EIGHTY-SEVEN
Zhuge Liang Raises an Army to Subdue the Mans
The King of the Mans Initially Suffers Defeat
CHAPTER EIGHTY-EIGHT
Crossing the Lu River Meng Huo Is Recaptured
Failing in His Trick Meng Huo Is Captured a Third Time
CHAPTER EIGHTY-NINE
Zhuge Liang Designs the Fourth Successful Ruse
Meng Huo Is Captured a Fifth Time
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CHAPTER NINETY
Driving off Giant Beasts, Zhuge Liang Scores a Sixth Victory
Rattan Armor Burned, Meng Huo Is Captured for the Seventh
Time
CHAPTER NINETY-ONE
Zhuge Liang Offers Sacrifices at the Lu River and Leads His
Army Homeward
The Marquis of Wu Proposes an Attack on Wei in His
Memorial
CHAPTER NINETY-TWO
Zhao Yun Heroically Slays Five Wei Officers
Zhuge Liang Cleverly Seizes Three Cities
CHAPTER NINETY-THREE
Jiang Wei Submits to Zhuge Liang
Zhuge Liang Reviles Wang Lang to Death
CHAPTER NINETY-FOUR
Zhuge Liang Smites the Qiang Troops in a Snowstorm
Sima Yi Moves Swiftly to Capture Meng Da
CHAPTER NINETY-FIVE
Ignoring Wang Ping’s Advice, Ma Su Loses Jieting
Playing the Lute, Zhuge Liang Repulses Sima Yi
CHAPTER NINETY-SIX
Weeping in Sorrow, Zhuge Liang Puts Ma Su to Death
Cutting His Hair, Zhou Fang Tricks Cao Xiu
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CHAPTER NINETY-SEVEN
Zhuge Liang Proposes to Renew the Attack on Wei
Jiang Wei Defeats Wei by Means of a Forged Letter
CHAPTER NINETY-EIGHT
Pursuing the Shu Army, Wang Shuang Is Slain
Seizing Chencang, Zhuge Liang Wins a Victory
CHAPTER NINETY-NINE
Zhuge Liang Wins a Great Victory
Sima Yi Drives His Army into Shu
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED
Cao Zhen Is Defeated in a Raid on His Camp by the Shu
Army
Zhuge Liang Shames Sima Yi in Front of an Array
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND ONE
Leaving Longshang Zhuge Liang Disguises Himself as a God
Hurrying to Sword Pass Zhang He Falls into a Trap
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND TWO
Sima Yi Occupies the Wei Bridge over Beiyuan
Zhuge Liang Constructs Wooden Oxen and Running Horses
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND THREE
Sima Yi Is Trapped in Gourd Valley
Zhuge Liang Invokes His Star on Wuzhang Plain
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND FOUR
A Great Star Falls as Zhuge Liang Returns to Heaven
A Wooden Statue Frightens Sima Yi
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CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND FIVE
Zhuge Liang Leaves a Plan in the Silk Bag
Cao Rui Obtains the Dew-Collecting Bronze Bowl
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND SIX
Defeated, Gongsun Yuan Dies at Xiangping
Pretending Illness, Sima Yi Sets a Trap for Cao Shang
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND SEVEN
Sima Yi Recovers Political Power
Jiang Wei Loses a Battle at Ox Head Hills
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHT
Ding Feng’s Swordsmen Win a Victory in the Snow
Sun Jun Executes a Murderous Plan at a Banquet
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND NINE
Jiang Wei Employs a Surprise to Defeat Sima Zhao
The Emperor of Wei Is Dethroned
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND TEN
Wen Yang Drives Off a Mighty Host Single-handedly
Jiang Wei Wins a Major Victory Near the Tao River
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND ELEVEN
Deng Ai Outwits Jiang Wei
Zhuge Dan Raises an Army to Destroy Sima Zhao
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND TWELVE
Yu Quan Dies Nobly to Rescue Shouchun
Jiang Wei Fights Fiercely to Seize Changcheng
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