Liu Bei Leaps His Steed Across Tan Creek

Chapter 34: Lady Cai Overhears a Conspiracy; Liu Bei Leaps His Steed Across Tan Creek

At the site of a mystical bronze sparrow, Cao Cao commissions a grand three-towered platform designed by his gifted son Cao Zhi. In Jingzhou, Lady Cai’s plot drives Liu Bei to flee by night. Warned by the scholar Yi Ji, he rides for the swollen Tan Creek, where his steed De’lu miraculously bounds thirty feet across the rushing water. As pursuers close in, Zhao Yun’s timely arrival ensures Liu Bei’s daring escape, cementing the legend of his leap across Tan Creek.

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The Moment Cao Pi Sees Lady Zhens Beauty

Chapter 33: Chaos Yields Cao Pi a Bride; Guo Jia’s Final Plan Secures Liaodong

Cao Pi pauses mid-sword to spare the dust-covered Lady Zhen—her beauty revealed as he vows to protect her. Meanwhile, Cao Cao secures Jizhou, mourns Yuan Shao with tearful sacrifice, and heeds Cui Suo’s counsel to aid the suffering people. When the insolent Xu You mocks him, Xu Chu’s blade speaks for justice. At Pingyuan, Xu Huang cuts down Pang An, routing Yuan Tan’s army and slaying Tan himself. Generals from Yuan Xi’s forces surrender; the Wuhuan pledge fealty. Cao’s column scatters Tadu Dun’s cavalry in the northern wastes, while Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang, betrayed by Gongsun Kang, meet their end—Guo Jia’s final stratagem fulfilled.

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