Chapter 18: Jia Xu’s Stratagem and Xiahou Dun’s Eye-Eating Valor
At Xiapi, Jia Xu lures Cao Cao’s army into a feint at the northwest wall, then ambushes them at the empty southeast gate—routing his foes. In the chaos, Xiahou Dun, struck in the eye by an arrow, heroically removes and swallows his own eyeball before charging back into battle.