
Chapter 36: Xuande’s Stratagem at Fan City; Yuan Zhi Recommends Zhuge
Using Shan Fu’s Eight Gates formation, Liu Xuande ambushed Cao Ren at Fan City, routing him. Later, Xu Shu galloped through the night to recommend Zhuge Liang.
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Using Shan Fu’s Eight Gates formation, Liu Xuande ambushed Cao Ren at Fan City, routing him. Later, Xu Shu galloped through the night to recommend Zhuge Liang.
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.