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Zhou Yu was enraged by Zhuge Liang’s territorial gains but was counseled to prioritize the threat from Cao Cao. Lu Su negotiated with Liu Bei about territories, resulting in a temporary agreement while strategizing for future incursions. Liu Bei’s forces began taking control of various commanderies with Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei leading successful conquests.
At Changban Bridge, Zhao Yun charges through enemy ranks alone, saving Liu Shan and Lady Gan from chaos, slaying foes to secure his lord’s heir.
Fleeing Cai Mao’s trap, Liu Xuande miraculously leapt his horse across a wide stream to escape, then met the young shepherd and the wise Sima Hui in the forest.
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.
Yuan Shao seizes Ji Province and clashes with Gongsun Zan at Pan River; Zhao Yun’s charge rescues him from Wen Chou. Sun Jian’s raid on Liu Biao ends in ambush.