Author: John Zhu (page 7)

How do you appease the angry souls of the damned? Feed them buns that look like human heads and tell them death is no escape from imperial subjugation, apparently.

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• Zhuge Liang’s sacrificial speech at the River Lu
• Zhuge Liang’s Petition on Taking the Field

After a couple more displays of over-the-top kindness by Zhuge Liang, imperial subjugation is starting to look kind of decent after all for Meng Huo.

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Zhuge Liang strolls into Meng Huo’s house and makes himself at home.

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Zhuge Liang’s army marches deeper into the heart of darkness and forgets to read the part in the travel guide about bringing bottled water.

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Zhuge Liang catches Meng Huo twice more with hardly any effort.

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Zhuge Liang continues his campaign to win not only battles, but also barbarian hearts and minds.

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Zhuge Liang barely breaks a sweat while cruising through level 1 of his Southwestern quest.

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  • Note: I switched to a different source map this week to provide a better view of the relevant region. This map should be good for all episodes related to the campaign against Meng Huo.
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While Shu and Wu become best buds again, trouble pops up from the North and the Southwest.

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An episode that starts with five armies bearing down on Shu somehow ends with nothing more than a showdown between pedants at a banquet.

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