Romance of the Three Kingdoms Podcast
A Chinese Classic, Retold in English
We make virtually no progress in the narrative this week as we get tangled up in mysticism, superstition, and oh yeah, another conspiracy to overthrow Cao Cao.
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After a general risks life and limb to save him, Sun Quan makes sure everyone appreciates the sacrifice.
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Sun Quan tries to wrestle some territory away from Cao Cao, while at the same time playing peacemaker between two of his own officers.
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Another foe bows to Cao Cao’s might.
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A long overdue farewell to Dongwu’s military genius, who had the misfortune of being alive in the time of Zhuge Liang. Or at least, that’s how the novel tells it.
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Guan Yu brings a really big knife to a land dispute.
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Liu Bei comes into some new possessions, and then tries to wiggle out of having to pay back his creditors in Dongwu.
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Zhang Fei and Ma Chao collide in a battle for the ages.
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Liu Zhang looks for outside help to deal with the last outside help he brought in, while we hit pause to catch up with Ma Chao and his misadventures.
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Zhang Fei discovers that all you need to do to get the Riverlands’ finest to switch sides is to say please.
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