Romance of the Three Kingdoms Podcast

All hell breaks loose as Cao Cao’s troops catch up to Liu Bei. Out of this hell rides his general Zhao Yun, with a precious package strapped to his chest.

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Zhao Yun’s Fight Scenes

Which is your favorite?

1994 TV Series

The two guys at 1:21:42: You weren’t stabbed off your horses. You jumped! And those two foot soldiers flying through the air at 1:24:31, oh man!

2010 TV Series

A much more impressive fight sequence, though the scene at 33:45 is a little too over the top for me.

“Red Cliff” Movie

“No, how can a general be without his horse?!” As he slaughters a whole detachment of baddies on foot while cradling a baby in one arm.

Zhuge Liang burns another detachment of Cao Cao’s troops, but there are plenty more where that came from.

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Zhuge Liang blazes to victory in his first battle, but Cao Cao turns up the heat on Jing Province.

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While Sun Quan prepares for a retaliatory strike from Liu Biao, Liu Biao and Liu Bei brace for an invasion by Cao Cao.

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We leave Liu Bei with his new sage and check in on what the Sun clan has been up to.

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Liu Bei’s strategy for finding Zhuge Liang: Go up to anyone in Nanyang who can rub two words together and ask, “Are you Sleeping Dragon?”

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Liu Bei gets really broken up about Xu Shu’s departure, until he learns there’s someone much smarter.

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Approach Liu Bei on the street, sing a song, get invited to his office, advise him to give his horse to an enemy, get C-suite job.

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