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Of great things to be acplished by force of arms。

Then; because of the parting words of Xu Shu;

And by the thrice repeated visits to his retreat;

The great hero found and knew his mentor。

When the age of Zhuge Liang was but thrice nine years;

He turned from his books; put aside his lute;

And left the peaceful fields he had loved;

Under his guidance Jingzhou was taken

And the two Lands of the Rivers conquered。

He unrolled great schemes; as one all knowing;

In speech; he went to and fro in the world;

The sound of war drums rolled from his tongue;

The words from his heart stirred one to the utmost depths。

The dragon pranced; the tiger glared;

And peace was brought to the world。

Through all the ages his fame shall never decay。

After taking leave of Zhuge Jun; Liu Bei and his followers left for Xinye; with Zhuge Liang as panion。 When they took up their abode there; Zhuge Liang was treated as a mentor; eating at the same table; sleeping on the same couch as Liu Bei。 They spent whole days conversing over the affairs of the empire。

Zhuge Liang said; 〃Cao Cao is training his troops for naval service in Aquamarine Lake; and hence certainly intends to invade the country south of the Great River。 We ought to send our spies to ascertain what Cao Cao and Sun Quan are really doing。〃

So spies were dispatched。

Now after Sun Quan succeeded to the heritage of his father and brother; he sent far and wide to invite people of ability to aid him。 He established lodging places for them in Kuaiji in Wu; and directed Gu Yong and Zhang Hong to wele and entertain all those who came。 And year by year they flocked in; one remending another。 Among them were Kan Ze of Kuaiji; Yan Jun of Pengcheng; Xue Yong of Beishan; Cheng Bing of Runan; Zhu Huan of Wujun; Lu Ji of the same place; Zhang Wen of Wucheng; Luo Tong of Kuaiji; and Wu Can of Wushang。 All these scholars were treated with great deference。

Many able leaders came also。 Among them were Lu Meng of Runan; Lu Xun of Wujun; Xu Sheng of Langye; Pan Zhang of Dongjun; and Ding Feng of Lujiang。 Thus Sun Quan obtained the assistance of many people of ability both in peace and war and all went well with him。

In the seventh year of Rebuilt Tranquillity (AD 202); Cao Cao had broken the power of Yuan Shao。 Then he sent a messenger to the South Land ordering Sun Quan to send his son to court to serve in the retinue of the Emperor。 Sun Quan; however; hesitated to ply with this request; and the matter was the subject of much discussion。 His mother; Lady Wu; sent for Zhou Yu and Zhang Zhao and asked their advice。

Zhang Zhao said; 〃Cao Cao wishes a son to be present at court as a hostage whereby he has a hold upon us; as formerly was the case with all the feudal chiefs。 If we do not ply with this request; he will doubtless attack the region。 There is some peril。〃

Zhou Yu said; 〃Our lord has succeeded to the heritage and has a large army of veterans and ample supplies。 He has able officers ready to do his bidding。 So why should he be pelled to send a hostage to any person? To send a hostage is to be forced into joining Cao Cao; and to carry out his behests; whatever they be。 Then we shall be in his power。 It would be better not to send; but rather to wait patiently the course of events and prepare plans to attack。〃

〃That is also my opinion;〃 said the Dowager。

So Sun Quan dismissed the messenger but did not send his son。 Cao Cao resented this and had since nourished schemes against the South Land。 But their realization had been delayed by the dangers on the north and; so far; no attack had been made。

Late in the eighth year (AD 203); Sun Quan led his armies against Huang Zu and fought on the Great River; where he was successful in several battles。 One of Sun Quans leaders; Ling Cao; led a fleet of light vessels up the river and broke into Xiakou but was killed by an arrow of Gan Ning; a general of Huang Zu。 Ling Cao left a son; Ling Tong; fifteen years of age; who led another expedition to recover his fathers corpse and was so far successful。 After that; as the war was inclined to go against him; Sun Quan returned again to his own country。

Now Sun Quans younger brother; Sun Yi; was Governor of Dangyang。 He was a hard man and given to drink and; in his cups; very harsh to his people; ordering the infliction of severe floggings。 Two of his officers; Military Inspector Gui Lan and Secretary Dai Yuan; bore their chief a grudge and sought to assassinate him。 They took into their confidence one Bian Hong; of the escort; and the three plotted to kill their master at a great assembly of officials at Dangyang amid the banquets。

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