SuaveG – The Gentle Path

Chinese mythology, folktales, and literature

Shanyang Commandery

  • Cao Cao’s Recovery of Yanzhou [Three Kingdoms]

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    Juan

    Having endured the devastating winter of 194 AD, during which famine, betrayal, and isolation brought him to the brink of collapse, Cao Cao launched a decisive counteroffensive in the spring of 195 AD to reclaim Yanzhou from Lü Bu.

  • Cao Cao’s ordeal against Lü Bu [Three Kingdoms]

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    Juan

    In the summer of 194 AD, while Cao Cao was deep in Xuzhou, devastating Tao Qian’s forces and advancing toward Tan County, disaster struck at home. News reached him: Chen Gong and Zhang Miao had rebelled, opening the gates of Yanzhou to Lü Bu, the famed warrior fleeing from Dong Zhuo’s downfall.