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Chapter 44 of Romance of the Three Kingdoms – titled “Zhuge Liang Provokes Zhou Yu; Sun Quan Vows to Resist Cao Cao” – marks the dramatic crystallization of the Sun-Liu alliance against Cao Cao, while simultaneously planting the seeds of a rivalry between two master strategists: Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu. With Eastern Wu…
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In the autumn of 208 CE, following his swift conquest of Jing Province after Liu Cong’s surrender, Cao Cao sent a letter to Sun Quan – a message that read less like diplomacy and more like a declaration of intent.