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Sima Yi finally joins the court after spending 10 years draft dodging and pretending to have arthritis (at age 23!). Cao Cao congratulates him for his miraculous recovery.

Curious to know what happened to the imperial government of Wu after it fell? Chen Shou and Pei Songzhi has got you covered. With translations by me, you can now read what they wrote about Wu. I do not think anyone has translated the entirety of Volume 48, so I consider myself the first. My translations are not perfect, so don't cite this in your school essay. Ask me for anything for clarification and I will try to help you.

I originally wanted to post it as one long Tumblr "essay" but it won't let me so here are the links to where I have them.

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Happy Lunar New Year @everyone! Thank you all for your patience! After months of careful editing and reviewing with our hard-working team, we are proud to present the episodes in the Battle of Chibi arc! This arc will bring the biggest battle between Cao Cao and Liu Bei as well as Sun Quan for you to watch!

Greg: Uh, I'm not familiar...

Tom: Cao Cao was a warlord around the fall of the Han dynasty. Cruel but brilliant. He trusted no one, Greg. He said, "I would rather betray the whole world than have the world betray me." Well, Cao Cao captures Guan Yu, an enemy general, and finds himself enamored with him. Becomes a little obsessed. You see, Cao Cao thought he could never trust anyone, because no one is truly loyal. That's how he's lived his life. Everyone cutting each other down and climbing over the corpses. But here is Guan Yu, a skilled warrior in his own right, but loyal to a fault, and kind of pure of heart in a way Cao Cao isn't but maybe wishes he could be. Guan Yu has sworn his loyalty to Liu Bei, a sanctimonious prick who takes him for granted - the kind of guy who would promise to buy him a watch and then not do it.

Greg: I don't like the sound of this Liu Bei, Tom.

Tom: Don't interrupt. Anyway, Cao Cao deeply respects Guan Yu, so he's not going to keep him prisoner forever - but he wants him to want to stay. He tries to buy his affection by impressing him with his extravagant wealth. Tries to convince him he's a good guy at heart. Even gives him Red Hare, the fastest horse in the world, as a gift. A gift, Greg. It looks desperate.

Greg: Wow. Guan Yu must have been really grateful, though. I would be. Fastest horse in the world, imagine what you could do with that.

Tom: You could travel really fast - obviously. Anyway, Guan Yu is very grateful, even awed. Cao Cao isn't the monster he thought he was. By the end of their time together, he actually believes Cao Cao to be more honorable than... maybe Liu Bei. Maybe everyone. But Guan Yu swore his loyalty to someone else, so he leaves. The very thing Cao Cao loved about him is the thing that takes him away.

Greg: Sounds sad.

Xiliang Alliance Army

When Cao Cao’s conquest of the north and various gains and losses in the south reach the ears of those who still consider themselves independent (When it suits them), a coalition of western warlords in Liang Province band together, a surge of misguided nationalism masking their own personal ideals and interests. Led by the brutish Ma Teng, the sly Han Sui and the mysterious Zhang Lu, they intend to march upon Chang’an, sowing fear in Han and Wei, few forgetting how many were lost the first time Liang Province fell to lawlessness.

(From Left To Right)

(Top Row)

Cheng Yin, Ma Wan, Liang Xing, Zhang Heng

(Upper-Middle Row)

Cheng Yi, Yang Kiu, Han Sui, Hou Xuan, Li Kan

(Middle Row)

Agui, Ma Teng, Zhang Lu

(Lower-Middle Row)

Yan Xing, Yan Pu

(Bottom Row)