Welcome to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms podcast. This is episode 20.

Last time, we saw Lv Bu and Liu Bei switch roles in Xu province, with Lv Bu'sizing control of the province while Liu Bei was occupied,

and then putting Liu Bei in the hamlet of Xiaopi. And then we switched gears and checked in on

Sun Tse, the eldest son of the late Sun Jian. When we left off, Sun Tze had just used the imperial

hereditary seal that his father had left to him as collateral

to borrow 3,000 troops from Yuan Shu so as to conquer himself an empire.

As Sun Tse's army was traveling, they saw another army approaching, and the head of this

army was a gallant and striking man. When he saw Sun Tseh, he dismounted and kneeled.

Sun Tze recognized him. His name was Zhou Yu. When Sun Jian joined the coalition against Dong Zhuo,

he had moved his family to Zhou Yu's hometown. Zhou Yu was the same age as Sun Tz, so the two

struck up a close friendship and became sworn brothers, with Sun Tse

being the older brother by two months.

Zhou Yu's uncle was the governor of Dan Yang, and Zhou Yu was on his way to visit him when he ran

into Sun Tseh.

Sun Tze was delighted to see his old friend and brought him up to date on what's going on.

I am willing to do my part and help you achieve great deeds, Zhou Yu told him.

Now that I have your help, success is guaranteed. A joyous Sun Tse replied, and he introduced

Zhou Yu to Zhu Zhi and Lu Fan, the two advisors who had helped Sun Tse extract himself from Yuan Shu.

Brother, if you want to achieve great things, you should seek out the two Zhangs of the

Southlands, Zhou Yu said.

Who are they?

One is named Zhang Jiao, and the other is named Zhang Hong.

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