Welcome to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms podcast.

This is episode 114.

Last time, Zhuge Liang and his army

has stumbled into a land of poisoned streams and toxic air as they pursued the

non-man king Meng Huo. But fortunately for them, they ran into Meng Huo's older and estranged

brother, who told them that they could find potable water by digging wells. So they dug,

except they couldn't find any water, not even after

digging a dozen or so wells. With his men in a panic, Zhuge Liang took the next logical step.

He prayed. Burning incense in the middle of the night, he said to heaven,

Your unworthy servant has received the blessing of the

mighty Han and has been tasked with pacifying the Nanman. Right now my army lacks water. If it is

heaven's will that the Han shall knock and hear, please bless us with a spring. If the Han has run its course, then your

servant is willing to die here. Apparently heaven was listening, and apparently heaven did not

want Zhuge Liang to die there, because when he and his men woke up the next morning,

all their wells were brimming with water.

The troops drank their fill and then proceeded along small trails, setting up camp in front of

Bald Dragon Hollow, where Meng Huo was seeking refuge with his host, a local tribal king named

Duosi. The Nanman scouts brought word of this to Meng Huo, telling him that the host, a local tribal king named Dōssi.

The Nanman scouts brought word of this to Meng Huo, telling him that the Shu soldiers appear to be unaffected by the toxic air and poison springs.

King Dorsi refused to believe this.

He and Meng Huo went out to a hilltop to take a closer look.

But they saw that the Shu soldiers were indeed doing just fine as they were getting ready to make dinner.

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