Welcome to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms podcast.

This is episode 127.

Last time, Zhuge Liang had launched his third northern campaign,

and he was off to a strong start, taking the previously

troublesome passage of Chen Cang, and then sacking the cities of Wudu and Yinping.

The man sent to stop him, Sima Yi tried to retaliate by sending his vanguard generals

Zhang He and Daig to raid Zhuge Liang's camp,

but Zhuge Liang had a trap waiting for them.

Soon, the two Wei generals found themselves surrounded, and Zhuge Liang was telling them

to surrender at once.

But Zhang He was furious at this insult.

Pointing at Zhuge Liang, he cursed,

You are a country bumpkin who's encroaching on my kingdom's borders.

How dare you speak such nonsense?

If I catch you, I will cut you to pieces.

So Zhang He tried to fight his way up the hillside to get at Zhuge Liang,

but he was immediately pushed back

by a torrent of arrows and boulders, so now he charged right through the ranks of the Shu

forces that surround him. Remember, Zhang He is the last surviving member of the elite

club of officers who followed Cao Cao on his campaigns,

and he was one of Wei's mightiest warriors. As he charged to and fro, no one dared to get in his

way. When he had fought his way out, he realized that his lieutenant Dai Ling was still trapped

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