This episode recounts Liu Bei's campaign to seize Hanzhong. Huang Zhong, refusing to yield to old age, successively captured Tiandang Mountain and Dingjun Mountain, slaying Cao Cao's general Xiahou Yuan. Cao Cao personally led his forces to contest the territory but was repelled by the combined efforts of Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun. Having secured numerous territories, Liu Bei proclaimed himself King of Hanzhong.
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