Round 3: Tossup 20

While playing a board game, a man in this novel remains composed as his bone is scraped for poison. Earlier in this novel, (10[1])that character hopes to “die on the same day, in the same month and in the same year” as men he met at an inn. A ritual in this novel is performed for three days and three nights to summon an eastern wind before a battle. (10[1])A strategist in this novel “borrowed” (10[1])arrows for a battle (10[1])whose wind he used to carry fire ships into a fleet. (10[1])That crushing defeat was suffered by Cáo Cāo (“tsao tsao”), the main antagonist (10[1])of this member of the Four Great Classical Novels. For 10 points, (10[1])name this historical Chinese novel titled for the conflict between Wei, Shu, and (10[1])Wu. ■END■ (10[1])

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