Meanwhile, an ambush had violently concluded Sun Jian's life in a war with Liu Biao, fulfilling Sun's own rash oath to heaven.

Meanwhile, Sun Quan plots to take Jing Province after tiring of Liu Bei's repeated refusals to hand the land over.

Meanwhile, Liu Yao, who was by imperial decree the governor of Yang Province ( 揚州 ; covering present-day southern Jiangsu, southern Anhui, Jiangxi, Zhejiang and Fujian ), occupied Qu ' e as the regional seat Shouchun ( 壽春 ; present-day Shou County, Anhui ) was already occupied by Yuan Shu.

Meanwhile, the main Shu force led by Liu Bei reached Xiaoting and was unable to push any further as Wu forces led by Lu Xun held on firmly to their positions.

Meanwhile, a follower of Liu Xiu, Geng Yan ( 耿弇 ), the son of the governor of Shanggu Commandery ( 上谷, roughly modern Zhangjiakou, Hebei ), had fled back to his father's commandery, and persuaded both his father Geng Kuang ( 耿況 ) and the governor of the neighboring Yuyang Commandery ( 漁陽, roughly modern Beijing ), Peng Chong ( 彭寵 ), to support Liu Xiu.

Meanwhile, Zhang Liang left the tent to find Fan Kuai to save Liu Bang.

Meanwhile, Liu Bei was marching eastward, and the two met up at Zigui.

Meanwhile, the Qing government rewarded Liu Yongfu for his services in the Sino-French War with a minor military appointment in Guangdong province.

Meanwhile, Huan advanced east toward the capital and, after he made overtures to Liu, Liu turned against Sima Yuanxian.

Meanwhile, Xu attacked Jing Province ( 荊州, modern Hubei and Hunan ), but was defeated by Liu Yu's brother Liu Daogui ( 劉道規 ), and rejoined Lu, preparing for a confrontation with Liu Yu.

Meanwhile, in late 412, Liu Yu commissioned the general Zhu Lingshi ( 朱齡石 ) to attack Qiao Zong's Western Shu, secretly instructing him to take the long route to Qiao Zong's capital Chengdu by Min River ( 岷江 ), rather than the short route by Fu River ( 涪江 ).

Meanwhile, Liu Yu, having accepted the Duke of Song title and the nine bestowments in summer 418, had Emperor An create him the Prince of Song, but then publicly declined it.

Meanwhile, however, in order to prevent any likelihood that Sima Dewen would have a male heir, Liu Yu ordered Princess Chu's brothers Chu Xiuzhi ( 褚秀之 ) and Chu Danzhi ( 褚淡之 ) to poison any male children that Princess Chu or Sima Dewen's concubines would bear.

Meanwhile, Jacob ( Harvey Keitel ), a pastor who is experiencing a crisis of faith, arrives at the same motel with his daughter Kate ( Juliette Lewis ) and his adopted son Scott ( Ernest Liu ).

Meanwhile, Han Xin was expecting Xiao He to recommend him to Liu Bang, but he had not received news for a long time so he became disappointed and left as well.

Meanwhile, Xiang Yu sent Wu She to persuade Han Xin to declare independence from Liu Bang and form an alliance with him, in hope of losing an opponent on the northern front.

Meanwhile, Liu Bang thought that Xiao He had also deserted him and was shocked, but was relieved when he saw Xiao returning with Han Xin days later.

Meanwhile, Li Yuan's second son, by his wife Duchess Dou ( who had died earlier ), Li Shimin, was with him in Taiyuan, and was secretly planning rebellion against Sui rule with Pei Ji the head of the household at Emperor Yang's secondary palace nearby and Liu Wenjing the Jinyang County ( 晉陽, i. e., Taiyuan ) magistrate, but at first did not reveal their plans to Li Yuan.

Meanwhile, however, when Li Yuan arrived near Hedong, his army was bogged down by the weather, and with food running out, there were rumors that Eastern Tujue and Liu Wuzhou would attack Taiyuan.

Meanwhile, Tang was facing another serious threat — Liu Wuzhou, now determined to march south against Tang.

Meanwhile von Salza had to abandon his hope to establish an Order's State in the Burzenland region of Transylvania, which had led to an éclat with King Andrew II of Hungary.

Meanwhile, Army captain John C. Frémont led settlers in northern California to overthrow the Mexican garrison in Sonoma ( in the Bear Flag Revolt ).

Meanwhile, in Italy, the Pope had used Frederick's excommunication as an excuse to invade his Italian territories ; the papal armies were led by Frederick's former father-in-law John of Brienne.

Meanwhile, nationalist agitation led by the National Independent League ( Liga Nacional Independiente ) increased.

Meanwhile, in the south of Egypt, there was a long-standing revolt that had begun during the reign of Ptolemy IV, led by Horwennefer and by his successor Ankhwennefer.

Meanwhile, Stephen had put down two revolts in the south-west led by Baldwin de Redvers and Robert of Bampton ; Baldwin was released after his capture and travelled to Normandy, where he became an increasingly vocal critic of the king.

Meanwhile, it seemed that the Chiefs, led by head coach Hank Stram, and especially quarterback Len Dawson, were jinxed throughout the year.

Meanwhile technology led to the use of synthetic strings that match the feel of gut yet with added durability.

Meanwhile, the Russian Civil War had led to the creation of the Soviet Union.

Meanwhile an Athenian fleet, led by Archestratus, sails for Potidaea.

Meanwhile a small band led by Balliol had set sail from the Humber.

Meanwhile an anti-Ottoman crusade led by the Hungarian King Sigismund of Luxemburg failed at the Battle of Nicopolis on 25 September 1396, but the Ottomans were themselves crushingly defeated by Timur at the Battle of Ankara in 1402.

Meanwhile, the fiscal pressure on the kingdom caused by Edward's expensive alliances led to discontent at home.

Meanwhile, working independently, a team led by Douglas Engelbart ( with Jeff Rulifson as chief programmer ) was the first to implement the hyperlink concept for scrolling within a single document ( 1966 ), and soon after for connecting between paragraphs within separate documents ( 1968 ), with NLS.

Meanwhile, Montfort defeated the remainder of the royal army led by the King and Cornwall.

Meanwhile the Jews had become embroiled in a civil conflict of their own, splitting the resistance in the city among two factions ; the Sicarii led by Simon Bar Giora, and the Zealots led by John of Gischala.

Meanwhile, a fourth ship, the Bolsheretsk was constructed and Spangberg ( having identified some 30 Kuril Islands on his first trip ) led the four ships on a second voyage, which saw the first Russians land in Japan.

Meanwhile E / 16, led by Second Lieutenant John M. Spalding, turned westward along the top of the bluffs, engaging in a two hour battle for WN-64.

Meanwhile, Snyder has tracked Hooker to Chicago, but his pursuit is thwarted when he is summoned by undercover FBI agents led by Agent Polk, who orders him to assist in their scheme to arrest Gondorff using Hooker.

Meanwhile, the men were led to six barns and sheds where machine-gun nests were already in place.

Meanwhile the English navy tried to gain control over the North Sea also and in the two-day Battle of the Gabbard in June drove the Dutch back to their home ports, starting a blockade of the Dutch coast, which led to an immediate collapse of the Dutch economy and even starvation.

Meanwhile, the rising number of practitioners and theorists led NLP to become less uniform than it was upon its foundation.

Meanwhile, a Vancouver group led by WHL Canucks owner and former Vancouver mayor Fred Hume made a bid to be one of the six teams due to join the league in 1967, but the NHL rejected their application.

Meanwhile, a group led by former Hartford Whalers owner Howard Baldwin was pushing the NHL to bring a team to San Jose, where a new arena was being built.