the duel ended Process_end indecisively , `` virginia '' returning Arriving to her home at the gosport navy yard for repairs and strengthening Cause_change_of_strength , and `` monitor Scrutiny '' to her station defending Defending `` minnesota '' .

In the 14th-century historical novel `` Romance of the Three Kingdoms '' , the campaign is memorable for at least two famous incidents Catastrophe : one is Guan Yu 's slaying Killing of Hua Xiong ; the other is the three-on-one duel between the three sworn brothers ( Liu Bei , Guan Yu , Zhang Fei ) and Lü Bu .

Instead , they were fighting Hostile_encounter remnants of the Yellow Turban rebels in the north and thus did not duel with Lü Bu , who , historically , was defeated Conquering by Sun Jian in battle Hostile_encounter .

However , before the two sides actually engage , Conrad of Niemcza , a Silesian [ German , more or less ] in King Sigismund 's army , on his own initiative rides out and challenges Confronting_problem the Poles to a duel .

The first two opponents were driven Motion off , but the third succeeded in coming Motion alongside and , in a fierce and close fought Hostile_encounter duel , compelled Action Captain Richard Rodney Bligh to surrender Surrendering his ship in the face of overwhelming odds .

Following the Civil War Military_operation , dueling Hostile_encounter fell Motion_directional out of favor as a means of settling Resolve_problem personal grievances and declined rapidly ; the last known duel Hostile_encounter was fought Hostile_encounter here in 1868 .

The duel itself lasted Process_end a mere eight minutes , during which `` Essex '' fired Use_firearm only one broadside .