#3 i believe. It is the only answer that isn't too informal and also flows/transitions well into the paragraph.
Answer:
Eagle
Explanation:
Zhang Fei was a military general in China. He joined Liu Bei in three kingdom. Zhang Fei had blunt panthers head, huge round eyes, stance of a horse and beard like a tiger. These all animals are used by Xuande to describe Zhang Fei. The eagle was not used to describe the features of Zhang Fei. He died in 221 AD.
It would be topical sense there is no clear timeline you would have to go through
The verb phrase is was holding.
