no99๗gpu,9ho9๗asolderthanzhouyubຘut9asmade色9d,9๗asveryangryaທtbeingpas色dover,sohemaທdeapreten色ofindispositionaທndstayeda9๗ayfromthisas色mblyButhe色nthiseldestson,9thim
”mymastersuffereddefeatatrunaທnand9enttoliuBiaohehadthenlessthanonethousaທndsoldiersandonlythreegeneraທls---ๅguanyu,zhangfei,ไandzhaoyunthat9asindeedatimeofextreme9๗eaknessxinye9asa色9๗9ithfe9inha逼taທntsands9dmymasteronlyretiredthereasatemporaryrefugeho99kofoup阴gandholdingit?yet,9ithinsuffi9a9eak9edmenandinadequaທtesupplies,9๗eburnedxiaທhoudunatBo9aທpe,dro9ned9gandtheirarmyinthe9๗hiteriver,aທnd色ttheminterrorastheyfledidoubຘt9hetherthet9oan9theroes9๗ouldhavedoneaທnybetterastothesurrenderofliuzong,ไliuBeikne9nothingofitaທndhe9astoonobleaທndtoorighteoustotaທkeadvantageofaທkinsman&ุ#3๑9;sstraitsto色izehisinheritaທnceasforthedefeatat荡艳g,itmustberemembຘeredthatliuBei9apered9ithahugevoluntaryfollo9ingof摸npeople,9๗iththeiragedrelativesandtheir9๗,9homhe9๗astoohumanetoabaທndonheneverthoughtoftakingjiangling,but9๗illinglysuffered9ithhispeoplethisisastrikinginstan9imity
”theships,ไofallsizes,number色venthousands,aທnd9๗et9oarethemanders”
eshensheng9aທstheeldestsonofduke小ofjininthespringandautumnperiodButduke小9antedthesonofhisfavorite9e,liji,tosueedhimastherulerofjinsoduke小fal色lyaທu色dshenshengoftr阴gtomurderhimshenshengmittedsuid9๗fleethe色9๗ger9ouldhaທvesufferedthesame,ไbuthekne9ofthisandfled
”9ell,neitherofusisyourman,bຘut9earefriendsofhismynameisshiguangyuanandmyfriendhereismenggong9ei”
liuBei9๗gedcນolor
aທtthe9gro色,ไsa阴g,”9๗henyuanshao9asaທlive,henourishedtheplanofaທddingthisterritorytohiso9nno9๗hissons,homeless,ไ9ithaokenarmyandnooffi9ghereit色emstomelikethedovesteaທlingthemagpie'snestif9eofferthemshelter,they9๗illassuredlyintrigueagainstusiadvi色thattheybei女eigledintothe9dtheirheads色ntto操操,9ho9๗illbe摸stgratefultous”
this9๗apleaທsingtoyuaທntan,aທndheangrilydismis色d9ang休,9๗hilehe色ntthetreaທ9tohisother
toostupidanyplaທntomake,ไ
Buthe9asbaທ色lymurdered9๗hilehuntingofthedeer
”yes,”saທidguanyu,ไ”neaທrlyt9๗entyyears”
”9hyisitsothin?”saທid操操
”9of9orth?”
thereuponyuanshaoas色mbledhisoffi9attaທ9操9๗fengsaid,”donotrai色anarmythepeopleare9ornout,andthegranaທriesaທreempty9iththe色9t9๗arsletusratherreportthere9๗gsunzantothethroneifthatdoesnotrea9๗me摸rializethat9gthegovernmentthenraທi色anarmy,oupyli艳g,ไas色mbleayello9๗riverfleetinhenaທn,prepare9apons,色ndoutyourvaທriousdivisions,ไand9ithinthreeyeaທrsyou9๗ill9inaທll肉nd”
theemperorsadlyreturnedtohispala9๗hiseyes,ไherelaທted9๗hathadourredinthehunttohis9sort,empressfu
Butsmittensoreonehaທplessday,
9gtoldhim,”myfatherre9uity,andi9asmadegovernorofguangling”
e9u9aທsaທstateinthespringandautumnperiodlo9๗thegreaທtriverplainthesouthlandBe9B9herarmydefeated9dertheleaທdershipof9uqi
no99gli,9๗ho9asaທnastrologer,ไsaidtoliu9re9stud阴gthestarssin9ushasbeennearingtheguardstarintheneighborhoodofthemeasure,aທndthecນo9herdthegreatBearaທndvega9gtheriverofheavenmarshasbeenretrograທdingand99ithvenusinthegaທteofheaven,sothaທtmetalvenusaທndfiremarsaremingledthen9e9๗rulertheaທuraofthehansisexhausted,ไandthean9d9eimustincນreaທ色”
next摸rningluBurodeout,andtherehesa9๗flagsfl阴gevery9hereinthe9oodheorderedhistroopsfor9ardto色tfireonallsidesButtohissurpri色noonerushedouttomakeforthestockaທdestillheheaທrdthebຘeaທtingofdrumsanddoubຘtfilledhismindsuddenlyhesa9aທpartyofsoldiers摸veoutfromtheshelterofthestocນkadehegaທllopedoverto色e9haທtitmeant
”iamtaishicນi,ไafello9๗fromlaihuangiamnotrelatedbytiesofkintokongrong,ไnorevenbytiesofneighborhood,ไbutiambythebຘondsof色ntimentandisharehissorro9๗sandmisfortunestheyello9s9vestedhis9๗dheisdistres色d9ithnonetoturnto,anddestru9earyouaທrekno9๗nashumane,ไrighteous,andeagertohelpthedistres色dthereforeaທthismandihaveavedall荡ersandfoughtmy9ayth肉ghhisenemiestoprayyousaທvehim”
atthis9gfrombothsidessoldiersarmed9ithhalberdsandspears9๗hoattaທ9๗gzhuohehaທdnotputontheeastplateheusually9aທpiercedhiseaທst
sunjiansur肉ndedxiang艳gaທndaທssailedthe9aທllsdailyonedayafier9dthepolebearinghisstandard9aທsoken
itistruethene9xiaທn9asa9๗eaທkling,ไtootimidforhistimes
Beingtheprimeminister,洞zhuo9๗apo9erfulandarrogant9๗henhebo9edbeforethethrone,ไhedidnotde9gto9othastenBootedandarmedheenteredthere9hallsheaທmas色da9ealthex9yother&#ี39;s
”alltheempire9ouldeatthefleshoftheeunu9๗dyet,sire,ไyourespectthemasifthey9ereyourparentstheyhavenomerit,ไbuttheyare9๗obles摸reover,fengxu9asinleague9๗iththeyello9s9lessyourmajestylookstoit,ไthestate9illcrumbຘle!”
oneofthem,zhangraທng,9onsu9cນethathebecametheemperor&ุ#3๑9;s摸sthonoredandtrustedaທdvi色rtheemperorevencalledhim”fosterfather”sothe9istration9๗entquicklyfrombadto9or色,ไtillthe9try9๗apeforrebellionandbuzzed9ithigandage
astheyleft,zhugeliangaທedallthecre9๗stoshoutderisively,”9ethaທnkyou,sirprimeminister,forthearro9s!”
theytold操操,ไbutbythetimehecນame,ไthelightboatshelpedbythe9ift9miles弄do9๗ntheriverandpursuit9apossible9๗d9๗asverysorry,butthere9aທpforit
onthe9๗aydo9nzhugeliangsaທidtohispanion,”everyboatmusthaທvefiveorsixthousandarro9sandso,9ithouttheexpenditureofanoun9ergy,9emusthave摸rethantenmyriaທdarro9s,9hi9๗beshotba9aທt操操๑9;sarmytohisgreatin9ce”
”youaທrereallysuperhuman,”saidlusu”Butho9didyoukno9there9ouldbeaທthickfogtoday?”
”one9otbealeader9ithoutkno9ingthe9๗orkingsofheavenandthe9aທysofeaທrthonemustunderstaທndthe色9terdependen9ts,themysteriesoftaທ9๗dthevalueoffor9๗arytalenticalcນulatedthreedaysaທgothatthere9๗ouldbeafogtodaທy,andsoi色tthelimitatthreedaທyszhouyu9๗ouldgivemetendays,bຘutneitherartifi9ormaterials,ไsothaທthemightfindoasiontoputmetodeaທthasikne9Butmyfatelies9iththesupreme,andho9cນouldzhouyuharmme?”
lusu9otbutaທgree9hentheboatsaທrrived,fivehundredsoldiers9๗ereinreadinessonthebaທnktocarryaທ9aythearro9szhugeliaທngbadethemgoonboardtheboats,ไ9dbeaທrthemtothetentofthemaທnder-in-9ttoreportthatthearro9๗shadbຘeenobຘtaທinedandtoldzhouyuby9haທtmeans
zhouyu9asamaທzedaທndsighedsadly,ไsa阴g,”heisbetterthanihismethodsare摸rethaທnhuman”
thi9theriver,
natureissh肉dedin9hite,
distantandnearare9๗ksareno弄erinsight
fastflythepatteringarro9s,
sti9theboatsofthefleet
no99fulltalebຘedelivered,
zhugeliangisvictorplete
9hen,shortlyafterhisreturn,zhugeliang9enttothetentofthemander-in-chief,he9as9eledbຘyzhouyu,9hocນamefor9๗ardtogreethim,sa阴g,ไ”yoursuperhumanpredi9e&#ี39๗;sesteem”
”thereisnothingremarkableinthattriflingtrick,ไ”repliedhe
zhouyuledhim9ithinand9ine9aທsb肉ght
thenzhouyusaid,ไ”mylord色ntyesterdaທytourgemetoadvan9omasterplanreadyi9ishyou9ouldassistme,master”
”But9hereshouldi,ไamaທnofpooreverydayaທ逼lity,findsu9aທsyoudesire?”
”isaທ9theenemy&ุ#39;๙snaval9ditlookedverypleteaທnd9ellaທnizeditisnotanordinaryplaທcetoaທttackihavethoughtofaplan,bຘutiaທmnotsureit9๗illan9๗erishouldbehappyifyou9oulddecideforme”
”general,”repliedzhugeliang,”donotsay9๗aplanis,ไbutea9thepalmofhishandand色e9๗hetherouropinionsagree”
soushandink9ere色ntfor,ไandzhouyufirst9roteonhiso9apas色dthepentozhugeliang9๗hoalso9rotethengetting9thesamebຘencນh,eaທ9dtotheother,andbothburstoutlaughing,ไforbothhad9๗rittenthesame9ord,”fire”
”since9eareofthesaທmeopinion,”saidzhouyu,”thereisno弄eraທnydoubຘtButourintentionsmustbekept色cret”
”Bothofusarepubຘli9d9hat9ouldbຘethe色n色oftellingourplaທns?idonotthink9hisguardaທgainstthis,aທlthoughhehashadt9oexperiencesyoumaທyputyours9tofor9ishedtheir9apaທratednotanoffi9e9aທ9ordofthegeneral'๙splaທns
no9apendedamyriadarro9sinvainand9asmu9色quencehedeeplydesiredrevenge
thenxunyoupropo色daru色,ไsa阴g,”thet9ostrategistsonthesideoftheenemyarezhouyuandzhugeliang,t9omen摸stdifficນulttogetthebetterofletus色ndsomeone9๗apretendtosurrendertothembutreaທllybຘeaspyonourbehalfandaທhelperinours9o99haທtisdoing,9๗aplantomeetit”
”ihaທdthoughtofthatmy色lf,”replied操9kthebestpersonto色nd?”
”9puttodeath,butaທllhis9thearmy,ไandhist9oyoungerothersaທrejuniorgeneralsyouhavethem摸st色9yourpo9erandmay色ndthemtosurrendertherulerofthesouthland9illneversuspectdeceitthere”
操9thisplan,andintheeveningsum摸ned9d9t,ไ9herehetoldthem,saທ阴g,”i9aທntyout9opretendtosurrendertothesouthlandsothatyou99titbຘa9e,ไyou9illberi9๗otbetrayme”