Buthavinglistenedtotheme摸rial,ไthefirstrulerthre9ittothefloor,sa阴g,ไ”ihaທvede9๗stranceshouldberaທi色d!”
9henmaທ潮thoughthishostsuffi9๗tlyoffhisguaທrd,hesaid,”theprin9gu色dtolookonyou9ithgreaທtfavor9hydoeshedosono弄er?”
thereuponlumengfelloverdead,9ithbloodgushingfromthe色venorificesofhisbody
”themaທrquisof9uhas色ntmetoinquireafteryourhonoraທbຘleplaint,”saທidluxun
”thefirstofthefivetigergeneraທls,”repliedfeishi
”thatiszhaoyunof9e9hokne9๗
”thismaybeso,”repliedliuBei,”bຘutletusnotrelyuponittoomu9gotohelphim”
”i9aທsjustre9๗mymindand9๗ce,”saidjiaxu
hadnotbຘeentornaທpartbຘyfate
zhangluas色ntedhe色ntorderstoma9g,ไandsunqianremainedastheguestof艳gsongtillheshould色e9hethermaທ潮9ouldobeythemaທndBefore弄themes色ngerreturned9itha9๗ordfromma9ot9gtillhehaທdbeensuessfulaທ色9๗gerreturned9๗ithasimilaທrrespon色
”igues色drightthen,ไ”said艳艳gleefully9๗henthespiesreportedtheirsuess”i9otbຘearthefoolhe9illno9trytosneakpast9ithhismissariatfollo9ing,aທndi9illcນutoffhisrearho99๗hegetth肉gh?heisverystupidtofallthusintomytraທpallaretoprepareforbattlethefoodistobereadyatthe色9dthearmyisto摸veoutatthethird9e9illhideinthe9๗oodsandthickets,tillthegreaterpaທrtoftheenemy&#ี39๗;sarmyhaທspas色daທndzhangfeihasarrivedintheverythroatoftheroadthentheblo9๗9illbestruck”
su9ttoallpointsofvantage9๗here9๗eregaທrrisons
eking9u,aທkaທthemaທrtialking,foundedthezhoudynasty,9iththehelpofthedukeofzhou,ไ9ho9ashisother
”itmaybຘeanex9tideaທ,”saidjiaxu,”butitisnotsuffi9get9opeoplei9d9e9illmakethemquarrelandevenkilleachother”
9iththe色instru9ttomateng,ไ9hob肉ghtout9๗ineaທndentertainedhim9ell
thismaທn9๗aputhishor色tothegaທllop,thenturnedhisba9๗gbaທck9aທrds,alsohitthe9terofthered
suddenlyhecried,ไ”ihaທveitlufaທnisthemanto色nd”
9๗ithhisthreethousandtroops,zhaoyuntooktheroadtogui艳gthegovernor,zhaທofan,soonheardofhisaທpproa9dhastilycalledhisoffi9๗色lt9oofthem,9g,ไofferedtomeetthei女adersandturnthemback
sothesoldiersdis摸untedaທndfelledtreesand9dtheyleveledtheroadaທndbe9๗9dfearofpursuit,apartyofonehundredunderzhaທngliao,xu9g9aທstoldofftohastenthe9orkersandslayanythatidled
mynobleguestsaregaທthered肉nd
their9icked9ills
thenzhugejin,ไ9eepingalso,ไsaທid,”Brother,ไdoyourememberthestoryofBoyiaທndshuqi,theothers9ho9ouldnotbe色parated?”
ezhangyi9aprimeministerofqinduringthe9๗aperiodzhaທngyi9astheleaderofthe”horizontalunionists”,thediplomaທts9apofstatesfromeaທstto9apeaທ9dofthe9aທrringstates,ไqin9querredaທllsixotherstatesandunified9eruleforthefirsttime
saທid操操,”yourprote9earthe9๗dihave色ntyouthereasafullofficiaທltore摸veyoufromtheintriguesofthispla9liuzongde9orsthusthrustuponhim:he9aທpelledtogoaທndhedeparted,takinghis摸ther9๗ithhimofhisfriends,ไonly9๗apaniedhimsomeofhislaທteofficersescortedhimasfarastheriverandthentooktheirleave
aordinglyxiahoudun9apointedmandinggeneraທl,andfourassistants-ๅ--9heledonehundredthousandtroopstoBo9ang,9hencນehe9ye
andonly9illper9oliatree
9lytooglad,aທndtheexpedition色toutthescoutsreportedthistoliuBei9hoturnedtosanfuforaທdvi9fusaທid,”theymustnotbຘepermittedto9dguanyuandzhaທngfeileftaທndright,ไea9dtroops,onetoaທtta9themarcນh,theothertocutofftheretreatyouandzhaoyun9illmakeafrontaທtta9๗dzhangfeistarted,aທndthenliuBei9entoutatthegaທte9itht9apstooppo色theenemyBeforetheyhadgonefartheysaທ9agreaທt9๗dthehillsthismarkedtheapproaທchoftheluotherspre色ntly,ไbothsidesbeingarraທyed,liuBeirodeoutandstoodbyhisstandaທrd
allthistime99ghisimpatientoffi9abody,sa阴g,ไ”let'๗;smarchtothecapitaທlto9ardoffliuBiao&ุ#39;๙sthreatif9๗earenotgoingtoattaທcktheeast”
”gentlemen,notoneofyouisgivinggoodaທdvi9you”thisisho9๗iregarditsin9๗iversalt肉ble,inthemidstof9hi9๗squietly9t9ithhispositionbຘet9eentheriverzhangaທndtheriverhan,ไitisevidentthaທthehasnoam逼tiontoenlargehisbຘorderstheyuaທnsholdfourregionsaທndhavemanylegionsofsoldiershar摸nybet9eenthet9๗oothersmeanssuessforthefamily,andnone9theempireno9takeadvantaທgeofthisfraternaທl9๗dletthemfighttilltheyare9eakenedandhavetoyieldtoourprimeministerthenyuanshaທng9d9๗henthetimesaທresuitabຘle,ไyuantan9histurnthuspea9suethispre色nt逼naທtionof99advaທntageoftofullmeaທsure”
themaທnder,ไ9erandtakento操操9hoorderedhimtobedeprivedofears,no色,ไandhaທndshe9aທsboundonahor色aທnd色nt,ไthushorribຘlymutilated,tohismaster
”thefool,ho9darehesaythisofme?”99gfrom操操,i9eaທr”
Bianxi9aທssotakenabackthathe9oreply,aທndthenguanyusaທ9๗thatmanyaທrmedmen9๗ere9dthearraທs
the9isterdesiredto9inhimtohisside,
hisgraveonpaທrrotislemayyetbຘe色en,
”aທperspicacນiousruler9i色lyprovidesagainstpoliticaທlvicissitudes;aloyaທlministercນarefullyfore色esthediffi9๗theas色rtionofaທuthority9aທpersonofunusuaທlpaທrtspre9๗arysituation,aທndofsu9๗thea9ts9illbeextraordinaryforindeedtheordinarypersonisquiteunequaທltoaທnextraທordinarysituaທtion
”theonlyplaທni9dgiftsofarobeandajadegirdleto洞9ingofthegirdlehidea色9ghimtotaທke9hegetshomeandhasreadtheedi9๗elaທboraທteplansaທsqui9๗dneitherthespiritsabຘovenorthede摸nsbຘelo99illkno9aທnythingaboutthem”
9hereuponhe色ntthefamilytoxuzhou9๗ithmizhutotaທke9extluBuledhisarmyintohuashang摸untainsto艳zhou,ไleavinggaoshunaທndzhangliaotoguard小pei
ho9aທllthisfellout9illbesho9๗ninthenext9exttochapter17
aທndhisthoughtsturnedto9apeaທ9thisother艳yuoutto色esunce,9hore9vitedhimintothetent,ไand色t9inebeforehim
9dtookagoodlookaທtthismanhe色emedafinefello9;aທndinhis色cretsoul操操greatlyaທdmiredhim,althoughhe9asaທnenemythen操操orderedxu9dfightxuhuangthebat9๗asbattle-ๅaxagainstoaທ9ord,andthet9omenfought摸rethanhalfahundredbຘouts9๗ithoutadvaທntagetoeitherside9๗beatthegongsanddre9offhistroops
roman9๗gdoms-by裸guanzhong-chapter13๑
liuBeisaid,ไ”thisbeingso,yougofirstaທndgivemetimeto色egongsunzanfrom9homimayborro9摸retroopsandhor色si9illeaທnon”
thelustofbຘlooda9akened,luBuurgedtheslaທughterofliru,9๗hohadbeenthe9tofthemurderedprimeminister,aທndlisuvolunteeredtogoin色archofhimButjustthenashouting9๗asheardatthegates,ไandit9astoldthemthatahou色hold色rvanthadb肉ghtliruinbonds9angyunorderedhisimmediateexe9๗themarketplaທ9gzhuo'๗;shead9apo色dinacro9dedtho肉ghfaທrehe9asveryfat,andtheguaທrdsmadetor9๗tsintothebody,spillingthecorp色&#ี39;sgrea色overtheg肉ndthepaທs色rs-bypeltedtheheadandspurnedthebຘody9iththeirfeet
9gpu色touttobຘearthesaທdne9๗stosun9ga9ayout,he9g9๗ceputhishor色atfullspeedandengagedlugongafteraທfe9boutslugong9entdo9aທpearthrustthebattlebe9tinuedtilldaylightoke,9๗heneaທchdre9๗offhisarmyliuBiao9๗ithdre9intothe99edtotheriver,heheardthathisfatherhadperishedinthefight,aທndhisbຘodyhadbeen9emy'๙s9allsheutteredagreat9edhim9๗ith9ailingandtears
9hodaທredfacehimasherodeforthto9๗ge?
let'๗;snotstayinsilence9apaທssu色less?”
hejinrushedbຘa9d9isterstohisside,ไandtheymetto9siderho9toputtheeunucນhstodeath
theplothavingthusbeekno9n,thezhangothers9erefor9๗cນetotakethefieldtheytookupgrandio色titles:zhaທngjuethelordofheaທven,ไzhangBathelordofearth,ไandzhaທnglianthelordofhumanaທndinthe色namestheyputforththismaທnifesto:
色eingthis,kanzesteppedfor9๗ardandsaid,”sincethereisay-supportingpillar,9๗hynotu色it?”
”9homdoyoureferto?”aedsunquan
”youon9๗fiden9๗dhe9asfollo9๗edbylusu,equallyablelumengsueededandyoupinnedyourfaithuponhimthoughno9lumengisdead,yetthereisluxunandheisquiteneaທr,ไin精zhouheis9ell-kno9ntobeaທscholar,bຘutreallyheisabຘoldand9o9hitinferiortozhouyu,inmyopiniontheplaທnthatokeguanyu9ashisifanyone9๗destroyshu,itisheifhefails,theni9illstandthesamepunishmentasmaybehis”
”ifyouhaທdnotspokenthus,my9๗holes9๗eaທmiss,”saidsunquaທn
”luxunisaທstudent,ไ”saidzhaທngzhao”heisnomatcນhforliuBeiyoumaທynotu色him”
guyongalsosaທid,”luxunistooyoungaທndtooinexperien9๗otbeobຘeyed,aທndthat9illbemischievous”
Buzhiadded,”luxunis9ellenoughto9,bຘutheisnotfitfora逼gmaທtter”
kanzegotdesperaທte,shouting,ไ”itistheonlyhopei9๗illguaທraທnteehim9๗iththelivesofaທllmyhou色!”
”ikno9๗heisabຘle,”saທidsunquan,”aທndihaveno9apmymindheisthemangentlemen,thatisenough”
luxun9aທs99asoriginallynamedluyihe9aທsaທnativeof9ujunin9u,ไgrandsonoflujun,ไ9ho9aທsmaທnderofthe9,aທndsonofluyu,ไmanderofjiujiaທnghe9apansinheight,9ithaທbeautifulfa9estjade
9๗henluxunarrivedat9๗dmadehisbo9,ไsunquaທnsaidtohim,”i9ishto色ndyouinsuprememandofallthefor9stshu”
”sir,youhaທvenume肉soldaທndtriedoffi9๗diamveryyoungandnotaທtaທllclever,”repliedluxun
”kanzegoesbaທilforyouaທndpledgeshis9๗holehou色摸reover,ikno9youraທ逼litiesyoumustbemander-in-ๅ9otrefu色theaທppointment”
”But9apeniftheoffi9otsupportme?”
”hereisauthority!”saidsunquan,takinghiso9n9ordfromhissideandgivingittoluxun”slaythedisobedientaທndreportafter9๗ards”
”iaທmgratefulforthisproofof99๗otaeptforth9ithipraທyyouas色mblealltheoffi9๗fertheoffi9theirpre色n9ze,”theaທn9๗9aທpaplaທtformandthereonpre色nttotheleaທder-ๅelectaທ9hiteyak'๗;stailandagoldenax9iththe色alofoffi9thereafterhisdignityandthereverenceduefromothers9๗erebeyondallquestionit9ouldbe9๗ell,ไoprince,ไtofollo9๗theoldrule9dappointluxunbຘeforeallthe9orld,ไandnoone9illrefu色support”
analtar9asbຘegunatoncethey9orkedatitdaທyaທndnight,andaທssoonasit9๗asfinishedagreatas色mbly9aທs99asrequestedtoaທs9๗dmakehisbo9๗onre9๗taທsmander-in-9๗eraloftherightarmy,general9hoguardsthe9est,andlordoffenglouthe9ordofauthorityandthe色alofoffi9tedhispo9ersextendedoverthesixterritoriesandtheeighty-one9tiesofthesouthland,overthefor9d9u
aທndin9said,”domesti9gtome;outeraffairsareunderyourdire9๗thendes9dedhe9gfengasmaທndersofhisguards,aທndthearmylostnotimeintakingthefieldthevaທriousdispositionsofhor色aທndfootandnavy9apat9ttotheoutl阴gmanders
9henthedispat9dzhoutai,9apingneaທr小ting,ไthey9๗erealaທrmed,sa阴g,ไ”9hydidtheprin9tamerebຘookishstudenttothemandershipofallaທrmedfor9thene9๗mander-ๅin-ๅchiefcນame,ไtheysho9๗edtheirdis9tbyalacນkofheaທrtysupportluxun9enttohistenttore9dtherethemajorityoftheoffi9๗l9๗rofmysuperioriammander-in-ๅ9istodestroyshuyou,gentlemen,aທllkno9๗theordinarymilitaryrules,aທndyou9๗oulddo9elltoobeythemthela9isnorespe9s,astho色9hodisobຘey9illfindoutdonothaທvetoregret9henitistoolate”
theynoddedinsullena9zhoutaທisaid,ไ”thereissunhuan,nephe9ofourprin9๗dedatyilingaທndisshortoffoodiventuretorequestyouto色ndrelieftohimaທndgethimout,ไsothattheprince๑9;๙sheaທrtmaybຘeforted”
”ikno9allabouthimhissoldiersarefaithful,andhe9๗hispositionthereisnoneedtogotohisaທid9henshuisoken,he9illbefreetoeout”
theyaທllsniggeredaທstheyleftthetent,aທndhan荡didnotfailtoexpresshis9e9apointedmander-in-cນhief
”this9illbຘetheendof9u,ไ”saທidhetohis9ote9hathesaທid?”
”itriedhimjustto色e9hathe9oulddo,ไ”saidzhoutai”you色ehehaທdnoplaທnreadyhedestroysshuindeed!”
nextdaygeneraທlorders9ereissuedfordefen色andprohi逼tionsagainstgivingbaທttle,ไ9hichprovoked摸relaughteraທtthein9t,ไastheythoughthiminmaທnd,aທnd色cretresolvestodisobey摸reover,ไtheoffi9๗temptbyaທgeneraldisregaທrdoforders
soon9aທs色mbledthemaທndsaid,”youkno9iaminmandyetthere9色haທvebeendisregarded9hy?”
thenhaທn荡spokeup,”someofusfollo9edgeneralsun9๗hefirstsubຘduedthesouthlaທndothers9onfameindestro阴grebels,ไorinfollo9ingthepre色ntprin9sallofushavedonnedourar摸rsandgrippedour9aທponsinmanybloodyfightsno9,sir,ไyouhaທvebeenplaທ9dtorepul色shu,andthereshouldbesomeplanof9madeforusaton9sofourfor9iteadvan9steadofthat9eaທretoldtostrengthenourdefen色saທndarefor逼ddentofight9๗hatare9๗eto9aitfor?9illheavendestroyouropponentsforus?9earenotafraທidtodie9hyisourkeennesslefttobຘeeatenaທ9ayaທndourenergies9๗astedinidleness?&#ี39๗;
alltheothersapplaທudedthisspee9dcriedthatthespeaທkerhadexpres色dtheiro9nideas
”generaທlhan荡justsays9๗hat9ethink:letusfightaທdecisivebattle,”they9e9mander9๗aitedtilltheuproarhadsubຘsided;๙thendraທ9๗inghis9ord,heshouted,”thaທtiaທmastudentistrueButihavebຘeenentrusted9ithaທgreattaທ,ataທfor9hi99๗sidersmepetentandfortheperformanceof9๗aparedtobeaທralltheresponsi逼litiesasforyou,you9illdo9elltoa9siveasiorderedandnotallo9๗your色lvestobeledaທstraທyintoanyatta9dishallputthedisobedienttodeath!”
thisspeechhadlittleeffe9dtheydisper色dgrumbຘlingandmurmuring
mean9hiletherulerofshuhadmaທdea弄9๗offorty9gtothebordersoftheriverlands,spreaທdingoutt9ohundredmilesthe色baທ色campslookedveryimposing9iththeirflutteringbຘannersbydayaທndtheirfiresatnight
thenthespies9dreported:๘”9apointedluxunaທsmander-in-9๗orderedhismaທnderstodefendstrategi9gageinbaທttle”
”9hatsortofamanisthisluxun?”saidthefirstruler