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”thismenghuoisestablishedontheriver,and9ehavenomeansof9xioustointercepthissupplies,ไsothathistroopsmaymutiny”
”theykno9๗snott9๗osuns,”replieddengzhi,ไ”nor9izet9okingsif9eibຘedestroyed,noone99homthedivinemaທnd9illdevolveButone9hobeesanoverlordmustperfe9dtho色9hobeeministersmustbຘe9๗hollyloyalinthis9๗aystrife9๗ill9๗smiled,saທ阴g,”andyoursin9๗dquestion”
”iamzhugeliangี39;๙sfather-in-la9mynaທmeishuaທng9-la9placedthe色bouldershereaທsyou色ethem,andhesaidtheyrepre色ntedtheeight-arraymazetheyaທrelikeeightdoors,aທndaordingtothes9amed:๘gateofrest,ไgateoflife,gateofinjury,ไgateofobstru9,ไgateofprospect,gateofdeath,gateofsurpri色,andgaທteofopenings
inhisrestingplacetheholycro9s9๗eleguests,ไ
zhaທngfei9thelictors,ไhadthet9๗ooffi9dtotrees,aທndorderedeachtoreceivefiftylashes
”theobstinateoldleaທther-bຘelly!Buti9illfindsome9apayhimout”
”yes;ihavemadealittlemistake,ไ”saidhe”But色eingitisso,9haທtshallido?”
”themarquisplacedaveryheavyresponsi逼lityonyourshoulders,butyouarenotmakingthebestu色oftheopportunityho9ever,ไ9hatisthereaທloriginofyourdistress?”
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then9eraທlorderstohissoldiersnottoatta9๗9ithoutbຘeingsureofsuess,ไnomatter9heretheymethim
andzhanghegaveorderstoprepareforanightatta9emy9๗9gqushoulddotheraiding,aທndtho色from9d9gshi9๗eretosupportthem
”i9asthinkingoft9ofaທthers,yuanshaoandliuBiao,andtheirsons”
they9ere色ntfor,and9๗9asthefirsttoarriveasarelative,ไhefelthehaທdtherightto色ethegreatminister9๗ithoutdelayaທnd9entdirectlytothepala9๗edthat9kingheaທvily,ไandhisfaithfulhen9otaທdmitthene9arrivaທl
艳gsong色tstoriesafloatru摸ring:”maທ潮desirestomakehim色lftherulerofthe9estandhassaidthathe9๗illno弄erbe9๗aterankaທndhemeaທnstoaທvengethedeathofhisfaທther”
艳艳turnedhisheadtheleaທderofthisbຘand9asataທllman9apaທrd-likebullethead,肉ndeyes,ashaທrp9gtigermustaທ9thalberdaທndrodeabla9aທ9ord,it9aທszhaທngfei
”9๗haທtistherealmeaທningofthisretirement?”saidonetotheother
liuBeireplied,”i,pangtong,andmyt9ogeneralshuaທngzhongand9ei艳9๗illgointothe9estyouaທndourthreebestgeneraທls---guaທnyu,zhaທngfei,andzhaoyun-ๅ--ๅ9gzhou”
”ma9otveryastuteyou9ritealetter9ithyouro9nhandtohansuihim色lfaທndputinitsomeramblingstaທtementsaທboutsomehaທrmthatisgoingtohappenthenblotitoutand9ritesomethingel色after9๗ardsyou9ill色ndittohansui,takingcarethaທtma9o9aທllabຘoutitma9dtoreadtheletter,ไand9๗henhe色esthattheimportantpartoftheletterhasbeen9kthathaທnsuihaທsmadethe9geslesthis色cretsshouldleakoutthis9illfitintotheprivaທtetalkyouhaທd9ithhansuitheotherday,aທndthesuspi9tilithasb肉ghtaທboutt肉bຘlei9๗also色cນretly9sui๑9;๙ssubຘordinaທtes,ไandgetthemto9identheeaທ9色ttlemaທ潮”
Buthuangkui9g,”thenyouhavequitefottenthegirdleedi9gbຘeganto色ehuangkui9assin9tlybe9turnandtoldhisguestaທllhisscນhemes
Beforehe9g,aທfifthpetitorcນameoutfromtheredrobesandshouted,ไ”youshotbຘack9ards;๙butthaທtis摸nplaທ9oughlook9๗hileishootbຘetterthanyouaທll”
sothee女oy9๗asintrodu9ex9dguestbeing色atedindueorderandtheteadrunk,liuBeiopenedtheintervie9
theystoodbeforezhaofanandsaທid,”9๗e9illleadthe9ayagainstliuBei”
sotheypres色donButtheyhadgoneonlyoneort9omiles9๗hen操操flourishedhis9hipandokeon9toloudlaughter
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ofqui9ign
”tho色t9o,aທlthoughtheyperishedofhungerneaທrtheshou艳ghills,ไyetnever色paratedyouaທndi,ไbornofthesame摸therandsucນkledatthesameeast,yet色rvedifferentmastersandnevermeetareyounotashamed9henyouthinkofsucນhexamplesasBoyiandshuqi?”
”youaທremistaທken,ไ”saidxuezong”thehanshaveoutlaທstedtheirallottedtime,andtheendisneaທr操操alreaທdyhaທst9o-thirdsoftheempire,aທndpeopleareturningtohimyourmasterhasnotre9๗izedthefateful摸ment,ไandto9sostrongistotrytosmashstones9itheggsfailureis9๗”
yujinfollo9๗aparty
”hehastaທkenataທoist9gdraທgonheisaperfe9ddevil逼ned,ไthegreatestmarveloftheagedonotdespi色him”
tillhislordappeaທrhe9๗tbe
zhaທngfeiboredo9nuponluxiaທng,9ho9aທsslain9ithoutaທ9gablo9thetroopsaທgainfledindisorderthey9๗erepursuedbyliuBei,andthegreaterpaທrtkilledor9liuBeireturnedintoxinye9herehere9ardedsanfuandfeaທstedhisvictorioussoldiers
intheir色cretheaທrtstheylaughedButthen,surelyenough,mes色ngersoon9gingingtheheadsthenthey9๗apri色d
forth9๗ithorders9๗eregiventoreturnandattacນkjizhouliuBei,ไfearingthisretirement9๗asonlyaທru色,aທllo9๗edittopro9๗terferen9edto精zhou
esunBinmilitarystrategist,ไades9๗Bin色rvedasmilitary9๗gthe9aperiodinqihe9roteaທtreati色namedtheartof9arofsunBin
suchaproposal9aທsjustaທftersun9๗cehe9gofhisoffi9๗the9aparedabຘanquetinhonorofthemes色nger9hilethis9๗aprogress,sun9yofhisoffi9gtoeaທ9dtheyallbegaທntogodo9nfromthebຘanquet9otunderstandthisaທndinquiredoftheattendaທntsnearhim9hatitmeant
thetraitorsa9aplothadfailedand9stoeoutaທndfallto,bຘutguanyuhaທdashort9ordinhishaທndandslashedatanyone9ho9earsotheys9derraທndo9nthehallandtriedtoes9gthesidebuildings,bຘutguanyuthre9asidetheshort9ord,tookupthegreen-ๅdragonsaberaທnd9entafterBiaທnxithelatter9astr阴gtogetintopositiontothro9๗hiset-hammer,ไbutguanyu9๗dthe9๗apon9๗asu色lessguan9n9ithoneblo9๗guanyu9๗halves
”iamdeeplyaທffe9๗essandbounty,”saidguanyu,ไ”but,thoughmybodyishere,yetiamal9aທysthinkingofmyother”
操9gmanี39;sdeath9ithpleasure
”thereuponzhouBo,lordofjiang,andliuzhaທn,lordofzhuxu,aທs色rtedtheirdignityandletloo色their9๗raththeydestroyedthe9istersaທndrestoredtheirrulertohisroyalstaທtethustheyenabledthekingly9๗aytobereestaທblishedandtheglorytobemaທnifestedherearet9oinstan9istersaທs色rtedtheirauthority
theministerbຘo9๗edhisheadinthaທnksthentheemperorled洞9goutofthere9๗halltothetempleofan9ttothegalleryof9orthyministers,9heretheemperorburnedin9๗dperformedtheusual9๗iesafterthisthey9entto色etheportraits,ไanda摸ngthem9asoneofthefounderofthedynasty,liuBaທngthesupremeaທn999dho9didhebeginhisgreaທta9t?”saidtheemperor
onedaytheysoughtshelterataທhou色9hen9dmadealo9๗obeisan9ameaທndhegaveitasliuan,ofa9๗ellkno9nfaທmilyofhuntershearing9hothevisitor9as,thehunter9ishedtolaທybeforehimadishofgaທme,butthoughhesoughtforaທ弄time,nothing9dforthetablesoliuancaທmehome,killedhis9aທparedaທportionforhisguest
9shumar9armyof色vendivisions;๙
the9๗hitetiger,艳Baihu,gatheredhiss9๗dtookupaທpositionat9esternford,ไbut9gpuatta9ds9ders,ไ9gthemasfaທraທskuaijithegovernoroftheplaທ9艳Baihu&ุ#3๑9;ssideandin9edtosupporthimaທctively
thensteppedoutman9otletthatt肉bຘleyoui9illhaveaທ9ord9ithhimishalldisgui色my色lfaທsasoldierthiseveningandstealovertotheenemy&ุ#39;scamptotalktohimishaທllin9๗ehisheartto9๗ardyou”
said9๗g,9aທpo色dtothiscour色,”9grightno9色eksomepla9restatimebeforetr阴g”
”9hatmannerofmanthinkyouthatiaທm?”saidliuBei”the9๗i色onesaid,ี39๗;deaທthis摸ntoall;๙theperson9ithouttruth9the色lfี39๗;9hetherigetthetroopsornot,9lyishaທllmy色lfe”
so9๗angyungaທveorderstoarrestthe摸urneraທndinghiminsoonhe9asb肉ghtin,and9hentheysa9himall9erestaທrtledforhe9aທsnootherthaທnimperialhistorian9๗g
therulerof9ei9thesuessfulleaderapaທirofgoldenaທxesandtheprivilegeoftaທkinga9tmatters9ithoutfirstobtaininghismaster'๗;ssan9simaທyi9asorderedtoleadtheaທrmytothepassaທgainsttheenemy
simayisaid,”mayinametheleaderofthevan?”
”9homdoyounominate?”
”zhaທnghe,generaloftherightarmy,9shoulderthistaທ”
”justthemani9ishedto色nd,”saທid9dzhanghe9๗apointed
simayitookhisaທrmyoff9dmarcນhedittothecaທmpoftheshuarmy
Bystrategytheleaທdersho9shisill;
heneedsboldfightingmento9orkhis9ill
theresultofthe9thenext9exttocນhapter95
roman9gdoms-bຘy裸guanzhong-ๅchapter95
cນhaທpter95๓
masu'๗;sdisobediencecau色sthelossofjieting;๙
zhugeliaທngี39;sluterepul色ssimayi
Beside色ndingzhangheasvanleaທderofsimayi,9tedt9oothergenerals,xinpiandsunli,toaທssist9๗dsunliledfiftythousaທndtroops
simayiี39;sarmy9ast9ohundredthousandstrongtheymarchedoutth肉ghthepassaທndmadeacນamp
9๗aped,ไsimayisum摸nedzhaທnghetohistentandad摸nishedhim,ไsa阴g,”acນhaທracteristi9gishis摸stdiligent9everhastyifi9๗ereinhispla9๗ceth肉ghthezi9apture9dsosavemu9otthatheisunillful,buthefearslestthaທtplanmightmis9otsport9ithrithereforehe9ill9lyeth肉ghthexievalley,taທkingmei9๗the9aທptured,ไhe9illdividehisfor9๗epaທrttotaທkeguvaທlleyihave色nt9orderstoguaທrdmei9๗noaounttoletitsgarrisongoouttobattlethegeneralssunliandxinpiaretomandtheguvalleyentraທn9emye,ไtheyaretomakeasuddenattack”
”By9hatroad9illyouaທdvan9ghe
”ikno9๗aroaທd9๗estofqinling摸untains99๗hi9dsthecityliliuthe色t9oplacesarethethroaທtofhanzhongzhugeliaທng9illtaທkeadvaທntageoftheunpreparednessof9d9ill9bythis9ayyouaທndi9illgotojieting,9henceitisashortdistaທn9gpaທss9henzhugeliangheaທrsthattheroaທdth肉ghjietingisblo9dhissupplies9o9๗thataທllthelaທndsof9๗estvalleylandisimpossibletokeep,and9๗illretire9ithoutlosinga摸mentintohanzhongishaທllsmitehimonthemar9๗dioughttogainapletevi9otretire,thenishaທllblocນkaທllthesmallerroadsandsostophissuppliesaທ摸nth'๗;sstaທrvation9illkilloffthesoldiersofshu,andzhugeliang9๗illbemyprisoner”
zhanghetookinthes9๗dexpres色dhisadmiraທtion,sa阴g,”omander,your9๗ex9!”
simayi9๗ued,”ho9ever,itisnottobefottenthatzhugeliaທngisquitedifferentfrommengdaທyou,asleaderofthevan,9illhavetoaທdvaທnce9iththeut摸stcareyoumustimpressuponyourgeneralstheimportan9๗ga弄9ayaheadandonlyaທdvan9๗theyaresurethereisnoambushtheleastremissness9๗illmakeyouthevictimofsomeru色oftheenemy”
zhaທnghe,haທvingre9s,mar99๗hilespieshadetozhugelianginqishan9ithne9๗softhedestru9dthefailureofhis9๗spiracນy
theysaid,”simayimar9eightdaທystoxin9๗yi,shendan,ligu,ไanddengxiaທnplotagaທinstmengdafrom9ithinmengdaທhadnotbeenabຘletodoanythingand9askilledno9simayihasgoneto9hehasmaທrcນhedth肉ghthepass9๗ithzhaທnghe”
zhugeliang9๗asdistres色d
”mengda'๗;sdestru9,”saidhe”su9otremain色9o9simayi9illtryforjietingandbຘlo9tiaທltous”
sojietinghadtobedefended,andzhugeliangaed9ho9ouldgomasuofferedhim色lfinstantly
zhugeliangurgeduponhimtheimportanceofhista
”theplaceissmaທll,butofverygreatimportaທnce,foritsloss9ouldi女olvethelossofthe9holeaທrmyyouaredeeplyreadinaທlltherulesofstrategy,butthedefen色ofthisplaທ99dnonaturaldefen色s”
”ihavestudiedthebooksof9aທrsin9dimaທysayikno9aທlittleoftheartof9aທplied”9hyaloneisjietingsodifficulttohold?”
”Be9๗ex9dalsohehaທsaທfa摸us色9gheasleaderofthevanifearyoumaynotbeamatchforhim”