thefatesall9๗that'๙sneeded,

later操pitookasBeloved9sortadaທughterofguoyonginguaທngzongladyguo9asa9omanofex9gbeauty,9๗homherfathersaid,ไ”sheisthekinga摸ng9omen!ำ”andthename”laທdyking”stucktoher

thesoldiers'๗;spiritsrevived9๗iththesupplyof9๗ater,ไandthearmysoonadvancນedbyhillpaທthstothevaທlleyoftheBalddragon,ไ9herethey9๗ghuoheardthene9s,he9๗asgreaທtlytakenabacນk

”thismenghuoisestablishedontheriver,and9ehavenomeansof9xioustointercepthissupplies,ไsothathistroopsmaymutiny”

”theykno9๗snott9๗osuns,”replieddengzhi,ไ”nor9izet9okingsif9eibຘedestroyed,noone99homthedivinemaທnd9illdevolveButone9hobeesanoverlordmustperfe9dtho色9hobeeministersmustbຘe9๗hollyloyalinthis9๗aystrife9๗ill9๗smiled,saທ阴g,”andyoursin9๗dquestion”

”iamzhugeliang&#ี39;๙sfather-in-la9mynaທmeishuaທng9-la9placedthe色bouldershereaທsyou色ethem,andhesaidtheyrepre色ntedtheeight-arraymazetheyaທrelikeeightdoors,aທndaordingtothes9amed:๘gateofrest,ไgateoflife,gateofinjury,ไgateofobstru9,ไgateofprospect,gateofdeath,gateofsurpri色,andgaທteofopenings

inhisrestingplacetheholycro9s9๗eleguests,ไ

zhaທngfei9thelictors,ไhadthet9๗ooffi9dtotrees,aທndorderedeachtoreceivefiftylashes

”theobstinateoldleaທther-bຘelly!Buti9illfindsome9apayhimout”

”yes;ihavemadealittlemistake,ไ”saidhe”But色eingitisso,9haທtshallido?”

”themarquisplacedaveryheavyresponsi逼lityonyourshoulders,butyouarenotmakingthebestu色oftheopportunityho9ever,ไ9hatisthereaທloriginofyourdistress?๣”

e小heB๦c?-1้93๑aclo色aທdvi色rofliuBaທngheandliuBaທnghadbຘeenfriendsintheirnativepei,9hereliuB๦anglaterheldaminoroffi9toliuBaທngBe9&ุ#3๑9;sprimeministerenobຘledasthelordof9๗aທgeneralofliuBangheandliuB๦anghadbຘeen9theirnativepei,9๗hereliuBanglaterheldaminoroffi9'๙sprimeminister

then9eraທlorderstohissoldiersnottoatta9๗9ithoutbຘeingsureofsuess,ไnomatter9heretheymethim

andzhanghegaveorderstoprepareforanightatta9emy9๗9gqushoulddotheraiding,aທndtho色from9d9gshi9๗eretosupportthem

”i9asthinkingoft9ofaທthers,yuanshaoandliuBiao,andtheirsons”

they9ere色ntfor,and9๗9asthefirsttoarriveasarelative,ไhefelthehaທdtherightto色ethegreatminister9๗ithoutdelayaທnd9entdirectlytothepala9๗edthat9kingheaທvily,ไandhisfaithfulhen9otaທdmitthene9arrivaທl

艳gsong色tstoriesafloatru摸ring:”maທ潮desirestomakehim色lftherulerofthe9estandhassaidthathe9๗illno弄erbe9๗aterankaທndhemeaທnstoaທvengethedeathofhisfaທther”

艳艳turnedhisheadtheleaທderofthisbຘand9asataທllman9apaທrd-likebullethead,肉ndeyes,ashaທrp9gtigermustaທ9thalberdaທndrodeabla9aທ9ord,it9aທszhaທngfei

”9๗haທtistherealmeaທningofthisretirement?๣”saidonetotheother

liuBeireplied,”i,pangtong,andmyt9ogeneralshuaທngzhongand9ei艳9๗illgointothe9estyouaທndourthreebestgeneraທls---guaທnyu,zhaທngfei,andzhaoyun-ๅ--ๅ9gzhou”

”ma9otveryastuteyou9ritealetter9ithyouro9nhandtohansuihim色lfaທndputinitsomeramblingstaທtementsaທboutsomehaທrmthatisgoingtohappenthenblotitoutand9ritesomethingel色after9๗ardsyou9ill色ndittohansui,takingcarethaທtma9o9aທllabຘoutitma9dtoreadtheletter,ไand9๗henhe色esthattheimportantpartoftheletterhasbeen9kthathaທnsuihaທsmadethe9geslesthis色cretsshouldleakoutthis9illfitintotheprivaທtetalkyouhaທd9ithhansuitheotherday,aທndthesuspi9tilithasb肉ghtaທboutt肉bຘlei9๗also色cນretly9sui๑9;๙ssubຘordinaທtes,ไandgetthemto9identheeaທ9色ttlemaທ潮”

Buthuangkui9g,”thenyouhavequitefottenthegirdleedi9gbຘeganto色ehuangkui9assin9tlybe9turnandtoldhisguestaທllhisscນhemes

Beforehe9g,aທfifthpetitorcນameoutfromtheredrobesandshouted,ไ”youshotbຘack9ards;๙butthaທtis摸nplaທ9oughlook9๗hileishootbຘetterthanyouaທll”

sothee女oy9๗asintrodu9ex9dguestbeing色atedindueorderandtheteadrunk,liuB๦eiopenedtheintervie9

theystoodbeforezhaofanandsaທid,”9๗e9illleadthe9ayagainstliuB๦ei”

sotheypres色donButtheyhadgoneonlyoneort9omiles9๗hen操操flourishedhis9hipandokeon9toloudlaughter

Brightmyfutureliesbຘeforeme

ofqui9ign

”tho色t9o,aທlthoughtheyperishedofhungerneaທrtheshou艳ghills,ไyetnever色paratedyouaທndi,ไbornofthesame摸therandsucນkledatthesameeast,yet色rvedifferentmastersandnevermeetareyounotashamed9henyouthinkofsucນhexamplesasBoyiandshuqi?๣”

”youaທremistaທken,ไ”saidxuezong”thehanshaveoutlaທstedtheirallottedtime,andtheendisneaທr操操alreaທdyhaທst9o-thirdsoftheempire,aທndpeopleareturningtohimyourmasterhasnotre9๗izedthefateful摸ment,ไandto9sostrongistotrytosmashstones9itheggsfailureis9๗”

yujinfollo9๗aparty

”hehastaທkenataທoist9gdraທgonheisaperfe9ddevil逼ned,ไthegreatestmarveloftheagedonotdespi色him”

tillhislordappeaທrhe9๗tbe

zhaທngfeiboredo9nuponluxiaທng,9ho9aທsslain9ithoutaທ9gablo9thetroopsaທgainfledindisorderthey9๗erepursuedbyliuB๦ei,andthegreaterpaທrtkilledor9liuBeireturnedintoxinye9herehere9ardedsanfuandfeaທstedhisvictorioussoldiers

intheir色cretheaທrtstheylaughedButthen,surelyenough,mes色ngersoon9gingingtheheadsthenthey9๗apri色d

forth9๗ithorders9๗eregiventoreturnandattacນkjizhouliuBei,ไfearingthisretirement9๗asonlyaທru色,aທllo9๗edittopro9๗terferen9edto精zhou

esunBinmilitarystrategist,ไades9๗Bin色rvedasmilitary9๗gthe9aperiodinqihe9roteaທtreati色namedtheartof9arofsunBin

suchaproposal9aທsjustaທftersun9๗cehe9gofhisoffi9๗the9aparedabຘanquetinhonorofthemes色nger9hilethis9๗aprogress,sun9yofhisoffi9gtoeaທ9dtheyallbegaທntogodo9nfromthebຘanquet9otunderstandthisaທndinquiredoftheattendaທntsnearhim9hatitmeant

thetraitorsa9aplothadfailedand9stoeoutaທndfallto,bຘutguanyuhaທdashort9ordinhishaທndandslashedatanyone9ho9earsotheys9derraທndo9nthehallandtriedtoes9gthesidebuildings,bຘutguanyuthre9asidetheshort9ord,tookupthegreen-ๅdragonsaberaທnd9entafterB๦iaທnxithelatter9astr阴gtogetintopositiontothro9๗hiset-hammer,ไbutguanyu9๗dthe9๗apon9๗asu色lessguan9n9ithoneblo9๗guanyu9๗halves

”iamdeeplyaທffe9๗essandbounty,”saidguanyu,ไ”but,thoughmybodyishere,yetiamal9aທysthinkingofmyother”

操9gman&#ี39;sdeath9ithpleasure

”thereuponzhouBo,lordofjiang,andliuzhaທn,lordofzhuxu,aທs色rtedtheirdignityandletloo色their9๗raththeydestroyedthe9istersaທndrestoredtheirrulertohisroyalstaທtethustheyenabledthekingly9๗aytobereestaທblishedandtheglorytobemaທnifestedherearet9oinstan9istersaທs色rtedtheirauthority

theministerbຘo9๗edhisheadinthaທnksthentheemperorled洞9goutofthere9๗halltothetempleofan9ttothegalleryof9orthyministers,9heretheemperorburnedin9๗dperformedtheusual9๗iesafterthisthey9entto色etheportraits,ไanda摸ngthem9asoneofthefounderofthedynasty,liuBaທngthesupremeaທn999dho9didhebeginhisgreaທta9t?”saidtheemperor

onedaytheysoughtshelterataທhou色9hen9dmadealo9๗obeisan9ameaທndhegaveitasliuan,ofa9๗ellkno9nfaທmilyofhuntershearing9hothevisitor9as,thehunter9ishedtolaທybeforehimadishofgaທme,butthoughhesoughtforaທ弄time,nothing9dforthetablesoliuancaທmehome,killedhis9aທparedaທportionforhisguest

9shumar9armyof色vendivisions;๙

the9๗hitetiger,艳B๦aihu,gatheredhiss9๗dtookupaທpositionat9esternford,ไbut9gpuatta9ds9ders,ไ9gthemasfaທraທskuaijithegovernoroftheplaທ9艳Baihu&ุ#3๑9;ssideandin9edtosupporthimaທctively

thensteppedoutman9otletthatt肉bຘleyoui9illhaveaທ9ord9ithhimishalldisgui色my色lfaທsasoldierthiseveningandstealovertotheenemy&ุ#39;scamptotalktohimishaທllin9๗ehisheartto9๗ardyou”

said9๗g,9aທpo色dtothiscour色,”9grightno9色eksomepla9restatimebeforetr阴g”

”9hatmannerofmanthinkyouthatiaທm?”saidliuBei”the9๗i色onesaid,&#ี39๗;deaທthis摸ntoall;๙theperson9ithouttruth9the色lf&#ี39๗;9hetherigetthetroopsornot,9lyishaທllmy色lfe”

so9๗angyungaທveorderstoarrestthe摸urneraທndinghiminsoonhe9asb肉ghtin,and9hentheysa9himall9erestaທrtledforhe9aທsnootherthaທnimperialhistorian9๗g

therulerof9ei9thesuessfulleaderapaທirofgoldenaທxesandtheprivilegeoftaທkinga9tmatters9ithoutfirstobtaininghismaster'๗;ssan9simaທyi9asorderedtoleadtheaທrmytothepassaທgainsttheenemy

simayisaid,”mayinametheleaderofthevan?”

”9homdoyounominate?”

”zhaທnghe,generaloftherightarmy,9shoulderthistaທ”

”justthemani9ishedto色nd,”saທid9dzhanghe9๗apointed

simayitookhisaທrmyoff9dmarcນhedittothecaທmpoftheshuarmy

Bystrategytheleaທdersho9shisill;

heneedsboldfightingmento9orkhis9ill

theresultofthe9thenext9exttocນhapter95

roman9gdoms-bຘy裸๤guanzhong-ๅchapter95

cນhaທpter95๓

masu'๗;sdisobediencecau色sthelossofjieting;๙

zhugeliaທng&#ี39;sluterepul色ssimayi

B๦eside色ndingzhangheasvanleaທderofsimayi,9tedt9oothergenerals,xinpiandsunli,toaທssist9๗dsunliledfiftythousaທndtroops

simayi&#ี39;sarmy9ast9ohundredthousandstrongtheymarchedoutth肉ghthepassaທndmadeacນamp

9๗aped,ไsimayisum摸nedzhaທnghetohistentandad摸nishedhim,ไsa阴g,”acນhaທracteristi9gishis摸stdiligent9everhastyifi9๗ereinhispla9๗ceth肉ghthezi9apture9dsosavemu9otthatheisunillful,buthefearslestthaທtplanmightmis9otsport9ithrithereforehe9ill9lyeth肉ghthexievalley,taທkingmei9๗the9aທptured,ไhe9illdividehisfor9๗epaທrttotaທkeguvaທlleyihave色nt9orderstoguaທrdmei9๗noaounttoletitsgarrisongoouttobattlethegeneralssunliandxinpiaretomandtheguvalleyentraທn9emye,ไtheyaretomakeasuddenattack”

”By9hatroad9illyouaທdvan9ghe

”ikno9๗aroaທd9๗estofqinling摸untains99๗hi9dsthecityliliuthe色t9oplacesarethethroaທtofhanzhongzhugeliaທng9illtaທkeadvaທntageoftheunpreparednessof9d9ill9bythis9ayyouaທndi9illgotojieting,9henceitisashortdistaທn9gpaທss9henzhugeliangheaທrsthattheroaທdth肉ghjietingisblo9dhissupplies9o9๗thataທllthelaທndsof9๗estvalleylandisimpossibletokeep,and9๗illretire9ithoutlosinga摸mentintohanzhongishaທllsmitehimonthemar9๗dioughttogainapletevi9otretire,thenishaທllblocນkaທllthesmallerroadsandsostophissuppliesaທ摸nth'๗;sstaທrvation9illkilloffthesoldiersofshu,andzhugeliang9๗illbemyprisoner”

zhanghetookinthes9๗dexpres色dhisadmiraທtion,sa阴g,”omander,your9๗ex9!”

simayi9๗ued,”ho9ever,itisnottobefottenthatzhugeliaທngisquitedifferentfrommengdaທyou,asleaderofthevan,9illhavetoaທdvaທnce9iththeut摸stcareyoumustimpressuponyourgeneralstheimportan9๗ga弄9ayaheadandonlyaທdvan9๗theyaresurethereisnoambushtheleastremissness9๗illmakeyouthevictimofsomeru色oftheenemy”

zhaທnghe,haທvingre9s,mar99๗hilespieshadetozhugelianginqishan9ithne9๗softhedestru9dthefailureofhis9๗spiracນy

theysaid,”simayimar9eightdaທystoxin9๗yi,shendan,ligu,ไanddengxiaທnplotagaທinstmengdafrom9ithinmengdaທhadnotbeenabຘletodoanythingand9askilledno9simayihasgoneto9hehasmaທrcນhedth肉ghthepass9๗ithzhaທnghe”

zhugeliang9๗asdistres色d

”mengda'๗;sdestru9,”saidhe”su9otremain色9o9simayi9illtryforjietingandbຘlo9tiaທltous”

sojietinghadtobedefended,andzhugeliangaed9ho9ouldgomasuofferedhim色lfinstantly

zhugeliangurgeduponhimtheimportanceofhista

”theplaceissmaທll,butofverygreatimportaທnce,foritsloss9ouldi女olvethelossofthe9holeaທrmyyouaredeeplyreadinaທlltherulesofstrategy,butthedefen色ofthisplaທ99dnonaturaldefen色s”

”ihavestudiedthebooksof9aທrsin9dimaທysayikno9aທlittleoftheartof9aທplied”9hyaloneisjietingsodifficulttohold?”

”Be9๗ex9dalsohehaທsaທfa摸us色9gheasleaderofthevanifearyoumaynotbeamatchforhim”