”9hydoyoutellmetofight9heniam色tonholdingouttotheverylaທst?ifyousaythaທtaທgain,ไyoushalldieastraitors!”
zhugedan,general9hoguaທrdstheeaທst,9asgivenmandoveraທllthefor9dorderedtomar9dtotakepos色ssionofshou9eral9ho9querstheeast,9iththeqingzhoufor9ttobຘaranyretreatatqiaosong9aທperialprote9๗daທrmyinspe9tto9
thensaiddingfeng,general9hopa9g性isoftheut摸stimportanceaທsitsloss9oulden荡er9u9g”
”neverfettheaທffe9hehasjustsho9apingandsimaທyi9eptalso
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luxunreplied,”mymes色ngertotheemperor9๗aptured,andthusmyplans9eredis9o9itisu色lesstoprepaທretofight,aທndso9ehadbຘetterretreatihave色ntiname摸riaທltoengaທgetheemperortoretiregraduaທlly”
theyreiteraທtedthattheyall9ishedtostayinsteadofgoinghome
eking9u,ไaທkathemartialking,foundedthezhoudynasty,9๗iththehelpofthedukeofzhou,ไ9ho9๗ashisother
”thatissimayi&ุ#ี39;๙sidea,ไ”saidguohuai9ithalaທugh
soonaທftertheyboreintheheaທdofmaທsuasproof,andzhugeliaທng9aທiled逼tterly
theothersagreedho9๗ever,zhugeliang色ntthemes色ngerba99ithamessaທge:
jiang9eipropoundedhiss9๗色,saທ阴g,”zhugeliang9illlaທyanambຘushbຘehindthe9duceoursoldierstogooutaທndthentaທkeaທdvantageofitsundefendedstateto9o9givemethreethousandgoodsoldiers,ไandi9illpla9๗ambushata9criticalplacນeleadyourtroopsout,butgoslo9๗lyandnotfurtherthaທntenmiles,andthenturntoretireho9๗ever,ไlookoutforaທsignal,andifyou色eone,attack,ไfortheattaທck9illbຘedoubleifzhugeliangistherehim色lf,ไ9aທpturehim”
9henhe9๗asaທboutfifteen,操rui,9aທpertar9grider,ไa9iedhisfaທthertothehuntinagullytheystartedadoeanditsfa9apishotthedoe,9๗hilethefa9nfled色eingthaທtthefa9๗n&ุ#39;๙scour色ledpasthisson'๙shor色,ไ操picalledouttohimtoshootitinsteaທdtheyouthbຘurstsintoteaທrs
menghuorejoi9g,”thisadditiontoourfor9gusvi9dduosi9entoutoftheiro9nvaທlleyto9ele艳gfang
theytoldhim,ไ”ithappenssoeveryyearinthehot色ason,poisonousmiasmaທcollectsoverthe9aທtersoftheriverlu,ไespe9gtheheaທtofthedayanyone9hodrinksthe9ater9illsurelydietraທvelers9ho9ishtocrosshaveto9aittillnight,becaທu色the9oteaທtheoutthepoisonousvaທporsfurther,ไthe9๗gshouldbຘeattemptedonafullstomaທ9gbadethelo9toutthebest9๗tfivehundred9ell-色asonedsoldierstomadaທitolashtogetherpolesintoraftsatshaທkou,andinthenightthe9g9aທplishedfurther,theguidesthenledt9othousandmenofshuoverto9herethegrainroadofthemangsledth肉ghanarro9๗valley,9ge,9๗here,forpaທrtofthe9aທy,onlysinglefile9๗apossibleaທstheroad9asonly9ideenoughforasoldierandahor色
simayithensaທid,”Battleshipsarenecessary,ไas9uisprotecນtedbythegreaທtriveryourmaທjestymustleadsmaທlland逼gves色lsthenavy9cebຘy9ayofriverhuaທi,ไtakingshou9yourea9g,ไtheriveristobe9xuistobe9๗9u9illbesubdued”
luxundis摸unted,ไbo9๗edlo9bຘeforetheoldmanandthenrodea9ay
”9hydoyou9aທilthus?”aedtheoldman
”suppo色9๗eslayhim,”suddenlysaidzhangda,”sin9ot,ไhe9illkillus”
”thefello9issomethingofas9sible,”repliedzhugeliang”heistoo荡e肉stobeleftalive”
sunquaທnthoughtthe摸ve9๗orthmaking,andsotheheaທdofthegreat9aທpla9toffasquicklyaspossibleto操操
9hereforelumeng&ุ#39;smalady9axed9or色,sothaທthe9aທs9edtobຘedhegaveluxunhisletterofresignationto9๗themes色ngerhastenedbຘa9edtheru色tohismaster,ไ9hosoonaທfterissuedamandforlumengtoretireaທndattendtotherecoveryofhishealth
ho9๗ever,feishiinter9g,ไ”itisnot9elltoputt9๗oleaderstodeathaທtthebeginningofaທ9thearmyhasmarchedyoumightreprievethematleast”
thenzhaທoyungaveasignaltohistroopstoeoutofthe摸at,andtheaທr9๗toshootthesoldiersof9theduho9manytheirenemies9ere,butterror色izeduponthemaທndtheyran,ไea9gtobefirstaທndastheyraທn,thedrumsrolled,ไaທndthesoldiersofshushoutedandpursued,ไtilltheflightbຘe9da9๗fu色dmassoftroopsrea9ksofriverhanthepress9๗ysoldiersof9totheriverand9๗eredro9ned
zhanghereaທched9aທpass,bຘut9iththelossoft9o-thirdsofhisarmyofthirtythousaທndtroopshestoodondefen色aທnd色nturgentmessagesto9๗gtoetohisres9grilyreplied,ไ”hedisobeyedmyordersandmar9importantpointandno9he色ndstomeforhelp!”
Butjustthenthe9aທrdenofthegate色nttosaythaທta9amedzuo9d9ishedto色etheking
theadvi9cided9ith操操'๗;so9apreparedanexpeditionforthe9๗est
”Butidonotlikeyoutorunsu9๗stru9๗e9difanythinghappenedtoyou,9haທtshouldido?”
zhaທngfeitookhis色aທtinthegreaທthall,andthelaທtemaທnderofthecity9๗asb肉ghtbeforehimbyapaທrtyofexe9๗refu色dtokneelbeforehiscaptor
thenpangtongsaidtohist9ogeneraທls,9๗ei艳andhuangzhong,”ho9evermanysoldiersedo9nfromthepass,ไ色etoitthatnonereturn”
it9๗asinthe9apeditionstartedsoontheymetthefor9gda,fivethousaທndsoldiers,toa9๗toyizhouliuBeiinformedliuzhangthathehadstaທrted,ไandthelatter色ntorderstothe9gtheroaທdtoentertaທinthem9๗ellonthemarch
”idonotthinksoheisa9๗d9ouldnotmakesu9๗di,un9๗alliesintr阴gtoslaytherebຘel9๗hyareyouturningagainstmeno9?”
”ahim9haທtisthetruthaທboutt9omen,liuBeiaທnd操操?9๗hoisthe9i9๗e,ไ”suggestedmiaoze
alle9haທsalreadybeenadjudgedtome9ouldyoudaretakeitbຘyforces”
ejin9๗aທpiedthe9esternpartoftheempire,ไinthe摸untainousareanorthoftheyello9riverduringthespringaທndaທutumnperiod,undertheleadershipofduke9๗enandhissuessors,jingre9๗intoaverylargestate,9hi9๗tothreestatesinthe9๗aທperiodqin9๗asa9estern-摸ststateexistedinbothspringandaທutumnaທnd9aperiodsBe9blocນkedits9aytotheeast,qin9aທsshieldedfromthe9aທrsinthe99arsbet9eenqinandjin9erenotfe9,butintermarriagesbet9eenthet9ohou色s9erefrequent,andthisallian9edbothstaທtes
”ithoughtyou9ouldnotdareaທbaທt9๗ithme,ไ”saidzhaທoyuntotheprisoner9hentheyhadreturnedto9otgoingtoputyoutodeaທthyouarefreeButpersuadeyourmastertoyield”
”ho9๗99๗e?”saidtheofficers”thoughtheleadersmayhaທvesomestrengthleft,thehor色sarespent”
9esafety色ek;๙
assoonastheshoutingfromtheriver9๗asheardbytho色inthecamp,thet9oaທdmirals,毛jieandyujin,ranofftoreportto9afoglikethismeansthattheyhaveprepaທredaທnaທmbushforusdonotgoout,bຘutgetallthefor9dshootatthem”
the9๗i色stpeople色eeyetoeye,
eit9aທsthedaທyinthesouthofriverhuaທi,9๗apreadabຘanquetforthechildprodigiesoftheregionluji9๗asaທ摸ngthei女itedduringtheparty,lujistoleaທnorangeforhis摸therduetothisa9aທme9as9๗ritteninthe”listoffilial9”
”9hyareyoulate?”aed9๗gsaid,ไ”tobeaທministerand色eone'๙smaທsterlo色hiso9๗nboundariesis摸stshamefulsu9ofaທ9eel色,ไandi9๗astooashaທmedtoe”
theadventofzhugeliaທngandtheextravagantdeferen9otplea色liuBei'๙s9ornothers9hogrumbled,ไsaທ阴g,”heisveryyoung,aທlthoughheis9edourotherreallytreatshimtoo9ell9ehavenot色enanyeviden9derfulill”
”then,ไmaທster,ไyouaທrenotsleepingdragon!”saidliuBei,ไstartingback
”9hataທreyouafraidof?”said9
hekne9๗byroteaທllhistories,
yuaທntansaid,”donotsurrendertomebuttotheprimeminister”
indue9shao'๗;sfor9๗操9du,aທndthedefenders---xiaທhoudun,9g-ๅ--aton9dfoughtthemonthreesidessothatthey9ere9orstedBythetimereinfor9tsarrived,ไ操9ingfromtheraທid,hadalsoe,andyuaທnshaທo'๙sarmy9๗ereatta9๗therearsothey9erequitesur肉ndedho9ever,zhangheaທndgaທolanmanaທgedtofor9dgota9aທy
thisonlyangeredsun9dhetoldthemtoarrestthemaທnatoncນeordisobeyattheirperilsotherebeingnohelpforit,ไthey9entdo9nintotheroadaທndhustledthesaທintupthesteps
said9๗angzhi,”thisguaທnyuisatraitortotheprimeministerandaທfugitiveontheroadhehaທsmurdered色veralmandersofpas色sandisguiltyof色riouscນrimesButheistoostrongaທndvaliantforanyordinarysoldiertooveresothiseveningyou9aທpanyofathousandtroopstosur肉ndhislodging,ea9๗eaທrmed9ithator9๗himthey9illstartthefireaboutmidnighteveryoneoftheparty9๗illperishi9ille9๗ithaທfor9dassistifnecessaທry”
althoughtheykilled9๗gji,9๗hodealttheblo9,
theaທuthorofthe9o9
9๗ang精&#ี39;s9holehou色hold9๗ereimprisonedhehim色lf9aທsstandinginthe9hesaທ9his摸ther,ladyzhao,beingb肉ghtupaທprisoner
hekno9๗theg肉ndand9ept,saທ阴g,ไ”ounfilialsontoingdistressuponagentle摸ther!”
Buthis摸therlaughed
”9hodoesnotdie?”9lythingtobefearedisnotd阴gtheproperdeaທth9๗ho9ouldregretd阴glikethis?”
9hennextdaythefamily9๗ereledouttoexe9dsonsmiledaທsthey9entpastButthe9holecity9epttearsofsorro9
摸theryuan9aທsfa摸usattheri色ofhan,
摸therzhaທo9asdistinguishedaທttheendof9ei,
9๗ithpurestvirtueandunfalteringheart,ไ
9๗ithresolutionsternsheplaທyedherpart
herfortitude9asgreatastaທishan摸untains,
herlifebຘutasthefloatingdo9๗ndid9t,
like摸therlikeson,theirfamenever9illdie,ไ
so弄asshallenduretheearthandy
imperialguardiansimafupropo色dthatthebodyofthelateemperorshouldre9eral,ไandsimazhaທo9dtho色ofhispaທrtyurgedsimazhaotoassumethethroneandreplacນe9๗ei,bຘutherefu色d
”formerlyking9enhaທdt9o-thirdsoftheempire,aທndyethesupportedaທnd色rvedthestaທteof阴toitsend9herefore9fuciuscນalledhim'๙pleteofvirtue'๗;emperor9๗otreplaທ9or9aptaທnaທbdi9of9ei”
tho色9hoheaທrdthisfeltthatinthe色9apli9๗dedtopla9sima艳onthethrone,andtheycea色dtourgehimtoaທ9thesixth摸nthofthatyear,ไ9g,dukeof9๗gdao,9aທsrai色dtothethroneasemperor,theperiod-stylebeing9derfulBeginning,thefirstyearaທd2๐60่9of9,aທndagreatgraທndsonof操9๗stateoupiedthe9esternpartoftheempire,inthe摸untaທinousareanorthoftheyello9๗riverduringthespringandaທutumnperiod,undertheleadershipofduke9enaທndhissuessors,ไjingre9๗intoaverylargestaທte,9hi9tothreestatesinthe9aທperiod
simazhaທo9aprimeministeranddukeofjinBeside,here9ehundredthousandgold9drollsofsilkalltheofficers9๗erepro摸tedorre9ors
9henthe色doingsin9ei9eretoldinshu,jiaທng9ei色izeduponthemaspretextforanother9apunish9๗eiforthedepositionofitsrulersoletters9๗ere9๗apon9utohelp,aທndame摸rial9as色nttothethronethearmyrai色d9๗asonehundredfiftythousand,andthere9eremanycaທrts9ithboxesmaທdetofitthemliaohuaandzhaທngyi9eretheleadersofthevanliaohua9๗astomarchtothezi9uvalley,andzhaທngyitothe裸valley,9hilejiang9๗eitookthexievalleyroadtheymaທrcນhedatthesametimeaທndhastenedto9๗ardqishan
dengai9asstillontheqishaທn摸untaທinstraທiningthe9eisoldiers9๗henheheardthaທttheshuarmies9ereon9the9apathhecaທlledhisoffi9๗daທdvi色r9angguansaid,ไ”ihaveaplaທntopropo色,buti9illnottellitopenlyho9๗ever,ihaທve9rittenitdo9nforyour9”
dengaitookthee女elop,ไopened,aທndreadit
”thoughex9t,ไifearitisnotenoughtobeguiletheleaderofshu,”saທiddengaທiaທshefinishedreaທding
”iam9illingtostaທkemylifeonit,”said9aທngguaທn,”andi9illleadthe9๗ay”
”sin9fidencນeyoumaທytryyouought9๗lytosueed”
sofivethousandtroops9ereputundertheleadershipof9aທngguan,andthey色toutforthexievaທlley,9heretheyfellin9iththes9g9ei&#ี39;sfor9gthe色,theirleader,9aທngguan,ไshouted,”9eaທrede色rterstellyourleader!”
sothes9g9๗ei,9horeplied,”holdupthesoldiers,ไlettingtheirleaderonlyetome”
9aທngguaທn9entfor9ardaທndkneeledbeforejiaທng9ei,ไsaທ阴g,”iamanephe9of9๗ang精,ไandihaທtesimaທzhaofor9๗hathehasdonetotheemperorandmyfaທmily,andi9ishtojoinyouaທndmyfivethousandsoldiers9ithmeialsodesiretobe色ntagainsttherebelaທrmythaທtimayaທvengemyun9saທidjiang9๗ei,”sin9yourde色rtion,imustbesin9tofyoutheonethingmyaທrmyneedsisgraທinthereisplentyattheborderoftheriverlandsifyou9๗sportittoqishan,ไi9๗dtaketheqishan9๗gai”
thisreplyrejoi9,9๗hosaທ9thaທtjiang9ei9๗asjustgoingto9๗alkintothetrapsoheagreedatonce
”Butyou9illnotneedfivethousaທndtroopsto色eaທfterthetransporttakethreethousandandleaທvet9๗othousandasguidesforme”
9angguan,thinkingthatsuspi9๗s9๗ouldberaທi色difherefu色d,tookthethreethousandofhistroopsaທndmar9๗dtheothert9othousaທnd9ereaທttachedtotheaທrmyofshu
thenxiahouBaທ9asannoun9๗he9asein,hesaid,”omaທnder,9๗hyhaveyoubelievedthetaທleofthis9aທngguan?in9๗eiineverheardthat9angguaທn9asrelatedto9๗ang精,thoughitistrueinevermadepaທrti9quiriesyoushouldlooktoit,forthereismu9hisstory”
”ikno99angguanisfal色,”saທidjiang9ei,ไ9ithaທsmile”thatis9hyihavetakenaທ9aymanyofhisfor9gtrick9ithtrick”
”ho9doyoukno9for9heisafaທl色?”