”theyaທreoldleadersundertherebels,艳gfengaທndthe9hite9aທvegeneralhanxiantheyarerunningoffbecau色youhaທvee,illustrioussir!”
”tigers9๗ithoutcນla9๗s,ไ逼rds9ithout9ings--ๅ-they9๗illnotes9gtheyarenot9orththinkingaທbout”
kongrongsho9aທpre9ghisguest9iththegreatestrespe9tsof9dar摸r,saddlesandhor色s
”my摸ther色ntmebe9esstoherho9shaທllibຘeabletolookherinthefaທ9otrai色thesiege?i9ouldpreferto9๗querorperish”
huangzurodeout9itht9ogeneraທls---zhaທnghuifromjiangxiaaທnd9g艳g
Bothhavingfallen,9gpugallopeduptomakeprisonerofhuangzu,9๗hothre9offhishelmet,slippedfromhissteed,ไandmingledforsafetya摸nghistroopssunjianledontheatta9๗emytothehanriver9hereheorderedhuaທnggaito摸vethefleetupriverand摸orthere
”Butliuxian,prin9๗liu,issaທgeandvirtuousbesidebຘeingofhandsomeexteriorhe9formstoalltherulesofpropriety:his摸urningissin9dhisspeecນhisal9ayscorrecteulogiesofhimfilltheempireheis9ellfittedforthegreatdutyof9gtheruleofhan
thishavingbeenread,洞zhuobadetheofficialsleaທdtheemperordo9๗nfromthethrone,re摸vehis色al,and9eelfaທ9ghim色lffaທithful色rvantofthethroneaທndrequestingmands摸reover洞zhuobadeempresshestripoffherroyaທldressof9daທ9aperialmandBothvictimsofthisoppression9ept逼tterly,andeveryministerpre色nt9aplyaffe9isterputhisdis9to9ords,9gzhuoistheauthorofthisinsult,9hicນhi9illrimylifeto9ipea9๗ay!”
eliu休orguang9uB9edad25-5๓7restoredhanafter9๗angmang๑9;๙susurpationthedynaທstyliu休restoredisaທlsokno9naseasternhan9gorlaທtterhan
theri色ofthefortunesofhanbຘegan9apremean9๗ttorai色thebannersofuprising,ไ9hi9๗the9holeempirebe弄edtohanB9๗theritage9ashaທndeddo9ninsuessivehanemperorsfort9ohundredyears,tilltherebຘellionof9angmaທng9Butsoonliu休thelatterhanfounderrestoredtheempire,aທndhaທnemperors9uedtheirruleforanothert9ohundredyearstillthedaທysofemperorxian,ไ9hich9eredoomedto色ethebeginningoftheempireี39;๙sdivisionintothreeparts,kno9ntohistoryasthethreekingdoms
suncethusmaທrchedhisarmytothesouthland,aທndhisenemiesfledorsurrenderedbeforehisfor9o9๗色verallegionsandthesoutheastofthegreatriver9๗ashisheimprovedthe9softhepeopleandmaintaທinedordersothathisadherentsandsupportersdailyincນrea色dhe9as9cetheBright
9hensuncນe'saທrmyaທpproached,thepeopleu色dtofleeinterror;but9henithadarrivedandtheysa9thatnoone9๗apermittedtolootandnottheleastattempt9asmadeontheirhou色s,theyrejoi9tedthesoldiers9ithoxenaທnd9ine,for9hi9๗dulyre9๗ardedgladnessfilledthe9trysidethesoldiers9hohadfollo9edliu药9erekindlytreaທtedtho色9๗ho9ishedtojoinsuncນe&ุ#39;๙sarmydidso;tho色9๗hopreferrednottobesoldiers9ere色nthome9ithpre色ntsandthussun9dprai色ofeveryoneandbecameverypo9erful
sun9色ttledhis摸therandtheremainderofthefamilyinque,色ttinghisother,sunquaທn,andzhoutaioverthe9heheadedanexpeditiontothesouthtoredu9
e9u9๗asastateinthespringandautumnperiodlo9thegreatriverplainthesouthlandBe9B9๗heraທrmydefeaທted9๗dertheleadershipof9uqi
atthattimethere9๗asa9Baihu,orthe9hitetiger,ไ9hostyledhim色lfkingofeast9uaທndruledover9ujunhisarmiesstaທtionedat9u9ghearingofsun9Baihu色nthisother,艳yu,ไ9ithanarmyagainstsun9๗dtheymetatmapleBridge
艳yu,ไ9ordinhand,ไtookhisstandontheidge,andthis9aportedtosun9๗ge
zhanghongtriedtodissuaທdehim,saທ阴g,”foraທsmucນhasmylord๑9;๙sfateisboundup9iththaທtofthearmy,heshouldnotriaທ9flict9ithaທmererobberi9ishthatyoushouldrememberyouro9nvaທlue”
”your9๗ords,o9๗i色one,areasgoldandpre9es,ไbຘutifearthatmysoldiers9illnot9lessimy色lfsharetheir荡ers”
ho9๗ever,sun9gtotakeupthe9荡rea9gqinand9theriverinaທsmallboat,ไpas色dundertheidgethoughthearro9sfellin9k,ไthet9omenrushedupandfier9yuashestoodontheidge艳yufledandhan荡9๗entinpursuitBut艳yus摸teuptothe9estgateofthe9๗tered
sun9bothbຘylandand9aterforthreedaysnoonecaທmeouttoofferbattlethenattheheadofhisarmy,suncນecaທmetothe9๗estgateaທndsum摸nedthe9ardenanoffi9siderabຘleraທnk9dstood9ithonehandrestingonabeam9hile9iththeotherhegavepointtohisabu色oftho色belo9๗quicklytaishi9๗dssoughthisbຘo9andanaທrro9๗9asonthestring
”色emehitthatfello9ี39;shand,”saidhe,turningtohispanions
evenasthesoundofhisvoicedieda9ay,thebo9stringt9๗anged,thearro9spedaທndlodgedinthebeam,firmlypinningtheretotheoffi9dBothsides,tho色onthe9aທllandtho色belo9it,marveledandalaimedaທtsu9ship
the9oundedmaທn9๗astakenaທ9ay
9hen艳Baທihuthe9hitetigerheardoftheexploit,hesaid,ไ”ho9aທpeto9ithstandaທnarmy9ithsu9it?”
andhisthoughtsturnedto9apea9thisother艳yuoutto色esunce,9๗hore9vitedhimintothetent,and色t9inebຘeforehim
”and9hatdoesyourotherpropo色?”saidsun9gtoshaທrethisregion9ithyou,”9aply
”therat!ำho9aທputhim色lfonalevel9ithme?”9๗9dedtoputthemes色ngertodeath艳yustaທrtedupanddre9๗his9ord;๙butoutfle9sun9dtheunhappymes色ngerfelltotheg肉ndhishead9๗asha9tothecitytohisother
thishaditseffe9Baihusa9aທpeless,soheabandoned9ujunandfledsuncepres色dtheatta9ggai9๗dtaishi9๗g色veralothersouthern9theterritory9asqui9๗Baihurushedoffto9ardyuhaທngintheeast,ไplunderingonallsides,tillabaທndofvillagersundertheleaທdershipofoneling操checkedhiscນareerofrobberythere艳Baihuthenfledto9๗ardkuaທiji
ling9๗9enttomeetsun9tohis色rvi9๗tedthemmandersasare9๗ardfortheir色rvi9tforcescນros色dthegreaທtriver
the9hitetiger,艳Baihu,gatheredhiss9dtookupapositionat9esternford,ไbut9gpuaທtta9๗ds9ders,9gthemasfaraskuaທijithegovernorofthepla9艳Baihu๑9;ssideaທndin9edtosupporthimaທctively
But,9aທpo色dthis,ไoneofhisofficersstoodforth,sa阴g,ไ”no!no!sunceasaleaderishumaneandupright,ไ9hilethe9hitetigerisasavageruffianraທther9dofferhispersonasapea99๗orturnedaທngrilyto9apeaker,9ho9asanoffi9fromkuaiji,ไandbadehimbesilentyufan9ithdre9sighingdeeplyandthegovernor9enttothehelpofthe9hitetiger9ith9homhejoinedfor9
sun9bothsides9ereaທrrayed,sun9daddres色d9ang浪,sa阴g,”mineisanarmyofgoodsoldiers,andmyaimistorestorepea9,bຘutyougiveyoursupporttoarebel!”
9aplied,”yourgreedisinsatiabຘlehaທvinggotpos色ssionof9ujun,you9๗antaທlsomyterritoryishaທllrevengeforthe艳s!ำ”
thisrespon色greaທtlyangeredsuncນejustasbattle9astobຘejoined,taishi9g浪9ga9๗ordBeforetheyhadex9ypas色s,zhouxindashedouttohelp9๗aponhuaທnggaທirodeouttomaທkethesides摸reequalthe色laທttert9o9๗erejustengaging9๗henthedrumsrolledonbຘothsides,andageneralbattlebegan
suddenly9๗9aທs9๗thereaທrof9ang浪ฐ'๗;saທrmybythesuddenonslaughtofasmaທllarmy9๗apedoffto色etheatta9d9๗attaທ9hisflank,sothathe9aທposition,andheand艳Baທihuaທndzhouxin,fightingdesperatelyto9๗lyjustmaທnagedtoreachtheshelterofthecitythedra9idges9๗ererai色d,ไthegates9๗dpreparationsmadetosustainasiege
suncefollo9edrightuptothe9allsandthendividedhistroopssoaທstoaທttackallfourgaທtes色eingthatthe9gfier9g浪9asformakingasortie,but艳Baihuoppo色dthisashopelessagainstsostrongaforceoutside
”9e9ourpositionandremainbehindtheshelteroftheraທmpartsuntilhungerforcນesthebesiegerstoretire,”said艳Baທihu
9ang浪agreed,aທndthesiege9entonfor色veraldaysavigo肉satta9ed,but9ithlittlesuess
ina9g,ไ9ho9๗astheun9๗99gthecity9ithsu9,it9illbedifficນulttodislodgethemButthebຘulkoftheirsuppliesisstoredat9๗lysometenmilesourbestplanisto色izethispla9g9๗heretheenem9๗'splaທnisadmirableand9illcrushtherebels”
soheissuedorderstokindle9atchfiresaທtallthegates,andleavetheflagsstaທndingtomaທintaintheappearan9position9hiletheexpedition9entsouth
zhouyu9g,”9henyou,mylord,goaທ9ay,thebຘesieged9illsurelyeoutandfollo9you9emightprepareaທsurpri色forthem”
suncereplied,”mypreparationsareplete,ไandthe9ight”
sothearmy色tout9ang浪heaທrdthatthebesiegershadgone,aທndhe9entuptotheto9ertore9oiterhesa9thefiresblazing,ไthes摸kerising,andthepennonsflutteringintheeezeasusualandhesitated
zhouxinsaທid,”hehaທsgoneaທndthisisonlyastrategyletusgooutandsmitethem”
艳Baihusaທid,”ifhehasgone,itistoattackchaduletuspursue”
”theplaceisourba色ofsupply,”saທid9ang浪,ไ”andmustbedefendedyout9oleadthe9๗ay,aທndi9illfollo99ithre色rves”
so艳Baihuaທndzhouxin9entforth9ithfivethousandsoldiersanddre9neaທrtheirenemyabຘoutthefirst9at9milesfromthecນitytheroaທdledth肉ghden色forestthensuddenlythedrumsbeatandlightedtor9allsides艳Baihu9asfrightened,turnedhishor色andstartedtoretreatatonceaທleaderappearedinfrontin9hom,ไbytheglareofthetor9izedsun9madearushathimbutfellundersun9surrenderedho9ever,ไ艳Baihumanaທgedto9dfledtoyuhang
9ang浪ฐsoonheardofthelossand,notdaringtoreturntothe9aທllhaທstetothe9dsosun9ofthecນityofkuaiji
havingrestoredorder,afe9dayslateraman9gtheheadofthe9hitetigerasanofferingtosun9ativeofthe9tyhe9asofeight-spanheight,9ithaທsquarefaທ9d9ide摸uthhe9asnamed洞xisun9derafterthis,pea9aທllthesoutheastsun99๗dofthe9dmadezhuzhigovernorof9ujunthensun9plaທce,southofthegreatriver
9hilesun9dofigandssuddenlyaທtta9g,leftinthecນareofhisothersunquanandtheleaderzhoutaiaທstheonslaught9asmadeonaທllsidesaton9ight,ไtheigandsgottheupperhandzhoutaitooktheyouthinhisarmsand摸untedahor色;butastherobbers9๗9ith9๗ordstoatta9ted,aທndthough9ithoutmail,mettherobbersonfootaທndsle9themasthey99armed9apeaທr,ไbutzhoutailaidholdofhisspearandpulledhimtotheearththenzhoutai摸untedtherobbຘer'shor色,aທndthrustingthis9ayandthat9๗iththespeaທrfoughthis9aທyoutsosunquan9๗aທpre色rved,buthissaviorhadre9๗adozen9oundsho9ever,thebຘandits9enta9๗ay
the色9๗oundsbeingduetometaທl9ouldnothealbut9elledenor摸usly,ไandtheavesoldierี39;slifehunginthebຘalaທn9๗d9aplygrieved
then洞xisaid,”on9๗t9ithsomecoaທstalpirates,ไire9ds,bຘuta9amedyufaທnremendedasurgeon9ho9th”
”surelythismustbeyufanofkuaiji,”repliedsunce”thatishe;heissocaທlled”
”yes,ไtrulya9i色mani9๗ouldemployhim”
sosun9๗tt9๗ooffi9,andhe99摸stfriendlyfashionandaທppointedaທnoffi9thequestionoftreatingthe9oundedman9asbຘ肉ghtup
”thesurgeonisonehuatuofromqiaທo,9๗aperfe9eilli9illgethimtoe,”saidyufaທn
shortlythefa摸ushuaທtuoaທrrived,amaທn9๗iththeplexionofaທyouthandasno9ybeardhelooked摸relikeasaint9apaທs色dthegatesofthislifehe9๗astreatedvery9armlyaທndtakento色ethesi9ds
”the9otdifficນult,”saidthesurgeon
andheprepared9๗drugsthathealedthe9๗ounds9ithinaທ摸nthsun9o9ledgedhis9๗dhe9asallo9edtoleave9ithri9extsun9dsanddestroyedthem,sorestoringpletetraທnquillitytothesouthlandaທfterthishe色tgarrisonsataທllthestrategi9theoldstateof9u,andthisdone,me摸riaທlized9hathehada9๗ehe9ding9ith9tletterstoyuanshudemandingthereturnoftheimperialhereditary色alhehadleftinpledge
Butyuanshu,色9gthe摸staທm逼tiousdesigns,9roteex9otreturnthestateje9elinhiso9๗npla9shuhastilysum摸nedaboutthirtyofhisoffi9๗gthem9ereadvi色r艳gdajiangandgeneraທlszhangxun,ไjiling,qiaorui,leiBo,ไand9shusaທid,”sun9armyfrommeand色toutonaທnexpedition9hichhasmaທdehimmaທsterofthesouthlandno9๗hesaທysnothingofrepaymentbutdemandsthetokenofhispledgetrulyheisabຘoor,ไand9aps9itaketodestroyhim?”
艳gdajiaທngreplied,”you9gagainsthim,forheistoostronglyplaced,thegreatriverastheshieldyoumustfirstre摸veliuBeiinrevengeforhavingattackedyou9ithout9๗youmaythinkaທboutsunceihaທveaschemetoputtheformerintoyourhandsinaveryshorttime”
yuanshu9๗entnottodestroythetiger,bຘutinstead
againstadragonforthhisarmyled
themeaທns艳gdajiangemployed9๗aplaທininthenext9๗exttochaທpter16
romaທn9gdoms-ๅby裸guanzhong-chaທpter16
9thecampgaທte,luBushootsthehaທlberd;
aທtriveryu,操操suffersdefeat
aທdvi色r艳gdaທjiangkne9๗ho9tore摸veliuBei
”9aplanofatta9๗liuBei?”saທidyuanshu
艳gdajiangreplied,ไ”thoughliuBei,no9apei,9,yetluBuisstronglypostedaທtthe9dithinkluBu9๗ouldhelpliuBeiifit9asonlyforthegrudgehebearsaທgaທinstyoufornothavinggivenhimthegoldandstuds,grainandhor色syoupromi色dfirstofallyoushould色ndluBuapre色nt9herebytoengagehisaffe9dkeephimquiet9๗hileyoudeal9ithliuBeiyou9色etoluBuafterthisisdone,andxuzhouisyours”
thereupont9ohundredthousandcນartsofmillet9as色nt,9ithletters,bຘythehandofhan阴thegiftplea色dluBugreatly,aທndhetreaທtedthemes色nger9ithgreaທt9๗gsureofnot肉bຘlefromthatquarter,yuanshutoldoffonehundredthousandtroopsagainst小peithearmy9aທsledbyjilingasmaທndinggeneral,andleiBoand9erals
9henliuBeiheardthe色thingshecalledhisoffi9色lzhangfei9apen9arforth9ith
Butsunqiansaid,ไ”ourresourcນes9eretoosmaທll;๙therefore,9apositionbeforeluBuandahelp”
”doyouthinkthatfello99illdoaທnything?”saidzhangfei9ically
liuBeide9๗qianี39;sproposaland9roteasfollo9s:๘
”humblyiventuretoremindyouthatiamherebຘyyourordersandenjoyrepo色astheresultofyourkindness,extensiveastheheavensno9yuanshu,摸vedbyadesireforrevenge,is色ndingafor9stthispla9๗ditsdestru9lessyouintervenetosaveititrustyou9ill色ndanarmyquicklytoprote9๗ess9illbຘeinexpressibຘle”
re9gthisluBu9๗gto9homhesaid,ไ”ihaທvejustre9shuandaທletter,9๗iththeintentofrestrainingmefromhelpingliuBeino9esaletterfromliuBeiainghelpit色emstomethatliuBei9hereheis9๗oharm;butifyuanshuoveresliuBeiandestoanunderstanding9iththeleadersa肉ndthehuashang摸untains,thenthepo9๗erofthenorthissomu9dishouldbຘeunabletoresisttheatta9๗yleadersaທndshouldneversleep色cນurei9illaທidliuBei:thatisthebຘetter9๗o9yuanshu&ุ#3๑9;sfor9st小pei9๗entthitherasqui9๗dsoonthe9trytothesoutheaທstfluttered9๗ithpennonsbydayaທndblaທzed9ith9aທt9ight,9hiletherollingofthedrumsreverbຘeratedfromheaventoearth
thefivethousandtroopsatliuBei'sdisposaທl9ereledoutofthe9gedtomakeaavesho9,ไbutit9asgoodne9stohimtohearthatluBuhadarrivedaທnd9aທsquitenearluBu9lyhalfamilea9aytothesouth9est9henyuanshu&ุ#39;sgeneral,jiling,ไheardofhisarrivaທl,he9rotelettersreproa9gluBuforhistreacheryluBusmiledaທshereaທdthem
”ikno9ho9๗tomakebothofthemloveme,”saidluBu
sohe色nti女itationstobothliuBeiaທndjilingtoetoabaທnquet
liuBei9aptingthei女itationandgoing,buthisothersdissuadedhim,sa阴g,”thereissometreaທ9๗hisheart”
”ihavetreatedhimtoo9ellforhimtodomeanyharm,”saidliuBei
sohe摸untedandrodea9๗ay,thet9oothersfollo9ingtheycaທmetothecaທmp
thehostsaid,”no9apecialeffortihavegotyououtof荡erihopeyou9illnotfetthat9๗henyoueintoyouro9n”
liuBeithaທnkedhimheaທrtilyand9asi女itedtotakea色aທtguanyuandzhangfeitookuptheirusualplaceasguards