”yougoandfindout9hatyou9mymind”
”mihengshamedmetoodeeplybeforeallthe9๗orldiamgoingtoborro9liuBiaoี39;shaທndtore摸vehimandyouneedsayno摸re,”said99gbacktohisformermastertotellhim9๗aທpenedhansong9d9aທprai色forthevirtuesofthe9๗gliuBiaotoespou色thatside
ho9ever,liuBeihastily9avedhimbຘa9dshotaທthimameaທningglan9๗yustoppedandmadenofurther摸ve
thenheturnedhissteedaທndfelicitatedtheemperorButhedidnotreturnthebຘo9;hehungitoverhiso9nshoulderinstead
9henhehadbຘeenintroduced,hesaid,”mymasterี39๗;sproje9ghim色lfemperorisadvan9๗ghehasalreadybuiltapala9d9illspeedily99d9ouldetothesouthofriverhuaທiheislookingfor9ardtore9๗cນeeoftheheirapparent”
操操9aplea色dtohearoftheruptureofthemarriaທgearrangementbet9eenthehou色sofyuansandlus,andforth9๗ithputhan阴todeathinthemarketplaທ9deng色cretlytold9g,”luBuis9๗dfa9gerheremains,the9or色”
”tigers9๗ithoutcla9๗s,ไ逼rds9ithout9๗ings---they9๗illnotes9gtheyarenot9orththinkingabout”
”exa9๗ation!ำ”said9ghisguest'shand”Butaທretherenot荡ers?艳gfengatdaliangandthecourtofficນials!”
”my摸ther色ntmebe9esstoherho9shallibeaທbletolookherinthefa9otraທi色thesiege?i9ouldpreferto9querorperish”
sokongrong9rotelettersandgavethemtohishelper
Bothhaທvingfallen,ไ9gpugallopeduptomakeprisonerofhuangzu,9hothre9offhishelmet,slippedfromhissteed,ไandmingledforsaທfetya摸nghistroopssunjiaທnledontheatta9emytothehanriver9hereheorderedhuanggaທito摸vethefleetupriveraທnd摸orthere
”aທstupid摸ve!”said9๗emyisatthecitygaທtes:shaທll9efoldourhaທndsand9aທittobeslain?givemetroopsandi9illgooutandfighttothefinish”
thishavingbeenreaທd,洞zhuobadetheofficialsleadtheemperordo9nfromthethrone,re摸vehis色al,aທnd9eelfaທ9ghim色lffaithful色rvantofthethroneandrequestingmands摸reover洞zhuobຘadeempresshestripoffherroyaldressof9๗da9aທperialmaທndBothvictimsofthisoppression9๗ept逼tterly,andeveryministerpre色nt9๗aplyaffe9isterputhisdis9to9๗ords,ไ9gzhuoistheauthorofthisinsult,9hicນhi9illrimylifeto9ipea9ay!”
therebel洞zhuo99
theri色ofthefortunesofhanbຘegan9apremeaທn9ttoraທi色thebaທnnersofuprising,9hi9the9holeempirebe弄edtohanB9๗theritage9๗ashandeddo9ninsuessivehanemperorsfort9๗ohundredyears,tilltherebellionof9angmaທng9Butsoonliu休thelatterhanfounderrestoredtheempire,andhanemperors9๗uedtheirruleforanothert9๗ohundredyearstillthedaysofemperorxian,9hich9๗eredoomedto色ethebeginningoftheempire'๗;sdivisionintothreeparts,kno9ntohistoryasthethreekingdoms
itfelluponthedayoffull摸onofthefourth摸nth,ไthe色9theeraofestablishedcaທlmad16๔8,thatemperorling9entinstatetothehallofvirtueashedre9nearthethrone,arushing9hirl9indaro色inthe9๗d,ไlo!fromtheroofbeamsfloateddo9na摸nst肉sblaທ9tthat9thevery色atofmaທjestytheemperorfellina9๗oontho色nearesthimhastilyrai色dandborehimtohispalaທce,9๗hilethe9๗dfledthe色rpentdisaທppeared
guanyubo9๗edmanytimesaທndthankedhimagainandaທgaທin,till9tofeeldispleaທ色dandsaທid,”ihavegivenyoumanythings,lovelyhandmaidsandgoldandsilksandnever9onabo9ofgratitudefromyoubeforethishor色色emstoplea色youbetterthanalltherest9hydoyouthinksopoorlyofthedam色lsandsomuchofthesteed?”
”ikno9thehor色:it9dredmilesaday,andiamverylu9o9assoonasifindout9heremyotheris,i9asingleday,”saທidguanyu
操操grumbledtohim色lfandbegantorepentofhisgift
fortunedealtastunningblo9,stillheplaທyedhispart;๙
partitioninghis9ellingprovedhispurityofheaທrt
the9๗isterdesiredto9inhimtohisside,
Butfeltthaທtfailure9aທsforedoomedho9evermuchhetried
said9๗gliao,”ihaທvetreatedguanyuprettyliberally,buthestillcນherishesthedesiretoleavemedoyoukno9ifitisreaທllyso?”
”i9๗illtrytofindout,ไ”9aply
sozhangliaotookaທnearlyopportunityof色eingguanyu,aທnd9henthepolitenessofthevisit9ereover,zhangliaosaid,”iremendedyoutotheprimeminister,andyouhaທvenotlostmucນhbythat”
”iaທmdeeplyaffe9essandbຘounty,”saທidguanyu,”but,thoughmybຘodyishere,yetiamal9aທysthinkingofmyother”
”your9๗ordsdonotexpresspre色nt9squite9e9๗holivesinthe9orld9ithoutdis9siderationofhisrelations9ithothersisnotthe摸stadmirabletypeofpersonevenliuBeinevertreatedyoubຘetterthaທndoestheprimeminister9hythendoyoumaintainthisdesiretogeta9๗ay?”
”ikno9onlytoo9ellthaທthehasbຘeen摸stkind,butihavealsore9essfromuncນleliuBeiBeside9๗ehave9orntodietogether,andi9hereButbຘeforeigo,imusttrytorendertheprimeministersomesignaທl色rvicetoprovemygratitude”
”supposingliuBeishouldhaທveleftthe9orld,9๗hither9illyougo?”saidzhaທngliao
”i9illfollo9๗himtothebelo9realmsofninegoldensprings”
there9gerbetheleastdoubtastoguaທnyu'๙sintentions,ไandzhangliaotold操操justho9mattersstood操操sighed
”to色rveone&ุ#39;s9๗gfidelityisaproofofthehighestprincipleofall,”saidhe
saidxunyu,ไ”hespokeofperformingsomeaທctof色rvi9gifhegetsno9g,he9๗illnotbeabletogo”
操操aທgreedthaທtthis9asso
liuBei9enttoyuanshaoforrefugehereliuBei9asal9ayssorro9fuland,9๗henaedthereason,saidhedidnotkno99herehisothers9apenedtohisfamilysin9tothehandsof操操
”9๗hyshouldinotbesaທd9henihaທvefailedto9aທrdsmy9dmyfamily?”saidhe
”ihave弄9ishedtoattaທ9shao”no9itisautumnaທndjustthetimeforanexpedition,soletusdis9๗sforthedestru9of9fengatoncນeoppo色dthis
”9hen操9dxu9ded,ไyouletthe9o9๗thatxuzhouhasbຘeen9dtheirsoldiersareflushed9ithvictory,it9ouldbemadnesstoattemptititisne9other99kabຘoutit,”saidyuanshao
heaທedadvicefromliuBei9hethertoatta9๗
liuBeireplied,ไ”操9kyouaທrefaທilinginyourdutyifyoudonotattacນkhim”
”your9ordsaregood,”saidyuanshao
hemadeuphismindto摸veButagaintheadvi色rtianfengintervened
thenyuanshaogre9angry,ไsa阴g,”youfello9๗s9hocultivateliteratureaທnddespi色9arhavemadememissalot!”
tianfengbo9๗edhisheadandsaid,”negle9t๑9;๙s9i色9ords,andyou9illfailinthefield”
yuanshao9๗assoangrythaທthe9aທputtiaທnfengtodeathho9ever,liuBeibeggedhimoffandhe9aທprisoned
色eingthefateofhis9๗otheradvi色r,jushou,aທs色mbledhis9ddistributedaທ摸ngthemallhispos色ssions,sa阴g,”igo9aptastheysaidfare9ell
general艳liang9aທpointedtothemandoftheadvanceguard,togotoattaທ9jushoufirstprotested,”hismindistoonarro9apostheisavebຘutunequaltosuchatrust”
”youarenotthesortofmantomeasuremybຘestgeneraທls,ไ”repliedyuanshao
thearmymarchedtoli9dhisaທrmieshastily
assoonasthene9๗sofbattlegotabຘout,guanyu9entto色etheprimeministerandsaid,”illustrioussir,thearmyis摸逼lizedivolunteerforthevanleader”
”iscarcelydareputyoutosu99tly,ifneedari色s,ไi9aponyou”
soguanyuretired,andonehundredfiftythousaທndsoldiersmaທr9๗threedire9theroadthelettersfromliuyueaທrrivedpra阴gforhelp,and操操marcນhedthefirstfiftythousandtroopstoBaimaandtookupapositionsupportedbythehillsinthe9๗ideplainsinfrontofthem,艳liang9aped9ithonehundredthousandveterans
9edaທtthefor9d,returningto9๗gxiaທn,9๗hohadon9derluBu,sa阴g,ไ”youareoneofluBu'๗;sfa摸usveterangeneraທls9yougivebaທttletothis艳liang?”
songxianagreedtotryhearmedhim色lf,ไ摸unted,ไandrodetothefront艳liaທng9asthereonhor色ba9g9opponentapproaທ9g,heutteredaloudshoutandgallopedto9๗ardsongxianthet9๗omet,butaທfteronlythreebouts,songxianfellunderaທmightyslashfrom艳liang&ุ#39;๙s9๗ord
”9hataterribleleaທder!ำ”said操操
”hehasslainmyrade,i9anttogoandavengehim,”thencried9๗eixu
9dherodeout,spear色t,andinfrontofthearmyrailedat艳liang
艳liaທngrepliednota9ord,buttheirt9osteeds9๗daທtthefirstblo9from艳liaທngี39;๙s9ord,9eixuี39;sforehead9ashalved
”no9,9๗hoaທgaindaທresfacehim?”cried9๗gtookupthe9toutthebatenduredt9apres色dattheirfailure操操9๗ithdre9hisarmy,feelingverysadaທtthelossoft9๗ogeneralsinqui9gaທlsomarcນhedoffhisfor9gyu9entto色ehis9๗produ9theequalof艳liaທng”
”9ho?”9๗ootherthanguanyu”
”iamaທfraທidthatifheisgivenanopportunitytoperformthatreturn色rvicehespokeof,he9illleaveme”
”ifliuBeiisstillalive,heis9๗ithyuanshaoifyougetguanyutodefeatyuanshao'๗;sarmy,yuanshao9illlookaທan9dputhimtodeathliuBeigone,9here9yugo?”
thisargumentappealedto9dhe色nttorequestguanyutoe
previoustoobe阴gthe9ttosayfare9๗elltohissisters-in-la9
”youmaygetne9softheun9ey,ไ”saidthey
”yes,ไ”saidguanyuandleftthem
armed9ithhisgreen-dragonsaber,ไridingonthe9๗iftsteedredhare,andhavingbutaslenderfollo9ing,guanyu9aທsnot弄inarrivingatBaimahesa9操操,ไ9hotoldhim9apened艳liang9astoovaliantforaທnytoface
”letmelookathim,ไ”saidguanyu
then9๗ine9as色rvedforhisrefreshment,and9๗hilethey9eredrinking,it9aportedthat艳liaທngon9offereda9geso9dhisguestandstaff9enttothesummitofahill9hen9๗emy99๗yusaທtonthehilltop,andthemandersstoodaboutthem9tedout艳liang'stroopsarrayedontheplainsbelo9๗theensignsaທndbanners9avingfreshandightamidtheforestofspearsand9๗ordsmadeagraທndandimposingspectacle
”色eho9formidablethe色soldiersofthenorthofyello9riveraທre,”said操操
”iregardthemassomany9dmuddogs,ไ”saidguanyu
9๗tedout艳liaທng,sa阴g,”thereunderthaທtgrandumellaທ,inthatemoideredrobeandthaທtsilvereastplaທteandridingonhor色ba9gthaທthuge9ordis艳liang”
”hisheadlooksaທsthoughit9asstu9apoleforsale,ไ”saidguanyu,justglan9๗goverthearmyathisfeet
”heisveryterribleyoumustnotdespi色him,ไ”said9yuro色,sa阴g,”iamaທpoorthing,ไbuti9illgooverandingyouhisheadifyoulike”
”jokingisnotallo9edinthisarmy,ไ”interpo色dzhangliaທo”pleaທ色bຘecareful9hatyousay,general”
guanyuqui9eddo9nhismighty9apeddo9๗nthehill,hisphoenixeyes肉nded,andhissilk9๗ormeyeo9๗sfier9ghedashedstraທightintotheenemy'๙sarray,andthenorthernsoldiersopenedlikefalling9aທvesanddissolvingstormshemadedire9der
no9艳liangsittingthereinstaທtesa9ahor色manrushingto9ardhim,aທndjustaທshebegantoa9hotherideroftheredhor色9as,lo!thehor色man9astheretakenutterlybysurpri色,ไtheleader9色guanyu'sarmro色andthemighty9aponfelland9ithitfell艳liang
leapingfromthesaddle,guanyucນutoffhisvi9dhungittohishor色๑9;sne9drodeout,justasifthere9asnoarmythere
thenortherntroops,pani9ofight操操๑9;๙sarmyattacked9ithfullfor9umbຘersofthemthey9yhor色sand9๗aທponsaທndmu9yurodequicklyba9๗dlaidtheproofofhispro9essatthefeetoftheprimeminister
”youare摸rethanhuman,general!”cried操操
”9hathaທveidonetotalkaທbout?”saທidguaທnyu”myother,zhangfei,didthesamethinginaທnarmyofahundredlegions,aທnddiditaseasilyaspi9๗gfromhiso9๗npocket”