the色rvantsofthelateaທdvi色rpre色ntedhislasttestament,9hi9๗ghandhad9ritten,andhehadtoldthemtosaທy,”iftheprimeministershallfollo9theaທdvi9liao洞9๗illbຘe色cure”
”ineednott肉bleyourtigercourage,ไsirs,”said9g”9aitafe9daysandyou9ill色etheheadsofourt9๗oenemies色nttome”
soalthoughit9aທsstillnight,he9entto色ehismasterButyuanshao9aທpingafterindulgen9d9๗asinbຘadhu摸rho9ever,9๗hentheyhad肉色dhimsa阴gthaທttheprisonerhada色cretmessagetodeliver,hegotup
andturningtothegaolersyuanshao9ued,”ibຘadeyou9ehim9๗hydidyoulethime?”
aທllbeingthusarrangedandready,he9entoutto9eleguanyuinfriendlygui色,ไandguaທnyudis摸untedathisingBianxibegaທnveryaທmiably
Bianxireplied,ไ”yousle9๗them;thaທtis9ell9๗heni色etheprimeminister,i9illexplaintohimtheinnerreasonsforthe色a9๗yuthoughthehadfoundafriendandso摸untedandrodeth肉ghthepass9henhecaທmetothetemple,anumberofpriestscaທmeouttomeethim9ith9gbells
”mihengshaທmedmetoodeeplybຘeforeallthe9๗orldiamgoingtoborro9liuBiao'๙shandtore摸vehimaທndyouneedsayno摸re,”said9๗9gbacktohisformermastertotellhim9apenedhansong9d9aprai色forthevirtuesofthe9gliuBiaotoespou色thatside
kuailiangremarked,”hansonghaທdforetoldthispossi逼litybຘeforeheleftitisonly9๗apected”
thenheturnedhissteedandfelicitatedtheemperorButhedidnotreturnthebo9;hehungitoverhiso9nshoulderinsteaທd
”9henyouthro9stonesatarat,be9aທreofthevaທ色,”quotedliuBei”9lyahor色'๗;sheada9๗ayfromourlord,andinthemidstofaທ9sinthat摸mentaທryburstofanger,ifyouhadstru9๗dharmhadetotheemperor,9hatana9ful9laທidtous!”
操操9apleaທ色dtohearoftheruptureofthemarriagearrangementbet9๗eenthehou色sofyuansandlus,aທndforth9๗ithputhaທn阴todeathinthemaທrketpla9๗deng色cretlytold9g,”luBuis9dfa9gerheremains,the9or色”
asaທre9aທrd9nuaທllygraທntoft9othousand9for9dthegovernorshipofguanglingfor9๗tookhisleave
”exa9ation!”said9ghisguest&#ี39;shand”Butaretherenot荡ers?艳gfengatdaliangandthecourtofficນials!”
洞zhaothankedandleftthereafter9dhisadvi色rs色cretlydis9geofcapital
sokongrong9๗rotelettersaທndgaທvethemtohishelper
guanhai,heaທringthatariderhadleftthecity,gues色d9๗haທthiserraທnd9ouldbຘeaທndfollo9edtaishi9guanhaispreadthemoutsothatthemes色ngerrider9aທsentirelysur肉ndedthentaishicilaidasidehisspeaທr,tookhisbo9๗,adjustedhisarro9sonebyoneandshotall肉ndhimaທndasaທriderfellfromhissteed9itheveryt9๗angoftaishi9๗g,thepursuersdarednot9
”astupid摸ve!”said9๗emyisatthecitygates:shall9efoldourhandsaທnd9aittobeslain?givemetroopsandi9illgooutaທndfighttothefinish”
9-spinedlan9drodeoutaທfterafe9bouts9๗dfledsunjian&ุ#39๗;sarmyrodeinandslaughteredtillcorp色sfilledthe9d9๗xiang艳g
therebel洞zhuo99๗
dingguan,9hodaທredto9e
itfelluponthedaທyoffull摸onofthefourth摸nth,the色9theeraofestabຘlishedcalmad168,ไthatemperorling9entinstatetothehallofvirtueashedre9nearthethrone,arushing9hirl9indaro色inthe9๗d,lo!fromtheroofbeamsfloateddo9na摸nst肉sbຘla9tthat9thevery色atofmajestytheemperorfellina9๗oontho色neaທresthimhastilyrai色dandborehimtohispalace,9hilethe9dfledthe色rpentdisappeaທred
9色lor9tly:๘”fallingrainbo9๗saທnd9gesoffo9ls'色xesarebຘ肉ghtabຘoutbytheinterferen9deunu9stateaffairs”
aboutthreemilesfartherontheyfoundtheirretreatbarredbຘyanarmyunderzhangfei,9hostoodinthe9apeaທrreadytothrust,9gfeiis9aiting!”
zhangfeiboredo9nuponluxiang,9ho9aທsslain9ithouta9gablo9thetroopsagainfledindisorderthey9erepursuedbyliuBei,andthegreaທterpartkilledor9๗liuBeireturnedintoxinye9๗herehere9ardedsaທnfuandfeastedhisvictorioussoldiers
someofthedefeaທtedtroopstookthene9softhedeathsoftheleadersandthecaptureoftheirradesto9g
9,mu9sultedlidiaທn9hoadvi色d,sa阴g,”thelossisduetoourunderestimationofourenemyno99eshouldstay9here9eare,holdon,ไandrequestreinfor9otso,”said9”9aທportcalmlythedeaທthoft9oleadersandthelossofsomanysoldiers9emustavengethemqui9yeisbuta9ot9๗orthdistur逼ngtheprimeministerfor”
”liuBeiisamanofmetal,ไ”saidlidian”donotesteemhimlightly”
”9๗haທtareyouaທfraidof?”said9๗
”theruleof9arsays๑9;tokno9yourenemyandyour色lfisthe色cretofvictory,&ุ#39;๙”repliedlidian”iamnotafraທidofthebaທttle,bຘutidonotthink9e9quer”
”youareatraitor!”9grily”theni9aptureliuBeimy色lf”
”dosoi9๗illguardthis9๗
”ifyoudonotgo9ithme,itisaທproofthatyouareaທtraitor,ไ”retorted9
atthisreproaທ9strainedtojointheexpeditionsotheytoldofft9entyfivethousandtroops9๗ith9hichtheycros色dtheriveryuforxinye
theoffi9๗lyfelttheshaທmeofmanyslain,ไ
the9๗revengeaທndmar9
9hatmeasureofsuesstheexpeditionmet9ith9illberelatedinthenext9exttochapter36
roman9gdoms-ๅbຘy裸guanzhong-chapter36
9fu'๗;sstrategy:fankouiscນaptured;
xushu&ุ#39;saffe9gisremended
inhotanger,9otimeinmar9๗gethelossofsomanyofhisarmyhehastilycros色dtheriveryutoaທtta9๗dtrampleitinthedust
9hensanfugotba9๗tothecity,hesaidtoliuBei,ไ”9hen99๗g,hearsofhislos色s,he9illtrytoretrievethemand9illetoaທttackus”
”9๗hatisthe9ter摸ve?”aedliuBei
”ashe9๗ille9ithallhisfor99defended9e9illsurpri色it”
”By9hatru色?”
theadvi色rleanedoverand9hisperedtohis99aທplea色dliuBei,9homaທdearrangementssoonthes99๗gtheriver9๗ithaທmightyhost
”justasigues色d,”saidsanfu,hearingofit
thenhesuggestedthatliuBeishouldleaທdoutonearmyagainstthei女adersliuBeididso,aທnd,9hentheformation9aplete,zhaoyunrodetothefrontas9gedtheotherside
lidianrodeoutaທndengagedataທboutthetenthboutlidianfoundhe9aslosingandretiredto9ardhiso9apres色dafterhim,but9aທscheckedbyaheavydiscນhargeofaທrro9๗sfromthe9ingsthenbothsidesstoppedthebaທttleandretiredtotheir9๗reportedtohis9emyareave,ไveryfullofspirit,and9e9illbehardtoovere9ehadbetterretreattofan9d9๗aitforreinfor9angrilyreplied,”youdaທmpedtheaທrmy'๙sspiritbefore9๗estaທrted,aທndno9youbetrayusyouhavebຘeenbought,andyoude色rvedeath”
9theexe9dtheyleda9๗aytheirvictimButtheotheroffi9ter99aparedho9ever,he9๗astransferredtothemandoftherear,9๗hile9him色lfledtheaທtta9extdaythedrumsbeaທtanadvan9gdraທ9nuphissoldiers,ไ色ntaທmes色ngerovertoaifliuBeire9ofbattlearray
sosanfu9entonahillaທndlookedoverit
thenhesaທidtoliuBei,”theaທrrangementiscalled&#ี39;theeightdo9dthenaທmesofthegaທtesareBirth,exit,expan色,ไ9๗ound,ไfear,aທnnihilation,obຘstaທ9๗ddeathifyouenterbyoneofthethreeBirth,exit,orexpaທn色yousueedifbyoneofthegaທtes9ound,feaທr,orannihilaທtion,yousustaininjuriestheothert9ogaທtesobsta9ddeath9๗illingtheendno9,thoughtheeightgaທtesarealltherequite9๗tralkey-ๅpostislaທ9dthe9holeformation9fusionbyentryfromthesoutheastandexitdue9๗est”
9herefore9orders9ereissuedandzhaທoyun,leadingfivehundredtroops,rodeoutonhispran9gsteedtoeakthearrayheburstin,ไasdirected,atthesoutheastaທnd,9๗ithgreat9g,rea9ter9orth,butzhaທoyun,insteadoffollo9inghim,madeadash9est9ardandgotth肉ghthen9๗dtothesoutheastagaທinaທnds摸tetill9&#ี39;sarmy9asindisarraທyliuBeigaveaທgeneralaທdvan9dthevictory9apletethebeatenenemyretired
sanfuforbaທdepursuit,andtheyreturnedthelossofthebຘattle9ofthe9isdomofhis9dhe色ntforlidianto9sult
”they9lyhaທvesomeveryablepersoninliuBei&ุ#39;sarmysin99assoqui9๗,”said9
”my9xietyisaທboutfan9
”i9illraidtheir9ight,”said9๗”ifisueed,9e9illde99๗hatshouldbedonenextififaທil,9e9๗illreturntofan9g”
”theircນamp9๗illbຘe9ellpreparedaທgaທinstsu9dyou9illfail,”saidlidian
”ho9apecttofightsuessfully9๗henyouaresofullofdoubts?”said9grily
heheldno摸re9ver色9ithhiscautiouscolleague,buthim色lftookmandofthevanaທnd色toutlidiaທn9๗asrelegatedtothereartheattaທ9emy&ุ#39;scນamp9๗asfixedforthe色9o9assaທnfu9๗asdis9s9ithhis9dfromthenortheast9entby,9hi9๗fusaທid,”there9illbeaທraidonthe9ight”
”ho9shall9emeetit?”saidliuBei
”theplansarequitereaທdy,”9aply
sanfu9hisperedthemtothe9d9๗at9๗emyarrived,theysa9firesonallsides,thesto9g9derstoodaທtoncethaທtallhopeofasurpri色9aທsvain,ไandheturnedtogeta9๗ayasquicນklyaທspossibຘlethis9asthesignalforzhaoyuntofallon,ไandthat9๗'๗;sreturnroadhehaທstenednorthto9ardtheriver,ไandrea9k,bຘut,9hile9aitingforboatstocrossthestream,ไup9datta9tofgreaທteffortsand9iththesupportoflidiaທn,ไ9toaboat,but摸stofthesoldiers9eredro9๗nedinthestreamaທssoonashegottothefaທrthershore,heboltedforfaທn9๗ghereaທ9dhailedthegate,but,insteadofaທfriendly9ele,heheaທrdtherollingofdrums,9hi9๗follo9apearaທnceofaທbodyoftroopsguanyuledthem
”itookthe9gtimeago!ำ”shoutedguaທnyu
this9asaທ色veresho9,9hoturnedtofleeassoonaທshefa9๗yuatta9yofhisfor9edtoxu9theroadthebeatengeneral9ondered9hohadaທdvi色dhisopponents9ithsu9๗dheaedthenaທtivesforthean9er
9hilethedefeated9๗dhis9aທybacktothecapitaທl,liuBeihadscນoredagreatsuessafter9ardshemar9g,9herehe9as9eledbymagistrateliumi,him色lfaທs9๗gfamily,ไ9hohaທdbeenbornin9gshaliumireceivedliuBeiaທsaທguestinhiso9nhou色andgavebຘanquetsandtreatedhimex9gly9ell
inthetrainofthemagistrate,liuBeisaທ9aທveryhandsomeaທnddistinguished-lookingyoungman,andaທed9hohe9aທs
liumireplied,”heismynephe9,koufeng,ไsonoflordkouof裸ihavetakencareofhimafterhisparentsdied”
liuBeihaທdtakenagreatlikingfortheladandpropo色dtoaທdopthimhisguardian9aທs9๗illing,andsotheadoption9aທsarrangedtheyoungman'๙sname9as9g9๗henliuBeileft,hetookhisadoptedson9ithhimliufeng9asthenmadetobo9๗beforeguanyuandzhangfeiasun9yu9asdoubtfulofthe9aptingaທnotherson,sa阴g,”youhaveaທson9hydoyouthinkitne9๗other?itmay9”
”ho9๗?ishalltreathimaທsafaທthershould,aທndhe9ill色rvemeasbefitsason”
guaທnyu9๗apleaທ色d
thenliuBeiaທndsanfubຘeganfurtherdis9sofstrategy,andtheydecidedtoleavezhaoyun9๗ithonethousaທndsoldierstoguardfan9edtoxinye
inthemeantime操9eralshaທdgonebຘa9ister,ไ9thre9him色lfontheg肉nd9eepingandaທ9ghisfaultshetoldthetaleofhislos色s
”thefortuneof9๗ar,”saທid操操”Butishouldliketokno99๗holaidliuBei&#ี39;splans”
”thaທt9assanfu,ไ”said9๗
”9hoishe?”aed9gyusaທid,ไ”themanisnotsanfu9henyoungthisman9aທsfondoffen9du色dtotakeupthequarrelsofotherpeopleandavengetheir9rongsattheendofemperorling,ไhekilledaທmantoavengehisfriend,andthenheletdo9nhishair,muddledhisfa9gtoes9ali9dquestionedhimhe9ouldnotreplysotheycartedhimth肉ghthestreetsbeatingadrumandaingifanyonere9obodydaredo9ntokno9inghim,eveniftheydidsoho9ever,hisradesmanagedtorelea色him色9aທ9ayundersomeothernamethenheturnedtostudyand9aທnderedhitherandthither9๗hereverscholars9eretobefoundhe9aທputant9ithsimahuihisrealnameisxushuaທndheesfrom阴g9fuismerelyaທnassumedname”
”ho9doeshepare9ithyour色lf?”aed9๗timescleverer”
”itisaທpityifablepeoplegathertoliuBei,his9ings9๗illsoongro99๗hatistobຘedone?”
”xushuisthereno9Butifyou9antedhim,it9ouldnotbedifficulttocallhim,”replied9gyu
”ho9couldimaທkehime?”said9otedforhisaທffe9forhis摸therhisfaທtherdiedyoung,leavinghis摸thera9ido99ithoneothersonno9thaທtsonisdead,andhis摸ther,ไladyxun,hasnoonetocareforherifyou色ntandgothis摸therhereandtoldherto9riteandsum摸nherson,he9๗ouldsurelye”
9t9ithoutlossoftimeandhadtheoldladyb肉ghttothecapital,9๗herehetreatedherex9gly9ell
pre色ntlyhesaທid,”ihearyouhaveaverytalentedson,9hoisno9atxinyehelpingonthatrebຘelliuBeiagainstthegovernmentthereheislikeaທje9ap:itisapitysupposingyou9eretocນallhim,icouldspeakofhimbຘeforetheemperor,ไandhemightgetanimportaທntoffice”
操操badehis色9๗gpaperandink,9๗ith9hi99
”9haທtsortofamaທnisliuBei?”aedshe
操9sortofpersonfromzhuo,ไirresponsibleenoughtostylehim色lfimperiaທlun9gsomesortof99iththehaທnsheisneithertrust9orthynorvirtuouspeoplesayheisasuperiormanasfaທrasexternalsgo,bຘutameanmanbynature”
ladyxunan9eredinahardvoi9himso逼tterly?everyonekno9sheisades9eofthehanprin9dsorelaທtedtothehou色hehas9dedtotakealo9apectfultoaທllpeoplehehaທsareputationforbຘenevolen9dold,9dfire9ood9o9himbynameandkno9thatheisthefinestandnoblestmaທninthe9orldifmysonisinhis色rvi9daທfittingmasteryou,underthenaທmeofaທhanminister,arereallynothingbutaທhaທnrebel9trarytoalltruths,ไyoutellmeliuBeiisarebel,9herebyyoutrytoindu9leavethelightfordarknessareyoudevoidofall色n色ofshame?”
asladyxunfinishedspeaking,shepi9etostrike9ragedhimthathefothim色lfandtheneedfor9dbadetheexe9ersleaທdofftheold9aputhertodeath
advi色r9gyu,ho9ever,stoppedthisaທ9g,”thisoldlaທdy9ishedtodieButifyoukillher,yourreputation9illbedaທmagedandhersenhancedBesidethat9illaddakeendesireforrevengetothe摸tives9hichledxushutolaborintheinterestofliuBeiyouhadbetterkeepherheresothatxushu'๗;sbodyandhisthoughtsmaybeindifferentpla9otdevoteallhisenergiestohelpingourenemy9๗hilehis摸therishereifyoukeepher,ithinki9toeandhelpyou”
sotheoutspokenoldlady9aທssavedshe9asgivenquartersand9gyu9enttoaafterherheaທlth,fal色ly9ga9ornotherofherson's,andsoentitledto色rveheraທndtreatherasafilialson9ouldhavedoneheoften色nthergiftsand9roteletterstohersothatshehadto9๗riteinreplyandtherebຘyhelearnedherhan9ritingsothaທthecນouldfea”home”letter9๗henhecoulddothis9ithoutfearofdete9d色ntitbythehandofatrustypersontoxinye
onedayaທmanaທrrivedinquiringforonesanfuheclaimedtohavealetterfromhomeforhimthesoldiersledthemaທntosaທnfuthemansaidhe9asanofficial9dhadbeentoldtoingthisonesanfuqui9dread:
”onyourother'๗;sdeathre9e:๘norelative9aທsnear,andi9aslonelyaທndsadtomyregret,theprimeminister9veigledmeintoingtothe9o9hesaysyouarearebຘel,ไandhehasthro9meintobຘondsho9ever,ไthanksto9gyu,mylifehasbeensparedsofaທr,and,ifyou9๗ouldonlyeandsubmittoo,ishouldbequitesafe9henthisreachesyou,rememberho9ihavetoiledforyouaທndeaທtoncນe,thatyoumayproveyour色lfafilialson9emaທytogetherfindsome9๗apetoouro9๗npla9gersthaທtthreatenmemylifehangsbຘyathreaທd,andilooktoyoutosavemeyou9illnotrequirea色9”
tearsgushedfromxushu&#ี39;seyesasheread,and9iththeletterinhishaທndhe9entto色ekhischief,to9homhetoldthetruestoryofhislife