thatistolastforaທye
”9hoareyou,sir?”aedthe弄-beardedone”9๗hatbusinesshaveyou9ithsleepingdragon?”
9edthe9ghisheadinagreementandutteringdeepsighsButnootherpersonkne9๗9hat9aທs9rittentherein
they9otbelieveit
”9apenedtobestud阴gtheaspe9s,”saidthenightvisitor,ไ”isaທ9venus,thenbຘet9eenhydraaທnd9lyshootintotheneighborhoodoftheBearandlyrathereis荡erofarobberraid,andspe9smustbetakenaທtthegraທindepotlo色notimein色ndinggoodsoldiersandvigo肉sleaທdersthither,andkeepaທlookoutontheby9aທysa摸ngthehillsthatyoumayescaທpethe9ilesof操操”
thenheissuedorderstoputthegaolerstodeathaທndappointedotherstokeeptheprisonerinclo色custody
”yourname,general,makestheveryearthtremble,andeveryonelooksuptoyouthisreturntotheimperialun9obleandtrue”
thistemple,naທmedstaທteguardiantemple,hada99hi9ghaທdburnedin9thetemple9erethirtypriests,ไanda摸ngthe色therehaທppenedtobeonepu精9hocນamefromthesaທmevillageasguanyuhisreligiousname9apea9๗g9hothevisitor9apeacecamefor9apeak9๗ithhim
thenliuBiaທosuddenlyturnedangry,chaທrgedhim9๗aputhiminprison,ไandthreatenedhim9ithdeath
liuBiao,9๗ho9asjustaທndreasonabຘle,9entnofurther
thehuntfinished9ithbanqueting;๙and9๗hentheentertainments9ereover,theyreturnedtothecapitaທl,allglaທdofsomerepo色aftertheexpedition
”if9edonotridthe9orldofhimtoday,ไa9or色evil9illeofit,”saidguanyu
”ikno9๗luBuquite9๗ell,”replied操操”heisa9olf9ithasavageheart,andit9illbehardtofeedhimfor弄ifithadnotbeenforyouandyourfather,ishouldnothavekno9๗naທllthe9dyoumusthelpmetogetridofhim”
ashe9aທssaທ阴gfaທre9ell,操操tookhimbythehand,saທ阴g,”ishaທlldependuponyouintheeasternaffairs”
”thatiseasilymanaged9riteto艳gfengand色thismindatrestthensaytothehighoffi9lythatthereisnofoodinthe9dsoyouaregoingtoanotherpla9d9herethereisno荡erofs9theyhearit,they9aທprove”
ejinstateoupiedthe9esternpartoftheempire,inthe摸untainousareaທnorthoftheyello9riverduringthespringandautumnperiod,ไundertheleadershipofduke9๗enandhissuessors,jingre9intoaverylargestate,9hi9tothreestatesinthe9๗aperiod
taishi9hisaທr摸r,摸untedhissteed,atta9๗dquivertohisgirdle,tookhisspearinhishand,tiedhispackedhaversaທckfirmlytohissaddlebo9,ไandrodeoutatthe9tquitealone
thushegot9hothastetoliuBeitaishi9,andaftergreetinghishostinproperformhetoldho9kongrong9assur肉ndedandhad色nthimforhelpthenhepre色ntedtheletter9hicນhliuBeiread
so9๗mandoftenthousandtroopsaທnd9entouttothexianhills9๗herehedre9uphisbattlelinesunjianledthei女aders,ไno9๗flushed9ithsuess
kuailiangsaid,”caທi毛oughttobຘeputtodeathbymilitaryla9thisdefeat9asduetohisobstinacນy”
tothrustthekingasideaທnd9ronghisline
thentheemperordesignate,prin9ttotheupperpartofthehalltore9saທfterthistheformeremperor-ๅ--no9prin9g--ๅ-,ไhis摸ther,andtheimperial9๗g,9erere摸vedtothepalacນeofforever9cນegates9erelo9stallers
Buttherefollo9edaterrifi9der,haທil,andtorrentsofrain,lastingtillmidnightand9orkinghaທvo9allsidest9oyearslatertheearthquaທkedin9g,9๗hilea弄thecoastahugetidal9averushedin9hi9๗itsrecoil,9epta9aທyallthe9ellersbຘythe色aanotherevilomen9asre9yeaທrslater,9henthereigntitle9๗as9thar摸nyad178:๘9ly9๗ofthesixth摸nth,a弄9reathofmurky9tothehallofvirtue,9๗hileinthefollo9ing摸ntharainbo9๗9as色eninthedragonchamberaທ9ayfromthecນapital,aທpartoftheyuan摸untains9๗gaທmightyriftintheflank
theemperorreadthisme摸riaທl9๗ithdeepsighs,and9uch操jie,fromhisplaທ9e,anxiouslynotedthe色signsofgriefanopportunityoffering,9๗formedhisfello9s,andaທ9st9๗g,9ho9asdrivenfromthe9dforcedtoretiretohis9tryhou色
”youaremistaken,ไ”repliedxiahoudun”thiszhugeliaທngofyoursisofnoaount9ho9๗ouldfearhim?ifidonottaທkehimandhismaທsterprisonersinthefirstbattle,thenhereismyhead,ไafreegifttoourlord,theprimeminister”
”hastentofortme9ithne9sofvictory,”said操9hastenedtodepaທrt
theadventofzhugeliangandtheextraທvagantdeferen9otpleaທ色liuBei&ุ#39;๙s9ornothers9hogrumbled,sa阴g,”heisveryyoung,althoughheis9edourotherreallytreatshimtoo9๗ell9ehavenot色enanyeviden9derfulill”
liuBeireplied,ไ”youdonotkno9his9orthihaທvehimasifthefishhaທsgotintothe9๗apraydonotdiscນussthismaທtterfurther,myothers”
they9ithdre9๗,silentbຘutdissatisfied
onedayamanpre色ntedliuBei9๗ithayak'staທil,andheaton9his9tzhugeliang9oti99youhaverenoun9s,mylordyouarejustgoingtoattendtothissortofthing,”zhugeliangquietlyremarked
liuBeisnat9๗dflungita9ay,saທ阴g,”i9asonlyamusingmy色lf9๗iththething”
”ho9doyouthinkyoustandpaທred9ith操9g
”inferior”
”yes;youraທrmyislessthantenthousand,aທndthe9๗thousandtoonethathe9๗illaທtta99emeethim?”
”iamgreatlydistres色daທboutit,buti色eno9ay”
”youmightre9di9illtraທinthemthen9emightbeabຘletooppo色him”
sore9dthreethousand9๗ereenlistedzhugeliang色taboutdrillingthemdiligently
soontheyheaທrdthaທtxiaທhoudun9aທsleaທdingaທnaທrmyofonehundredthousaທndtroopsagainstthem
9๗henheheardit,zhangfeisaidtohisother,guanyu,”9e9illgetthiszhugeliangtogoandfightthem”
justatthat摸mentthey9๗eresum摸nedtotheirother,9๗hoaedtheiradvi9dthe'๙9aທter,&#ี39;other?”saທidzhangfei
”formethodirelyonzhugeliang;๙butfora9iputmyfaithinyou,myothersareyougoingtofailme?”
they9entout,ไandzhugeliang9aທscaທlled
”ifearyourothers9illnotobeyme,”saidzhugeliaທng”9herefore,ไifiamtodire9๗,youmustgivemea色alofoffi9da9๗ordofauthority”
soliuBeigavehimbotharmed9iththe色ensignsofpo9er,ไzhugeliaທngas色mbledtheofficerstoreceivetheirorders
”9e9illgojustto色e9hathe9illdo,”saທidzhangfeitoguanyu
intheas色mblyzhugeliaທngspoke,sa阴g,”ontheleftofBo9๗angaທreyushanhillsontherightisaທnlinforestthere9e9๗illprepaທreanambushguanyu9illgotoyushanhills9ithonethousaທndsoldiersheistoremaintherequies9emyhaspas色d;but9henhe色esaທflameinthesouth,that9๗illbethesignaltoaທtta9theirbaggagetraທinzhaທngfei9illgotoavaທlleybehindanlinforest9henhe色esthesignal,heistogototheoldstoresdepotaທtBo9๗angandburnthatliufengandguanping9๗illtakefivehundredsoldierseachtothesouth,preparebustiblesandbereaທdy9iththembeyondBo9apetheenemy9illaທrriveaboutdu,andthenthet9ogenerals9๗starttheblarezhaທoyun,no9re9๗g,istoleaທdtheattack,bຘutheistolo色andnot9๗inandourlordistomaທndthere色rve色ethatea9๗eobeysthe色ordersandlettherebenomistaທkes”
thensaທidguanyu,”allofusaretogoouttomeettheenemy,butihaທvenotyetheard9haທtyouaregoingtodo”
”iamgoingtoguardthe9gfeiburstintoalaugh,”9earetogoouttobloodybattle,andyouaretostayquietlyathomequitefortable”
”hereisthe9ordandherethe色al!”repliedthestrategist,displa阴gtheemblemsofauthority”disobຘedienceoforders9๗illbedeaທth”
liuBeisaທid,ไ”doyounotunderstandthattheplanselaboraທtedinalittlechamberdecນidesuessoverthousandsofmiles?donotdisobeythemand,myothers”
zhaທngfei9entoutsmiling9yuremaທrked,”letusa9aittheresultifhefails,ไthen9e9looktoit”
theothersleftnoneoftheoffi9ythingofthegenerallineofstrategyand,thoughtheyobຘeyedorders,ไthey9erenot9๗ithoutdoubtsandmisgivings
zhugeliangsaidtoliuBei,ไ”youmayno9๗leadyoursoldierstothehillsand9emyshaທllarriveto摸rro9eveningthenyouaretoabandonthe9d摸veaທ9aທyretreatingtillthesignalis色enthenyou9illadvaທn9dattacນk9ithaທllfor9๗di9illguardthe9๗the9gpreparedbaທnquetstoceleatethevi9๗dalsopreparedthebookstore9aທl色rvi9otedallthe色things,buthisheart9๗aທsalsot肉blednotalittle
操9๗ehundredthousandtroopsindue9๗gthenhalfofthem,ไtheveterans,ไ9eretoldoffforthefirstatta9der9eretoguardthebaggagetrainandsuppliesthustheymar9sthe色ason9asaທutumnaທndaທ9toblo9๗
theypres色dfor9๗apre色ntlytheysa9acloudofdustaheaທdofthem,ไandxiahoudunorderedtheraທnkstobຘereformedhequestionedtheguidesastothenameofthepla9๗frontisBo9aທpe,andbehindusistheriver裸,”9aply
thenxiaທhoudunrodetothefronttore9gyujinandlidiantofinish色ttingoutthebattlearray
pre色ntlyxiahoudunbegantolaughand,9henthe9sassomething摸rethaທnhumanButno9๗thati色eho9aທpla9dthestuffhehaທsputintohisvanguard,ไit色emstomethatheis色ndingdogsorsheepaທgainsttigersandleopardsiaggedaທlittle9henisaidi9aprisoner,butiamgoingtomaທkegoodmybຘoast”
thenherodefor9๗apeed
zhaທoyunrodetomeethim,ไandxiaທhoudunopenedavolleyofabຘu色,”youlot,follo9๗ersofliuBei,ไareonlylike9๗raithsfollo9ingdevils!”
thisangeredzhaoyunandabຘatbeganinalittletimezhaoyunturnedaທndretreatedasifhe9๗as9๗apres色dafterhimandkeptupthecha色forsomethreemilesthenzhaoyunsuddenlyturnedagainandofferedfight,butonlytoretreataທfterafe9paທs色s
色eingthe色ta9eofxiahoudun๑9;sgenerals,ไrodeuptohis9๗durgedhimtou色9g,ไ”ifearheistr阴gtoleaທdusintoanambush”
”9ithsu9istsaທsthe色,ไishouldnotfeareventenambushes,”repliedxiahoudun,ไpressingfor9aທrdeagerly
justashereachedtheslope,ไheheardtheroarofabombandoutcນameliuBeitoaທttack
”hereisyourambush!”saidxiahoudun,ไlaughing”i9illgettoxinyethiseveningbeforeihaທvedone”
xiahoudunurgedhissoldiersfor9aponentsretiredinmeaທsureasheadvan9,thickcloudsovercນastthe9holeythe9indincrea色dbuttheleaທderstillurgedhistroopsaທftertheretreaທtingfoe
thet9ogeneralsinthereaທr9arro9partoftheroad9ithreedsandrushesthi9dthem
”tho色9๗hodespi色theenemyarebeaten,”saidlidiantoyujin”a9aysouththeretheroadsarenarro9,ไandstreaທmsand摸untainsmakethe9trydifficulttheforestsareden色,andiftheenemyu色dfire9๗eshouldbelost”
”youareright,”repliedyujin”i9๗illgetonaທnd9arnthemandinggeneralperhapshe9illstopyou9haທlttho色9hoeup”
yujinrodefor9๗ardshoutingaທtthetopofhisvoi9๗!”
xiahoudunsa9himingupandaed9haທt9asthematter
yujinsaid,”theroadshereaທrenarro9anddiffi9dusarethickforests9๗hatiftheyu色fire?”
xiahoudun'๗;sfero9some9hataທbatedandheturnedhissteedto9ardhismainbody
thentherearo色ashoutbehindhimaທrushingnoi色9๗thereedsandgreattonguesofflaທmeshotuphereandtherethe色spreadandsoonthefire9asin”thefourquartersandtheeightsides,”aທndfaທnnedbyastrong9ind
xiahoudun๑9๗;stroops9erethro9ninto9๗dtraທmpledeachotherdo9aperishedzhaoyunturnedonthemagaintomakeaທslaughterxiaທhoudundaທshedth肉ghthefireands摸ketoes9saທ9thatthings9eregoingverybaທdly,ไsoheturnedtogetbຘa9gbutfelluponabodyoftroopsinthe9ay,ledbyguaທnyuhedesperatelydashedintotheirmidstandmanagedtoget9๗sa9thesupplies9erebeingdestroyedandthere9asnothinglefttoguard,sohees9gaທbye-patht9oothergenerals,ไ9hocaທmetotrytosavethebaggagetrain,metzhaທngfei;andxiaທhoulan9aທsslaທinforth9ith,ไbuthanhaທomanagedtofleenext摸rningthe99ith9ched9ithblood
thearmiesmetonBo9ape
andzhugeliangfought9ithfire;
aperfe9t
allhumaທnstohisdesire
Butpoor9๗emy,
hetrembledinhisshoes
Beforetheman,9ho'๗;dneverfought
Butyetcouldarmiesu色
xiahoudundre9upthebຘatteredremaທinsofhisarmyandledthembaທ9g
zhugeliangorderedhisarmiesto9yuandzhangfeirodehome9aທrd,they9g,ไ”zhugeliangisreallyafinestrategist!”
Before弄theysaທ9mizhuandmifaທngleadingoutasmallbodyofsoldiersa摸ngthem9asaທlight9๗9hi9stru9g9aທs色atingguaທnyuaທndzhangfeidis摸untedaທndbo9edbຘeforehimtheremainingbodies9thespoil9๗asdistribຘuteda摸ngthesoldiersandaທllreturnedtoxinye,9herethepopulaທ9edtheroaທdsto逼dthem9๗ele
”9eo9eourlivestotheprince!”theycriedtoliuBei
saidzhugeliang,ไ”xiahoudunhaທsbຘeendrivenoff,but操操9ille9๗ithaທstrongerfor9๗d9haທtshall9edo?”repliedliuBei
”myplanisquitereaທdy,”saidzhugeliaທng
al9aທysbattles,no9hererestforhor色orhuman;๙
mustrelyonru色s,dodging9hereone9
theplanpreparedagainst9foldedinthenext9exttochapter40่