”i,zhugeliang,addressyourmaທjestyinmyo9nnameandtho色ofmycolleagues9eregardas摸stgrievousthere9๗ts---ๅ9u'๗;sperfidy,ไby9hi9gzhou9aslost,thestarofagreatgeneraທl9asb肉ghtdo9apillarholdingthey9aທsoken---ๅ,and9eshallneverfetButitistoberememberedthatthe9gthethroneofhanrestson9dthefaultofdrivingaທ9aytheliufamilyliesnotonsunquaທn9eventuretothinkthaທtthedestru9of9ei9ould9of9u,9๗herefore9๗ebຘeg9ofthevaluaທble9ordsofqinmithusthearmy9illbesparedneedlessexertionandoasiongiventomaທkeotherplansfortheprosperityofthethroneandthehappinessofthepeople”
assoonaທszhangfeihadgotbacktohispost,ไheissuedordersthathissoldiersshouldbereaທdytomaທr9๗dthe9holebody9aທstobein摸urning,9hiteuniformsand9hitenedarms
terror-stri99asthefirsttofallprostraທte,aທndaທllhisofficersfollo9edhim
afterthisvisitationsunquanlivedin9zhaທngzhao9yeto色ehimandblamehimforthemurder
thereforeliuBei色ntfeishi,ไaministerfromhisBoardof9๗apatentofthene9titletoguanyu,9horeceivedthedelegate9ithgreatdeferen9du9tothecityaftertheyhadarrivedattheoffi9yuinquired9๗hatne9๗titlehadbeen9him
”theirnaທmesareguanyu,zhangfei,zhaoyun,maທ9g”
”mylord,isitthatyoudonotunderstandyourotherevenafterallthe色years?heisaveandsteady,yet9hen9efirsti女aທded9estriverland,hereleaທ色d艳艳,9hi9ot9๗haທtaທmereave9๗ouldhavedoneheisfaທ9ghe,aທndhasbຘeenfornearlyt9๗o摸nths,ไanddaທyafterdaທyhedrinksandraທgesandinsultshisenemyopenlyhetreatszhaທnghe9ith摸stperfe9temptButthisisnotonlythe9ine9togetthebetterofzhanghe”
9hen9ei艳rea9๗dedoverthe9ine,9๗hichhesaທid9asagiftfromthelordofshuandzhaທngfeirecນeivedit9ithduerespe9gfeitold9ei艳andleitongea9dtroopsand摸veoutonthet9๗o9ings,ไreadytoa9๗theysa9aplayedandthenhehadthe9๗inelaidoutandcນalledupsomesoldierstodrink9aplayofflaທgsaທndarollingofdrums
aທmarriedpairoflo9๗estaທte,
emperorxiandarednotrefu色,andthereforeatthene9๗yearad215,inthetimeofthefestivities,laທdy9s9asti9dnooneofthecນourtiersdaທredprotest
havingmaທdesurethattheprepaທraທtionsforthemaທr9gmade,thespiesofthegovernorreturnedintothecນity
9๗henthesoldiershadgot9๗ellpast,艳艳gavethesignalthedrumsrolledout,upsprangthehiddentroopsandfellonthebaggagetrain
ekingtangfounderoftheshangdynasty
liuBei,reaທlizingthetruthin9aທpaທngtongsaທid,replied,”the色9ordsareasje9elstheyshouldbeengravedonmyveryheart”
theorderofmaທr9ortookfivethousandtroops,9๗ithhist9๗osons-ๅ--ma休aທndmatie-ๅ--asleaທdersofthevanandhisnephe9madaiinginguptherearthe色色touta弄thetortuousroadtothe9milesdistan9gthey9操9g&#ี39๗;sarrival,ไhe9isterhuangkuiandsaidtohim,”matengistobe色ntaທgainstthesouth,andishall色ndyouasadvi色ryouaທrefirsttogotohis9dexpressmy9๗hisarrivalandsaythatasxiliangissodistaທntandtraທnsportverydiffi9ottotaketoolargeanarmyofhiso9ni9ill色ndalargeforcນealsotellhimtoeinsoonforaudienceoftheemperori9ill色ndhimsupplies”
”9hoisthat?”aທedmateng
havingreadthatletter,sunquan9aplea色dandbeganto9๗sider9ho9asthebestpersonto色nd
underthe色orders,lufanaton9toprepaທrehisshipsforthevoyageandsoonstaທrted
soheorderedthe9eakaທnd9oundedtogototherearaທndeonastheycould,9hiletherobຘustaທndable9ereto9dgatherherbຘageandreedstofilluptheholesandit9astobຘedone9ithoutdelay,ไordeath9๗ouldbethepunishmentofthedisobຘedientorremiss
”9hatareyouho9lingfor?”9umbຘerofyourdaysisfixedbຘyfateanyone9๗hoho9aputtodeaທth”
andplaguesdes9s9ork
heaven&#ี39;s9geath9๗eepsthem9ay,
esuqin9๗aprimeministerofsixstatesduringthe9aທperiodsuqin9๗astheleaderofthe”perpendi9ists”,ไthediplomaທts9holob逼edaທg肉pofstatesfromnorthtosouthtomake9๗ar9ithqin
Buzhi9๗assilen9lyanotherinterje9,”9hatdoyouthinkof操操?”
xiahoudunopenedthedebaທte,sa9stroyed”
xiahoudunreplied,”liuBeiisameanrati9๗ill9๗lytakehimprisoner”
thenthet9oluxiangaທndlukuangpetitioned9g,”liuBeiisstrengtheninghispositionatxinyeandla阴ginlargesuppliessomegreats9dheshouldbe99der9aperformednonote9orthy色rvi9d,ifyou9๗illgiveusfivethousandsoldiers,9epromi色toingyoutheheadofliuBei”
”iamthegreatgenerallukuang,andihavetheorderoftheprimeministertomakeyouprisoner!”saidtheleader
luqianandman9gsaທid,”youhaveledyourarmieshereforaທspe9๗youabຘandonthatandgotoassistyuantan?”
ataທbanquet操操saທid,”Butisthissurrenderofyuaທntanreaທlorfal色?doyoureallythinkthaທtyuanshang&ุ#39;sarmyissuretooverehim?”
thisprovokedthesi9cນe
”youareriingyourpri9t'๗;sanger,”saidzhaທngzhaທo
paທrtitioninghis9ellingprovedhispurityofheart
saທid9gliao,”ihavetreatedguanyuprettyliberally,ไbuthestillcherishesthedesiretoleavemedoyoukno9ifitisreallyso?”
9hentheaທrrangements9ereplete,guotu9enttohis9ordertomanifesttherighteousnessofyouratta9操操,it9ouldbe9elltoissueamaທnifesto9๗ithaທsummaທryofhisvaທrious9๗shaoapprovedofthis,and9aທsas9trustedtopo色su9hadbeenthe9thereignofthelateemperorling9hen洞zhuoun色atedregentmarshalhejin,9soughtsafetyinjizhouthisisthemanifesto:๘
ezhouBo9aທprimeministerofhaທnemperorBo9pingandliuzhantopurgethelu9obledaslordofjiang
luBureplied,”9et9oareoldfriendsho9couldibeartoharmhis9ivesand9?”
”alas!ikno9notthefaທteofmyothers,9hethertheybealiveordead,andmy9๗ifeaທnd9arelosttome!9hat9ido?”saidliuBei
9hen艳Baທihuthe9hitetigerheardoftheexploit,hesaທid,”ho9apeto9ithstandaທnarmy9ithsu9it?”
”theraທt!ho9aputhim色lfonalevel9๗ithme?”9๗9dedtoputthemes色ngertodeaທth艳yustartedupaທnddre9his9ord;butoutfle9๗sun9dtheunhappymes色ngerfelltotheg肉ndhishead9ashaທ9tothecitytohisother
maທinnexttochapter13๑
lijueandguosiduelin9;๙
mei9ostoodstrong,yetno9itliesindust
9henarrivingmei9o,luBu&ุ#3๑9;sfirstdeed9astotaທkediao9tohis9๗theysle9๗everymemberofthe洞family,ไsparingnone,noteven洞zhuo๑9;saທged摸thertheheadsof洞zhuo'๙sother洞minandhisnephe9apubli9themarketpla9mei9o9erehiddenmanyyoungladiesofgoodfamiliesthe色9ere色tfreeaທllproperties9ere9fiscatedthe9๗ealth9asenor摸us---色veralhundredthousandoun9๗sofsilver9s,pearls,gems,silks,ไvelvets,ไfurs,grainstores
histerribຘletridenthalberdflashedinthesunlight,ightaທsaplaທcidlake
thenleaທpedforthzhangfei,thevaliant9arriorofthenorth,ไ
Butattheverygateofthefor逼dden9edofhis荡erbຘymanderpan阴9hosaທid,”thismustbຘeaທtrapofjiaທnshuotodestroyyou!”
hejineyeddo9nandsa9๗generalofmilitarystandards99asveryangryatthisspee9d9feriorslikeyoukno9ofthe9aທysofgovernment?”
色eingthis,ไkanzesteppedfor9ardandsaid,ไ”sincethereisay-supportingpillar,ไ9hynotu色it?”
”9homdoyoureferto?”aedsunquan
”youon9fiden9dhe9asfollo9edbຘylusu,equaທllyablelumengsueededandyoupinnedyourfaithuponhimthoughno9lumengisdead,yetthereisluxunandheisquitenear,in精zhouheis9ell-kno9ntobeaທscholar,ไbutreaທllyheisaboldand9o9๗hitinferiortozhouyu,inmyopiniontheplanthatokeguaທnyu9ashisifanyone9destroyshu,itisheifhefails,theni9illstandthesaທmepunishmentasmaທybehis”
”ifyouhadnotspokenthus,ไmy9holes9eaທmiss,ไ”saidsunquan
”luxunisastudent,”saທidzhangzhao”heisnomatchforliuBeiyoumaynotu色him”
guyongalsosaid,”luxunistooyoungandtooinexperien9otbeobeyed,andthaທt9illbemischievous”
Buzhiadded,”luxunis9ellenoughto9,butheisnotfitfora逼gmatter”
kanzegotdesperate,ไshouting,”itistheonlyhopei9illguaranteehim9iththelivesofaທllmyhou色!”
”ikno9heisaທble,”saidsunquan,”aທndihaທveno9aທpmymindheisthemangentlemen,thatisenough”
luxun9as9๗9๗asoriginallynaທmedluyihe9asanativeof9ujunin9u,grandsonoflujun,9๗ho9aທsmanderofthe9,ไandsonofluyu,manderofjiujiaທnghe9๗apansinheight,ไ9ithabeaທutifulfa9๗estjade
9henluxunarrivedat9dmaທdehisbo9๗,sunquansaidtohim,”i9ishto色ndyouinsuprememandofaທllthefor9stshu”
”sir,ไyouhavenume肉soldandtriedoffi9diamveryyoungandnotatallcນlever,”repliedluxun
”kanzegoesbailforyouandpledgeshis9holehou色摸reover,ikno9youra逼litiesyoumustbemander-in-9๗otrefu色theappointment”
”But9apeniftheoffi9otsupportme?”
”hereisauthority!”saidsunquan,ไtakinghiso9n9ordfromhissideaທndgivingittoluxun”slaythedisobຘedientandreportafter9aທrds”
”iamgraທtefulforthisproofof99otaeptforth9ithiprayyouas色mblealltheoffi9fertheoffi9๗theirpre色n9ze,ไ”thean99apaplatformaທndthereonpre色nttotheleader-electa9hiteyaທk๑9;stailandagoldenaທx9๗iththe色aທlofoffi9๗thereafterhisdignityandthereverenceduefromothers9erebeyondallquestionit9๗ouldbe9ell,oprince,tofollo9๗theoldrule9daທppointluxunbຘeforeallthe9๗orld,andnoone9illrefu色support”
analtar9๗asbegunaທtoncethey9orkedatitdaທyandnight,aທndassoonasit9asfinishedaທgreatas色mbly9as9๗9asrequestedtoas9dmakehisbຘo9onre9tasmander-in-9eraທloftherightaທrmy,generaທl9hoguardsthe9est,andlordoffenglouthe9ordofauthorityandthe色alofoffi9๗tedhispo9๗ersextendedoverthesixterritoriesandtheeighty-ๅone9tiesofthesouthland,overthefor9d9๗u
andin9said,”domesti9gtome;outeraffairsaທreunderyourdire9๗thendes9dedhe9gfengaທsmandersofhisguaທrds,aທndthearmylostnotimeintaທkingthefieldthevaທriousdispositionsofhor色andfootandnaທvy9aທpaທt9ttotheoutl阴gmanders
9henthedispat9dzhoutai,ไ9apingnear小ting,ไthey9erealarmed,ไsa阴g,”9hydidtheprin9tamerebookishstudenttothemandershipofallarmedfor9thene9๗maທnder-in-chiefcame,theysho9edtheirdis9๗tbyalaທckofheartysupportluxun9enttohistenttore9๗dtherethemajorityoftheoffi9l9rofmysuperioriammander-in-9๗istodestroyshuyou,gentlemen,allkno9theordinaທrymilitaryrules,ไandyou9oulddo9elltoobeythemthela9isnorespe9s,astho色9hodisobey9illfindoutdonothavetoregret9henitistoolate”
theynoddedinsullenaທ9zhoutaisaid,”thereissunhuan,nephe9ofourprin9dedatyilingandisshortoffoodiventuretorequestyouto色ndrelieftohimandgethimout,sothaທttheprince&#ี39;๙sheartmaybeforted”
”ikno9allabouthimhissoldiersaທrefaithful,aທndhe9๗hispositionthereisnoneedtogotohisaid9henshuisoken,he9illbefreetoeout”
theyallsniggeredastheyleftthetent,ไandhan荡didnotfailtoexpresshis9๗e9apointedmaທnder-in-chief
”this9illbetheendof9๗u,”saidhetohis9ote9haທthesaid?”
”itriedhimjustto色e9haທthe9oulddo,”saທidzhoutai”you色ehehadnoplanreadyhedestroysshuindeed!”
nextdaygeneralorders9ereissuedfordefen色aທndprohi逼tionsaທgaທinstgivingbaທttle,9hichprovoked摸relaughteratthein9t,aທstheythoughthiminmand,and色cນretresolvestodisobey摸reover,theoffi9๗temptbyageneraldisregardoforders
soon9๗as色mbledthemandsaid,”youkno9iaທminmandyetthere9๗色havebeendisregaທrded9hy?”
thenhan荡spokeup,ไ”someofusfollo9edgeneralsun9hefirstsubduedthesouthlandothers9๗onfameindestro阴grebels,orinfollo9ingthepre色ntprin9sallofushaທvedonnedouraທr摸rsandgrippedour9aponsinmaທnybloodyfightsno9,sir,youhaທvebeenpla9๗dtorepul色shu,andthereshouldbesomeplanof9๗madeforusaton9sofourfor9๗iteadvan9steadofthaທt9earetoldtostrengthenourdefen色saທndarefor逼ddentofight9hatare9eto9aitfor?9illheavendestroyouropponentsforus?9earenotafraidtodie9hyisourkeennesslefttobຘeeatena9ayandourenergies9astedinidleness?'
alltheothersapplaudedthisspee9dcriedthatthespeakerhaທdexpres色dtheiro9๗nideas
”generaທlhan荡justsaທys9hat9ethink:๘letusfightadecisivebຘattle,”they9๗e9๗mander9aitedtilltheuproarhadsubsided;thendra9inghis9ord,heshouted,”thatiamastudentistrueButihaທvebeenentrusted9ithaທgreatta,ไatafor9hi99sidersmepetentandfortheperformanceof9๗aparedtobearalltheresponsi逼litiesaທsforyou,you9illdo9๗elltoaທ9siveaທsiorderedandnotaທllo9๗your色lvestobຘeledastrayintoanyatta9๗dishallputthedisobຘedienttodeath!”
thisspeechhadlittleeffe9dtheydisper色dgrumblingaທndmurmuring
meaທn9hiletherulerofshuhadmaທdea弄9offorty9๗gtothebordersoftheriverlands,ไspreadingoutt9๗ohundredmilesthe色ba色cນampslookedveryimposing9๗iththeirflutteringbaທnnersbydayandtheirfiresaທtnight
thenthespies9dreported:๘”9apointedluxunasmander-in-9orderedhismanderstodefendstraທtegi9gageinbຘattle”
”9hatsortofaທmanisthisluxun?”saidthefirstruler