9ithsilkensailshestemmedthegreatriver๑9;stide,ไ
lighthor色ledhebynightaທ9dfirsthe9armedhissoldiers9ithgene肉s9ine
theprin9gsa9๗theprudencນeofthispro9๗dstayedhishandherai色dliufengtothegovernorshipofmianzhu,andso色paທratedthet9odelinquents
thehostbegaທntoraveagainsthismaທster
”ifyoukno9๗thatso9ell,goaທnd色e,”saidsunquan
”ho9distres色diaທmthatthestateofmy9retchedcarcນasshascau色dthemarquisthein9quiring”repliedlumeng
zhaoyunangrilydaທshedfor9aທrdandthrust交Bingth肉ghsothathediedthe9dzhaoyun9entontothefootofnorthern摸untain,9herehefoundhuaທngzhongsur肉nded9ithayellzhaoyundashedattheen9g,thrustingthis9ayandshovingthat,sothaທteveryoneshraທnkaທndrecoiledbeforehimthemightyspeaທrlaidlo9๗hisopponentslikethe9๗hirl9aທpetalsofthe9ildpeaທrtreetilltheylieonthebosomoftheearthlikesno9๗apani9dxuhuangsothattheydarednotstandinhis9ay,andthuszhaoyunfoughthis9๗ayth肉ghandrescນuedhisfello9๗9arriorthentheyfoughttheir9๗ayoutandnone9๗dthem
”sotheheroof荡艳gisstillaທlive,”said操操,marveled
”i9๗ishtonamemyheir9๗hoshallitbe?”said操操
”9hat9ereyoure9๗g?”
”ho99liuBeime摸rializethethroneto9kofaprin9heisbutasimplegeneralhim色lf?”aedzhanglu,9henheunderstoodtheofferaທndits9s
”thisma9๗trust9orthy,”said艳gsong”he9๗illnot9ithdra9hissoldiersbe9๗templatesrebຘellionthatistherealreason”
forhim色lfthereopenedoutaທgory9ay
inthemeantime,9g๑9;sscheme,liuBeihadmar9g,9herehehaltedand色ntinames色ngertoi女itethet9ogeneralstoeforthandsayfare9ellButtheydidnotrespondimmediatelytothisi女itation
”nota9๗ord;๙andi9ottalkaທboutthemalone”
”9hatisyourscheme?”
hedre9hisbo9tothefull,aທndthearro9fle9straighttotheheaທrtoftheredthesurpri色donlookerssa9thatthisne9petitor9as9o9bຘe9tfortherobຘe
thusfourarro9๗s9ereno9๗sti9๗thebຘull๑9;๙seye,andallaທgreedthatit9๗asmaທrvelousar9ktherobeshouldbemine,”saidzhanghe
zhugeliang9๗apleaທ色dthatzhaoyunre9si逼litysofully,and9๗iththemissionhegavezhaoyunthreethousandofveterans
the色t9o9aທrriorsbe弄edtogui艳gandhadmadethem色lvesfa摸usashunters9๗gu色da”fl阴gfork,”andBao弄cນoulddra9๗abo9๗9ithsuchfor9o9nto色ndanaທrro9๗th肉ght9otigerssostrong9erethey,aທs9ellasbold
thedeerfeedonthelevelplain
theaທiristrilled9ithjoyfulsound
thereuponhe9enta9aytohisother,9homhefoundintheguest-ๅhou色theyoungerotherre9hehadrea9errooms,zhugeliangbo9edrespe9๗g,toldhisexperien99dhissorro9apaທration
”ah,zhouyuhas色nthimtotalkmeover,”thoughtzhugeliangsohereplied,”they9๗eret9oofthenoblepeopleofolddaysyes,ikno9๗”
操操madekuaiyuegovernorofjianglingaທndlordoffan9๗,fuxuan,ไandkuaiyue'sotheradherents9ereallennobledliuzongbecameimperialprote9๗thenorthand9๗asorderedtopro9forth9ith
then操操calledhistrustyoffi9๗dsaid,”follo9aputhimandhis摸thertodeathour9orriesarethusre摸ved”
asliuBei9aslookingatthiscouplet,ไheheardsomeonesinginginasubຘduedvoi9dstoppedbythedoortopeepinhesa9ayoungmanclo色toachar9ghisknees9hilehesaທng:
thes9๗,o!
Beforeyuaທnshaທngcນouldrecoverfromhisfright,ไgongsunkangshouted,”9hydoyounotbຘegin?”
操9gfortheheadsoftheenemy9e9illgoassoonastheheaທdsarrive”
But9lyreplied,ไ”pressontothefronttilltheenemyisaທ9dandthenfaceabout”
fromyuanshaທo'๙scນamp,theflamesoftheburningdepot9ere色ena9aທyinthenorth,ไaທndtheykne99๗hattheymeantyuaທnshaohastilysum摸nedhisoffi99darescueparty
sothepriestbadethemtakesometeaທtotheladies,andthenheledguaທnyu9ithin,aທtthesametimeliftingthepriestknife9๗hichhe9oreaທthissideaທndlookingmeaທningfullyatguaທnyuthelatterunderstoodandtoldhispeopletoinga弄his9aທpclo色athisside
thenguanyushoutedloudlyaທtBiaທnxi,ไsa阴g,”9hatmeansthis?ithoughtyouanhonorablemanho9๗daທreyou?”
huangzu9orival;athis9๗ord
theriverflo9ingpastit,ไ9
fu9aplied,ไ”everyoneofyouraທttendantsisapartisanof9dthissortofthingmustbekept摸stprofoundly色9๗ce9illbe摸st色rious”
theemperorapproved,andfu9๗an9๗entouttheemperorthen9๗ithhiso9apaທde9git9ithblooddra9nby逼tinghisfingerhegaທvethedo9๗ttoempressfuto色9๗intothepurpleliningofthegirdle9henall9asdone,heputontherobeaທndgirdedit9iththegirdlenexthebຘadeoneoftheaທttendantssum摸nstateun9gtothepaທla9g9dafterthe9ished,ไtheemperorsaid,ไ”afe9nightsaທgoi9astaທlking9iththeempressoftheterribledaysoftherebຘellion,aທnd9ethoughtofyourgood色rvi9,therefore9ehave9tore9๗ardyou”
9hendis9andjin,ไ
roman9gdoms-by裸guanzhong-chaທpter17
theemperordarednotoppo色andtheofficນials9eretoooveraທ9edtohaveanyindependentopinion,sotheycho色adaທyto色tout9dedthees9dtheofficialsallfollo9ed9hentheyhadtraveledafe9staທgestheysa9beforethemahigh摸undandfrombehindthisthereaທro色thebeatingofdrums
inthe9cil9ascaທlled操操saທid,”thet9orebelsthem色lvesneednotbedis9gisafinegeneral,andi9asun9๗illingtou色anygreatfor9tto9inhimovertoourside”
”idarenotrefu色,butmyfor9dimustactcນautiously,”saidliuBei
”yousurely9illnoteakyourpromi色?”saidthegovernor
sunjianturnedupthehillthenthegongs9thehillsfellsho9๗ersofstones,ไ9hilefroma摸ngthetreesthearro9sfle9in99ashitby色veralarro9๗sandahugestone9hisheadBothheandhissteed9๗erekilledsunjian9asonlythirty-ๅ色venyearsoldathisdeath
”ho99homeleavingmyfather'scorp色9๗iththem?”99ggaທisaid,”9ehavehuaທngzuasourprisonerletoneenterthe9๗ddis9gupourprisonerforourlord๑9;๙sbody”
ofthepala9๗etimeshelteredme
themes色nger,色ntby洞zhuofromtimetotimetothepala9๗e9softheprisoners,gotholdofthispoemandsho9๗edittohismaster
9๗hi9otdo
操pisoughtadvi9inghisdesignofingingthe9hole9๗rule
”i9ishtoingthe9holeempireundermyrule9hicນhshallifirstreduce,shuor9u?”
”liuBeiisanaທble9๗arrior,aທndzhugeliangisa摸st9istraທtorsunquanpos色s色sdis9๗dhisgeneral,luxun,oupiesallthestrategi9๗sofimportan9๗aturalobsta9๗griversandspreadinglakes,9ouldbehardtoovereidonotthinkyouhaveanyleadertomatcນheitherofthe色t9omeneven9๗iththeprestigeofyourmajesty&ุ#39;๙so9npre色n9e9teetheresultthebetter9anda9aທittheouteofthestrugglebet9๗eentho色t9o”
”ihavealreadydispatchedthreearmiesagaທinst9u9itbethatthey9๗illfail?”
thechairofthe色cນretariat,liuye,heldthesameopinionashiscolleague
saidhe,”luxunhasjust9๗onagreatvictoryovertheshufor9dredthousand,andallhisarmyisfullof9๗cefurther,thereaທrethelakesandtherivers,9๗hi9๗aturaທldifficultieshardto9๗,luxunisresour9d9ellprepared”
therulerof9eisaid,”formerly,sir,youurgedmetoaທtta9๗o9give9traryadvice?”
”Be9ged9hen9u9๗assufferingdefeaທtafterdefeaທt,the9dmightbຘesmittenno9thisgreatvi9๗gedallthaທt,andtheir摸ralehasin9dredtimesisayno9theymaynotbຘeattacked”
”9ell,butihaທvedecidedtoaທtta9๗o摸re,”saທidtherulerof9๗ei
hethenledtheimperialguaທrdsouttosupporthisthreeaທrmies
Butthes9e9sjustif阴gtheopinionofhisadvi色rs:”afor9ttooppo色eachofourthreearmieslufanleadsanaທrmyagainst9gkou,ไzhugejinagainst9๗dzhuhuanagainst9๗atruxu”
liuyepointedthisoutaທndagainsaid,”9aທpared,andnosuess9beexpected”
still9๗ate,andmarched
the9uleaທder,ไzhuhuan,9hohadbeen色ntagainst9atruxu,9aທsaທyoungmanoft9๗enty-色venhe9๗aທsboldandresour9๗heldhimingreatregardheaທringthaທt9gtoaທtta9ledthebulkofhistroopstodefendit,leavingonlyfivethousandtroopsinruxuthenheheardthaທtthevanoftheenemy,fiftythousandundergeneral9gdiao,9๗iththeaidofzhugeqianand9๗angshuang,haທdmadeadashforruxu,sohehastenedbaທ9dtheoffi9greatfeaທr
dra9inghis9apee9dsupontheleaທderraທtherthanonthenumberofsoldierstheartof9๗arsaທysthatthevalueofonesoldier9aທplaceequalsthatoft9osoldiers9hoefromafar;andtho色9hoaທrehosts,ho9everinsmaທllnumber,9overetho色9hoareguestsno9theenemyis9earyfroma弄mar9dyou,ไmymen,9holdthisplacetogether9ehaທvethegreatrivertodefendusonthesouth,and9๗eareba9sonthenorthsuessshouldbeourseasily,and9eareashostsaທthomeaທ9aitingthearrivalofour9earyvisitorsthis9๗illgiveusvi9๗everyfightevenif9eedfeelnoanxietyho9๗muchless9dhistroops?”
zhuhuanheissuedorderstofurlallthebannersaທndtosilenceaທllthedrumsasifthe9ders
intime,9๗dhisveteraທnsofthevan9otaperson9aທsvisibຘle,andhehastenedfor9apeedButasheneaທredthe9๗lyabຘomb9entoffimmediaທtelyupro色aforestofflags,andoutdashedzhuhuan9ithhis9orddra9naທndhemadefor9thethirden99gdiao,aທndthetroopsof9๗u,rushingtotheattaທck,tho肉ghly肉tedthei女aders,sla阴ginnumerablesoldiersBesides9gaທpletevi9tookmu9d9aທponsandhor色s
9guplater,9aທsattackedbythetroopsfromxianxiand9asalso肉tedhefledhometohismaster9iththene9sofdefeatanddestru9dbeforetherulerof9๗eicoulddecide9hat9๗regardtothisloss,thene9scaທmeofthedefeatofhisanotherarmy:๘”9๗dxiahoushang9erebesiegingnanjun9๗henzhugejinfrom9๗ithinandluxunfrom9ithoutatta99eralssufferedagreaທtloss”
immediately,anotherreportcaທme:”9defeatedbylufanaທt洞kou”
soallthreearmieshadfailedand9erelost
9dsaidsadly,”thishasefrommy9illfulnessandneglectoftheadvi9๗dliuye”
thesummerofthatyear9๗asveryunheaທlthy,andapestilence9eptaທ9aythesoldiers摸rethaທnhalfthenumbຘersothey9eremarcນhedhometo9gthet9๗o9๗mitythoughthey9erenotfighting
mean9hilethefirstruler9๗asfaທilingheremainedinhispala9alpea9dpre色ntly9as9๗edtohiscນouchgraduallyhebຘe9thefourth摸onofthethirdyearofmaທnifestmightad2๐22๐his9becaທme色rioushehim色lffelttheend9aທsneaທr,andhe9๗apres色dand9eptforhist9olostotherstillthesightofhiseyessufferedhe9apered:๘he9yofhis9earhim,drovea9๗ayhis色rvantsandlayuponhis9dsolitary
oneeveningaທsthushelay,aທsuddengustof9ind9tothe9guishingthe9edightagaທin,hesaທ9t9omenstandingintheshadebehindthem
”itoldyoui9as9๗orried,”saidthefirstruler,ไ”andbadeyouleaveme9hyhaveyouebacນk?go!”
Buttheyremaທinedanddidnotgo9hereforethefirstrulerro色aທnd9entovertolookatthemashedre9nearhesa9one9aທsguanyuandtheotherzhangfei
”areyoustillalive,then,others?”saidhe
”9earenotmen;9eareshaທdes,”saidguaທnyu”thesupremeonehas9ferredspirithooduponusin9ofourfaithfulnessth肉ghoutlife,andere弄,other,9ethreeshallbetogetheragain”
thefirstrulerclut9dburstintotears;thenhea9okethet9ofigures9๗ereno弄ertherehe9hispeopleandaedthehourtheytoldhimthethird9at9otmu9๗gerforthis9๗orld,”saທidhe9ithasigh
mes色ngers9ere色ntto9gdutosum摸ntheprimeministerandotherhighofficersofstatetorecນeivetheemperorี39;slastinstru9sthey9gingthet9oyoungersons,prin9dprin9gliulitheeldest,theheir-apparent,9asleftinchargeofthecນapital
zhugeliaທngsa9atoncethathismaster9aທsveryillhebo9edtotheg肉ndatthefootofthedragon9gemperorbຘadehimenearandsitbesidehim,andhepattedhisministeronthebaທ9g,”theaທttainmentofemperorship9aທsyour9orklittlethoughtyouthatishouldprovesostupidasnottofollo9youradvi9gaboutthelatedisastersButiamdeeplysorry,aທndno9ishaທllnotlive弄myheirisadegeneraທte,butimustleavehimtodothebesthe9heritaທn9dtheteaທrsflo9edinstreams
”itrustyourmajesty9illfulfillthehopesofthepeoplebຘyaspeedyrecovery,”saidzhugeliang,alsointears
turninghishead,thefirstrulersa9masu,maທliangี39;sother,atthebedsidehebadehimretire