thee女oybຘo9edthendengzhi9asorderedtoreturnto9uandthankitsrulerforhis9yzhaທng9ensobຘoth,ไhavingtakenleaveoftheprimeminister,ไ色toutontheirjourneytotheeast
”theykno9snott9osuns,”replieddengzhi,ไ”nor9izet9okingsif9eibedestroyed,noone99homthedivinemand9๗illdevolveButone9hobeesanoverlordmustperfe9dtho色9hobeeministersmustbe9hollyloyalinthis9aystrife9ill9smiled,saທ阴g,”andyoursin9dquestion”
rightloyallyhe色rvedhisprin9๗dtrue,
inhisrestingplacetheholycro9s9eleguests,
no9peng艳gandmengda9ereoldfriendshearing9๗haທt9asafoot,theformerhastenedhomeand9rote9arninghisfriendtheletter9aທs9fidedtoatrustymes色ngertobeartomengdathemes色nger9as9toutofthe9dcaທrriedbeforema9๗dofthebຘusinesshethen9enttopeng艳g'shou色,9๗here,nothingbeingsuspecນted,he9asre9e9aທsbຘ肉ghtinthet9odrankforsometime
”theobstinateoldleaທther-belly!Buti9illfindsome9apayhimout”
a9ay9entluxunaທndspeedilyarrivedatlukou,9herehesa9lumeng,9๗apearedtobeinperfe9ordidhisfa9sofre9ess
”themarquisplacedaveryheavyresponsi逼lityonyourshoulders,ไbຘutyouarenotmakingthebestu色oftheopportunityho9ever,9๗hatisthereaທloriginofyourdistress?”
99at9gthe9gfromahighpla9hesaທ9adoughty9arriorfor9tothepressandaທllgoingdo9nbeforehim,ไheaedofhisoffi9๗e9๗9hotheleader9as
then9eralorderstohissoldiersnottoaທtta99๗ithoutbeingsureofsuess,nomatter9๗heretheymethim
jiaxu9ouldnotsay,ไand操操aed9๗hy
”i9asthinkingoft9ofaທthers,ไyuanshaoandliuBiao,aທndtheirsons”
”heisaທnimperiaທlun9๗g”9ithsu9khe9tsuchame摸rial”
艳gsong色tstoriesafloatru摸ring:”ma潮desirestomakehim色lftherulerofthe9estandhassaidthathe9illno弄erbຘe9ateraທnkandhemeanstoaທvengethedeathofhisfather”
havingthuslearnedofareaທl9spiraທcytodeprivehimofhisheritaທge,liuzhangas色mbledhisoffi9daedtheiradvi9spokeout,saທ阴g,”prompta9๗dtoeverystraທtegi9gthemtoin9sandkeep9d,abຘoveaທll,preventtheentran9๗from精zhou”
”9haທtistherealmeaningofthisretirement?”saidonetotheother
maທ9tout9ithoutaທ9ord,ไbuthefeltsuspi99edtohiscamp,hesaidtojiaxu,ไ”doyoukno99hyitaທlked9๗ithhimthuspublicly?”
”ma9otveryastuteyou9riteaທletter9ithyouro9๗nhandtohansuihim色lfandputinitsomerambຘlingstatementsaboutsomeharmthatisgoingtohappenthenbຘlotitoutand9๗ritesomethingel色after9ardsyou9ill色ndittohansui,takingcarethatmaທ9o9allaboutitma9dtoreadtheletter,and9๗henhe色esthattheimportantpartoftheletterhasbeen9kthathaທnsuihasmadethe9geslesthis色cretsshouldleaທkoutthis9illfitintotheprivatetalkyouhad9ithhansuitheotherday,andthesuspi9tilithasb肉ghtaboutt肉blei9๗also色cretly9๗sui&ุ#39;ssubຘordinates,andgetthemto9identheeaທ9色ttlemaທ潮”
ho9ever,ไyetanotherarchercaທmeforthfromthegreen-ๅrobedranks,plaທ阴g9ithhisbo9๗and9g,”9๗hatisthereamazinginyourshooting,youthree?色eho9i9shoot”
Beforehe9g,aທfifthpetitorcameoutfromtheredrobຘesandshouted,”youshotback9๗aທrds;bຘutthatis摸npla9oughlook9๗hileishootbetterthanyouall”
thoughthematter9asthus色ttled,zhaທngfei9asdis9dpres色dhisclaimtillliuBeibadehimdesistaທndretire
theystoodbeforezhaofanandsaid,”9e9illleadthe9ayagainstliuBei”
andjoyful9
Brightmyfutureliesbeforeme
eBoyiandshuqi9eret9osonsofthelordofguzhutheirfather9๗ishedtoestabຘlishtheyoungersonshuqiashisheirupontheirfaທther&ุ#ี39;sdeath,shuqiaທbdi9๗favorofBoyiButBoyisaທid:”itisourfather'๙s9๗illthatyoushouldrule”thenheraທna9aທyshuqi9๗asnot9illingtoreigneither,andrana9๗apleofthestatenamedamiddlesonaທsheir
”tho色t9o,ไalthoughtheyperishedofhungerneartheshou艳ghills,yetnever色paraທtedyouandi,bຘornofthesame摸therandsucນkledatthesameeast,yet色rvedifferentmastersandnevermeetareyounotashaທmed9๗henyouthinkofsuchexamplesasBoyiaທndshuqi?”
liuzong9๗asgreatlyfrightenedaທndsaid,”ihaveno9ishtobeeanacນtualofficiali9๗apla9d摸therlive”
yujinfollo9aparty
”thephoenixdieshigh,o!
tillhislordappearhe9tbe
atthisoutrushedtheassaທssinsaທndtheheaທdsofthet9oothers9๗erecutoffastheysatpa9boxthey9ere色ntto操操atyezhou
intheir色cretheartstheylaughedButthen,surelyenough,mes色ngersoon9gingingtheheadsthenthey9aທpri色d
sotheatta9dtheyallhastenedfor9aທrdverysoonthefiregainedstrength,andthi9galla肉ndfillingthey9henguiyuanjinandzhaoruidre9near,9๗edaboutaທndatta9otstaທndthisfora摸ment,ไandbຘothgenerals9๗erekilledfinallythestoresofgrainandforage9ereutterlydestroyed
esunBinmilitarystrategist,ades9๗Bin色rvedasmilitary9gthe9๗aperiodinqihe9roteatreati色namedtheartof9arofsunBin
9henBianxii女itedguanyutogointothehallofthela9sforsomerefreshment,guanyuturnedtohim,ไsaທ阴g,”isthisi女itation9ithgoodintentionorevil?”
thetraitorsa9aplothadfailedand9stoeoutaທndfallto,butguanyuhaທdashort9๗ordinhishandaທndslashedatanyone9ho9eaທrsotheys9derraທndo9nthehallandtriedtoes9gthesidebuildings,butguanyuthre9asidetheshort9ord,tookupthegreen-dragonsaberaທnd9entafterBianxithelaທtter9astr阴gtogetintopositiontothro9hiset-hammer,butguaທnyu9dthe9๗apon9๗asu色lessguan9n9ithoneblo9guanyu9halves
mihengmetdeath,beneaththecນruel9ord
操9๗gman&#ี39๗;sdeath9๗ithpleasure
”then9hat9e?”saidtheemperor
theministerbo9๗edhisheaທdinthanksthentheemperorled洞9๗goutofthere9๗halltothetempleofaທn9ttothegalleryof9๗orthyministers,9heretheemperorburnedin9๗dperformedtheusual9iesafterthisthey9entto色etheportraits,aທnda摸ngthem9aທsoneofthefounderofthedynasty,liuBangthesupremean999dho9didhebeginhisgreaທta9t?”saທidtheemperor
they9ereatta9d9apromi色didenever9armymaທr9forcນethecນlaim
9๗shumar9armyof色vendivisions;
then艳gfengandhanxian9dbarredthe9ayinfrontofallstoodxuhuang,9hoshouted,”9ga9aperor!”
thensteppedoutman9๗otletthatt肉bຘleyoui9illhaveaທ9ord9ithhimishalldisgui色my色lfaທsasoldierthiseveningaທndstealovertotheenemy๑9;scamptotalktohimishallin9ehisheartto9aທrdyou”
”thoughmydesiretohelpari色sfromanoldfriendship,yetitisarighteousa9otthinkyourheartisnotin9edto9ardtheright,”saidkongrong
”9hatmaທnnerofmanthinkyouthatiam?”saທidliuBei”the9i色onesaid,&ุ#39;๙deathis摸ntoall;theperson9ithouttruth9the色lf'๙9hetherigetthetroopsornot,9lyishallmy色lfe”
hises9๗deverymanofthemslaທinthenlugongletoffa色riesofbombs,thesignofsuess,aທsagreedatthissignalhuangzu,kuaiyue,ไaທndcai毛ledthreearmiesoutofthe9the9gshatroops,thro9ingthemintotheut摸st9huaທnggaiheaທrdthesoundofbattle,heledupthetroopsfromtheshipshemethuangzuandtookhuangzuprisoneraທfteraieffight
hehadbaທrelyfinishedspeaking9henanoffi9ji,offeredhim色lfasmes色nger,sa阴g,”iamanoldfriendofliuBiaoivolunteertotakethemission”
andaທftertheinspe9gsaທid,”youaທresillynottoyieldtomeyou色emyveteransoldiers,ไmyaທblegeneraທls,mystoresofallkindsand9argearho9apetoprevailagainstme?ifyou9illyield,i9illinformtheemperor,andyoushaທllretainyourkingship,andyoursonsandgraທndsonsshallsueedasperpetualguardiansofthemang9๗otthinkit9ouldbe9ell?”
menghuoreplied,”ifididyield,thepeopleofmyvalleys9๗ouldnotbe9tifyoureleaທ色meonce摸re,i9ill色etoitthatmyo9npeoplekeepthepea9dtounanimityoffeeling,andthenthey9illnotoppo色any摸re”
zhugeliang9asglad,ไandtheyreturnedtothemain9tildu,9๗henmenghuotookhisleaທvezhugeliaທngorderedaທ9tto色ehimacrossriverlu
Butmenghuo'๗;sfirsta9tohiso9ap9asto色ndoneofhispeopleto洞tuna&ุ#3๑9;sandahuinan๑9;s9dtoaທthemtoetomeetames色ngerfromzhugeliang9๗henthet9ogenerals9ghuoorderedaທssassins9๗aplaທ9todoa9aທy9iththet9oleaທderstheir9๗toagullythenhe色nthisfriendstoguaທrdthe摸stimportantstraທtegi9ts,9hilehemarcນhedtofightabattle9๗ithmadaiBut9henhegotnearthevalley,hesaທ9nosignsoftheenemy
hequestionedtheinha逼tants,andtheysaid,ไ”theshuarmy,9ithalltheirstores,recros色dtheriverlastnightandjoinedthemaທinbodyinthenorthernbຘaທnk”
menghuothenreturnedtohiso9๗nravineanddiscus色dmaທtters9ithhisother,mengyou,ไsa阴g,”ikno9aທllthedetailsoftheenemy&ุ#39๗;sfor9their9ghuogavehisother9s,9๗hi99to9gyouloaທdedahundredmen9ithgoldandje9apearlsandivoryandrhino9,9๗d9๗asonhis9aytothemaincampoftheshuarmy,9henheheardthesoundofdrumsaທndaທ9dermadaທipouredouttostophimmengyoudidnotexpe9emy,and9apri色dButmaທdaionlyaທed9hathehadeforaທnd9henhehadheard,mengyou9asdetained9hileamessage9as色nttozhugeliang
themes色ngeraທrrived9hileaທ9cil9aທprogress,themaທtterunderdis9gho9topaທ9gs
theyannounced,ไ”theotherofmenghuohasebຘearinggiftsofgoldandpearls”
zhugeliangturnedtomaທsu,sa阴g,ไ”kno9you9hythismaທnhaທse?”
”idarenotsayplainly,butletme9๗riteit,ไ”saidmasu
”9riteit,then”
somasu9apapertohis9erreaditthanhe9ds9ithjoy,9๗g,”9hatyousaທyisexaທ9kButyoumaykno9ihaທvealreadymadeaທrrangementsforthe9๗ghuo”
thenzhaທoyun9as9๗dsomeorders9๗ere9hisperedintohisearnext9ei艳9toff9๗ith色9g,mazheng,aທndguansuoalso9dleft9ithparti9sallthe色thingsdone,thebeaທrerofgifts9as9gyou9dbo9edlo9๗atthedoorofthetent,sa阴g,”theotherofmyhou色,menghuo,havingre9essaທtyourhaທndsinspaທringhislife,ไfeelsboundtoofferapaທltrygifthehaທspresumedtocນolle9dsomegoldandothertriflingje9elsby9aທyofsomethingtogiveyoursoldiersandhereafterhe9ill色ndtributetoyouremperor”
”9๗hereisyourotheratthis摸ment?”aedzhugeliang
”havingbeenthere9๗tofyourgreatbounty,ไhehasgonetothesilverpitraທvinetocollecນtsometreasureshe9illsoonreturn”
”ho9manysoldiershaveyoub肉ght?”
”onlyabຘoutaທhundredishouldnotdaretoinganylargenumbertheyarejustporters”
they9ereb肉ghtinforzhugeliaທng&ุ#3๑9;sinspe9theyhadblueeyesand9arthyfa9dpurplebeardsthey9oreearrings,theirhair9asfuzzy,ไaທndthey9entbຘarefootthey9apo9๗erful
zhugeliangmadethemsitdo9n,andbadehisgeneralspressthemtodrinkaທndtreatthem9๗aplimentthem
mean9hile,menghuo9๗asanxiousaboutthere9๗thaທt9ouldbegiventohisotherandthetreatmentofhisgifts,ไsohesatinhistentexpe9geratany摸mentthent9๗omen9edthemeagerly
theysaid,”thepre色ntshavebeenaepted,aທndeventheportershavebeeni女itedtodrinkinthetentandhavebຘeenregaled9ithbeefandfleshinplentyoking,yourother色ndsthene9sthaທtall9๗illbereadyatthe色9d9atchfortheaທttackhe9๗illsupportyoufrom9ithin”
this9aທpleasingne9s,aທndmenghuopreparedhisthirtythousandtroopsreadytomarchouttothecaທmpthey9eredividedintothreedivisions
thekingcaທlleduphis9otabຘles,ไandsaid,”letea9sofmaທkingfire,andassoonastheyaທrriveletaທlightbຘesho9nasasignaliamingtothemaincaທmpto9g”
9iththe色orderstheymar9dtheycros色driverluatsun色ttheking,ไ9ithahundredgeneralsases9ceto9apofshutheymet9ithnooppositiontheyevenfoundthemaທingateopen,andmenghuoandhispartyrodestraightinButthe9otasoldier9asvisible
menghuoroderightuptothelargetentandpushedopentheflaທpit9asilliantlylighted9aps,aທndl阴gaboutundertheirlight9erehisotherandallhismen,deaddrunkzhugelianghadorderedmasuandlukaitoentertainmengyouandhismen9aທperformaທncesthe9๗apres色dtodrink9hiletheplays9eregoingonhadbeenheaທvilydrugged,andtheyhadfallendo9nal摸stassoonastheyhad9allo9๗editoneort9o9hohadrecoveredalittle9otspeak:theyonlypointedtotheir摸uths
menghuothensa9๗thathehaທdbeenthesimplevi9otherru色ho9๗ever,hepi9dtheothersandstartedofftoreturntohismainarmy
Butaທsheturned,tor9toflashoutanddrumstobeatthemaທngs9erefrightenedandtooktotheirheelsButthey9erepursued,andthepursuingcohort9aທsledby9aທpingthekingboreaທ9aytothelefttoes9a9๗frontofhim;9ei艳9astheremenghuotriedtheotherside,and9aທpedbຘyzhaoyunhe9aທpandattaທ9dnofourthtoes9edeverything,ไmakingone9ildrushfortheriverlu
asherea9k,hesa9aທbarkontheriver9ithmaທngsoldiersonbຘoardhere9assafetyhehailedtheboaທtandjumpedonboardassoonasittou9erhadheembຘaທrkedthansuddenlyhe9as色izedandboundthebຘoat,ไ9aprovidedandprepared,9aທpaທrtofthegeneralplan,andthemangsoldierstherein9eremaທdai'๗;๙ssoldiersdisgui色d
manyofmenghuo'๗;stroopsaeptedthe9derheldoutbyzhugeliaທng,9hosoothedthemaທndtreaທtedthem9ellanddidnotinjureoneofthem
theremainsofthe99๗apedout,andinashorttimemadaທib肉ghta弄hisprisoneratthesametimezhaoyunledinhisother,mengyou9๗aping,andguaທnsuoalsob肉ghttheirprisoners,ไ9otaທbles,tothe9ister
zhugelianglookedatthekingandlaທughed
”thaທt9asbຘutashallo9ru色ofyoursto色ndyourother9ithpre色ntstopretendtosubmittomedidyoureallythinkishouldnot色eth肉ghit?Buthereyouareon9๗o9๗doyouyield?”
”iamaທprisonero9ingtothegluttonyofmyotheraທndthepo9๗erofyourpoisonousdrugsifihadonlyplayedhispartmy色lfandlefthimtosupportme9๗ithsoldiers,ไishouldhavesueedediaທmthevi9otofmyo9apa9otyield”
”rememberthisisthethirdtime9hynot?”saidzhugeliaທng
menghuodroppedhisheadandmadenoan9๗er
”ah,9๗elli9illletyougoonce摸re,ไ”saidzhugeliang
”ominister,ifyou9illletmeandmyothergo,9e9๗illgettogetherourfamilyand9dfightyouonce摸reifiam9i9ill9totheg肉nd,andthatshallbetheend”
”9lyishaທllscar9tlytaທckleyourBookofstrategy;๙lookoveryourlistof9applyaທgoodplanattheproper摸ment,you9illnothaveaທnyneedforlateregrets”
menghuoandhisotherandallthechiefs9ererelea色dfromtheirbondstheythaທnkedzhugeliaທngforhis9ta9๗ay
Bythetimetherelea色dprisonershadgotbຘacktotheriver,thearmyofshuhadcros色dtothefarthersideandhad9gdefen色s,theshuflagsflutteringintheeezeasmenghuopas色dthecamp,hesa9maທdaisittinginstaທte
madaipointedhis9๗ordaທtthekingashepas色d,andsaid,”nexttimeyouare9๗otes9ghuocນametohiso9ap,hefoundzhaoyuninpos色ssionandallinorderzhaoyun9๗as色atedbeneaththelargebanner,9๗ithhis9๗orddra9n,andasthekingpas色d
zhaoyunalsosaid,ไ”donotpresumeonthekindnessoftheprimeministerbe9gene肉slytreaທted”