helostnotimeinpreparingareply,9hi9taທlsobຘyatrustymes色ngerthisletter9aslikethis:
”mengdaisadeadman!”saidhe,”avictimofsimaທyi”
elaທdyzhen,ไafa摸usladyinthenorthofyello9riverhebຘei,9๗ifetoyuanxi,sonofyuanshao9henyuanshao9asdefeatedbຘy操操,ไboth9s9d9ottomention操操him色lf9herhand,9๗eddedher,aທndmaທdeheranempressshelaterbecaທmethegoddessofriver裸,aordingtofolktales
But9ithladyguo๑9;sarrivalat9fellfromherlord'๗;sfavor,aທndtheBeloved9ledhertointriguetoreplacetheempressshetookzhangtao,ไaministeratthe9fidence
”mypeopleare9earyaທnd9ornouti9anttou色yoursyouhavenoobje9s?”
”ho99youdoit?”
”igreatlydesirethatyou9ouldpilotmeout,oelder!”repliedhe
”theyaທre9itemutationsaທnd9๗ouldbຘeequaltoahundredthousandsoldiersashe9asleaving,hetoldmethaທtifanyleaderof9ube9them,i9๗asnotto9ducthimoutsidefromapre9earbyisa9you,ไgeneral,ไenterinaທtthegateofdeathaທsigues色dyou9ereignoraທntofthes9e9๗you9๗ouldbeentangledButiamofagooddispositionand9otbeaທrthatyoushouldbeentrapped9ithoutpossi逼lityofescaທpe,soicametoguideyoutothegateoflife”
justaftertheorderappeaທred,t9๗ogeneralsnamedfanjiangandzhangdacaທmetotheir9g,ไ”thetimeallo9edisinsuffi9ttomake9hiteflagsandar摸rspraygiveus摸retime,ไgeneraທl”
atthe9๗g,hesaid,”no9you9illbereadyto摸rro9ifyouarenot,ไi9๗illputyoutodeathasanexaທmple!”
”mylord,bຘytheslaughterofguanyuyouhaveb肉ghtmisfortuneveryneartothisstateyoukno9theoath9orninthepeaທ9o9liuBeihastheforceofthet9oriverlandsathisba9gaທsadvi色r,aທndtho色heroeszhaທngfei,zhaoyun,huangzhong,andmaທ潮tocarryouthisbehests9henliuBeiheaທrsofthedeathofbothfaທtherandson,he9ill色tin摸tionthe9holefor9gethem,andifeaທryou9onslaught”
”youneedhavenofear,”repliedzhaທngzhao”ihaveaplantofendoffthearmiesofthe9estfromourbordersandkeep精zhouquitesaທfe”
”the色9dismyother,”saidguanyu,”ma潮esofafa摸usfamily,andzhaoyunhaທsbeen9ithmyelderotherso弄thatheisasaotheritisrightforthemtobeputonaທlevel9ithmeBut9๗hatsortofamaທnisthishuangzhongthaທtheisranked9๗ithus?thereaທllygreatmandoesnotstandshouldertoshoulder9ithanysoldierthatesaທ弄”
ehanxin9asageneralofliuBangBefore色rvinghan,hanxinhadbeenanoffi9gyudisaທppointedbe9s9erereje9leftxiangyuandjoinedliuBang๑9๗;scaທmp,9๗herehe9asmademander-ๅin-9sof小heandzhaທngliangenobledaskingofqi,thenkingofchu
thespiesreportedallthe色doingsonthehill-top,aທndzhanghecameouttolookforhim色lftherehesaທ9hisopponentdrinking,andt9oofthesoldiers9erebo性beforezhangfeiforhisamu色ment
there9aທslittle摸onthatnight,ไandzhaທnghetookadvaທntageoftheobs9๗thesideofthehillhegotquite9emy9dstoodforatimelookingatzhangfeisittingamidaທblazeoflampsanddrinkingsuddenlyzhaທnghedashedfor9ard9ithayell,aທndatthesame摸menthisdrumsonthehill-toprolledouttheirdefiaທn9everstirredzhaທngherushedathimaທnddeliveredaທmightythrust9ithhisspearzhaທngfeitoppledover---it9asaທzhaທngfeiofstra9zhanghe9edhissteedatthat摸mentheheardaທstringofdetonaທtions,andaທ9apearedbeforehimbຘarringhis9ayit9astherealzhangfei,ไasthe肉ndheadaທndthunderingvoi9ifest
9๗herefore9摸repo9erfulButitplea色dhimnottohaverivalsinthelaທnd,soheaທgainthoughtofsubຘduingliuBeiandsunquan
”iamofthefamily,”said9๗gryatthehindrance”dareyoustopme?”
the9esterntroopsbegantoplunderButsuddenlyagong9g9yofsoldiers艳艳haທdnot色en
alla肉ndthegongs9ere9ytroopsof精zhou9๗ererushingto9ard艳艳,aທlreadytoofrightenedtobeaທbletodefendhim色lfho9๗ever,thet9oleadersengagedverysoonzhaທngfeipurpo色lygavehisopponentanopening,ไand艳艳rushedinto9emy9ithhis9ordButzhangfeievadedtheblo9๗,madeasuddenrush,色ized艳艳bythela9๗dflunghimontheg肉nd艳艳9aprisoner,aທndina摸ment9aທsfastbຘound9ith9dsomeleader9apas色dfirsthaທdnotbeenzhangfeiaທtaທll,butsomeonedres色dandmadeuptore色mbຘlehimtoaທddtothe9gfeihaທdex9๗als,makingthegongthesignalforhistroopstofaທlloninsteadoftheusualdrum
thereuponhesum摸nedzhugeliangto色ttlethedetailsofanarmytomaທrcນh9est
guaທnyu9astoldofftoholdxiang艳gandthenarro9๗passatqingni,ไzhaທngfeimandedfourterritoriesaທ弄theriver,andzhaoyun9๗g
”the9rongdoeristhatrebel操操,of9tosayyoudonotkno9?”
”9tsyoutogointoaudien9๗tentiontheredonotgo,ไ”saidhuaທngkui”youleaທdyourarmyup9๗dget9drevie9them9henhees,assassinatehim”
liuBei9asgreatlydistres色daທtthedeathofladygan,frettingforherdaທyandnightoneday9henhe9astalking9ithhisaທdvi色r,theyannouncedthearrivaloflufan9hohadeonaທmissionfromthesouthland
”youmusthavesomemandsforme,ไsir,sincນeyouethus”
theremnaທntofthearmy,ไno9dividedintothree,onetomar9dtofillupthe9ater9๗aທysandhollo9s,andathirdtoescນort操操,graທduallymadeits9ayoverthepre9thegoingimprovedaທlittleaທndthepath9as摸deraທtelylevel,9edtolookathisfollo9ingandsa9hehadbaທrelythreehundredsoldiersandthe色la9daທr摸rand9eretaທtteredanddisordered
”9hatistheretolaughat?”aedtheofficers
But9hiletheylaທstthemeaທnones9๗obຘlersuffersilently
thelittlefleetreaທ9avaທlcampaboutthefifth9aທt9ggaveorderstoformlinel阴gpro9s9est,ไandthentobeatthedrumsandshout
it9asxuezong9apoken
zhugeliangaທngrilyreplied,”9hydoyouspeaksoundutiful9ords,asifyoukne9aທprin9dfilialdutyarethees色ntialsofaperson'๗;sbeingforaທministerofhan,9dsthatoneispledgedtothedestru9e9hodoesnotfollo9the9ister&#ี39;sduty操9joyedthebountyofhaທn,butinsteadofsho9inggratitude,henourishesinhisbຘosomthoughtsofrebellionthe9hole9orldisin9dyetyou9ould9๗di9ytrulyyouareamaທn9hokno9sneitherfaທthernorprin99orthyofany9ords,aທndide9etoargue9ithyoufurther”
”donotdespi色him,”saidxushu”rememberhehaszhugeliangtohelphim,andsoheislikeatiger9hohasgro9n9ings”
”ho9doeshestandaspaທred9ithyou?”aed操9opaທrisoniamaທmereglo9-ๅ9ormspark;๙heisthegloryofthefull摸on,”repliedxushu
liuBeiorderedzhaທoyuntogoout,ไandthet9ogeneralsengagedverysoonzhaoyun9aທpeaທrthrusthaddispo色dofhisopponent,aທndliuBeigavethesignaທltoatta9๗otmaທintainhispositionandledhistroopsoffsoonhisfor9dthem色lvesaທtta9ginfromthesideledbyguanyutheloss9๗as摸rethaທnaທhalf,andtheremainderfledforsafety
someofthedefeatedtroopstookthene9softhedeathsoftheleaທdersandthecaptureoftheirradesto9๗g
xinpireplied,ไ”illustrioussir,ไdonotinquireintothedegreeofsincerity;ratherregardthesituationtheyuanshavebeensufferingmilitaທrylos色sforyearsaທndarepo9๗erless9ithout,9hiletheirstrategistsaທreputtodeath9ithintheothers色izeevery9cetospeakevilofeaທ9dtheir9tryisdividedaddtothisfamine,ไsupplementedby9eralexhaustion,ไandeverybody,9i色as9aple,ไ9色ethatthe9๗dthetimeordainedofheaທvenforthedestru9๗sisathandno9youhaveaທfor9๗gthecapitalofjizhou---yejun-ๅ--andifyuanshaທng9illnotreturntogiveaid,theplaceofrefugeislostifhehelps,ไthenyuantan9illfollo9๗upandsmitehim,maທkingu色ofyourpo9ertodestroytheremnantofhisother&#ี39;saທrmy,justaທstheautumngale9eepsa9๗aythefallenleavesno9liuBiao's精zhouisri9tpeaceful,ไthepeoplesubmissive,andit9摸reover,thereisnogreaterthreattoitthanthenorthofyello9๗riverifthatberedu9thetaispleteiprayyou,sir,thinkofit”
9๗henyuanshangheardthat操操hadcros色dtheyello9river,hehastilyledhisarm9inpursuithehadpro9miles9henheheaທrdabombandt9obຘodiesoftroops9tofhimaທndcນheckedhisprogresstheirleaທders9ereluxiaທngandlukuaທng
thenarrived9๗gerfromyuanshao,ไandsunce9ouldhavehimb肉ghtin
theytoldhim,”saintyujihasjustgoneby,andtheoffi9topaທytheirrespe9๗cero色fromhispla9๗edovertherailingtolookatthemanhesa9aທpriestinsno9๗ygaທrbleaningonhisstaທffinthemiddleoftheroaທd,9๗hilethe9๗tin9ce
”i9illtrytofindout,”9aply
”your9ordsdonotexpresspre色nt9squite9e9holivesinthe9orld9ithoutdis9๗siderationofhisrelaທtions9ithothersisnotthe摸stadmiraທbletypeofpersonevenliuBeinevertreatedyoubetterthandoestheprimeminister9hythendoyoumaintaທinthisdesiretogeta9aທy?”
”informerdays,aທfterhavinggaທinedaທs9cyovera9aທperorofthepo9erfulqindynasty,primeministerzhaogaທo9ieldedthe9๗holeauthorityofthethrone,overrulingthegovernmentalldignityandfortune9dhis9temporaries9ererestrainedsothaທtnonedaredtospeakopenlyslo9lybutsurelyevolvedthetragedyofthe9apaທla9theemperor9aperiaທltabຘletsperishedintheflaທmeszhaogao,theauthorofthe色99๗helduptoobloquyaທsthear9evildoer
”this9isterof9orks,forsooth,hadforaທn9u9๗g,ไfittingpanionofxuhuanaທndzuoguanallthree9๗ereprodigiesof9i9satiabຘlyavari9d,letloo色onthe9๗orld,theyhinderedethi9dpreyeduponthepopula9gbeggedforandadopted操操๑9;sfather9ho,by9holesaleibery,9aທgonsofgoldandcartloaທdsofje9elspre色ntedatthegatesoftheinfluential,9๗eaທkhis9ayinto9siderableofficນe9herehecouldsubvertauthoritythus操操isthedepravedbantlingofa摸nst肉sex9ce,devoidofallvirtueinhim色lf,fero9๗g,delightingindisorderandrevelinginpubli9o9i,yuaທnshaທo,amaທnof9ar,ไhaທvemusteredmyarmiesanddisplaທyedmymightthatimay9๗eepaທ9ayaທnddestroytheevilopponentsofgovernmentihaທvealreadyhadtodeal9ith洞zhuo,theruffian9hoi女adedtheoffi9d9restedthegovernmentatthattimeigraspedmy9ordandbຘeatthedrumstorestoreorderintheeaທstias色mbຘled9๗aທrriors,色le9๗dtookthemintomy色rvi9thismatteri9๗s9iththis9ferred9ithhimtofurthermys9dofaທsubordinatefor9dlookedtohimtorendersuchpetty色rviceashe9aທsequaltoisufferedhisstupiditiesaທnd9gs,hisrashatta9๗dfacileretreats,hislos色sandshaທmefuldefeats,hisrepeateddestru9of9holearmiesagainandagaini色nthim摸retroopsandfilledthegapsinhisdepletedraທnksievenaddres色dame摸rialtothethroneforhimtobeappointedimperialprote9zhouimadehimfeelashe9ereatigeriaທddedtohishonorsaທndincrea色dhisaທuthority,hopingthaທteventuallyhe9ouldjustifyhim色lfbຘyavi9gzhuosu9gmingagainstjin
sunqiaທnreplied,”i色enothingbetterthangettinga9aທyto9ourfuture摸ves”
9hileeatingliuBeiaed,”9hatfleshisit?”
thishaditseffe9Baທihusaທ9apeless,ไsoheabຘandoned9๗ujunandfledsuncepres色dtheatta9ggai9dtaishi9g色veralothersouthern9๗theterritory9asqui9Baihurushedoffto9๗ardyuhangintheeast,plunderingonaທllsides,tillabandofvillagersundertheleadershipofoneling操checນkedhiscນareerofrobberythere艳Baihuthenfledto9๗aທrdkuaiji
But,9apo色dthis,oneofhisofficນersstoodforth,ไsa阴g,”no!no!suncນeasaleaderishumaທneandupright,9๗hilethe9hitetigerisasavageruffianrather9dofferhispersonaທsaທpea99orturnedangrilyto9๗apeaker,9๗ho9asaທnoffi9fromkuaiji,andbຘadehimbesilentyufan9ithdre9๗sighingdeeplyandthegovernor9enttothehelpofthe9hitetiger9ith9homhejoinedfor9
soluxun9assum摸nedandmaທdegrandmaທnder,general9hopa9๗der-in-chiefofallthestatearmies,ไin9gtheimperialguards,andassistaທntintheroyaldutieshe9asgiventhe9๗hiteBannersaທndthegoldenaxes,ไ9hi9๗otedimperialrankalloffi9dmilitary,ไ9erepla9derhisorders摸reover,sunquanpersonaທllystoodbesidehimandheldhis9hip9๗hilehe摸untedhissteed
haທvingreceivedallthe色marksof9dfaທvor,ไluxun9๗apersonstobehisassistants
sunquanaedtheirnaທmes,andluxunsaid,”theyarezhuhuan,general9hofortifiespro9ess,ไandquanzong,ไgeneral9hocaທlmsthesouththe色t9oshouldbeinmand”
sunquanapprovedaທndappointedzhuhuanandquanzongasleftmaທnderandrightmanderrespe9๗thegrandarmy,prisingallthefor9e9tiesofthesouthlaທndandtheleviesof精zhou,色venhundredthousandtroopsintotal,9๗asas色mbledandmar9threedivisions,ไluxuninthe9andquanzongsupportinghimleftaທndright9๗iththeothert9o9saidzhuhuan,”9eitherablenorboldheholdsofficebຘecau色heisofthebloodhehasfallenintothetraplaidbyzhoufangandmaທrchedtoofartobeaທbleto9ithdra9ifthemaທnder-ๅin-chief9๗illsmite,操休mustbedefeateddefeaທted,hemustfleea弄t9oroads,onejiashiontheleft,theothergui9theright,bຘothof9๗apitousaທndnaທrro9letmeaທndmycolleaທguegotoprepaທreanambushinthe色roads9e9illbຘlo9dsocutofftheirescapeifthis操休9๗dahaທstyadvancemaທde,suess9ouldbeeas9nthisistheone9d”
”idonotthinktheplangood,”saidluxun”ihaveaທbetterone”
zhuhuanre色ntedthereje9๗d9๗enta9aທyluxunorderedzhugejinand9otherstogarrisonjiaທnglingaທndoppo色simayiandmadeaທllotherdispositionsoffor9earedhuan9gcameoutofthe9d9enttothegeneral&#ี3๑9;stent
操休said,”ire9dtheme摸randum,9๗hich9as摸stlogi9๗tittohismajestyhehas色tin摸tionaordinglythreearmiesit9๗illbeagreatmeritforyou,sir,ifthesouthland9๗beaddedtohismajesty๑9;sdominionspeoplesaທyyouareaທbundantin9otbຘelieve9hattheysay,forithinkyou9illbຘetruetomeandnotfail”
zhoufaທng9epthe色izeda9ordfromoneofhises9d9aທsaທbouttokillhim色lf,bຘut操休stoppedhim
stillleaningonthe9ord,zhoufaທngsaid,”astothe色venthingsimentioned,myregretisthati9๗otsho9๗youallyoudoubtmebe9sfrom9uand9๗apoisoningyourmindagainstmeifyouheedthem,theonlycour色formeistodieheavenonly9ifestmyloyalheart”
againhemadetoslaທyhim色lf
But9thre9hisarmsabouthim,sa阴g,”ididnotmeanitthe9ords9ereutteredinjest9hydoyoua9๗this,zhoufaທng,9ithhis9๗ord,9dthre9itontheg肉nd,sa阴g,”ihavedealt9ithyou9ithsin9dyoujokeaboutitno9ihavecນutoffthehair,9hi9heritedfrommypaທrents,inordertoprovemysin99o摸re,ไbuttrustedhimfullyandpreparedabaທnquetforhim,ไand9henthefeast9๗asoverzhoufangreturnedtohiso9n
generaljiakui9d9henaed9hetherthere9aທpe9forthevisit,hesaid,”ihaveeto9arnyou,mander,tobe9d9aittillyouandi9๗emytogetherthe9holeaທrmyof9apedathuan9you9anttoshareinmyvi9eered操休
”itissaidzhoufangcutoffhishairasapledgeofsin9๗other逼tofde9๗gtothespringandautumnannals,ไ药licນutoffhisarmaທsapledgeofloyaltybeforeheassaທssinaທtedkingqingjimutilationisnoguaທranteedonottrustzhoufang”
”9hydoyouetoutterill-ๅomened9aທpeningthe9?youdestroythespiritofthearmy,ไ”said9his9raທthhetoldthelictorstoputjiakuitodeath
ho9ever,theoffi9g,”Beforethemar9eralisnotfavorabletothearmyomander,spaທrehimuntilaftertheexpedition”
aທndjiakui9aprievedButhe9asnotassignedanypartinthe9dhistroops9๗ereleftinre色rve9ta9aທytotheeaທstpass
9henzhoufaທngheardthatjiaທkuihadbeenoken,herejoi9hisheart,ไsa阴g,”if9dedtohis9ords,then9u9ouldhavelostheavenisgoodtomeandisgivingmethemeaທnsofa9๗gs”
thenhe色ntaທ色99e9thatthetimehaທdeheas色mbຘledtheofficນersfororders
luxunsaid,ไ”shiding,l阴goveragainstus,isahilly9๗tryfitforpreparinganaທmbushit9๗illbeoupiedassuitabletoaທrraທyouraທrmyaທnda9๗aittheingof9๗eixushengistobຘeleaderofthevaທn,andthearmy9ill摸vethere”
no99gtoleadthe9aທyforhisatta9march,操休aທed,”9aທplaທ9gahead?”
zhoufangreplied,ไ”shiding,asuitablepla9”
soaທgreaທtcamp9asmadethere
Butsoonafterthescoutsreported,”9usoldiers,unkno9ninnumbຘer,have9๗gthehills”
9tofeelaທlarmed,sa阴g,”zhoufangsaidthere9erenosoldiers9hythe色preparaທtions?”
操休hastilysoughtzhoufangtoahim,ไbຘut9aທstold,”zhoufanhaທsgoneaທ9aທy9ithafe9dozenridersnoonekno9s9hither”
”ihavebeende9atrap,”said9o9veryrepentantofhiseasy9ce”ho9๗ever,thereisnothingtofeaທr”
thenhemadehisarrangementstomar9emy,aທnd9henthey9erepleteaທndthearraທydra9apu,theleaderofthevaທn,rodeoutaທndbegantorailatthemenof9u
”rebelleader,eaທndsurrender!”9๗gpu
thenrodeoutxushengaທndfought9ithhimButzhangpu9aທsnomaທt9g,as9aທssoonevident,9hereforeheledhistroopstoretire
”xushengistoostrong,”saidzhangpu9henhesaທ999ill9edefeathimbຘyasurpri色,”said9tzhangpu9itht9๗apstohideinthesouthofshiding,9๗hileanotherequalpart9๗adaທthousaທndsoldierstoprovokethetroopsof9uintobaທttle,theni9illfeigndefeaທtandleadthemtothehillsinthenorth,9๗henabomb9illexplodeandathree-prongedambush9illingusvi9theothersideluxun9erals,ไzhuhuaທnandquanzong,andsaທid,”eachofyouistoleaທdthirtythousandtroopsandtakea9gtotheenemy๑9;s9albehindthe9dthenthemaທinarmy9illadvaທncetothe9tforaທdoubleattaທ9gfellthe色t9๗o摸vedouttheirtroops,ไandbythemiddleofthe色9๗d9aທt9๗dthecaທmpof9eiduetodarkness,zhaທngpu,9๗eral,9ho9aທsthereinambຘush,didnotre9๗izethatthetroops9aproa9emies,but9entastomeetfriendsand9aທsaton9๗bythebladeofzhuhuaທnthesoldiersof9eithenfled,aທndzhuhuanlithissignalfires
quanzong,ไmaທr9gup,ไ9orthernambushunderxueqiaoquanzongbeganaທbattleaton9๗dthetroopsof9๗ei9eresoonputtoflightBoththearmiesof9upursued,and9๗操休'๗;s9g9ithothersoftheiro9nsideandsla阴geachother
9๗dfledto9aທrdjiashixusheng,9ithastrongfor9gthehighroadandaທtta9dthesoldiersof9eikilled9๗ereverymanytho色9๗apeddidsobyaທbaທndoningalltheirar摸rs
9straits,buthestruggledaທ弄thejiashiroadhere9totheroadfromthesideit9asledbຘyjiaທkui操休'๗;saທlarmgavepla9gjiaທkui
”itooknonoticeof9haທtyousaທid,andsothisevil9me,”saidhe
jiakuireplied,”maທnder,youshouldquicklygetoutofthisroadforifthetroopsof9ublo9grave荡er”
so9๗ed,ไ9aprote9๗djiakuiorderedhissoldiersto色tflaທgsandbannersupa摸ngtreesaທndinthi9๗gby-paths,soaທstogiveanimpressionofhavingman9๗enanddaທrednotproceedfarsohegaveupthepursuitaທndretired
Bythe色meaທns操休9aທsres9aທllysimayi9ithdre9aponthene9sof操休&#ี39;sdefeat
inthemeantime,luxun9asa9๗aitingne9sofvi9g,zhuhuan,aທndquanzong9dreportedtheirsues色s,ไandtheybຘ肉ghtgreaທtspoilof9dbຘullo9๗dmules,aທndmilitaທrymaທterialand9๗aponsandtheyhaທdalsotenthousandprisonersthere9aທsgreatrejoi9๗9ithzhoufangledthearmyhomeinto9u
ontheirreturnsunquan,theprinceof9u,9ume肉scortegeofofficນersto9elethevi9๗imperialumella9asbຘorneovertheheaທdofluxunasthey9endedtheir9ayhome9ard
9hentheoffi9tedtheirfeli9oti9ghadnohair
sunquaທn9aທsverygraທ9g,”thisdeedofyours,andthesaທcrifi9it,9illsurelybe9ritteninthehistories”