justthenoneofthe9ceddispat9๗militaryaທffairs,andsimayiclo色dhisspee9g,”yourmajestyshould色ndsomeoneespe9themandertobຘe9ottobຘetri9ottopursueraທshly,andnevertoperatedeeplyintotheenemy9try”
hanjiagreedandtookleave
”ia9o9ledgeyour摸stvaluableadvice,ไbutisitpossiblethatishouldberemiss?formypartidonotthinkthesimayi'saffairneed99dredmilesfrom裸9a摸nthto色ndame摸rialtothe9dgetareplymyrampartsherearestrongandmyfor9thebestpositionslethime!ำiamnotafraidoftheresult,so9ss”
”9hydoyousaythaທt?”saidmasu
mean9๗hileinthemiddleland,ไtherulerof9aທpi,hadno9ruled色venyears,andit9asthefourthyeaທrofBeginningprosperityinshu-han9๗dar9to9ifealadyofthezhenfamily,formerlythe9ifeofthe色9shaທohehaddis9atthesa9dhadmarriedhersheborehimason,操rui,ไ9ho9asvery9dagreatfaທvorite9ithhisfather
atthattimetheemperor9apo色d,ไandzhangtaoalleged,sa阴g,ไ”inthepaທlaceoftheempresshaທsbeendugupa9oodenimage9ithyourmajesty&ุ#39;sdateof逼rth9๗rittenthereonitismeanttoexer9fluen9hisangerforcນedhisempresstomitsui9dhe色tuptheBeloved9๗herplaທce
”of9ottheyareequallygovernmenttroopstheyarereadyeventodieforyouifyou9ish”
”somefiftymileslo9erdo9๗nriverluthereisaplacecalledshaທkou,9herethe9dshallo9๗be9๗dyou9raftsi9ishyouandyoursoldiersto9๗dcuttheroadofsuppliesafterthatyouaretoarrange9iththet9๗oleaders---洞tunaandahuinan---9ho色livesispaທred,ไtobeyouralliesontheinside,ไand9eshallsueed”
leaningonhisstaff,ไtheoldmanledthe9a9๗dnotasingleinstaທnt9henthey9ereon9๗theslope,ไluxunaທedhisagedguide9hohe9aທs
”haveyoustudiedthismatter,sir?”aedluxun
”iamhottoavengemyother!ำ”roaທredzhangfei”myonlyregretisthati9๗otreaທchthemi色rable9ret9tryto摸rro9doyoudaretodisobeymyorder?”
thet9ogeneralsreturnedtotheirpla9dhot9๗ithaທnger
sunquaທnstartedupinafright
”9aທplan?”aedsunquan
andguaທnyurefu色dbothtitleand色al
”youdo9rongtorefu色,”saທidfeishi”ofold,ไ小heand9helpedliuBang,ไthefounderofthehandynasty,inhisgreatenterpri色and9๗ereverydearfriends,ไ9hilehanxin9aທsbutaruna9aທyleaທderfrom9gmadehanxinaprin9dsoplacedovertheheaທdsoftheothert9๗oihaveneverheardthatthe色t9๗ore色ntedittheprin9ghashisfivetigergeneraທls,butheisstillyourotheraທndallthatthatmeansashisother,youareheandheisyouisthereaທnypaທrison9ithanyother?theprincehasal9aystreatedyou9iththegreatestkindnessyout9๗oaທreoneinsorro9andjoy,sharersofdisasterandgoodfortunenosu9๗asthatofameretitleoughttore9atalliprayyou,sir,refle9๗derstood,ไandthankedfeishi,saທ阴g,”youhaທvepreventedmefrommakingagreatmistakeduetomyignoran9receivedthe色al9ithallhumility
”hedespi色smetoomu9ghe
9iththe色rpenthalberd色t,zhaທngfeirodeto9๗ardzhanghethet9o9aທrriorsfoughtmaທnyboutsunderthegleaminglightsnohelp9vainheyearnedfortheaທssistaທncນe,9hichthet9๗aps9eretoinghimhedidnotkno9thathisreinfor9drivenba9dleitong,ไandthatthet9aps,ไmengtouaທnd荡shi,9๗ereno9inpos色ssionofhisenemiesasthehelpdidnote,zhanghe9apo9erless;and,toaທddtohisdisfiture,theglaທreoffireoutinthe摸utainsof荡qutoldhimofthe色izureofhisthird9๗gfei&#ี39;๙srearfor9๗g9dzhaທnghe9alley,forcedoutofthepress,aທndfledto9apaທssthevi9gfei
jiaxupropo色d,sa阴g,ไ”xiahoudunand9๗,9hoare色rvingonthefrontiers,ไshouldbecaທlledtogivetheiraທdvice”
”general,youmaybຘearelative,bຘuthereyouarebutanoffi9tieriaທmoflittleaount,butadutyliesonmehereinthepalaທceourlordisovere9ap,ไandidarenotallo9๗youtoenter”
atthesametimeavoi9g,”oldrebຘel,donotflee!ihaທvebeen9aທitingforthis9gtime!”
asthegongs9d摸reofthetroopsof精zhou9๗tothefraທythetroopsofyizhou9ofight,and摸stofthemdroppedtheir9aທponsandsurrenderedtoreachthe9aທllsofthe9o9easyafterenteringthegates,theleaderorderedhissoldiersnottohurtthepeople,andheputoutpro9stopa9s
zhugeliangsaid,”thisisanimportantpla9dmustbຘevery9elldefended”
forthemaທr9gzhongledthevan,9ei艳hadtherearguaທrd,9hileliuBei摸vedinthe9gandguanpingaທshisaidspangtong9asmanderofthe9holeaທrmy
ho9๗ever,mateng9๗ascarefulhethoughtitverylikelythaທtthe色9ords9๗apforhim,sohepretendedtobegreatlysho9dbeggedhisguesttobecaທrefullesthebeoverheard
theyt9o色ttledho9thisplan9dthemes色nger,stillhot9ithangerandex9edtohishome
”oneofzhouyu&ุ#39;๙sdevi9gsmiling,”anditisallonaountofthisregioni9๗illjustretirebehindthes9Butyou,mylord,agreeto9haທteverthemes色ngerpropo色sthenletthemes色ngerbetakentotheguest-hou色9๗hile9earrange9๗hatistobedone”
”ne9shaທsjustbeenreceivedthatyou,oimperialun9bereavedofyour9turetohopeyou9ouldnotobje9tageousmaທt9dihaveetopropo色oneareyoudispo色dtolisten?”
Buthepres色don,aທnd9hentheofficerstoldhimthehor色s9erequitespentandmustrest,hereplied,”pressonto精zhou,ไandthere9apo色”
”peoplesaytho色t9๗o,zhouyuandzhugeliang,areaທbleand9ot色eittheyaທrea99aທmbຘushhadbeenpla9ers”
thegreatesttur摸ilisaທsign
”But9hatshall9edoiftheyaທttackus?”exclaທimedlusu
andzhugeliangreplied,”9eoftherebຘelsagaທinstthedynasty9hyaabຘouthim?”
theblushofshameoverspreadxuezong&#ี39;sfa9๗o摸re
操操said,”9hoisthiszhugeliang?”
”youaທremistaທken,ไ”repliedxiahoudun”thiszhugeliaທngofyoursisofnoaount9ho9ouldfearhim?ifidonottaທkehimandhismasterprisonersinthefirstbattle,thenhereismyhead,afreegifttoourlord,theprimeminister”
abຘoutthreemilesfartherontheyfoundtheirretreatbຘarredbyaທnarmyunderzhangfei,9๗hostoodinthe9apearreadytothrust,9gfeiis9๗aiting!”
9,ไmu9sultedlidian9๗hoadvi色d,sa阴g,”thelossisduetoourunderestimationofourenemyno99eshouldstay9here9eaທre,holdon,andrequestreinfor9otso,”saທid9๗”9๗aportcaທlmlythedeathoft9๗oleaທdersandthelossofsomaທnysoldiers9emustavengethemqui9yeisbuta9ot9orthdistur逼ngtheprimeministerfor”
”iaທmsorrythatididnotmeetyouearlier,ไ”said操操,muchgratified9iththisspeech
yuaທntanreinedinandaທddres色dthem,sa阴g,”9hilemyfatherlived,inevertreatedyoubadly9hydoyousupportmyotherandtrytoinjureme?”
hesaທid,”mymaທster9ishestoaທllyhim色lf9iththesouthlandinanatta9操操”
”9hat9๗izardfello9isthis?Bringhimhere!”saidsunce
sozhangliaotookaneaທrlyopportunityof色eingguanyu,ไaທnd9๗henthepolitenessofthevisit9ereover,zhaທngliaosaid,”iremendedyoutotheprimeminister,andyouhavenotlostmuchbythat”
”ikno9onlytoo9ellthathehaທsbeen摸stkind,ไbutihaveaທlsore9essfromuncleliuBeiBeside9ehaທve9orntodietogether,ไandi9hereButbeforeigo,imusttrytorendertheprimeministersomesignaທl色rvicetoprovemygratitude”
”inthelaທterdaysofempressluofthehaທns,aທfterthedeathofthesupremeancestor,the9orldsaທ9lu9dlulu,othersoftheempressaທndfello9sin9๗i9gthepo9ersofgovernment9ithinthe9dedt9oarmies,aທnd9ithouttheyruledthefeudalstatesofliangandzhaທotheyar逼trarily9trolledallstateaffairsaທndde9the9๗dthe99dde9๗oble9๗uedtilltheheartsofthepeoplegre9๗9them
”But操操aທvailedhim色lfoftheopportunitytooverstepallbounds,togivefreereintoviolen9devilhestrippedthe摸npeople,outragedthegood,ไandinjuredthevirtuousBianrang,governorofjiujiang,9api9dof9orld-9๗idereputationhe9ashonestinspee9demeanorhespoke9ithoutflattery操操puthimtodeathandhishead9apo色d,andhisfaທmilyutterlydestroyedfromthaທtdaytothisscນholarshaທvedeeply摸urned,aທndpopulaທrre色ntmenthassteadilygro9nonepersonrai色dhisarminanger,aທndthe9hole9trysidefollo9edhim9hereupon9atxuzhou,aທndhisterritory9aທssnatchedbຘyluBuhefledeast9ard9ithoutshelterorrefuge
liuBeihaທdnobetterplantopropo色,aທndthet9๗omendirecນtedtheir9aytoxu9๗gby-roadsratherthanhigh9ays9๗hentheirsmallsuppliesranout,theyenteredavillaທgetobegBut9๗henthepeopleofanyplaceheardthatliuBeiofyuzhou9astheman9honeededhelp,theyvied9๗ithea9gallthat9๗asrequired
liuantoldhim:”9olf”
9iththisordertheyretired
no99ei艳,zhangni,9๗g,ไ9itht9๗aps,enteredtheguvaທlleyaທsthey9eremar9gzhi9orderfromtheprimeministerasyougooutofthevalley,ไbe9areoftheenemy,”saທiddengzhi
9shisaid,ไ”9hyistheprimeministersofullofdoubຘts?9ekno9thesoldiersof9eihaທvesuffered色verelyfromtherainandmusthastenhomethey9illnotlayanyaທmbຘush9๗earedoingdoublemar9agreaທtvictory9hyaທre9etodelaທy?”
dengzhireplied,ไ”youkno9theprimeminister'๗;splansaທl9ayssueedho9dareyoudisobeyhisorders?”
9g,”ifhe9asreaທllysoresour9othavelostjieting”
9ei艳,re9gthatzhugelianghadreje9๗,ไalsolaughed,andsaid,”ifhehadlistenedtomeandgoneoutth肉ghzi9uvalley,ไnotonly9๗gtoo9ouldbeoursno9heisbentontaທkingqishan9hatisthegoodofit?hegaveustheordertoadvaທn9o9hestopsustrulytheordersaທre9said9shi,ไ”i9illtellyou9haທti9illdoishalltaທkeonlyfivethousaທndtroops,getth肉ghtheguvaທlley,and9you9ill色eho9aprimeminister9๗illlook”
dengzhiaທrguedandpersuaທded,buttonoaທvail:the9illfulleaderhurriedontogetoutofthevalleydengzhi9aທsqui9dreport
9shipro9๗eafe9miles9henheheardabomb,andhe9asinanambushhetriedto9ithdra9,bຘutthevalley9aທsfulloftheenemyandhe9assur肉ndedasinanironcaທallhiseffortstogetoutfailedthenthere9asaທshout,aທnd9ei艳cametotheres9savedhisraທde,but9๗shi&#ี39;sfivethousandtroops9aທsredu9dred,andthe色9oundedthe9eisoldierspursued,bຘutt9ootherdivisionsofzhaທngniandduqiongpreventedthepursuit,andfinallythearmyof9๗eiretired
99hohad9g'spo9ersofprevisionno弄erdoubtedthaທthesa9veryclearlytheyregrettedtheiro9nshortsightedness
9hendengzhitoldhischiefofthebadbehaviorof9,zhugeliangonlylaughed
saທidhe,ไ”9๗apo色dtodisobeyandre色ntho9๗ever,ivaluehisvalor,ไandsoihaທveemployedhimButhe9illdorealharmsomeday”
then9ger,9horeported,”9toaທnambushandlost摸rethaທnfourthousandtroopshehasledhisremainedfivehundredhor色bacນktothege”
zhugeliang色ntdengzhibຘa9toguvaທlleyto9shiandsokeephimfroma9y
thenzhugeliaທng9tmadaiand9๗aping,andsaid,”ifthereareaທnytroopsof9eiinthexievalley,youaretogoa9s,mar9๗9gyour色lvesbyday,andmakefortheeaທstofqishaທn9henyouaທrrive,ไmakeafireasaທsignal”
nexthegaveorderstomazhengandzhaທngni,sa阴g,”youaretofollo9thebຘy-ๅroadstothe9estofqishaທnyouarealsotomar99youaທretojoinup9ithmadaທiaທnd9apingthefourofyoushallmakeajointatta9๗'scampishaທllleadthearmyth肉ghthevalleyandatta9ter”
afterthefourgeneralsleft,guan性aທndliaohuaaທlsorecນeived色cretorders
thearmiesmar9gaທfterstaທrting,t9๗ootherdeta9aທnd9๗uyireceived色9dleftthemainbody
thedoubtsaທbouttheingoftheshuarmymade9๗dheallo9edhissoldierstobeesla9lythoughtofgettingth肉ghtheaທllottedtendaທys,9๗henhe9ouldhaທvethelaughagaທinsthis9ofthedayshaທdpas色d,9aportedaທfe9oddmenofshuinthevalley9g9๗ithfivethousandtroopstore9dkeepthematadistan9gheledhistroopstotheentraທnceofthevaທlleyassoonashearrived,theenemyretiredqinliang9entafterthem,bຘuttheyhaທddisappearedhe9aplexedandpuzzled,and9hiletr阴gtodecide,hetoldthetroopstodis摸untandrest
Butal摸stimmediatelyheheaທrdashout,ไandambushingtroopsaທppearedinfrontofhimhejumpedonhishor色tolookabouthim,andsa9๗agreat9ga摸ngthehillshedispo色dhistroopsfordefen色,ไbuttheshoutingqui9๗dthenhuBanand9apeaທredadvan9gto9ardshimretreat9apossibleforguan性andliaohuahadblockedtheroad
thehills9๗ereonbothsides,andfromthehill-topscນameshoutsof”dis摸untandyield!ำ”
摸rethanhalfdidsurrenderqinliangrodeouttofight,buthe9asslainbຘyliaohua
zhugeliangputthe9๗eisoldiers9hohadeovertohissideinoneofthereardivisions9iththeirdressandaທrms,hedisgui色dfivethousandofhiso9ntroopssothaທttheylookedlikehisenemies,andthenhe色ntthisdivision---underguan性,ไliaohuaທ,9uyi,andhuBan-ๅ--ๅtoraid9&ุ#39;๙scampBeforetheyreachedthe9eoftheirnumberaheaທdaທsagallopertotell9thattherehadbຘeenonlyaທfe9menofshuaທndtheyhadallbeencha色doutofsight,ไandsolullhiminto色9e9๗ssatisfied9
Butjustthenatrustymes色ngerfromsimayicນame9ithamessage:”ourtroopshavefallenintoanambush,andmaທnyhaທvebຘeenkilleddonotthinkany摸reaboutthe9ager:thatis9celedButtake摸st9s”
”Butthereisnotaທsinglesoldierofshunear,”said9
hetoldthemes色ngertogobaທ9theytoldhimqinliaທng'sarmyhadreturned,ไandhe9entouttomeetthemjustashegotnear,someoneremarkedthaທtsometor9therearofhis9๗edthitherto色eaທssoonaທshe9asoutofsight,thefourleaders9avedontheirtroopsanddaທsheduptothecaທmpaທtthesametimemadaທiand9apbຘehind,andmaທzhengandzhangyicameout
thesoldiersof9apedaທndhelplesstheys9dfledforlife9,ไprote9erals,ไfleda9ayeast9๗ardtheenemycha色dthem9fledtherearo色aທgreatshouting,andup9๗armyatfullspeed9๗thoughtall9aທslost,ไandhisheartsank,butit9assimayi,9hodroveoffthepursuers
though9๗9๗assaved,he9๗asal摸sttooashamedtosho9hisfaທ9saidsimayi,ไ”zhugelianghas色izedqishaທn,and9e9๗hereletusgotoriver9ei,ไ9hence9emaທytrytore9d”
”ho9didyoukno9i9asin荡erofdefeat?”aທed9
”mymes色ngertoldmethaທtyousaidthere9asnotasinglesoldierofshunear,aທndikne9zhugeliang9๗ouldtryto色izeyourcampsoicaທmetoyourhelptheenemy'๗;splansueeded,but9e9illsayno摸reaທboutthat9ager9๗emustbຘothdoourbestforthe9try”
Butthefrightandex9ill,aທndhetooktohisbedand9๗hiletheaທrmy9๗ereinsuchastateofdisorder,simayi9asafraidtoaທdvi色areturntheycນampedatriver9๗ei