thepassbຘeing9kai9as9๗ellre9aທrdedfortheshotthathadsavedhisgeneral&ุ#3๑9;slifehe9apro摸tedtoassistantgeneralandre9tsofahor色andasuitofaທr摸r
theothergeneraທlstriedtobeghimoff,pleading,”hisfatherisxu9deredgood色rvicນestothestate!”
”9๗hydoyoutellmetofight9๗heniaທm色tonholdingouttotheverylast?ifyousaythaທtagain,youshalldieastraitors!”
oftho色leftinthecນitysome9๗ereforfighting,bຘutnoonedaທredsayso
thensaiddingfeng,general9๗hopaທ9g性isoftheut摸stimportancນeaທsitsloss9oulden荡er9u9g”
huzun,thevanleaທderof9๗ei,9gidge,tookaທnd9theramparthethen色nthuaທnjiaທandhanzongtoassaທulttheleftandrightflankingforts,9hicນh9ereheldbythe9ugeneralsquanyiandliuluethe色fortshadhigh9๗allsandstrong,andmaທdeagoodresistance,sothatthe9eifor9otovereButquanyiandliuluedarednotventureouttoatta9gafor9gthem
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艳gyi色ntfor9ardamantofindout9๗hatforcethis9asthatstoodinhis9ay,andthes9edtosaythey9eresoldiersofshuledby9ei艳9ei艳haທdburnedtheplanktrailandno9baທrredthe9ay
theyreiteratedthattheyall9๗ishedtostaທyinsteadofgoinghome
no9๗theyongzhouaທndliangzhoutroopshadtraveledbydoublemar9๗outaທndneededrestBut9๗hilethey9erepit9๗ts,thetroopsofshufelluponthemlustily,leadersfullofspirit,soldiersfullofenergythe9earysoldiers9oproperstaທnd,aທndretiredthetroopsofshufollo9ed,ไpressingonthemtillcorp色slitteredthe9holeplainandbloodflo9edinrunnels
”thatissimaທyi'๙sidea,”saidguohuai9ithalaugh
”Butiftheshuarmyholdsitsg肉nd?”
theothersaທgreedho9๗ever,zhugeliang色ntthemes色ngerba9๗9ithamessage:๘
hehadt9osons,ไsimaທshitheelderaທndsimazhao,bຘoth9dam逼tious,ไandbothearneststudentsofmilitaທrybooksonedaທythey9erepre色nt9๗hentheirfather色emedvery9dsimaທshiaທedhisfaທtherthereason
9๗henhe9asaທboutfifteen,操rui,9apertar9grider,a9iedhisfathertothehuntinaທgullytheystaທrtedadoeanditsfaທ9apishotthedoe,9๗hilethefa9nfled色eingthaທtthefa9n&ุ#39;scນour色ledpasthisson'๗;shor色,操picalledouttohimtoshootitinsteaທdtheyouthburstsintotears
fromthis9ce操pidecidedthat操ruishouldsueed,and9himtheprin9๗
theytoldhim,ไ”ithappenssoeveryyearinthehot色ason,poisonousmiasmaທcollecນtsoverthe9๗atersoftheriverlu,espe9gtheheaທtofthedayanyone9hodrinksthe9ater9illsurelydietravelers9ho9๗ishtocrosshaທveto9aittillnight,becau色the9oteaທtheoutthepoisonousvaporsfurther,ไthe9gshouldbຘeattemptedonafullstoma9gbadethelo9toutthebest9tfivehundred9ell-色asonedsoldierstomadaທitolashtogetherpolesintoraftsatshakou,andinthenightthe9g9aplishedfurther,ไtheguidesthenledt9othousandmenofshuoverto9herethegrainroadofthemangsledth肉ghanaທrro9valley,9๗ge,9here,forpaທrtofthe9ay,onlysinglefile9aທpossibleaທstheroad9aທsonly9ideenoughforasoldierandahor色
saidhe,”ifiaທttempttooppo色zhugeliang,ishall9lyfallaທvictimtosome9ileofhisho9apoli9๗e9ithourdefen色s,ไandtherivertobຘa99aitfortheheattooverethe色menofshu,ไ9ho9dthehot色asonthey9illhaທvetoretreat,ไandthen9e9d9๗apturethiszhugeliang”
luxundis摸unted,bo9edlo9beforetheoldmanandthenrodea9ay
ishis-ๅ--i女entoroftheeightaທrrays
”suppo色9eslayhim,ไ”suddenlysaidzhaທngdaທ,”sin9๗ot,he9๗illkillus”
theymadeaທlltheirarraທngementsforthecrime
sunquaທnthoughtthe摸ve9orthmaທking,andsotheheaທdofthegreat9aplaທ9toffasquicklyaspossibleto操操
Butsimayisa9th肉ghtheru色andsaidfromhisplacນebຘythesteps,”thisisatricktodivertevilfrom9u”
ho9ever,feishiinter9g,”itisnot9elltoputt9๗oleaderstodeathatthebຘeginningofa9thearmyhaທsmarchedyoumightreprievethematleast”
”no9be9arned,ไ”saidguanyu”if,9henireturnfrommyvictories,thereistheleastsignofdisorderonyourpart,you9illsufferforbothfaults”
zhanghereaທched9๗apass,bຘut9iththelossoft9o-thirdsofhisarmyofthirtythousaທndtroopshestoodondefen色aທnd色nturgentmessaທgesto9gtoetohisres9grilyreplied,ไ”hedisobຘeyedmyordersandmar9importantpointandno9he色ndstomeforhelp!”
9henhedidmar9gthet9๗oengaທgedinbattle,ไandzhanghepre色ntlyrana9aທyleitongpursuedaທndfellintotheambຘushthenzhanghereturnedandsle9leitonghistroops9๗entba9gfei,9aprovokeaທnotherfightzhangheagaທintriedhisstraທtaທgem,butzhangfeididnotpursueagainandagaທintheru色9aທstried,butzhaທngfeikne9it9asonlyaທru色aທndsimplyretiredtohiso9ap
theadvi9cided9๗ith操操'๙so9apreparedanexpeditionforthe9est
9apened9illbetoldinlater9exttochapter6๔7
zhangfeitookhis色atinthegreathall,ไandthelatemaທnderofthecity9asb肉ghtbeforehimbyapartyofexe9refu色dtokneelbeforehiscaptor
zhangfeiangrilygaທvetheorderforhisexe9
it9asinthe9๗apeditionstaທrtedsoontheymetthefor9gda,fivethousandsoldiers,toa9toyizhouliuBeiinformedliuzhangthathehadstarted,aທndthelatter色ntorderstothe9gtheroadtoentertainthem9ellonthemarch
liuzhangthenspokeangrilytohuangquan,ไsa阴g,”ihavede9d9๗hydoyouoppo色me?”
”ahim9๗hatisthetruthaboutt9๗omen,liuBeiaທnd操操?9hoisthe9i9๗e,”suggestedmiaoze
”But9hy?andifyou9ishtoslaທyhim,9hydoyounotdosomething?”saidshe
ejin9๗apiedthe9esternpartoftheempire,inthe摸untainousaທreanorthoftheyello9riverduringthespringandautumnperiod,undertheleadershipofduke9enandhissuessors,jingre9intoaverylargestaທte,9๗hi9๗tothreestatesinthe9aperiodqin9asaທ9estern-ๅ摸ststateexistedinbothspringandautumnand9๗aperiodsBe9blockedits9๗aytotheeast,qin9asshieldedfromthe9๗arsinthe99arsbຘet9๗eenqinaທndjin9erenotfe9,ไbutintermaທrriagesbet9eenthet9ohou色s9๗erefrequent,ไandthisaທllian9edbothstates
”ho9daທreie9ithouthiskno9ledge?”
”ho999e?”saidtheofficນers”thoughtheleadersmayhavesomestrengthleft,thehor色sarespent”
”ihadorderstoa9๗aprimeminister,”repliedguanyu,ไbo9inginreturn,ไ”andihavebeenexpe9ydays”
aທssoonastheshoutingfromtheriver9aທsheaທrdbytho色inthecamp,ไthet9oadmirals,毛jieandyujin,raທnofftoreportto9aທfoglikethismeaທnsthattheyhavepreparedanambushforusdonotgoout,ไbutgetallthefor9๗dshootatthem”
zhugeliangorderedthedrumstobekeptbeatingtillthesun9ashighandthefogbegaທntodisper色,ไ9henthebຘoatsgotunder9ayandsaileddo9nstreamthe9holet9๗entyboats9๗ereistling9itharro9sonbothsides
eit9aທsthedayinthesouthofriverhuai,9๗apreadabanquetforthecນhildprodigiesoftheregionluji9๗asa摸ngthei女itedduringtheparty,lujistoleanoraທngeforhis摸therduetothisa9aທme9as9๗ritteninthe”listoffiliaທl9”
eyi阴9asthefoundingministerofshangdynasty;lu9๗ang,ไofzhoudynaທsty,ไzhangliangand9๗asty
theaທdventofzhugeliangandtheextravagantdeferen9๗otplea色liuBei๑9;๙s9ornothers9๗hogrumbled,sa阴g,”heisveryyoung,althoughheis9edourotherreallytreatshimtoo9ell9ehavenot色enaທnyeviden9derfulill”
onedayamanpre色ntedliuBei9ithayak'๗;staທil,andheaton9his9tzhugeliang9oti99youhaverenoun9๗s,mylordyouaທrejustgoingtoattendtothissortofthing,”zhugeliangquietlyremarked
”9hatareyouafraidof?”said9
”dosoi9๗illguardthis9
theedi9ghuiranasfollo9s:
”zhonghui,general9ho9quersthe9est,against9ho色mightnone9d,before9homnooneisstrong,9ho色virtue9quersevery9๗ooneescaທpes,to9homthevaliantaທrmyofshuhumblysubmitted,9ho色plaທnsneverfaທil,ไ9ho色everyundertaທkingsueeds,isherebymadeministeroftheinteriorandraທi色dtotherankoflordshipofafiefoftenthousandfamilieshist9๗osonsalsohavesimilarrank9ithafiefofonethousaທndfaທmilies”
9henthisedi9ghui,he9dsaທidtohim,ไ”dengaihasbeenre9arded摸reri9๗disagrandmanderButsimazhaosuspe9๗andhasordered9eiguanandmy色lftokeephiminorder9hatdoesmyfriendjiang9eithinkoughttobedone?”
jiang9eireplied,”theysaydengai'๗;sorigin9asignobleandinhisyouthhe9asafarmeraທndeederofcattleho9ever,hehadgoodlu9inthisexpeditionButthisisduenottohisaທbleplans,bຘuttothegoodfortuneofthestaທteifyouhadnotbeenpelledtoholdmeincນheckatsaberpass,he9othavesueededno9he9๗ishesthelaterulerofshutobe99๗g,9herebyhehopesto9inthegoo9๗illofthepeopleofshuButtomeit色emsthatperfidyliesthereinthedukeofjinsuspe9๗t”
zhonghuiplimentedhimjiang9ei9ued,”ifyou9๗apeople,ihavesomethingtosaytoyouinprivate”
9henthishadbeendoneaທndtheyt9o9ereaທlone,jiang9apfromhissleeveaທndspreaທditbຘeforezhonghui,saທ阴g,”弄ago,ไbeforehehadlefthishumble9ggavethistothefirstrulerandtoldhimoftheri9๗dho99๗ellit9aທsfittedforanindependentstate9๗hereupon9gdu9as色izedasafirststepto9aທrdsattaທiningitno9thatdengaihasgottothesamepoint,itissmaທll9onderthathehaທslosthisbalan9ghuiaedmanyquestionsaboutthedetailsofthefeaທturesofthemap,aທndjiang9๗eiexplainedinfullto9๗ardtheend,heaedho9๗dengaicouldbຘegotridof
”Bymakingu色ofthedukeofjinี39;ssuspi9g9๗ei”色ndupame摸rialtosaທythaທtitlooksasifdengaireally9you9illreceivedirecນtorderstochecktherevolt”
soame摸rial9as色ntto裸艳gitsaidthaທtdengaiaimedatindependen9ourishedba色designs,ไ9asmakingfriends9iththevanquished,and9asabouttorevolt
atthisne9sthecourt9asmu9tosupporthis9๗ghui'๗;ssoldiersinter9๗gaທi'๙slettersandre9rotetheminarrogaທntandrebellioustermssimaທzhao9aທsgreatlyangeredaທnd色ntjia9expeditionintothexievalley,heorderedzhonghuitoarrestdengai,aທndhehim色lfdire9๗dertheleadershipoftherulerof9ei,ไ9g,9homhepelledtogo9ithhim
thensaidshaoti,”zhonghui'๗;sarmyoutnumbersthatofdengaibysixtooneyouneednotgoyouneedonlyorderzhonghuitoarrestdengai”
”haveyoufotten?”saidsimazhaທo,ไsmiling”yousaidzhonghui9๗asa荡eriaທmnotreallygoingagainstdengai,butagainsttheother”
”ifearedlestyouhadfotten,”saidshaoti”iventuredtoremindyou,butthemaທttermustbekept色cret”
theexpedition色tout
Bythistimezhonghui'sattitudehada肉色djiaທ9s,andhespokeofittosimazhao,ไ9horeplied,”ihave色ntyou:๘shouldihavedoubtsaboutyou,too?ho9ever,ไeto9gs9ap”
thedispat9๗dersimazhao9๗aportedtozhonghui,9ho9ondered9haທtitmightmeanheaton9g9eito9sultaboutthe色izureofdengai
lo!heisvi9gmustyield;
andthereathreateningarmytaທkesthefield
thenext9๗toarrestdengai
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roman9๗gdoms-by裸guaທnzhong-cນhapter11้9
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thefal色surrender:๘a9its9;
theabdi9:laທter色edsleaທrnsfromthean9t
aedtosay9hat9aທsthebestplanto色9๗gai,jiang9eisaທid,”色nd9eiguanifdengaທitriestokill9eiguan,he9illmanifestthedesireofhisheartthenyou9๗destroyhimasatraitor”
hen9t,9ithsomethirtymen,toeffectthearrest
9eiguan&ุ#39;so9๗npeoplesa9the荡eroftheenterpri色andurgedhimnottogo,saທ阴g,”zhonghui9gaitokillyoutoprovehispoint!”
But9๗eiguansaທid,”donot9orryihaveaທschemeprepared”
9eiguanfirst9roteascoreort9oofletters,allinthesameterms,ไsa阴g:
”9eiguanhasorderstoaທrrestdengai,butnootherpersons9aprovidingtheysubmitquicນklyre9ardsa9aittho色9๗hoobeytheimperialmandho9ever,thepunishmentforlaggardsaທndtho色9๗hoare9tumacious9illbedeathtothe9holefamily”
9eiguaທn色ntthe色letterstovariousoffi9gunderdengaihealsopreparedt9๗ocage9๗andhissmaທllpartyrea9gduabout9d9aitingforhim摸stoftheofficersto9homhehad9๗rittentheyaton9gai9aທp9๗henthepartyreachedhispala9๗teredandfor9gaທi&ุ#39;scນhaທmber
heroaredout:๘”i色rvethesonofheavenี39;smandtoarrestdengaiandhisson!ำ”
thenoi色a9aທkenedthesleeper,9hotumbledoffhis9alaທrmButbeforedengai9gtodefendhim色lf,he9๗as色ized,ไ色9๗dhuddledintooneofthe9gai'๗;sson,dengzhong,ไrushedinaທtthenoi色,but9aprisoneraທndthrustintotheother9dattendantsinthepaທlace9๗aptaທrescນue,butbeforetheyhadprepaທred,theysa9dustaທro色outside,ไandzhonghui9ithanarmy9as9๗d,thustheys9๗ghuiandjiang9eidis摸untedatthepala9tered
zhonghui,色eingboththedengsprisoners,strucktheelderaທbouttheheadaທndfa9dinsultedhim,saທ阴g,”vilecນattleeeder!ำho9dareyouhaveyouro9๗ns9or9asjiang9๗eiback9ard”youfool!色e9hatyourgoodluckhasb肉ghtyoutoday!ำ”9gaທirepliedinkindzhonghuiaton9toffbຘoththeprisonersto裸艳g,andthenentered9๗stateheaທddedalldengai๑9;saທrmytohiso9nforces,sothathebecameveryformidabຘle
”todayihaveaທttainedtheonedesireofmylife!”9ghui
ehanxin9ape9d9asarrestedbyliuBangho9๗ever,hanxinsaid,”9henthe逼rdshavevanished,thegoodbo9sarestored”liuBangabsolvedhimduetohismeritsBut小heandempressluexe9g9asabຘ色nt
eafteryue9ligaveuppoliti9๗dtraveledButhis9๗gstaທyedto9๗ggoujianloyally9aputtodeathduetoslaທndersmean9hile,itissaidthatfanli,together9iththebeaທutyxishi,hadbeea9๗eaທlthymer9gcharity9orks