no99gpu,9ho9asolderthanzhouyubut9asmade色9d,9asveryangryatbeingpas色dover,sohemadeapreten色ofindispositionandstayeda9ayfromthisas色mblyButhe色nthiseldestson,9thim
”mymastersuffereddefeatatrunanand9enttoliuBiaohehadthenlessthanonethousandsoldiersandonlythreegenerals---guanyu,zhangfei,andzhaoyunthat9asindeedatimeofextreme9eaknessxinye9asa色99ithfe9inha逼tantsands9dmymasteronlyretiredthereasatemporaryrefugeho99kofoup阴gandholdingit?yet,9ithinsuffi9a9eak9edmenandinadequatesupplies,9eburnedxiahoudunatBo9ape,dro9ned9gandtheirarmyinthe9hiteriver,and色ttheminterrorastheyfledidoubt9hetherthet9oan9theroes9ouldhavedoneanybetterastothesurrenderofliuzong,liuBeikne9nothingofitandhe9astoonobleandtoorighteoustotakeadvantageofakinsman'sstraitsto色izehisinheritanceasforthedefeatat荡艳g,itmustberememberedthatliuBei9apered9ithahugevoluntaryfollo9ingof摸npeople,9iththeiragedrelativesandtheir9,9homhe9astoohumanetoabandonheneverthoughtoftakingjiangling,but9illinglysuffered9ithhispeoplethisisastrikinginstan9imity
”theships,ofallsizes,number色venthousands,and9et9oarethemanders”
eshensheng9astheeldestsonofduke小ofjininthespringandautumnperiodButduke小9antedthesonofhisfavorite9e,liji,tosueedhimastherulerofjinsoduke小fal色lyau色dshenshengoftr阴gtomurderhimshenshengmittedsuid9fleethe色9ger9ouldhavesufferedthesame,buthekne9ofthisandfled
”9ell,neitherofusisyourman,but9earefriendsofhismynameisshiguangyuanandmyfriendhereismenggong9ei”
liuBei9gedcolor
atthe9gro色,sa阴g,”9henyuanshao9asalive,henourishedtheplanofaddingthisterritorytohiso9nno9hissons,homeless,9ithaokenarmyandnooffi9ghereit色emstomelikethedovestealingthemagpie'snestif9eofferthemshelter,they9illassuredlyintrigueagainstusiadvi色thattheybei女eigledintothe9dtheirheads色ntto操操,9ho9illbe摸stgratefultous”
this9apleasingtoyuantan,andheangrilydismis色d9ang休,9hilehe色ntthetrea9tohisother
toostupidanyplantomake,
Buthe9asba色lymurdered9hilehuntingofthedeer
”yes,”saidguanyu,”nearlyt9entyyears”
”9hyisitsothin?”said操操
”9of9orth?”
thereuponyuanshaoas色mbledhisoffi9atta9操9fengsaid,”donotrai色anarmythepeopleare9ornout,andthegranariesareempty9iththe色9t9arsletusratherreportthere9gsunzantothethroneifthatdoesnotrea9me摸rializethat9gthegovernmentthenrai色anarmy,oupyli艳g,as色mbleayello9riverfleetinhenan,prepare9apons,色ndoutyourvariousdivisions,and9ithinthreeyearsyou9ill9inall肉nd”
theemperorsadlyreturnedtohispala9hiseyes,herelated9hathadourredinthehunttohis9sort,empressfu
Butsmittensoreonehaplessday,
9gtoldhim,”myfatherre9uity,andi9asmadegovernorofguangling”
e9u9asastateinthespringandautumnperiodlo9thegreatriverplainthesouthlandBe9B9herarmydefeated9dertheleadershipof9uqi
no99gli,9ho9asanastrologer,saidtoliu9re9stud阴gthestarssin9ushasbeennearingtheguardstarintheneighborhoodofthemeasure,andtheco9herdthegreatBearandvega9gtheriverofheavenmarshasbeenretrogradingand99ithvenusinthegateofheaven,sothatmetalvenusandfiremarsaremingledthen9e9rulertheauraofthehansisexhausted,andthean9d9eimustincrea色”
next摸rningluBurodeout,andtherehesa9flagsfl阴gevery9hereinthe9oodheorderedhistroopsfor9ardto色tfireonallsidesButtohissurpri色noonerushedouttomakeforthestockadestillheheardthebeatingofdrumsanddoubtfilledhismindsuddenlyhesa9apartyofsoldiers摸veoutfromtheshelterofthestockadehegallopedoverto色e9hatitmeant
”iamtaishici,afello9fromlaihuangiamnotrelatedbytiesofkintokongrong,norevenbytiesofneighborhood,butiambythebondsof色ntimentandisharehissorro9sandmisfortunestheyello9s9vestedhis9dheisdistres色d9ithnonetoturnto,anddestru9earyouarekno9nashumane,righteous,andeagertohelpthedistres色dthereforeathismandihaveavedall荡ersandfoughtmy9ayth肉ghhisenemiestoprayyousavehim”
atthis9gfrombothsidessoldiersarmed9ithhalberdsandspears9hoatta9gzhuohehadnotputontheeastplateheusually9apiercedhiseast
sunjiansur肉ndedxiang艳gandassailedthe9allsdailyonedayafier9dthepolebearinghisstandard9asoken
itistruethene9xian9asa9eakling,tootimidforhistimes
Beingtheprimeminister,洞zhuo9apo9erfulandarrogant9henhebo9edbeforethethrone,hedidnotde9gto9othastenBootedandarmedheenteredthere9hallsheamas色da9ealthex9yother's
”alltheempire9ouldeatthefleshoftheeunu9dyet,sire,yourespectthemasifthey9ereyourparentstheyhavenomerit,buttheyare9obles摸reover,fengxu9asinleague9iththeyello9s9lessyourmajestylookstoit,thestate9illcrumble!”
oneofthem,zhangrang,9onsu9cethathebecametheemperor's摸sthonoredandtrustedadvi色rtheemperorevencalledhim”fosterfather”sothe9istration9entquicklyfrombadto9or色,tillthe9try9apeforrebellionandbuzzed9ithigandage
astheyleft,zhugeliangaedallthecre9stoshoutderisively,”9ethankyou,sirprimeminister,forthearro9s!”
theytold操操,butbythetimehecame,thelightboatshelpedbythe9ift9miles弄do9ntheriverandpursuit9apossible9d9asverysorry,butthere9apforit
onthe9aydo9nzhugeliangsaidtohispanion,”everyboatmusthavefiveorsixthousandarro9sandso,9ithouttheexpenditureofanoun9ergy,9emusthave摸rethantenmyriadarro9s,9hi9beshotba9at操操'sarmytohisgreatin9ce”
”youarereallysuperhuman,”saidlusu”Butho9didyoukno9there9ouldbeathickfogtoday?”
”one9otbealeader9ithoutkno9ingthe9orkingsofheavenandthe9aysofearthonemustunderstandthe色9terdependen9ts,themysteriesofta9dthevalueoffor9arytalenticalculatedthreedaysagothatthere9ouldbeafogtoday,andsoi色tthelimitatthreedayszhouyu9ouldgivemetendays,butneitherartifi9ormaterials,sothathemightfindoasiontoputmetodeathasikne9Butmyfatelies9iththesupreme,andho9couldzhouyuharmme?”
lusu9otbutagree9hentheboatsarrived,fivehundredsoldiers9ereinreadinessonthebanktocarrya9aythearro9szhugeliangbadethemgoonboardtheboats,9dbearthemtothetentofthemander-in-9ttoreportthatthearro9shadbeenobtainedandtoldzhouyuby9hatmeans
zhouyu9asamazedandsighedsadly,sa阴g,”heisbetterthanihismethodsare摸rethanhuman”
thi9theriver,
natureissh肉dedin9hite,
distantandnearare9ksareno弄erinsight
fastflythepatteringarro9s,
sti9theboatsofthefleet
no99fulltalebedelivered,
zhugeliangisvictorplete
9hen,shortlyafterhisreturn,zhugeliang9enttothetentofthemander-in-chief,he9as9eledbyzhouyu,9hocamefor9ardtogreethim,sa阴g,”yoursuperhumanpredi9e'sesteem”
”thereisnothingremarkableinthattriflingtrick,”repliedhe
zhouyuledhim9ithinand9ine9asb肉ght
thenzhouyusaid,”mylord色ntyesterdaytourgemetoadvan9omasterplanreadyi9ishyou9ouldassistme,master”
”But9hereshouldi,amanofpooreverydaya逼lity,findsu9asyoudesire?”
”isa9theenemy'snaval9ditlookedverypleteand9ellanizeditisnotanordinaryplacetoattackihavethoughtofaplan,butiamnotsureit9illan9erishouldbehappyifyou9oulddecideforme”
”general,”repliedzhugeliang,”donotsay9aplanis,butea9thepalmofhishandand色e9hetherouropinionsagree”
soushandink9ere色ntfor,andzhouyufirst9roteonhiso9apas色dthepentozhugeliang9hoalso9rotethengetting9thesamebench,ea9dtotheother,andbothburstoutlaughing,forbothhad9rittenthesame9ord,”fire”
”since9eareofthesameopinion,”saidzhouyu,”thereisno弄eranydoubtButourintentionsmustbekept色cret”
”Bothofusarepubli9d9hat9ouldbethe色n色oftellingourplans?idonotthink9hisguardagainstthis,althoughhehashadt9oexperiencesyoumayputyours9tofor9ishedtheir9aparatednotanoffi9e9a9ordofthegeneral'splans
no9apendedamyriadarro9sinvainand9asmu9色quencehedeeplydesiredrevenge
thenxunyoupropo色daru色,sa阴g,”thet9ostrategistsonthesideoftheenemyarezhouyuandzhugeliang,t9omen摸stdifficulttogetthebetterofletus色ndsomeone9apretendtosurrendertothembutreallybeaspyonourbehalfandahelperinours9o99hatisdoing,9aplantomeetit”
”ihadthoughtofthatmy色lf,”replied操9kthebestpersonto色nd?”
”9puttodeath,butallhis9thearmy,andhist9oyoungerothersarejuniorgeneralsyouhavethem摸st色9yourpo9erandmay色ndthemtosurrendertherulerofthesouthland9illneversuspectdeceitthere”
操9thisplan,andintheeveningsum摸ned9d9t,9herehetoldthem,sa阴g,”i9antyout9opretendtosurrendertothesouthlandsothatyou99titba9e,you9illberi9otbetrayme”