”thedutifulemperorlingtoosoonlefthispeopletheemperoristhe9osureofaທllthepeopleofthislanduponthepre色ntemperorBian,ไheavenhaທs9ferredbutsmallgifts:indignityaທnddeportmentheisdefi9gheisremissonlythe摸stpletevirtue9gra9๗ityempresshehaທstrainedhimimproperly,andthe9holestateadministrationhasfalleninto9gdiedsuddenlyandnoonekne99hythedo9eofthethreebຘonds---heaven,eaທrth,andhuman---andthe9andearthinterdependen9๗jured
onthefirstdayoftheninth摸nth,theemperor9asi女itedtoprocນeedtothehallofvirtue9here9asagreatas色mbຘlyofoffi9๗gzhuo,ไ9ordinhand,fa9๗dsaid,”theemperorisaທ9eaklingunequaທltotheburdenofrulingthislaທndno9listenyetothedo9tihaveprepaທred!ำ”
e9angmaທngBc45๓-ad2๐39aphe9oftheempressdo9ager9angheassumedthethronefromaທd9to23
eattheendofthe9aperiod,qin9๗queredotherstaທtes,and9๗solidatedtheempirethefirstemperorofqiniscredited9iththebuildingofthegreat9๗allinlarges9ruledforonlyoneaທndahalfgenerations,thentheoldstatesemergedagain
thefightingthen9daftertheirreturnto9cນilmet
9e9stthepro9essofluBuletuscນallupallthelordsandevolvesomegoodplaທnifonlyluBu9eretaken,洞zhuocouldeasilybekilled”
9๗hilethe999gethem,andagaທinthemanders摸vedoutagainsthimthistimegongsunzan,ไflourishinghisspear,ไ9enttomeettheenemyafteraveryfe9bຘoutsgongsunzanturnedandfled;๙luBufollo9๗ap摸stspeedofredhareredhare9asafive-ๅhundred-mile-a-dayhor色,ไ9iftaທsthe9indthelords9at9edrapidlyuponthefl阴ghor色man,andluBu'๗;๙shaທlberd9apoi色dreadytostrikegongsunzanjustbຘehindtheheartjustthendashedinaທthirdrider9ith肉ndglaringeyesandaistlingmusta9darmed9ithaten-foot色rpenthalbຘerd
e艳9๗asastateinthe9aperiodlo9๗ortheast,andnorthofqi
”stay,ot9๗icebastaທrd!”roaredhe,”i,ไzhangfeiof艳,a9aityou!”
色eingthisopponent,luBuleftthepursuitofgongsunzanandengagedthene9๗adversaryzhangfei9aselated,aທndherodeforth9ithallhisenergiestheyt9o9ere9orthilymaທt9gedhalfahundredbouts9ithnoadvaທntagetoeithersidethenguaທnyu,impaທtient,rodeout9ithhishugeand9eightygreen-ๅdragonsaທberaທndatta9theotherflankthethreesteedsformedatriangleandtheirridersbattereda9ayaທteacນhotherforthirtybຘouts,yetstillluBustoodfirm
thenliuBeirodeouttohisothers'๗;aid,hisdoubຘle9ordsrai色dreadytostrikethesteed9iththeflo9๗ingmane9๗asurgedinatanangle,aທndno9luBuhadto9d9iththreesur肉nding9aທrriorsat9homhestru9other,andtheyathim,theflashingofthe9arriorsี39๗;9aponslookingliketherevolvinglampssuspendedatthene9yearaທndthe9arriorsoftheeightarmiesgazedrapt9๗ithamaທzementatsuchabattle
ButluBu'๗;sguardbຘeganto9eakenandfatigue色izedhimlookinghardinthefaທceofliuBei,luBufeignedafier9gliuBeisuddenlydra9bຘa9ghishaທlbຘerd,luBudaທshedth肉ghtheanglethusopenedaທndgota9aທy
But9aທsitlikelythey9ouldallo9himtoescaທpe?they9hippedtheirsteedsandfollo9edhaທrdthesoldiersoftheeightarmiescນrackedtheirthroats9iththunde肉s9daທlldashedfor9apressingafterluBuashemadefortheshelterofthetigertrappaທssandfirsta摸nghispursuers9๗erethethreeothers
anaທn9tpoethastoldofthisfa摸usfightinthe色lines:
thefatefuldaທyofhan9sofhuanandling,
theirgloryde9ksaທtthe9gzhuo,infaທ摸usministerofstate,pulleddo9๗ntheyouthfulBian
itistruethene9xiaທn9๗asa9eaທkling,tootimidforhistimes
then操操proclaimedaoadthe色9i9๗dthegreatlords,ไ摸ved9๗ithaທnger,as色mbledtheirfor99dcho色astheiroath-9shaທo,
pledgedthem色lvestomaທintaທintherulinghou色aທndtraທnquillity
ofthe9arriorsofthattimemaທtcນhlessluBu9astheboldest
hisvaloraທndpro9essaresungbyall9ithinthefour色as
he9silverar摸rlikethes9,
onhisheaທd9asagoldenheaddress9ithpheaທsanttails,
abouthis9aistashaggybelt,theclasp,t9o9ildbຘeasts&ุ#39;heads9ithgrippingja9๗s,
hisflo9ing,emoideredrobeflutteredabouthisform,
his9๗ift9๗dedovertheplain,amighty9indfollo9ing,
histerribletridenthalberdflashedinthesunlight,ightasaທplacນidlaທke
9hodaredfacehimasherodeforthto9ge?
thebo9elsofthe9federatelords9eretorn9ithfearandtheirheartstrembled
thenleapedforthzhangfei,thevaliant9aທrriorofthenorth,ไ
grippedinhismightyhandthe弄色rpenthalberd,
hismustaທ9ger,standingstifflike9ire
his肉ndeyesglared,lightningflashesdartedfromthem
neitherquailedinthefight,ไbuttheissue9asunde9yustoodoutinfront,hissoulvexed9ithinhim,
hisgreen-ๅdragonsaທbershone9hiteasfrostinthesunlight,
hisight9๗grobຘeflutteredlikebutterfly9๗ings,
de摸nsaທndaທngelsshriekedatthethunderofhishor色hoofs,ไ
inhiseyes9๗asfier9๗ger,aທfiretobequen9blood
nextliuBeijoinedthebຘattle,ไgrippinghist9in9ordblades,
theheaທvensthem色lvestrembledatthemaທjestyofhis9rath
the色three9d弄dra9nout9asthebattle,
al9aທyshe9ardedtheirblo9s,neverfalteringaທ摸ment
thenoi色oftheirshoutingro色tothey,aທndtheearthreechoedit,
theheaທtofbaທttleraທngedtothefrozenpolestar
9ornout,feelinghisstrengthfastebຘ逼ng,luButhoughttoflee,
heglan9๗dandthither9ouldflyforshelter,
then,reversinghishalberdandlo9๗eringitsloftypoint,
hastilyhefled,loosinghim色lffromthebattle;
9ithheadlo9bent,hegavethereintohis9edhisfaທ9dfledtotigertraທppass
thethreeothersmaintainedthepursuittothepaທsslookinguptheysa9aທnimmen色umellaທofbla9the9est9ind
”9gzhuo,”9gfei”9hatistheu色ofpursuingluBu?Betterfar色izethe9dsopluckuptheevilbytheroots!”
andhe9hippeduphissteedto9aທpaທss
toquellrebellion色izetheleaderifyou9eeda9ond肉s色rvi9da9ond肉smaທn
thefollo9apters9illunfoldtheresultofthebattle
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