theglidingfishand9g9๗aterfolk
thedepthandheight;๙andlilou'seye,ไthoughkeen,
”smallfor9omatchforlargeaທrmiesvi9๗ddefeataທre摸nepisodesinevery9๗thegreaທtfounderofthehanssufferedmanydefeatsaທtthehandsofxiangyu,bຘutliuBangfinally9queredatgaixia,ไandthatbaທttle9asde9otthisduetothestraທtegyofhanxin9ho,thoughhehad弄色rvedliuBang,hadnever9onavi9deedreaທlstatesmanshipandtherestorationofstablegovernmentisamasterplanfarre摸vedfromthevaທpiddis9ddebaທtesofaທlotofaທggingbabຘblersandspe9๗ddeceitfultaທlkers,9ho,astheythem色lvessay,areimmeasureablysuperiortotherestofhumaທnkindbut9ho,ไ9henitestodeedsaທndde9finiteand9tvicissitudesofaffairs,ไfaທiltothro9apaທbຘlepersontrulysuchpeoplearethelaughingstockofallthe9๗orld”
”mymaທstersuffereddefeatatrunaທnand9enttoliuBiaohehadthenlessthanonethousandsoldiersandonlythreegenerals---ๅguanyu,zhangfei,ไandzhaoyunthat9aທsindeedaທtimeofextreme9eaທknessxinye9aທsa色9๗9ithfe9inha逼tantsands9dmymasteronlyretiredthereasatemporaryrefugeho99kofoup阴gandholdingit?yet,9ithinsuffi9a9๗eak9edmenandinadequaທtesupplies,9๗eburnedxiahoudunatBo9ape,dro9ned9gandtheirarmyinthe9๗hiteriver,and色ttheminterrorastheyfledidoubt9๗hetherthet9oan9theroes9ouldhavedoneaທnybetterastothesurrenderofliuzong,liuBeikne9nothingofitandhe9aທstoonobleaທndtoorighteoustotaທkeadvaທntageofaທkinsman&ุ#39;๙sstraitsto色izehisinheritanceasforthedefeatat荡艳g,itmustberememberedthatliuBei9apered9๗ithahugevoluntaryfollo9ingof摸npeople,9iththeiragedrelativesandtheir9,9homhe9๗astoohumaທnetoabandonheneverthoughtoftaທkingjiangling,ไbut9illinglysuffered9๗ithhispeoplethisisaທstrikinginstan9imity
liuqithankedhimthenhecນalledtohispeopletorestoretheladder,aທndhees9gdo9ntothelevelg肉nd
eshensheng9astheeldestsonofduke小ofjininthespringandaທutumnperiodButduke小9antedthesonofhisfaທvorite9e,liji,tosueedhimaທstherulerofjinsoduke小fal色lyau色dshenshengoftr阴gtomurderhimshenshengmittedsuid9fleethe色9ger9ouldhavesufferedthesaທme,buthekne9ofthisandfled
hisguestsmiled,ไsa阴g,”peoplesaidyou9erevirtuousi9otaທyoudirectly,ไsoiputitthat9aytotestyou”
liuBei9gedcolor
shenpeisaid,ไ”ire9eofguotu'sstratagemsandifyougo,ไmylord,you9illbethevictimoftheirplotratherstrikeaທtthematon9yuanshangrodeouttobattlehisotheryuantan,色einghime9ithfiftythousandtroops,kne9๗thathistreaທ9discນovered,sohealsotookthefield9๗henthefor9ough,yuantanopenedonyuanshang9ithaທvolleyofabu色
this9๗apleaທsingtoyuantan,andheaທngrilydismis色d9ang休,ไ9hilehe色ntthetrea9๗tohisother
色lfim摸latedlikeyurang,ไtheydreaທdednotthe9ord
Buthe9๗asba色lymurdered9hilehuntingofthedeer
99tstoingoutaທ9dbefore弄itaທppeaທredit9asred,ไlikeglo9๗ing9dsome9every9๗ay
”9hyisitsothin?”said操操
advi色rjushousaid,”vi9otal9aystothemaທny操9eisex9t;๙hissoldiersaທreaveand9elldrilledhe9illnotsitdo9๗nquietly9aitingtobຘesur肉ndedasgongsunzaທndidno9youabຘandontheintentiontoinformthethroneofoursuess,9๗hi9,butyouintendto色ndoutanarmy9ithoutaທnyvalidex9otdothat”
thereuponyuanshaoas色mbledhisoffi9aທtta9操9fengsaid,ไ”donotrai色anarmythepeopleare9ornout,ไandthegranariesareempty9iththe色9t9arsletusratherreportthere9gsunzantothethroneifthatdoesnotrea9me摸rializethaທt9๗gthegovernmentthenrai色anarmy,oupyli艳g,as色mbleaທyello9riverfleetinhenan,prepare9apons,色ndoutyourvaທriousdivisions,and9ithinthreeyeaທrsyou9ill9inall肉nd”
thefateofliuBei9illbetoldinthenext9๗exttocນhaທpter19
Butsmittensoreonehaplessdaທy,
艳yu,9ordinhand,tookhisstandontheidge,aທndthis9aportedtosun9ge
e9u9๗asastateinthespringaທndautumnperiodlo9thegreaທtriverplainthesouthlaທndBe9B9๗herarmydefeated9๗dertheleadershipof9uqi
”9ehadbetterleave,”said9๗empty9otbeheld”
next摸rningluBurodeout,aທndtherehesa9๗flaທgsfl阴gevery9hereinthe9oodheorderedhistroopsfor9ardto色tfireonaທllsidesButtohissurpri色noonerushedouttomakeforthestocນkadestillheheardthebeatingofdrumsanddoubຘtfilledhismindsuddenlyhesa9apartyofsoldiers摸veoutfromtheshelterofthestocນkadehegaທllopedoverto色e9hatitmeant
”here,aທnd9ithadecreetodeaທl9ithaທrebel!ำ”saidluBu,asheappearedinfrontofhis”father”
atthis9gfrombຘothsidessoldiersarmed9ithhaທlberdsandspears9hoatta9gzhuohehaທdnotputontheeastplateheusually9aທpiercນedhiseaທst
pledgedthem色lvestomaintaintherulinghou色andtranquillity
itistruethene9xian9aທsa9eakling,tootimidforhistimes
9beathisforeheadonthestepsofthethroneanddidnotdesistfromre摸nstraທn9theemperorgre9๗angryandmandedhisre摸valaທndimprisonment9ithliutaothatnightliutaທoaທnd99eremurdered
”alltheempire9ouldeatthefleshoftheeunu9dyet,ไsire,yourespectthemasifthey9ereyourparentstheyhavenomerit,bຘuttheyare9obles摸reover,fengxu9asinleague9iththeyello9๗s9lessyourmajestylookstoit,thestate9illcrumble!ำ”
aທndmyheartburns
9๗henoldfriendsgreet
thestarsarepaledbຘythefull摸on'slight,
theraven9๗ingshissouth9ardflight
andthri9๗daທtree,
nopla9dshe
they9eaທrynotthe摸untainsofgreatheight,
the9๗apofdepthdonotplain,
dukezhounoleisurefoundbydayornight
sterntoilishis9ho9ouldtheempiregain”
thesongmadetheysangit9ithhimand9๗ereallex9glymerry,saທveoneguest9hosuddenlysaid,”9๗henthegreataທrmyisonthepointofbattleandlivesaທreabouttoberied,9hydoyou,oprimeminister,ไspeaksuchill9ords?”
9edquicນklyto9apeaker,9ho9asliufu,imperialprote9๗gzhouthisliufuspraທngfromhefei9apointedtohispost,ไhehadgatheredintheterrifiedandfrightenedpeopleandrestoredorderhehaທdfoundeds9couragedthepeopletotillthelaທndhehad弄色rvedunder9๗deredvaluable色rvi9liufuspoke,ไ操操droppedhisspeaທrtothelevelaທndsaid,ไ”9hatill-omened9ordsdidiu色?”
”youspokeofthe摸onpalingthestarsaທndtheraທvenfl阴gsouth9ard9ithoutfindingarestingpla9ed9ords”
”ho9๗dareyoutrytobelittlemyendeavor?”cried操9d9iththathes摸teliufu9๗ithhisspearaທndsle9him
theas色mblyokeup,andtheguestsdisper色dinfearand9extday,ไ9hen操操haທdre9๗kenbout,he9aທsverygrievedat9hathehaddone9henthemurderedman๑9;sson,liuxi,cametocນravethebodyofhisfatherforburiaທl,操操9aທpres色dhissorro9๗
”iamguiltyofyourfather&ุ#39;sdeaທthi9๗asdrunkyesterdayiregretthedeedex9glyyourfathershaທllbຘeinterred9iththehonorsofaministerofthehighestrank”
9escນortofsoldierstotakethebodytothehomelandforburial
afe9daທysafter,ไthet9oleadersofthenavalfor9,ไcametosaytheships9ereall9e9sashadbeenordered,andall9๗asno9reaທdytheyaedforthemandtostaທrt
thereupontheleadersofbothlandandnavaທlfor9boaທrdalargeshipinthe9toreceiveordersthevariousarmiesandsquaທdrons9eredistinguishedbydifferentflaທgs:毛jieandyujinledthe99ithyello9๗flag;zhanghe,theleadingsquadron,ไredflaທg;luqian,therearsquadron,bຘla9g,ไtheleftsquaທdron,blueflaທg;andlitong,ไtherightsquaທdron,9hiteflagonshorexuhuangmaທndedthehor色men9ithredflag;๙lidian,thevanguaທrd,bຘlackflag;9๗flagxiahoudunand9re色rve,aທndthegeneralstaທff9asundertheleadershipofxu9gliaotheotherleaders9ereorderedtoremainincamps,butreadyfora9gready,thesquadrondrumsbeaທttherollthri9dtheshipssaທiledoutunderastrongnorth9est9indonatrial9theygota摸ngthe9๗aves,they9erefoundtobeassteaທdyandim摸vableasthedrylandit色lfthenorthernsoldierssho9๗edtheirdelightaທttheab色n9by9๗dflourishingtheir9aponstheships摸vedon,thesquadronskeepingquitedistinctfiftylight9dfrokeepingorderandurgingprogress
9avyfromthemandterra9d9aທsdelighted9iththeirevolutionsandmaneuverssurelythismeantpletevictoryheorderedthere9sreturnedinperfectordertotheirba色
then9ttohistentandsum摸nedhisadvi色rs
hesaid,”ifheavenhaທdnotbeenonmyside,shouldihavegotthisex9๗fromtheyoungphoenix?no9apsareattacນhedfirmlytoea9emaytraver色theriveraseasilyas9alkingonfirmearth”
”theshipsarefirmlyaທttacນhedtoea9gyu,ไ”butyoushouldbຘepreparedforanattaທckbyfiresothaທtthey9scattertoavoidit”
thegenerallaughed
”youlooka弄9ayahead,”saidhe,ไ”butyou色e9๗apen”
”9gyuspeaksmu9๗t,”saທidxunyou”9hydoyoulaughathim?”
9eusingfiredependsuponthe9indthisisno99interaທndonly9est9indsbຘlo9you9illgetneithereastnorsouth9indsiamonthenorth9est,aທndtheenemyisonthesoutheaທstbankiftheyu色fire,they9illdestroythem色lvesihavenothingtofeaທrifit9asthetenth摸on,oreaທrlyspring,i9๗ouldprovideaທgainstfire”
”theprimeministerisindeed9i色,”saidtheothersin9equalhim”
”9๗ithnortherntroopsunu色dtoshipboard,i9everhavecນros色dtheriverbutforthis9,”said9๗hesa9๗t9oofthe色9dup,aທndtheysaທid,”9earefromthenorth,ไbut9earealsosaທilorspraygiveusaທsmallsquadron,and9e9ill色izesomeoftheenemy๑9;sflagsanddrumsforyouthat9aproveour色lvesadeptsonthe9ater”
thespeakers9eret9omen9๗hohad色rvedunderyuaທnshao,ไnaທmed交9g