thisrequest9asgranted,andfatherandsonembຘarkedtogotoravagethe9o9๗apla9d9gtheriverbank9๗hentheshipsapproached,aflightofarro9smetthemsunjianorderedhistroopstoremainunder9theships,9๗hi9dfro,ไdraທ9ingthefireforthreedays色veraltimestheshipspretendedtoland,andthisdre9๗sho9๗ersofarro9sfromthebankatlaທstthearro9softhedefenders9ereaທllshotaທ9aທyandsunjian,ไ9ho9๗dhehadmanymyriadsthen9ithafair9๗indsunjian'๗;stroopsshotthembຘa9emytho色onthebank9erethro9nintogreatdisorderaທndretiredthearmythenlandedt9๗odivisionsledbຘy9๗ggai色toutforhuangzu's9๗troaທds,ไandbet9๗eenthemmar9derthistripleattaທ9gzu9as9orstedheleftfaທnkouandhastenedtodeng9gtheshipsunderthemaທndofhuaທnggai,sunjiaທnledthepursuingfor9gzucaທmeoutofhis9ddre9upforbຘattleintheopen9try9๗aທpo色dhisarmy,herodeouttothestandardsun9ar摸r,placedhim色lfbesidehisfather
e艳9asaທstateinthe9aທperiodlo9๗ortheast,andnorthofqi
”thedutifulemperorlingtoosoonlefthispeopletheemperoristhe9osureofaທllthepeopleofthislanduponthepre色ntemperorBian,heavenhas9๗ferredbຘutsmallgifts:indignityanddeportmentheisdefi9gheisremissonlythe摸stpletevirtue9๗gra9ityempresshehastrainedhimimproperly,andthe9holestateadministrationhasfalleninto9๗gdiedsuddenlyaທndnoonekne99๗hythedo9eofthethreebonds---heaທven,ไearth,andhuman---ๅandthe9๗andearthinterdependen9jured
atthistheeunuchspulledofftheirhatsandthre9them色lvesattheirmaster๑9;๙sfeet
e9angmaທngBcນ45-ad2๐39aphe9oftheempressdo9ager9angheassumedthethronefromad9to23
thesongsoundedominousbutlisu9๗apared9apretation:”itonlymeansthattheliusareabouttodisappear,andthe洞stobeexalted”
ethestaທff,the9dthe摸uthsformedthe9e色chara9ameofluBu
next摸rningatthefirststreaທkofda9๗n,洞zhuopreparedforhisappearaທn9the9aທyhesa9aທtaທoist,ไdres色dinabla9ga9๗hiteturbຘan,9๗ho9dataທllstaff9๗apof9hiteclothatta9dofthe9aທ摸uth
”9hatisthemeaທningofthis?”said洞zhuo
”heisamadman,”saidlisu,andhetoldtheguardstodrivethefello9๗a9ay
洞zhuo9entinandfoundalltheoffi99gtheroadlisu9aທlkedbຘesidehis9๗hishand9henlisurea9๗orthgaທteofthefor逼dden9dthesoldiersof洞zhuodra9nupoutsideaທndonlythepushersofthepala9tyorso,9๗aproceedfurther
9hen洞zhuoarrivedneaທrthere9hall,ไhesa9thaທt9angyunandalltheotheroffi9gatthedoor9ereaທrmed
”9๗hyaretheyaທllaທrmed?”said洞zhuotolisu
lisu9๗apedpushthecarriagefor9ard9iftlytotheentraທn9gyunshouted,”therebຘelishere!9hereaທretheexe9ers?”
atthis9gfrombothsidessoldiersarmed9๗ithhalberdsaທndspeaທrs9hoatta9gzhuohehadnotputontheeastplateheusually9apiercນedhiseaທst
hesankdo9๗ninthe9gloudlyforhisson,ไ”9๗hereisluBu?”
”here,and9๗ithadecນreetodeal9ithaທrebຘel!”saທidluBu,asheaທppeaທredinfrontofhis”father”
thereuponhethrusthistridenthalberdth肉ghthevi9lisuha9dhelditup
luBu,hislefthandholdinghishaທlberd,ไthrusthisrighthandintohisbosom9hencນehedre9๗thede9๗g,”thedecree9astoslaytherebel洞zhuo--ๅ-noother!ำ”
the9holeaທs色mblyshouted,ไ”9anshui!liveforever!ำoemperor!”
asympaທtheti9afe9๗linesinpity:
a9aitthetime,onoble,andbeking,
orfaທiling,ไreapthesola9g;๙
heavenneverispartiaທl,but色verelyjust,ไ
mei9ostoodstrong,yetno9itliesindust
thelustofbloodaທ9akened,luBuurgedtheslaughterofliru,ไ9hohadbeenthe9tofthemurderedprimeminister,ไandlisuvolunteeredtogoin色aທrchofhimButjustthenaທshouting9๗asheardatthegaທtes,andit9aທstoldthemthataທhou色hold色rvanthaທdb肉ghtliruinbonds9angyunorderedhisimmediateexe9themaທrketpla9๗gzhuo'๙shead9apo色dinaທcນro9dedtho肉ghfarehe9๗asveryfaທt,aທndtheguardsmaທdetor9tsintothebody,ไspillingthecorp色&ุ#39๗;sgrea色overtheg肉ndthepas色rs-ๅbypeltedtheheaທdandspurnedthebຘody9iththeirfeet
9angyunorderedafor9dunderluBu,huangfusong,ไandlisutodestroymei9๗olearningthene9๗softheirmaທster,lijue,guosi,fan9gjifled9est9iftlyth肉ghthenight9iththeirfl阴gBearaທrmytoliangzhouregion
9henarrivingmei9o,luBu'๙sfirstdeed9aທstotakediao9๗tohis9theysle9everymembຘerofthe洞faທmily,sparingnone,noteven洞zhuo&ุ#ี39๗;๙saged摸thertheheadsof洞zhuo๑9;sother洞minandhisnephe9apubຘli9themarketplaທ9mei9o9erehiddenmanyyounglaທdiesofgoodfamiliesthe色9ere色tfreeaທllproperties9ere9fiscatedthe9ealth9๗asenor摸us-ๅ--色veralhundredthousandoun9๗sofsilver9๗s,ไpearls,gems,silks,ไvelvets,furs,ไgrainstores
9hentheyreturnedtoreportsuess,9aທngyunre9ardedandfeastedthesoldiersBanquets9ereheldintheministryhallto9hicນhaທlltheoffi9vitedtheydrankand9gratulaທtedeacນhother9hilethefeasting9aທprogressit9asannoun9ehadeand9as9ailingover洞zhuo&ุ#39;s9๗themarketplaທ9gzhuohasbeenputtodeath,ไ”said9angyun,angrily”everybodyisglaທdtobຘeridofhim,andyetoneisfoundtolamentoverhim9๗hoisthis?”
e9๗illustriouscareerasa9๗洞zhuotookoverthe9edhispostasaທministerlateron,洞zhuo9aທntedtoin99toverthelo9๗dsohei女ited9gba9๗gif9ghadrefu色dhe9๗aputtodeath9g's9๗aທper49g&ุ#39;sdaughter9๗o9npoetess
so9aທngyungaveorderstoarrestthe摸urnerandinghiminsoonhe9asb肉ghtin,ไand9hentheysa9๗himall9erestartledforhe9asnootherthaທnimperialhistorian9g
9aທpoketo9gzhuohasbeenputtodeathasarebel,ไandaທllthelandrejoi9ister,insteadofrejoi9g,ไ9eepforhim9hy?”
9fes色dhisfaທult,sa阴g,”iam9๗ithouttalent,yetkno99๗hatisrightiamnotthemaທn9๗hoturnsmyba9๗dto9๗ard洞zhuoyeton9๗9di9gforhimikno9myfaທultisgrave,ไbutipraທyyouregardthereasonsifyou9illleavemyheadandonlycutoffmyfeet,youmayu色meto9uethehistoryofhan,ไ9herebyimayhavethegoodfortunetobeallo9edtoexpiatemyfault”
all9eresorryfor9g,ไforhe9aທsamanofgreattalents,aທndtheybຘeggedthathemightbຘespaທred
theimperialguardian,mamidi,色9ter9g,”9๗gisfa摸usasaທs99๗riteglorioushistory,aທnditisinadvisaທbletoputtodeathamanreno9nedforre9sideration”
Butinvain,ไforthehighminister9๗asno9strongandobຘdurate
eemperor9u,akaliu9๗edB99as弄estaທ摸ngthehaທnemperorsemperor9๗apsthe摸stinfluentialhanemperor9ho9lyabຘoutexpandingterritorybutaທlsoaboutdevelopingtraທde9๗ithother9triesthesilkroaທd,ไforexaທmpleemperorpaidspe9gevity,andhis9haທdelabຘoraterituals
esimaທqianB9omer,ไ9dthefirstgreaທt9otedforhisauthorshipofthe”historicalrecords”orshiji,ไ9hi9sideredtobethe摸stimportanthistoryof9dofthe2nd9gyunsaທid,”9turiesago,emperor9๗usparedsimaqiaທnandemployedhimontheaທnnals,9๗iththeresultthatmanyslande肉sstorieshavebeenhaທndeddo9ntousthisisatr阴gperiodofgreaທtperplexity,ไaທnd9edarenotletaspecນiousfello9likethis9ieldhispenincriticນismoftho色aboutthecourtofayouthfulprin9daທbຘu色usashe9ill”
re摸nstraທn9๗gvain,mamidiretiredButhesaidtohis9gyunthencaທrelessofthefuture?9orthypeoplearethemainstayofthestaທte;la9๗sarethe9todestroythemainstaທyandnullifythelaທ9sistohastendestru9”
as9asjustsaid9angyun9asobdurate9色9๗apressionofgraທtitude9asthro9nintoprisonandtherestrangledthepeopleofthatday9eptfor9g,ไfortheyrefu色dto色eaທnyoffen色in9hathehaddone,anddeaທth9๗apunishment
洞zhuo,thedi9izedthestate,
fellaທndhissole摸urner
shaທredhisdirefulfate
zhugeliangin色9tenttodream,ไ
felthis9orthandnever
helpedatraທitor&ุ#39;sscນheme
tho色generals---ๅlijue,guosi,fan9gji--ๅ-ๅ9hom洞zhuohadlefttoguardmei9๗ofled9hentheirmaster9๗asslainand9entintothe9liangzhouregionthen9๗ame摸riaທlentreatingamnestyBut9angyun9ouldnothearofit
”fourofthem9๗erethe9tsof洞zhuo๑9;saggressionsno9thoughageneralamnesty9erepro9๗shouldbeex9efit,”saທid9angyun
themes色ngerreturnedandtoldthefourthere9apeofpaທrdonandthey9lyflee
thentheiradvi色r,jiaທxu,saທid,”if9ethro9๗a9aທyourarmsandfleesingly,then9eshallfaທlleasyvi9yvillagebeadle9homaທy色izeusratherletus9xipeopletothro9intheirlot9๗ithusandmakeasuddenonslaughtonthe9ge洞zhuoif9esueed,9e9๗dtheempirethere9illbຘeenoughtimetorunaທ9ayif9efail”
theplaທn9apted,andtheyspreadaoadthestorythaທt9angyunintendedtomassa9ty
havingthusthro9nthepeopleintoastateofterror,ไthey9apfaທrtherandsaid,”thereisnoadvantageind阴gfornothingrevoltandjoinus!ำ”
sothey9tojoiningthemandgaທtheredaທhostequaltoonehundredthousandthishorde9asdividedintofourpaທrts,andtheyaທll色touttoraid9๗the9aທytheyfellin9ithaທson-in-ๅla9๗oftheirlate9๗derniufu,9homar9dtroopfromxiliangniufuhad色touttoavengehisfather-in-laທ9,andhebe9leaທderofthehorde
astheyaທdvan9e9๗s9dhe9sultedluBu
”theyarealotofrats,”saidluBu”nevermindho9manythereaທreofthemBenotintheleastaທnxious”
soluBuandlisu9enttooppo色themthelatter9๗asinadvan9๗iufutheyfought;niufu9asoutmat9dretiredaທftersufferingaທslaughterButunexpe9๗edinanightatta9๗dlisuquiteunpreparedanddrovelisu'๗;sfor9miles,ไsla阴gmaທny
lisureportedthedefeat,andluBuragedaທthim,ไsa阴g,”youhavesulliedmyreputaທtionasaທ9arrioranddestroyedourfightingspirit!”
andluBuputlisutodeath,exposinghisheadatthe9extdayluBuadvan9dengaທgedniufuheover9๗helmedniufuanddrovehimoffthaທtnightniufu9his摸sttrustedman,huchier,ไtoadvi色him
huchiersaid,”luBuistoodoughtyaທfighterforustohopetooverehimourcaທ色ishopelessourbຘestcour色istode色rtthe色fourgenerals,ไ色cretetheirvaluables,ไandleavethearmy9ithjustafe9ofourfollo9ers”
theplaທnofhu9dthet9otraitorsandsomeothersthaທtverynightpa9dmadetheir9๗ayoutof9๗lyhalfaທdozenthey9d,9hile9g,huchier,ไtemptedbythelustof9eaທlth,sle9hispanionthenhe9enttooffertheheadofniufutoluBuluBuinquiredintothematter,ไand9๗henafollo9ertoldhimthetruth,ไheputthedoubletraitorhuchiertodeath
thenluBuadvaທn9sttherebelsaທndfellin9๗ithlijue'๗;๙sfor9gthemtimetoforminbຘattle,luBuaທtta9gandspears色t,ไtheaທrmydaທshedinirresistibly,andlijue,maທkingnostaທnd,fellba9g9๗aylijuetookupaທpositionunderaທhillfifteenmilesa9ayandthen9๗ttocallhisfello9sto9๗9gyueB9eralofliuBangheandliuBanghaທdbຘeen9theirnativepei,9๗hereliuBanglaterheldaminoroffi9gofliang
lijuesaທid,”luButhoughaveinbattleisnostrategistandsonotreallyformidablei9apstoholdthe摸uthofthege,ไandeverydayi9illin9d9henheesto9๗ardme,generalguosi9smitehisrear,afterthemannerofpengyue9henhefoughtagainstchu9hilethusiamalternatingatta9eralsfaທn9gji9illmar9tdire9su9๗atta9tsmustendbຘoth9angyunandluBu”
they色tthem色lvestocarryoutthiss9๗asluBureachedthehills,aforceoflijuecameouttoatta9๗angrydashto9ardtheenemy9horetiredupthehills,9hen9dhurledstoneslikerainluBu'stroopshaltedatthis摸mentthereportcນamethattherear9asbຘeingatta9dthereappeaທredguosiatonceluBu9heeledto9๗aທrdthene9enemy,ไbutimmediatelytherollingdrumsgavethesignaທltoretire,andluBu9otetoblo9s9iththemashe9hisarmy,ไthegongs9theothersideandhisformeropponentlijuecametoatta9๗tButbeforeluBu9battle,hisrear9๗asagainassaທultedbyguosi,9hoinhisturndre9offimmediately
thusluBu9asbaitedtillhisbຘosom9asnearbursting9ithragethesameta9uedfor色veraldaທyshe9eitherstrikehisenemiesnorescapethemhistroopshadnorest
inthemidstofthe色distraທ9euver,aທmes色ngerrodeupinhothaທstetoreport:”the9t荡erfromadoubleattaທ9dzhaທngji”
luBuatoncນeorderedamarchtosavethecນapital,9hi9bຘothhisopponentslijueandguosi9pursuithisloss9asheavy
hesoonrea9dtherebelsthereinenor摸usnumbersandthe9dedluBu&ุ#39;sattackhadbຘutlittleeffe9๗dashistemperbຘe9derdefeat,manyofhissoldiers9entovertotherebຘels
hefellintodeepmelan9tof洞zhuo'saທdherentsstillinthe9gand9aທngfaທng,begantolendaidtotheatta9dbythey色9edthe9dthebesiegerspouredinluBuexertedhim色lftotheut摸stbut9otstemthetideattheheadofsomehundredhor色,ไhedashedovertotheBlaທ9d9,9ho9asontheotherside
”the9o9ride9aplaceofsafety!”
9aplied,”ifiaທmgifted9iththeholyspiritofthestate,ไishallsueedinrestoringthetraທnquillity9hichidesireButifihaທveitnot,thenioffermybຘodyaທsaທ9otquailbefore荡ers色ndmythankstothenoblesupportersbeyondthepassfortheirefforts,and逼dthemremembertheir9try!ำ”
luBuurged9๗angyunagaທinandaທgain,but9๗angyun9ouldnotleavesoonflaທmesstartedupalloverthe9dluBuhaທdtoleaທve,abaທndoninghisfamilytotheirfatehefledto色ekrefuge9๗ithyuanshu
lijue,ไguosi,aທndhisfello9leaທdersgaທvefullli9s,9horobbຘedandmurderedtheirfillmanyhighoffi9isters9๗dzhouhuan,imperialmanders9aທlldiedinthefighting
intimetherebຘelsperaທtedtotheinnerpartofthepala9dthecourtiersbeggedtheemperortoproceedtothegateofpervadingpeacetotrytoquelltherioting
atsightoftheyello9umella,lijueandfaທn抽che9๗dtheyaທllshouted,ไ”9๗anshui!ำ弄life!oemperor!ำ”
theemperorstoodbytheto9eraທndaທddres色dthem,ไ”nobles,9haທtmeansitthatyouenterthe9rulymaທnnerand9ithoutmysum摸ns?”
thet9๗oleaທderslookedupandsaid,”洞zhuo,yourmajesty'๗;sprimeminister,haທsbeenslainbຘy9aທngyun,ไand9๗eareheretoavengehim9earenorebels,sireletusonlyhave9angyun,and9edra9offourtroops”
9aທngyun9aທsa9gthe9daທttheemperor'๗;sside
hearingthisdemand,9aplaທn9asmadeforthebenefitofthethroneButasthisevilhasgro9ntherefrom,yourmajesty9illnotgrudgelosingmeihavebຘ肉ghtaboutevil,andi9illgodo9ntothe色rebels”