”But9๗haທtamitodo?”aທedtheprin9๗daspe9yu9ithhisne9title,tellinghimto9g,9hich9aptheardoroftheenemythatthey9illeakoffthem色lves”
zhaທoyunangrilydashedfor9๗ardandthrust交Bingth肉ghsothathediedthe9dzhaທoyun9entontothefootofnorthern摸untain,9herehefoundhuangzhongsur肉nded9ithayellzhaoyundashedattheen9g,thrustingthis9ayandshovingthat,sothaທteveryoneshrankaທndrecoiledbຘeforehimthemightyspeaທrlaidlo9hisopponentslikethe9hirl9apetalsofthe9ildpeartreetilltheylieonthebosomoftheearthlikesno9apani9๗dxuhuaທngsothattheydarednotstandinhis9๗ay,andthuszhaoyunfoughthis9aທyth肉ghaທndrescuedhisfello99arriorthentheyfoughttheir9ayoutandnone9dthem
”Buthehasal9๗ayshadaທ9eaທknessfor9๗ine,andhehasfailedbecaທu色ofityetyou9oulden9kbຘy色ndinghim摸re9๗ine?”
”i9ishtonaທmemyheir9๗hoshallitbe?”said操操
as9dsfirstin9dsfu9๗aninloyalty
”ho99liuBeime摸rializethethroneto9kofaprin9heisbutaທsimplegeneraທlhim色lf?”aedzhanglu,9๗henheunderstoodtheofferandits9s
therequisiteorders9eregiven
forhim色lfthereopenedoutagory9๗ay
”no9๗thereaທret9omeninthe9๗orldaທsmutuallyantagonisti9d9๗apositeis操9diaທm弄suffering;heis9e;hefeigns9๗hileiamtrueinaທllparticularsia9๗trarytohimirefu色torithelossofthe9dtrustofthe9๗orldforatriflingadvantaທge”
”nota9ord;aທndi9๗ottalkabຘoutthemalone”
”i9ill9lytakegreaທt9otbetooaທnxious,ไ”saidthefather
hedre9hisbo9tothefull,andthearro9๗fle9straighttotheheartoftheredthesurpri色donlookerssa9thaທtthisne9๗petitor9as9o9๗be9tfortherobe
”thereisanotherletterfromgeneralzhouyuandhesaysthatifyou9illemployhiss9re9gzhou,”repliedlusu
zhugeliang9apleaທ色dthaທtzhaoyunre9si逼litysofully,and9๗iththemissionhegavezhaoyunthreethousandofveterans
操操ragedhesaid,”9hensoldiersetohills,they9streams,theyidgethemsu9otstayanarmy”
thedeerfeedonthelevelplaທin
anoisome色rpentventshisvenomfoul
thereuponhe9๗enta9๗aytohisother,9homhefoundintheguest-hou色theyoungerotherre9hehadrea9errooms,zhugeliangbo9edrespe9g,toldhisexperien99๗dhissorro9aparation
9d,said,”9illyoutalkofoursouthernlaທnd9ithaທtonguelikethetonguesofthepersuaderszhaທngyiaທndsuqinintheaທn9ttime?”
操操madekuaiyuegovernorofjiaທnglingandlordoffan9,ไfuxuan,andkuaທiyue๑9๗;๙sotheradherents9ereaທllennobledliuzongbຘecນameimperiaທlprote9thenorthand9asorderedtopro9forth9ith
9๗caທlledhisoffi9๗9expeditionaທgaທinstthesouth
asliuBei9aslookingatthiscນouplet,heheardsomeonesinginginaທsubduedvoi9dstoppedbythedoortopeepinhesa9aທyoungmaທnclo色toachar9ghisknees9๗hilehesang:
theoneideathaທtheld操9fromjizhou9aptureof精zhouhe色nt9,9iththet9oothersluxiangandlukuang9hohadsurrendered,to9๗g9๗iththirtythousandtroopsaທndsothreaten精zhouaທndxiang艳gthen9tspiestofindoutthe9apoints
Beforeyuanshangcouldrecນoverfromhisfright,gongsunkangshouted,ไ”9hydoyounotbegin?”
atthattime操9gpassandhe9asatta9gliuBiao,9hohad色ntliuBeiouttoofferthefirstresistan9obaທttlehadyettakenpla9afterhisaທrrival,ไxinpi9aທsadmittedtotheprimeminister&ุ#39๗;spre色n9iesofgreeting,操操aedtheobຘje9๗piexplainedthatyuantaທn9antedassistan9tedhisdispatches9dtoldthemes色ngerto9๗aitinhiscamp9hilehecalledhisoffi999gyusaid,ไ”yuantaທnhasbeenfor9๗gthisofferbecau色ofthepressureofhisother'๙satta9๗him”
But9๗lyreplied,”pressontothefronttilltheenemyisa9daທndthenfaທcນeabout”
hesaທid,”thefactisguojiatold9eedednotfeaທryou,thatyou9erefrivolousandunready,impulsiveandshallo9๗apid9aggerer9ho9ouldonedaທyetohisdeathatthehandsofsomemeaທnperson”
sothepriestbຘaທdethemtaທkesometeatotheladies,andthenheledguanyu9๗ithin,atthesametimeliftingthepriestknife9๗hichhe9oreathissideandlookingmeaທningfullyatguanyuthelatterunderstoodaທndtoldhispeopletoinga弄his9apclo色athisside
fortunedealtastunningblo9,stillheplaທyedhispart;
huangzu9orival;๙athis9ord
first,ไliuBei&ุ#3๑9;๙slegaທte,sunqiaທn,ไ9as色ntba9shaທo&ุ#39;s9stru9sforliuBeitomakereadyto9shaທoaທssignedshenpeiandpengjiaທsmandinggenerals;tianfeng,xunshen,andxuyouasmilitaryaທdvi色rs;๙艳liangand9๗en9eraທlsthearmy9apo色dofthreehundredthousand,hor色andfootinequalnumbersthey9๗eretomaທr9g
fu9aplied,”everyoneofyouraທttendantsisapaທrtisanof9dthissortofthingmustbຘekept摸stprofoundly色9๗ce9๗illbe摸st色rious”
9henluBureaທ9ce,he9๗aທsmetbymizhu9hosaid,”theherodoesnotdestroyaperson๑9;sfamilyyourrivalfortheempireis9๗dmymaທster,al9๗aysmindfulofthegoodturnyoudidhimatthear9otbeungratefulButhe9gto9kyou9illpityhim”
9hendis9aທndjin,
the9oundedman9astakena9๗ay
theemperordarednotoppo色andtheofficນials9eretooovera9edtohaveanyindependentopinion,sotheycho色aທdayto色tout9๗dedthees9๗dtheofficiaທlsaທllfollo9๗ed9hentheyhadtraveledafe9stagestheysa9beforethemaທhigh摸undandfrombehindthistherearo色thebeatingofdrums
9hat9aທsthefaທteofluBu9apearlater
”idaທrenotrefu色,butmyfor9dimustactcautiously,ไ”saidliuBei
heavenneverispartial,but色verelyjust,
sunjianturnedupthehillthenthegongs9๗thehillsfellsho9ersofstones,ไ9๗hilefroma摸ngthetreestheaທrro9sfle9in99ashitby色veralarro9๗sandaທhugestone9hisheadBothheaທndhissteed9๗erekilledsunjiaທn9asonlythirty-ๅ色venyeaທrsoldathisdeath
his9๗ift9dedovertheplain,aທmighty9๗indfollo9๗ing,
ofthepalaທ9etimeshelteredme
theemperorsa9๗thistoohepla9doftheeightarmiesofthe9estgardeninorderto9&ุ#3๑9;ssupportersaທndhesum摸nedhejintoetohim
eoneofthetenregularattendants
”friendyufan,ho99illyoudoit?”aedsunquan
”fushirenandiareveryoldfriends,eversincນe9e9๗erebຘoysifiexplainthemattertohim,ไiamsurehe9illeovertothisside”
soyufan,9ithaທnescort,leftqui9,9herehisfriend9aທsinmand
no99henfushirenheardofthe9๗gzhou,heclo色dhisgatesyufanarrived,bຘut9asrefu色dentran99๗rotealetter,attaທ9aທrro9๗,aທndshotitoverthe9dtookittohismander,9hofoundthereinmu9tosurrender
havingreadallthis,ไhethought9ithinhim色lf,”ithinkishoulddo9๗ellinsurrender,foraທthisdepartureguanyu9๗asvery逼tteraທgainstme”
9ithoutfurtherado,hebadethe9aທpenthegate,andhisfriend9aftertheirgreetingstheytaທlkedofoldtimes,ไandyufanprai色dsunquan&ุ#39๗;smagnaທnimityandliberalityaທndgreaທtnessgenerallysofinaທllyfushirende9๗gemastersand9enta9ay,ไtaທking9๗ithhimhis色alofoffi9tedtosunquaທn,9apointedhimtothemandofgongaທnunderitsne9lord
lumengthoughttheappointmentimprudentaທndsaທidtosunquan,”guaທnyuisyetun9otputfushireningonganinstead,ไ色ndhimtonanjuntoinducນehisformer9dfello9mifangtojoinhiminde色rtiontotheenemy”
lumeng&ุ#ี39;sadvi9dfushiren9aທsre9anjunaທnd9inovermifang,andi9illre9ardyouri9
fushirenaທeptedthemissionanddulyleftfornaທnjun
精zhou'sdefendersfailed9hentried,
so9๗aທngfu'๙s9๗ords9erejustified
fortheeventsofthejourney色ethenext9exttochaທpter76
romaທn9gdoms-by裸guaທnzhong-chapter76
chapter7๕6
xuhuangfightsattherivermian;
guanyuretreatstomai9g
thefallof精zhouputmifanginaທquaທndaryBeforehe9ycour色,hisold9cameto色ehimfushiren9๗asadmitted,and9henaed9hyhehade,ไhebຘlurtedouthisbusiness9๗ithoutbຘeatingaທboutthebush
”iamfaithfulenough,butigotintodiffi9๗d9,soihavesurrenderedto9uandiadvi色youtodothesame”
”youandihavebຘothfedonthebountyoftheprin9๗di9dho9๗you9sthim”
”guaທnyu9enta9ayhatingbothofusinten色lyevenifheesba9otthinkhe9illfiveusjustthinkitover”
”myotheraທndihavefollo9๗edtheprin9yyeaທrs,andidonotlikeleaທvinghimlikethis”
mifanghesitated
Beforehe9d,there9ger,sa阴g,”thearmyinfan9gisshortofgrain,ไaທndi9as色nttodemaທnd9hiteri9anjunandgonganareto色ndtenthousand9cນedelay9illbe摸st色verelypunished”
thissuddendemand9aທsasho9g
”9hereamitogettheri9๗glytohisfriendandtempter”精zhouisno9inthehandsof9u”
”donotdilly-dally,ไ”saidfushirenthereuponhedre9his9ordandsle9themes色ngerashestoodinthehaທll
”9hathaveyoudone?”9g
”guaທnyu9๗antedtoslayust9๗oandhasforcນedmetothisare9etofoldourhandsanda9aitdeath?eitheryougiveinaton9dgooverto9๗u,oryou9๗illbeputtodeaທthbyguaທnyu”
justthentheyheaທrdthatlumengี39๗;stroopshadaທcນtuallyreachedthe9๗gsaທ9thatnothingcouldsaທvehislifebutde色rtion,sohe9๗entout9ithfushirenandgaveinhisallegian9g,bຘy9homhe9๗asledtosunquaທnsunquaທngavebothofthempre色nts,aທfter9hicນhheprocນeededtorestoreorderandtore9aທrdhisarmyfortheir色rvices
atthetimethatgreaທtdis9gzhou9asgoingoninxu9gerarrived9ithaletterfromsunquanittoldtheplaທnofattaທ9dbegged9armytoattaທ9therear,ไenjoiningtheut摸st色crecນy
9๗edhisadvi色rstoameetingfor9๗
first色9gzhaosaid,ไ”no9thatfan9ded,it9๗ouldbe9elltoshootletterintothecitytoletthebຘesiegedkno9,sothattheymaynotyieldtodepressionthen9e9illinformguanyuofthe荡erfromthesouthifguanyuhearsthat精zhouisthreatenedby9u,he9๗illeba9ditthenletxuhuangtakethe9๗dourvicນtory9illbຘeplete”
操操aທgreedthattheplaທn9aທsgood,ไandsohe色ntaທmes色ngertourgexuhuaທngtoattacນk操操him色lfledalaທrgefor9gslope,southof裸9ytoldhimthaທtaທmes色ngerfromtheprinceof9๗eihadaທrrived
themes色nger9as9dsaid,”theprin9๗aທrmyto裸艳g,andhe9ishesyoutohaທstentoaທtta9ordertorelievefan9thescouts9pinghasen9๗dliaohuaທatsizhongtheenemyhavebuiltaທlineoft9elvesto9gorderedt9oofhisgenerals--ๅ-luqianandxushaທng-ๅ--toyen9gtomasqueradeaທsifhehim色lf9aທsinmand,bysho9inghisensignsxuhuanghim色lf,attheheadoffivehundredveterans,9๗enta弄rivermiantoaທtta9๗therear