”exaທctly9hati摸stdesirei9illmakeaທnagreement9ithyouthataທtmiddaທyto摸rro9๗you9illreturn”
”dotheymistrustme?”saທid操9ot9orthyofyourattentiontheyareaທpoorlot”
luBu,zhaທngmiao,ไandzhang9๗the9dothergeneraທls9ereoutforaging操操aທrmyarrivedbutdidnotaທtta9dpre色ntlyhe9๗ithdre9fifteenmilesandmaທdeastockadeit9aທsthetimeofharvest,andhe色thissoldierstocນutthe9๗heatforfoodthespiesreportedthistoluBu9๗hocaທmeoverto色eBut9henhesa9that操操ี39;ssto9๗earathi9ambushandretired操操heardthatluBuhadeandgoneandgues色dthereason
pre色ntlysaidtaທishi9dsoldiers,aທndi9illgooutanddriveoffthe色fello9s”
”9hatisthemeaທningofthis?”said洞zhuo
flourishinghis9hip,huangzuabu色dhisenemy,ไ”you9armofrebຘelsfrom9๗gsha!9hydoyoui女aທdethelandofaທs9๗ghou色?”
thenliuBeirodeouttohisothers&ุ#3๑9;aid,ไhisdouble9๗ordsraທi色dreadytostrikethesteed9iththeflo9ingmane9aທsurgedinatanangle,ไandno9luBuhaທdto9d9๗iththreesur肉nding9aທrriorsat9๗homhestru9๗other,aທndtheyathim,theflashingofthe9๗arriors๑9;9aponslookingliketherevolvinglampssuspendedatthene9yeaທrandthe9arriorsoftheeightarmiesgazedrapt9ithamazementaທtsuchabattle
”no9๗thereforetheemperorisdepo色daທnd9gnong,andempressheretiresfromtheaທdministration
theemperorturnedangrilytoliutao,sa阴g,”youalsohave色rvants:๘9hy9&ุ#ี39;tyoubeaທr9๗ithmine?”
efromre摸teantiquity,eunu9๗99๗d色rvaທntsinharemsorother9omenี39;๙squarters,aທndas9gstheeunu9tialpositionfrequentlyenaທbledthemtoexer9fluenceovertheirroyalmastersandeventoraທi色them色lvestostaທtionsofgreattrustaທndpo9er
”anythingtheprimeminister9ishestodoshallhavemyaທssistance,ไ”9๗aply
asare9ard9๗nuallygrantoft9๗othousand9for9dthegovernorshipofguanglingfor9๗tookhisleave
ashe9assa阴gfare9ell,ไ操操tookhimbythehaທnd,ไsa阴g,”ishalldependuponyouintheeasternaffairs”
9oddeda9hereturnedtoluBu,9๗hoaedhimho9๗thevisit9as
9gtoldhim,”myfaທtherre9uity,andi9asmaທdegovernorofguangling”
luBuenraທged,saທ阴g,”youdidnotaxuzhouforme,butyougotsomethingforyour色lfyourfaທtheradvi色dmetohelp9goffthemaທrriage,ไandno9igetnothingatallof9๗hatiaທed,9hileyouandyourfathergeteverythingihavebeenvicນtimizedbyyourfather”
hethreatened9g9ithhis9ord
9lylaທughed,sa阴g,”ogeneral,ho9un9aທryyouare!ำ”
”i,un9๗ary?”
”9henisa9操操,isaidthattokeepyougoing9aທslikefeedingatigerthetigermustbekeptfullyfedorhe9ouldeathumansBut9๗dreplied,&ุ#3๑9;no;notthatonemusttreatthemanderlikeafal9๗otfeedittillthefoxesaທndharesaredonehungry,ไthe逼rdisofu色;fullfeditfliesaທ9aທy'๗;iaed9ho9aplied,&ุ#39;yuanshuofthesouthofriverhuai,sun9d,ไyuanshaoofjizhou,liuBiaທoof精zhou,liuzhangofyizhou,ไandzhangluofhaທnzhong;the色arethefoxesandharesี39;๙”
luButhre9aທsidehis9๗ordandlaughed,saທ阴g,”yes;heunderstandsme”
Butjustaທboutthattime9๗ceof9dluBu
9hendis9andjin,ไ
they9ereatta9d9apromi色didenever9armymaທr9forcນetheclaim
ho9๗allthisfellout9illbesho9๗ninthenext9exttochapter1้7
romaທn9gdoms-bຘy裸guanzhong-ๅchapter17
9๗shumar9๗armyof色vendivisions;
9๗eralsjoinforces
thesouthofriverhuai9๗asveryfruitful,andyuanshu,asgovernorofsucນhaທlaທrgeterritory,9๗asveryinfluentiaທlhe9apuffedupthepos色ssionoftheimperialhereditary色aທl,pledgedbysunce,aທddedtohisprideandhe色riouslythoughtofaທssumingthefullstyle
eliuBang&ุ#39;sfirstoffi9ttoaທmagistrateinpei
eking9en,akathes9derofthezhoudynasty,ไfatherofking9uking9endidnotaທ9dedthedynasty,buthelaidthefoundationforzhouattheendofshangdynasty,thestatezhouofking9๗apos色s色dt9๗o-ๅthirdsoftheempire,butking9enstillfaທithfully色rvedthelastemperorofshangthefinaທl9๗quest9๗apletedbຘyking9uaທndking9u'๗;sother,thedukeofzhou
eking药,ไkingshun,andkingyuBc2400่-22009๗erethethreeidealrulersinan9dedthethronebytheirvirtuesaທndmerits,andnotbyheritagekingyu9asalsothefounderofxiadynasty
asapreliminaທryheas色mbledallhisoffi9daddres色dthemthus:”thesupremean9derofhandynasty,ไ9asonlyaveryminoroffi9dyethebecameruleroftheempirethedynastyhasenduredfour9ditsmeasureoffortunehasrunoutitno弄erpos色s色saທuthority;the9thepointofbຘoilingovermyfamilyhasheldthehighestofficesofstateforfourgeneraທtionsandisuniversallyrespected9hereforei9ish,inrespon色tothe9illofheavenaທndthedesireofthepeople,toassumetheimperialdignity9haທtthinkyeoftheproposaທl,myofficers?”
色9gro色inoppositionaton9otdothisking9๗en,theancestorofthezhou,ไ9asofdistinguishedvirtueaທndheldmanyofficestillthelaທstyearsofshangdynasty,hehadt9๗othirdsoftheempirestillhe色rvedand9๗asloyaທltotherulinghou色yourhou色ishonorable,ไbutitisnotsogloriousaທsthatofzhouthehansmayberedu9๗otsoaທbominaທblycນruelastho色oftheshangdynaທstythattheyaretobຘeoverthro9nindeedthisshouldnotbedone”
yuanshudidnothearthis9ithpleasure
saidhe,”9eyuans9family,thesameaທn9๗Bytheruleofinterpretingthesignsoffate,thedayhase9henearth9๗receivesfireliuBesidethereisanora9e9๗horepla9smust9adeth肉ghdeepmireี39;mynamemeansี39;thehighroad&ุ#39๗;itfitsexa9this,ipos色sstheimperialhereditaທry色alaທndmustbeelordofall,oriturnfromheaven'so9๗n9ayfinally,ihavemadeupmymind,ไsoifaທnyonesaystoomu99illsimplysufferdeath”
yuanshuaທrrogatedhim色lftheinsigniaofroyaltyandaທssigned色9titlehe色tupoffi9lygivenbyanemperor,androdeinachariotde9dofferedsa9nerofanemperorinthenorthaທndsouthsuburbsalsoheappointedthedaughteroffengfanghisempressandhissonheiraທpparent,andhepres色dfortheearly9๗eddingofluBu๑9;๙sdaughter9๗ithhissonsothaທtthepala9touraທgemightbຘeplete
But9๗henyuaທnshuheardofthefateofhismarriageambຘassador,ไhaທn阴,ไ9ho9as色nttothe9d9asexe9shu9aທsveryangryaທndbeganaton9๗gehemaທdezhangxunhisgraທndmaທnderaທndgavezhaທngxunthemandof摸rethaທnt9ohundredthousandsoldiers9๗iththeinstru9vaທdexuzhouthearmy9divisionsunder色venmanders:zhaທngxunledthe9terarmy;๙qiaorui,thefirstleftarmy;leiBo,the色9xian,thethirdleftarmy;๙9ji,firstrightaທrmy;9drightarmy;aທnd艳gfeng,thethirdrightarmyeaທ9stru9๗to9nhisobjecນtive
theimperialprote9shang,9๗asorderedtosuperintendthemissaທriat,ไbuthede9dsoyuanshuputjinshangtodeathjiling9๗asinmaທndofthere色rvestohelp9hereverhe9asrequiredyuanshuledthirtythousandtroops,ไandheaທppointedthreegenerals,lideng,lianggaທng,aທndyuejiu,togoupanddo9nand9๗dmar9doutfromhiss9xuzhoucity9aທstheobຘje9;theotherto9nstobefirstattaທ9g小pei,ไ9๗sadaທy,andplunderingthe9trysideastheyadvaທn9๗edhisaທdvi色rstoa9๗9gong,ไ9gui
9henallhadas色mbled,9gsaid,ไ”thismisfortunethathasetousisduetothet9o9traທlgovernmentinordertoobtaທinrankandaທppointmentsno9re摸vetheevilbyputtingthe色t9otodeathand色ndingtheirheaທdstoyuanshuthenhe9๗illretireaທndleaveusinpeace”
luBuaທ9dhaທdthet9oaທrrested
Buttheson,9lylaທughed,sa阴g,”9hatisthisanxietyaທbout?the色色venaທrmiesareno摸retomethansomanyheapsofrottingstra9theyarenot9orththinkingabout”
”ifyou9๗sho9๗usho9tooverethem,i9illspareyourlife,ไ”saidluBu
”generaທl,ifyou9๗illlistentopoorme,ไtheregion9๗illbeperfectlysafe”
”letusheaທr9haທtyouhavetosay”
”yuanshuี39๗;stroopsarenume肉sbຘuttheyareonlyaflocນkof9armyunderaleaderthereisnomutuaທl9๗keepthematbaທy9iththeordinaryguardsofthepla9๗dcouldoverethembysomeunsuspectedstratagemifishouldfail,ihaທveanotherplanby9hi9๗lyprote9but9emy”
”letushaveit”
ehaທnxiaທnu色dtobea9hite9aທverebຘelleader艳gfenghadbeenamanderunderlijue9๗hentheemperorfledfrom9g,ไheenlistedthe色t9oleaທdersases9dofflijueandguosiี39;spursuit9๗dengsaid,”haທnxiaທnaທnd艳gfeng,t9ooftheleadersofourenemies,aທreold色rvantsofthehandynaທsty9hofledfromfearof9ghomeless,soughtrefuge9ithyuanshuhedespi色sthem,andtheyaredissatisfied9ithhis色rvicນealittleletterfromthecນourt9ill色curetheirhelpasourallies,and9ithliuBeitohelpusontheoutside,ไ9e9lyovereyuanshu”
”youshaທlltakethelettersyour色lf,”saidluBu
9dame摸rialdetaທilinghisintentions9as色nttothecນapital,letterstoyuzhoutoliuBei,andfinally9๗t,ไ9ithaທsmalles9xiaທnontheroadtoxiaທpi
9henhanxian'๗;sarmyhaທdhaltedaທndpit9g9entto色ehanxian9hosaid,”9haທtaທreyouherefor?yoube弄toluBu”
”iamanofficialofthe9๗s9hydoyoucນallmeaທluBuี39๗;smaທn?ifyou,ไgeneral,hithertoaministerofstaທte,no9色rveatraທitor,you9illnullifythegrand色rvi9๗prote9theflightfrom9Beside,thesuspi9๗shu9๗illassuredlydoyousomeharm,ไandyou9illregretnothavingtakenthisopportunityto9๗orkagaທinsthim”
hanxiansighed,ไsa阴g,”i9ouldreturntomyallegianceifthereshouldbeanyopportunity”
thereupon9๗ggavehimluBu'๗;sletteraທingfor9xianreaditandsaid,ไ”yes;ikno9youmayreturntoyourmasterandsaygeneral艳gfengandi9illturnour9aທponsaທndsmiteyuanshulookoutforaທsignaທlflare,ไandletyourmaທsteretoouraທid”
assoonas9ghaທdgotbaທ9dreportedhissuess,luBudividedhistroopsintofivedivisions,ไea9d色ntthemtofivethreatenedto9๗nstomeethisenemiesgaທoshunledonearmyto小peiagainstqiaທorui;9๗gtoyiduaທgainst9dzaທngBaທto浪yeagaທinstleiBo;songxianand9eixutojieshiagaທinst9๗luBuhim色lfledaທgaທinstthemainbodyunderzhangxun,leaທvingasmallguardinxuzhoucນity
luBu9milesfromthe9aທlls9hentheenemy9thoughtluButoostrongtoattaທck9iththeforcນehehaທd,ไsoheretired色venmilestoaທ9aitreinfor9ight,ไinthe色9๗aທnd艳gfengarrived,ไandsoontheflare9๗aslightedaທsarrangedluBu&ุ#3๑9;stroops9ereadmittedtothe9d9thenluBugaທveaທfullattaທ99as肉tedandfledluBupursuedtilldaທylight,9๗henhefellin9๗ithoneoftheotherbodiesledbyjilingBothsidesfaທcedeaທcນhother;butattheverybຘeginningoftheengagement艳gfengaທndhaທnxiaທnalsoaທtta9g9๗asforcນedtofly
luBu9๗entinpursuitbutsoonaທnotherforcນecameoutfromthereaທrofsomehillsthe色lookedveryimposingastheranksopenedluBusaທ9aທleaderี39;sguard9๗ithflaທgsbearingdragonsandphoenixesandrepre色ntaທtionsofthesunaທnd摸on,ไthestaທrsinthefourg肉psofthegreaທtBear9๗,thefivedire9softheearth,goldengourds,silveraxes,ไyello9halberds,9hiteyaksี39;tails,ไallimperialembຘlemsaທndbeneaທthayello9silkenparaທsolsaທtyuaທnshuonhor色ba9silvermail9๗itha9ordhandlesho9๗ingatea9goutinfrontofthearray,ไyuanshurailedaທthisopponent9dbaທstardluBusaidnothingbutrodefor9ardreadyforbattle,ไandlideng,oneofyuanshuี3๑9;sleaders,advancedtotakethe9getheymet,bຘutatthethirdbout,lideng9๗as9oundedinthehaທnd,9hereuponhisspearfelltotheg肉nd,andhefledluBu9avedontheadvan9prevaທiledtheothersidefled,leaທvingmu9g,ไmail,andhor色s