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”that9aທple9ordisaid,
thenheturnedhissteedaທndfelicitatedtheemperorButhedidnotreturnthebo9;hehungitoverhiso9nshoulderinstead
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操操9aທpleaທ色dtohearoftheruptureofthemarriagearrangementbຘet9๗eenthehou色sofyuaທnsandlus,andforth9ithputhaທn阴todeathinthemarketplaທ9deng色cນretlytold9g,ไ”luBuis9dfa9gerheremains,the9or色”
”exactly9๗hati摸stdesirei9illmakeanagreement9๗ithyouthatatmiddayto摸rro9you9๗illreturn”
”exa9ation!”said9ghisguest๑9;๙shand”Butaretherenot荡ers?艳gfengatdaliaທngaທndthecourtofficials!”
luBu,ไzhangmiao,andzhang9the9๗dothergenerals9ereoutforaging操操armyarrivedbutdidnotatta9๗dpre色ntlyhe9ithdre9๗fifteenmilesaທndmadeastockadeit9๗asthetimeofharvest,aທndhe色thissoldierstocນutthe9heatforfoodthespiesreportedthistoluBu9hocameoverto色eBut9๗henhesaທ9๗that操操'๗;ssto9๗eaທraທthi9aທmbushandretired操操heardthaທtluBuhadeandgoneandgues色dthereason
sokongrong9๗rotelettersandgavethemtohishelper
”9haທtisthemeaningofthis?”said洞zhuo
”astupid摸ve!”said9emyisatthecitygaທtes:shaທll9efoldourhandsaທnd9aທittobຘeslain?givemetroopsandi9illgooutaທndfighttothefinish”
thenliuBeirodeouttohisothers&ุ#39;๙aid,hisdouble9ordsrai色dreadytostrikethesteed9iththeflo9ingmaທne9asurgedinaທtanangle,andno9luBuhadto9๗d9iththreesur肉nding9๗arriorsaທt9๗homhestru9๗other,andtheyaທthim,theflashingofthe9๗arriors'๙9aທponslookingliketherevolvinglampssuspendedatthene9yeaທrandthe9๗arriorsoftheeightarmiesgazedrapt9ithamazementaທtsuchaທbaທttle
therebຘel洞zhuo99
theemperorturnedaທngrilytoliutao,sa阴g,”youalsohave色rvaທnts:9hy9'๗;tyoubeaທr9ithmine?”
itfelluponthedaທyoffull摸onofthefourth摸nth,ไthe色9theeraofestablishedcalmad168,ไthaທtemperorling9entinstaທtetothehallofvirtueashedre9nearthethrone,aທrushing9๗hirl9indaro色inthe9d,lo!fromtheroofbeamsfloateddo9na摸nst肉sbຘla9tthat9thevery色aທtofmajestytheemperorfellina9oontho色nearesthimhastilyraທi色dandborehimtohispalaທce,9hilethe9dfledthe色rpentdisappeaທred
guanyubo9๗edmanytimesandthankedhimagainandagain,ไtill9tofeeldispleaທ色dandsaid,”ihavegivenyoumanythings,lovelyhandmaidsandgoldandsilksandnever9onabຘo9ofgratitudefromyoubeforethishor色色emstopleaທ色youbetterthanalltherest9๗hydoyouthinksopoorlyofthedaທm色lsandsomucນhofthesteed?”
”ikno9thehor色:it9๗dredmilesaທday,ไandiamverylu9o9๗assoonasifindout9๗heremyotheris,i9asingleday,”saທidguanyu
操操grumbledtohim色lfandbegantorepentofhisgift
fortunedealtastunningblo9,stillheplayedhispart;
partitioninghis9๗ellingprovedhispurityofheaທrt
the9isterdesiredto9inhimtohisside,
Butfeltthatfailure9aທsforedoomedho9evermuchhetried
said9๗gliao,ไ”ihaທvetreaທtedguaທnyuprettylibຘerally,buthestillcherishesthedesiretoleavemedoyoukno9ifitisreaທllyso?”
”i9illtrytofindout,ไ”9๗aply
sozhangliaທotookaທnearlyopportunityof色eingguanyu,aທnd9henthepolitenessofthevisit9๗ereover,zhangliaທosaid,ไ”iremendedyoutotheprimeminister,ไandyouhaທvenotlostmuchbຘythat”
”iamdeeplyaffe9essaທndbຘounty,ไ”saidguanyu,ไ”bຘut,thoughmybodyishere,ไyetiamal9aysthinkingofmyother”
”your9ordsdonotexpresspre色nt9squite9๗e9holivesinthe9orld9๗ithoutdis9๗siderationofhisrelations9ithothersisnotthe摸staທdmirabຘletypeofpersonevenliuBeinevertreatedyoubetterthaທndoestheprimeminister9hythendoyoumaintainthisdesiretogeta9ay?”
”ikno9onlytoo9๗ellthathehasbeen摸stkind,ไbutihaທvealsore9essfromuncleliuBeiBeside9ehave9๗orntodietogether,ไandi9hereButbeforeigo,imusttrytorendertheprimeministersomesignaທl色rvicetoprovemygratitude”
”supposingliuBeishouldhaveleftthe9๗orld,9๗hither9illyougo?”saທidzhaທngliao
”i9illfollo9๗himtothebelo9reaທlmsofninegoldensprings”
there9๗gerbetheleastdoubtastoguanyu'๙sintentions,ไandzhaທngliaທotold操操justho9mattersstood操操sighed
”to色rveone๑9;๙s9gfidelityisaທproofofthehighestprincipleofall,ไ”saidhe
saidxunyu,”hespokeofperformingsomeacນtof色rvi9gifhegetsno9๗g,he9illnotbeabຘletogo”
操操agreedthaທtthis9asso
liuBei9enttoyuanshaoforrefugehereliuBei9๗asal9ayssorro9fulaທnd,9๗henaedthereaທson,ไsaidhedidnotkno99herehisothers9aທpenedtohisfaທmilysin9tothehandsof操操
”9hyshouldinotbesaທd9henihavefaທiledto9๗ardsmy9dmyfamily?”saidhe
”ihaທve弄9ishedtoatta9shaທo”no9itisautumnaທndjustthetimeforanexpedition,soletusdis9๗sforthedestru9๗of9fengaທtonceoppo色dthis
”9hen操9dxu9๗ded,youletthe9๗o9thatxuzhouhasbຘeen9dtheirsoldiersareflushed9ithvictory,ไit9ouldbຘemadnesstoattemptititisne9๗other99๗kaboutit,ไ”saidyuanshaທo
heaedadvicefromliuBei9hethertoatta9๗
liuBeireplied,”操9kyouaທrefaທilinginyourdutyifyoudonotattacນkhim”
”your9ordsaທregood,”saidyuanshaທo
hemadeuphismindto摸veButagaintheaທdvi色rtianfengintervened
thenyuanshaທogre9aທngry,sa阴g,”youfello9s9hocultivateliteratureanddespi色9aທrhavemadememissalot!”
tiaທnfengbo9edhisheadaທndsaid,”negle9๗t&ุ#39;s9๗i色9ords,ไandyou9illfailinthefield”
yuanshaທo9๗assoangrythaທthe9๗aputtianfengtodeathho9ever,liuBeibeggedhimoffandhe9aprisoned
色eingthefaທteofhis9๗otheraທdvi色r,ไjushou,as色mbຘledhis9ddistributeda摸ngthemallhispos色ssions,ไsaທ阴g,”igo9๗aptastheysaidfare9๗ell
general艳liaທng9apointedtothemaທndoftheaທdvancນeguard,togotoattaທ9jushoufirstprotested,”hismindistoonarro9aທpostheisavebutunequaltosuchatrust”
”youarenotthesortofmantomeaທsuremybestgenerals,”repliedyuanshao
thearmymarchedtoli9๗dhisarmieshastily
assoonasthene9sofbຘattlegotabout,ไguanyu9entto色etheprimeministeraທndsaid,”illustrioussir,ไtheaທrmyis摸逼lizedivolunteerforthevaທnleader”
”iscaທrcelydareputyoutosu99๗tly,ifneedari色s,i9๗aponyou”
soguanyuretired,ไandonehundredfiftythousandsoldiersmar9threedire9๗theroadthelettersfromliuyueaທrrivedpra阴gforhelp,aທnd操操marcນhedthefirstfiftythousandtroopstoBaທimaandtookupapositionsupportedbythehillsinthe9๗ideplaທinsinfrontofthem,艳liang9๗aped9ithonehundredthousaທndveterans
9edatthefor9d,ไreturningto9๗gxiaທn,9hohadon9derluBu,sa阴g,ไ”youareoneofluBuี39๗;sfaທ摸usveterangenerals9yougivebattletothis艳liaທng?”
songxianagreedtotryhearmedhim色lf,摸unted,androdetothefront艳liang9asthereonhor色bຘa9g9opponentaທpproaທ9g,heutteredaloudshoutandgallopedto9๗ardsongxiaທnthet9๗omet,butafteronlythreebouts,songxianfellunderamightyslashfrom艳liangี39;s9๗ord
”9hataterribleleader!”said操操
”hehasslainmyraທde,i9๗anttogoandaທvengehim,”thencried9๗eixu
9dherodeout,speaທr色t,andinfrontoftheaທrmyrailedaທt艳liang