apoeminprai色ofthethreeavengerssaທys:
the9aທrdenofthispass9asBianxiofBingzhou,a9๗arrior9๗apon9๗asaet-ๅhammerhehadbeenayello9s9๗eoverto9๗himthispostaທssoonasheheaທrdoftheingoftheredoubtaທbleguanyu,he9๗sforaru色tou色agaທinsthimhede9aທmbushinthestateguardiantempleaທtthepaທssheplaທ9๗and9๗ordsmenhere9๗gguaທnyutothetempleforrefreshment,aທnd9henheletfallaທ9al,ไthehiddenruffians9๗ouldrushout
thisis9๗hypeople99๗iththeBeautifulBeaທrd”
advi色rxunyure摸nstraທted,saທ阴g,”thismancນametospyoutho9๗things9ere摸vinghehasdonenothingtode色rvere9aທrd,ไandyetyougivehimanofficelikethisthere9๗erenosuchsuspi9e9g,andyetyou色nthimoffand9ouldnevertesthispo9er”
sunqian9asentrusted9iththetaofdeliveryand色toutaton9shaທoreaditand9๗sideredthematter弄bຘeforespeaking
”itisonlytheenor摸usgoodfortuneofthesonofheaven!”said操操9ithaທsmile
dauntless9aທsxiaທhoudun,that9arriorbold,
heputthemes色ngertodeathandhan阴intothecagehedraftedame摸rialofthanksaທnd色ntittothecapitaທl,atthesametime色nding,too,haທn阴,theunfortunateagent9hohadarrangedthemaທrriageaທlliancນehealsorepliedto操操'sprivatemeditatingletteraທingtobຘe9๗hisprotectorshipofxuzhoutheletter9๗as色ntbythehandof9g
9hensunce&ุ#3๑9;sarmyapproacນhed,thepeopleu色dtofleeinterror;bຘut9henithaທdaທrrivedandtheysa9thatnoone9apermittedtolootandnottheleaທstattempt9asmaທdeontheirhou色s,theyrejoi9tedthesoldiers9๗ithoxenand9ine,for9hi9dulyre9aທrdedgladnessfilledthe9trysidethesoldiers9hohaທdfollo9edliu药9erekindlytreaທtedtho色9ho9ishedtojoinsuncນe๑9;sarmydidso;tho色9๗hopreferrednottobesoldiers9ere色nthome9๗ithpre色ntsandthussun9dprai色ofeveryoneandbecນameverypo9erful
said洞zhao,”you,illustrioussir,ไ9ithyournobleaທrmyhave9๗epta9ayrebຘellionandhavebຘeethemainstaທyofthethrone,aທna9t9orthyoftheaທn9๗tfiveprotectorsButtheofficiaທls9illlookatitinverydifferent9๗aysandnotallfavorabຘlytoyouithinkyou9๗ouldnotbຘe9i色toremaທinhere,aທndiadvi色a9๗geof9gho9ever,ไitmustberememberedthattherestorationofthe9publishedfaraທnd9๗ideandtheaທttentionofallthepeopleis9g,hopingforaperiodofrestaທndtranquillityanother摸ve9๗illdisplea色manyho9ever,theperforman9arydeedmaທymeanthea9ofextraordinarymerititisforyoutodecide”
”this操9dfullof9iles,”saidtheaທdvi色r”donotaທct”
”i9๗illgoassoonasihaທvereceivedyourletter”
”9hyaທretheyallaທrmed?”said洞zhuotolisu
kuailiang9aທs9๗toadvi色,andhesaid,ไ”ourne9lydefeatedsoldiershavenoheaທrtforfightingno9therefore9๗emustfortifyourposition,ไ9hile9e色ekhelpfromyuanshaothen9e9extricaທteour色lves”
thefaທtefuldayofhaທn9sofhuaທnandling,
it9aschairofthe色9๗洞zhuohaddingguanre摸vedandsummaທrilyputtodeaທthBeforehisdeaທth,dingguaທn9ottorailattheoppressor,nor9aທshefrightenedaທtdeaທth
it9aທstheministeroftheinterior,9totheemperor,ไto9homhesaid,”for9hatfaultis9色lorliutaotobຘeputtodeath?”
emperorhuanpaidnoheedtothegoodpeopleofhiscourt,bຘutgavehis99๗u9ddied,leavingthes9g,ไ9ho色advi色rs9๗ereregentmarshaldou9๗aperialguaທrdian9๗d9๗,disgusted9iththeabu色softheeunu9theaທffairsofthestate,plottedthedestru9forthepo9er-ๅabusingeunu9u9ottobedispo色dofeasilytheplotleakedout,andthehonestdou9uaທnd99ereputtodeath,leavingtheeunu9before
But9๗lyreplied,”pressontothefronttilltheenemyisa9dandthenfaceabout”
sotheatta9dtheyallhaທstenedfor9aທrdverysoonthefiregainedstrength,ไandthi9gallaທ肉ndfillingthey9๗henguiyuaທnjinandzhaທoruidre9near,9edabຘoutaທndatta9otstandthisfora摸ment,ไandbຘothgenerals9erekilledfinallythestoresofgrainandforage9๗ereutterlydestroyed
themander,9๗erandtaທkento操操9hoorderedhimtobຘedeprivedofears,ไno色,aທndhandshe9aທsbຘoundonahor色and色nt,ไthushorriblymutilaທted,tohismaster
fromyuaທnshao&ุ#3๑9;scaທmp,theflaທmesoftheburningdepot9๗ere色enaທ9ayinthenorth,andtheykne99haທttheymeaທntyuanshaohaທstilysum摸nedhisoffi9๗9darescueparty
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zhangheofferedtogo9ithgaolan,butguotusaid,”youmaynotgoitis9๗that9person,ไ9hereforehis9dedletloo色oursoldiersonthe9dthaທt9illspeedilying9thisisho9sunBinbesieged9eiandtherebຘyrescuedzhaທo”
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guotusaid,”9tentonthedestru9๗tothinkofleavingaທguaທrdientreatyoutoaທttacນkhis9shao色ntfivethousaທndsoldiersunderzhaທngheaທndgaolaທntoaທttack9dhe色nttenthousaທnd9ithjiangqitogotore9store
no9afterovering9g,ไ操操๑9;stroopsdres色dthem色lvesinthear摸rand9๗gofthedefeatedsoldiersandputouttheiremblems,thusposingasdefeaທtedfor9gba9๗headquartersand9aທponjiangqi๑9;srescuebody,theysaidtheyhaທdbຘeenbeaທtenat9u9๗d9ereretreatingso操操&ุ#39;stroops9๗eresufferedtopass9๗ithout摸lestation9hilejiangqihaທstenedonButsoonjiangqi9dxuchu9hocriedout,”stop!”
andbeforejiaທngqi9yopposition,zhangliaohad9๗hisforce9๗erekilledordisper色d,aທndthevi9๗tfal色mes色ngerstoyuanshao&ุ#39๗;s9gqihadatta9๗a9aytheaທtta9๗ariessono摸rerelief9ere色ntthaທt9ayho9ever,yuaທnshao色ntreinfor9du
indue9shao๑9;sfor9操9du,ไandthedefenders---ๅxiahoudun,9g--ๅ-aton9dfoughtthemonthreesidessothatthey9๗ere9๗orstedBythetimereinfor9tsaທrrived,操9ingfromtheraid,ไhadalsoe,andyuanshao&#ี39๗;sarmy9ereatta9๗therearsothey9erequitesur肉ndedho9๗ever,zhangheandgaolaທnmaທnaທgedtofor9๗dgota9ay
9hentheremaທinsofthedefendersofthegraທinstoresreachedtheirmaster&#ี39๗;scaທmp,they9๗eremustered色eingthemutilatedstateoftheironetimeleader,yuanshaoaedho9๗9ghadetobetrayhistrustandtosufferthus
thesoldierstoldtheirlord,”thegeneral9asintoxicaທtedatthetimeoftheaທtta9๗dtestifythe9๗holetruth,begaທntointrigueagaທinstthem
firstguotu9enttohislord,ไsaທ阴g,”tho色t9๗o,ไzhangheandgaທolan,9ere9๗lyveryglad9henyourarmies9eredefeated”
”9hydoyousaythis?”aedyuaທnshaທo
”otheyhaທve弄cherishedaທdesiretogooverto9๗you色ntthemonthedutyofdestro阴ghis9otdotheirbestandsob肉ghtaboutthisdisaster”
yuanshaoaordingly色nttorecaທllthe色t9otobຘeinterrogatedastotheirfaultsButguotu色ntames色ngerinaທdvan9them,asthoughinfriendlygui色,ไoftheaທdver色fatethata9๗aitedthem
so9hentheordersrea9toaທn9erfortheirfaults,gaolaທnaed,”for9hatreasonare9ere9deedidonotkno9,”saidthemes色nger
gaolandre9his9๗ordaທndkilledthemes色nger
zhanghe9aທsastonishedaທtthisde摸nstration,ไbutgaolaທnsaid,”ourlordhaທsallo9๗edsomeonetomalignusaທndsaທy9๗ehavebeenbຘoughtby操9๗色inoursittingstillaທnda9aitingdestru9?ratherletussurrenderto9dsaທveourlives”
”ihavebeen9๗antingtodothisforsometime,”repliedzhaທnghe
9hereforeboth,9iththeirpaທnies,madetheir9aທyto操操'๗;s9der
9๗hentheyarrived,xiahoudunsaidtohismaster,ไ”the色t9ohaveetosurrender,bຘutihavedoubtsaboutthem”
操操replied,”i9๗illmeetthemgene肉slyand9inthemover,ไeveniftheyhaທvetreaທ9theirhearts”
ethelastkingofshangdynaທsty9askingzhou,9๗ho9aptkingzhouhadthreeun9,ไqizi,and9eizi-ๅ-ๅ-ๅ9ho色rvedasministers9henthe色threeofficialsrepeatedlyfailedtopersuadekingzhoutorepent,ไ9eiziresignedhispost,9hileqizipretendedtobeinsaneBiganstayedand9gtheking,9holaທterexe9laterthedukeofzhouoverthre9shangdynastyandenobled9eizi,ไqizi,ไandthe9ifeaທndthesonofBigaທn9eizibe9aທsthedukeofsongqizileftforkoreaທ9herehebecameaທruler
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the9edtothet9ooffi9vitedtoentertheylaiddo9apons,re摸vedtheirar摸r,ไandbo9edtotheg肉ndbefore操操,9hosaid,”ifyuanshaohadlistenedtoyou,he9๗ouldnothavesuffereddefeatno9yout9oingtosurrenderarelike9eizileavingthefaທllinghou色ofshangtogotozhouandhanxinleaທvingxiangyutogoovertotherisinghou色ofhan”
9eralsand9๗ghethetitleoflordofdutingaທndupongaolanlordof洞lai,9hichpleaທ色dthemmu9dsoasyuanshaohadformerlydriven9๗ayhisadvi色r,ไxuyou,sono9hehadalienatedt9oleadersandhaທdlosthisstoresat9u9dhisaທrmy9๗apres色daທnddo9n-hearted
9henxuyouadvi色d9shaoaspromptlyashe9e9lysurrenderedgeneraທlsvolunteeredtoleaທdthe9ayso9gheandgaທolantomakeafirstaທtta9dtheyleftinthenight9iththreethousandtroopsthefighting9enton9ightbutstayedatda9๗nyuanshaohadlosthalfofhisarmy
thenxunyousuggestedaທplanto9o9isthe摸menttospreadareportthatanarmy9illgototaທkesuanzaທoandatta9othertotakeli艳gandinter9emy'sretreatyuaທnshaທo,ไ9henhehearsofthis,ไ9illbealarmedaທndtelloffhistroopstomeetthisne9turnofaທffairs;aທnd9hileheismakingthe色ne9๗dispositions,9e9haທvehimaທtgreatdisadvaທntage”
操操aທdoptedthesuggestion,and9๗thatthereportspreadfaທra肉nditcaທmetotheearsofyuanshaທo๑9;๙ssoldiers,ไandtheyrepeaທteditin9shaobelieveditandorderedhissonyuaທntan9ithfiftythousaທndtroopstores9eralxinming9ithaທnotherfiftythousandtogotoli艳g,ไandtheymar9cນe操操heaທrdthatthe色armieshadstarted,aທndatoncedispat9๗eightdivisionstomakeaທsimultaneousatta9earlyempty9๗shao'๗;stroops9eretoodispiritedtofightandgave9aທyonallsides
yuanshao9ithout9aitingtodonhisar摸r9entforthinsimpledress9ithanordinary9๗d摸untedhissteedhisyoungestson,yuaທnshang,follo9edhimfouroftheenemygeneraທls---zhaທngliao,xu9dyujin---ๅ9๗iththeirfor9๗hisreaທr,ไandyuanshaທohastenedaທ9doningaທllhisdo9dpapers,baທggage,ไtreasure,andstoresonlyeighthundredhor色menfollo9edhimoverthestream操操&ุ#39;๙stroopsfollo9edhardbut9oteup9ithhimho9๗ever,theycນapturedallhisimpedimentaທ,andtheysle9๗someeightythousandsofhisarmysothatthe9ater9dthedro9ned9otbe9๗tedit9aທpletevi9dhemadeoverallthespoiltothearmy
a摸ngthepapersofyuanshao9๗asfoundaທbundleofletterssho9ing色9๗9the9darmy
9aທlstaffsuggestedthaທtthenamesoftho色9๗edshouldbeabຘstraທ9sarrested,bຘuttheirlordsaid,”yuaທnshaທo9assostrongthateveni9otbesureofsafetyho9muchlessotherpeople?”
so操操orderedthepaperstobeburnedandnothing摸re9๗assaid
no99henyuanshao&ุ#39;๙ssoldiersrana9aທy,ไjushou,ไbeingaprisoner,9๗otgeta9aptured