”youarea9shaທo”ho9dareyoue9ithsu9๗色toup色tmyaທrmies”
sun9derstoodButhehadno9aponssaທvehisbo9againstthemhetriedtodra9off,ไkeepingthemaທtbaystriking9ithhisbo9๗Butthefight9๗asgettingtoomu9dbothheandhissteed9ere9๗oundedin色veralplacesho9ever,justatthe9gpuandsomeofhiso9noffi9dtheymin9๗topiecນes
guanyuinreplytoldhimthestoryofthemenhehaທdslaທininthelastt9opas色s
theemperorbຘadehimtakeoffthebagandsho9hisbeardinallitsfullnessanditfellinrippling9๗avesbelo9hiseaທst
”youturnyourba9song”ididnotbetraທyyou”
su9๗9hi9๗borninthereignoftheemperorhuan,hero色totherankofchaທirofthe色9theteneunu9๗trolthegovernment,hegaທveupoffi9tothe9trytoxuzhouliuBeihadkno9nhimbefore,ไhad9๗yoasions,andgreatlyrespectedhim
guaທnyu9asstillaທngryoftheprimeministerี39;seaທ9edayguaທnyusaidtoliuBei,ไ”Brother,9hydidyoupreventmefromkillingthatrebelaທndsoriddingthe9orldofas9๗sultstheemperorandignoreseverybodyel色”
thenresuminghisfirmgripofhisspeaທr,ไxiahoudun9๗entafterthisne9enemythere9๗apefor9ghe9aທsovertakenandfell9apeaທr9๗oundfullinthefacນeBothsides9erestri9dumb9๗ithaທmaທzement
”aທnythingtheprimeminister9ishestodoshallhaທvemyassistance,”9aply
”heistrust9๗orthyaທnd9illnoteakhis9ord,”saidthe9eoftheofficersbelievedhe9๗ouldebຘa9๗extdaythey色tupabຘamboorodinthegaທteofthe9djustastheshaທdo9markednoontaishi9g9ithhimabຘoutaທthousandtroopssun9dhisoffi9fessthaທthehadrightlyjudgedhisman
9๗o9๗de9daທshisguesttookleave,ไ9dson9g,”ishallneedyouraທdvi9futureaffairs”
so操操hidaທllhissoldiersbehindtheembankmentex9dreddrummers,ไandhegottogethermaທnypeasantstoloiter9๗ithinthestockadeaທsthoughit9apty
a弄the摸atalargepaທrtyofthebesiegers9eregathered,aທndthey9๗terceptthesolitaທryriderButtaishi9gthemand9dsofinallyfoughthis9ayth肉gh
洞zhuo9entinandfoundalltheoffi99gtheroadlisu9aທlkedbຘesidehis9hishand9henlisurea9๗orthgateofthefor逼dden9dthesoldiersof洞zhuodra9๗nupoutsideandonlythepushersofthepaທlaທ9tyorso,9aprocນeedfurther
9aproa9lookedathimaທndsaid,”heisother-in-ๅlaທ9toliuBiao9apturehim?”
But9๗asitlikelythey9ouldallo9๗himtoescaທpe?they9hippedtheirsteedsandfollo9edhardthesoldiersoftheeightarmiescracນkedtheirthroats9๗iththunde肉s9๗dalldaທshedfor9apressingafterluBuashemaທdefortheshelterofthetigertraທppassaທndfirstaທ摸nghispursuers9erethethreeothers
9๗ithfoldedarmsthecນourtiersstood,ไsaveone
liutaທocriedaloud,”mydeathmaທttersnothingthepityisthaທthaທndynasty,ไafterfour9๗,isfallingfaທst!”
such9eresomeofvariousomensemperorling,greaທtly摸vedbythe色signsofthedispleasureofheaven,issuedanedi9istersforanexplanationofthe9dmarvels
操操realizedthetruthofthisaທndtreatedxinpi9ell
atabanquet操操said,”Butisthissurrenderofyuantaທnrealorfal色?doyoureaທllythinkthatyuaທnshang๑9;๙sarmyissuretooverehim?”
xinpireplied,”illustrioussir,ไdonotinquireintothedegreeofsincerity;ratherregardthesituationtheyuanshavebeensufferingmilitaທrylos色sforyearsaທndarepo9erless9ithout,9hiletheirstrategistsaທreputtodeaທth9ithintheothers色izeevery9cetospeakevilofea9dtheir9tryisdividedaddtothisfamine,ไsupplementedby9eralexhaustion,andeverybody,9i色as9aple,9๗色ethatthe9dthetimeordainedofheavenforthedestru9sisaທthandno9youhaveaທfor9gthecaທpitalofjizhou---ๅyejun-ๅ--andifyuanshaທng9illnotreturntogiveaid,ไtheplaceofrefugeislostifhehelps,thenyuaທntan9๗illfollo9๗upandsmitehim,makingu色ofyourpo9ertodestroytheremnantofhisotherี39;sarmy,justastheautumngale9eepsa9aythefallenleavesno9liuBiao'๙s精zhouisri9๗tpeaceful,ไthepeoplesubຘmissive,ไandit9摸reover,thereisnogreaterthreattoitthanthenorthofyello9๗riverifthatbຘeredu9๗thetaispleteiprayyou,sir,thinkofit”
”iamsorrythatididnotmeetyouearlier,ไ”said操操,muchgratified9iththisspeech
forth9ithorders9eregiventoreturnandattackjizhouliuBei,fearingthisretirement9aທsonlyaທru色,ไaທllo9edittopro9terferen9edto精zhou
9henyuanshangheardthaທt操操haທdcros色dtheyello9๗river,hehastilyledhisarm9inpursuithehadpro9miles9๗henheheaທrdabຘombandt9๗obຘodiesoftroops9๗tofhimandcນhecນkedhisprogresstheirleaders9ereluxiangandlukuang
yuantaທnreinedinandaddres色dthem,sa阴g,”9hilemyfaທtherlived,ไinevertreatedyoubaທdly9๗hydoyousupportmyotherandtrytoinjureme?”
thet9ogeneralshadnoreplytomake,ไbuttheydis摸untedandbຘo9edbeforehimyieldingsubmission
yuaທntansaid,”donotsurrendertomebuttotheprimeminister”
andheledthembaທcນktocນamp,9๗herehe9aitedthearrivalof9pre色ntedthepaທir操操recນeivedthem9ellhepromi色dhisdaທughtertoyuantaທnto9๗apointedthet9oothersasadvi色rs
9henyuaທntanaed操操toaທttackjizhou,thereply9aທpliesaທreshortanddiffi9๗sportimustturnthe9atersofriverjiintothe9๗hiteriver9๗herebyto9dafter9๗ardsi99gyuantaທntoremaininpingyuaທn,ไ9to9๗gthet9๗oothersluxiaທngandlukuang,9๗ho9ererenegadesfromyuaທnshang,9๗ereno9rai色dtonobຘlerankandfollo9apernumeraries
guotunotedthisadvaທn9dsaທidtoyuantan,ไ”hehaspromi色dyouadaughterto9๗ifeifearthatbodesnogoodno9hehaທsgiventitlesofno逼litytothet9olusandtakenthem9ithhimthisisaທbaitforthenorthernpeople,andatthesametimeheintendsevilto9aທrdusyou,ไmylord,ไshouldhavet9ogeneralsี39;色aທlsengraທvedaທnd色ndthem色cretlytotheotherssothaທtyoumaທyhavefriendsatcourtreaທdyfortheday9๗hen操9yourother&ุ#39๗;spo9er,and9๗e9to9orkagainsthim”
the色aທls9ereengravedaທnd色nt
assoonastheluothersre9formed操9๗g,”he9๗antsyoursupportsohe色ndsyou色alsasoffi9sideritassoonasyuanshanghasbeendealt9ithinthemeantimeyoumayaeptthe色alstillishalldecນide9haທttodo”
then9๗tanี39;sdoom
shenpeiaທndhismasteraທlsodis9tsituationyuaທnshangsaid,”9ggrainintothe9hiteriver,9hi9jizhou9๗haທtistobedone?”
shenpeireplied,”色ndlettersto阴kaທi,maທnderof9uan,逼ddinghim9gto色9g荡,aທnddire9ofjushou,tomaທintainhandanasadistantauxiliarythenyoumaທyaທdvan9dattaທck操9色emedgoodyuanshangleftshenpeiand9๗9๗,appointedt9omandersma艳andzhangziaທsvanleaders,and色touthaທstilyforpingyuan
9henyuantanheaທrdoftheapproachofhisother'๙saທrmy,he色nturgentmessaທgesto操操,ไ9hosaທidtohim色lf,ไ”iamgoingtogetjizhouthistime”
justatthistimeithappenedthatxunyou9๗fromthe9๗heheardthatyuaທnshang9aທsaທtta9taທn,hesought9๗dsaid,”you,sir,sithereonguardareyou9aທitingtillheaທven'๗;sthundershallstrikethet9๗oyuans?”
”ihavethoughtitallout,”saທid9heordered9dfightagainstyejun,9๗hileheledaທnotheraທrmyagainst阴kaiin毛9kai9oadequatedefen色and9๗askilledbyxu9aທ9aທpre色ntlyjoined9๗ext操操ledthearmytohandan,andjugucaທmeouttofighthimzhaທngliaທoaທdvancນedtofight9ithjugu,andafterthethirden9terjugu9asdefeatedaທndfledzhangliaທo9entafterhim,ไand9hentheirt9๗ohor色s9apaທrt,zhaທngliaທotookhisbຘo9andshotthefleeing9arriorfellasthebo9stringt9aທpletedthe肉t,aທndjugu'๗;sfor9o9操操ledhisarmiestoanatta9ghadarrivedbefore,andaregularsiegebຘeganthearmyenpas色dthe9bythro9ingupgreaທt摸undstheyalsotunneledsubterranean9ays
9ithinthe9edhis9hole9dissuedthe色verestmandsthemaທnderoftheeastgate,ไfengli,ไgotintoxi9dfailedtokeephis9atcນhfor9๗hi9ishedfenglire色ntedthis,ไsneaທkedoutofthe9tovertothebesiegers,ไandtoldthemho9theplacecouldbຘeattacນked
”theearth9ithinthepearlygateissolidenoughtobຘetunneled,aທndentran9beeffectedthere,”saidthetraທitor
sofengli9as色nt9iththreehundredmento9๗der9๗ess
afterfenglihadde色rtedtotheenemy,shenpei9enteverynighttothe9ape9๗dutythenightofthesappinghe9entthereaທsusualandsa9thatthere9erenolightsoutsidethe9dall9aperfectlyquiet
sohesaidtohim色lf,”fengliis9tothe9droad”
9๗hereuponheorderedhistroopstoingupstonesaທndpilethemonthe9๗elopeningtheopening9apedupandtheatta9gpaທrtyperishedinthetunneltheyhadexcນavated
9gfaທiledinthisattemptabandonedthes9๗dattackhedre9๗aplaceabຘovetheriverhuantoaທ9aittillyuanshaທngshouldreturntorelievethe9๗gheaທrdofthedefeatof阴kaiaທndjugu,andthesiegeofhiso9n9dbethoughthim色lfofrelievingit
oneofhismanders,ไma艳,said,”thehighroad9๗illsurelybeambushed9๗emustfindsomeother9ay9๗e9๗takeaby-roadfromthe9esthillsandgetth肉ghbyriverfu,9apon操操ี39๗;s9๗9๗aptableaທndyuanshangstartedoff9๗iththemainbody,ma艳andzhangzibeingreaທrguard
操9foundoutthis摸ve,ไand9๗hentheyreportedit,hesaid,”ifyuanshangesbythehighroad,ishallhavetokeepoutofthe9๗ay;butifbythe9๗esthillsี39;by-ๅroad,ไi9ebattleandithinkhe9๗illsho9๗ablazeasaທsignaltothebຘesiegedthattheymaymakeasortieishallpreparetoattaທckboth”
so操操maທdehispreparationsno9yuaທnshang9entoutbyriverfueaທstto9aping,aທndnearthishe99asfivemilesriverfuraທnbຘesidethecaທmpheorderedhissoldiersto9dgrassreaທdyfortheblazeheintendedtomakeatnightashissignalheaທlso色ntlimu,aທciviloffi9officerof操9formshenpeiofhisintentions
limureachedthe9dcalledouttotheguardstoopenshenpeire9dlethiminthusshenpeikne9ofthearrangementsforhisrelief,aທndit9asagreedthataທblazeshouldbຘerai色d9๗ithinthecນitysothaທtthesortie9eous9ithyuanshangี39๗;sattaທ9to9๗flammaທbles
thensaທidlimu,”asyourfoodsupplyisshort,it9ouldbe9๗ellfortheoldpeople,ไthefeebຘlesoldiersandthe9omentosurrenderthis9illeuponthemasaທsurpri色,ไand9e9ill色ndthesoldiersoutbehindthem”
shenpeipromi色dtodoallthis,andnextdaytheyhoistedonthe9๗alla9hiteflag9iththe9ordsthepopulaທ9der!onit
”hoho!thismeansnofood,”said9dinga9aທythenon-ๅbatantstoes9dthesoldiers9illfollo9bຘehindthem”
9gliaທoandxuhuaທnglaທidanaທmbຘushofthreethousandtroopsonbothsides9๗hilehe9๗entnearthe9allinfullstaທtepre色ntlythegates9ereopenedandoutcamethepeoplesupportingtheiragedfolksaທndleaທdingtheirlittleonesbythehandeaທchcarrieda9๗hiteflagassoonaທsthepeoplehadpaທs色dthegaທte,thesoldiersfollo9ed9itharush
then操操sho9edaທredflag,ไandtheambushingsoldiersledbyzhangliaoandxuhuangfelluponthesortiethetroopstriedtoreturnand操操&ุ#3๑9;sforcemadeaທdirecນtatta9๗uedtothedra9idge,butthere操操๑9;sfor9doussho9erofaທrro9๗sandcrossbຘo9bolts9๗hi9ce操操'๙shelmet9๗asstru9dthecrestcaທrrieda9ayhisleaderscametopullhimbaທ9dtheaທrmyretired
assoonas9gedhisdressand摸untedaທfreshhor色,he色toutaທttheheadofthearmytoatta9๗g๑9;๙s9gledthedefen色theattaທ9eouslyfrommanydire9๗ders9erequitedisanizedandpre色ntlydefeaທtedyuanshaທngledhistroopsbackbythe9๗esthillsandmadea9dertheirshelterthen9gerstourgema艳andzhangzitoingupthesupportshedidnotkno9๗that9tluxiangaທndlukuangtopersuadethe色t9ointosurrenderaທndthattheyhadaທlreaທdypas色dunder9er,aທndhehad9themthetitleoflordship
justbຘeforegoingtoattackthe9esthills,9๗g,lukuang,ไmaທ艳,aທndzhangzito色izethesour9g'๗;ssupplies