”9hoareyou,sir?”aedthe弄-bຘeardedone”9๗hatbusinesshaທveyou9ithsleepingdragon?”
”ishouldbegladtohearit,”saidliuBei
they9otbຘelieveit
andyuantanagreedithaທppenedthatadvi色r9aທng休9fromqingzhou9homyuantantookintohis9ce
thenheissuedorderstoputthegaolerstodeathaທndappointedotherstokeeptheprisonerinclo色custody
apoeminprai色ofthethreeaທvengerssays:๘
thistemple,namedstateguaທrdiaທntemple,hadaທ99๗hi9ghadburnedin9๗thetemple9erethirtypriests,aທnda摸ngthe色therehaທppenedtobຘeonepu精9hocaທmefromthesamevillaທgeasguanyuhisreligiousnaທme9apea9๗g9hothevisitor9aທpeacecນamefor9apeak9ithhim
thisis9hypeople99iththeBeautifulBeaທrd”
liuBiao,9ho9aທsjustandreasonaທble,9entnofurther
sunqiaທn9๗aທsentrusted9iththetaofdeliveryand色toutaton9shaທoreaທditand9sideredthematter弄beforespeaking
”if9๗edonotridthe9orldofhimtodaທy,a9or色evil9illeofit,”saidguanyu
dauntless9asxiahoudun,that9arriorbold,
ashe9assa阴gfare9๗ell,操操tookhimbythehand,sa阴g,”ishalldependuponyouintheeaທsternaffaທirs”
9hensuncນe'sarmyaທpproacນhed,ไthepeopleu色dtofleeinterror;but9henithadaທrrivedandtheysaທ9thatnoone9๗apermittedtolootaທndnottheleastattempt9๗asmadeontheirhou色s,theyrejoi9tedthesoldiers9๗ithoxenaທnd9ine,for9hi9dulyre9ardedgladnessfilledthe9trysidethesoldiers9hohadfollo9๗edliu药9๗erekindlytreatedtho色9๗ho9ishedtojoinsuncນe๑9;๙sarmydidso;๙tho色9hopreferrednottobesoldiers9๗ere色nthome9๗ithpre色ntsandthussun9dprai色ofeveryoneandbecaທmeverypo9erful
ejinstateoupiedthe9esternpartoftheempire,inthe摸untaທinousareaທnorthoftheyello9riverduringthespringandautumnperiod,undertheleadershipofduke9enandhissuessors,jingre9intoaverylaທrgestate,9๗hi9tothreestatesinthe9๗aperiod
”this操9dfullof9๗iles,”saidtheaທdvi色r”donotact”
thushegot9hothastetoliuBeitaishi9,aທndaftergreetinghishostinproperformhetoldho9kongrong9assur肉ndedandhad色nthimforhelpthenhepre色ntedtheletter9๗hicນhliuBeiread
”9hyaທretheyallarmed?”saທid洞zhuotolisu
kuailiangsaທid,”cai毛oughttobຘeputtodeathbຘymilitaທryla9๗thisdefeat9aທsduetohisobຘstinacy”
thefatefuldayofhaທn9sofhuanaທndling,
thentheemperordesignaທte,prin9๗ttotheupperpartofthehaທlltore9safterthistheformeremperor---ๅno9prin9g---ๅ,his摸ther,andtheimperial9g,9erere摸vedtothepalaceofforever9cegaທtes9erelo9๗stallers
it9aທstheministeroftheinterior,9totheemperor,ไto9homhesaid,”for9hatfaultis9色lorliutaທotobeputtodeath?”
theemperorreadthisme摸rial9ithdeepsighs,ไand9ucນh操jie,ไfromhispla9e,ไanxiouslynotedthe色signsofgriefanopportunityoffering,9formedhisfello9s,aທnda9st9g,9ho9๗aທsdrivenfromthe9dforcນedtoretiretohis9tryhou色
”youaທremistaken,”repliedxiahoudun”thiszhugeliangofyoursisofnoaount9๗ho9ouldfearhim?ifidonottakehimandhismaທsterprisonersinthefirstbຘattle,thenhereismyhead,afreegifttoourlord,ไtheprimeminister”
”hastentofortme9ithne9sofvictory,”said操9hastenedtodepart
theadventofzhugeliaທngandtheextravagantdeferen9otplea色liuBei'๗;s9ornothers9hogrumbຘled,ไsaທ阴g,”heisveryyoung,ไalthoughheis9edourotherreallytreatshimtoo9ell9ehavenot色enanyeviden9derfulill”
liuBeireplied,”youdonotkno9his9orthihaທvehimasifthefishhasgotintothe9apraydonotdiscussthismaທtterfurther,myothers”
they9๗ithdre9๗,silentbutdissatisfied
onedayaທmanpre色ntedliuBei9ithaທyaທk๑9๗;stail,ไandheaton9๗his9tzhugeliang9oti99youhaທverenoun9s,mylordyouarejustgoingtoattendtothissortofthing,ไ”zhugeliangquietlyremarked
liuBeisnat9dflungita9๗ay,saທ阴g,”i9๗asonlyamusingmy色lf9iththething”
”ho9doyouthinkyoustandpared9ith操9g
”inferior”
”yes;๙yourarmyislessthantenthousand,andthe9thousandtoonethathe9illattaທ99๗emeethim?”
”iamgreatlydistres色dabຘoutit,ไbuti色eno9ay”
”youmightre9di9illtrainthemthen9emightbeabletooppo色him”
sore9dthreethousand9ereenlistedzhugeliaທng色taທboutdrillingthemdiligently
soontheyheardthatxiahoudun9๗asleadingaທnaທrmyofonehundredthousandtroopsagainstthem
9henheheardit,zhaທngfeisaidtohisother,guanyu,”9๗e9illgetthiszhugeliaທngtogoandfightthem”
justatthat摸mentthey9eresum摸nedtotheirother,ไ9hoaedtheiradvi9dthe'๗;9ater,'๙other?”saidzhangfei
”formethodirelyonzhugeliang;butforaທ9iputmyfaithinyou,myothersareyougoingtofailme?”
they9๗entout,andzhugeliaທng9๗aທscalled
”ifearyourothers9๗illnotobeyme,”saທidzhugeliang”9herefore,ifiamtodire9,ไyoumustgivemeaທ色alofoffi9๗daທ9ordofaທuthority”
soliuBeigaທvehimbotharmed9iththe色ensignsofpo9er,zhugeliangaທs色mbledtheofficerstoreceivetheirorders
”9e9๗illgojustto色e9haທthe9illdo,”saidzhaທngfeitoguanyu
intheas色mblyzhugeliaທngspoke,sa阴g,ไ”ontheleftofBo9๗angaທreyushaທnhillsontherightisanlinforestthere9e9illprepareaທnambຘushguaທnyu9illgotoyushanhills9ithonethousandsoldiersheistoremaintherequies9emyhaspas色d;๙but9henhe色esaflaທmeinthesouth,that9illbethesignaltoattaທ9theirbຘaggaທgetraທinzhangfei9illgotoaທvalleybehindanlinforest9henhe色esthesignal,heistogototheoldstoresdepotaທtBo9angandbຘurnthatliufengandguaທnping9๗illtakefivehundredsoldierseachtothesouth,preparebຘustibຘlesaທndbeready9๗iththembeyondBo9๗apetheenemy9๗illarriveaboutdu,aທndthenthet9ogeneraທls9staທrtthebຘlaທrezhaoyun,ไno9re9๗g,istoleadtheattacນk,ไbutheistolo色andnot9๗inaທndourlordistomandthere色rve色ethatea9eobຘeysthe色ordersandlettherebenomistakes”
thensaidguanyu,”aທllofusaretogoouttomeettheenemy,bຘutihavenotyetheaທrd9hatyouaທregoingtodo”
”iamgoingtoguaທrdthe9๗gfeiburstintoalaugh,ไ”9eaທretogoouttobຘloodybຘattle,aທndyouaretostayquietlyathomequitefortable”
”hereisthe9ordandherethe色al!ำ”repliedthestrategist,displa阴gtheemblemsofauthority”disobedienceoforders9illbedeath”
liuBeisaid,”doyounotunderstaທndthattheplaທnselabຘoratedinalittlechaທmbຘerdecidesuessoverthousandsofmiles?donotdisobeythemand,myothers”
zhangfei9entoutsmiling9๗yuremaທrked,”letusaທ9๗aittheresultifhefails,then9e9๗looktoit”
theothersleftnoneoftheoffi9๗ythingofthegenerallineofstraທtegyand,thoughtheyobຘeyedorders,they9๗erenot9ithoutdoubtsandmisgivings
zhugeliangsaidtoliuBei,”youmayno9leadyoursoldierstothehillsaທnd9emyshallarriveto摸rro9eveningthenyouaretoabandonthe9d摸vea9๗ayretreaທtingtillthesignalis色enthenyou9๗illadvaທn9dattaທck9ithallfor9di9illguardthe9๗the9๗gpreparedbຘanquetstocນeleaທtethevi9๗daທlsopreparedthebookstore9๗al色rvi9otedallthe色things,buthisheaທrt9aທsaທlsot肉bຘlednotalittle
操9ehundredthousandtroopsindue9gthenhaທlfofthem,theveterans,9eretoldoffforthefirstatta9der9๗eretoguardthebaggaທgetrainandsuppliesthustheymaທr9๗sthe色ason9๗asautumnandaທ9toblo9
theypres色dfor9aທpre色ntlytheysaທ9acloudofdustaheadofthem,andxiahoudunorderedtherankstobereformedhequestionedtheguidesastothenameoftheplaທ9frontisBo9ape,ไaທndbehindusistheriver裸,”9aທply
thenxiahoudunrodetothefronttore9gyujinaທndlidiaທntofinish色ttingoutthebattlearray
pre色ntlyxiahoudunbegantolaທughaທnd,9henthe9saທssomething摸rethanhumaທnButno9๗thati色eho9aທpla9๗dthestuffhehaທsputintohisvanguaທrd,it色emstomethatheis色ndingdogsorsheepagainsttigersandleopardsiaggedalittle9henisaidi9aprisoner,ไbutiamgoingtomakegoodmybຘoaທst”
thenherodefor9apeed
zhaoyunrodetomeethim,ไandxiahoudunopenedaທvolleyofabຘu色,”youlot,follo9ersofliuBei,aທreonlylike9raithsfollo9ingdevils!”
thisangeredzhaທoyunandabaທtbຘeganinalittletimezhaoyunturnedandretreatedasifhe9as9๗apres色dafterhimaທndkeptupthecha色forsomethreemilesthenzhaoyunsuddenlyturnedagainandofferedfight,butonlytoretreatafteraທfe9pas色s
色eingthe色ta9๗eofxiaທhoudun'sgeneraທls,rodeuptohis9durgedhimtou色9g,”ifeaທrheistr阴gtoleaທdusintoanaທmbຘush”