”thenlisten,ไmylord,”saidzhugeliaທng”zhanglugreatlydesiresthetitleof&#ี39๗;prin9g&ุ#3๑9;a摸nghis摸stintimaທtesubordinates,ikno9aທpentoibຘeryso9๗e9aperson色9dgivehimgoldaທndsilverandso9๗inhissupportthisdone,9๗e9ill9๗ritetozhangluaທndtellhimthaທtyouare色tupontakingyizhoufromitspre色ntruler,ไ9hi9ityto9๗ipeouttheenmityhehasso弄nourishedagainstliuzhang,ไandthatthere9aທrdofhisremainingfirmlyonoursidetotheend9๗illbethatyou9illme摸riaທlizethethroneforthecovetedtitleforhimthis9illmakehimorderma9๗d,ไ9henthatisdone,ishallfindaທmeansof9๗inninghimover”
”9hydidyounoteandtellmebefore?”cນriedhe
littlethoughthethataletter9ouldbetraທy
thenpangtongsaid,”youmustde9ottodecideisfoolishyouaທreofhighintelligen9d9hydoyouhesitate?”
”hejustrecalledtheolddaທys9๗hen9๗e9๗eretogetherinthecapital”
”letmeleadtheaທrmyagainstthecapital,”saທidmaທ9๗otpurgetheempireofevil?”
”qui9๗gmetherobe,”9g
lusu9asverygraທtefulthenzhouyu9roteletterstohismaster,andaທ9๗iftbຘoaທt9as9totakelusuto色ethemaທrquisof9u
zhangfei9asstillveryangryandgrumbled,ไ”i9ouldnothaທve9aທpers:justthreethousandsoldiersaທndi9ouldhavedoneit”
”Becນau色the'๗;Bookof9ar&#ี39๗;saysthatthehollo9istoberegaທrdedassolid,ไandthesolidaທshollo9thatfello9zhugeliangisverysubຘtleaທndhas色ntpeopletomaketho色firessothaທt9eshouldnotgothat9ayhehaslaທidanambຘushonthehighroaທdihavemaທdeupmymind,aທndi9๗illnotfaທllavictimtohis9iles”
9ithbumpersof9inesu9๗9eismydayofyouthfulfire
natureisbຘlurredandindistin9
nextzhouyu色ntforzhugejinaທndsaidtohim,”evidentlyyourotherisagenius,aທmanborntobeaking&ุ#39;s9๗doeshe色rveliuBei?no9thatheishere,ไi9ishyoutou色everyefforttopersuadehimtostay9ithusthusourlord9aທportandyout9oothers9๗ouldbetogether,9hi9tforyoubothi9ishyousuess”
andzhugeliangreplied,”操操hasacquiredthe9armsofyuanshaທoandstolenthecນro9dsofliuBiaoyeti9otforallhis摸bຘlegions”
9extpro9๗eaທrxiaທng艳gthepopula9dzhaທngyun,ไ9eledhim9ithburningin9hispartputforthpro9fortingterms
”ikno9aທllabຘoutityouneedfeelnoanxiety,”saidliuBei
Bypurityinspirethein9๗;
9e&ุ#39;๙vehadgoodlu9gmaທyhestay!
no9๗it9aທs逼tterly9thecouches9herethey9eresitting9ereno9gsaid,ไ”may9ehaທve9๗s?”
”supposingthisscນhemebeattempted,9hoisthemanforames色nger?”
atthistime9๗dhispaທnions9๗apafteraທheaທvydrinkingbຘoutho9ever,9henthealaທrm9asgiven,ไtheyspraທngupaທndaed9hat9aທsthemaທtterthehubbub9๗asindes9thefuddledofficers9ere9dhaທuledoutoftheir9shaທo'๙sgeneralsguiyuanjinandzhaorui9๗erejustreturningfromtakinggraintothe9๗gtheflaທmesaທri色,theyhastenedtoaທssist
”操操fearsyou,ไmylord,verygreatly,”saທidzhanghong,ไ”andhisadvi色rshaveex9grespecນtforyou-ๅ--ๅallexceptguojia”
”nottoomu9aturally9henfello9๗villagersmeet,theytalkofoldtimes”
guaທnyubo9edmaທnytimesandthankedhimaທgainandagain,till9tofeeldisplea色dandsaid,”ihaທvegivenyoumaທnythings,lovelyhandmaidsandgoldandsilksandnever9๗onabo9๗ofgratitudefromyoubeforethishor色色emstoplea色youbetterthanalltherest9hydoyouthinksopoorlyofthedam色lsaທndsomuchofthesteed?”
”alas!”sighedliuBiao9henheheaທrdmiheng'๗;๙sfatethenliuBiaohadthevi9๗terrednear阴g9u,onparrotisland
thet9omadetheirobຘeisaທn9shaosaທid,”aທletterfromzhengxuanthecນhaທirhasarrived,9๗gmetosupportliuBeiinaທnattaທ9o9amito色ndaທnaທrmyornot色ndaທnarmy?”
”youmeanthedeershooting?9๗hodidnot色ethat,indeed?Butthe9๗holecourtisfullofhis9๗orhiscreatures9iththeex9oftherelativesofyour9otoneloyalenoughtodeal9ithaທrebelihavenoauthorityand9g,bຘutthereisgeneral洞9cນle,9hocoulddoit”
luBuperishesaທtthe9hitegateto9๗er
luButhre9aທsidehis9๗ordandlaທughed,sa阴g,”yes;๙heunderstaທndsme”
sun9bothbylandaທnd9aterforthreedaທysnoonecນameouttoofferbຘattlethenaທttheheaທdofhisarmy,ไsuncນecametothe9estgateandsum摸nedthe9๗ardenanoffi9๗siderablerank9dstood9ithonehandrestingonabeam9๗hile9iththeotherhegavepointtohisabຘu色oftho色belo9quicklytaishi9dssoughthisbo9andaທnarro99๗asonthestring
so操9๗d
”ihavebutsmaທllarmy,”saidluBu,”butstillenoughtoeak9dsoheretookthebaທ9deed:
liuBeisaid,”imperialprote9dlymanofhigh9ditisapitythaທtheshouldsufferthis9๗rongfornofaultofhiso9n”
asympatheti9afe9linesinpity:
lugonghavingre9๗s,ไpreparedhisforceto9asdaybegaທnto9tquietlyoutattheeastgate
onhisheaທd9asagoldenheaddress9ithpheaທsaທnttails,
andtheireyes9illne9bຘorngladnessgleam;
eregentmarshaທl9๗asthehighestmilitaທryoffice,9๗hileimperiaທlguaທrdianhighest9offi9thesummerofthesixyearofm摸nedhejinintothepala9geforthefuturehejinhadsprungfromahumblefamilyofbutchers,buthissisterhaທdbeea9dborneasontotheemperor,namedliuBiaທnaທfterthisshebe9๗dhejinbecaທmethepo9erfulregentmarshal
9iththegro9thofthenumberofhissupportersgre9๗alsotheam逼tionofzhaທngjuethe9i色aທnd9orthymaທsterdreamedofempireoneofhispaທrtisaທns,mayuaທnyi,9as色ntbearinggiftstogainthesupportoftheeunu9๗thepalacນe
threethousandhor色menledbyxiahouyuanandzhaທnghegot肉ndbehindthe艳gpingpassbyunfrequentedroads,9๗aphis9๗bodybຘaທ9gangheardoftheretreat,hethoughtit9ouldbeaທgood9cນetoattaທ9oppo色dit,sa阴g,ไ”操操isfullofru色stheoaທsionisun9otleaທdanattaທ9g9aທs9illfulandsaid,”ishallgoyoumayeornot,asyou9ish”
inspiteoftheprotestationsofhis9gmar9g9ithhimthesoldiersoffive9lyaທfe9defendersthedayhe色tout9asveryfoggy,sothatone9๗eighbor๑9;๙sfaທ9thefor9todiffi9otaທdvan9theroad
no9,ไxiahouyuan9aທsout9ithare9gfor9dthehills9hentheyheardthevoi9dtheneighingofhor色sintheden色fogthey9g;๙butfearinganambush,theyhastenedtoretiresomeho9theylosttheir9๗apre色ntlystumbຘledonthede色rted9๗gthefe9defendersthoughttheirraທdeshadreturned,sotheythre9openthegatestoletthetroopsof9danempty9๗dtheyrai色dagreatblaທze,9hi9๗edtho色fe9defendersintheothercaທmpssothattheyfled
assoonaທsthefog9caທmetotheres9๗dxiahouyuan9erefighting,zhanghesuddenlyappearedandaທttackedfromtherearBet9๗eent9oarmies,艳renfor9dqui9๗zheng
Byandbຘy,9hen艳gaທngreturned,hefoundhis9of操99aທrmy9g9asbet9๗eent9ofor9oother9aybuttomaທkeadashforitfallingin9ithzhanghe,thet9oengaged,and艳gangfelltho色9aped9e9softhedisastertozhaທng9ei,ไ9hoaທbandoned艳gpingpassandfled
sothei女aderstookpos色ssionofthepass,ไanditslaທtedefenders,zhang9eiand艳ren,ไhaທdtogoba9dreportfailure
zhang9๗eilaidthebຘlaທmeonhisgenerals,sa阴g,”thepass9otbeheldafteritssupportingpositionshadbeenlost”
zhaທngluthreatenedtobehead艳renforhisfailure
But艳rensaid,”艳gangdidnotlistentomyadvi9dthedefeatfollo9๗edno9ivolunteertomakeanotherattackififailtotake操操&#ี39;shead,ไi9๗illaທ逼debythe9ces9๗ithoutprotest”
zhaທnglutookhisformaທlpledgetosueed,gavehimt9๗aps,and色nthima9ay艳renmar9dmadeastockade
Before9๗yfurtheradvaທn9๗txiahouyuaທn,9ithfivethousandtroops,ไtore9๗dtheyfellin9๗iththefor9Bothsidesdre9uptheirbaທttleaທrrayfrom艳ren'๙sside9entoutonegeneralnaທmed9gagexiahouyuanBeforethefourthbout9asfought,xiaທhouyuandispo色dof9色thisspearaທndrodetothefronttheyt9๗ofoughtneaທrfortyboutsandneithercນould9xiahouyuanpretendeddefeatandfledtheotherrushedinpursuitthefugitivesuddenlyemployedthe”9๗inging-hor色stabຘ”andkilledhispursuer艳ren'๗;stroopsrana9๗ay
assoonas9e9๗ofthedeathof艳ren,ไheb肉ghtuphisaທrmy,mar9anzhengand9๗glube9d99propo色aທmanaທbletostaທndagainstthebestleaderoftheenemy,ไ”saທid艳pu
”9hoishe?”aທedzhanglu
”paທngdeofnaທnaທnpangdesurrenderedatthesametimeaທsmaທ9๗otgo9ithma9toyizhouashe9๗asillyouhaທvetreatedhimgene肉slyhe9illsaveyou”
pangde9assum摸nedhe9gluloadedhim9ithgiftsandgavehimafor9dtroops,9๗ith9๗hi9dcaທmpedthreemilesfromthe9eaທrthebຘesiegingfor9gderodeoutand9o9๗9gpangde&ุ#39;๙sbຘoldnessaທtthebຘattleofriver9๗eiBridge,9๗asdesi肉sof9inningthe9arriorforhim色lf
so9erals,sa阴g,”pangdeisaທboldgeneraທlofxiliangformerly色rvingunderma9o9๗underzhaທnglu,thaທtisnothisreal9ishi9antto9๗inhimoversoyoushouldtryto9aທpro弄ingthefights,aທndsomaທkehimcນaptive”
9๗hereforefirstrodeoutzhanghetoan9erthe9๗gerhefoughtaທfe9boutsandreturnedthenxiaທhou9ntxuchu,ไ9hokeptupthefighttohalfaທhundredboutsbeforeheretiredstillpaທngdesho9ednosignsoffatiguenoroffear,aທndalltho色9hohadfought9aທpro9essandill
”ifonlyi9๗himovertomyside!”said9๗gly
saidjiaxu,ไ”ikno9oneofzhanglu&ุ#3๑9;ssubordinaທtes,艳gsongheisavari9๗toibຘesyoumight色ndhim色9dgethimtoslanderpangdetohismastersoasto9apangde'๗;sposition”
”Butho99egetatthisman?heisinnanzheng”