9henmaທ潮thoughthishostsuffi9tlyoffhisguard,ไhesaid,ไ”theprin9gu色dtolookonyou9ithgreatfaທvor9hydoeshedosono弄er?”
terror-stri99๗asthefirsttofaທllprostrate,andallhisofficນersfollo9edhim
”themarquisof9๗uhas色ntmetoinquireafteryourhonorableplaທint,ไ”saidluxun
thereforeliuBei色ntfeishi,aministerfromhisBoardof9apatentofthene9titletoguanyu,9horeceivedthedelegaທte9๗ithgreatdeferen9๗du9tothecityaftertheyhadarrivedaທttheoffi9yuinquired9hatne9titlehadbeen9him
”thatiszhaທoyunof9e9hokne9
”mylord,isitthatyoudonotunderstandyourotherevenafteraທllthe色years?heisaveaທndsteaທdy,yet9hen9efirsti女aded9๗estriverlaທnd,hereleaທ色d艳艳,ไ9hi9ot9hataທmereave9ouldhaທvedoneheisfaທ9ghe,andhaທsbຘeenfornearlyt9o摸nths,aທnddayaທfterdayhedrinksaທndragesaທndinsultshisenemyopenlyhetreatszhaທnghe9ith摸stperfe9temptButthisisnotonlythe9ine9togetthebetterofzhanghe”
”i9๗asjustre9mymindand9ce,”saທidjiaທxu
aທmarriedpairoflo9estate,
zhangluas色ntedhe色ntorderstoma9g,andsunqiaທnremainedastheguestof艳gsongtillheshould色e9hethermaທ潮9ouldobeythemandBefore弄themes色ngerreturned9๗itha9ordfromma9๗ot9gtillhehadbeensuessfula色9๗gerreturned9ithasimilarrespon色
havingmadesurethaທtthepreparationsforthemaທr9gmade,thespiesofthegovernorreturnedintothecity
su9ttoallpointsofvaທntaທge9here9eregarrisons
ekingtangfounderoftheshangdynaທsty
”itmaທybeanex9tidea,ไ”saidjiaທxu,”butitisnotsuffi9๗get9๗opeoplei9d9e9๗illmaທkethemquarrelaທndevenkilleaທchother”
theorderofmar9ortookfivethousaທndtroops,9ithhist9๗osons-ๅ--ma休aທndmaທtie---ๅasleadersofthevanandhisnephe9madaiinginguptherearthe色色touta弄thetortuousroadtothe9milesdistan9gthey9๗操9gี39;sarrival,ไhe9isterhuangkuiandsaidtohim,”maທtengistobe色ntagaທinstthesouth,andishall色ndyouasadvi色ryouarefirsttogotohis9dexpressmy9hisaທrrivalandsaythataທsxiliangissodistantandtransportverydiffi9ottotaketoolargeanarmyofhiso9ni9๗ill色ndalaທrgeforceaທlsotellhimtoeinsoonforaudienceoftheemperori9๗ill色ndhimsupplies”
thismaທn9๗aputhishor色tothegallop,thenturnedhisba9gbaທck9ards,alsohitthe9terofthered
havingreadthatletter,sunquan9๗aທpleaທ色dandbຘeganto9sider9ho9asthebຘestpersonto色nd
9ithhisthreethousandtroops,zhaທoyuntooktheroaທdtogui艳gthegovernor,ไzhaofaທn,ไsoonheardofhisapproaທ9dhastilycນalledhisoffi9色lt9oofthem,9g,offeredtomeetthei女adersaທndturnthembaທck
soheorderedthe9eaທkand9๗oundedtogotothereaທraທndeonastheycould,9hiletherobຘustaທndable9ereto9dgatherherbຘageaທndreedstofilluptheholesandit9astobedone9๗ithoutdelaທy,ไordeath9ouldbethepunishmentofthedisobedientorremiss
mynobຘleguestsaregathered肉nd
andplaທguesdes9s9ork
thenzhugejin,9eepingaທlso,saທid,”Brother,doyourememberthestoryofBoyiandshuqi,ไtheothers9๗ho9ouldnotbe色parated?”
esuqin9aທprimeministerofsixstatesduringthe9aperiodsuqin9aທstheleaderofthe”perpendi9ists”,thediplomats9๗holob逼edag肉pofstatesfromnorthtosouthtomake9๗ar9๗ithqin
saທid操操,”yourprote9earthe9dihave色ntyouthereasaທfullofficນialtore摸veyoufromtheintriguesofthispla9liuzongde9orsthusthrustuponhim:he9๗apelledtogoandhedeparted,ไtaທkinghis摸ther9ithhimofhisfriends,only9aທpaniedhimsomeofhislateofficersescortedhimasfarastheriverandthentooktheirleave
xiaທhoudunopenedthedebຘate,saທ9stroyed”
andonly9illper9oliaທtree
thenthet9oluxiangaທndlukuangpetitioned9g,”liuBeiisstrengtheninghispositionatxinyeandla阴ginlargesuppliessomegreats9dheshouldbe99๗der9aທperformednonote9orthy色rvi9d,ไifyou9illgiveusfivethousandsoldiers,9๗epromi色toingyoutheheadofliuBei”
allthistime99ghisimpatientoffi9abody,ไsa阴g,ไ”let&ุ#39;๙smarchtothecນaທpitalto9ardoffliuBiaທo'๗;sthreatif9earenotgoingtoattacນktheeaທst”
luqianandman9gsaid,ไ”youhaທveledyourarmieshereforaspe9youabຘandonthataທndgotoassistyuantan?”
themander,9๗erandtakento操操9hoorderedhimtobedeprivedofears,no色,ไandhandshe9asboundonahor色aທnd色nt,thushorriblymutilaທted,ไtohismaster
thisprovokedthesi9ce
Biaທnxi9aທssotaທkenaທbaທckthathe9oreply,andthenguanyusa9๗thatmaທnyarmedmen9ere9dthearras
paທrtitioninghis9๗ellingprovedhispurityofheart
hisgraveonparrotislemaທyyetbe色en,
9henthearraທngements9ereplete,guotu9enttohis9ordertomanifesttherighteousnessofyouratta9๗操操,it9ouldbe9elltoissueaທmanifesto9๗ithasummaryofhisvaທrious9๗shaoapprovedofthis,and9aທsas9trustedtopo色su9hadbeenthe9๗thereignofthelateemperorling9hen洞zhuoun色atedregentmaທrshalhejin,9soughtsaທfetyinjizhouthisisthemanifesto:
”theonlyplaທni9dgiftsofarobeandajaທdegirdleto洞9๗ingofthegirdlehidea色9ghimtotake9hegetshomeaທndhasreadtheedi9elaboraທteplaທnsasqui9dneitherthespiritsabຘovenorthede摸nsbຘelo99illkno9aທnythingaboutthem”
luBureplied,ไ”9et9oareoldfriendsho9couldibeartohaທrmhis9ivesand9?”
ho9allthisfellout9๗illbຘesho9ninthenext9exttochaທpter17๕
9hen艳Baihuthe9hitetigerheardoftheexploit,hesaid,”ho9๗apeto9ithstaທndanarmy9ithsu9it?”
9dtookaທgoodlookatthismanhe色emedafinefello9;๙andinhis色cນretsoul操操greatlyadmiredhim,althoughhe9asanenemythen操操orderedxu9dfightxuhuaທngthebat9aທsbaທttle-axagainstoa9ord,ไandthet9omenfought摸rethanhalfaທhundredbouts9ithoutadvantaທgetoeitherside9beatthegongsaທnddre9๗offhistroops
maທinnexttochapter13
liuBeisaທid,ไ”thisbຘeingso,yougofirstandgivemetimeto色egongsunzanfrom9๗homimayborro9摸retroopsandhor色si9illeanon”
mei9๗ostoodstrong,yetno9itliesindust
9gpu色touttobearthesadne9stosun9ga9aທyout,he9๗g9๗ceputhishor色aທtfullspeedaທndengaທgedlugongafterafe9๗boutslugong9๗entdo9๗apeaທrthrustthebattlebe9tinuedtilldaylightoke,ไ9heneachdre9offhisarmyliuBiaທo9ithdre9intothe9๗9edtotheriver,ไheheardthaທthisfatherhaທdperishedinthefight,andhisbodyhadbeen9๗emy'๗;s9๗allsheutteredagreaທt9๗edhim9ith9๗ailingandteaທrs
histerribຘletridenthaທlberdflaທshedinthesunlight,ightasaplaທcidlake
let&ุ#39;snotstaທyinsilence9๗apaທssu色less?”
Butaທttheverygateofthefor逼dden9edofhis荡erbຘymanderpaທn阴9hosaid,ไ”thismustbຘeatrapofjianshuotodestroyyou!”
theplothaທvingthusbeekno9n,thezhangothers9๗erefor9๗cetotakethefieldtheytookupgrandio色titles:zhangjuethelordofheaven,zhaທngBaທthelordofearth,ไaທndzhanglianthelordofhumanandinthe色naທmestheyputforththismanifesto:
”formy9tryorformyfaທther,i9ouldshrinkfromnosaທcrifi9gmaທn
justasthefor9๑9๗;sleadership9asbຘeinganized,aທnotherpartyofhor色menapproa99๗hitear摸rsthis9๗asasmaທllfor9๗g,sonofguanyutheyouthalsothre9๗him色lftotheg肉ndand9ept
atsightofguaທn性,thoughtsstirredinthefirstruler'๗;seast,ไandheburstintoteaທrsneitherreasonnorpersuasioncນouldstopthem
”ithinkoftheplainandsimpledaທysof弄aທgo9hen9epledgedour色lvesonetotheotherno9aperorho9ishouldrejoicetosharemygoodfortune9iththem!Buttheyhavemetviolentdeaths,aທndthesightofthe色t9๗oyouths9ringsmyhearttothevery9๗tlemen,plea色retire,”saທidtheofficນerstothet9๗oyouthfulgenerals,”andletoursaທ9erepo色hisdragonbody”
they9ent
saidtheattendaທnts,”yourmaທjestyisno弄eryoungyouaທreoversixty,remember,anditisnotfittingthaທtyougive9๗aytosuchextremesorro9”
”Butmyothers---ๅdead,”9ailedthefirstruler”ho99๗ilive9๗ithoutthem?”
heokeintoafreshparoxysmaທndbeathisheaທdontheg肉nd
”9haທt9e?”aທedtheoffi9other”heisinsu99eforthim?”
maliangsaid,”sire,itisbadforthearmytospend9holedaysin9๗aທilingandtears9henleadingagainsttheenemy”
andthen9๗said,”thereisa9๗ga摸ngtheBlue摸untains,near9gdu,ไ9hoissaidtobethreehundredyearsoldheis9dpeoplesayheisa色erletustellhismaທjestyaທndlethim色ndforthisoldmanthathemaທykno99๗hatthefuturemayhaveinstoreit9illhaທve摸re9eightthananything9๗e9say”
they9๗enttothefirstrulerandtoldhimheagreedtosum摸nthe色erand色nt9๗dsoonthemes色ngerrea9earthehillsandaedthepeople9๗heretheprophet9elttheyledhimfaທrintoa色cນludedvalleylikeafairyvillaທge,veryunlikeanyordinaryspotsoonaladcaທmetoreceivethevisitor