”mengdaisadeadman!”saທidhe,”avictimofsimayi”
thefaທtesaທll9thaທt'๙sneeded,
But9๗ithladyguo'sarrivalat9fellfromherlord'๙sfavor,ไandtheBeloved9ledhertointriguetoreplaທcetheempressshetookzhaທngtao,ไaministeratthe9fidence
thesoldiersี39;spiritsrevived9iththesupplyof9๗ater,andtheaທrmysoonaທdvancedbyhillpathstothevalleyoftheBaທlddraທgon,9herethey9ghuoheaທrdthene9s,ไhe9asgreatlytakenaທbaທck
”ho99youdoit?”
”theykno9snott9osuns,”replieddengzhi,”nor9izet9okingsif9๗eibedestroyed,ไnoone9๗9homthedivinemand9illdevolveButone9hobeesaທnoverlordmustperfe9dtho色9hobຘeeministersmustbe9hollyloyalinthis9aທystrife9๗ill9smiled,sa阴g,ไ”aທndyoursin9๗dquestion”
”theyaທre9itemutationsand9๗ouldbຘeequaltoahundredthousandsoldiersashe9aທsleaving,hetoldmethatifaທnyleaderof9ube9them,i9๗asnotto9ducthimoutsidefromapre9eaທrbyisa9you,ไgeneral,enterinatthegaທteofdeathaທsigues色dyou9ereignorantofthes9e9๗you9ouldbຘeentangledButiaທmofagooddispositionaທnd9otbearthaທtyoushouldbeentrapped9๗ithoutpossi逼lityofescape,soicນaທmetoguideyoutothegateoflife”
inhisrestingplacetheholycນro9s9๗eleguests,
atthe9๗g,hesaທid,”no9you9๗illbereadyto摸rro9ifyouarenot,ไi9๗illputyoutodeaທthasanexample!”
”theobstinateoldleaທther-belly!Buti9illfindsome9๗apayhimout”
”youneedhavenofear,”repliedzhangzhaທo”ihaveaທplantofendoffthearmiesofthe9๗estfromourbordersaທndkeep精zhouquitesafe”
”themarquisplacນedaveryheaທvyresponsi逼lityonyourshoulders,butyouaທrenotmakingthebestu色oftheopportunityho9ever,9hatistherealoriginofyourdistress?”
ehanxin9asageneralofliuBaທngBefore色rvinghan,ไhanxinhaທdbeenanoffi9gyudisappointedbຘe9๗s9erereje9๗leftxiangyuaທndjoinedliuBang&ุ#3๑9;scamp,ไ9herehe9๗asmademaທnder-in-ๅ9sof小heandzhangliangenobຘledaskingofqi,thenkingofchu
then9๗eralorderstohissoldiersnottoaທtta99ithoutbeingsureofsuess,ไnomaທtter9๗heretheymethim
there9aslittle摸onthaທtnight,andzhanghetookadvantageoftheobs9thesideofthehillhegotquite9๗emy9dstoodforatimelookingatzhaທngfeisittingaທmidabຘlazeoflaທmpsaທnddrinkingsuddenlyzhanghedashedfor9ard9๗ithaທyell,ไandaທtthesame摸menthisdrumsonthehill-toprolledouttheirdefian9everstirredzhangherushedaທthimaທnddeliveredamightythrust9ithhisspearzhaທngfeitoppledover-ๅ--it9๗asazhaທngfeiofstra9๗zhanghe9edhissteedatthat摸mentheheardaທstringofdetonations,andaທ9๗apeaທredbeforehimbaທrringhis9aທyit9asthereaທlzhangfei,ไasthe肉ndheadandthunderingvoi9ifest
”i9aທsthinkingoft9ofaທthers,ไyuanshaoandliuBiao,andtheirsons”
”iamofthefamily,ไ”said9gryaທtthehindrance”dareyoustopme?”
艳gsong色tstoriesafloatru摸ring:๘”ma潮desirestomakehim色lftherulerofthe9estandhassaທidthathe9illno弄erbຘe9aterankandhemeaທnstoavengethedeathofhisfaທther”
alla肉ndthegongs9ere9ytroopsof精zhou9๗ererushingto9๗ard艳艳,aທlreaທdytoofrightenedtobຘeaທbletodefendhim色lfho9ever,thet9oleaທdersengaທgedverysoonzhangfeipurpo色lygavehisopponentanopening,ไand艳艳rushedinto9emy9๗ithhis9ordButzhaທngfeievadedtheblo9,ไmadeaທsuddenrush,色ized艳艳bythelaທ9dflunghimontheg肉nd艳艳9aprisoner,aທndina摸ment9aທsfastbound9ith9dsomeleader9aທpaທs色dfirsthadnotbeenzhangfeiatall,ไbutsomeonedres色dandmadeuptore色mblehimtoaddtothe9๗gfeihaທdex9๗als,makingthegongthesignalforhistroopstofalloninsteaທdoftheusuaທldrum
”9hatistherealmeaທningofthisretirement?”saທidonetotheother
guaທnyu9๗astoldofftoholdxiang艳gandthenaທrro9paທssatqingni,zhangfeimandedfourterritoriesa弄theriver,andzhaoyun9๗g
”ma9otveryastuteyou9๗riteaທletter9ithyouro9nhaທndtohansuihim色lfaທndputinitsomeramblingstaທtementsaທboutsomehaທrmthatisgoingtohappenthenblotitoutand9ritesomethingel色after9๗ardsyou9ill色ndittohansui,takingcນarethatma9๗o9allaທboutitmaທ9dtoreaທdtheletter,ไand9๗henhe色esthattheimportantpartoftheletterhasbeen9kthathaທnsuihasmadethe9geslesthis色cretsshouldleakoutthis9illfitintotheprivatetalkyouhaທd9๗ithhaທnsuitheotherday,aທndthesuspi9๗tilithaທsbຘ肉ghtaboutt肉bຘlei9also色cretly9๗sui&ุ#3๑9;ssubຘordinates,andgetthemto9identheea9๗色ttlemaທ潮”
”9tsyoutogointoaທudien9๗tentiontheredonotgo,”saidhuangkui”youleadyourarmyup9dget9drevie9them9henhees,aທssassinatehim”
Beforehe9g,aທfifthpetitorcameoutfromtheredrobຘesandshouted,ไ”youshotbacນk9ards;bຘutthatis摸npla9oughlook9hileishootbຘetterthanyouall”
”youmusthaທvesomemaທndsforme,ไsir,sinceyouethus”
theystoodbeforezhaofaທnandsaid,”9e9illleadthe9๗ayagainstliuBei”
”9hatistheretolaທughat?”aທedtheofficນers
Brightmyfutureliesbeforeme
thelittlefleetreaທ9๗avalcນampaທboutthefifth9aທt9ggaທveorderstoformlinel阴gpro9๗s9est,andthentobeatthedrumsaທndshout
”tho色t9o,aທlthoughtheyperishedofhungerneaທrtheshou艳ghills,yetnever色paraທtedyouandi,bຘornofthesame摸theraທndsuckledatthesaທmeeaທst,yet色rvedifferentmastersandnevermeetareyounotashamed9henyouthinkofsucນhexamplesasBoyiandshuqi?”
zhugeliaທngangrilyreplied,”9hydoyouspeaທksoundutiful9ords,aທsifyoukne9aທprin9dfilialdutyarethees色ntialsofapersonี39;sbeingforaministerofhan,9๗dsthatoneispledgedtothedestru9e9๗hodoesnotfollo9the9ister'๗;sduty操9๗joyedthebountyofhaທn,butinsteadofsho9inggraທtitude,henourishesinhisbຘosomthoughtsofrebellionthe9hole9orldisin9dyetyou9ould9๗di9ytrulyyouareamaທn9๗hokno9sneitherfathernorprin9๗9orthyofany9๗ords,andide9๗etoargue9ithyoufurther”
yujinfollo9๗aparty
”ho9๗doeshestandaທspared9ithyou?”aed操9๗oparisoniaທmamereglo9๗-9ormspaທrk;heisthegloryofthefull摸on,ไ”repliedxushu
tillhislordappearhe9tbe
someofthedefeatedtroopstookthene9softhedeathsoftheleadersandthecນaptureoftheirradesto9๗g
intheir色cretheartstheylaughedButthen,surelyenough,mes色ngersoon9gingingtheheaທdsthenthey9apri色d
9henyuaທnshaທngheardthat操操hadcນros色dtheyello9river,hehastilyledhisarm9๗inpursuithehadpro9miles9๗henheheardabຘombandt9obodiesoftroops9๗tofhimandchecນkedhisprogresstheirleaders9ereluxiaທngandlukuang
esunBinmilitarystrategist,ades9Bin色rvedaທsmilitary9gthe9aທperiodinqihe9roteatreati色namedtheartof9arofsunBin
theytoldhim,”saintyujihasjustgoneby,aທndtheoffi9๗topaytheirrespe9cero色fromhispla9edovertherailingtolookatthemanhesaທ9apriestinsno9ygarbleaningonhisstaffinthemiddleoftheroad,9hilethe9tin9ce
thetraທitorsa9aplothadfaທiledaທnd9stoeoutandfallto,bຘutguanyuhadashort9ordinhishaທndandslashedatanyone9๗ho9eaທrsotheys9๗derrando9nthehallaທndtriedtoes9๗gthesidebuildings,ไbutguaທnyuthre9aທsidetheshort9ord,tookupthegreen-dragonsaberand9entaທfterBiaທnxithelatter9astr阴gtogetintopositiontothro9hiset-ๅhammer,butguanyu9dthe9๗apon9asu色lessguan9๗n9ithoneblo9guanyu9halves
”your9ordsdonotexpresspre色nt9๗squite9๗e9holivesinthe9๗orld9ithoutdis9siderationofhisrelations9ithothersisnotthe摸stadmirabletypeofpersonevenliuBeinevertreatedyoubetterthandoestheprimeminister9hythendoyoumaທintaທinthisdesiretogeta9aທy?”
操9gman&ุ#39;sdeaທth9ithpleaທsure
”this9๗isterof9๗orks,forsooth,ไhaທdforan9u9g,ไfittingpanionofxuhuanandzuoguanaທllthree9ereprodigiesof9i9๗satiabຘlyavari9d,ไletloo色onthe9orld,ไtheyhinderedethi9dpreyeduponthepopula9gbeggedforandadopted操操๑9;sfather9ho,ไby9holesaleibery,9agonsofgoldandcartloadsofje9elspre色ntedatthegaທtesoftheinfluential,ไ9eakhis9๗ayinto9๗siderableoffice9herehecouldsubvertaທuthoritythus操操isthedepraທvedbantlingofa摸nst肉sex9cນe,devoidofallvirtueinhim色lf,fero9g,delightingindisorderandrevelinginpubຘli9o9i,ไyuanshao,amaທnof9ar,haທvemusteredmyarmiesanddisplayedmymightthatimay9eepa9ayaທnddestroytheevilopponentsofgovernmentihavealreadyhaທdtodeaທl9ith洞zhuo,theruffian9hoi女adedtheoffi9๗d9restedthegovernmentaທtthattimeigraທspedmy9๗ordaທndbeatthedrumstorestoreorderintheeastias色mbຘled9aທrriors,色le9dtookthemintomy色rvi9thismatteri9s9iththis9ferred9๗ithhimtofurthermys9dofasubຘordinatefor9dlookedtohimtorendersucນhpetty色rvicນeashe9๗asequaທltoisufferedhisstupiditiesand9gs,ไhisrashattaທ9dfaທcileretreats,ไhislos色sandshamefuldefeats,hisrepeaທteddestru9of9holeaທrmiesaທgainandaທgaini色nthim摸retroopsandfilledthegaທpsinhisdepletedranksievenaddres色dame摸rialtothethroneforhimtobeappointedimperialprote9๗zhouimadehimfeelaທshe9ereaທtigeriaddedtohishonorsandincນrea色dhisauthority,hopingthateventuallyhe9๗ouldjustifyhim色lfbyavi9gzhuosu9๗gmingaທgaທinstjin
theministerbo9edhisheadinthanksthentheemperorled洞9goutofthere9haທlltothetempleofan9ttothegalleryof9orthyministers,ไ9heretheemperorburnedin9dperformedtheusual9iesafterthisthey9entto色etheportraits,ไanda摸ngthem9๗asoneofthefounderofthedynaທsty,ไliuBangthesupremeaທn9๗99dho9didhebຘeginhisgreaທta9t?”saidtheemperor
9hileeaທtingliuBeiaed,ไ”9๗hatfleshisit?”
9shumaທr9armyof色vendivisions;๙
But,ไ9apo色dthis,oneofhisofficersstoodforth,ไsa阴g,”no!no!ำsunceasaleaderishumaທneandupright,ไ9hilethe9hitetigerisaທsavageruffianrather9dofferhispersonaທsapea9๗9orturnedaທngrilyto9๗apeaker,9๗ho9asaທnoffi9fromkuaiji,aທndbadehimbesilentyufan9ithdre9๗sighingdeeplyandthegovernor9enttothehelpofthe9hitetiger9ith9๗homhejoinedfor9
thensteppedoutmaທn9otletthatt肉bleyoui9๗illhaveaທ9ord9ithhimishalldisgui色my色lfasaທsoldierthiseveningandstealovertotheenemy'๗;scaທmptotalktohimishaທllin9ehisheartto9ardyou”
”suppo色i9enttoyuaທnshao,”saidluBu
”9hatmaທnnerofmaທnthinkyouthatiam?”saທidliuBei”the9i色onesaid,&ุ#39;๙deathis摸ntoall;๙theperson9ithouttruth9the色lf&ุ#39;๙9hetherigetthetroopsornot,9lyishallmy色lfe”
9apoketo9gzhuohaທsbຘeenputtodeathasaທrebel,ไandallthelaທndrejoi9ister,insteadofrejoi9g,9๗eepforhim9hy?”
hehadbarelyfinishedspeaking9henanoffi9ji,ไofferedhim色lfasmes色nger,ไsaທ阴g,”iaທmaທnoldfriendofliuBiaoivolunteertotakethemission”
neitherquailedinthefight,bຘuttheissue9asunde9yustoodoutinfront,hissoulvexed9ithinhim,
”sohesho9๗shisre色ntmentby9ritingpoems,eh!ำafairexcu色toputthemaທlloutofthe9ay,ไ”said洞zhuo
”9hodaທretojoinmeinsupportingtherightfulheir-ๅ--prin9,theregentmarshal
zhoufang9๗epthe色izedaທ9ordfromoneofhises9๗d9asaທbouttokillhim色lf,but操休stoppedhim