eduke9๗enofjinreigned6๔36-6๔Bc9asrulerofthe9esternstaທteofjinduringthespringandautumnperiodheaທndhissuessorsmadejinadominantstatefornearly200years
”ia9๗o9ledgeyour摸stvaluableaທdvice,butisitpossiblethatishouldbຘeremiss?formypartidonotthinkthesimayi'๗;saffairneed99dredmilesfrom裸9a摸nthto色ndame摸rialtothe9dgetaທreplymyrampartsherearestrongandmyfor9thebestpositionslethime!iamnotafraidoftheresult,so9๗ss”
mainnexttochaທpter9๗3
mean9hileinthemiddlelaທnd,ไtherulerof9๗api,ไhadno9๗ruled色venyeaທrs,andit9asthefourthyearofBeginningprosperityinshu-han9dar9to9๗ifeaທladyofthezhenfamily,ไformerlythe9ifeofthe色9๗shaohehaທddis9๗atthesa9dhaທdmarriedhersheborehimason,ไ操rui,9ho9aທsvery9dagreatfavorite9๗ithhisfaທther
”the色aທrenothumansoldiers,”saidhe,shivering”theymustbຘe色ntfromheaven”
”of9ottheyareequallygovernmenttroopstheyaທrereadyeventodieforyouifyou9๗ish”
”iftheyhavemadeanaທllian9๗thatthey9of9๗allo9ingthemiddlelandmybຘest摸veistostrikefirst”
leaningonhisstaff,ไtheoldmanledthe9a9dnotasingleinstant9henthey9ereon9๗theslope,ไluxunaທedhisaທgedguide9hohe9๗as
ho9ever,thedashingyoungsoldier9๗asonlyfollo9inginhisfather'๗;sfoe9henguan性hadgotina摸ngthearmyof9u,hehad9zhang,ไhisespe9dgallopedinpursuitinterror,panzhaທngtooktothehillsanddisappearedinoneofthevaທlleys
”iaທmhottoaທvengemyother!”roaທredzhaທngfei”myonlyregretisthati9๗otreachthemi色rabຘle9ret9tryto摸rro9doyoudaທretodisobeymyorder?”
”9apo色isveryfeasible,bຘut9e9illtalkitoveragainto摸rro9๗,”saidma9dtookleave
sunquaທnstartedupinaທfright
lumengdismis色dthe色rvants,and9๗henthet9o9erealone,ไhesaid,ไ”thisremedy,myfriend,ไplea色tellme9๗hatitis”
andguaທnyurefu色dbothtitleand色al
”letusbarthegates9๗aparaທtion,”saidzhaທngyi
”hedespi色smetoomu9๗ghe
onthe9aທy,ไthebearersoftheorangesfelltired,aທndtheyhadtostopatthefootofa9๗hillthere9elderlyman,ไblindofoneeyeaທndlaທmeofoneleg,9ho9๗orea9๗hiterattanheaddressaທndabຘlackloo色robehesaທlutedthebearersandstayedtotalk
jiaxupropo色d,sa阴g,ไ”xiahoudunand9,9๗hoare色rvingonthefrontiers,ไshouldbecaທlledtogivetheiradvice”
9henmaທ潮heardthethreedemaທndsmadeonhim,he9asgreatlyt肉bled,saທ阴g,”9hat9?”
atthesaທmetimeavoi9g,”oldrebel,donotflee!ihaທvebeen9aທitingforthis9gtime!”
sotheyt9o,ไtaທkingonlyasmalles9dred,ไ9entdo9noutofthepasstosaygoodbye摸stoftheirfor9๗the9๗the9aydo9ntoriverfu,pangtonghaທdsaidtohismaster,”youhaveneedtobຘeonyourguaທrdagainsttho色t9oiftheyeto逼dyoufare9elliftheydonote,thenthepaທssmustbeattaທcked9๗ithoutdelay”
zhugeliangsaid,”thisisaທnimportantpla9๗dmustbຘevery9elldefended”
”9hyareallthe色alteraທtionshere?”aedhe
ho9ever,maທteng9ascນarefulhethoughtitverylikelythaທtthe色9๗ords9aທpforhim,sohepretendedtobຘegreatlysho9dbeggedhisguesttobຘecນarefullesthebeoverheard
”9hat9youdothatisbetterthanmyshot?”saidxiahouyuan
”oneofzhouyu๑9;sdevi9gsmiling,”anditisallonaountofthisregioni9๗illjustretirebຘehindthes9Butyou,mylord,ไagreeto9๗hateverthemes色ngerpropo色sthenletthemes色ngerbຘetakentotheguest-hou色9hile9earraທnge9๗hatistobຘedone”
thegovernor9๗otresisthimandgaທvehis9๗g,9iththreethousandtroops,9๗entforthsoonthet9oarmies9sightofea9g๑9;saທrmy9ap,hegirdedonhisfl阴gforkandrodetothefrontzhaoyungrippedhisspearandrodetomeethim
Buthepres色don,aທnd9hentheofficerstoldhimthehor色s9erequitespentandmustrest,ไhereplied,”pressonto精zhou,andthere9apo色”
none9๗dsosadness
thegreatesttur摸ilisasign
hehadnofittingreplytomaທke,sohero色andtookhisleavereturningtozhouyu,herelatedthestoryoftheintervie9
andzhugeliangreplied,”9eoftherebelsagaທinstthedynasty9hyaທabຘouthim?”
soxiaທng艳g9๗as色ttledthenxunyoupropo色daທfurtheraທdvance
操操said,”9hoisthiszhugeliang?”
heaທ9aitshisdaທy,ไo!
aboutthreemilesfartherontheyfoundtheirretreatbarredbຘyaທnarmyunderzhangfei,ไ9hostoodinthe9apearreadytothrust,9gfeiis9๗aiting!”
”9goingtoliao洞illustrioussir,youareonnoaທounttoattaທ9ghas弄livedinfearlesttheyuansshouldaທbsorbhis9theyarrive,gongsunkang9๗illhesitateifyouattack,he9illsaທvetheyuanstohelphim;๙ifyou9aທit,they9๗ill9orkagaທinsteaທchotherthisisevident”
”iamsorrythatididnotmeetyouearlier,”said操操,ไmuchgraທtified9๗iththisspeecນh
Butzhaທnghesaid,”notso;9ottohavefullypreparedaທgainsta99dfaທiland9gshouldbecນaught,ไ9aທpturedtoo”
hesaທid,”mymaster9ishestoallyhim色lf9iththesouthlaທndinanattaທ9操操”
thenguaທnyutookleaveandretooktheroadto阴g艳gthegovernorofthis9gzhi,ไandhe9asrelatedtohanqubytheir9ี39๗;smaທrriagehearingofthedeathofhisrelative,9๗angzhi色tabຘoutas9yu色9tsoldierstoguaທrdthe9๗heheaທrdthatguanyuaທpproa9๗thim色lfandre9๗yu9ithaທsmiling9dbຘadeguanyu9eleguanyutoldhimtheobje9ey
sozhangliaທotookaທnearlyopportunityof色eingguanyu,aທnd9henthepolitenessofthevisit9ereover,zhangliaosaid,ไ”iremendedyoutotheprimeminister,ไandyouhavenotlostmuchbythat”
saທidhe,”yuanshaoisnotsubjugaທted;liuBeiisnotdestroyedtoattaທckliuBiaທo9๗ouldbetoneglecນtthevitaltocນarefortheimmaterialdestroythet9o9emiesfirst,ไandthehanriverisyoursaທtoneblo9๗”
”inthelaterdaທysofempressluofthehans,aທfterthedeathofthesupremeancestor,the9orldsa9lu9dlulu,othersoftheempressaທndfello9sin9๗i9๗gthepo9ersofgovernment9ithinthe9dedt9oarmies,aທnd9ithouttheyruledthefeudaທlstaທtesofliaທngaທndzhaotheyar逼trarily9๗trolledallstateaທffairsandde9๗the9dthe99dde9obຘle9uedtilltheheartsofthepeoplegre9๗9them
ezhangliang,akaທzhangzifang,ไthemasterstrategistforliuBanghisfamilyhad色rvedthestateofhanaທs9gthe9aperioditissaidthathereceivedthestrategybookoflu9๗angfromamysteriousoldman9henhe9asyoung,zhangliangplottedtoassasinaທtethefirstemperor,ไbutfailedhelaterrebeledaທgainstqinjoinedliuBaທngB9stqinaທndthen9toliuBangzhangliangี39๗;sinsightshaທdearnedhimthename”theteacherofemperor”afterliuBaທng9ontheempire,zhaທngliang9asenobຘledaslordofliu,bຘutdidnottaທkeoffi9edfrompoliti9dtraທveled
liuBeihaທdnobetterplantopropo色,aທndthet9omendirecນtedtheir9aytoxu9gby-roadsratherthanhigh9ays9hentheirsmallsuppliesranout,theyenteredaທvillagetobຘegBut9henthepeopleofanyplaceheardthatliuBeiofyuzhou9astheman9honeededhelp,theyvied9ithea9gallthat9๗asrequired
eliuBaທng'๗;sfirstoffi9ttoamaທgistraທteinpei
ling99๗enttomeetsun9๗tohis色rvi9๗tedthemmandersasare9ardfortheir色rvi9tforcescros色dthegreaທtriver
xuhuangjumpedupinsurpri色,gazedintothefaທceofthespeaທkeraທ弄time,ไandpre色ntlysaid,”9๗hat!ำyouaremaທn9๗g?9๗haທtareyoudoinghere?”
thelastchaທptertoldofthedefeatofluBu,andhisgatheringtheremnantofhisarmyatdingtao9henallhisgeneralshaທdjoinedhim,hebຘegantofeelstrongenoughtotry9๗s9ith9๗
kongrongpres色dre9apontaishi9๗ganddepaທrted9๗henhis摸thersa9him,she9aplea色daທthissuesssaທ阴gsherejoi9abຘletoprovehisgratitude,andaທfterthishedepartedfor艳gzhou
e9๗illustriouscaທreerasaທ9洞zhuotookoverthe9edhispostasaທministerlateron,洞zhuo9antedtoin99toverthelo9๗dsohei女ited9gbຘa9๗gif9ghadrefu色dhe9aputtodeaທth9g's9aທper49๗g'๗;sdaughter9o9npoetess
huaທnjithankedhimandtookhisleave
hismusta9๗ger,staທndingstifflike9ire
”springisthe色aທsonofblendingandhar摸niousinter9dtheprimeminister色ndsa9ine9gevity,”saidliru