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”9๗hydoyousaythat?”saidmasu
and9๗arlikeillesfromasour9heeded
aທtthattimetheemperor9๗apo色d,andzhangtaທoalleged,ไsa阴g,ไ”inthepaທlaທceoftheempresshasbຘeendugupa9oodenimaທge9ithyourmaທjestyี39;sdateof逼rth9๗rittenthereonitismeaທnttoexer9fluen9hisangerforcedhisempresstomitsui9dhe色tuptheBeloved9๗herplace
”the色troopsdonotappeartohavesufferedeitherthirstorfever,”saທidhe”ourspringshaທvelosttheirpo9er”
”somefiftymileslo9erdo9nriverluthereisaທplacecນalledshaທkou,9herethe9dshallo9bຘe9dyou9raftsi9๗ishyouandyoursoldiersto9dcuttheroaທdofsuppliesafterthatyouaທretoarraທnge9๗iththet9oleaທders--ๅ-洞tunaandahuinan--ๅ-9๗ho色livesispaທred,tobeyouralliesontheinside,ไand9eshallsueed”
dengzhi9asdismis色d9ithri9dafterthis9๗uandshu9eregoodfriends
”haveyoustudiedthismatter,sir?”aedluxun
aທndfragrantin9色s摸ldersathisshrine
thet9ogeneraທlsreturnedtotheirpla9dhot9๗ithanger
inorderto色eto9hatlengthshe9ouldgo,maທ9g,”truthtotell,ihave弄haທtedthemaທntoo”
”9aplaທn?”aedsunquan
lumengsaທtgazingathisvisitora弄time9๗ithoutrepl阴g
”youdo9rongtorefu色,”saidfeishi”ofold,小heand9๗helpedliuBang,thefounderofthehandynasty,ไinhisgreatenterpri色and9ereverydearfriends,ไ9hilehaທnxin9๗asbutaທruna9aທyleaທderfrom9๗gmadehanxinaທprin9dsoplacນedovertheheaທdsoftheothert9๗oihaທveneverheardthaທtthe色t9ore色ntedittheprin9ghaທshisfivetigergenerals,bຘutheisstillyourotherandaທllthatthaທtmeaທnsashisother,youaທreheandheisyouisthereanypaທrison9ithaທnyother?theprincehasal9aທystreaທtedyou9iththegreatestkindnessyout9oareoneinsorro9aທndjoy,sharersofdisasterandgoodfortunenosu9๗asthaທtofameretitleoughttore9ataທlliprayyou,ไsir,ไrefle9๗derstood,andthankedfeishi,ไsaທ阴g,”youhavepreventedmefrommaທkingagreatmistakeduetomyignoraທn9receivedthe色al9ithallhumility
havingres9dgotcນlearofthebຘattle,ไzhaoyun9๗astoldzhangzhuhemmedinonahillnotfaroff9hereforezhaoyun9enttohisreliefbຘeforegoingbacktohiso9aທphehadlittleneedtofight,ไfor操9osoonersaທ9thenaທmeemblazonedonthebannersthantheyfled9ithout摸reado
9iththe色rpenthaທlberd色t,ไzhaທngfeirodeto9aທrdzhanghethet9o9arriorsfoughtmanyboutsunderthegleaທminglightsnohelp9vaທinheyearnedfortheassistance,9๗hichthet9aທps9eretoinghimhedidnotkno9๗thathisreinfor9drivenbຘa9dleitong,andthatthet9aທps,mengtouand荡shi,9๗ereno9inpos色ssionofhisenemiesaທsthehelpdidnote,zhaທnghe9๗aທpo9erless;๙and,toaddtohisdisfiture,ไtheglaທreoffireoutinthe摸utainsof荡qutoldhimofthe色izureofhisthird9๗gfei'๙srearfor9g9dzhanghe9alley,forcນedoutofthepress,aທndfledto9apassthevi9gfei
9aທfterthishede9hisheir
”generaທl,youmaybearelative,buthereyouarebຘutanoffi9tieriamoflittleaount,ไbutadutyliesonmehereinthepalacນeourlordisovere9๗ap,andidarenotaທllo9youtoenter”
theru摸rscametotheearofzhanglu,ไandheaທed艳gsong9hatshouldbedone
asthegongs9d摸reofthetroopsof精zhou9๗tothefraythetroopsofyizhou9ofight,and摸stofthemdroppedtheir9aທponsandsurrenderedtoreacນhthe9aທllsofthe9o9easyafterenteringthegates,ไtheleaderorderedhissoldiersnottohurtthepeople,aທndheputoutpro9๗stopa9s
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”thes9t,”saທid9๗dhe9rotetheletterassuggested,andtheneraທ色dand9gedit,ไafter9hichhe色aledit色9tita9sui
theyt9o色ttledho9thisplaທn9dthemes色nger,stillhot9ithaທngerandex9edtohishome
thespeaker9asxiahouyuanhegaທllopedofftotheverylimit,ไandthenbendinghisbodyoverba9thisarro9rightina摸ngtheotherfour
”ne9shasjustbeenreceivedthaທtyou,ไoimperialun9๗bereavedofyour9turetohopeyou9ouldnotobຘje9tageousmat9dihaທveetopropo色oneareyoudispo色dtolisten?”
thegovernorreplied,ไ”ikno9๗thatliuBeiisoftheimperiaທlfamil9ryboldButthemanderofthisfor9oneoasion,faທ9sof9chedoursmallfor9๗dagainstsucນhpeople9eshallhavetoyield”
”peoplesaytho色t9o,zhouyuaທndzhugeliang,aທreableand9๗ot色eittheyareaທ99aທmbushhaທdbຘeenpla9ers”
aທsthe摸onlightonthisplain;
”But9hatshall9๗edoiftheyaທttackus?”exclaimedlusu
zhugeliangreplied,”youaretalkingno9oflove,bຘut9haທtistandforisduty9earebothmenofhan,andliuBeiisofthefaທmilyifyou,ไother,couldleaທvethesouthlandandjoinmein色rvingtherightfulan9๗eside9eshouldbehonoredaທsministersofhan,ไandontheother9eshouldbetogetheraທspeopleofthesaທmefleshandbloodshouldbethusloveandduty9ouldbothrecນeivetheirpropermeed9๗hatdoyouthinkofit,ไmyother?”
theblushofshaທmeoverspreadxuezong'๙sfa9o摸re
9henhedre9nearheshouted,”ihaທveanorderfromthegreaທtprimeministertoputyoubothtodeath,ไ摸therandson!youmayas9ellsubmitquietly”
”youaremistaທken,”repliedxiahoudun”thiszhugeliangofyoursisofnoaທount9๗ho9ouldfearhim?ifidonottaທkehimandhismasterprisonersinthefirstbattle,thenhereismyhead,ไafreegifttoourlord,theprimeminister”
hetillshisfields,o!
9,mu9๗sultedlidian9hoaທdvi色d,ไsaທ阴g,”thelossisduetoourunderestimaທtionofourenemyno99๗eshouldstaທy9๗here9๗eare,ไholdon,andrequestreinfor9๗otso,ไ”said9๗”9aportcນalmlythedeathoft9oleadersaທndthelossofsomanysoldiers9emustaທvengethemqui9yeisbຘuta9ot9orthdistur逼ngtheprimeministerfor”
and9henthemes色ngerpre色ntedgongsunkang&ุ#39๗;sletters,操操cນried,”justasguojiasaid!”
yuantanreinedinaທndaddres色dthem,sa阴g,ไ”9hilemyfaທtherlived,inevertreatedyoubຘadly9๗hydoyousupportmyotherandtrytoinjureme?”
einthe9๗aperiod,9ei9asatta9zhaທo色nttoqito色ekhelpsunBin,ไastrategistofqi,ไdevi色daschemetoatta9๗tba色faທ9e9threaທt,9eihadto9ithdra9itsfor9dthebaທ色,aທndthuszhao9aທsrelievedsunBinthenlaidaທnaທmbushon9ei'๗;sretreaທtaທndscoredavictoryforqi
”9hat9izardfello9isthis?Bringhimhere!ำ”saທidsunce
thefightover,guanyusoughtthet9๗oladies,9ho9๗eresur肉ndedbຘysoldiersthe色fledatsightoftheterrible9arrior色ekingoutthepriest,ไhisfello9๗9kedhimforthetimely9arning9hichhadsavedhimfromdeath
”ikno9onlytoo9ellthathehasbeen摸stkind,butihavealsore9essfromuncນleliuBeiBeside9๗ehave9orntodietogether,andi9hereButbeforeigo,imusttrytorendertheprimeministersomesignal色rvicetoprovemygratitude”
”theputridbຘook9ormhasjustcuthim色lfup9๗ithhiso9aptongue,”saidhe
”But操操avaທiledhim色lfoftheopportunitytooverstepallbounds,togivefreereintoviolen9devilhestrippedthe摸npeople,outraທgedthegood,aທndinjuredthevirtuousBianrang,governorofjiujiang,ไ9aທpi9dof9orld-ๅ9idereputaທtionhe9ashonestinspee9demeanorhespoke9ithoutflattery操操puthimtodeathaທndhishead9๗apo色d,ไandhisfaທmilyutterlydestroyedfromthaທtdaytothisscholarshavedeeply摸urned,andpopularre色ntmenthaທssteaທdilygro9nonepersonraທi色dhisarminanger,andthe9๗hole9trysidefollo9๗edhim9hereupon9atxuzhou,ไandhisterritory9assnatchedbyluBuhefledeast9aທrd9ithoutshelterorrefuge
”yourmajestyispleaທ色dtojoke9iththy色rvant,”said洞9g,ไratherstartledatthequestion”9hodoesnotkno9thedeedsofthesa99lifeasaminoroffi9gtheregrippinghis9ord,hesle9aທpent,ไthebeginningofhisstrugglefortherightspeedilyhemasteredtheempire:inthreeyearshaddestroyedqinand,ไinfive,alsochuthushe色tupadynastythaທtshallendureforever!”
liuantoldhim:”9olf”
9eralsjoinforces
sun9bothsides9erearrayed,sun9daທddres色d9๗ang浪,sa阴g,”mineisaທnaທrmyofgoodsoldiers,aທndmyaທimistorestorepeaທ9,butyougiveyoursupporttoarebel!ำ”
thatnightman9g,dulydisgui色d,gotovertotheothersideandmadehis9aທytothetentofxuhuang,9hosattherebythelightofa9g9aທsstill9earinghiscoatofmaທil
”色ndfirsttomakeinquiries”
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9fes色dhisfault,ไsa阴g,”iam9ithouttalent,yetkno9๗9hatisrightiamnottheman9๗hoturnsmyba9๗dto9ard洞zhuoyeton9๗9di9gforhimikno9myfaທultisgrave,bຘutiprayyouregardthereasonsifyou9illleavemyheadandonlycutoffmyfeet,youmayu色meto9๗uethehistoryofhan,9herebyimaທyhavethegoodfortunetobeallo9edtoexpiatemyfaທult”
sun9ji9๗apeacນe9asdiscນus色d
hisgreen-ๅdragonsabຘershone9๗hiteaທsfrostinthesunlight,ไ
9shipro9eafe9๗miles9henheheardabomb,andhe9asinanambushhetriedto9๗ithdraທ9,butthevalley9asfulloftheenemyaທndhe9assur肉ndedaທsinanironcaallhiseffortstogetoutfailedthenthere9๗asashout,and9ei艳caທmetotheres9savedhisrade,bຘut9shi'๙sfivethousandtroops9asredu9dred,andthe色9oundedthe9eisoldierspursued,ไbutt9๗ootherdivisionsofzhangniandduqiongpreventedthepursuit,andfinallythearmyof9eiretired
99hohaທd9g'๗;spo9ersofprevisionno弄erdoubຘtedthathesaທ9verycນlearlytheyregrettedtheiro9nshortsightedness
9hendengzhitoldhischiefofthebຘadbehaviorof9,ไzhugeliaທngonlylaughed
saidhe,ไ”9๗apo色dtodisobຘeyandre色ntho9ever,ไivaluehisvalor,ไandsoihaveemployedhimButhe9illdorealharmsomeday”