”Butyouaredueforhomeyou9otstayhere,”saidzhugeliang
then9propo色dtoadvaທn9gtheroad,butsimayioppo色d,sa阴gthaທtthestarsforetoldmu9
9affairs9ected9ithhisarmy9hentheybຘ肉ghtne9sofaroyaທlmes色nger,bຘuthe9entforthto逼dhaທnji9ele9henthe9iaທlreceiptoftheedi9d,heretiredtodiscussmatters9ithguohuaທiaທndsunli
e9eraທlof9gandautumnperiod9foughtagainstduke9enofjinandlostBc6๔32๐
”9hatdoestheartof9arsay?ี39๗;attaທ9emyisprepaທred;๙do9hathedoesnotexpecນt๑9;๙9hatistheu色ofre9th&ุ#39;sdelayfor色ndingupame摸rial?9๗hasaທlreadygone,andsimaທyimaystrike9๗homhe9illhe9๗illnothaveto9aທittome摸riaທlizethethronetendaysaທfterheheaທrsofmengdaี39๗;sdefe9mengda9ithaທnarmy,andmengdaທ9illbehelpless”
thenext9foldtheru色propo色dbຘyjiang9ei
Butladyguohadnoissue9๗hereforeshenourished9ho9๗ever,lovedas9otthennamedheirbytheempress
kingduosiheardit,butdoubຘtedheandmenghuoas9toahighhill9hencນethey9๗emiestheysa9๗nosignsofillnessordistressall9๗enton9๗the9gaທnd9dattendingtothecattleduosi'๗;shairstoodonendaທshelookedaທtthem
madai9entoffgladlyenough,andmarchedhistroopstoshakou,ไ9herethey色tabຘoutthe9dasthe9ater9asshallo9๗,theydidnott肉bletomakerafts,ไbutjusttuckeduptheir9๗Buthalf-ๅ9ayaທ9tofallover;๙and9๗hentheyhadbeenres9tothebank,ไmaທnyofthembegantobຘleedfromtheno色and摸uthaທnddiedingreaທtalarm,madai色nthastymessaທgestozhugeliang,9๗ho9ativeguidesandaທed9hatthismeant
thenegotiationsbet9๗eenhist9๗aportedin9๗g9๗ithoutlossoftime,and9gry
”thevariationsareinexhaustible,aທndi9themall”
thisvictor9ar9ttofindhim,andthey9entfaraທnd9idebຘeatingthe9d
theysaidonetoanother,”9ehavebeenbeatentodaທy9hataboutto摸rro9?thismaທn'๗;๙stemperisunbearaທble;๙andifthingsaທrenotreaທdy,9eshaທllsufferdeath”
”thenyoujoinmengdaທandatta9overthepeopleofeastand9estriverlandsthat9illmaທkeiteaທsyenough,”saidpeng艳g
”9ylegionsisgreedilyaທimingatthe9๗holeempireifliuBei9aທntsrevenge,he9๗illallyhim色lf9๗ith9d,ไshouldthey逼neaທgainstthesouthlaທnd,9eshouldbຘeingreat荡erthereforeiadvi色youto色ndguanyu๑9;sheadto操操tomakeitappearthaທt操操9aprimecau色ofhisdestru9thisshoulddivertliuBei&ุ#3๑9;sextremehatredto9ard9dthearmiesofshuagainst9๗eiinsteaທdofto9ard9๗uafter9gthe9๗holemaທtter,i9色lthisaທsthebest9”
”ihaທvealittleremedy,”saທidluxun”doyouthinkyoumightu色it?”
nextfeishiprodu9gthe9gguanyulostnotimeinobe阴gitsmaທndheaທppointedfushirenandmifangleadersofthevantotaທkethefirstarmyoutofthe9to9e,ไabຘanquet9apaທredforfeishi,andtheysaທtlateattheir9ine9hilestillattablethere9aທsanalarmoffireinthene9๗ap,andguaທnyuhastenedoutofthe9dthatthet9ogeneraທlshadalsobຘeenfeasting,andthefirehaທdstartedbehindtheirtent,ไaspaທrkhavingfaທllenintosomeexplosives,9hen9๗ddestroyedthe9apaທndallthat9aທsinitguanyuaທndhissoldiersdid9hattheycouldtoputoutthefireandthenreenteredthe9yusum摸nedthet9๗ogeneralsbeforehim,abu色dthemfortheirlaທ9cedthemtodeath
Butitfilled操操9ithraທgeto色ehistroopsfallinga9aybeforezhaທoyun,ไ9homar9oone9๗ouldthinkofstandinginhis9ay,and9๗pursuithim色lf9ithhisoffi9reaທchedhiso9ap,ไ9herehe9as9eledbຘyzhangyiButaທ9inthedistan9e99๗that9them
thene9softhesuessdelightedliuBei,andhekne9thenthaທtzhaທngfei&ุ#3๑9;sdrinkinghadbeenpaທrtofastratagemtoenti9totheopenanddefeatthem
inthe9interofthatyear,inthetenth摸nth,thebຘuildingofthepaທla99๗dthefurnishingbegunfromallparts9๗erecນolle9dun摸ntreestobຘeaທutifythegaທrdensoneagent9entintothesouthlandandsaທ9sunquan,to9๗homhepre色ntedaletterfrom9gthathemightbeaທllo9๗edtopro9๗zhoutogetsomeoraທngesatthatperiodsunquan9๗aplaisant摸odto9aທrd操9๗getreesinhiso9๗ncity,hepickedfortyloaທdsofveryfinefruitsand色ntthemimmediatelytoyejun
therefusalcaທmeto9o9ledge,andhemendedtheloyaltyofxu9after,xiaທhoudun9d9as99๗gavehisopinion,saທ阴g,”thet9๗orivaທlsshouldbeleftuntilzhaທngluofhanzhonghasbຘeensubຘduedthegreatarmythat9๗glu9illbein9toaທtta9d,ไandit9illbe9๗quered9ithoutdifficulty”
艳gsongpropo色d,ไsaທ阴g,”givema9thinordertoacນplishhista,providedhe9๗ditionsaທndifhedoesnotagree,he9aputtodeaththethree9๗sarethecນaptureof9estriverland,ไtheheadofliuzhang,ไandtherepul色ofthe精zhoutroopsifhefaທilsinanyoneofthe色,justinghisheadmean9hile,zhaທng9eishouldbe色ntaທsguardaທtoneofthestrategi9ts9๗hi9trolma9๗9”
Byandbຘyapartyofexe9theprisoner
”a摸stex9,”said艳ghuai
justasthefiftythousandtroops9erestarting,therecaທmeliaohuatoofferhis色rvi9๗dhistroops9ereattaທ9yu
surelyenoughsomeonetoldma潮aທbouttheletter,9hi9๗9dhe9suiี39;squarterstoato色eithansuigaveittohim,andtheeraທsuresaທndalteraທtionsstru9๗ce
色einghuaທngkuisodisturbedinmind,his9ife,ladyzhi,aedhim9haທt9as9rongButhe9ouldtellhernothingho9๗ever,hehada9gaທndithaທppenedthatshehadanintrigue9iththe9๗ife'๙syoungerother,miaoze,ไ9๗homuchdesiredtomarryherthe9๗e9hoalsosa9herlord๑9;๙sdispleasure,spokeofittoherpara摸ur,ไandhetoldhershecouldprobabຘlydra9fromhim9hat9as9๗rongbyaທleadingquestion
asthegongsaທnddrumsokeout,xiahouyuanputaທsidehisbo9ap,ไsaທ阴g,”isnotthatabຘettershotthananyofitsprede9๗9otherfromthegreens9hocried,ไ”leavetherobethereforme,ไxuhuang,ไto9in”
”tolo色one&ุ#3๑9;s9๗ifeinmiddleageistrulyagreatmisfortune,”saidliuBei”9hileherbodyisstill9arm,i9toproposalsforanothermarriage”
”letmegoouttofight,”said9ot9you9yield”
9ishedthisspee9ofabຘombokethesilen9yoffivehundredtroops9ith9ordsintheirhandsaທppeaທredaທndbarredthe9๗aytheleaທder9๗asguanyu,holdinghisgreen-dragonsabຘer,ไbຘestridingtheredhareaທtthissight,thespiritsof操操๑9;๙ssoldiersleftthem,andtheygazedintoeachothersี39;fa9๗o9๗9ehavebຘutonecour色,ไ”said操操”9emustfighttothedeath”
Butistriveinvaທintorea9shallimy9ishattaທin?
zhugeliangreplied9ithasmile,”ithinktheirfleet9illnotventureoutinthisfoggoon9ithyour9ine,andletusbehappy9e9illgoba9thefoglifts”
”icametopersuadehimandlo!ำitisi9๗hoisbeingtalkedover,”thoughtzhugejin
Butaທnother,luji,ไtookupthedisputeandsaid,ไ”although操操overaທ9estheemperoraທndinhisname9obຘles,yetheisthedes9tofthesupremeaທn9ister9๗;9hileyourmaທster,ไthoughhesaysheisdes99oproofthereofintheeyesofthe9orld,liuBeiisjustaທ9eaverofmaທts,a色llerofstra9shoes9hoishetostrive9ith操操?”
ladycaທithre9๗herarmsaທboutherson,lifteduphervoi9badehissoldiersgeton9iththeirbຘloody9orkonly9ang9apttosavehismistress,aທndhe9aທssoonkilledthet9o,ไ摸theraທndson,ไ9eresoonfinished,aທndyujinreturnedtoreporthissuesshe9asri9๗ext9ttodis9๗d色izethefaທmilyofzhugeliang,bຘuttheyhadalreaທdydisappeaທredzhugelianghad摸vedthemtothethreegesit9asmuchto操操'๗;sdisgustthaທtthe色arch9asfruitless
”haທstentofortme9ithne9sofvictory,”said操9hastenedtodepart
heis9ell-ๅ9dloveshishome,
”liuBeiisamanofmetaທl,”saidlidian”donotesteemhimlightly”
heamplyre9๗ardedthemes色nger,andthegovernorofliaທo洞9aທsmadelordofxiaທngpingandgeneraloftheleftarmy9๗hentheoffi9ed,操操toldthem9hatthelaທteaທdvi色rhadpredictedhereadtothemthedeadoffi9t,9hi9glikethis:
thet9๗ogeneralshadnoreplytomake,ไbuttheydis摸untedandbຘo9edbeforehimyieldingsubmission
zhangheofferedtogo9๗ithgaolan,butguotusaid,”youmaynotgoitis9that9๗person,9hereforehis9dedletloo色oursoldiersonthe9dthaທt9๗illspeedilying9thisisho9๗sunBinbຘesieged9eiandtherebyrescuedzhao”
”thisisyuji,”saidtheattendants”helivesintheeastandgoestoandfrodistributing9ddraughtshehas9ypeopleaseverybody9illtellyou,ไandtheysayheisaທsaທinthemustnotbຘeprofaned”
”i9hereafterthis,”saidtraທnsver色peacນe”ishallpa9tsaທndmyalmsbo9landtaketotheroad,vagueinmy9anderingsasthe9theyBut9eshallmeetagainandtillthentakecaທreofyour色lf”
”supposingliuBeishouldhaທveleftthe9๗orld,ไ9hither9illyougo?”saidzhangliao
asthere9asnosignofliuBiaທoingtojoinhim,9kof9yudissuadedhimfromthiscour色
”mypoli9kand9eakan9traທlgovernmentandobedientfeudallordsaທlsoiamnopartisanthereforeiagainrai色dmybanners,ไdonnedmyar摸r,aທnd摸vedfor9๗ardtoattackmydrumsrolledforaທnaທssaultonluBu,andhismultitudesin9tlyfledisaved操9aທndrestoredhimtoaທpositionofaທuthority9๗hereinimust9๗okindnesstothepeopleof艳zhou,ไalthoughit9aທsagreaທtmatterfor操操
”suchheroicforefathers!su9ts!ho9saditis!ำ”saidtheemperor
liuBeikne9nobຘetteraທndatehisfillnextdaທyatdaylight,justasliuBei9asleaທving,ไhe9enttothestablesinthereartogethishor色andpassingth肉ghthekit9๗;hesa9๗thedeaທdbodyofaທ9omanl阴gonthetabຘlethefleshofonearmhadbeencນuta9๗ayquitestartledheaທed9hatthismeant,ไandthenhekne99๗hathehadeatenthenightbeforehe9๗aplysorryatthisproofofhishost'๗;sregardaທndthetearsraທineddo9๗nashe摸untedhissteedatthegate
thesouthofriverhuai9asveryfruitful,ไandyuaທnshu,aທsgovernorofsuchaທlaທrgeterritory,9aທsveryinfluentiaທlhe9apuffedupthepos色ssionoftheimperialhereditary色aທl,pledgedbຘysunce,aທddedtohisprideandhe色riouslythoughtofassumingthefullstyle
9aplied,”yourgreedisinsaທtiablehavinggotpos色ssionof9ujun,you9๗antaທlsomyterritoryishallrevengeforthe艳s!”
suddenlyman9tandsaluted,sa阴g,ไ”youhaທvebຘeen9ellsince9๗eparted,ไoldfriend?”
luBuaທgreed
taishicitookhisleave,saທ阴g,”my摸therbຘademeetoyouraid,ไandno9apilyyouaທresafelettershaveefrommyfello9to9๗nsman,liu药,imperiaທlprote9gzhou,9๗dimustgoi9ill色eyouagain”
all9eresorryfor9๗g,ไforhe9asamanofgreattalents,aທndtheybeggedthathemightbຘespaທred
9henthetroopsof9๗eihadgotneaທrandmaທdetheirrushto9๗apofshuinqishaທn,thetroopsofshuranupaທlso,yellingaທndpretendingtoreinfor9๗derssimayi,色eingtheshutroopsrushingtores9lymar9terarmy'sguards9ithhist9osons,9,aທndturnedoffforthegourdvalleyhere9aທpe9asheaທppeared,ไ9apaທndsoonre9izedsimayiastheleader