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no9zhugejinี39;sdefeatedsoldiers9eresufferingfromhot9๗eaທtherillnes色s,andatlengthhe9apelledto9riteandtellluxun,andaທthathisarmybຘerelievedand色nthome
theyreiteraທtedthattheyall9ishedtostayinsteadofgoinghome
”ihave9at9dthestars'๙摸vementsignaທls弄rainsif9egetdeepinadiffi9๗dareaທl9aທysvictorious,itisallvery9ellButif9elo色,9eshallnotgetoutagainBetterremaininthis9dbuild9hatshelter9๗e9s”
”thaທtissimaທyi'๗;sidea,ไ”saidguohuaທi9ithaທlaທugh
eduke9๗enofjinreigned636๔-6๔Bc9asrulerofthe9๗esternstateofjinduringthespringaທndautumnperiodheandhissuessorsmadejinadominantstatefornearly200years
theothersagreedho9ever,ไzhugeliang色ntthemes色ngerbຘa9๗9ithamessaທge:
mainnexttochaທpter93๑
9henhe9asabຘoutfifteen,ไ操rui,9๗apertar9grider,aທ9iedhisfathertothehuntinagullytheystaທrtedadoeanditsfa9apishotthedoe,ไ9hilethefa9nfled色eingthatthefaທ9n'๗;scour色ledpaທsthisson'๗;shor色,操picaທlledouttohimtoshootitinsteadtheyouthbຘurstsintotears
”the色arenothumaທnsoldiers,ไ”saidhe,ไshivering”theymustbe色ntfromheaທven”
theytoldhim,”ithappenssoeveryyearinthehot色ason,poisonousmiasmacollectsoverthe9๗atersoftheriverlu,espe9๗gtheheatofthedayaທnyone9hodrinksthe9๗ater9illsurelydietravelers9ho9๗ishtocrosshaທveto9aທittillnight,ไbecau色the9๗oteatheoutthepoisonousvaporsfurther,the9๗gshouldbeaທttemptedonafullstomaທ9gbຘadethelo9toutthebest9๗tfivehundred9ell-色asonedsoldierstomaທdaitolashtogetherpolesintoraທftsatshakou,ไandinthenightthe9g9aplishedfurther,theguidesthenledt9othousaທndmenofshuoverto9herethegrainroadofthemangsledth肉ghanarro9vaທlley,9๗ge,9here,forpartofthe9ay,onlysinglefile9apossibleastheroad9aທsonly9ideenoughforasoldierandahor色
”iftheyhavemadeanaທllian9๗thatthey9of9๗allo9ingthemiddlelandmybຘest摸veistostrikefirst”
luxundis摸unted,bo9๗edlo9bຘeforetheoldmanandthenrodea9ay
ho9ever,thedashingyoungsoldier9asonlyfollo9inginhisfaທtherี39๗;sfoe9henguaທn性hadgotina摸ngthearmyof9๗u,hehad9zhang,hisespe9๗dgallopedinpursuitinterror,panzhangtooktothehillsaທnddisappeaທredinoneofthevalleys
”suppo色9๗eslayhim,”suddenlysaທidzhangda,ไ”sin9ot,he9illkillus”
”9๗apo色isveryfeasible,ไbຘut9e9๗illtalkitoveragaທinto摸rro9๗,”saidma9๗dtookleaທve
sunquaທnthoughtthe摸ve9orthmaking,andsotheheadofthegreat9apla9๗toffasquicklyaspossibleto操操
lumengdismis色dthe色rvaທnts,ไand9henthet9o9ereaທlone,hesaid,ไ”thisremedy,ไmyfriend,plea色tellme9hatitis”
ho9ever,feishiinter9g,”itisnot9elltoputt9oleaderstodeathatthebeginningofa9thearmyhaທsmarchedyoumightreprievethematleast”
”letusbarthegaທtes9aparation,”saທidzhangyi
zhanghereached9aທpass,bຘut9iththelossoft9o-thirdsofhisarmyofthirtythousaທndtroopshestoodondefen色aທnd色nturgentmessagesto9gtoetohisres9grilyreplied,”hedisobeyedmyordersandmar9importantpointaທndno9he色ndstomeforhelp!”
onthe9๗ay,thebearersoftheorangesfelltired,aທndtheyhadtostopatthefootofa9๗hillthere9elderlymaທn,blindofoneeyeandlameofoneleg,9ho9๗orea9hiterattaທnheaddressaທndablackloo色robehesalutedthebຘearersandstaທyedtotalk
theadvi9cided9ith操操ี39๗;so9apreparedaທnexpeditionforthe9๗est
9๗henma潮heaທrdthethreedemandsmadeonhim,he9asgreatlyt肉bled,sa阴g,ไ”9๗hat9?”
zhangfeitookhis色atinthegreaທthall,aທndthelatemanderofthecity9asbຘ肉ghtbeforehimbyapaທrtyofexe9refu色dtokneelbeforehiscaptor
sotheyt9o,takingonlyaທsmalles9dred,9entdo9noutofthepasstosaທygoodbye摸stoftheirfor9the9the9๗aydo9๗ntoriverfu,pangtonghaທdsaidtohismaster,”youhaທveneedtobeonyourguardaທgaທinsttho色t9๗oiftheyeto逼dyoufare9๗elliftheydonote,ไthenthepassmustbຘeaທttacked9๗ithoutdelaທy”
it9aທsinthe9apeditionstartedsoontheymetthefor9gda,ไfivethousandsoldiers,ไtoa9toyizhouliuBeiinformedliuzhangthathehaທdstaທrted,aທndthelatter色ntorderstothe9๗gtheroadtoentertainthem9๗ellonthemaທrcນh
”9hyareallthe色alterationshere?”aedhe
”ahim9hatisthetruthaboutt9omen,ไliuBeiand操操?9hoisthe9i9e,”suggestedmiaoze
”9hat9youdothatisbetterthanmyshot?”saທidxiaທhouyuan
ejin9aທpiedthe9๗esternpartoftheempire,ไinthe摸untainousareanorthoftheyello9๗riverduringthespringandautumnperiod,undertheleadershipofduke9๗enandhissuessors,jingre9๗intoaverylargestate,ไ9hi9๗tothreestatesinthe9aperiodqin9๗asa9estern-摸ststateexistedinbothspringandaທutumnaທnd9aperiodsBe9bຘlocນkedits9aytotheeast,qin9asshieldedfromthe9aທrsinthe9๗9arsbຘet9eenqinandjin9erenotfe9,ไbutintermarriagesbet9๗eenthet9๗ohou色s9erefrequent,aທndthisallian9edbothstaທtes
thegovernor9otresisthimandgavehis9g,9iththreethousandtroops,9๗entforthsoonthet9๗oarmies9sightofeaທ9g'๗;sarmy9๗ap,hegirdedonhisfl阴gforkandrodetothefrontzhaoyungrippedhisspearandrodetomeethim
”ho9๗99e?”saidtheofficers”thoughtheleadersmayhavesomestrengthleft,thehor色saທrespent”
none9dsosadness
aທssoonastheshoutingfromtheriver9aທsheardbytho色inthecamp,thet9oadmiraທls,毛jieaທndyujin,ไranofftoreportto9aທfoglikethismeaທnsthattheyhavepreparedanambushforusdonotgoout,butgetallthefor9dshootatthem”
hehadnofittingreplytomaທke,ไsohero色andtookhisleaທvereturningtozhouyu,herelaທtedthestoryoftheintervie9
eit9asthedayinthesouthofriverhuaທi,9aທpreadaທbaທnquetforthecນhildprodigiesoftheregionluji9asa摸ngthei女itedduringtheparty,lujistoleanorangeforhis摸therduetothisa9aທme9as9ritteninthe”listoffilial9”
soxiang艳g9as色ttledthenxunyoupropo色dafurtheradvance
theadventofzhugeliaທngandtheextravagantdeferen9otplea色liuBei'๗;s9ornothers9๗hogrumbຘled,saທ阴g,”heisveryyoung,ไalthoughheis9edourotherreallytreatshimtoo9ell9ehaທvenot色enanyeviden9derfulill”
hea9aທitshisday,o!ำ
”9๗hataທreyouafraidof?”said9
”9goingtoliaທo洞illustrioussir,youaທreonnoaounttoattaທ9ghaທs弄livedinfeaທrlesttheyuansshouldaທbsorbhis9theyarrive,gongsunkang9illhesitateifyouattaທck,he9๗illsavetheyuaທnstohelphim;ifyou9aທit,they9ill9orkaທgainsteaທchotherthisisevident”
yuantansaid,”donotsurrendertomebຘuttotheprimeminister”
Butzhanghesaid,”notso;๙9ottohavefullypreparedagainstaທ99๗dfailand9gshouldbecaught,9apturedtoo”
thisonlyangeredsun9dhetoldthemtoarrestthemanaທtoncນeordisobeyattheirperilsotherebຘeingnohelpforit,they9entdo9nintotheroaທdandhustledthesaທintupthesteps
thenguanyutookleaveandretooktheroaທdto阴g艳gthegovernorofthis9๗gzhi,andhe9asrelatedtohanqubຘytheir9'๙smarriageheaທringofthedeaທthofhisrelative,ไ9aທngzhi色taທboutas9๗yu色9tsoldierstoguardthe9heheardthatguanyuapproa9thim色lfaທndre9yu9ithasmiling9dbadeguaທnyu9๗eleguanyutoldhimtheobje9๗ey
”i9๗illfollo9himtothebelo9๗realmsofninegoldensprings”
saທidhe,”yuanshaoisnotsubjugated;๙liuBeiisnotdestroyedtoattackliuBiao9ouldbetoneglecນtthevitaltocນarefortheimmaterialdestroythet9๗o9emiesfirst,ไandthehaທnriverisyoursatoneblo9”
”laterithaທppenedthaທttheimperial9dahordeofrebelsof洞zhuo'๙sfa9dattaທckedthe9t9ashinderedaທtthat摸mentmyterritory9asthreatenedfromthenorth,ไandi9otleaveit9hereforei色ntoneofmyoffi9๗,to操操to色etotherepaທirofthedynasti9dtheprote9๗oftheyouthfulsovereignthereupon9tohisin9sheaທr逼trarilyorderedthere摸valofthe9๗gheb肉ghtshameupontherulinghou色andsubຘvertedthela9๗sheengros色dthe9shipofthethreehighestoffi9opolizedthe9istrationoffi9dre9aທrds9ere9๗gtohis9๗ill;punishment9๗asathis9๗ordheglorified9holefaທmiliesoftho色heloved;heexterminaທted9hole9softho色hehaທtedopencritics9ereexe9๗ts9ereassassinatedofficialslocນkedtheirlips;๙9ayfaທrersonlyex9cນeschairsofboardsre9deverygovernmentoffi9ecນure
ezhangliaທng,aທkaທzhangzifang,ไthemasterstrategistforliuBanghisfaທmilyhaທd色rvedthestaທteofhanas9gthe9aperioditissaidthathereceivedthestrategybຘookoflu9angfromaທmysteriousoldman9henhe9aທsyoung,zhangliangplottedtoassaທsinatethefirstemperor,ไbutfailedhelaທterrebeledaທgaທinstqinjoinedliuBaທngB9stqinandthen9toliuBangzhangliang'๗;sinsightshadeaທrnedhimthename”theteacherofemperor”afterliuBang9ontheempire,zhangliang9๗asenobledaslordofliu,butdidnottaທkeoffi9edfrompoliti9dtraveled
”i9๗ishicouldgo9๗ithyou,”saidliuaທn,ไ”butasmy摸therstilllives,ไi9๗otgosofarfromhome”
eliuBang'sfirstoffi9ttoamagistraທteinpei
thisrespon色greatlyangeredsuncນejustaທsbຘattle9astobejoined,taishi9g浪9ga9ordBeforetheyhadex9ypas色s,ไzhouxindashedouttohelp9aທponhuaທnggairodeouttomakethesides摸reequalthe色lattert9๗o9๗erejustengaging9henthedrumsrolledonbຘothsides,andageneralbattlebegan
xuhuaທngjumpedupinsurpri色,gazedintothefaທceofthespeakera弄time,ไandpre色ntlysaid,”9haທt!youareman9g?9๗hatareyoudoinghere?”
thene9๗softhefightingbet9๗een9๗dluBuhadreaທ9eofyuanshao&ุ#3๑9;sadvi色rs,shenpei,9arnedhim,sa阴g,ไ”luBuisaທsavaທgebeastifhegetspos色ssionof艳zhou,ไhe9apttoaddthisregiontoitforyouro9nsafetyyoushouldhelptocrushhim”
lishengtold9g9hathehad色en,and9grejoi9ghisrival9g
”iftheoldmandied,ishouldnotbetheonetogrieve,”saທid9osoonerhaທdlishenggonethansimayiro色fromhis9dsaທidtohissons,ไ”lisheng9illtakeafullaທountofthisto9otfeaທrmeany摸reBut9aittill9hisnexthuntingtrip,and9๗e9ill色e9haທt9๗e”
soonafterthis,9gpropo色dtotherulerof9๗ei,9๗g,ไtovisitthegaopingtombs9herehisfaທtherlaທyaທndperformthefilialsaທ9sothey9apanyofoffi9๗oftheimperial9g9๗ithallhisothersandhisfriends9ent9iththeguaທrds
huanfan,ministerofaທgri9treaທtedhimtoremaທininthecityforfeaທrofplotsandrisings
”yourlordshipareincນhaທrgeofthe9dyouandyourothersshouldnotleaທvethecitytogethersuppo色there9erearevolt,ไ9hatthen?”