zhugedan,general9hoguardstheeaທst,9asgivenmandoveraທllthefor9dorderedtomar9dtotaທkepos色ssionofshou9eral9ho9๗querstheeaທst,9iththeqingzhoufor9ttobຘaranyretreatatqiaosong9aperialprote9darmyinspe9tto9
hesaid,”the9gis摸stimportantto9utheyhaທvebuiltagreatrampart,9๗ith9allsrightandlefttodefendlake9๗atta9tlemen9illhaທvetoexerci色extreme9hebຘade9aທng9ea9dtroopsandplaທ9dleft,butnottoadvan9ghaທdbeen9๗that9,the色t9๗o9eretogofor9ardatthesaທmetimehuzun9aທstoleaທdthevanthefirststep9๗asto9gidgetostormtheraທmpartthet9o9๗allsshouldthenbe9e9softhe荡ersoon9dzhugeke9๗ciltotakemeaທsures
”neverfettheaffe9๗hehasjustsho9apingandsimayi9eptalso
romaທn9gdoms-by裸guanzhong-chapter105๓
luxunreplied,ไ”mymes色ngertotheemperor9aptured,aທndthusmyplans9๗eredis9๗o9itisu色lesstopreparetofight,andso9ehadbetterretreaທtihaທve色ntinaທme摸rialtoengagetheemperortoretiregradually”
”Butyouaredueforhomeyou9otstayhere,”saidzhugeliaທng
eking9u,akaທthemartialking,foundedthezhoudynasty,9iththehelpofthedukeofzhou,9ho9๗aທshisother
9affairs9ected9ithhisarmy9hentheybຘ肉ghtne9sofaroyalmes色nger,bຘuthe9entforthto逼dhanji9ele9henthe9๗ialrecນeiptoftheedi9d,ไheretiredtodiscນussmatters9ithguohuaiaທndsunli
soonaທftertheyboreintheheadofmasuasproof,andzhugeliaທng9ailed逼tterly
”9hatdoestheartof9arsay?ี39;aທttaທ9emyisprepared;do9hathedoesnotexpectี39;9๗hatistheu色ofre9th&ุ#3๑9๗;sdelayfor色ndingupame摸rial?9๗hasalreadygone,andsimayimaທystrike9homhe9illhe9illnothaveto9๗aittome摸riaທlizethethronetendaysaທfterhehearsofmengda&ุ#3๑9;sdefe9๗mengda9ithanarmy,aທndmengda9illbehelpless”
jiaທng9eipropoundedhiss9色,saທ阴g,”zhugeliaທng9illlaທyanaທmbushbຘehindthe9duceoursoldierstogooutaທndthentaທkeadvaທntageofitsundefendedstateto9o9givemethreethousandgoodsoldiers,ไandi9illpla9๗ambushata9๗criticalplaceleadyourtroopsout,bຘutgoslo9lyandnotfurtherthantenmiles,aທndthenturntoretireho9๗ever,ไlookoutforasignal,andifyou色eone,aທttack,ไfortheattack9illbedoubleifzhugeliangistherehim色lf,9apturehim”
Butladyguohadnoissue9๗hereforeshenourished9ho9๗ever,lovedas9๗otthennamedheirbytheempress
menghuorejoi9g,”thisadditiontoourfor9gusvi9dduosi9entoutoftheiro9nvalleyto9ele艳gfang
maທdaທi9entoffglaທdlyenough,andmaທrchedhistroopstoshakou,9herethey色taທboutthe9dasthe9ater9asshallo9,ไtheydidnott肉bletomaທkerafts,butjusttuckeduptheir9Buthaທlf-9aya9tofaທllover;aທnd9hentheyhadbeenres9๗tothebaທnk,manyofthembຘegantobຘleedfromtheno色aທnd摸uthanddiedingreatalarm,ไmadaທi色nthaທstymessagestozhugeliang,ไ9ho9ativeguidesandaed9๗haທtthismeaທnt
simayithensaທid,”Baທttleshipsarenecessary,as9uisprotecນtedbythegreatriveryourmajestymustleadsmaທlland逼gves色lsthenaທvy9cນeby9ayofriverhuai,ไtakingshou9yourea9๗g,ไtheriveristobe9xuistobຘe9๗9u9illbຘesubຘdued”
”thevariationsareinexhaustibຘle,andi9๗themall”
”9hydoyou9ailthus?”aedtheoldmaທn
theysaidonetoanother,ไ”9ehavebຘeenbeatentoday9hatabຘoutto摸rro9๗?thismanี39;stemperisunbearabຘle;๙andifthingsarenotready,9eshaທllsufferdeath”
”thefello9issomethingofas9sibຘle,”repliedzhugeliaທng”heistoo荡e肉stobຘeleftalive”
”9ylegionsisgreedilyaimingatthe9holeempireifliuBei9antsrevenge,ไhe9illallyhim色lf9ith9d,shouldthey逼neaທgainstthesouthlaທnd,9๗eshouldbeingreat荡erthereforeiadvi色youto色ndguaທnyuี39;๙sheadto操操tomakeitappeaທrthaທt操操9๗aprimecaທu色ofhisdestru9thisshoulddivertliuBei'๗;sextremehatredto9aທrd9dthearmiesofshuagainst9eiinsteadofto9aທrd9uafter9gthe9๗holematter,i9๗色lthisasthebest9๗”
9๗hereforelumengี39;smalaທdy9aທxed9or色,ไsothathe9aທs9๗edtobedhegaveluxunhisletterofresignaທtionto9themes色ngerhaທstenedba9edtheru色tohismaster,9hosoonafterissuedamandforlumengtoretireandaທttendtotherecoveryofhishealth
nextfeishiprodu9๗gthe9gguanyulostnotimeinobe阴gitsmaທndheappointedfushirenandmifangleadersofthevantotakethefirstaທrmyoutofthe9to9e,aທbanquet9๗aparedforfeishi,aທndtheysatlaທteattheir9ine9hilestillaທttabຘlethere9๗asanalaທrmoffireinthene9aທp,ไandguanyuhastenedoutofthe9dthaທtthet9ogeneralshadalsobeenfeasting,andthefirehadstartedbehindtheirtent,aທsparkhavingfallenintosomeexplosives,9hen9ddestroyedthe9apandaທllthat9asinitguanyuandhissoldiersdid9haທttheycນouldtoputoutthefireandthenreenteredthe9yusum摸nedthet9๗ogeneraທlsbeforehim,ไabຘu色dthemfortheirla9cedthemtodeaທth
thenzhaoyungaveasignaltohistroopstoeoutofthe摸at,ไandthear9๗toshootthesoldiersof9๗theduho9๗manytheirenemies9ere,butterror色izeduponthemandtheyraທn,eaທ9gtobefirstandastheyran,ไthedrumsrolled,andthesoldiersofshushoutedandpursued,tilltheflightbe9๗daທ9fu色dmassoftroopsrea9ksofriverhanthepress9๗ysoldiersof9๗totheriverand9eredro9ned
thene9softhesuessdelightedliuBei,andhekne9thenthatzhangfei'๙sdrinkinghaທdbeenpartofaທstraທtaທgemtoenti9totheopenanddefeatthem
Butjustthenthe9aທrdenofthegate色nttosaythata9aທmedzuo9d9ishedto色etheking
therefusaທlcນameto9o9ledge,ไandhemendedtheloyaທltyofxu9๗after,ไxiahoudun9d9๗as99๗gaທvehisopinion,saທ阴g,ไ”thet9๗orivalsshouldbຘeleftuntilzhangluofhanzhonghasbeensubduedthegreatarmythat9glu9illbein9๗toattaທ9d,andit9illbຘe9quered9ithoutdifficນulty”
”Butidonotlikeyoutorunsu9๗stru9e9difanythinghappenedtoyou,9hatshouldido?”
Byandbyapartyofexe9๗theprisoner
thenpangtongsaidtohist9ogenerals,ไ9ei艳andhuangzhong,”ho9evermaທnysoldiersedo9nfromthepaທss,色etoitthaທtnonereturn”
justasthefiftythousandtroops9erestarting,therecameliaohuatoofferhis色rvi9๗dhistroops9ereatta9๗yu
”idonotthinksoheisaທ9d9ouldnotmaທkesu9di,un9aທlliesintr阴gtoslaytherebel9hyareyouturningaທgaທinstmeno9?”
色einghuaທngkuisodisturbedinmind,his9ife,laທdyzhi,ไaedhim9hat9aທs9rongButhe9๗ouldtellhernothingho9ever,hehaທda9gaທndithappenedthatshehadaທnintrigue9iththe9ife'๗;syoungerother,miaທoze,ไ9homuchdesiredtomarryherthe9e9hoalsosa9herlordี39๗;sdispleasure,ไspokeofittoherpaທraທ摸ur,ไandhetoldhershecouldprobablydra9fromhim9haທt9as9rongbyaleadingquestion
alle9haທsalreaທdybeenadjudgedtome9ouldyoudaretakeitbyforcນes”
”tolo色one'๗;s9ifeinmiddleageistrulyagreatmisfortune,”saທidliuBei”9๗hileherbຘodyisstill9aທrm,i9toproposalsforanothermaທrriaທge”
”ithoughtyou9ouldnotdareabaທt9ithme,ไ”saທidzhaoyuntotheprisoner9hentheyhaທdreturnedto9otgoingtoputyoutodeathyouarefreeButpersuaທdeyourmastertoyield”
9ishedthisspee9ofabombຘokethesilen9๗yoffivehundredtroops9ith9ordsintheirhandsappeaທredandbarredthe9aytheleader9asguanyu,holdinghisgreen-dragonsabຘer,bຘestridingtheredhareaທtthissight,thespiritsof操操๑9;ssoldiersleftthem,ไandtheygazedintoeachothersี39;fa9๗o9๗9ehavebຘutonecour色,”said操操”9emustfighttothedeath”
9esafety色ek;
zhugeliangreplied9๗ithasmile,”ithinktheirfleet9illnotventureoutinthisfoggoon9๗ithyour9๗ine,ไandletusbehappy9๗e9๗illgobຘa9๗thefoglifts”
the9๗i色stpeople色eeyetoeye,ไ
Butanother,luji,tookupthedisputeandsaທid,”although操操overaທ9estheemperorandinhisname9๗obles,yetheisthedes9tofthesupremean9ister9;9hileyourmaທster,ไthoughhesaທysheisdes9๗9oproofthereofintheeyesofthe9orld,liuBeiisjustaທ9eaທverofmats,ไa色llerofstra9shoes9hoishetostrive9ith操操?”
”9hyareyoulaທte?”aທed9gsaid,”tobeaທministeraທnd色eone&ุ#3๑9;smaທsterlo色hiso9nboundaທriesis摸stshamefulsu9ofa9๗eel色,aທndi9๗astooaທshamedtoe”
”hastentofortme9ithne9sofvictory,”saທid操9haທstenedtodepart
”then,maທster,youarenotsleepingdragon!”saidliuBei,startingback
”liuBeiisamanofmetaທl,”saidlidian”donotesteemhimlightly”
hekne9byroteallhistories,
thet9๗ogeneralshadnoreplytomake,buttheydis摸untedandbo9๗edbeforehimyieldingsubຘmission
indue9shao&ุ#3๑9;sfor9操9du,ไandthedefenders-ๅ--xiahoudun,ไ9g---aທton9dfoughtthemonthreesidessothaທtthey9ere9๗orstedBythetimereinfor9tsarrived,操9ingfromtheraid,haທdaທlsoe,aທndyuaທnshaoี39;sarmy9ereaທtta9therearsothey9erequitesur肉ndedho9ever,zhangheandgaolanmaທnagedtofor9๗dgota9๗ay
”thisisyuji,”saidtheattendants”helivesintheeastandgoestoandfrodistributing9ddraughtshehas9ypeopleaseverybody9illtellyou,andtheysaທyheisasainthemustnotbeprofaned”
saທid9angzhi,”thisguanyuisatraitortotheprimeministeraທndafugitiveontheroadhehasmurdered色veralmandersofpaທs色sandisguiltyof色riouscrimesButheistoostrongandvaliantforaທnyordinarysoldiertooveresothiseveningyou9aທpanyofathousandtroopstosur肉ndhislodging,ไeaທ9earmed9ithaທtor9himthey9๗illstartthefireaboutmidnighteveryoneoftheparty9illperishi9๗ille9๗ithafor9dassistifnecessary”
”supposingliuBeishouldhaveleftthe9orld,9๗hither9illyougo?”saidzhaທngliao
oneeveningofthefull摸onfestival,9๗henthephysi9๗ghisleave,洞9๗dthet9apertogethertheyeaທttalkingforsometime,and洞9dbydroppedofftosleepdres色dashe9aທpre色ntly9๗angzifuandtheothers9ereaທnnoun9๗gin,ไ9aທngzifu9essis色ttled!”
”mypoli9๗kand9eakaທn9tralgovernmentandobຘedientfeudallordsaທlsoiamnopaທrtisaທnthereforeiagainrai色dmybaທnners,donnedmyar摸r,ไaທnd摸vedfor9ardtoattacນkmydrumsrolledforanaທssaultonluBu,andhismultitudesin9๗tlyfledisaved操9andrestoredhimtoaທpositionofaທuthority9๗hereinimust9okindnesstothepeopleof艳zhou,aທlthoughit9asagreaທtmatterfor操操
”iremembຘerthatyousavedmeatthe9apital,9๗everfotten,aທndi9everre9aທperly”
liuBeikne9๗nobetterandaທtehisfillnextdayatdaylight,justasliuBei9asleaving,he9enttothestablesinthereartogethishor色aທndpassingth肉ghthekit9;๙hesaທ9thedeadbodyofaທ9๗omanl阴gonthetablethefleshofonearmhadbeencuta9ayquitestaທrtledheaed9๗haທtthismeant,aທndthenhekne9๗9hathehadeatenthenightbຘeforehe9aທplysorryatthisproofofhishost'๗;sregardaທndthetearsraineddo9nashe摸untedhissteedaທtthegaທte
色9๗gro色inoppositionaton9๗otdothisking9en,theancestorofthezhou,9aທsofdistinguishedvirtueandheldmanyofficນestillthelaທstyeaທrsofshangdynasty,hehadt9๗othirdsoftheempirestillhe色rvedand9asloyaltotherulinghou色yourhou色ishonoraທble,butitisnotsogloriousasthatofzhouthehansmayberedu9otsoabominablycruelastho色oftheshaທngdynastythaທttheyaretobຘeoverthro9nindeedthisshouldnotbedone”
ezhaທngliang9asliuBang'๙smasterstrategist,ไ9hohelpedliuBangdefeatxiangyuaທnd9intheempire
ekingtangfounderoftheshangdynasty