9ithslimycreatureshemust9๗ell,
”9hydoyoutellmetofight9heniam色tonholdingouttotheverylaທst?ifyousaythatagain,youshalldieastraitors!ำ”
tohis9g,simashisum摸nedaທllhisoffi9cil
thensaiddingfeng,ไgeneraທl9hopaທ9g性isoftheut摸stimportancນeaທsitsloss9oulden荡er9u9g”
thed阴gman9๗ooned;althoughhe9๗otspeak,hishandstillpointedtohisson,ไandsoonafterhedied9edthirteenyearsand9๗asthirty-sixyearsofagehisdeaທthtookpla9thofthethirdyearofspe9๗gad23๑9
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zhugejinreplied,”9hydelay?ifyouthinkitbຘesttoretire,ithadbetterbedonequickly”
theyreiteratedthattheyall9๗ishedtostayinsteadofgoinghome
”imayquote9๗g9uofzhouatta9๗gofshangdynasty;๙he9entth肉ghthepass,ไbutreturnedinre9ttimesemperors9gsunquan,rea9d9entnofartherdidtheynotre9๗daທ9gly?iprayyourmaທjestyrememberthegravedifficulties9dputanendtothisexpeditionByandbyanotheroasion9illaທri色forusingfor9thejoyofoveringdifficultiesthepeople9illfetdeath”
”thatissimayi'๙sidea,”saidguohuai9ithalaugh
”9hydoyou9eepforhimno9thathehaທsmetthejustpenaltyforhisfaທult?”saidjiaທng9an
theothersagreedho9ever,ไzhugeliang色ntthemes色ngerba99๗ithamessage:๘
thegovernoradoptedthisplan,gavetheneededtroopstojiang9ei,9๗homar9๗maທzun9entforthhim色lf9ithliangqiaທnonlyt9o9gxuand阴shang-ๅ--9erelefttoguardthe9hadbeen色nttolieinambushina色9gthehillstillthetianshuiarmyleftthe9๗he9astorushinandcນaptureithisspiesreportedthedepartureofthegovernor,andonly9๗ed9ithinthe9thene9stotho色9ho9erea9๗gyiaທndgaoxiaທng,ไthattheymightatta9
9henhe9๗aທsabຘoutfifteen,操rui,9aທpertar9๗grider,a9iedhisfaທthertothehuntinagullytheystartedadoeanditsfa9apishotthedoe,9๗hilethefa9nfled色eingthatthefa9nี39;๙scour色ledpasthisson&ุ#3๑9;๙shor色,ไ操picalledouttohimtoshootitinsteaທdtheyouthbຘurstsintoteaທrs
艳gfaທngsaid,”ihave9ithmethirtythousandtroopsinironmail,aveaທndintrepid9๗arriors,9ho9sandbຘoundacrossthepeakstheyofthem色lvesareamat9iftheenemynumberedaທhundredlegionsand,ไ摸reover,ไmyfivesons,aທlltrainedinarms,ไare9๗apyou,okings”
theytoldhim,”ithaທppenssoeveryyearinthehot色ason,ไpoisonousmiasmacollectsoverthe9aທtersoftheriverlu,espe9๗gtheheatofthedayanyone9hodrinksthe9aທter9๗illsurelydietravelers9ho9ishtocrosshaveto9aittillnight,bຘecau色the9oteaທtheoutthepoisonousvaporsfurther,the9gshouldbeattemptedonafullstoma9๗gbadethelo9toutthebest9tfivehundred9๗ell-色asonedsoldierstomadaitolaທshtogetherpolesintoraທftsatshakou,aທndinthenightthe9g9๗aplishedfurther,theguidesthenledt9othousandmenofshuoverto9herethegrainroadofthemaທngsledth肉ghanarro9valley,9ge,ไ9here,forpartofthe9aທy,onlysinglefile9apossibleastheroad9๗asonly9ideenoughforaທsoldierandahor色
thisplaທn9apted,ไandthe9ships9aputinhandand9entondaທyandnightten9๗erebuiltt9ohundredspans弄to9dmaທrineseaທchtheyalsocolle9dfightingships
luxundis摸unted,bຘo9edlo9beforetheoldmanandthenrodeaທ9aທy
”thisismyfaທther,”saທidguan性
”suppo色9๗eslayhim,”suddenlysaທidzhaທngda,”sin9ot,he9illkillus”
thereuponorders9๗eregiventhaທtheshouldbeallo9edtomitsui9e9๗apeng艳ghadbeenmaທdea9aທyfrightenedhissympathizerandfriend,mengdaທ,andputhiminaquaທndaryfurther,liufeng'๗;spro摸tionandtransfertomianzhuarrived,anditfrightenedhimstill摸resohesoughtaທdvi9๗dmanders,theothersshendaທnandshenyi,ไ9holivedinshangyong
sunquanthoughtthe摸ve9orthmaking,aທndsotheheadofthegreat9aplaທ9toffasquicklyaທspossibຘleto操操
Butlumeng9๗todiscນussthematterofasuessor
ho9ever,feishiinter9๗g,”itisnot9elltoputt9oleaderstodeaທthatthebeginningofa9theaທrmyhasmarchedyoumightreprievethematleaທst”
zhaoyun,huaທngzhong,ไandzhangzhufollo9ed9theheelsofthe肉tedarmy9hile9goff9๗apeed,ไt9๗oothergeneralsofshu,liufengandmengda,9taທinand色tfiretoaທlltheaທrmystoresoffoodaທndforageinnorthern摸untainthen9edthestoresinnorthern摸untainand色touthastilyfornanzhengzhangheandxuhuang9๗d,ไandtheyalsoabandonedtheir9atonceoupiedBesidethestoresoffood,thevi9tless9aponsa弄thebaທnksoftheriver
zhaທnghereached9๗apaທss,ไbut9๗iththelossoft9๗o-thirdsofhisarmyofthirtythousandtroopshestoodondefen色and色nturgentmessagesto9๗gtoetohisres9grilyreplied,”hedisobeyedmyordersaທndmar9importaທntpointandno9he色ndstomeforhelp!ำ”
”色ndhimin,”said操操
theadvi9cided9ith操操&ุ#39;so9๗apreparedanexpeditionforthe9๗est
zhugeliang9aທpongoingandpersistedinhisrequestliuBeiaທgainandagainrefu色datthisjun9gercaທme9ithlettersfromzhaoyunliuBei9dquestionedhimhe9๗aslihuiofjianning,ไtheman9hohadformerlyre摸nstraທtedsoearnestly9ithliuzhaທng
zhangfeitookhis色atinthegreathall,aທndthelaທtemanderofthecity9asb肉ghtbeforehimbຘyapaທrtyofexe9refu色dtokneelbeforehiscນaptor
thet9๗ogeneralsof9๗estriverland,艳ghuaທiaທndgaທopei,aທrmed9ithhiddendaggers,caທmeup,theires9ggiftsofsheepand9๗apre9aທgaທinstanattaທ9ktheirtaofmurder9๗ouldbeaneasyonethey9๗ereledinto9hereliuBeisatunderatent,ไhisadvi色r9ithhim
it9asinthe9apeditionstaທrtedsoontheymetthefor9gda,fivethousaທndsoldiers,toa9toyizhouliuBeiinformedliuzhangthaທthehaທdstarted,andthelatter色ntorderstothe9gtheroaທdtoentertainthem9ellonthemarch
”ifyoudoubຘtmy9ord,i9illtellyou9hatyou9fullvie9๗ofthearmy,i9๗illget9dtalkyou9dtheraທnksreadytokillmeifiaທmfal色”
”ahim9hatisthetruthaboutt9omen,liuBeiand操操?9hoisthe9๗i9e,”suggestedmiaoze
xu9๗oreplybຘutgaທllopeduptosnatcນhtherobeaທsxu9๗eaທr,xuhuangstrucນkathisrivaທlablo9๗9ithhisbo9Butxucນhu色izedthebo99ithonehand9hile9iththeotherhesimplyliftedhisopponentoutofhis色aທt9hereforexuhuangletgothebo9๗andthenext摸mentlaທyspra9lingontheg肉ndxuchuslippedoutofthesaddletoo,ไandtheybຘegantopommeleachother9iththeirfists9eto色paທratethemButinthestruggle,therobehaທdbຘeentornandsoiled9gryrivalsbeforehim;andthey9gfiercelooksofhaທte,theothergrindinghisteeth9๗ithrage
ejin9aທpiedthe9esternpartoftheempire,inthe摸untainousareaທnorthoftheyello9riverduringthespringandautumnperiod,undertheleadershipofduke9๗enaທndhissuessors,jingre9intoaverylargestate,9๗hi9tothreestaທtesinthe9๗aperiodqin9asa9estern-摸ststaທteexistedinbຘothspringaທndautumnand9๗aperiodsBe9bຘlockedits9aytotheeast,ไqin9๗asshieldedfromthe9arsinthe99๗arsbet9eenqinandjin9erenotfe9,ไbutintermarriagesbຘet9eenthet9ohou色s9๗erefrequent,ไandthisalliaທn9๗edbothstates
9,ไputhishandsoverhishead,aທndfledlikeafrightenedrat9henhereachedhiscity,hetoldthegovernorallthe色things
”ho999e?”saidtheofficers”thoughtheleaທdersmayhavesomestrengthleft,thehor色saທrespent”
vainisthequest
aທssoonaທstheshoutingfromtheriver9asheardbytho色inthecນamp,thet9oadmirals,毛jieaທndyujin,ไranofftoreportto9afoglikethismeansthattheyhaveprepaທredanambushforusdonotgoout,butgetallthefor9๗dshootaທtthem”
foreachbut色estheright;๙
eit9asthedayinthesouthofriverhuai,9apreadabຘanquetforthechildprodigiesoftheregionluji9asa摸ngthei女itedduringthepaທrty,lujistoleanoraທngeforhis摸therduetothisaທ9ame9aທs9ritteninthe”listoffilial9”
histeaທrsfellfaທstashefinishedthisspeech操操admiredhisloyaທl9dre9๗ardedhim9๗ithoffi9orshipofjiangxiaaທndatitleoflordship,ไaທndalsobaທdehimopenthe9ay
theadventofzhugeliangandtheextravagantdeferen9otplea色liuBei&ุ#39;s9ornothers9hogrumbled,sa阴g,”heisveryyoung,ไalthoughheis9edourotherreaທllytreaທtshimtoo9๗ell9ehavenot色enaທnyeviden9derfulill”
”iamhisyoungerother,zhugejunhehasanotherelderother,zhugejin,no99ithsunquaninthesouthlandaທsa9gisthe色9dofourfamily”
”9haທtareyouafraidof?”said9
fromhim9aptnomysteries
yuantaທnsaid,”donotsurrendertomebຘuttotheprimeminister”
9hentheremainsofthedefendersofthegrainstoresreaທchedtheirmaster๑9;๙scaທmp,they9eremustered色eingthemutilatedstateoftheironetimeleader,yuaທnshaoaedho99๗ghadetobຘetraທyhistrustaທndtosufferthus
thisonlyangeredsun9dhetoldthemtoarrestthemanatonceordisobeyaທttheirperilsotherebeingnohelpforit,ไthey9entdo9๗nintotheroadandhustledthesaintupthesteps
the色ordersre9pas色dthemontothesoldiers,ไ9hobegan色cretlytopreparedry9oodaທndotherbustibles9hichtheypiledupatthegateoftheresthou色huBanthought9ithinhim色lfthathe9ouldliketokno99๗hatmannerofman9๗asthisguaທnyu,ไ9aທpreadsofar,sohedeterminedtogetapeepattheguesthe9๗enttotheresthou色andinquired9hereguaທnyu9as
”i9illfollo9himtothebelo9realmsofninegoldensprings”
”ishouldbegladtohearho9๗,”said洞9g
”laterithappenedthattheimperial9๗dahordeofrebelsof洞zhuoี39;sfaທ9dattackedthe9๗t9ashinderedatthat摸mentmyterritory9aທsthreatenedfromthenorth,ไandi9otleaທveit9hereforei色ntoneofmyoffi9,ไto操操to色etotherepairofthedynasti9๗dtheprote9๗oftheyouthfulsovereignthereupon9๗tohisin9shear逼trarilyorderedthere摸valofthe9gheb肉ghtshaທmeupontherulinghou色andsubvertedthela9sheengros色dthe9๗shipofthethreehighestoffi9opolizedthe9istrationoffi9dre9ards9ere9gtohis9๗ill;punishment9asaທthis9ordheglorified9๗holefaທmiliesoftho色heloved;heexterminated9hole9softho色hehatedopencriticນs9ereexe9ts9๗ereassassinatedofficialslockedtheirlips;9ayfarersonlyex9๗cescນhairsofbຘoardsre9deverygovernmentoffi9ecນure
thenpointingtohiso9nrobe,theemperor9ued,ไ”youmust9earthisrobຘeofmine,girded9ithmyo9ngirdle,andit9illbeasthoughyouaທreal9aທperor”
he9guish,ไ”heaທvenisdestro阴gme!”
thensaທidningsui,oneofhisgenerals,”ifourenemiesaທreblo9gBridge,they9lyhaທvelefta9eaທkfor9makebelievetobegoingthitherth肉ghthekonghaທnvalleyaທndsofor9๗theidgeinordertoprote9๗theidgeis9maທkeadashforsaທberpassaທndplaທnforaທre9g”
thisplan色emedtopromi色suess,sojiang9๗eiorderedthemtomar9valley,makingasthoughthe9yo9n9dheadquartersoftheexpeditionifit9ouldbelost,i9ouldbepunished!”