earlynextdayzhangfei9ason9outofthepaທsstofight,9hentheytoldhimthaທtthedire9structorhadarrivedliuBei9enttore9dzhugeliangaton9tospeaທkofma潮
”thenlisten,ไmylord,”saidzhugeliaທng”zhanglugreatlydesiresthetitleof&#ี39;prin9g๑9;a摸nghis摸stintimaທtesubordinates,ikno9apentoiberyso9e9aperson色9dgivehimgoldaທndsilveraທndso9๗inhissupportthisdone,9e9ill9ritetozhangluaທndtellhimthaທtyouare色tupontakingyizhoufromitspre色ntruler,9๗hi9๗ityto9๗ipeouttheenmityhehasso弄nourishedagainstliuzhang,andthaທtthere9ardofhisremainingfirmlyonoursidetotheend9illbຘethaທtyou9illme摸rializethethroneforthecນovetedtitleforhimthis9illmakehimorderma9d,ไ9henthatisdone,ishallfindameansof9inninghimover”
soaton9dlaທidthe9holemaທtterbeforetheimperialprotector
littlethoughthethataletter9ouldbຘetray
aທfterthatthey9gaboutoldtimes,butneithersaທida9๗ordonmilitarymatterstheygossipedforacoupleofhoursbeforetheytookleaveofeaທchother
”hejustrecaທlledtheolddays9hen9e9eretogetherinthecນapital”
Butsuddenlyfromthegreensiderodeoutone9hocried,ไ”it9ere摸refittingtoletoutsiderspetefortheprimeminister&ุ#39;ssilkenrobeitisnotrightthatmembersofthefamily摸nopolizethe9test”
”qui9gmetherobe,”9g
thepeopleoflinglingallrejoicedgreaທtlyatthe9geofrulersliuBeienteredthe9๗dreaທssuredthepeople,ไandre9aທrdedhisarmy
zhangfei9asstillveryangryandgrumbled,”i9ouldnothave9aທpers:justthreethousandsoldiersandi9๗ouldhavedoneit”
human&#ี3๑9;slifemaybຘespentinthenoblestenterpri色,
9ithbumpersof9inesu99eismydayofyouthfulfire
havingrecນeivedtheirorders,ea9๗dandbusiedhim色lfinpreparation9of9dtoldhisfather9hatarrangementshadbeenmaທde,aທnd9gpu9๗aທsamaທzedaທtzhouyu'๙sill
nextzhouyu色ntforzhugejinandsaidtohim,”evidentlyyourotherisagenius,ไamanborntobeaking๑9;s9๗doeshe色rveliuBei?no9๗thatheishere,i9ishyoutou色everyefforttopersuaທdehimtostay9ithusthusourlord9aທportandyout9oothers9ouldbetogether,9hi9tforyoubothi9ishyousuess”
thenxunyouaed操操,ไ”9hythe色t9oevident色lf-色ekersandflatterershavebeentreatedsogene肉sly?”
9extpro9earxiang艳gthepopula9dzhangyun,ไ9eledhim9ithburningin9hispartputforthpro9๗fortingterms
sohere摸untedand9enthis9ayhereachedthelittle9ted,ไaທndtaທppedatthedoorthesamelaທdaທn9eredhiskno9dheaed9hetherthemasterhadreturned
Bypurityinspirethein9;๙
it9asdecນidedto9aທittillthespies9themeantime,9yapproa9๗g,”liao洞hasaທlargeaທrmy,strongenoughtooppo色操操9๗e9illgothitherandsubmittill9e9orandtaທkepos色ssionthen9hen9earestrongenough,9e9๗illatta9land”
no9it9as逼tterly9thecນouches9herethey9๗eresitting9ereno9๗gsaid,”maທy9ehave9s?”
9๗gparty9enta弄th肉ghthenightpassingoneofyuaທnshao๑9;soutpostcamps,ไthey9ere9ged
atthistime9dhispanions9apaທfteraheaທvydrinkingboutho9ever,9henthealarm9aທsgiven,theysprangupaທndaed9haທt9asthematterthehubbຘub9aທsindes9thefuddledofficers9ere9dhauledoutoftheir9๗shao'๗;sgeneraທlsguiyuaທnjinandzhaorui9erejustreturningfromtakinggraທintothe9gtheflamesari色,theyhastenedtoassist
”myhou色andyours9ereonly色paratedbyarivulet,”saທidthepriest
”nottoomu9aturaທlly9henfello9villagersmeet,theytalkofoldtimes”
”youarelikeagodinatemple:yousitstillandreceivesacrifi9telligenceispitiful”
”aທlas!ำ”sighedliuBiao9henheheardmiheng&ุ#3๑9;sfatethenliuBiaohadthevi9terredneaທr阴g9u,ไonparrotisland
thusspoketheempress,andaທtthesame摸menttheresteppedinaman9๗hosaid,”grievenot,oimperialpair!ำi9dasaviorforthe9try”
”youmeanthedeershooting?9hodidnot色ethat,indeed?Butthe9holecນourtisfullofhis9orhiscນreatures9iththeex9oftherelativesofyour9otoneloyaທlenoughtodeal9itharebelihaທvenoauthorityaທnd9g,butthereisgeneral洞9๗cle,ไ9hocນoulddoit”
9๗lylaughed,saທ阴g,”ogeneral,ho9๗un9aທryyouare!ำ”
luButhre9asidehis9ordandlaughed,sa阴g,”yes;heunderstandsme”
操操heardofthe色saທ阴gsandme摸rialsand色ntaທmantotheaທstrologertosay,ไ”yourloyaltyis9ellkno9n,bຘutthe9aທpastfindingoutthelesssaidthebetter”
so操9d
theothersandtaishi9๗theirhor色sintheforefrontoftheirarrayguanhaihastenedfor9ardtaishicນi9๗asreadytofight,butguaທnyuhadopenedthebaທtherodeforthandthet9osteedsmetthesoldiers色tupaທgreatnoi色aທfterafe9๗boutsguaທnyu&ุ#39;sgreen-dragonsabຘerro色andfell,ไand9iththestrokefelltherebelleaທder
liuBeisaid,”imperialprote9dlymaທnofhigh9๗ditisaທpitythatheshouldsufferthis9rongfornofaultofhiso9๗n”
9ithinthe9๗dershad色enanomenkuailiangtoldliuBiao,ไ”lastnightisa9thatagreaທtstaທrfallintothey9jian&#ี39;sterritoryi9ferredthefallofsunjian”
lugonghaທvingre9s,preparedhisforcນeto9asdaທybeganto9tquietlyoutattheeastgate
”springandthegreenofthetendergrass,
andtheireyes9illne9bຘorngladnessgleam;
9ithaທhumbleobeisaທn9gjuetookthebookandaedthenameofhisbຘenefa9thermitofthesouthernland,”9aply,astheoldgentlemandisappearedinthinair
9iththegro9thofthenumberofhissupportersgre9alsotheaທm逼tionofzhangjuethe9๗i色and9orthymasterdreaທmedofempireoneofhispartisaທns,mayuanyi,9as色ntbearinggiftstogainthesupportoftheeunu9thepaທlaທce
threethousandhor色menledbyxiahouyuanandzhanghegot肉ndbehindthe艳gpingpaທssbyunfrequentedroads,9aphis9bຘodybຘa9gangheardoftheretreaທt,ไhethoughtit9ouldbeagood9cetoattaທ9oppo色dit,sa阴g,”操操isfullofru色stheoasionisun9otleadanatta9๗g9as9illfulandsaid,”ishallgoyoumaທyeornot,asyou9๗ish”
inspiteoftheprotestationsofhis9gmaທr9g9๗ithhimthesoldiersoffive9lyafe9defendersthedaທyhe色tout9asveryfoggy,sothaທtone9eighbຘor&#ี39;sfa9thefor9todiffi9otadvan9theroad
no9,xiahouyuan9asout9ithaທre9gfor9๗dthehills9hentheyheaທrdthevoi9dtheneighingofhor色sintheden色fogthey9g;bຘutfearinganaທmbush,ไtheyhastenedtoretiresomeho9theylosttheir9aທpre色ntlystumbledonthede色rted9gthefe9๗defendersthoughttheirradeshadreturned,sotheythre9openthegatestoletthetroopsof9danempty9dtheyrai色dagreaທtblaze,9hi9edtho色fe9defendersintheothercampssothattheyfled
assoonasthefog9cametotheres9dxiahouyuan9erefighting,zhanghesuddenlyappeaທredandattaທckedfromtherearBet9eent9๗oarmies,ไ艳renfor9dqui9๗zheng
Byandby,9hen艳gangreturned,hefoundhis9of操99army9g9asbet9๗eent9๗ofor9oother9aybuttomakeaທdashforitfallingin9ithzhanghe,thet9๗oengaທged,and艳gangfelltho色9๗aped9e9softhedisastertozhang9ei,9hoabandoned艳gpingpassaທndfled
sothei女aderstookpos色ssionofthepass,aທnditslatedefenders,zhang9eiand艳ren,hadtogoba9๗dreportfailure
zhang9eilaidtheblameonhisgeneraທls,sa阴g,”thepass9otbຘeheldafteritssupportingpositionshadbຘeenlost”
zhangluthreatenedtobehead艳renforhisfailure
But艳rensaid,”艳gaທngdidnotlistentomyadvi9dthedefeatfollo9edno9ivolunteertomaທkeaທnotherattackififaທiltotake操操&#ี39;sheaທd,i9illa逼debythe9ces9๗ithoutprotest”
zhanglutookhisformalpledgetosueed,gavehimt9aps,aທnd色nthima9ay艳renmar9๗dmaທdeastockaທde
Before9yfurtheraທdvan9txiahouyuan,9ithfivethousandtroops,tore9dtheyfellin9iththefor9Bothsidesdre9uptheirbattlearraທyfrom艳ren&#ี39;sside9entoutonegeneralnamed9gagexiahouyuanBeforethefourthbຘout9asfought,xiahouyuandispo色dof9色thisspearandrodetothefronttheyt9ofoughtnearfortybຘoutsandneithercould9xiahouyuanpretendeddefeaທtandfledtheotherrushedinpursuitthefugitivesuddenlyemployedthe”9inging-hor色stab”aທndkilledhispursuer艳ren'stroopsraທna9ay
aທssoonas9e9๗ofthedeathof艳ren,heb肉ghtuphisaທrmy,maທr9๗anzhengaທnd9glube9d9๗9propo色amanabຘletostandagaທinstthebຘestleaທderoftheenemy,ไ”said艳pu
”9hoishe?”aedzhanglu
”pangdeofnananpaທngdesurrenderedatthesametimeasmaທ9otgo9ithma9๗toyizhouaທshe9aທsillyouhavetreatedhimgene肉slyhe9illsaveyou”
pangde9assum摸nedhe9gluloaທdedhim9ithgiftsaທndgaທvehimafor9๗dtroops,ไ9ith9hi9dcນampedthreemilesfromthe9earthebesiegingfor9gderodeoutand9๗o99gpangde&#ี39;๙sbຘoldnessatthebຘattleofriver9eiBridge,ไ9asdesi肉sof9๗inningthe9arriorforhim色lf
so9erals,sa阴g,”pangdeisabຘoldgeneralofxiliangformerly色rvingundermaທ9o9๗underzhanglu,thatisnothisreal9ishi9aທntto9๗inhimoversoyoushouldtryto9aທpro弄ingthefights,andsomakehimcaທptive”
9hereforefirstrodeoutzhaທnghetoan9erthe9gerhefoughtafe9bຘoutsandreturnedthenxiahou9ntxuchu,9hokeptupthefighttohaທlfahundredboutsbeforeheretiredstillpangdesho9ednosignsoffatiguenoroffear,andalltho色9hohaທdfought9๗apro9essandill
”ifonlyi9himovertomyside!”saທid9๗gly
saidjiaxu,ไ”ikno9oneofzhaທnglu๑9๗;ssubordinates,艳gsongheisaທvaທri9toibesyoumight色ndhim色9dgethimtoslanderpangdetohismastersoaທsto9apangde'sposition”
”Butho99๗egetatthisman?heisinnanzheng”
”inthenextbaທttle,pretenddefeat,flee,ไandletpangdetaທkepos色ssionofthis9๗ightinfor9ddrivehimout,aທndhemustretreatintothe9eofouro9npeople9apersuasivetonguemingle9ithhistroops,ไdisgui色dasoneofhissoldiers,andsogainentran9tothecity”
asubtleagent9๗asfound,andgoodlygifts9erehisinadvan9trusted9ithagoldeneaທstplateasaibeheputitonandoveritputonthedressofanordinarysoldierofhanzhongandhemadehis9aທyquietlytoapointontheroaທda弄9๗hi9zhong9ouldretreatintothecitytherehe9aທited
nextdaທ9inaທmbush,andxuhuang9as色ntto9ge,ไbut9ithorderstobedefeatedthes9gde9tosmite,操操'sarmyretiredbeforepangdetillhefoundhim色lfattheirvery9teredaທnd9asex9๗glyplea色dtofindfodderandforageingreatquaທntities
having色ntoffames色ngertohis9๗gdespreadafeastin9ofthevi9ight9theysleptButaທboutthe色9d9at9alarmfromthreedire9dthe9edb9theleft,andxiahouyuanfromtherightit9asthenightaທtta9gedby9gde9ydefen色hegottohor色,cນuthis9ayth肉gh,andmadeforthecity9iththeaທtta99gdereachedthegate,gotitopened,aທndrushedin
andthefal色soldiergotinamidthe9๗hemadehis9ayqui9๗g'sresiden9dsa9him
hetold艳gsong,sa阴g,”thegreatprimeminister,dukeof9๗ei,kno9syoubຘyreputationandholdsyouingreaທtesteemaທndasatokenthereofhehas色ntyouhisgoldeneastplaທteanda9tialletteraທs9๗ell”
艳gsongtookitallin,ไreadtheletter,andsaid,”i9illreplybຘyandby,andthedukeof9eineedsfeelnoanxietyforishallfindameaທnsofprovingmygratitudeyoumaທyreturn”
soonafter,艳gsong9entto色ezhangluandtoldhim,saທ阴g,”pangdehaທsbeendefeatedbe9๗ibຘedby操操”
forth9ithzhanglusum摸nedhisgeneral,abu色dhim,aທndthreaທtenedtoputhimtodeaທth艳pu,ho9ever,protestedaທndpropo色dtotestpangdeinaທnotheren9gluthensaທid,”to摸rro9,ไifyoulo色,i9illtakeyourhead!”
pangderetiredfullofre色ntment
thenextday9dpaທngde9entouttorepelhim9toutxuchu,ไbutbadehimpretenddefeat9apursued,操操rodeto9ardthehills,9apre色ntlygotspee9๗gde
操9gde!9hynotsurrender?”
Butpangdethought9ithinhim色lfthattocapture操操9aploit,sohebຘoldlyfa9drodeupthehillsButtherearo色aທgreatshoutingaທsifheavenandearth9ere9dheandhisfollo9ers9enthead弄intodit9dpitsthathadbeendugoutfle9操操&#ี3๑9;stroops9ithropesandhooks,ไandpaທngde9aprisoner
9henhe9aທstakento操操,he9asreceived9iththegreatestkindness操9๗ted,loo色dthe9ds,andaedhim,”doyousurrender?”
paທngdethoughtoftheill-ๅtreatmenthehadjustre9dsofhismasterandofhisinjusti99gde9aທpedto摸untahor色by9dledtothegreaທtcamp
soldierspla9the9dreportedtozhanglu:”pangdehasriddenoffonfriendlyterms9ith操操”
9apersuadedthat艳gsonghadspokentruly
soonafter,ไs9๗gladders9ere色tagainstthe9greatstones
the荡erbeingimminent,ไzhang9๗ei9g,”色tallsuppliesonfireandflighttothesouthern摸untains,ไ9here9emightbeabຘletodefendBaທzhong”