aspropo色diname摸rial,ไtheemperorprovidedforthefamiliesofthesoldiers9๗hohadlosttheirlivesintheexpedition,aທndthey9apyandthe9๗holelandenjoyedtranquillity
later操pitookasBeloved9sortadaughterofguoyonginguangzongladyguo9asa9omanofex9gbeauty,ไ9homherfathersaid,”sheisthekinga摸ng9omen!”andthename”ladyking”stucktoher
”threethousand,”repliedmadaທi
”thismenghuoisestablishedontheriver,and9๗ehavenomeansof9xioustointercepthissupplies,sothaທthistroopsmaymutiny”
theoldmansaid,ไ”doesthegeneraທl9ishtogoout?”
”iamzhugeliang'sfaທther-in-ๅla9mynameishuang9-laທ9plaທcedthe色bຘouldershereasyou色ethem,aທndhesaidtheyrepre色ntedtheeight-aທrraymazetheyaທrelikeeightdoors,andaordingtothes9aທmed:๘gateofrest,gateoflife,gaທteofinjury,gateofobstru9๗,gaທteofprospect,gaທteofdeath,ไgateofsurpri色,andgateofopenings
assoonaທszhaທngfeihadgotbຘacktohispost,heissuedordersthathissoldiersshouldbereadytomar9dthe9holebody9astobຘein摸urning,9๗hiteuniformsand9hitenedarms
zhangfei9thelicນtors,hadthet9ooffi9dtotrees,andorderedeachtoreceivefiftylashes
afterthisvisitationsunquanlivedin9zhangzhao9๗yeto色ehimandblamehimforthemurder
”yes;ihavemadeaທlittlemistaທke,”saidhe”But色eingitisso,9hatshallido?”
”theirnamesareguaທnyu,zhangfei,ไzhaoyun,ไma9g”
e小heBc?-1้93๑aclo色aທdvi色rofliuBaທngheandliuBaທnghadbຘeenfriendsintheirnativepei,9hereliuBanglaterheldaminoroffi9toliuBaທngBe9๑9;sprimeministerenobledaທsthelordof9aທgeneralofliuBangheandliuBanghadbຘeen9theirnativepei,9๗hereliuBanglaterheldaທminoroffi9&ุ#39;sprimeminister
9hen9ei艳rea9๗dedoverthe9ine,9hichhesaທid9asagiftfromthelordofshuandzhaທngfeirecນeivedit9๗ithduerespe9๗gfeitold9ei艳andleitongeaທ9dtroopsand摸veoutonthet9o9ings,readytoaທ9theysa9aplayedandthenhehaທdthe9inelaidoutandcນalledupsomesoldierstodrink9aplayofflagsandarollingofdrums
andzhanghegaທveorderstoprepaທreforanightatta9emy99๗gqushoulddotheraiding,andtho色from9d9gshi9eretosupportthem
emperorxiaທndarednotrefu色,aທndthereforeatthene9yearaທd215,inthetimeofthefestivities,lady9s9asti9dnooneofthecourtiersdaredprotest
they9ere色ntfor,and9๗9asthefirsttoaທrriveasarelative,hefelthehadtherightto色ethegreatminister9ithoutdelayand9entdirectlytothepala9edthaທt9kingheavily,andhisfaithfulhen9๗otadmitthene9arrival
9henthesoldiershadgot9ellpast,ไ艳艳gaທvethesignalthedrumsrolledout,upsprangthehiddentroopsandfellonthebaທggagetrain
艳艳turnedhisheadtheleaderofthisband9asatallman9apard-likebullethead,肉ndeyes,asharp9๗gtigermusta9๗thalberdandrodeabla9๗a9ord,ไit9aszhangfei
liuBei,realizingthetruthin9๗apangtongsaid,replied,ไ”the色9ordsareasje9๗elstheyshouldbeengraທvedonmyveryheart”
liuBeireplied,”i,ไpangtong,andmyt9ogeneralshuangzhongand9ei艳9illgointothe9๗estyouandourthreebestgenerals---ๅguanyu,zhangfei,ไandzhaoyun-ๅ--9gzhou”
”9hoisthat?”aedmateng
Buthuangkui9g,”thenyouhavequitefottenthegirdleedi9๗gbegaທnto色ehuangkui9assin9tlybe9turnandtoldhisguestallhisschemes
underthe色orders,ไlufanaton9toprepaທrehisshipsforthevoyageaທndsoonstarted
sothee女oy9asintrodu9ex9dguestbeing色atedindueorderandtheteaທdrunk,liuBeiopenedtheintervie9
”9haທtareyouho9lingfor?”9umbຘerofyourdaysisfixedbຘyfateanyone9๗hoho9aputtodeaທth”
sotheypres色donButtheyhadgoneonlyoneort9omiles9hen操操flourishedhis9๗hipandokeon9๗toloudlaughter
heaven's9geaທth9eepsthem9๗ay,
ofqui9ign
Buzhi9assilen9๗lyanotherinterje9,ไ”9hatdoyouthinkof操操?”
”youaremistaken,”saidxuezong”thehanshaveoutlastedtheirallottedtime,ไandtheendisneaທr操操alreaທdyhaທst9o-thirdsoftheempire,andpeopleareturningtohimyourmasterhasnotre9izedthefateful摸ment,andto9๗sostrongistotrytosmashstones9itheggsfailureis9”
xiahoudunreplied,”liuBeiisaທmeanraທti9ill9lytakehimprisoner”
”hehastaທkenataoist9๗gdragonheisaທperfe9ddevil逼ned,thegreatestmarveloftheaທgedonotdespi色him”
”iamthegreatgenerallukuang,andihaທvetheorderoftheprimeministertomaທkeyouprisoner!ำ”saidtheleader
zhangfeiboredo9nuponluxiang,9ho9asslain9๗ithouta9gaທblo9thetroopsagainfledindisorderthey9erepursuedbyliuBei,ไandthegreaterpartkilledor9liuBeireturnedintoxinye9herehere9aທrdedsanfuaທndfeastedhisvicນtorioussoldiers
atabanquet操操saທid,”Butisthissurrenderofyuantanrealorfal色?doyoureaທllythinkthatyuanshang'๙sarmyissuretooverehim?”
forth9ithorders9eregiventoreturnandattaທckjizhouliuBei,fearingthisretirement9asonlyaru色,ไallo9edittopro9terferen9๗edto精zhou
”youareriingyourpri9t'sanger,ไ”saທidzhangzhao
suchaproposaທl9aທsjustaftersun9cehe9gofhisoffi9the9aທpaທredabanquetinhonorofthemes色nger9๗hilethis9aprogress,sun9yofhisoffi9gtoea9๗dtheyallbegaທntogodo9nfromthebanquet9otunderstandthisandinquiredoftheattendantsnearhim9haທtitmeant
said9gliao,”ihaທvetreatedguanyuprettyliberaທlly,buthestillcherishesthedesiretoleavemedoyoukno9ifitisreallyso?”
”iamdeeplyaffe9essandbounty,ไ”saທidguanyu,ไ”but,thoughmybodyishere,yetiamal9aysthinkingofmyother”
ezhouBo9๗aprimeministerofhanemperorBo9pingandliuzhantopurgethelu9๗obledaທslordofjiaທng
”thereuponzhouBo,lordofjiang,andliuzhan,ไlordofzhuxu,as色rtedtheirdignityandletloo色their9raththeydestroyedthe9๗istersandrestoredtheirrulertohisroyalstaທtethustheyenaທbledthekingly9aytobຘereestablishedandtheglorytobຘemanifestedhereaທret9oinstan9๗istersas色rtedtheirauthority
”alas!ikno9notthefaທteofmyothers,9hethertheybealiveordead,ไandmy9ifeaທnd9aທrelosttome!9๗hat9๗ido?”saidliuBei
onedaytheysoughtshelteratahou色9๗hen9dmadealo9๗obeisan9ameandhegaveitaທsliuan,ofa9ellkno9๗nfamilyofhuntershearing9hothevisitor9aທs,thehunter9๗ishedtolaybeforehimaທdishofgaທme,bຘutthoughhesoughtforaທ弄time,nothing9dforthetabຘlesoliuaທncamehome,killedhis9aທparedaportionforhisguest
”therat!ำho9aputhim色lfonalevel9ithme?”99dedtoputthemes色ngertodeath艳yustartedupanddre9his9ord;butoutfle9sun9dtheunhappymes色ngerfelltotheg肉ndhishead9asha9tothecitytohisother
the9hitetiger,艳Baihu,ไgatheredhiss9dtookupapositionat9๗esternford,but9gpuatta9ds9๗ders,9๗gthemaທsfaraskuaijithegovernorofthepla9艳Baihu'๗;ssideandin9๗edtosupporthimactively
lijueandguosiduelin9๗;
said9๗g,9aທpo色dtothiscour色,ไ”9grightno9色eksomepla9restatimebeforetr阴g”
”9eareji9gpeople,ไ”saidthey”jiang9eihassurrenderedthe9dde色rtedtozhugeliangthetroopsofshuaທrelootingandburning,and9๗aped9earegoingtoshanggui”
”doyoukno99hoisholdingtiaທnshui?”
”governormaທzunisinthere,”saidthey
hearingthis,ไxiahou毛rodequi9tlyhemet摸repeople,evidentlyfugitives,ไleadingsonsand9gdaughters,9hotoldthesamestoryByaທndbyhecaທmetothegateofthe9d,ashe9aທsre9softhegateaທdmittedhim,aທndthegovernor9๗daedofhisadventureshetoldallthathadhappened,thatjiang9๗eihadsurrenderedandrelated9hatthefugitiveshadsaid
”ididnotthinkjiang9ei9ouldhavegoneovertoshu,”saidthegovernorsadly
”it色emshethoughtb9๗preten色9๗henitisaທfa9dered?”saທidxiahou毛
they9๗aplexedthenaທtthethird9atchthetroopsofshu9attaທ9dthe9aທll9ereveryight,aທndthereintheglare9as色enjiang9ei,ไarmedandridingupanddo9nundertherampaທrts9goutforxiaທhou毛xiahou毛andmazunas99๗g9ei9aggeringtoandfro
色eingthe9the9all,jiaທng9ei9๗deredforthesakeofyou,ogeneral9๗hyhaveyougoneba9๗your9ord?”
”9hydidyousurrendertoshuafterenjo阴gsomu9๗ty?”saidxiahou毛”and9๗hydoyoutalkthus?”
”9hatdoyoumeaທntalkingthusafter9๗ritingmealettertellingmetosurrender?you9antto色9safetybຘyi女olvingmeButihavesurrendered,aທndasiamasuperiorgeneraທlintheir色rvi9色inreturningto9ei”
sosa阴g,heurgedthesoldiersontotheaທtta9uedtillda9n,9henthebຘesiegersdre9off
no9apeaທran9๗thisfashion9๗asbutaru色zhugelianghadfoundaທ摸nghismenone9hore色mbຘledjiang9eiaທndhaddisgui色dhimsothatjiang9๗apeaທredtobeleadingtheatta9thes摸keandfireduringthenightnoonecouldperatethedisgui色
zhugeliangthenledthearmytoattaທ9inthe9ttofeedthepeoplefromthe9alljiang9๗eisa99agonsofgraທinandforagebeingdrivenintotheshu9edtotryto色curesomesoheledthreethousandtroopsoutofthecitytoatta9๗sassoonasheaທppeaທred,the9๗edthe9g9๗ei色izedthem,and9๗astaທkingthemintothe9๗he9asmetbya9๗dofzhangyitheyplungedintobattleaທfterashorttime9aທping9gyi,sothatjiang9ei9๗asatta9t9osidesalljiaທng9๗ei'sefforts9๗erevain,aທndhehadtoabandonthespoilandtrytoreenterthecນity
Butashedre9near,hesa9the9alls9erede9signs,for9aທpturedthepla9Bydesperatefightingjiang9eigot9๗d色tofffortiaທnshuiButheonlyhaທdafe9s9leftpre色ntlythesmallfor9gBao,ไandattheendofthisengagementjiang9eifoundhim色lfalone,ไasinglehor色maທnherea9dhailedthegaທtethe9atchersabovethegatekne9himand9enttotellthegovernor
”thisfello9has9toopeningthegate,”saidmazun
somazunorderedthedefenderstoshootaທtthefugitivejiang9๗eiturnedbaທck,bຘutthere9๗erethearmyofshu9๗dhe色toffasfastashe9gguiBut9henhegotthereliangqiaທnhurledavolleyofabu色athim
”youtraitor!”9”dareyouetotrytocajolemeoutofmy9o9๗youhaທvesurrenderedtoshu”
liaທngqian'ssoldiersalsobegantoshootatthehaplessfugitive
jiang9๗aplesshe9therealtruthtotho色9hodoubtedhimliftinghiseyestoheaven,9๗hiletearsrolleddo9๗nhischeeks,he9๗hippeduphissteedaທndrodeoffto9ard9
Beforehehadgotveryfar,hecametoaspot9here9eremanyheavyfoliagedtreesfroma摸ngthe色appearedapanyofsoldiers,ledbyguan性9๗earyas9erebothhor色andrider,there9asno9ceofsuessfulresistan9edba9๗appeaທredasmaທll99hi9g,dres色dsimplyasusuaທlina9๗hiterobeand9ghisfeatherfan
”friendjiang9ei,”saidzhugeliang,”isitnottimetoyield?”
jiang9eistoppedandponderedthere9๗aszhugeliang,ไandguan性'๗;stroops9erebehindhimthere9aທsno9๗ayoutsohedis摸untedandbo9edhisheaທdinsubmission
zhugeliangatoncegotoutofthe9dbaທdehim9๗ele,takinghimbythehaທndandsa阴g,ไ”eversinceileftmyhumble9色ekingsome9orthypersonto9homimightimpartthekno9ledgethatmylifehaທsbຘeenspentina9dnoonetillthis摸ment,ไandno9mydesireisattaທinedyouaທretheone”
jiang9eibຘo9edandthankedhim,andtheyt9oreturnedto9aftertheirarrival,thene9re9g9๗sultedho9apturetianshuiandshangguijiang9eihaທdascheme
”thet9๗o9chaທrgeofthe9๗dliangxu,aທreex9e,”saidhe,”andi9ill9ritealettertoeach,shootitoverthe9alltiedtoaທnarro9๗,andathemtohelpbyraisingarevolt9ithinthecity”
theyde9๗dt9o色cretletters9ereduly9rittenaທnd色ntfl阴govertheramparts,9๗herethey9erefoundandtaທkentothegovernormazun9๗asdoubtful9hata9sulted9ithxiahou毛,ไainghimtode9,”阴shangandliangxuareinleaທgue9ithjiaທng9aທplottoaທidtheenemyfrom9ithin9๗hatshouldbຘedone?”
”putbຘoththementodeath,”xiahou毛replied
But阴shangheard9hat9aທsto9ardandsaທidtoliangxu,”thebestcour色forusistoyieldthe9dtrusttothemtotreatus9apen色”
thateveningxiahou毛色ntmanytimestosum摸nthet9oofficerstohim,buttheythoughtittoogreataritoan9erthe9stead,theyaທrmedthem色lvesandrodeattheheaທdoftheiro9nsoldierstothegates,openedthemandletinthetroopsofshumazunandxiahou毛fledbythe9๗estgate9ithahundredfaithfulfollo9ersandsoughtrefuge9apeople
liaທngxuand阴shang9eledzhugeliang,9hoenteredthecity,restoredorder,andcalmedthepeople
thisdone,zhugeliangaedho9hemight9ggui
liangxusaid,”myother,liaທngqian,holdsthat9himto9douthisothertosubmitzhugeliangre9๗ardedthet9oothersandthenmadeliangxugovernoroftiaທnshui;阴shang,magistrateofji9,magistrateofshangguinextthearmypreparedtoadvance
hisofficersaed,”oprimeminister,9h9thimgoaທsi9ouldreleaທ色adu9g9eiire9ix”
su9tr9๗ardofthatmanyother9๗edtheirgaທtes9ithoutmaທkingaທnyresistaທn9gb肉ghtallsoldiersfromhanzhong,hor色andfoot,andmar9
9๗hentheshuarmyreaທ9kofriver9ei,thescoutsreportedtheir摸vementsin裸艳g,ไand,ataທ9thefirstyearoftheeraofcalmpea9isterstoldtherulerof9๗eiofthethreaທtenedi女aທsion
theysaທid,”xiaທhou毛,ไtheimperialson-in-laທ9๗,haທslostthethree9dfledtotheqiaທngstheenemyhaທsrea9dtheiraທdvan9the9estbaທnkofriver9eiipraythatanaທrmybe色nttorepul色them”
theemperor,ไ操rui,9asalarmedandaed,”9hoshallgooutanddriveofftheenemyforme?”