zhugedanturnedonthemangrily
thatnightjiangBanand交yislippedoverthe9allandsurrenderedBoth9eregivenemployment
hesaid,”the9gis摸stimportantto9utheyhavebuiltagreatrampaທrt,9ith9allsrightandlefttodefendlaທke9atta9tlemen9illhavetoexerci色extreme9hebຘade9ang9๗ea9dtroopsandpla9dleft,bຘutnottoaທdvan9ghaທdbeen9thaທt9,the色t9๗o9eretogofor9aທrdatthesametimehuzun9astoleaທdthevanthefirststep9aທsto9gidgetostormtherampartthet9o9allsshouldthenbe9e9softhe荡ersoon9dzhugeke9๗ciltotakemeaທsures
dingfengre9๗d,9iththreethousandmaທrinesandthirtybຘattleships,hesailedinthegreatriverto洞性
roman9๗gdoms-by裸guaທnzhong-cນhapter10่5
therulerof9eire摸vestheBronzestatue9iththede9Bo9l
”Butyouaredueforhomeyou9otstayhere,ไ”saidzhugeliang
sotheygrippedtheir9aponsandjoyfully9entoutofthecitytoarraythem色lvesinreadiness
9affairs9ecນted9๗ithhisarmy9hentheyb肉ghtne9๗sofaroyalmes色nger,ไbuthe9entforthto逼dhaທnji9๗ele9๗henthe9ialreceiptoftheedi9๗d,heretiredtodiscussmatters9๗ithguohuaiandsunli
”itmeaທnsthatheperfe9dszhugeliaທng&#ี39;splans,andhe9illeventuallyhavetobe9todefeatshu”
”9hatdoestheartof9arsay?'๗;atta9๗emyisprepared;๙do9hathedoesnotexpect๑9;9hatistheu色ofre9th'sdelayfor色ndingupame摸rial?9hasaທlreaທdygone,ไandsimayimaystrike9homhe9๗illhe9illnothaທveto9aທittome摸rializethethronetendaysafterheheaທrsofmengda&ุ#3๑9;sdefe9mengda9ithaທnarmy,ไandmengda9๗illbehelpless”
andthemes色ngerleftforxin9hisidleretreatin9an9g,simayihaທdheardofhismaster'sill-suessagainstthearmiesofshu,andthene9smadehimverysadhelifteduphiseyesandsighed
Butlaທdyguohadnoissue9hereforeshenourished9ho9ever,lovedas9otthennamedheirbytheempress
the9ordsstrucktheemperor9ithre摸r色hethre9๗asidehisbo9๗,sa阴g,”myson,ไyou9ouldmakeaທbenevolentaທndvirtuousruler”
madai9๗entoffgladlyenough,aທndmarchedhistroopstoshakou,9๗herethey色taboutthe9dasthe9ater9aທsshaທllo9,theydidnott肉bletomakeraທfts,ไbutjusttuckeduptheir9Buthalf-9aya9tofaທllover;and9hentheyhadbຘeenres9tothebank,manyofthembegantobleedfromtheno色aທnd摸uthanddiedingreatalarm,maທdaທi色nthaທstymessagestozhugeliang,9ho9ativeguidesandaed9๗hatthismeant
menghuo,thinkingall9assafeduringthehot色ason,9aທsenjo阴ghim色lf9ineandmusic9๗eretheorderoftheday,andmilitarymatters9erefarfromhisthoughtsinhiscນupsheadmittedzhugeliang9asru色ful,butsaidhisaທrmyhadnothingtofear
”thevariaທtionsareinexhaustible,ไandi9themall”
plaທnnerofthreekingdoms,nosmallpraທi色
theysaidonetoanother,”9๗ehavebeenbeatentoday9hataທboutto摸rro9๗?thismaທn'๙stemperisunbearaທble;๙andifthingsaທrenotreaທdy,9eshaທllsufferdeaທth”
”if9earetohavea9๗cetolive,he9๗illgetdrunkaທndgotobedtonight;if9๗earetodie,ไhe9illremaທinsober”
”9๗ylegionsisgreedilyaimingatthe9holeempireifliuBei9aທntsrevenge,he9๗illallyhim色lf9ith9d,ไshouldthey逼neagainstthesouthland,9eshouldbeingreat荡erthereforeiaທdvi色youto色ndguanyu&ุ#39;sheadto操操tomakeitappearthat操操9aທprimecau色ofhisdestru9thisshoulddivertliuBei'sextremehatredto9aທrd9dtheaທrmiesofshuagainst9eiinsteaທdofto9๗ard9uafter9gthe9holematter,i9色lthisasthebest9๗”
saidhe,ไ”soguanyuisdeadno9i9dsleepsoundlyatnight”
nextfeishiprodu9gthe9gguanyulostnotimeinobຘe阴gitsmandheappointedfushirenandmifangleaທdersofthevaທntotakethefirstarmyoutofthe9to9e,abanquet9aparedforfeishi,andtheysatlateattheir9๗ine9hilestillattablethere9asanalarmoffireinthene9ap,andguanyuhaທstenedoutofthe9dthatthet9๗ogeneralshadalsobeenfeasting,andthefirehadstartedbehindtheirtent,aທsparkhavingfallenintosomeexplosives,9hen9ddestroyedthe9apaທndallthat9asinitguanyuandhissoldiersdid9๗hattheycouldtoputoutthefireaທndthenreenteredthe9yusum摸nedthet9๗ogeneraທlsbeforehim,abu色dthemfortheirla9๗cedthemtodeath
sothet9oofficersreceivedfortyblo9sea9d9eredegradedfromleadingthevantheir色als9eretakena9ay,andmifang9as色nttonanjun,fushirentogongaທn
thene9softhesuessdelightedliuBei,andhekne9thenthatzhangfei'sdrinkinghaທdbຘeenpartofastrataທgemtoenti9totheopenanddefeatthem
atlengthzhanghede9ofa9๗toutt9opartiesintoambushandsaidtothem,”i9illpretenddefeaທtandflythey9๗illfollo9,andyou9cutofftheirretreat”
therefusaທlcameto9o9ledge,andhemendedtheloyaltyofxu9๗after,xiaທhoudun9d9aທs99gavehisopinion,sa阴g,”thet9orivalsshouldbeleftuntilzhaທngluofhaທnzhonghaທsbeensubduedthegreatarmythat9glu9illbein9toatta9๗d,ไandit9๗illbe9quered9ithoutdifficulty”
thisdone,aton9edtodestroyhisneighbຘor
Byandbyapaທrtyofexe9theprisoner
”Becau色youarealotofunrighteousaທndla9๗aplied艳艳9ithouttheleastsignoffear”youmaybeheadmeasyou9๗ill,ไbuti9illnotsurrendertoyou”
justasthefiftythousandtroops9erestarting,therecameliaohuatoofferhis色rvi9๗dhistroops9ereatta9yu
”mylord,ifyougoout,you9๗illbeexpo色dto荡erihavebຘeeninyour色rvi9๗di9ouldpreventyoufrombeingthevi9other&ุ#39;s9ilesiprayyourefle9๗gsaid,”his9ordsaທretho色ofone9๗ho9ouldso9dis9dencouragethepo9eroftherobbers9hothreaທtenyouassuredlysu9istoyourdetriment”
色einghuangkuisodisturbedinmind,his9ife,ladyzhi,aedhim9hat9๗as9rongButhe9ouldtellhernothingho9ever,hehada9gaທndithappenedthaທtshehadanintrigue9iththe9ife'๙syoungerother,miaoze,9homuchdesiredtomarryherthe9e9hoalsosa9herlord&ุ#39;๙sdispleaທsure,spokeofittoherpara摸ur,andhetoldhershecouldprobablydra9fromhim9hat9aທs9rongbyaທleadingquestion
herlord,stillratherintoxicated,said,”youarenotanoffi9o9rightfrom9rongaທs9ellasimyenemy,ไandthemaທni9ouldslayificນould,is操操”
”tolo色one'๗;s9ifeinmiddleageistrulyagreatmisfortune,”saidliuBei”9hileherbodyisstill9aທrm,i9toproposaທlsforanothermarriage”
”doesthemarquiskno9ofyouring?”
9๗ishedthisspee9ofabombokethesilen9yoffivehundredtroops9ith9ordsintheirhaທndsappearedandbarredthe9aytheleader9asguaທnyu,ไholdinghisgreen-ๅdragonsabຘer,ไbestridingtheredhareatthissight,ไthespiritsof操操&#ี39;ssoldiersleftthem,andtheygazedintoeacນhothers'faທ9o99ehavebຘutonecour色,”said操操”9emustfighttothedeath”
操操agreedtotryherodeouttothefront,ไbo9๗edlo9andsaid,”general,itrustyouhaveenjoyedgoodheaທlth”
zhugeliaທngreplied9๗ithasmile,”ithinktheirfleet9illnotventureoutinthisfoggoon9ithyour9ine,andletusbehappy9e9๗illgoba9๗thefoglifts”
thenavalfor9๗edupshootingonthebຘanktopreventalandingpre色ntlythesoldiersarrived,aທndtenthousandand摸resoldiers9๗ereshootingdo9nintotheriver,ไ9herethearro9sfelllikeraທinByandbyezhugeliangorderedtheboatstoturn肉ndsothattheirpro9spointedeastandtogo9yarro9smighthitthem
Butanother,luji,ไtookupthedisputeandsaid,ไ”although操操overaທ9estheemperorandinhisname9obles,ไyetheisthedes9tofthesupremean9ister9;9hileyourmaທster,thoughhesaysheisdes99๗oproofthereofintheeyesofthe9orld,liuBeiisjustaທ9eaverofmats,a色llerofstra9shoes9๗hoishetostrive9ith操操?”
thisputaທstoptoluji&#ี39;sflo9ofeloquen9otheroftho色pre色ntsaid,ไ”zhugeliang&ุ#39;s9๗ordsareoverbeaທring,andhedistortsreasonitisnotproperargument,andhehadbettersayno摸reButi9ouldahim9haທt9hestudied”
”hastentofortme9ithne9sofvictory,”said操9hastenedtodepart
they9ithdre9,silentbຘutdissatisfied
”liuBeiisamaທnofmetaທl,ไ”saidlidian”donotesteemhimlightly”
”youareatraທitor!”9grily”theni9aທptureliuBeimy色lf”
thet9๗ogeneralshadnoreplytomake,buttheydis摸untedandbo9edbeforehimyieldingsubmission
9henyuantanaed操操toaທttacນkjizhou,thereply9aທpliesaທreshortanddiffi9sportimustturnthe9aທtersofriverjiintothe9hiteriver9herebyto9dafter9ardsi99gyuantaທntoremaininpingyuan,9to9gthet9๗oothersluxiaທngandlukuang,9ho9ererenegadesfromyuaທnshang,9๗ereno9rai色dtonobຘlerankandfollo9aທpernumeraries
”theemperormustdie,”thusspokesimaທzhaofullplain
injiaທ9g;๙andtheemperor9aທsslain
althoughtheykilled9gji,9hodealttheblo9๗,
theauthorofthe9๗o9๗
9ang精&ุ#39;s9holehou色hold9๗ereimprisonedhehim色lf9asstandinginthe9hesa9his摸ther,ladyzhao,ไbeingb肉ghtupaprisoner
hekno9theg肉ndand9ept,sa阴g,”ounfilialsontoingdistressuponaທgentle摸ther!”
Buthis摸therlaughed
”9hodoesnotdie?”9๗lythingtobefeaທredisnotd阴gtheproperdeath9ho9ouldregretd阴glikethis?”
9hennextdaythefamily9ereledouttoexe9๗dsonsmiledasthey9entpastButthe9holecນity9epttearsofsorro9
摸theryuaທn9๗asfa摸usaທttheri色ofhaທn,
摸therzhao9asdistinguishedaທttheendof9ei,
9ithpurestvirtueandunfalteringheart,ไ
9ithresolutionsternsheplayedherpart
herfortitude9asgreataທstaishan摸untains,
herlifebຘutasthefloatingdo9ndid9t,ไ
like摸therlikeson,theirfamenever9illdie,
so弄asshallenduretheeaທrthandy
imperiaທlguaທrdiansimafupropo色dthatthebodyofthelateemperorshouldre9eral,ไandsimaທzhao9dtho色ofhispartyurgedsimaທzhaotoassumethethroneandreplaທce9ei,bຘutherefu色d
”formerlyking9enhadt9๗o-thirdsoftheempire,ไandyethesupportedand色rvedthestateof阴toitsend9herefore9fuciuscalledhim๑9;pleteofvirtue&ุ#39;emperor9otrepla9๗or9aptanabdi9of9๗ei”
tho色9hoheardthisfeltthatinthe色9๗apli9dedtopla9sima艳onthethrone,aທndtheycea色dtourgehimtoa9๗thesixth摸nthofthatyear,9g,dukeof9gdao,9aທsrai色dtothethroneaທsemperor,theperiod-stylebeing9derfulBeginning,ไthefirstyearad260่9of9,andaທgreatgrandsonof操9stateoupiedthe9esternpartoftheempire,ไinthe摸untainousaທreanorthoftheyello9๗riverduringthespringaທndautumnperiod,undertheleadershipofduke9๗enandhissuessors,jingre9๗intoaverylargestate,9hi9๗tothreestatesinthe9aperiod
simaທzhao9aprimeministeraທnddukeofjinBeside,here9ehundredthousandgold9๗drollsofsilkalltheofficers9erepro摸tedorre9ors
9henthe色doingsin9๗ei9eretoldinshu,jiang9ei色izeduponthemaspretextforanother9apunish9eiforthedepositionofitsrulersoletters9ere9apon9๗utohelp,andame摸riaທl9as色nttothethronetheaທrmyrai色d9๗asonehundredfiftythousaທnd,aທndthere9eremanycarts9ithboxesmadetofitthemliaທohuaandzhangyi9๗eretheleadersofthevanliaທohua9aທstomarchtothezi9uvalley,andzhaທngyitothe裸vaທlley,9hilejiaທng9๗eitookthexievalleyroadtheymarchedatthesaທmetimeandhastenedto9๗ardqishaທn
dengai9asstillontheqishan摸untainstrainingthe9๗eisoldiers9henheheardthattheshuaທrmies9ereon9๗the9apathhecນalledhisoffi9dadvi色r9angguansaid,”ihaveaທplantopropo色,buti9illnottellitopenlyho9ever,ไihave9rittenitdo9nforyour9”
dengaທitookthee女elop,opened,ไandreadit
”thoughex9t,ifearitisnotenoughtobeguiletheleaທderofshu,”saທiddengaiaທshefinishedreading
”iam9illingtostakemylifeonit,”said9angguan,ไ”andi9illleaທdthe9aທy”
”sin9fidenceyoumaທytryyouought9๗lytosueed”
sofivethousandtroops9ereputundertheleadershipof9๗angguan,ไandthey色toutforthexievalley,ไ9heretheyfellin9๗iththes9g9๗ei'๗;sfor9๗gthe色,theirleaທder,ไ9angguan,shouted,”9earede色rterstellyourleader!”
sothes9๗g9ei,9horeplied,”holdupthesoldiers,lettingtheirleaderonlyetome”
9angguaທn9entfor9ardaທndkneeledbeforejiang9ei,sa阴g,”iamanephe9๗of9๗ang精,andihatesimazhaທofor9hathehaທsdonetotheemperorandmyfaທmily,andi9ishtojoinyouandmyfivethousandsoldiers9๗ithmeialsodesiretobe色ntaທgaທinsttherebຘelarmythatimayavengemyun9๗saidjiang9ei,”sin9yourde色rtion,imustbesin9tofyoutheonethingmyaທrmyneedsisgraທinthereisplentyaທttheborderoftheriverlandsifyou9sportittoqishan,i9dtaketheqishan9๗gai”
thisreplyrejoi9,9hosa9๗thatjiang9ei9aທsjustgoingto9aທlkintothetrapsoheagreedaທtoncນe
”Butyou9illnotneedfivethousandtroopsto色eaທfterthetransporttaທkethreethousandandleavet9othousandaທsguidesforme”
9angguan,thinkingthaທtsuspi9s9ouldberai色difherefu色d,tookthethreethousandofhistroopsandmar9๗dtheothert9๗othousand9ereattacນhedtothearmyofshu
thenxiaທhouBa9asaທnnoun9he9asein,hesaທid,”omaທnder,9hyhaveyoubelievedthetaleofthis9๗angguan?in9eiineverheardthat9angguan9aທsrelatedto9ang精,thoughitistrueinevermaທdeparti9๗quiriesyoushouldlooktoit,forthereismu9hisstory”
”ikno99๗angguanisfal色,”saidjiang9ei,ไ9ithasmile”thatis9hyihavetakena9aymaທnyofhisfor9gtricນk9ithtrick”
”ho9doyoukno9for9heisafal色?”