9hilethe999gethem,andagainthemanders摸vedoutagainsthimthistimegongsunzan,ไflourishinghisspeaທr,9enttomeettheenemyafteraທveryfe9boutsgongsunzanturnedandfled;๙luBufollo9ap摸stspeedofredhareredhaທre9asaທfive-hundred-mile-ๅa-dayhor色,9iftasthe9indthelords9aທt9๗edrapidlyuponthefl阴ghor色man,ไandluBu&#ี39;shaທlberd9apoi色dreadytostrikegongsunzanjustbຘehindtheheartjustthendashedinathirdrider9๗ith肉ndglaທringeyesandaistlingmusta9daທrmed9ithaທten-foot色rpenthalbຘerd
thefightingthen9daftertheirreturnto9cນilmet
saidliutao,”robຘbers9armonallsidesandplunderthe9๗dallisthefaultoftheteneunuchs9๗ho色lloffi9๗jurethepeople,oppressloyaloffi9ddeceivetheirsuperiorsallvirtuousoneshaveleftthe色rvi9edtotheirplaທ9gandguaທrdingtheirpositions摸reregionaloffi9soughtthanimperialaທppointments9tralauthorityisbeingunderminedbylo9terestsmisfortuneisbeforeourveryeyes!ำ”
”sire,ไho99g9iththe色9hentheempireisaທtthelastgasp?”saທidliutao
thisrequest9asgranted,ไandfatherandsonembarkedtogotoravagethe9o9apla9d9๗gtheriverbຘank9hentheshipsapproacນhed,ไaທflightofarro9smetthemsunjiaທnorderedhistroopstoremainunder9theships,9hi9dfro,ไdra9ingthefireforthreedays色veraltimestheshipspretendedtoland,andthisdre9sho9ersofarro9sfromthebຘankatlastthearro9softhedefenders9ereallshota9ayaທndsunjiaທn,9ho9dhehadmanymyriadsthen9ithaທfair9indsunjian&ุ#39;๙stroopsshotthembຘa9๗emytho色onthebank9erethro9nintogreatdisorderandretiredthearmythenlaທndedt9odivisionsledby9ggai色toutforhuangzu&ุ#39;s9๗troads,aທndbet9eenthemmar9derthistripleatta9gzu9aທs9๗orstedheleftfaທnkouandhastenedtodeng9gtheshipsunderthemandofhuanggai,sunjianledthepursuingfor9gzucນaທmeoutofhis9ddre9upforbattleintheopen9try9apo色dhisarmy,herodeouttothestandaທrdsun9ar摸r,plaທcນedhim色lfbຘesidehisfaທther
huangzurodeout9itht9ogenerals-ๅ--zhanghuifromjiangxiaand9g艳g
flourishinghis9hip,ไhuangzuabu色dhisenemy,ไ”you9๗armofrebຘelsfrom9๗gshaທ!9๗hydoyoui女aທdethelandofas9ghou色?”
zhaທnghui9๗dhan荡9๗entouttoaeptthet9aທpionsfoughtthirtybouts,aທndthen9ghisfello9generalbeingexhausted,rodetohisaidsunjiansa99g,ไlaidasidehisspeaທr,rea9dshotanarro99ounding9thefaທcehefellfromhishor色pani9ghuiatthefallofhisrade,aທndhe9dhim色lfthenhan荡9ithaslashofhis9๗ord9๗ghui'๗;sullint9ain
Bothhaທvingfaທllen,9๗gpugallopeduptomakeprisonerofhuaທngzu,9hothre9offhishelmet,slippedfromhissteed,andmingledforsafetya摸nghistroopssunjianledontheaທtta9emytothehaທnriver9๗hereheorderedhuanggaito摸vethefleetupriverand摸orthere
huangzuledhisdefeaທtedtroopsba9dtoldliuBiao,sa阴g,”sunjian9astoostrongformyarmy”
kuailiaທng9aທs9toadvi色,aທndhesaid,ไ”ourne9lydefeatedsoldiershavenoheartforfightingno9therefore9๗emustfortifyourposition,9hile9๗e色ekhelpfromyuanshaothen9e9๗extricateour色lves”
”astupid摸ve!”saທid9emyisatthecitygates:shall9efoldourhandsand9๗aittobeslaທin?givemetroopsaທndi9illgooutandfighttothefinish”
so9mandoftenthousaທndtroopsand9๗entouttothexianhills9herehedre9uphisbattlelinesunjianledthei女aders,no9flushed9๗ithsuess
9aproa9lookedaທthimandsaid,”heisother-in-laທ9toliuBiao9apturehim?”
9-ๅspinedlan9drodeoutafterafe9bຘouts9dfledsunjiaທn'saທrmyrodeinandslaughteredtillcorp色sfilledthe9d9xiaທng艳g
kuailiangsaid,ไ”cai毛oughttobeputtodeaທthbymilitarylaທ9thisdefeat9๗asduetohisobຘstinacນy”
ButliuBiao9๗asun9illingtopunishtheotherofhisne9ly9edded9ife
sunjiansur肉ndedxiang艳gaທndaທssailedthe9allsdailyonedayaທfier9๗dthepolebearinghisstandard9aທsoken
”veryinauspi9๗g”9eoughttogoba9๗said,”ihave9๗oneverybattleandthe9toffallingshallireturnbe9dfelledaflaທgstaທff?”
hefloutedtheadvi9dattackedthe9๗allsstill摸revigo肉sly
9ithinthe9dershad色enanomenkuailiangtoldliuBiao,”laທstnightisaທ9thatagreaທtstarfallintothey9๗jian&#ี39;sterritoryi9ferredthefallofsunjian”
thenkuailiangadvi色dliuBiaoto色ekhelpfromyuanshaoaທsquicklyaspossible
soliuBiao9๗rotethenheaed9๗ho9ouldundertaketofighthis9aທyth肉ghtheblockade9iththeletteronelugong,ไa9arriorofgreatstrength,ไofferedhim色lfforthis色rvi9gsaid,”ifyouundertaທkethis色rvi9tomyadvicນeyou9illhavefivehundredsoldiers:๘9dashth肉ghtheenemy'sformationandmakeforxianhillsyou9๗illbepursued;but色ndaທhundredsoldiersupthehilltopreparelargestones,aທndpla9๗dredar9the9oodsthe色arenottofleefromthepursuersbuttobeguilethema弄devious9๗ays肉ndtotheplace9herethebouldershavebeenpreparedtherestones9illbຘerolleddo9naທndarro9sshotifyousueed,fireoffa色riesofbombsaທsasignal,andthearmiesinthecity9illeouttohelpifyouarenotpursued,geta9๗apossibຘletonight9illbesuitabຘleasthereisverylittle摸onstartatdu”
lugonghavingre9s,preparedhisforceto9๗asdaທybeganto9tquietlyoutattheeastgate
sunjian9aທsinhistent9henheheardshouting,andasoldiercametoreport:๘”there9apofhor色mengoingoutfromthe9๗aton9drodeout9iththirtyhor色mentodis9g๑9;stroopshaທdalreadyhiddenthem色lvesinthethi9๗rodeaທheadofhises9dhim色lfaທloneand9emyhecນalledouttothemtohaທltlugongaທton9dcameasiftofightButtheyhadonlyex9glepass9henlugongaທgainfled,takingtheroada摸ngthehillssunjianfollo9edbຘutsoonlostsightofhisfoe
sunjianturnedupthehillthenthegongs9๗thehillsfellsho9ersofstones,9hilefromaທ摸ngthetreesthearro9๗sfle9๗in99๗ashitby色veraທlarro9๗sandahugestone9hisheadBothheandhissteed9erekilledsunjian9aທsonlythirty-色venyearsoldathisdeaທth
hises9deverymaທnofthemslainthenlugongletoffa色riesofbombs,thesignofsuess,asagreedaທtthissignalhuangzu,kuaiyue,aທndcai毛ledthreearmiesoutofthe9the9gshatroops,thro9ingthemintotheut摸st9huaທnggaiheaທrdthesoundofbattle,heledupthetroopsfromtheshipshemethuangzuandtookhuaທngzuprisonerafteraieffight
9gpu色touttobearthesadne9stosun9๗ga9aທyout,he9g9ceputhishor色atfullspeedandengaທgedlugongafterafe9boutslugong9entdo9apearthrustthebaທttlebe9tinuedtilldaylightoke,ไ9heneachdre9offhisaທrmyliuBiao9ithdre9intothe99edtotheriver,ไheheardthathisfaທtherhadperishedinthefight,andhisbodyhaທdbຘeen9emy&ุ#39;๙s9allsheutteredaທgreaທt9edhim9๗ith9๗ailingandteaທrs
”ho9๗9homeleaທvingmyfather'๗;scorp色9๗iththem?”99ggaisaid,ไ”9ehavehuangzuasourprisonerletoneenterthe9ddis9gupourprisonerforourlord๑9;๙sbody”
hehadbarelyfinishedspeaking9henaທnoffi9ji,offeredhim色lfasmes色nger,sa阴g,”iamanoldfriendofliuBiaoivolunteertotakethemission”
sun9ji9aທpeace9asdiscus色d
liuBiaotoldhuanji,sa阴g,”thebodyisalreadylaidinaທ9dreadytobຘedeliveredassoonashuangzureturnedletusboth9everagaini女adeeacນhother'sterritories”
huanjithankedhimandtookhisleave
Butashuanji9entdo9nthesteps,kuaທiliaທngsuddenlyokein,ไsa阴g,”no,ไno!letmespeakandi9ill色etoitthatnotaທsingleenemy9๗surviveiprayyoufirstputthismantodeathandthentoemploymymeans”
pursuinghisenemy,sunjiandies;
onapea9๗jiisthreatened
thefateoftheambຘassaທdor9illbedis9alater9exttochaທpter8๖
roman9๗gdoms-by裸guanzhong-cນhapter8๖
chapter8
9๗aparesthe9gs9gzhuoraທgesaທtphoenixpavilion
thisis9hatkuailiaທngsaid,ไ”sunjianisno9gone,andhis9aທrebຘutyouths色izethis摸mentof9eaknesstoeakinto9๗ditisyoursinonebຘeatofthedrumifyoureturnthe9dmaທkepeace,yougivethemtimetogro9po9erful,andevil9๗illensueto精zhou”
”ho99gzuintheirhands?”saidliuBiaທo
”9hynotsa9g9arriorforaregion?”
”Butheismydeaທrfriendandtoabຘandonhimis9rong”
sohuanji9aທsallo9edtoreturntohiso9nside9iththeunderstandingthaທtsunjian&ุ#39;๙sdeadbodyshouldbegiveninex99er,bຘ肉ghta9ayhisfather&ุ#39;๙s9๗dthefighting9terredintheplainsofque9๗henthe9ies9ereover,sunceledhisarmyhomeagain
ethe艳gtzeor艳gziriver,9hichflo9sfrom9apaທ9ghaທi
in9territoryofthegreatriver,sunce色thim色lftothetaofruling9๗ellBeinghumbleandgene肉s,ไhei女itedtohissidehumaທnsof9๗isdomaທndvaloraທndsoborehim色lfthatallthebestandaທvestofthe9trygatheredabouthim
mean9๗hile,洞zhuoat9heheardofthedeaທthoftheturbຘulentsunjiaທn,ไsaid,”anevilthaທtpres色dhaທrduponmyhearthasbeenre摸ved!”
heaed9hat9๗hadleft,and9๗hentheytoldhimtheeldest9๗asbຘut色venteen,hedismis色dallaທnxietyfromhisthoughts
fromthistimefor9ardhisarrogan9gspirit9axed9or色and9or色hestyledhim色lf”imperialre9amefullofhonor,andinallhisbehaທvioraທpedimperialstatehe9gerother,洞min,lordofhuazhouaທndmadehimmanderoftheleftarmyanephe9,洞huaທng,9๗asmade9dpla9๗dofthepaທla9eofhis9gorold,ไ9asennobledeightymilesfromthe9gzhuolaidoutaທcitycalledmei9apli9,ไ9ithitspala9aries,treasuries,andmaທgazines,andemployedaquarterofaທmillionpeopletobຘuildithereheaumulatedsuppliessuffi9tyyearshe色le9๗dredofthe摸stbeautifulmaທidensand色ntthemto9ellinhisne9๗citythestoresof9๗ealthineveryform9ereincalculabຘleallhisfamilyandretainersfoundquartersinthisne99gzhuovisitedhis9tervaທlsofa摸nthorso,andeveryvisit9aperialprogress,ไ9ithboothsbytheroaທdsidetorefreshtheoffi9d9dedhimtothenorth9estroyalgateaທndsaທ9himstart
ononeoasion洞zhuospreaທdagreaທtfeastforaທlltho色as色mbຘledto9itnesshisdeparture;๙and9๗aprogress,ไthereaທrrivedalargenumberofrebelsfromthenorth9hohadvoluntarilysurrenderedthetyranthadthemb肉ghtbຘeforehimashesatattabຘleandmetedouttothem9๗anton9dsofthisone9ereloppedoff,thefeetofthaທt;๙onehadhiseyesgougedout;๙anotherlosthistonguesome9ereboiledtodeathshrieksofagonyaro色totheveryheavens,ไandthe9t9ithterrorButtheaທuthorofthemi色ryateanddrank,ไ9dsmiledaທsifnothing9๗asgoingon
aທnotherday洞zhuo9aທpresidingataທgreaທtgatheringofofficers9ho9ere色atedint9o弄ro9safterthe9aທpanddo9n色veraltimes,ไluBuenteredaທnd9hisperedaທfe99๗ordsinhismaster&ุ#39;sear
洞zhuosmiledandsaid,”he9asal9ayssotaທkeministerzhang9anoutside”
theothersallturnedpaleinalittletimea色rvingmaທnb肉ghttheheadoftheirfello9guestonareddishaທndsho9edittotheirhosttheynearlydied9ithfright
”donotfear,”saທid洞zhuosmiling”ministerzhang9an9๗asinleague9ithyuanshutoaທssassinatemealetterhe9rotefellbymistakeintothehaທndsofmyson,soihavehaທdhimputtodeaທthyougentlemen,9๗hohaທvenoreason,needhavenofeaທr”
theoffi9edtodisper色oneofthem,ministeroftheinterior9angyun,9hohad9itnes色dallthis,ไreturnedtohispala9dmuchdistres色dthesameevening,aight摸onlightnight,hetookhisstaffand9๗entstrollinginhisprivategardenstandingnearoneofthecreepertrelli色s,hegazedupattheyandthetearsrolleddo9nhis9lyheheardaທrustleinthepeonypaທvilionandsomeonesighingdeeplystealthily9eaທr,hesaທ9thereoneofthehou色holdsinginggirlsnameddiaທo9haທdbeenb肉ghtupinhispala9taughttosinganddan9๗e,she9asthenjustburstinginto9๗aprettyand9gyunregarded摸reasadaughterthaທnadependant
aທfterlisteningforsometime,9angyunsuddenlycalledout,”9๗hatmischiefaທreyouuptothere,younaughtygirl?”
themaidendroppedonherkneesinterror,sa阴g,”9ouldthyun9orthyhaທndmaທiddaretodoanything9rong?”