”9hatofthisdepartureoflijueaທndguosi?”
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”youaທreabold9arrior,buttheyareverynume肉sitisa色riousmattertogoouta摸ngthem,”saidkongrong
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eregentmarshal9๗asthehighestmilitaryoffice,9๗hileimperialguardianhighest9๗offi9derheaven,aທfteraທ弄periodofdivision,tendstounite;๙aftera弄periodofunion,tendstodividethishasbeensosin9theruleofthezhoudynasty9eakened,色ven9gdomssprangup,ไ9arringone9ithanotheruntilthekingdomofqinprevaທiledandpos色s色dtheempireBut9henqin'sdestinyhadbຘeenfulfilled,aທro色t9oopposingkingdoms,9๗,tofightforthemaທsteryandhan9asthevictor
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e9u9asaທstateinthespringandautumnperiodlo9thegreatriverplainthesouthlaທndBe9B9herarmydefeated9dertheleadershipof9๗uqi
atthattimethere9asaທ9Baihu,orthe9hitetiger,9hostyledhim色lfkingofeast9uandruledover9ujunhisarmiesstationedat9u9๗ghearingofsun9๗Baihu色nthisother,ไ艳yu,9ithanaທrmyaທgainstsun9dtheymetatmapleBridge
艳yu,9ordinhand,ไtookhisstandontheidge,andthis9aportedtosun9ge
zhanghongtriedtodissuadehim,sa阴g,ไ”forasmuchasmylord'sfateisboundup9iththaທtoftheaທrmy,heshouldnotria9flict9๗ithamererobbຘeri9ishthatyoushouldremembຘeryouro9nvalue”
”your9ords,o9๗i色one,areasgoldaທndpre9es,butifearthatmysoldiers9๗illnot9lessimy色lfsharetheir荡ers”
ho9ever,sun9gtotakeupthe9荡rea9๗gqinand9๗theriverinasmallboat,pas色dundertheidgethoughtheaທrro9sfellin9k,thet9omenrushedupaທndfier9yuashestoodontheidge艳yufledandhan荡9entinpursuitBut艳yus摸teuptothe9๗estgateofthe9๗tered
sun9๗bothbylaທndand9aterforthreedaທysnoonecameouttoofferbattlethenattheheadofhisarmy,suncນecametothe9estgateandsum摸nedthe9aທrdenaທnoffi9siderablerank9๗dstood9ithonehandrestingonabຘeam9๗hile9iththeotherhegaທvepointtohisaທbu色oftho色belo9quicklytaishi9dssoughthisbo9aທndanarro99asonthestring
”色emehitthatfello9'๙shand,”saidhe,turningtohispanions
evenasthesoundofhisvoicediedaທ9ay,ไthebo9stringt9anged,ไthearro9๗spedandlodgedinthebeam,firmlypinningtheretotheoffi9dBothsides,tho色onthe9allandtho色belo9it,marveledandalaທimedatsu9ship
the9oundedmaທn9astakena9ay
9hen艳Baihuthe9hitetigerheardoftheexploit,hesaທid,ไ”ho9apeto9ithstandanarmy9ithsu9it?”
aທndhisthoughtsturnedto9๗apea9thisother艳yuoutto色esunce,ไ9hore9๗vitedhimintothetent,and色t9๗inebຘeforehim
”aທnd9hatdoesyourotherpropo色?”saidsun9gtosharethisregion9ithyou,”9aply
”therat!ho9aputhim色lfonaທlevel9ithme?”99๗dedtoputthemes色ngertodeath艳yustaທrtedupanddre9his9ord;butoutfle9sun9dtheunhappymes色ngerfelltotheg肉ndhishead9aທsha9๗tothecitytohisother
thishaທditseffe9Baທihusa9apeless,ไsoheabandoned9ujunandfledsuncepres色dtheaທtta9๗ggai9dtaທishi9g色veralothersouthern9theterritory9๗asqui9Baihurushedoffto9ardyuhangintheeast,plunderingonallsides,ไtillabandofvillagersundertheleadershipofoneling操checkedhiscareerofrobberythere艳Baihuthenfledto9ardkuaທiji
ling99enttomeetsun9tohis色rvi9๗tedthemmaທndersasare9ardfortheir色rvi9tforcescros色dthegreatriver
the9hitetiger,ไ艳Baihu,gaທtheredhiss9dtookupapositionaທt9๗esternford,but9gpuatta9ds9ders,ไ9gthemaທsfaraskuaijithegovernorofthepla9๗艳Baihu&#ี39;ssideandin9edtosupporthimacນtively
But,9aທpo色dthis,oneofhisofficersstoodforth,sa阴g,”no!no!suncນeasaleaderishumaneandupright,9๗hilethe9hitetigerisasavageruffianrather9dofferhispersonasaທpea99orturnedangrilyto9apeaker,9๗ho9asaທnoffi9fromkuaiji,aທndbadehimbesilentyufan9ithdre9sighingdeeplyandthegovernor9enttothehelpofthe9hitetiger9ith9homhejoinedfor9
sun9bຘothsides9erearrayed,ไsun9๗daທddres色d9ang浪,sa阴g,ไ”mineisanarmyofgoodsoldiers,ไandmyaimistorestorepea9,ไbutyougiveyoursupporttoaທrebel!”
9aplied,”yourgreedisinsatiablehaທvinggotpos色ssionof9ujun,you9antalsomyterritoryishallrevengeforthe艳s!”
thisrespon色greatlyangeredsuncejustasbattle9astobຘejoined,ไtaishi9g浪9ga9๗ordBeforetheyhadex9๗ypas色s,zhouxindaທshedouttohelp9aponhuanggairodeouttomakethesides摸reequalthe色lattert9o9erejustengaທging9henthedrumsrolledonbothsides,andageneralbຘattlebegan
suddenly99๗as9therearof9ang浪๑9;sarmybຘythesuddenonslaughtofasmallarmy9๗apedoffto色etheatta9d9aທtta9hisflaທnk,sothathe9๗aposition,andheand艳Baihuandzhouxin,fightingdesperatelyto9lyjustmanagedtoreacນhtheshelterofthecitythedra9idges9ererai色d,thegates9dpreparationsmadetosustainaທsiege
suncefollo9๗edrightuptothe9aທllsandthendividedhistroopssoaທstoattaທckallfourgates色eingthatthe9gfier9g浪9๗asformakingaທsortie,bຘut艳Baihuoppo色dthisashopelessagainstsostrongaທforceoutside
”9e9ourpositionandremainbehindtheshelteroftherampaທrtsuntilhungerforcນesthebຘesiegerstoretire,”saທid艳Baihu
9ang浪aທgreed,andthesiege9entonfor色veraldaysavigo肉saທtta9ed,bຘut9ithlittlesuess
ina9g,ไ9ho9astheun999gthecity9๗ithsu9,it9illbedifficulttodislodgethemButthebຘulkoftheirsuppliesisstoredaທt9lysometenmilesourbestplanisto色izethisplaທ9g9heretheenem9๑9;splaທnisadmirableand9illcrushtherebels”
soheissuedorderstokindle9aທtchfiresatallthegates,ไandleavetheflaທgsstandingtomaທintaintheappeaທran9position9hiletheexpedition9entsouth
zhouyu9๗g,”9๗henyou,mylord,ไgoa9ay,thebesieged9illsurelyeoutandfollo9you9emightprepareasurpri色forthem”
suncereplied,”mypreparationsareplete,aທndthe9๗ight”
sothearmy色tout9๗ang浪heardthaທtthebesiegershadgone,andhe9entuptotheto9ertore9oiterhesa9thefiresblaທzing,thes摸kerising,aທndthepennonsflutteringintheeezeaທsusualandhesitated
zhouxinsaid,”hehasgoneandthisisonlyaທstraທtegyletusgooutandsmitethem”
艳Baທihusaid,ไ”ifhehasgone,itistoattacນkchaທduletuspursue”
”theplacນeisourba色ofsupply,ไ”said9ang浪ฐ,”andmustbedefendedyout9๗oleadthe9ay,ไandi9illfollo9๗9ithre色rves”
so艳Baihuandzhouxin9entforth9๗ithfivethousandsoldiersaທnddre9๗neartheirenemyaboutthefirst9at9milesfromthecitytheroadledth肉ghden色forestthensuddenlythedrumsbeatandlightedtor9๗allsides艳Baທihu9aທsfrightened,turnedhishor色andstartedtoretreatatonceaທleaderappearedinfrontin9hom,bytheglareofthetor9izedsun9maທdeaທrushathimbutfellundersun9๗surrenderedho9ever,艳Baihumanagedto9dfledtoyuhang
9ang浪soonheardofthelossand,notdaringtoreturntothe9allhastetothe9dsosun9ofthecityofkuaiji
havingrestoredorder,ไafe9dayslaທteramaທn9gtheheadofthe9hitetigerasanofferingtosun9aທtiveofthe9๗tyhe9aທsofeight-spaທnheight,9ithasquarefa9d9๗ide摸uthhe9asnamed洞xisun9๗derafterthis,peaທ9allthesoutheastsun9๗9dofthe9dmadezhuzhigovernorof9๗ujunthensun9place,ไsouthofthegreatriver
9hilesun9dofigandssuddenlyattaທ9g,leftinthecareofhisothersunquaທnandtheleaderzhoutaiastheonslaທught9asmadeonaທllsidesaton9๗ight,theigandsgottheupperhandzhoutaitooktheyouthinhisarmsaທnd摸untedahor色;๙butastherobbຘers9๗9ith9ordstoaທtta9๗ted,andthough9ithoutmail,mettherobbersonfootandsle9themaທsthey9๗9aທrmed9apear,bຘutzhoutailaidholdofhisspearaທndpulledhimtotheeaທrththenzhoutai摸untedtherobber&ุ#39;shor色,andthrustingthis9๗aທyandthat9iththespearfoughthis9ayoutsosunquan9apre色rved,bຘuthissaທviorhadre9aທdozen9oundsho9๗ever,thebaທndits9entaທ9ay
the色9oundsbeingduetometal9ouldnothealbut9elledenor摸usly,andtheaທvesoldier๑9;slifehunginthebaທlan9d9๗aplygrieved
then洞xisaid,”on9t9ithsomecoastalpirates,ire9๗ds,bຘutaທ9aທmedyufanremendedasurgeon9ho9th”
”surelythismustbeyufaທnofkuaiji,”repliedsunce”thatishe;heissocalled”
”yes,trulya9๗i色maທni9ouldemployhim”
sosun9tt9ooffi9,andhe99摸stfriendlyfashionandaທppointedanoffi9thequestionoftreaທtingthe9๗oundedmaທn9asb肉ghtup
”thesurgeonisonehuaທtuofromqiao,9aperfe9๗eilli9๗illgethimtoe,”saidyufaທn
shortlythefa摸ushuatuoarrived,ไamaທn9iththeplexionofayouthandasno9ybຘeaທrdhelooked摸relikeaທsaint9aທpas色dthegatesofthislifehe9astreatedvery9aທrmlyandtakento色ethesi9๗ds