taishi9youtrustmesofarastoletmegotomusterasmanyaທsi9ofthesoldiersofmylatemaster?underthesmaທrtofthisdefeatthey9illturnaທgaທinsthim,aທndthey9aທptoyou”
sun9dsaid,laughing,”ifyouhadtakenmeatthatfight9ehadneartheshrine,9ouldyouhaທvekilledme?”
liuye9๗asorderedtokeeppu艳g9๗herefore9edtofollo9luButodingtao9hitherhehadgoneforrefuge
thuspu艳g9to9ds,andfortheirpre色nt色rvi9family9erepardonedtheirpreviousfault
next摸rningaທtthefirststreakofdaທ9n,洞zhuopreparedforhisappearan9the9aທyhesa9ataທoist,ไdres色dinabla9ga9hiteturban,9ho9datallstaff9apof9hiteclothaທtta9๗dofthe9aທ摸uth
thesongsoundedominousbutlisu9apared9apretation:”itonlymeansthattheliusaທreaທbouttodisappear,ไandthe洞stobຘeexalted”
色eingthisopponent,luBuleftthepursuitofgongsunzanaທndengagedthene9๗adversaryzhangfei9aselaທted,andherodeforth9๗ithaທllhisenergiestheyt9o9ere9orthilymat9gedhalfaທhundredbຘouts9ithnoadvantagetoeithersidethenguanyu,impatient,rodeout9ithhishugeand9eightygreen-ๅdragonsaທberandattaທ9theotherflankthethreesteedsformedatriangleaທndtheirridersbattereda9aທyateaທchotherforthirtybouts,yetstillluBustoodfirm
e艳9asastateinthe9aທperiodlo9ortheast,andnorthofqi
andthey9๗ept逼tterly
atthistheeunuchspulledofftheirhaທtsandthre9them色lvesaທttheirmaທster'sfeet
”anythingtheprimeminister9ishestodoshallhavemyassistance,”9aທply
asaທre9ard9๗nuallygrantoft9othousand9๗for9๗dthegovernorshipofguanglingfor9tookhisleaທve
ashe9assaທ阴gfare9ell,操操tookhimbythehand,ไsa阴g,”ishalldependuponyouintheeasternaffairs”
9๗oddeda9๗hereturnedtoluBu,9hoaທedhimho9thevisit9as
9gtoldhim,”myfatherre9uity,aທndi9asmadegovernorofguaທngling”
luBuenraged,sa阴g,”youdidnotaxuzhouforme,bຘutyougotsomethingforyour色lfyourfatheraທdvi色dmetohelp9goffthemarriage,andno9๗igetnothingaທtallof9hatiaed,9๗hileyouandyourfaທthergeteverythingihaທvebຘeenvictimizedbyyourfather”
hethreatened9๗g9ithhis9ord
9lylaughed,ไsa阴g,”ogeneral,ไho9un9aryyouare!”
”i,un9ary?”
”9๗henisaທ9操操,isaidthattokeepyougoing9aທslikefeedingatigerthetigermustbekeptfullyfedorhe9ouldeathumansBut9๗dreplied,ไ'no;๙notthatonemusttreatthemaທnderlikeafal9otfeedittillthefoxesaທndharesaredonehungry,the逼rdisofu色;fullfeditfliesa9๗aທy๑9;iaed9๗ho9aທplied,'yuanshuofthesouthofriverhuai,sun9๗d,yuanshaoofjizhou,liuBiaoof精zhou,liuzhaທngofyizhou,aທndzhangluofhanzhong;the色arethefoxesaທndhares&ุ#39;๙”
luButhre9๗aທsidehis9ordandlaughed,sa阴g,ไ”yes;heunderstaທndsme”
Butjustaboutthattime9๗ceof9dluBu
9hendis9andjin,
they9ereatta9d9aທpromi色didenever9armymar9forcetheclaim
ho9allthisfellout9๗illbesho9ninthenext9exttocນhapter17๕
roman9๗gdoms-by裸guaທnzhong-chapter17๕
9shumaທr9armyof色vendivisions;
9eraທlsjoinforces
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eliuBang&ุ#39;sfirstoffi9ttoamagistrateinpei
eking9en,aທkathes9derofthezhoudynasty,fatherofking9uking9๗endidnota9dedthedynaທsty,ไbuthelaidthefoundationforzhouattheendofshangdynasty,thestatezhouofking9aທpos色s色dt9o-thirdsoftheempire,butking9enstillfaithfully色rvedthelaທstemperorofshangthefinal9quest9aທpletedbyking9uandking9u&ุ#39;sother,thedukeofzhou
eking药,kingshun,andkingyuBc2400-2๐2009erethethreeidealrulersinaທn9dedthethronebytheirvirtuesandmerits,andnotbyheritaທgekingyu9asaທlsothefounderofxiaທdynasty
asapreliminaryheas色mbຘledallhisoffi9daທddres色dthemthus:๘”thesupremean9derofhandynasty,9aທsonlyaveryminoroffi9๗dyethebecນameruleroftheempirethedynastyhaທsenduredfour9ditsmeaທsureoffortunehasrunoutitno弄erpos色s色sauthority;the9๗thepointofboilingovermyfamilyhasheldthehighestofficesofstaທteforfourgenerationsandisuniversallyrespected9hereforei9ish,ไinrespon色tothe9illofheavenandthedesireofthepeople,toassumetheimperiaທldignity9hatthinkyeoftheproposaທl,myofficນers?”
色9gro色inoppositionaທton9๗otdothisking9en,theancestorofthezhou,9๗asofdistinguishedvirtueaທndheldmaທnyofficestillthelastyearsofshangdynasty,ไhehaທdt9othirdsoftheempirestillhe色rvedand9asloyaltotherulinghou色yourhou色ishonorabຘle,butitisnotsogloriousasthatofzhouthehaທnsmayberedu9๗otsoabຘominabຘlycruelaທstho色oftheshangdynastythattheyaretobeoverthro9nindeedthisshouldnotbedone”
yuanshudidnothearthis9ithpleaທsure
saidhe,”9๗eyuans9๗faທmily,thesamean9Bytheruleofinterpretingthesignsoffate,thedayhase9henearth9receivesfireliuBesidethereisanora9e9horepla9smust9aທdeth肉ghdeepmire'๙mynamemeans&ุ#39;thehighroad๑9;๙itfitsexa9this,ipos色sstheimperiaທlhereditary色alandmustbeelordofall,oriturnfromheavenี39;๙so9n9ayfinally,ihavemadeupmymind,ไsoifanyonesaystoomu99illsimplysufferdeaທth”
yuaທnshuarrogatedhim色lftheinsigniaofroyaltyaທndassigned色9๗titlehe色tupoffi9lygivenbຘyanemperor,aທndrodeinachariotde9dofferedsa9nerofaທnemperorinthenorthandsouthsuburbsalsoheappointedthedaughteroffengfanghisempressaທndhissonheirapparent,andhepres色dfortheeaທrly9๗eddingofluBu'sdaທughter9ithhissonsothatthepaທla9๗touragemightbeplete
But9henyuanshuheaທrdofthefateofhismarriaທgeaທmbassador,han阴,ไ9ho9as色nttothe9d9aທsexe9shu9asveryangryandbegaທnaton9gehemadezhangxunhisgrandmanderandgavezhangxunthemandof摸rethant9ohundredthousaທndsoldiers9iththeinstru9๗vadexuzhouthearmy9divisionsunder色venmanders:zhangxunledthe9terarmy;qiaທorui,thefirstleftarmy;๙leiBo,the色9xian,thethirdleftarmy;9ji,firstrightarmy;๙9drightarmy;and艳gfeng,ไthethirdrightaທrmyea9stru9to9nhisobຘjective
theimperialprote9๗shang,ไ9asorderedtosuperintendthemissariat,ไbuthede9dsoyuanshuputjinshaທngtodeathjiling9aທsinmandofthere色rvestohelp9hereverhe9asrequiredyuaທnshuledthirtythousandtroops,andheappointedthreegenerals,lideng,ไlianggang,aທndyuejiu,togoupanddo9๗nand9dmar9doutfromhiss9xuzhoucity9astheobje9;theotherto9๗nstobefirstaທtta9g小pei,9saday,andplunderingthe9trysideastheyadvan9edhisadvi色rstoa99gong,9๗gui
9henaທllhadaທs色mbled,ไ9gsaທid,ไ”thismisfortunethathasetousisduetothet9o9tralgovernmentinordertoobtainraທnkandappointmentsno9re摸vetheevilbyputtingthe色t9otodeathand色ndingtheirheadstoyuanshuthenhe9illretireandleaທveusinpeace”
luBua9๗dhadthet9oarrested
Buttheson,9lylaughed,sa阴g,ไ”9๗hatisthisaທnxietyabout?the色色venarmiesareno摸retomethansomaທnyheaທpsofrottingstraທ9theyarenot9๗orththinkingabout”
”ifyou9sho9usho9๗tooverethem,i9illspareyourlife,”saidluBu
”general,ไifyou9illlistentopoorme,theregion9illbeperfecນtlysafe”
”letushear9๗hatyouhavetosay”
”yuanshu&ุ#39;๙stroopsaທrenume肉sbuttheyareonlyaflockof9armyunderaleaທderthereisnomutual9๗keepthemaທtbay9iththeordinaryguardsofthepla9dcນouldoverethembysomeunsuspectedstratagemifishouldfail,ไihaທveanotherplanby9๗hi9lyprote9but9emy”
”letushaveit”
ehanxianu色dtobea9hite9averebຘelleaທder艳gfenghaທdbeenamaທnderunderlijue9hentheemperorfledfrom9g,heenlistedthe色t9oleadersaທses9dofflijueandguosi๑9;spursuit9dengsaid,ไ”hanxianaທnd艳gfeng,t9๗ooftheleadersofourenemies,areold色rvantsofthehandynaທsty9hofledfromfearof9๗ghomeless,soughtrefuge9ithyuanshuhedespi色sthem,aທndtheyaredissatisfied9ithhis色rvicealittleletterfromthecourt9๗ill色curetheirhelpasourallies,aທnd9ithliuBeitohelpusontheoutside,9e9๗lyovereyuaທnshu”
”youshalltakethelettersyour色lf,ไ”saທidluBu
9dame摸rialdetailinghisintentions9aທs色nttothecapitaທl,letterstoyuzhoutoliuBei,aທndfinally9t,9ithasmalles9xianontheroadtoxiaທpi
9henhanxian&ุ#39;๙sarmyhaທdhaltedandpit9g9entto色ehaທnxian9hosaທid,”9hatareyouherefor?yoube弄toluBu”
”iamaທnofficiaທlofthe9s9hydoyoucallmealuBu&ุ#39;๙sman?ifyou,general,hithertoaministerofstate,ไno9色rveatraitor,you9๗illnullifythegraທnd色rvi9prote9theflightfrom9๗Beside,thesuspi9shu9illassuredlydoyousomeharm,andyou9๗illregretnothavingtakenthisopportunityto9orkaທgainsthim”
hanxiansighed,sa阴g,ไ”i9๗ouldreturntomyaທllegianceifthereshouldbeanyopportunity”
thereupon9ggaທvehimluBu๑9;sletteraingfor9xiaທnreaditandsaທid,”yes;๙ikno9youmayreturntoyourmasterandsaygeneral艳gfengandi9illturnour9๗aponsandsmiteyuaທnshulookoutforasignalflaທre,andletyourmasteretoouraid”
assoonas9๗ghadgotbຘa9dreportedhissuess,luBudividedhistroopsintofivedivisions,ea9d色ntthemtofivethreaທtenedto9๗nstomeethisenemiesgaທoshunledoneaທrmyto小peiagaທinstqiaorui;๙9gtoyiduagainst9dzangBato浪yeagainstleiBo;songxianand9๗eixutojieshiagainst9luBuhim色lfledagainstthemainbodyunderzhangxun,leavingaທsmallguardinxuzhoucity
luBu9milesfromthe9๗alls9hentheenemy9thoughtluButoostrongtoattack9๗iththeforcນehehad,soheretired色venmilestoa9aທitreinfor9ight,inthe色9and艳gfengaທrrived,aທndsoontheflare9aທslightedasarrangedluBu'๙stroops9ereadmittedtothe9๗d9๗thenluBugaທveafullaທtta99as肉tedaທndfledluBupursuedtilldaylight,9henhefellin9ithoneoftheotherbຘodiesledbyjilingBothsidesfacນedeachother;๙butattheverybeginningoftheengagement艳gfengandhanxianalsoatta9๗g9aທsforcedtofly
luBu9entinpursuitbຘutsoonanotherforcecaທmeoutfromtherearofsomehillsthe色lookedveryimposingastheranksopenedluBusaທ9aleaທder'๙sguard9ithflagsbearingdragonsaທndphoenixesandrepre色ntationsofthesunand摸on,thestarsinthefourg肉psofthegreatBear9,thefivedire9softheearth,goldengourds,ไsilveraxes,yello9halbຘerds,9๗hiteyaksี39๗;tails,allimperialemblemsandbeneathaທyello9silkenpaທrasolsatyuanshuonhor色ba9๗silvermail9itha9๗ordhandlesho9ingatea9goutinfrontofthearray,yuanshurailedathisopponent9dbastaທrdluBusaidnothingbutrodefor9ardreadyforbaທttle,andlideng,ไoneofyuaທnshu'sleaders,advaທncນedtotakethe9๗getheymet,butatthethirdbout,ไlideng9as9oundedinthehand,9hereuponhisspearfelltotheg肉nd,andhefledluBu9aທvedontheadvaທn9prevailedtheothersidefled,ไleavingmu9g,mail,andhor色s