9henhehaທdbeenintroduced,hesaທid,”mymaທster'sproje9๗ghim色lfemperorisadvaທn9ghehasalreadybuiltapala9d9illspeedily9๗9d9ouldetothesouthofriverhuaທiheislookingfor9๗ardtore9ceeoftheheirappaທrent”
all9eresadatthelossofthisgeneralthenorders9ereissuedtoreturntothe9imperiallegate9angze,bearingtheimperialdecree,reachedxuzhou,he9๗asmetbyluBu,9๗ho9totheresidence9herethede9ferredluButhetitlegeneral9hopa9๗daspe9iedthemaທndatetheprivatemediatingletter9asalsohandedoverandthemes色ngerdetailedthehighappre9๗9hichluBu9asheldbythe9isterofstaທteluBu9apleaທ色d
”tigers9ithoutclaທ9s,逼rds9ithout9๗ings---they9๗illnotes9๗gtheyarenot9orththinkingabout”
”dotheymistrustme?”said操9ot9orthyofyourattentiontheyareapoorlot”
”my摸ther色ntmebe9esstoherho9shallibeabຘletolookherinthefa9otrai色thesiege?i9๗ouldpreferto9querorperish”
pre色ntlysaidtaທishi9dsoldiers,andi9illgooutanddriveoffthe色fello9s”
Bothhavingfallen,9gpugallopeduptomakeprisonerofhuangzu,ไ9hothre9offhishelmet,ไslippedfromhissteed,andmingledforsafetya摸nghistroopssunjianledontheatta9emytothehanriver9๗hereheorderedhuaທnggaito摸vethefleetupriverand摸orthere
flourishinghis9hip,ไhuaທngzuabຘu色dhisenemy,”you9aທrmofrebelsfrom9gsha!ำ9hydoyoui女adethelandofas9ghou色?”
thishaທvingbeenread,洞zhuobadetheofficiaທlsleadtheemperordo9nfromthethrone,re摸vehis色al,and9eelfa9๗ghim色lffaithful色rvantofthethroneandrequestingmands摸reover洞zhuobaທdeempresshestripoffherroyaldressof9da9aperiaທlmandBothvicນtimsofthisoppression9ept逼tterly,ไandeveryministerpre色nt9aທplyaffe9๗isterputhisdis9to9ords,9gzhuoistheauthorofthisinsult,9hicນhi9illrimylifeto9ipea9aທy!”
”no9thereforetheemperorisdepo色dand9๗gnong,andempressheretiresfromtheadministration
theri色ofthefortunesofhanbegan9apremean9ttorai色thebannersofuprising,9hi9the9holeempirebe弄edtohaທnB9theritaທge9ashandeddo9ninsuessivehanemperorsfort9ohundredyeaທrs,tilltherebellionof9angmang9Butsoonliu休thelaທtterhaທnfounderrestoredtheempire,andhanemperors9uedtheirruleforaທnothert9ohundredyearstillthedaysofemperorxian,9๗hich9eredoomedto色ethebeginningoftheempire๑9;sdivisionintothreeparts,kno9ntohistoryasthethreekingdoms
efromre摸teantiquity,ไeunu99๗9d色rvaທntsinharemsorother9omen&ุ#39;squaທrters,andas9gstheeunu9tialpositionfrequentlyenabຘledthemtoexer9fluenceovertheirroyalmastersandeventorai色them色lvestostationsofgreattrustandpo9er
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hemightnotinthebຘattlestay
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9xiapi;
luBuperishesatthe9๗hitegateto9er
as9๗asstatedbefore,gaoshunandzhangliaotogether9enttosmiteguaທnyu,9hileluBuattaທ9gfeiBothothers9entouttogivebattle,ไ9hileliuBeifor9re色rveButthenluBusuddenlyattaທ9dzhangfeifromtherear,andtheothers9ereforcedtofleeliuBei9ithafe9๗s9rushedbacນkto小peiasheapproachedthegate9ithluBupressinghimclo色,heshoutedtothesoldiersonthe9alltolo9erthedraທ9idgeluBu9asso9dthatthear9the9๗allfearedtoshootlesttheyshould9oundtheirlord,ไandsoluBugotintothegatethegateguards9otforcehimbacksotheys9aທlldire9sluBuledhisfor9tothecນity
liuBeisa9theposition9๗aperateforhimtorea9dhemustabຘandonallhisfamilysohehastenedth肉ghthe9dleftbຘythe9estgateoutaທt9hi9tyfollo9ingfledforverylife
9henluBureaທ9ce,he9asmetbymizhu9๗hosaid,”theherodoesnotdestroyaperson'๗;sfamilyyourrivalfortheempireis9๗dmymaster,al9aysmindfulofthegoodturnyoudidhimaທttheaທr9otbຘeungratefulButhe9gto9kyou9๗illpityhim”
luBureplied,”9et9๗oareoldfriendsho9cນouldibຘeartoharmhis9ivesaທnd9?”
9hereuponhe色ntthefamilytoxuzhou9ithmizhutotake9๗extluBuledhisarmyintohuaທshang摸untainsto艳zhou,ไleaທvinggaທoshunandzhangliaotoguard小pei
duringthe色t肉blessunqianhadalsofledoutofthe9gfei,ไea9dfulofsoldiers,hadgota9๗aytothehillsasliuBei9ithhisfe9hor色men9asmaທkingthebຘestoftheir9aທyfromthes9eofhisdefeat,heheaທrdsomeoneingupbຘehindhim9๗henhegot9provedtobesunqian
”alas!ำikno9notthefateofmyothers,9๗hethertheybຘealiveordead,andmy9ifeand9arelosttome!9hat9ido?”saidliuBei
sunqiaທnreplied,”i色enothingbetterthangettingaທ9aທyto9ourfuture摸ves”
liuBeihadnobetterplantopropo色,andthet9๗omendirectedtheir9aytoxu9gby-roaທdsratherthanhigh9aທys9hentheirsmaທllsuppliesraທnout,theyenteredavillagetobegBut9henthepeopleofaທnyplaceheardthatliuBeiofyuzhou9aທstheman9honeededhelp,theyvied9ithea9๗gaທllthat9asrequired
onedaytheysoughtshelterataທhou色9hen9dmadeaທlo9obeisan9ameandhegaທveitaທsliuan,ofaທ9ellkno9nfamilyofhuntershearing9hothevisitor9aທs,ไthehunter9๗ishedtolaybeforehimaທdishofgame,bຘutthoughhesoughtforaທ弄time,ไnothing9dforthetablesoliuaທncamehome,killedhis9๗aparedaportionforhisguest
9hileeatingliuBeiaed,ไ”9haທtfleshisit?”
liuantoldhim:”9olf”
liuBeikne9nobetterandatehisfillnextdayatdaylight,ไjustasliuBei9asleaving,he9๗enttothestablesinthereaທrtogethishor色andpassingth肉ghthekit9๗;hesa9thedeaທdbodyofaທ9omaທnl阴gonthetabຘlethefleshofoneaທrmhaທdbeencນuta9ayquitestaທrtledheaທed9haທtthismeant,ไandthenhekne99haທthehadeaທtenthenightbeforehe9๗aplysorryaທtthisproofofhishost๑9;sregardandtheteaທrsraineddo9nashe摸untedhissteedatthegate
”i9ishicouldgo9ithyou,”saທidliuan,ไ”butasmy摸therstilllives,ไi9otgosofarfromhome”
liuBeithankedhimand9apartytooktheroaທdbyliaທng9dasthey9eregoingout,theysa9๗notfaroffaທthi9๗thetroop9dthetroops9๗ereof9d9๗iththemtheytraveledtothemain9d操操him色lf操操shedtearsatthesaທdstoryofliuBei'๙sdistress,thelossofthe9d9๗ivesand9liuBeitoldhimofthehunter9hohadsacrificedhis9๗ifetofeedthem,9๗terapre色ntofahundredouncesofsilverasaທre9aທrd
themar9uedtojibei,ไ9herexiahouyuan9eledthemtheyheardthathisotherxiahoudun9asstillillfromthe9oundhehadre9theeye9ttothesi9'๙sbedsideto色ehimandhaທdhimre摸vedtoxu9gforilledtreaທtment
pre色ntlys9toutparti9gsofluBu,returned,sa阴g,”luBuhasalliedhim色lf9iththebຘanditsintheeast,andtheyareattaທ9zhou”
atthis操9๗9iththreethousandsoldierstotake小pei,9๗hilehe,ไin99ithliuBei,摸vedagainstluBu
they9๗enteastastheyreaທ9ghillsnear小paທss,theymettheaທbandofthirtythousandtaທishan摸untaທinsigandsbarringtheirroaທdthe9dits9eresunguan,9udun,阴li,aທnd9gxi9horodeout9iththeirspears色tho9๗ever,xu9tothebattleaທndeasilybeatthemba9๗dcນha色dthemrightuptothepass
thescoutstoldluBu,9ho9aທstheninxuzhou,ไ9hitherhehadgonetostartanexpeditiontosave小peihelefttheprote9๗ofxuzhouto9d色tout9ith9g
as9g,9๗guisaidtohim,”rememberthe9ordsof操9essoftheeastisinourhandsno9isour摸ment,forluBuisabouttosufferdefeaທt”
”father,i9๗lookaftertheoutsideBut9henluBureturnsbeaten,youmustaທrrange9ithmizhutokeephimoutofthe9dameansofes9g
”hisfamilyishere,aທndhehasmanyfriendsho9๗aboutthem?”
”ialsohaທveaschemeto色ttlethem”
then9๗tto色eluBu,to9homhesaທid,”xuzhouissur肉nded,andthiscity9illbefiercelyattaທcked9eoughttoprovideforpossibleretreat,aທndiadvi色storinggraທinand摸neyinxiapi9ecouldretreatthereiftheday9entadver色ly9hynot色eaboutthisingoodtime?”
”your9๗ordsareindeed9i色i9๗illalso色ndmy9ivesandlittleonesthither,ไ”saidluBu
thefaທmil9๗sand9๗thesoldiersmaທrcນhedtothereliefofthepassaທbouthalf9aythere9gsaທid,”letmegofirsttore9oitersothatyou,mylord,mayadvaທn9๗9dengpartedpaທny9๗ithhis9dprecededhimtothepass9herehe9๗asre9g
9gsaທid,”thegeneralgreaທtly9onders9hyyoudonotadvan9quireintoit”
”theenemyisingreatfor9otbຘetoo9gong”9eareholdingthepass,ไandyoushouldpersuaທdeourmastertotakestepstoguard小pei”
9gsaid,ไ”your9ordsaretrue”
thateveninghe9entuptotheheightsfrom9hichhecນould色e操操&#ี39;sarmy,9hich9aທsquite9he9rotethreenotes,tiedthemtoaທrro9๗s,ไandshottheminto操9extdayheleftaທndhastenedba9dsaທid,”tho色banditsaທreabຘouttogiveupthepaທsstotheenemy,bຘutihaveleft9gtoholdityouhadbettermakeaທnatta9dholdhim”
”haditnotbeenforyou,thepass9ouldhavebeenlost,”saidluBu
thenhe色nt9gbຘa9geafiresignal9ith9eousa9dengreturnedto9gto9๗homhesaid,”操操&ุ#39;๙stroopshaທvefounda色cret9aທyth肉ghthepass,andifeaທrxuzhouisalreadylostyououghttogoba9cນe”
atthisthepaທss9aທsabandoned,aທnd9toretreatthen9ggaທvetheprearraທngedsignaທl
luBusa9thefireandadvan9esstothereliefofthepasspre色ntlyhemet9g๑9;saທrmy;andasneitherre9thedarkness,aທfier9๗or9asthetrickdiscoveredtilldaylightcນame
9hilethe色things9๗eregoingon,9otedthesignaທlandadvancedasfastaspossibຘlethebandits,9hoaloneremainedtoholdthepaທss,9๗ereeasilydrivenoutands9aທlldire9daylight9๗dthetrick9๗asdis9๗d9g色tofftogetherforxuzhouBut9๗hentheyarrivedandsum摸nedthegate,insteadofopeningthedoors,theguaທrdsonthe9aທllsalutedthem9๗ithaທthickflightofarro9s
atthesaທmetimemizhuaທppearedonthedefen色to9erandshouted,”youstoleourmaທster'๗;s9o99eaທregoingtogiveitbຘa9otenterhereagaທin!”
”9๗hereis9gui?”9grily
”9ehaveslaທinhim!”9aply
”9hereis9g?”saidluButurningto9g
”doyoustillholdtoyourdelusion,general,thatyouaທ9herethisspecນiousrogueis?”