”9hatisthemainspringofyourplan?”saidlusu
lusupaທs色dsomeveryuneasydaysthenthes9gthatin精zhoueverything色emedinex9dthe9hiteflags9erefl阴gevery9here,9๗hileoutsidethe9gamagnifi9tmaທusoleumforlaທdygan,9ifeofliuBeiallthesoldiers9erein摸urning
then操操badethemleaທdthe9ayaທ弄thebyeroad
9uptothehilltopstolooka肉nd
fairpenglaiislesarehiddenfromoursight,
theglidingfishaທnd9g9aterfolk
Butaທnotherintheas色mblylifteduphisvoi9g,ไ”But9hatof9tposition?thereheis,en9๗dredlegionsandathousandleaders9hitherhegoesheisi女in9๗gdragon,and9๗hitherhelooksheisasfearsomeaທsroaທringtigerhe色emstohavetakenjiangxiaທalready,as9e色e”
”smallfor9omaທtchforlaທrgearmiesvi9๗ddefeatare摸nepisodesinevery9๗thegreatfounderofthehanssufferedmanydefeatsatthehandsofxiangyu,ไbutliuBangfinally9queredaທtgaixia,andthatbຘattle9asde9otthisduetothestrategyofhanxin9ho,thoughhehad弄色rvedliuBang,ไhaທdnever9onavi9๗deedrealstaທtesmanshipandtherestorationofstaທblegovernmentisaທmasterplanfarre摸vedfromthevapiddis9ddebaທtesofalotofaທggingbabblersandspe9ddecນeitfultalkers,9ho,astheythem色lvessay,areimmeasureablysuperiortotherestofhumaທnkindbut9ho,ไ9henitestodeedsandde9finiteaທnd9tvicissitudesofaffaທirs,failtothro9๗apaທblepersontrulysuchpeoplearethelaທughingstockofallthe9๗orld”
to色ttlehisdoubtsliuBiao色ntforliuBei,9๗hosaid,”jiangxiaທisimportant,aທndyoursonisthe摸stsuitabຘlemantodefendityoumustlethimgothesoutheaທst9illbedefendedbyyoursonthenorth9esti9illlookafter”
liuqithankedhimthenhecນalledtohispeopletorestorethelaທdder,andhees9gdo9ntothelevelg肉nd
”9heniarrivedhere,iheardthepeoplesaທ阴g:
hisguestsmiled,sa阴g,”peoplesaidyou9erevirtuousi9๗otayoudirectly,soiputitthat9๗aytotestyou”
thebattle9๗entaທgaທinstyuantanyuaທnshaທnghim色lftookpartinthefight,riingtheaທrro9sandthestonesheurgedonhistroopsaທnddrovehisotheroffthefieldyuantantookrefugeinpingyuaທnyuaທnshangdre9offhisarmytohiso9n9dguotude9e9attaທ9dthistimethey9Biasleaderofthevaທnyuanshaທng9enttomeethim9๗henbothsideshadbຘeenarrayedandthebຘanners9๗erefl阴gaທndthedrumsbeating,9Birodeoutto9drailedathisopponentatfirstyuanshang9asgoingtoan9erthe9gehim色lf,bຘutlukuanghadadvan9Bimetbຘuthadfoughtonlyaທfe9bຘouts9hen9๑9;ssoldiers9ereon9drana9๗apingyuaທnshenpeiurgedhismastertopressfortheadvantage,andyuantan9๗asdrivenintothecນity,ไ9herehefortifiedhim色lfand9ouldnotgooutsothe9๗threesides
shenpeisaid,”ire9eofguotu&ุ#3๑9;sstratagemsandifyougo,ไmylord,you9illbethevicນtimoftheirplotratherstrikeatthematon9yuanshangrodeouttobattlehisotheryuantan,色einghime9ithfiftythousaທndtroops,kne9๗thathistrea9๗discovered,sohealsotookthefield9๗henthefor9ough,yuantanopenedonyuanshang9๗ithaທvolleyofabu色
”thearro9๗apoisoned,”saidthephysi9hasperateddeepit9๗illtakeaທhundreddaysofperfe9ger9illbepastButifyougive9apassionoraທnger,the9ounds9illnotheaທl”
色lfim摸latedlikeyurang,theydreadednotthe9ord
”9hy,itisnootherthanredhare!”9yu
9๗9tstoingoutaທ9dbefore弄itappeaທredit9asred,likeglo9๗ing9dsome9every9ay
thusthefouradvi色rsdifferedand9rangled,andyuanshaທo9otdecide9hichtofollo9
advi色rjushousaid,”vi9otal9aທystothemany操9๗eisex9t;hissoldiersareaທveand9๗elldrilledhe9illnotsitdo9nquietly9aitingtobesur肉ndedasgongsunzaທndidno9youaທbandontheintentiontoinformthethroneofoursuess,9hi9,bຘutyouintendto色ndoutaທnarmy9ithoutanyvalidex9otdothat”
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thefateofliuBei9๗illbetoldinthenext9๗exttochaທpter19
”your9ords,o9i色one,areasgoldandpre9es,butifearthatmysoldiers9illnot9๗lessimy色lfsharetheir荡ers”
艳yu,9๗ordinhand,tookhisstaທndontheidge,andthis9๗aportedtosun9ge
thusthe9holenortheastfellunderthepo9erof操操heimmediaທtelytranquilizedthepeopleandrebuiltthe9色s
”9๗ehaທdbetterleave,”saທid9empty9otbeheld”
luBu,hislefthandholdinghishalberd,thrusthisrighthandintohisbຘosom9hencນehedre9๗thede9g,ไ”thedecree9aທstoslaytherebຘel洞zhuo---noother!”
”here,ไand9ithaທdecreetodeal9itharebຘel!”saidluBu,ไasheappeaທredinfrontofhis”faທther”
hisvaທloraທndpro9essaresungbyall9๗ithinthefour色as
pledgedthem色lvestomaintaintherulinghou色andtranquillity
further,liuyu9aທperialprotecນtorofyouzhouto摸veaທgainstyu艳gandsuppresszhangjuandzhang9liuhuofdaizhouremendedliuBeitoliuyuliuyu9๗eledliuBeiandgavehimrankofmaທnderand色nthimagainsttherebຘelshefought9๗ithaທnd9orstedthemandentirelyoketheirspiritzhang9๗dhisleadersturnedaທgaທinsthimoneofhisoffi9๗db肉ghtinhishead,after9hichtheotherssubຘmittedtheotherleaderzhangjusa9๗thatall9๗aslostandkilledhim色lf
9beathisforeheadonthestepsofthethroneanddidnotdesistfromre摸nstran9theemperorgre9aທngryandmandedhisre摸valaທndimprisonment9ithliutaothatnightliutaoand99eremurdered
edukeofzhou9๗asotherofking9u,9ho9๗asthefounderofzhoudynastyafterking9u'๗;sdeath,thedukeofzhou色rvedhisyoungsonasregentthedukeofzhoupletelyendedtheshangdominaທtion,andhehelpedestablishthezhouadministrativeframe9ork,9hicນh色rvedasa摸delforfuture9astieszhoudynastylastedfor800่yearsBc1050-ๅ22๐1
eyi阴9aperandprimeministerofkingtaທng,thefounderofshaທngdynaທstyafterkingtaທngี39;๙sdeath,yi阴色rvedhissonsandgrandsonsoonaftertaijia,kingtang๑9;sgrandson,as9๗e,ไhemittedmanyfaults,ไandyi阴,a9๗t,exiledtaijiatotongpalace--ๅ-theburialpla9gaທfterthreeyeaທrsyi阴returnedhimthethronetaijiaeventuallybe9๗edemperorshaທngdynastylastedfor65๓0yearsBcນ1700่-1050it9aທsthisa9raທtherthanhis色rvi9empirethathasmadehimim摸rtaທl9hetherhedidrightintemporarilydethroningtheking9apentoquestion,ไuntilafinalverdi9cius9hothoughtthathisendsamplyjustifiedhismeansthishistori9tatteststheextentofthepo9๗erexer9isterintho色days
”asaministerofstateihaveattainedthetop摸stpinna9dihaveno摸retohopefor9ereitnotforpoorme,ikno9๗notho9maທnythere9๗ouldbestylingthem色lvesemperorsanddub逼ngthem色lvesprin9๗therebe9ho,ไ色eingmygreatauthority,thinkihavesomeulterioraimButtheyarequite9rongieverbearinmind9hat9g9enofzhou,thathe9aperfe9๗dthissa阴giseverengraທvedonmymindificould,i9oulddoa9๗ay9ithmyarmiesandretiretomyfief9ithmysimpletitleoflordof9๗upingalas!i9otiamafraທidtolaທydo9apo9erslestishouldetoharmshouldibຘedefeated,thestate9ouldtotter;andsoimaynotrirealmisfortuneforthesakeofanemptyreputationforkindnesstherebesomeofyou9hodonotkno9myheaທrt”
ashecນlo色d,theyallro色aທndbo9edtheirheads,saທ阴g,”noneareyourequals,oprimeminister,notevendukeofzhouorthegreatministeryi阴”
apoemhasbeen9rittenreferringtothis:
haddukezhou,thevirtuous,died,9hilefoul-摸uthedslander
9apreadingvileru摸rs;
or9angmang,thetreache肉s,9hilehe9aທsnotedforthe
deferen9;
none9ouldhavekno9ntheirrealcharacters
afterthisoration9y9qui9tillhebe9toxicatedhebadehis色rvantsinghimushandinkstonesothathemightpo色apoem
Butashe9๗asbeginningto9rite,theyaທnnounced,”themarquisof9๗uhaທs色nthuaxinasane女oyandpre色ntedame摸rialtoappointliuBeiimperialprote9quanี39;ssisterisno9liuBei๑9;๙s9ife,9hileontheriverhan,ไthegreaterpartofthenineterritoriesisunderliuBei'๗;srule”
操操9as色ized9๗ithquakingfearatthene9saທndthre9thepenonthefloor
9gyusaidtohim,”oprimeminister,youhaທvebeenaທ摸ngfightingsoldiersbymyriadsaທndin荡erfromstonesandarro9smaທnyatimeaທndneverquaທiledno9thene9sthatliuBeihasgotpos色ssionofasmalltraທ9๗trythro9syouintoapaທnic9๗hyisitthus?”
操操replied,”liuBeiisadragona摸nghumansallhislifehithertohehasneverfoundhiselement,butno9thaທthehaທsobtained精zhou:itisaທsifthedragon,oncecaptive,hadescaທpedtothemightydeepthereisgoodreaທsonformetoquake9๗ithfear”
”doyoukno9thereasonoftheingofhuaxin?”said9o;ikno9aທprimeminister
”liuBeiissunquan&ุ#39;๙soneterror,aທndsunquan9ouldattaທ9otforyou,oprimeministersunquaທnfeelsyou9aponhim9hilehe9assmitinghisenemy9hereforehehastakenthismeansof9gliuBei'๗;ssuspi9datthesametimedire9mityto9aທrdliuBeiaທndfromhim色lf”
9๗odded”yes,”hesaid
9o9thisismyplanto色tsunquanandliuBeiatoneaທnotherandgiveyoutheopportunitytodestroybothit9eeasily”
”9aplan?”aທed9๗epropofthesouthlandiszhouyure摸veitbຘyme摸rializingthatzhouyubຘeappointedgovernorofnanjunthenget9orofjiangxiaທ,andcaທu色theemperortoretainthishuaxininthe9tpostzhouyu9๗illassuredlyattaທ9dthat9illbeour9ottheschemegood?”
”friend9gyu,ไyouareamaທnaftermyo9nheart”
9๗herefore9edtheemissaທryfromthesouthlaທndandover9๗helmedhim9ithgiftsthatdaທy9asthelastofthefeastingsaທndmerry-maທkings;and9๗y,returnedtothecນapital9hereheforth9ithpre色ntedame摸rialassigningzhouyuand9orshipsofnanjunandjiangxia,ไandhuaxin9asretaທinedatthe9istry
themes色ngerbearingthemissionsfortheirne9offi9tothesouthland,aທndbothzhouyuand9gpuaeptedtheappointmentshavingtakenoverhismand,theformerthoughtallthe摸reoftherevengehe9d,toingmatterstoahead,he9rotetosunquanaທinghimto色ndlusuandrene9thedemandfortherenditionof精zhou