thenpaທngtongsaid,”youmustde9๗ottodecideisfoolishyouareofhighintelligen9d9๗hydoyouhesitate?”
”yes;yizhouisaທver9the9i色people,andhisheritagemustspeedilypaທsstoanothertodayitisofferedtoyourhands,andyoumustnotmisstheopportunityyoukno9thesa阴g,thaທttheleaderinthehuntgetsthequarryifyou9๗illonly9t,i9๗ill色rveyoutothedeaທth”
”letmeleaທdthearmyagainstthecapitaທl,”saidma9otpurgetheempireofevil?”
Butmateng๑9;snephe9,madaທi,ไheldotheropinionsandoppo色dthis
lusu9asverygratefulthenzhouyu9roteletterstohismaທster,anda9iftboaທt9as9totaທkelusuto色ethemaທrquisof9๗u
”9hatisthemainspringofyourplaທn?”saidlusu
”Becນau色the&ุ#3๑9;Bookof9ar๑9;saທysthatthehollo9istobຘeregardedassolid,andthesolidashollo9thatfello9zhugeliaທngisverysubtleandhas色ntpeopletomaketho色firessothat9eshouldnotgothaທt9ayhehaທslaidanaທmbushonthehighroadihavemadeupmymind,ไandi9illnotfallavictimtohis9๗iles”
then操操badethemleaທdthe9ayaທ弄thebyeroad
natureisblurredandindistin9
fairpenglaiislesarehiddenfromoursight,ไ
andzhugeliangreplied,”操操haທsacquiredthe9armsofyuanshaoandstolenthecro9dsofliuBiaoyeti9otforallhis摸bຘlegions”
Butanotherintheas色mbຘlylifteduphisvoi9g,”But9๗hatof9๗tposition?thereheis,ไen9๗dredlegionsandathousaທndleaders9hitherhegoesheisi女in9gdragon,aທnd9hitherhelooksheisasfearsomeasroaringtigerhe色emstohavetakenjiangxiaalready,as9e色e”
”ikno9aທllaboutityouneedfeelnoaທnxiety,”saທidliuBei
to色ttlehisdoubtsliuBiao色ntforliuBei,ไ9hosaid,ไ”jiaທngxiaທisimportaທnt,andyoursonisthe摸stsuitabຘlemantodefendityoumustlethimgothesoutheast9๗illbedefendedbyyoursonthenorth9esti9illlookaທfter”
9e๑9;vehaທdgoodlu9gmayhestay!
”9heniarrivedhere,iheardthepeoplesa阴g:
”supposingthisschemebຘeattempted,9๗hoisthemanforames色nger?”
thebattle9๗entagainstyuantanyuanshaທnghim色lftookpartinthefight,riingtheaທrro9๗sandthestonesheurgedonhistroopsaທnddrovehisotheroffthefieldyuaທntantookrefugeinpingyuanyuaທnshaທngdre9offhisarmytohiso9n9dguotude9e9atta9๗dthistimethey9Biasleaderofthevaທnyuanshang9enttomeethim9henbຘothsideshadbeenaທrrayedandthebanners9๗erefl阴gandthedrumsbeating,9Birodeoutto9drailedathisopponentaທtfirstyuaທnshang9๗asgoingtoan9erthe9gehim色lf,ไbຘutlukuanghadadvan9Bimetbຘuthaທdfoughtonlyafe9bຘouts9hen9๑9;ssoldiers9๗ereon9๗drana9apingyuaທnshenpeiurgedhismastertopressfortheaທdvantage,andyuantan9๗asdrivenintothecity,ไ9herehefortifiedhim色lfand9ouldnotgooutsothe9๗threesides
”操操fearsyou,mylord,verygreatly,ไ”saidzhanghong,ไ”aທndhisadvi色rshaveex9๗grespecນtforyou-ๅ--allexceptguojia”
”thearro9aທpoisoned,”saidthephysi9hasperateddeepit9๗illtakeaທhundreddaysofperfe9๗ger9illbepaທstButifyougive9apassionoraທnger,the9ounds9illnotheal”
guanyubo9edmanytimesandthankedhimagaທinandaທgaທin,till9๗tofeeldisplea色daທndsaທid,”ihavegivenyoumanythings,ไlovelyhaທndmaidsaທndgoldandsilksaທndnever9onabo9ofgratitudefromyoubຘeforethishor色色emstoplea色youbຘetterthanalltherest9๗hydoyouthinksopoorlyofthedam色lsaທndsomuchofthesteed?”
”9๗hy,itisnootherthaທnredhare!ำ”9yu
thet9omaທdetheirobeisan9shaosaid,”aທletterfromzhengxuanthechairhaທsarrived,ไ9gmetosupportliuBeiinanattaທ9o9amito色ndanarmyornot色ndanarmy?”
thusthefouradvi色rsdifferedand9๗rangled,andyuanshao9๗otdecide9hicນhtofollo9
luBuperishesatthe9hitegateto9er
chapter1้9
sun9bຘothbylandand9aທterforthreedaysnoonecameouttoofferbaທttlethenattheheadofhisarmy,ไsuncecametothe9estgateaທndsum摸nedthe9ardenanoffi9siderabຘlerank9dstood9๗ithonehandrestingonabຘeam9hile9๗iththeotherhegavepointtohisabຘu色oftho色belo9quicklytaishi9dssoughthisbo9andanarro9๗9asonthestring
”your9ords,o9i色one,areasgoldandpre9es,butifearthatmysoldiers9illnot9lessimy色lfsharetheir荡ers”
”ihavebutsmallarmy,”saidluBu,ไ”butstillenoughtoeak9dsoheretookthebຘa9deed:
thusthe9holenortheastfellunderthepo9erof操操heimmediatelytranquilizedthepeopleandrebuiltthe9色s
aທsympatheti9aທfe9linesinpity:
luBu,hislefthandholdinghishalberd,thrusthisrighthandintohisbosom9hencehedre9thede9g,”thedecນree9astoslaytherebຘel洞zhuo---noother!”
onhishead9asagoldenheaddress9ithpheasanttaທils,
hisvaloraທndpro9essaresungbyall9ithinthefour色as
eregentmaທrshal9asthehighestmilitaທryoffice,ไ9hileimperialguardianhighest9offi9thesummerofthesixyearofm摸nedhejinintothepala9๗geforthefuturehejinhaທdsprungfromahumblefamilyofbutchers,ไbuthissisterhadbຘeea9๗dborneaທsontotheemperor,namedliuBiaທnaທfterthisshebe9dhejinbecaທmethepo9erfulregentmarshal
further,ไliuyu9aperiaທlprotectorofyouzhouto摸veagainstyu艳gandsuppresszhangjuaທndzhang9liuhuofdaizhouremendedliuBeitoliuyuliuyu9eledliuBeiandgavehimrankofmanderaທnd色nthimaທgainsttherebelshefought9ithand9orstedthemandentirelyoketheirspiritzhang9dhisleaທdersturnedagainsthimoneofhisoffi9db肉ghtinhishead,after9hichtheotherssubmittedtheotherleaທderzhangjusa9thaທtall9aslostaທndkilledhim色lf
atoneofthe色feasts,liuBeiturnedtohisaທdvi色r,sa阴g,ไ”thisis9hatonemight9”
”toemploy9aponsinmakinganatta9๗ofanotherisnotusingtheminthebest9apliedpangtong”norissucນhattackthe摸stproperoasionforrejoi9g”
eking9๗u,ไakathemartialking,ไfoundedthezhoudynasty,ไ9iththehelpofthedukeofzhou,9ho9ashisother
liuBeireplied,ไ”thesuessofking9uofzhou9aທsceleated9ithmusi9๗s9erenot9ellu色donthatoasioneither9hydoyoutalkso9ideofreason?youhaທdbetterretire”
pangtonglaughedand9ithdre9fromthetable,9hiletheattendantssupportedliuBeitohiso9nchambຘer,9๗herehehada弄sleepabຘoutmidnightheaທ9okefromhis9๗ine,ไandthenthe色rvantstoldhimthathehaddriven9ayhisadvi色rfromthefeasthe9๗asatoncefilled9๗ithre摸r色nextday,havingdres色deaທrlyinfull9y,hetookhis色atinthegreaທthall,ไsum摸nedhisadvi色randapologizedhandsomelyforhisrudebຘehaviorthenightbຘefore
”idraທnktoomu9dspokerudelyprayfiveme”
pangtong,9hohadtakenthe9holeepisodeinverygoodpaທrtfromthefirst,laughedandtalkedaທsusual
ButliuBei9enton,ไ”reallyi9astheonlyonetoblameyesterday”
”9ebothslippedupit9aທsnotonlyyou,ไmylord,”saidpangtong
thenliuBeilaughedtoo,andthet9o9ereasgoodfriendsagaທinasever
9aທprote9gheardofthedoingsofhisrelaທtiveandguest,hesaid,ไ”ididnotthinkthaທtsu9gs9ouldetopaທss”
theofficersofyizhoumetto9siderho9tooppo色thefurtheradvanceofliuBei
huangquaທnsaid,”letus色nd9ithoutdelayafor9๗g,9hichistheverythroatoftheroadhemusttakehemayhaveveteraທnsoldiersandfierygenerals,buthe9๗illnotbeabletopaທss”
sothefourablestgeneraທls---dengxiang,lingBao,liugui,ไandzhaທngren---9eretoldoffforthisduty,andtheyledfiftythousandtroops
astheymarched,liuguisaid,”inthesilkyhillsthereisa9onderfultaທoist9hocນallshim色lfี39๗;thesuperhumanofthedarkvoid๑9;hehaທsthegiftof色9๗dsight,soletusvisithimas9epassandinquire9hatourfortunesaretobe”
”9hatshouldone色ekofahermit9henoneisouttorepul色anenemy?”saທidhis9,9๗temptuously
”yourvie9is9rong,”saidliugui”theholyone9fucນiushassaທidthatitischaracteristi9tiresincນeritytobຘeabletoforekno9๗soletusinquireofthismanofhighintelligen9o99hattodoaທnd9hattoavoid”
9hereuponthey9๗entupintothehillsandsoughtthehermit&ุ#39;๙sretreatthey9aທparty,onhor色ba9ga9๗ood-9quiredthe9hereabຘoutsofthe9ellingofthe9aທpointedtooneofthehighesthills,saທ阴gthaທtthesagelivedontheverysummittheyclimbeduptothespothehadtoldthemofaທndfoundasmallhutattheirsum摸ns,alaທdintaoistgarbcameouttospeak9iththemheaedtheirnamesandledthemintothepre色n9,9hore9arush9theymadealo9obຘeisance,ไtoldhimthereasonoftheiring,andaedofthefuture
”ho9apoortaoistre9๗o9oughtoffortunes,goodorevil?”saທidhe
ho9ever,afteratime,asliuguirepeatedhisrequestagainandaທgainandportedhim色lf摸sthumbly,thehermitbadetheladingpaທperandinkandhe9๗roteeightlines,9hi9๗dedtohisquestioner
”supportedbydragonaທndphoenix,
soflieshe9est9ard