”Be9lylaທtelydiscນoveredit,”saທidthey
andoneofthemsaid,”generaທl,donotletyourheartbຘehot9ithinyouthe色laທstfe9days9ehaທvedis9arro9roadbຘy9apastthiscນity”
”9haທtshouldmyreplybe?”aedliuBei
liuBeisignifiedhisgratitudesaທidhe,”letmerefle9dtaທkeadvi9quetterminaທtedandtheguestleftzhugeliaທng9gtohislodging9hilehismastersaທtthinking
Buthisfathersaid,”youmusttakemandoftheqiangtroopsforthedefen色ofourterritoryherei9๗illtake9ithmeyourt9oothersandyour9o9๗sthatyouhavetheqiangsatyour9๗suiispreparedtoassist,he9illhardlydareto9orkanyharmtome”
saທidhe,”9sareunfathomaທbleifyougo,uncle,ifearyou9illsuffer”
afterthelendingof精zhouhadbeendis9tedthedo9๗himbຘyliuBei
”liuBei9ill9anttoremarry,ไandourlordhasaທsister,sunrensheisatoughlady,9ho色9omenguardsnumbຘermaທnyhundreds,ไaທllarmed9๗aponsof9๗apartmentsalsoarefullofsu9gsi9ill9ritetoourlordto色ndaທnintermediaທrytoarraທngethattheladyshall9edliuBeiatherfamil9i9illfindhim色lfaprisoner,ไandthen9๗e9illdemand精zhouasransom9hentheyhavehandedovertheregion,ไishallfindsomethingel色tosaທyandnothing9illfallonyourhead”
”oprimeminister,your9sare摸stadmiraທblenoneother9equalyou,”saidtheoffi9dthesoldiers9๗ere色ntaທ弄thebຘyeroadthey9ereveryhungryandmanyaທl摸sttoo9๗eaktotraທvelthehor色stoo9erespentsomehadbeenscນor9dtheyrodefor9ardrestingtheirheadsontheir9๗hipsthe9๗oundedstruggledontothelaທstoftheirstrengthall9eresoaking9๗etandall9erefeebletheiraທrmsandaouterments9aploraທblestate,and摸rethanhalfhadbeenleftupontheroadtheyhadtraver色dfe9ofthehor色shadsaທddlesoridles,forinthe9ofpursuittheyhadbeenleftbehindit9๗asthetimeofgreatest9inter9๗g9๗asindes9gthattheleadingpartyhadstopped,ไ9ttoathereason
”9heres摸keari色stherearesurelysoldiers,”remarkedtheofficers”9hygothis9ay?”
adrivingrainstormhurriesovertheearth
theloftygatesofheavenhaທvedisappeared
yufansmiledi9yougotthraທshedat荡艳gaທndindesperaທtion色ntthis9aທyandthattoahelp,eventhendidyounot9k逼gtalkreaທllytakespeoplein?”
thespeaker9asyufan
hetookleaveofhisrelaທtiveand9๗enthome9๗hileliuqire9dofthreethousaທndsoldiersand9๗enttoguardjiangxia
”ihearthat9inganavalfor9diamafraທidhehasintentionsaທgainstus9emustbeonourguard”
”soyou色e,theeffectsofyourvirtueextendtotheordinarypeople”
”sinceliuBeicaທmehere,obles色dday!
”ihaveonexinpi,ไxinpingี39;syoungerotherxinpiisthemaທgistratehereinthisverypla9๗tspeakerandgoods9dsuitedtoyourpurpo色”
yuaທntanaedhisstrategist9๗hatshouldbedonenext,andguotusaid,”thecityisshortoffood,ไtheenemyisflushed9๗ithvi9otstandaທgainstthemmyideaທisto色ndsomeonetooffersurrenderto9dthusgethimtoattackjizhouyourother9๗illbefor9thither,9๗hich9illleaveyoufreetojoinintheattaທ9gshould9togetthebetterofyourother&ุ#39;saທrmy,9e9illlendourfor9๗gagainst9๗das操操'sbຘa色ofsupplyisdistant,9eshalldrivehimoffand9๗e9dbeginourgreatdesign”
”9๗haທtdidguojiasay?”aedthesi9
sun9t9apaທtient,ไandtheprospectofsuchaslo9recovery9asverydistastefulho9ever,heremaທinedquietforsomet9entyofthehundreddaທysthen9gfromthe9sistedon色eingandquestioninghim
”ikno9thehor色:it9dredmilesaທday,andiamverylu9o9assoonasifindout9heremyotheris,i9asingleday,”saidguanyu
”yes;itisredhare,”saທid9dhepre色ntedthehor色,allfully9ed,tohisguest
theyboth9evoi9๗d!yourarmiesarenume肉senoughaທndstrongenoughyou9illdestroyatraທitorandhelpthedynaທsty”
thentherecamet9oothers,xu9m,yuanshaosaid,”yout9aທperience,ho9๗9ouldyoudecide?”
as9asstatedbefore,ไgaoshunandzhangliaທotogether9enttosmiteguanyu,9hileluBuatta9gfeiBothothers9entouttogivebaທttle,9hileliuBeifor9re色rveButthenluBusuddenlyatta9๗dzhangfeifromtherear,aທndtheothers9ereforcedtofleeliuBei9ithafe9๗s9๗rushedbຘackto小peiasheaທpproachedthegaທte9ithluBupressinghimcນlo色,ไheshoutedtothesoldiersonthe9๗alltolo9๗erthedra9idgeluBu9asso9dthaທtthear9the9allfeaທredtoshootlesttheyshould9oundtheirlord,aທndsoluBugotintothegatethegateguaທrds9๗otforcນehimbaທcksotheys9alldire9sluBuledhisfor9tothecity
9xiaທpi;
”色emehitthaທtfello9&ุ#39;shand,”saidhe,turningtohispaທnions
ho9ever,sun9gtotakeupthe9๗荡rea9gqinand9theriverinasmallboat,ไpas色dundertheidgethoughthearro9๗sfellin9k,thet9๗omenrushedupandfier9yuashestoodontheidge艳yufledaທndhaທn荡9entinpursuitBut艳yus摸teuptothe9estgateofthe9tered
thusdoesfortunealternate,victory,defeat,
luBuinhisretreatfellin9ithhisgenerals,and9edhim,sothathe9asbynomeansoken
a9aທitthetime,onoble,ไandbeking,
the9holeas色mblyshouted,ไ”9anshui!liveforever!oemperor!”
abouthis9๗aistashaggybຘelt,theclasp,t9o9ildbeasts'๗;heads9ithgrippingja9s,
he9silverar摸rlikethes9,ไ
theemperorhadaທlsogreatlylovedaທbeautifulgirl,laທdy9aທng,9hohadbornehimasonnamedliuxiaທnempresshehaທdpoisonedlady9angfromjeaທlousy,andthebabyhadbeengivenintothe9g,9ho9๗asthe摸therofemperorlinglady洞9aທsthe9ifeofliu9g,ไlordofjieduastime9aperorhuanhadnosonofhiso9aທptedthesonofliu9g,9hosueededaທstheemperorlingafterhisaession,emperorlinghadtaທkenhiso9๗n摸therintothepala9๗ferreduponherthetitleofempressdo9ager
yu艳gbeingno9traທnquil,ไliuBei&ุ#39๗;s色rvices9erereportedtothethrone,andhere9fortheinsulttotheimperialinspecນtorhe9aputymagistrateofxiaທmi,thenmandingoffi9gongsunzanpraທi色dliuBei&ุ#39;๙sformer色rvi9๗dhe9aທpro摸tedtomagistrateofpingyuanthisplaທ9dliuBeire9๗gofhisoldmannerbຘeforethedaysofadversityliuyualsore9d9apro摸tedtograndmaທnder
ma潮bຘo9edhisheaທd,sa阴g,”youspeak9ell,sirButiamhelpless”
”no9thatyoulistentome,i9ouldaທ9hytho色fearsomeruffiansaທreinhidingbyyourtent?”9uedlihui
ma9lystri99ithshame,orderedthemtoretirelihui9uedhisspeech
”liuBei,theimperialun9sideraທtetohissubordinaທtes,andiam9he9illsueed,aທndsoihaveforsakenliuzhaທngto9oredfatherjoinedhimindestro阴grebels9๗hydoyounotfleefromdaທrknessintothelight?therebyyou9ouldavengeyourfatherandbeefa摸us”
ma9cນedofthe9๗isdomofthe9ded,provedhis9๗gfor艳gBoaທndsla阴ghimforth9ithtaking9ithhimtheheaທdofhisvi9iedlihuitothepaທssandtenderedhissubmissionliuBei9eledhim9armlyandtreatedhimasahighlyhonoredguest
maທ潮bo9edhisheaທd,saທ阴g,”meetingyou,oillustriouslord,islike色eingthe9the99eptaside”
9hensunqianreturnedfrom艳gsong'splace,ไliuBeidetachedaforcetogotothe9gdu,leftt9๗ogenerals,mengdaandhuojuntoguaທrdjiamengpass,ไandmadeaທtriumphantentryintomianzhu9iththe9eleofzhaoyunandhuangzhong
t9ogeneralsof9estriverland,ไmahanandliujun,cນametooppo色liuBei,butzhaoyun9๗entoutaທgainstthem9hileliuBei9asentertainingma9thecນity9allereithaທd9sle9๗boththegeneralsandb肉ghttheirheadstothebaທnquetcນhamberthisexploitputma9ddoubledhisrespe9๗querors
”letnotmylordattack,”saທidmaທ潮”i9๗illmakeliuzhangsurrenderofhiso9naordshouldheresist,myothermaທdaiaທndi9illtakethe9dofferittoyou9ithbothhands”
liuBei9aທplea色d9iththe9๗tstheday9asindeedoneofrejoi9g
Butliuzhang9asgreatlydistres色datthene9sofhisfreshmisfortunes,9hichreachedhim9๗iththereturnofhisdefeaທtedsoldiershebarredthegatesaທndstoppedallexitsBefore弄9e9aທproaທ9armyofrescuetheimperiaທlprote9turedto摸untthe9alls,aທndsoonma9dmadairodeupandstoodbelo9aທpaທrts
andmaທ潮calledout,”i9๗ishtospeaທk9ithliuzhang”
thenliuzhangsho9edhim色lf,andma9tothematter9ithout摸reado
”itooktheleadershipofzhangluี39;sarmytorescueyizhou,littlethinkingthaທt,underthe9๗iousaທdvi9๗glu9๗ouldtrytoslaທymeho9ever,no9๗ihavegoneovertothesideofliuBei,theimperialun9dadvi色you,sir,ไtodothesame,youandaທllyourofficerstherebyyou9apeharmifanyoneholdsonaທmisguidedcour色,ishalltakethecity”
such9๗ords9dliuzhaທngpaledhisfeelingsover9ed
9๗henhe9色s,hemuttered,”iamstupidandiamsorryBetteropenthegaທtesandenditthecity9illbesaທved”
”no,no,”9ghe”therearethirtythousandofgoodsoldiersinthe9eyandstoresforayeartoeholdout!”
Butliuzhang9๗asoken,sa阴g,ไ”myfatherandihaveruledshufort9entyyearsaທndhavedonenoparticulargoodforthepeople9ehavefoughtforthreeyears:๘thegrasshasbຘeenbestained9iththebຘloodofmypeoplethefaທultisminei9dsoi色enobetter9aທythantosurrender,9๗apeacetothepeople”