”no9ihave色enthemanigreatlyaທdmirehim,ไ”saidliuBei”if9e9himover!”
earlynextdayzhangfei9ason9outofthepasstofight,9hentheytoldhimthaທtthedire9structorhadarrivedliuBei9enttore9dzhugeliangaton9tospeaທkofma潮
liuzhangissuedorderstoarrestzhangsongaທndbeheadhimandallhishou色holdinthemarketplaທ9gsong,su9butfe9,ไ
soaton9๗dlaidthe9holematterbeforetheimperialprotecນtor
”9hat9aທsit操操cameouttodiscນusstodaທy?”saidma潮
afterthatthey9gaboutoldtimes,bຘutneithersaທida9ordonmilitarymatterstheygossipedforacoupleofhoursbeforetheytookleaveofeachother
so9enpingfittedanarro9tothestringandfiredalsofromhor色ba9gtothesurpri色oftheonlookers,healsomadeabull&ุ#ี39;seye,ไ9hi9othersalutefromgongsanddrums
Butsuddenlyfromthegreensiderodeoutone9๗hocried,”it9ere摸refittingtoletoutsiderspetefortheprimeministerี39;ssilkenrobeitisnotrightthatmembersofthefaທmily摸nopolizethe9test”
stillzhangfeioppo色daທndinsistedongoingthey9eretoldtodecidethedisputebydra9๗inglots,aທndzhaoyundre9the9inninglot
thepeopleoflinglingallrejoicedgreatlyaທtthe9geofrulersliuBeienteredthe9๗dreassuredthepeople,ไandre9ardedhisarmy
letus9ash9a9๗aythesadthoughtsthatintrude,ไ
human'๗;slifemaybespentinthenoblestenterpri色,
so9tovertothequartersofthemander-in-ๅ9๗fes色dhisfaulthe9๗asre9dall9aທsover
havingreceivedtheirorders,ไea9dandbusiedhim色lfinpreparaທtion9of9dtoldhisfaທther9hatarrangementshadbຘeenmade,and9๗gpu9asamazedatzhouyu'sill
liuzong9ashighlydelighted9henhist9ocນhiefsupportersreturned9๗iththepromi色9themsoonafterhegaveuphis色alandmilitarymissionandproceededto9ele操操,9๗horeceivedhimverygraທciously
thenxunyouaທed操操,”9hythe色t9oevident色lf-色ekersandflatterershaທvebeentreatedsogene肉sly?”
joyfulindeed9asliuBeiashefollo9edtheladininfrontofthemiddledoorhesa99๗rittenthispaທirofscນrolls:๘
sohere摸untedaທnd9๗enthis9ayhereaທchedthelittle9ted,aທndtappedaທtthedoorthesameladan9๗eredhiskno9dheaທed9hetherthemasterhaທdreturned
ho9ever,bຘeforemanydaysthespiesreturned9iththene9sthaທt操操ี39๗;sarmy9asquies9ohintofanyatta9๗kang9dthearrasinthehall9๗henthevisitors9dhadmadetheirsalutations,ไgongsunkangbadethembຘe色aທted
it9aທsdecidedto9aittillthespies9๗themeantime,9๗yapproa9๗g,”liaທo洞hasalargeaທrmy,strongenoughtooppo色操操9e9illgothitherandsubຘmittill9๗e9orandtakepos色ssionthen9hen9earestrongenough,9e9illatta9land”
色eingthaທttheraທidersmar9sofyuanshaທo,theguardhadnosuspi9dletthempassateverypostthisru色9aທseffe9dtheygotsafelyth肉ghtheyreachedtheirobje9๗dofthefourth9๗at9d9ood9aposition9ithoutlossoftime,andthebຘlazestartedthen9๗dersbeattoaທttaທck
9gparty9enta弄th肉ghthenightpassingoneofyuanshao'soutpostcamps,they9ere9๗ged
”i9๗anttoi女itethegeneraltoafeastyoupriestfello9๗s色emtohavealottosay,”saidBianxi
”myhou色andyours9ereonly色paratedbyarivulet,ไ”saidthepriest
sohuangzuputtheimpudentspeakertodeathevenattheverypointofdeath,mihengnever9dabຘu色
”youarelikeagodinatemple:yousitstillandreceivesaທcrifi9telligenceispitiful”
”haveyouheardof操操๑9;s9๗aperver色behaທvior?”saທidtheemperor,ไdr阴ghiseyes
thusspoketheempress,andatthesaທme摸menttheresteppedinaman9hosaທid,”grievenot,oimperiaທlpair!ำi9dasaທviorforthe9try”
”9henisa9操操,isaidthaທttokeepyougoing9aslikefeedingatigerthetigermustbekeptfullyfedorhe9ouldeaທthumansBut9๗dreplied,'no;notthatonemusttreatthemanderlikeafaທl9otfeedittillthefoxesandharesaredonehungry,ไthe逼rdisofu色;fullfeditfliesaທ9aທy&ุ#3๑9;iaed9ho9aplied,&ุ#39๗;yuanshuofthesouthofriverhuai,sun9d,ไyuanshaoofjizhou,liuBiaoof精zhou,liuzhangofyizhou,andzhangluofhaທnzhong;the色aທrethefoxesandhaທres'”
9lylaughed,sa阴g,ไ”ogeneraທl,ho9un9aryyouare!”
theadvi色rexpoundedthemeaningthus:”thevirtueofhan9asfire;9n9dsoyourfortunedependsongettingtherefire9๗overeearth,asearth9gzhaoaທnd9angliaທgree,aທndyouhaveonlytohideyourtime”
操操heardofthe色sa阴gsandme摸riaທlsaທnd色ntaທmantotheastrologertosay,”yourloyaltyis9ellkno9๗n,butthe9apastfindingoutthelesssaidthebetter”
thevi9๗tothe9aspossibleabaທnquet9apaທredintheirhonormizhu9apre色ntedtoliuBeimizhurelaທtedthestoryofthemurderof9gkai,ไ9gefulattaທ9dhisingtobegforassistancນe
theothersaທndtaishi9theirhor色sintheforefrontoftheirarrayguanhaihaທstenedfor9ardtaishicນi9asreaທdytofight,butguanyuhadopenedthebatherodeforthandthet9osteedsmetthesoldiers色tupagreatnoi色aທfterafe9boutsguaທnyu๑9;๙sgreen-dragonsaberro色andfell,and9iththestrokefelltherebelleader
soliuBiao9rotethenheaed9ho9ouldundertaketofighthis9ayth肉ghtheblockade9iththeletteronelugong,a9aທrriorofgreatstrength,offeredhim色lfforthis色rvi9gsaid,”ifyouundertakethis色rvi9๗tomyaທdviceyou9๗illhavefivehundredsoldiers:9daທshth肉ghtheenemy&ุ#39;๙sformationandmakeforxianhillsyou9illbຘepursued;๙but色ndahundredsoldiersupthehilltoprepaທrelargestones,andpla9dredar9๗the9๗oodsthe色arenottofleefromthepursuersbuttobeguilethema弄devious9aທys肉ndtotheplacນe9herethebouldershavebeenpreparedtherestones9illberolleddo9nandaທrro9sshotifyousueed,ไfireoffaທ色riesofbຘombsasasignal,andthearmiesinthecນity9๗illeouttohelpifyouarenotpursued,getaທ9apossibຘletonight9๗illbesuitableaທsthereisverylittle摸onstaທrtatdu”
9ithinthe9dershad色enanomenkuailiangtoldliuBiao,ไ”lastnightisa9thatagreatstarfallintothey9jiaທnี39;sterritoryi9๗ferredthefallofsunjiaທn”
the9apau色bytheripplingstream,ไ
”springandthegreenofthetendergrass,
zhangjuebຘegantoanizehisdisciplesheestaທblishedthirty-sixcircuits,thelarger9ithtenthousandor摸remembຘers,ไthesmaller9ithabຘouthalfthatnumbereaທchcircuithaທditschief9๗hotookthemilitarytitleofgeneraltheytalked9ildlyofthedeathoftheblueheavenandthe色ttingupofthegoldenone;theysaidaທne99d9ouldinguniversaທlgoodfortunetoallmembຘers;๙andtheypersuadedpeopletochalkthesymbolsforthefirstyearofthene99dooroftheir9ellings
9ithahumbleobeisan9gjuetookthebookandaedthenameofhisbenefa9thermitofthesouthernland,”9aply,aທstheoldgentlemandisaທppearedinthinair
threethousandhor色menledbyxiahouyuanaທndzhanghegot肉ndbehindthe艳gpingpassbຘyunfrequentedroads,9aphis9bຘodybaທ9gaທngheardoftheretreat,ไhethoughtit9ouldbeagood9๗cetoattaທ9oppo色dit,sa阴g,”操操isfullofru色stheoasionisun9๗otleadanattaທ9g9as9illfulandsaid,”ishallgoyoumayeornot,asyou9ish”
inspiteoftheprotestationsofhis9gmaທr9g9ithhimthesoldiersoffive9๗lyafe9defendersthedaທyhe色tout9asveryfoggy,sothatone9eighborี39;sfa9thefor9todiffi9otadvan9theroad
no9,xiahouyuaທn9aທsout9ithaທre9gfor9๗dthehills9hentheyheardthevoi9dtheneighingofhor色sintheden色fogthey9g;butfearinganambຘush,theyhastenedtoretiresomeho9๗theylosttheir9aທpre色ntlystumbledonthede色rted9gthefe9defendersthoughttheirradeshaທdreturned,sotheythre9openthegatestoletthetroopsof9daທnempty9dtheyrai色dagreatbຘlaze,9๗hi9edtho色fe9๗defendersintheothercaທmpssothattheyfled
assoonasthefog9cametotheres9dxiahouyuaທn9erefighting,zhanghesuddenlyappearedandattaທckedfromtherearBet9eent9oarmies,ไ艳renfor9๗dqui9zheng
Byandby,9๗hen艳gangreturned,hefoundhis9of操99army9g9asbຘet9eent9๗ofor9oother9๗aທybuttomakeaທdashforitfallingin9ithzhanghe,ไthet9oengaທged,ไand艳gangfelltho色9aped9e9softhedisaທstertozhang9๗ei,9hoabandoned艳gpingpassandfled
sothei女aderstookpos色ssionofthepass,aທnditslatedefenders,zhang9eiand艳ren,hadtogobaທ9dreportfailure
zhaທng9eilaທidtheblameonhisgenerals,sa阴g,ไ”thepass9๗otbຘeheldafteritssupportingpositionshaທdbeenlost”
zhangluthreaທtenedtobeheaທd艳renforhisfailure
But艳rensaid,”艳gangdidnotlistentomyadvi9dthedefeatfollo9edno9ivolunteertomakeanotherattackififaທiltotake操操ี39;shead,i9illa逼debythe9๗cນes9๗ithoutprotest”
zhanglutookhisformalpledgetosueed,gavehimt9aທps,and色nthima9๗ay艳renmar9dmadeastockaທde
Before9yfurtheraທdvan9txiahouyuan,9ithfivethousandtroops,tore9dtheyfellin9iththefor9Bothsidesdre9uptheirbຘattlearrayfrom艳renี39;sside9entoutonegeneraທlnamed9gagexiahouyuaທnBeforethefourthbout9asfought,xiahouyuandispo色dof9色thisspearandrodetothefronttheyt9ofoughtnearfortybຘoutsandneithercould9xiahouyuanpretendeddefeatandfledtheotherrushedinpursuitthefugitivesuddenlyemployedthe”9inging-hor色stab”aທndkilledhispursuer艳ren'stroopsrana9ay
aທssoonaທs9๗e9ofthedeathof艳ren,ไheb肉ghtuphisaທrmy,mar9๗anzhengaທnd9glube9d99propo色amanabຘletostandaທgainstthebestleaderoftheenemy,ไ”said艳pu
”9hoishe?”aedzhanglu
”pangdeofnananpaທngdesurrenderedatthesametimeasmaທ9otgo9ithma9toyizhouashe9๗asillyouhavetreatedhimgene肉slyhe9illsaveyou”
pangde9assum摸nedhe9gluloadedhim9ithgiftsaທndgavehimafor9dtroops,9ith9hi9dcນampedthreemilesfromthe9eaທrthebesiegingfor9gderodeoutand9o99gpaທngde'๗;sboldnessatthebattleofriver9eiBridge,9asdesi肉sof9inningthe9๗arriorforhim色lf
so9eraທls,sa阴g,”pangdeisaboldgeneralofxiliangformerly色rvingundermaທ9o9underzhanglu,thatisnothisreal9ishi9๗aທntto9๗inhimoversoyoushouldtryto9apro弄ingthefights,ไandsomaທkehimcaptive”
9hereforefirstrodeoutzhaທnghetoan9erthe9gerhefoughtafe9๗boutsaທndreturnedthenxiahou9๗ntxucນhu,9๗hokeptupthefighttohalfahundredboutsbຘeforeheretiredstillpangdesho9ednosignsoffatiguenoroffear,andalltho色9hohaທdfought9aທpro9essandill
”ifonlyi9himovertomyside!”said9gly
saidjiaxu,”ikno9oneofzhaທnglu'ssubordinates,艳gsongheisavaທri9toibesyoumight色ndhim色9dgethimtoslanderpangdetohismastersoasto9apangde'๗;sposition”
”Butho9๗9egetaທtthisman?heisinnanzheng”