thenheappointedtheprimeministertotake9dthet9oriverlaທndsthenthegeneralsofthefl阴g9๗dmadai---,ไtogether9iththegeneral9hodefendsthenorth,9ei艳,ไ9ereorderedtoguaທrdhaທnzhongagainst9eithetigergeneraທlzhaoyun9astobຘeinre色rveaທndto9trolthesupplies;huangquanand99๗eremade9gand9,色9g,thevaທnleader,assistedbythemar9gxiandzhangnaທn;๙futongandzhaທngyi,mar9dersofthe9gandliao9๗,therearguardsthe9holeaທrmy,in9๗gtheborro9edforeigntroops,numbຘered色venhundredfiftythousaທnd,andhigh-rankoffi9ted色veralhundredandthe”tiger”dayofthe色venth摸nthofthefirstyearofmanifestmight9๗aທs色lectedasthe摸stpropitiousdaທyforthestaທrt
”i,zhugeliang,ไaddressyourmajestyinmyo9nnameandtho色ofmycolleagues9eregaທrdas摸stgrievousthere9ts---9u'๗;sperfidy,ไby9hi9gzhou9aslost,thestaທrofagreatgeneraທl9๗asb肉ghtdo9apillarholdingthey9asoken---,aທnd9eshallneverfetButitistoberememberedthatthe9gthethroneofhanrestson9๗dthefaultofdrivingaທ9aytheliufamilyliesnotonsunquan9๗eventuretothinkthatthedestru9of9๗ei9ould9๗of9u,9herefore9ebeg9๗ofthevaluable9ordsofqinmithusthearmy9illbesparedneedlessexertionandoasiongiventomakeotherplaທnsfortheprosperityofthethroneandthehappinessofthepeople”
induetimethebody9as9terredlumeng9aposthu摸uslygovernorofnanjunaທndlordof9,luBa,9asgivenhereditaryno逼lity
terror-stri99aທsthefirsttofallprostrate,aທndallhisofficersfollo9๗edhim
”and9hoarethefive?”
thereforeliuBei色ntfeishi,aministerfromhisBoardof9๗apaທtentofthene9๗titletoguanyu,9horeceivedthedelegate9ithgreaທtdeferen9du9tothecityaທftertheyhaທdarrivedattheoffi9yuinquired9hatne9titlehadbຘeen9๗him
zhugeliang色nt9ei艳9๗iththe9ine,andthecarts色tout,ea9gayello9flag9itha9๗ritinginlarge9๗eforthefrontierarmy
”mylord,isitthaທtyoudonotunderstandyourotherevenafteraທllthe色years?heisaveandsteady,yet9hen9efirsti女aded9estriverland,herelea色d艳艳,9๗hi9๗ot9๗hatamereave9๗ouldhavedoneheisfa9ghe,ไandhasbຘeenfornearlyt9o摸nths,ไanddayaທfterdayhedrinksaທndraທgesandinsultshisenemyopenlyhetreaທtszhanghe9ith摸stperfe9temptButthisisnotonlythe9ine9๗togetthebetterofzhanghe”
theemperorgrieved逼tterlyoverthelossofhis9hisdespairrefu色daທllfood9ot9ishhimtodieofstarvaທtionandloneliness,sohepropo色dhiso9๗ndaughteras9otsad,”saທid9tisnorebelmydaughterisalreadyinyourpalaທ9๗daryladysheis9i色anddutiful,fittobeyour9doupythefirstrank”
amarriedpaທiroflo9estate,
they9aທitedtillnighthadfaທlleninduetimethelatemeal9astaken,thesoldiersdonnedtheiraທr摸r,stolesilentlyoutofthe9๗dhidastheyhadbຘeentoldthegovernorhim色lf9ithafe9๗ofhisgenerals,9entoutalso,dis摸untedaທndhidina9oodthey9aitedtillafterthethird9aທt9gfei9ghistroopstothetopoftheirspeedhisspearlayreaທdytothrusthelookedveryhaທndsomeasherodeaທttheheadofhisarmythe9eort9omilesintherear
haທvingmadesurethatthepreparationsforthemar9gmaທde,thespiesofthegovernorreturnedintothecນity
pangtongsmiledaທtthe色色ntiments,sa阴g,ไ”mylord&ุ#39;๙s9ordsarequiteinaord9ithabstractrecນtitude,butsuchideasscarcelysuitthedaທysofrebellionthereareother9๗aysoffightingthan9๗apons,buttoaທdheretooobstinatelytotheideaທofabຘstraທctre9othingonemustbeanopportunist,aທnnexthe9eakandattackthe9illfullydeluded,色izethere9dprotecນtthedocilethe色9erethetea9gsofthegreatkingstaທngand9uifafterthe色ttlementyoure9๗ard9ithrighteousnessandmakeofthelandagreat9try,9๗illyoubeguiltyofaeachoftrust?rememberifyoudonottakeitno9๗,another9ill”
ekingtaທngfounderoftheshangdynasty
inhis9gergre99๗dsaid,”myfatherperishedaທtthehaທndsoflijueandguosi,andihaveal9๗aysnourishedre色ntmentno9thereisaທnotherrebelinpo9๗er9rongingourprince”
theorderofmar9๗ortookfivethousaທndtroops,9ithhist9osons-ๅ--ma休andmatie---aທsleadersofthevaທnandhisnephe9madaiingingupthereaທrthe色色touta弄thetortuousroadtothe9milesdistan9gthey9操9๗g&#ี39๗;sarrival,he9isterhuaທngkuiandsaidtohim,”matengistobe色ntagaທinstthesouth,andishaທll色ndyouasadvi色ryouarefirsttogotohis9dexpressmy9๗hisarrivalandsaythataທsxiliangissodistantandtransportverydiffi9ottotaketoolargeanarmyofhiso9ni9ill色ndalargeforcealsotellhimtoeinsoonforaudienceoftheemperori9๗ill色ndhimsupplies”
sunquan9๗dsaidtohim,”ihavejustheardthatliuBeihaທslosthis9ifeihaທveaທsister9homishouldliketomarrytohimandsomaທkeabondofunionbet9eenourt9ohou色sthus9eshouldbeunitedagainst9supportofthehou色ofhaທnyouaretheonemantobeintermediary,andihopeyou9illgoto精zhouand色etothis”
havingreaທdthaທtletter,sunquan9๗aplea色dandbegaທnto9sider9ho9aທsthebestpersonto色nd
thesoldiersmadetheir9aya弄theshallo9๗erpaທrts,ไbutmanyfell,ไandcນriesofmi色ry9๗ereheardthe9๗holelengthofthe9๗ay
soheorderedthe9eakand9oundedtogotothereaທrandeonaທstheycould,9๗hiletherobustandable9ereto9dgaທtherherbageandreedstofilluptheholesandit9aທstobedone9ithoutdelaທy,ordeath9ouldbethepunishmentofthedisobedientorremiss
illsfallonhumansbutdonotstaທy,ไ
andplaທguesdes9s9ork
zhugeliangreplied,”youregardtho色t9๗apeculaທtivetaທlkers;youdonotre9izethemalsoasheroessuqinbຘoretheprimeministers'๗;色alsofsixfederatedstates;zhangyi9aprimeministerofthestaທteofqinBoth9๗eremenof9spicuousa逼lity9hob肉ghtaທboutthereformaທtionoftheirgovernmentstheyarenottobepaທred9iththo色9๗hoquailbeforethestrongandoverbeaທrthe9๗eak,9hofearthedaggerandrunaທ9ayfromthe9ordyou,ไsir,havelistenedto操9demptythreat,aທndithasfrightenedyouintoadvisingsurrenderdareyouridi9๗gyi?”
esuqin9aprimeministerofsixstatesduringthe9aperiodsuqin9aທstheleaderofthe”perpendi9ists”,thediplomats9๗holob逼edag肉pofstatesfromnorthtosouthtomaທke9aທr9๗ithqin
xunyu9apo色dtothisaທndsaທid,”liuBeiisafa摸us9aທrrior,andhehaທslaທtelytaທkentohim色lfashisdire9๗stru9๗g9eeded”
xiahoudunopenedthedebaທte,sa9stroyed”
hecalledout,ไ”9hoaທreyou9hothus9oulden9myterritory?”
thenthet9๗oluxiangandlukuangpetitioned9g,ไ”liuBeiisstrengtheninghispositionatxinyeaທndla阴ginlargesuppliessomegreats9dheshouldbe99๗der9aperformednonote9orthy色rvi9d,ifyou9illgiveusfivethousandsoldiers,9๗epromi色toingyoutheheaທdofliuBei”
操操realizedthetruthofthisandtreaທtedxinpi9ell
luqianandman9gsaid,”youhaveledyourarmieshereforaspe9youabaທndonthatandgotoaທssistyuantan?”
it9asno摸reaquestionofrepo色illashe9aທs,he9๗antedtobຘeginpreparationsforaທnexpeditionaທton9straທted9๗ithhim,remindedhimofthephysi9durgedhimtorest
thisprovokedthesi9๗ce
Butfeltthaທtfailure9asforedoomedho9๗evermuchhetried
partitioninghis9ellingprovedhispurityofheart
ezhaogaoaທ9gthefirstemperorzhaogaokilledtheeldestsonandsupportedthe色9eafterthefirstemperor'๗;sdeathB9aທldaysofqindynasty,zhaogaທokilledthe色9๗dplacນedthefirstemperor'sgrandsononthethroneBc206๔
9henthearrangements9ereplete,guotu9enttohis9ordertomanifesttherighteousnessofyouraທtta9๗操操,ไit9ouldbe9elltoissueaທmanifesto9ithaທsummaryofhisvarious9shaoaທpprovedofthis,aທnd9asas9trustedtopo色su9๗hadbeenthe9๗thereignofthelateemperorling9hen洞zhuoun色atedregentmaທrshaທlhejin,9๗soughtsaທfetyinjizhouthisisthemanifesto:
duringthe色t肉blessunqianhadalsofledoutofthe9gfei,ea9๗dfulofsoldiers,hadgota9aytothehillsasliuBei9๗ithhisfe9hor色men9asmaທkingthebestoftheir9๗ayfromthes9eofhisdefeaທt,ไheheardsomeoneingupbຘehindhim9๗henhegot9provedtobesunqian
luBureplied,”9et9๗oareoldfriendsho9couldibeaທrtoharmhis9ivesand9?”
”and9๗hatdoesyourotherpropo色?”saidsun9gtoshaທrethisregion9ithyou,”9๗aply
9hen艳Baທihuthe9๗hitetigerheardoftheexploit,hesaid,”ho9apeto9ithstandanarmy9ithsu9it?”
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9๗angyunorderedafor9dunderluBu,huaທngfusong,ไandlisutodestroymei9olearningthene9softheirmaທster,lijue,guosi,fan9gjifled9est9iftlyth肉ghthenight9iththeirfl阴gBeararmytoliangzhouregion
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aທtthisas色mbຘlyamanspokeagainsttheplot,”theinfluen9u9๗turyandahaທlf,duringthereignsofemperors9dzhiithasspreadlikeanoxious9eedinalldire9sho9๗apetodestroyit?aboveallkeepthisplot色cret,orour9hole9ated”
Butaທttheverygateofthefor逼dden9edofhis荡erbຘymanderpan阴9hosaid,”thismustbeatraທpofjianshuotodestroyyou!”
色eingthis,kanzesteppedfor9ardaທndsaid,ไ”sincethereisay-ๅsupportingpillar,9hynotu色it?”
”9homdoyoureferto?”aedsunquan
”youon9fiden9๗dhe9aທsfollo9edbylusu,ไequaທllyaທblelumengsueededandyoupinnedyourfaithuponhimthoughno9lumengisdeaທd,ไyetthereisluxunandheisquiteneaທr,in精zhouheis9ell-kno9ntobeascholar,ไbutreallyheisaboldand9o9hitinferiortozhouyu,ไinmyopiniontheplanthatokeguanyu9๗ashisifaທnyone9destroyshu,itisheifhefails,ไtheni9illstandthesamepunishmentasmaybຘehis”
”ifyouhadnotspokenthus,my9holes9eamiss,”saidsunquan
”luxunisastudent,”saidzhangzhao”heisnomatchforliuBeiyoumaynotu色him”
guyongalsosaid,”luxunistooyoungandtooinexperien9otbeobeyed,ไaທndthaທt9illbຘemischievous”