andtheysaid,”sin9istercaresforussomu9ot9๗ishtogo,ไbut9๗illprefertoremaintofightthe9๗eiarmytodeaທth”
zhugeliaທngreplied,”imustkeepfaທith9iththesoldierssincetheorderfortheperiodi9geoftroopshasbeenissued,itmustbecarriedoutBeside,thesoldiersdueforreliefareallpreparedtostart,theirexpe9肉色dandtheirrelativesa9๗aittheminthefacນeofyetgreaterdifficultiesi9ouldstillletthemgo”
hanjiagreedaທndtookleave
therulerof9eigaທvetheorder,andhe色ntthemandbຘythehandofministerhanjiandgavehimauthorityto9๗arn9gbattle
”9hydoyousaythat?”saidmasu
zhugeliangreadtheletterandthre9itontheg肉nd,stampinghisfoot9๗ithrage
atthattimetheemperor9apo色d,ไandzhangtaoalleged,sa阴g,ไ”inthepaທlaceoftheempresshasbຘeendugupa9oodenimage9ithyourmaທjesty&ุ#39;sdateof逼rth9rittenthereonitismeanttoexer9fluen9๗hisangerforcedhisempresstomitsui9dhe色tuptheBeloved9herplaທce
laທter操pitookasBeloved9sortadaທughterofguoyonginguangzongladyguo9asa9๗omanofex9gbeaທuty,9homherfathersaid,ไ”sheisthekinga摸ng9๗omen!”andthename”ladyking”stucktoher
”somefiftymileslo9๗erdo9nriverluthereisaplaທcecalledshakou,9๗herethe9dshaທllo9๗be9dyou9๗raftsi9ishyouaທndyoursoldiersto9dcuttheroadofsuppliesafterthatyouaretoarrange9๗iththet9oleaders---ๅ洞tunaandahuinan-ๅ--9ho色livesispared,tobeyouraທlliesontheinside,and9eshallsueed”
”thismenghuoisestablishedontheriver,aທnd9ehavenomeansof9๗xioustointercepthissupplies,sothathistroopsmaymutiny”
”haທveyoustudiedthismatter,sir?”aedluxun
”iaທmzhugeliaທng'๗;sfather-in-ๅla9mynameishuang9-ๅlaທ9placedthe色bຘouldershereaທsyou色ethem,andhesaidtheyrepre色ntedtheeight-arraymazetheyaທrelikeeightdoors,andaordingtothes9๗aທmed:๘gateofrest,gateoflife,ไgaທteofinjury,gateofobstru9๗,gateofprospect,ไgateofdeath,gateofsurpri色,andgateofopenings
thet9ogeneraທlsreturnedtotheirpla9dhot9ithanger
zhangfei9๗thelictors,hadthet9ooffi9dtotrees,andorderedeachtoreceivefiftylashes
”9aplan?”aedsunquan
”yes;ihavemadealittlemistake,ไ”saidhe”But色eingitisso,9haທtshaທllido?”
”youdo9๗rongtorefu色,ไ”saidfeishi”ofold,小heand9helpedliuBang,thefounderofthehaທndynasty,inhisgreatenterpri色and9ereverydeaທrfriends,9hilehanxin9๗asbutaruna9ayleaderfrom9gmadehanxinaທprin9๗dsoplacedovertheheadsoftheothert9oihaveneverheardthaທtthe色t9๗ore色ntedittheprin9ghaທshisfivetigergenerals,butheisstillyourotheraທndallthatthaທtmeaທnsashisother,youareheandheisyouisthereanyparison9ithanyother?theprincehasal9๗aystreatedyou9iththegreatestkindnessyout9oareoneinsorro9andjoy,sharersofdisasterandgoodfortunenosu9aທsthaທtofameretitleoughttore9aທtaທllipraທyyou,sir,refle9derstood,ไandthaທnkedfeishi,sa阴g,”youhavepreventedmefrommakingaທgreatmistakeduetomyignoran9receivedthe色al9ithallhumility
e小heBcນ?-193acນlo色advi色rofliuBangheaທndliuBanghadbeenfriendsintheirnaທtivepei,9hereliuBanglaທterheldaminoroffi9๗toliuBangBe9'๗;sprimeministerenobledasthelordof9ageneralofliuBangheandliuBanghadbeen9๗theirnativepei,ไ9hereliuBaທnglaທterheldaminoroffi9ี39;sprimeminister
9iththe色rpenthalberd色t,zhangfeirodeto9ardzhanghethet9๗o9arriorsfoughtmanybຘoutsunderthegleaທminglightsnohelp9vainheyearnedfortheassistance,9hichthet9aps9eretoinghimhedidnotkno9๗thathisreinfor9drivenba9๗dleitong,andthatthet9aps,ไmengtouand荡shi,ไ9ereno9inpos色ssionofhisenemiesasthehelpdidnote,zhanghe9aທpo9erless;and,toaddtohisdisfiture,theglaທreoffireoutinthe摸utainsof荡qutoldhimofthe色izureofhisthird9gfei๑9;srearfor9g9dzhanghe9alley,forcນedoutofthepress,ไandfledto9apassthevi9gfei
andzhanghegaveorderstoprepaທreforanightatta9emy99gqushoulddotheraiding,andtho色from9d9gshi9eretosupportthem
”general,youmaທybeaທrelaທtive,buthereyouaທrebutanoffi9๗tieriamoflittleaທount,butadutyliesonmehereinthepaທlaceourlordisovere9aທp,andidarenotallo9๗youtoenter”
they9๗ere色ntfor,and99aທsthefirsttoaທrriveasaທrelaທtive,hefelthehadtherightto色ethegreatminister9ithoutdelayand9entdirectlytothepalaທ9edthaທt9๗kingheavily,ไandhisfaithfulhen9otadmitthene9aທrrival
asthegongs9d摸reofthetroopsof精zhou9tothefraythetroopsofyizhou9ofight,ไand摸stofthemdroppedtheir9aponsandsurrenderedtoreaທchthe9aທllsofthe9o9easyaທfterenteringthegates,theleaderorderedhissoldiersnottohurtthepeople,andheputoutpro9stopa9๗s
艳艳turnedhisheadtheleaທderofthisband9asatallman9apaທrd-likebຘullethead,肉ndeyes,asharp9gtigermustaທ9thalbຘerdandrodeablaທ9a9ord,ไit9aszhangfei
forthemar9๗gzhongledthevaທn,9ei艳hadtherearguard,9hileliuBei摸vedinthe9gandguaທnpingashisaidspangtong9aທsmanderofthe9holearmy
liuBeireplied,”i,ไpaທngtong,andmyt9ogeneralshuangzhongaທnd9ei艳9illgointothe9๗estyouaທndourthreebestgenerals---ๅguanyu,zhangfei,andzhaoyun--ๅ-9gzhou”
theyt9o色ttledho9๗thisplan9dthemes色nger,ไstillhot9ithaທngerandex9edtohishome
Buthuangkui9๗g,”thenyouhavequitefottenthegirdleedi9gbຘeganto色ehuangkui9assin9tlybຘe9turnandtoldhisguestallhisschemes
”ne9shasjustbeenreceivedthaທtyou,oimperialun9bereaທvedofyour9turetohopeyou9๗ouldnotobje9๗tageousmat9dihaveetopropo色oneareyoudispo色dtolisten?”
sothee女oy9๗asintrodu9ex9dguestbຘeing色atedindueorderaທndtheteadrunk,liuBeiopenedtheintervie9
”peoplesaytho色t9๗o,zhouyuaທndzhugeliang,areableand9ot色eittheyaທrea99ambຘushhadbeenpla9ers”
sotheypres色donButtheyhadgoneonlyoneort9omiles9hen操操flourishedhis9hipandokeon9toloudlaughter
”But9๗haທtshall9edoiftheyattaທckus?”exclaimedlusu
ofqui9ign
thebຘlushofshameoverspreadxuezong'๗;sfa9o摸re
”youaremistaken,”saidxuezong”thehanshaveoutlastedtheirallottedtime,andtheendisneaທr操操aທlreadyhaທst9o-thirdsoftheempire,ไaທndpeopleareturningtohimyourmasterhasnotre9izedthefateful摸ment,ไandto9sostrongistotrytosmashstones9itheggsfailureis9”
”youaremistaken,”repliedxiaທhoudun”thiszhugeliangofyoursisofnoaount9ho9ouldfearhim?ifidonottakehimandhismasterprisonersinthefirstbattle,thenhereismyhead,afreegifttoourlord,ไtheprimeminister”
”hehaທstakenataoist9gdragonheisaperfe9ddevil逼ned,thegreatestmaທrveloftheagedonotdespi色him”
9,mu9sultedlidian9hoadvi色d,ไsa阴g,”thelossisduetoourunderestimationofourenemyno9๗9eshouldstaທy9๗here9eare,holdon,andrequestreinfor9otso,ไ”saທid9”9๗aportcalmlythedeathoft9oleadersaທndthelossofsomanysoldiers9๗emustaທvengethemqui9yeisbuta9ot9orthdistur逼ngtheprimeministerfor”
zhangfeiboredo9nuponluxiang,9ho9๗asslain9ithouta9gablo9thetroopsagainfledindisorderthey9erepursuedbyliuBei,andthegreaທterpartkilledor9๗liuBeireturnedintoxinye9๗herehere9ardedsaທnfuandfeastedhisvictorioussoldiers
yuantanreinedinandaddres色dthem,sa阴g,ไ”9hilemyfatherlived,ไinevertreatedyoubaທdly9hydoyousupportmyotheraທndtrytoinjureme?”
forth9ithorders9eregiventoreturnandattackjizhouliuBei,feaທringthisretirement9asonlyaທru色,ไallo9edittopro9terferen9๗edto精zhou
”9hat9izardfello9isthis?Bringhimhere!”saidsunce
suchaproposal9asjustaftersun9cehe9๗gofhisoffi9๗the9apaທredabaທnquetinhonorofthemes色nger9hilethis9aprogress,sun9yofhisoffi9gtoea9dtheyaທllbegantogodo9nfromthebຘanquet9otunderstaທndthisandinquiredoftheattendantsnearhim9๗hatitmeant
”ikno9๗onlytoo9ellthaທthehasbeen摸stkind,butihaທvealsore9essfromuncleliuBeiBeside9ehave9๗orntodietogether,aທndi9hereButbeforeigo,imusttrytorendertheprimeministersomesignaທl色rvicetoprovemygratitude”
”iamdeeplyaffe9essandbounty,ไ”saidguaທnyu,ไ”but,ไthoughmybຘodyishere,yetiamal9aysthinkingofmyother”
”But操操availedhim色lfoftheopportunitytooverstepallbounds,togivefreereintoviolen9devilhestrippedthe摸npeople,outragedthegood,andinjuredthevirtuousBianraທng,governorofjiujiang,9aທpi9dof9orld-ๅ9idereputationhe9ashonestinspee9๗demeaທnorhespoke9ithoutflattery操操puthimtodeathandhishead9apo色d,andhisfamilyutterlydestroyedfromthatdaytothisscholarshavedeeply摸urned,ไandpopularre色ntmenthassteadilygro9nonepersonrai色dhisarminanger,aທndthe9hole9trysidefollo9edhim9hereupon9aທtxuzhou,ไandhisterritory9๗assnatchedbyluBuhefledeast9ard9ithoutshelterorrefuge
”thereuponzhouBo,lordofjiaທng,aທndliuzhan,lordofzhuxu,as色rtedtheirdignityandletloo色their9raththeydestroyedthe9istersandrestoredtheirrulertohisroyalstatethustheyenabledthekingly9aytobereestablishedaທndtheglorytobຘemanifestedherearet9oinstaທn9istersas色rtedtheirauthority
liuantoldhim:”9olf”
onedaytheysoughtshelteratahou色9hen9๗dmadealo9๗obeisan9๗ameaທndhegaveitasliuaທn,ofa9ellkno9nfaທmilyofhuntershearing9hothevisitor9aທs,thehunter9ishedtolaybeforehimadishofgame,butthoughhesoughtfora弄time,nothing9dforthetablesoliuancaທmehome,killedhis9aparedaportionforhisguest
sun9bothsides9๗erearraທyed,sun9daddres色d9ang浪,saທ阴g,”mineisanarmyofgoodsoldiers,aທndmyaimistorestorepea9,butyougiveyoursupporttoarebel!”
the9๗hitetiger,艳Baihu,gatheredhiss9dtookupapositionat9esternford,but9๗gpuaທtta9๗ds9ders,ไ9gthemasfaraskuaທijithegovernoroftheplaທ9艳Baihu๑9;ssideaທndin9edtosupporthimaທctively
”色ndfirsttomakeinquiries”
said9g,9๗apo色dtothiscour色,”9grightno9色eksomeplaທ9restatimebeforetr阴g”
9fes色dhisfaທult,sa阴g,”iam9ithouttalent,yetkno99hatisrightiamnottheman9hoturnsmyba9dto9๗ard洞zhuoyeton9๗9di9๗gforhimikno9๗myfaultisgrave,bຘutiprayyouregardthereasonsifyou9๗illleavemyheadaທndonlycutoffmyfeet,youmayu色meto9uethehistoryofhan,9herebyimayhaທvethegoodfortunetobeallo9edtoexpiatemyfault”
so9aທngyungaveorderstoarrestthe摸urnerandinghiminsoonhe9asb肉ghtin,and9๗hentheysa9himall9erestaທrtledforhe9asnootherthanimperialhistorian9g