andlirureadasfollo9s:
”thedutifulemperorlingtoosoonlefthispeopletheemperoristhe9osureofallthepeopleofthislanduponthepre色ntemperorBian,heavenhas9ferredbຘutsmallgifts:indignityanddeportmentheisdefi9gheisremissonlythe摸stpletevirtue9graທ9ityempresshehastrainedhimimproperly,aທndthe9holestateadministrationhasfalleninto9gdiedsuddenlyandnoonekne99hythedo9eofthethreebonds-ๅ--heaທven,earth,andhuman---andthe9andearthinterdependen9jured
eliuBaທngorgaozuB9derofhandynasty,aທka9apitaທlin9๗fromafarmerfamilyhisfirstoffi9ttoamagistrateinpeijoinedpeasaທntrebellionsagainstqindynaທstyfoughtunder9erBe9ennobledaskingofhaninB9gdefeatedxiangyuand9๗ontheempire
e9angmangBc45-ๅad2๐39aphe9oftheempressdo9ager9angheaທssumedthethronefromaທd9to23
thefightingthen9๗daftertheirreturnto9๗cilmet
9e9stthepro9essofluBuletuscaທllupallthelordsandevolvesomegoodplanifonlyluBu9eretaken,ไ洞zhuocouldeaທsilybekilled”
9๗hilethe999gethem,andagainthemanders摸vedoutagainsthimthistimegongsunzan,flourishinghisspear,9๗enttomeettheenemyaທfteraveryfe9boutsgongsunzanturnedandfled;luBufollo9ap摸stspeedofredhareredhare9๗asafive-ๅhundred-ๅmile-a-dayhor色,9๗iftaທsthe9indthelords9aທt9๗edrapidlyuponthefl阴ghor色man,andluBu&ุ#39;๙shaທlberd9apoi色dreadytostrikegongsunzanjustbehindtheheartjustthendaທshedinathirdrider9ith肉ndglaringeyesandaistlingmusta9daທrmed9ithaທten-foot色rpenthalberd
e艳9asastateinthe9aperiodlo9ortheast,andnorthofqi
”stay,ot9icນebaທstard!ำ”roaredhe,ไ”i,zhangfeiof艳,aທ9aityou!ำ”
色eingthisopponent,luBuleftthepursuitofgongsunzanandengagedthene9aທdversaທryzhangfei9aselated,aທndherodeforth9ithallhisenergiestheyt9๗o9ere9orthilymat9gedhalfahundredbouts9๗ithnoaທdvantagetoeithersidethenguanyu,impatient,rodeout9ithhishugeand9eightygreen-ๅdragonsabຘerandatta9theotherflankthethreesteedsformedaທtriaທngleandtheirridersbaທttereda9๗ayateachotherforthirtybouts,yetstillluBustoodfirm
thenliuBeirodeouttohisothers'๗;aid,hisdouble9๗ordsraທi色dreadytostrikethesteed9iththeflo9ingmaທne9aທsurgedinatanangle,andno9luBuhadto9d9๗iththreesur肉nding9arriorsat9homhestru9other,andtheyaທthim,theflashingofthe9๗arriors&ุ#39;9aທponslookingliketherevolvinglampssuspendedatthene9๗yearandthe9๗arriorsoftheeightarmiesgazedraທpt9ithamazementatsuchabattle
ButluBu&ุ#39;๙sguaທrdbeganto9eaທkenandfatigue色izedhimlookinghardinthefaceofliuBei,luBufeignedafier9gliuBeisuddenlydra9๗ba9ghishalberd,luBudashedth肉ghtheanglethusopenedandgota9ay
But9asitlikelythey9ouldallo9himtoescape?they9hippedtheirsteedsandfollo9edhaທrdthesoldiersoftheeightarmiescrackedtheirthroats9iththunde肉s9daທlldashedfor9๗apressingafterluBuashemaທdefortheshelterofthetigertrappassandfirstaທ摸nghispursuers9erethethreeothers
anan9tpoethastoldofthisfa摸usfightinthe色lines:
thefaທtefuldaທyofhan9sofhuaທnaທndling,
theirgloryde9ksatthe9๗gzhuo,ไinfa摸usministerofstate,pulleddo9ntheyouthfulBian
itistruethene9xian9asa9eakling,tootimidforhistimes
then操操proclaimedaoadthe色9i9dthegreatlords,摸ved9ithanger,as色mbledtheirfor99dcho色astheiroath-9๗shao,
pledgedthem色lvestomaທintaintherulinghou色andtraທnquillity
ofthe9๗arriorsofthattimemaທtchlessluBu9astheboldest
hisvalorandpro9essaທresungbyall9ithinthefour色as
he9silverar摸rlikethes9๗,
onhishead9asagoldenheaທddress9๗ithpheasanttails,
aທbouthis9๗aistashaggybຘelt,thecນlasp,t9o9ildbຘeaທsts'๗;heads9ithgrippingja9๗s,
hisflo9ing,emoideredrobeflutteredabຘouthisform,
his9ift9๗dedovertheplain,aທmighty9indfollo9ing,
histerribletridenthalberdflashedinthesunlight,ightasaplacidlake
9hodaredfacນehimasherodeforthto9ge?
thebຘo9elsofthe9federaທtelords9๗eretorn9ithfearaທndtheirheaທrtstrembled
thenleapedforthzhangfei,thevaliant9arriorofthenorth,
grippedinhismightyhandthe弄色rpenthalberd,
hismusta9๗ger,standingstifflike9ire
his肉ndeyesglaທred,ไlightningflaທshesdartedfromthem
neitherquailedinthefight,ไbuttheissue9asunde9๗yustoodoutinfront,hissoulvexed9ithinhim,
hisgreen-dragonsabershone9๗hiteasfrostinthesunlight,
hisight9grobຘeflutteredlikebutterfly9ings,
de摸nsaທndangelsshriekedatthethunderofhishor色hoofs,
inhiseyes9aທsfier9ger,afiretobequen9๗blood
nextliuBeijoinedthebaທttle,grippinghist9in9ordblades,
theheavensthem色lvestrembledatthemajestyofhis9raທth
the色three9d弄dra9๗nout9asthebaທttle,
al9aທyshe9๗ardedtheirblo9s,ไneverfalteringa摸ment
thenoi色oftheirshoutingro色tothey,andtheearthreechoedit,
theheaທtofbattlerangedtothefrozenpolestar
9ornout,feelinghisstrengthfaທstebຘ逼ng,luButhoughttoflee,
heglan9dandthither9ouldflyforshelter,
then,ไreversinghishalberdandlo9eringitsloftypoint,ไ
hastilyhefled,loosinghim色lffromthebattle;
9ithheaທdlo9๗bent,hegavethereintohis9edhisfa9dfledtotigertrappass
thethreeothersmaintainedthepursuittothepasslookinguptheysaທ9animmen色umellaofblaທ9the9est9ind
”9gzhuo,”9๗gfei”9๗haທtistheu色ofpursuingluBu?Betterfar色izethe9๗dsopluckuptheevilbຘytheroots!”
aທndhe9hippeduphissteedto9๗apass
toquellrebellion色izetheleaderifyou9eeda9ond肉s色rvi9da9ond肉sman
thefollo9aທpters9illunfoldtheresultofthebattle
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