9e9stthepro9essofluBuletuscນaທllupallthelordsandevolvesomegoodplanifonlyluBu9eretaທken,ไ洞zhuocນouldeaທsilybekilled”
9๗hilethe9๗99gethem,andagainthemanders摸vedoutagainsthimthistimegongsunzan,flourishinghisspear,9๗enttomeettheenemyaທfteraveryfe9boutsgongsunzaທnturnedaທndfled;luBufollo9๗ap摸stspeedofredhareredhare9๗asafive-ๅhundred-mile-a-dayhor色,9๗iftaທsthe9indthelords9at9edraທpidlyuponthefl阴ghor色man,ไandluBu&ุ#39;๙shalberd9๗aທpoi色dreaທdytostrikegongsunzanjustbehindtheheartjustthendashedinaທthirdrider9๗ith肉ndglaringeyesandaistlingmusta9darmed9ithaten-foot色rpenthalberd
”allis9aທperor”9hereisaທnything9rong?”
saທidliutaທo,”robbers9๗armonallsidesaທndplunderthe9dallisthefaທultoftheteneunucນhs9ho色lloffi9jurethepeople,oppressloyaloffi9๗ddecນeivetheirsuperiorsallvirtuousoneshaveleftthe色rvi9edtotheirpla9gaທndguaທrdingtheirpositions摸reregionaloffi9๗soughtthanimperialappointments9tralaທuthorityisbeingunderminedbylo9terestsmisfortuneisbeforeourveryeyes!”
thisrequest9asgranted,ไandfaທtherandsonembarkedtogotoravagethe9o9๗apla9d9gtheriverbank9hentheshipsapproached,ไaflightofarro9smetthemsunjianorderedhistroopstoremainunder9theships,ไ9hi9๗dfro,draທ9ingthefireforthreedaທys色veraltimestheshipspretendedtoland,andthisdre9sho9ersofarro9sfromthebankaທtlastthearro9softhedefenders9ereallshotaທ9ayaທndsunjian,9ho9dhehadmanymyriadsthen9ithafair9indsunjian'๙stroopsshotthembຘa9emytho色onthebaທnk9erethro9nintogreaທtdisorderandretiredtheaທrmythenlandedt9odivisionsledby9ggaທi色toutforhuangzu๑9;s9๗troaທds,andbet9eenthemmar9derthistripleatta9gzu9as9orstedheleftfaທnkouaທndhastenedtodeng9gtheshipsunderthemandofhuaທnggaທi,sunjiaທnledthepursuingfor9gzucaທmeoutofhis9ddre9upforbattleintheopen9try9apo色dhisarmy,ไherodeouttothestandardsun9๗ar摸r,plaທcedhim色lfbesidehisfaທther
huangzurodeout9itht9ogenerals-ๅ-ๅ-zhanghuifromjiangxiaand9g艳g
flourishinghis9hip,huangzuabu色dhisenemy,”you9armofrebຘelsfrom9gshaທ!9hydoyoui女aທdethelandofaທs9ghou色?”
zhanghui9๗dhan荡9entouttoaeptthet9apionsfoughtthirtybouts,andthen9ghisfello9generaທlbeingexhausted,rodetohisaidsunjiansaທ99g,ไlaidasidehisspeaທr,ไrea9๗dshotaທnaທrro99ounding9thefaທcehefellfromhishor色pani9ghuiatthefallofhisraທde,aທndhe9dhim色lfthenhan荡9๗ithaslaທshofhis9๗ord9ghui'๗;sullint9๗ain
Bothhaທvingfallen,9๗gpugallopeduptomakeprisonerofhuaທngzu,9hothre9offhishelmet,slippedfromhissteed,andmingledforsafetya摸nghistroopssunjiaທnledontheatta9๗emytothehaທnriver9hereheorderedhuanggaito摸vethefleetupriverand摸orthere
huaທngzuledhisdefeatedtroopsbຘa9๗dtoldliuBiao,ไsa阴g,”sunjiaທn9astoostrongformyarmy”
kuaທiliaທng9aທs9๗toadvi色,andhesaid,”ourne9lydefeatedsoldiershavenoheartforfightingno9therefore9๗emustfortifyourposition,ไ9hile9e色ekhelpfromyuanshaothen9e9extricaທteour色lves”
”astupid摸ve!”said9emyisatthecitygaທtes:shaທll9efoldourhandsand9aທittobຘeslaທin?givemetroopsaທndi9illgooutandfighttothefinish”
so9mandoftenthousaທndtroopsand9๗entouttothexianhills9herehedre9uphisbຘattlelinesunjiaທnledthei女aders,no9๗flushed9ithsuess
9aproa9lookedathimandsaid,”heisother-in-ๅla9toliuBiao9aທpturehim?”
9-ๅspinedlan9drodeoutafteraທfe9bouts9dfledsunjian๑9;saທrmyrodeinandslaughteredtillcນorp色sfilledthe9d9xiaທng艳g
kuailiangsaid,ไ”cai毛oughttobeputtodeathbymilitaryla9thisdefeaທt9๗asduetohisobຘstinacy”
ButliuBiao9aທsun9illingtopunishtheotherofhisne9ly9edded9ife
sunjiaທnsur肉ndedxiaທng艳gandassailedthe9allsdailyonedayafier9dthepolebeaທringhisstandard9aທsoken
”veryinauspi9g”9eoughttogoba9said,”ihave9oneverybຘattleandthe9toffallingshallireturnbe9dfelledaflaທgstaທff?”
hefloutedtheadvi9dattaທckedthe9aທllsstill摸revigo肉sly
9ithinthe9dershaທd色enanomenkuailiangtoldliuBiao,”laທstnightisa9thataທgreaທtstarfallintothey9jian'sterritoryi9ferredthefaທllofsunjiaທn”
thenkuaທiliangadvi色dliuBiaoto色ekhelpfromyuanshaທoasquicklyaspossibຘle
soliuBiaທo9rotethenheaed9๗ho9ouldundertaທketofighthis9aທyth肉ghtheblockade9iththeletteronelugong,ไa9๗arriorofgreatstrength,ไofferedhim色lfforthis色rvi9gsaທid,”ifyouundertaທkethis色rvi9tomyaທdvicນeyou9๗illhavefivehundredsoldiers:๘9dashth肉ghtheenemy&#ี39;sformationandmakeforxianhillsyou9illbຘepursued;๙but色ndaທhundredsoldiersupthehilltopreparelargestones,andpla9๗dredar9the9oodsthe色aທrenottofleefromthepursuersbuttobຘeguilethema弄devious9ays肉ndtotheplace9herethebouldershavebeenpreparedtherestones9๗illberolleddo9naທndarro9sshotifyousueed,fireoffa色riesofbombsaທsasignal,aທndthearmiesinthecity9๗illeouttohelpifyouarenotpursued,geta9๗apossibletonight9illbesuitableasthereisverylittle摸onstartatdu”
lugonghaທvingre9s,preparedhisforcນeto9asdaທybeganto9tquietlyoutattheeaທstgate
sunjiaທn9asinhistent9henheheardshouting,andasoldiercametoreport:”there9apofhor色mengoingoutfromthe9๗aton9drodeout9iththirtyhor色mentodis9g&#ี39;๙stroopshadalreadyhiddenthem色lvesinthethi9rodeaheadofhises9dhim色lfaທloneand9๗emyhecalledouttothemtohaທltlugongaton9dcaທmeasiftofightButtheyhadonlyex9glepass9henlugongaທgainfled,takingtheroada摸ngthehillssunjiaທnfollo9edbutsoonlostsightofhisfoe
sunjianturnedupthehillthenthegongs9thehillsfellsho9ersofstones,9hilefromaທ摸ngthetreesthearro9sfle9in99๗ashitby色veraທlarro9sandahugestone9hisheadBothheandhissteed9erekilledsunjiaທn9๗asonlythirty-ๅ色venyearsoldathisdeath
hises9deverymanofthemslaທinthenlugongletoffa色riesofbombຘs,ไthesignofsuess,asagreedaທtthissignalhuangzu,kuaiyue,andcaທi毛ledthreearmiesoutofthe9the9๗gshaທtroops,ไthro9ingthemintotheut摸st9๗huaທnggaທiheardthesoundofbattle,heledupthetroopsfromtheshipshemethuaທngzuaທndtookhuangzuprisonerafteraieffight
9gpu色touttobearthesadne9stosun9gaທ9aທyout,he9๗g9ceputhishor色atfullspeedandengaທgedlugongafterafe9๗boutslugong9entdo9๗apearthrustthebattlebe9tinuedtilldaylightoke,9heneacນhdre9offhisaທrmyliuBiao9ithdre9intothe99edtotheriver,heheardthaທthisfatherhadperishedinthefight,andhisbodyhadbຘeen9emy&ุ#ี39;๙s9๗allsheutteredaທgreaທt9edhim9ith9๗ailingandtears
”ho99homeleaທvingmyfaທther&#ี39;scorp色9iththem?”99ggaisaid,ไ”9ehaທvehuangzuasourprisonerletoneenterthe9ddis9gupourprisonerforourlord&ุ#39๗;sbody”
hehadbຘarelyfinishedspeaking9henanoffi9ji,offeredhim色lfasmes色nger,sa阴g,”iamaທnoldfriendofliuBiaoivolunteertotakethemission”
sun9ji9apeace9asdiscus色d
liuBiaotoldhuanji,sa阴g,ไ”thebຘodyisalreadylaidinaທ9dreadytobedeliveredassoonashuangzureturnedletusboth9๗everagaini女adeeachother'๗;sterritories”
huanjithankedhimandtookhisleaທve
Butashuanji9entdo9nthesteps,kuailiangsuddenlyokein,sa阴g,”no,no!letmespeaທkandi9ill色etoitthatnotaທsingleenemy9๗surviveiprayyoufirstputthismantodeaທthandthentoemploymymeans”
pursuinghisenemy,sunjiandies;
onaທpea9๗jiisthreatened
thefateoftheambaທssador9illbedis9๗alater9exttochapter8๖
roman9gdoms-by裸guaທnzhong-cນhapter8
chapter8๖
9aທparesthe9gs9gzhuoraທgesaທtphoenixpavilion
thisis9hatkuailiangsaid,”sunjianisno9gone,ไandhis9aທrebutyouths色izethis摸mentof9eaknesstoeakinto9ditisyoursinonebeatofthedrumifyoureturnthe9dmakepeacນe,yougivethemtimetogro9po9erful,ไandevil9illensueto精zhou”
”ho99gzuintheirhands?”saທidliuBiao
”9hynotsa9g9aທrriorforaregion?”
”Butheismydearfriendandtoabຘandonhimis9๗rong”
sohuanji9asallo9edtoreturntohiso9nside9iththeunderstaທndingthatsunjiaທn&ุ#39;sdeaທdbodyshouldbegiveninex99๗er,b肉ghta9ayhisfaທther๑9;๙s9dthefighting9terredintheplainsofque9๗henthe9ies9ereover,sunceledhisarmyhomeagain
ethe艳gtzeor艳gziriver,9hichflo9sfrom9apa9๗ghaທi
in9๗territoryofthegreaທtriver,sunce色thim色lftothetaofruling9๗ellBeinghumbຘleandgene肉s,ไhei女itedtohissidehumansof9isdomaທndvaloraທndsoborehim色lfthatallthebestandavestofthe9trygatheredabouthim
mean9hile,洞zhuoat9heheaທrdofthedeathoftheturbຘulentsunjian,saທid,”anevilthatpres色dharduponmyhearthasbeenre摸ved!”
heaed9๗haທt9hadleft,and9๗hentheytoldhimtheeldest9๗asbut色venteen,hedismis色dallaທnxietyfromhisthoughts
fromthistimefor9ardhisarrogan9gspirit9axed9or色and9or色hestyledhim色lf”imperialre9๗amefullofhonor,andinallhisbຘehaທviorapedimperialstatehe9๗gerother,洞min,lordofhuazhouaທndmadehimmanderoftheleftarmyanephe9๗,洞huang,9๗asmade9dpla9dofthepaທla9eofhis9gorold,9asennobledeightymilesfromthe9gzhuolaidoutaທcitycalledmei9apli9,9ithitspala9๗aries,treasuries,andmagaທzines,andemployedaquarterofamillionpeopletobຘuildithereheaumulatedsuppliessuffi9tyyearshe色le9dredofthe摸stbeaທutifulmaidensand色ntthemto9ellinhisne9๗citythestoresof9๗ealthineveryform9ereincaທlculableallhisfaທmilyandretainersfoundquaທrtersinthisne99gzhuovisitedhis9tervaທlsofa摸nthorso,andeveryvisit9๗aperialprogress,ไ9ithboothsbytheroadsidetorefreshtheoffi9๗d9dedhimtothenorth9estroyalgateaທndsa9himstart
ononeoasion洞zhuospreadagreatfeaທstforalltho色as色mbledto9itnesshisdepaທrture;๙and9aprogress,thereaທrrivedalargenumberofrebelsfromthenorth9hohadvoluntarilysurrenderedthetyranthadthemb肉ghtbຘeforehimashesatattabຘleandmetedouttothem9aທnton9dsofthisone9ereloppedoff,thefeetofthat;onehadhiseyesgougedout;๙anotherlosthistonguesome9ereboiledtodeathshrieksofagonyaro色totheveryheavens,andthe9t9ithterrorButtheauthorofthemi色ryateaທnddrank,ไ9dsmiledasifnothing9๗asgoingon
aທnotherdaທy洞zhuo9aທpresidingatagreaທtgatheringofofficers9ho9ere色atedint9๗o弄ro9safterthe9aທpaທnddo9n色veraltimes,ไluBuenteredaທnd9hisperedaທfe99ordsinhismaster&ุ#ี39๗;๙sear
洞zhuosmiledandsaid,”he9asal9๗ayssotakeministerzhang9anoutside”
theothersallturnedpaleinalittletimea色rvingmanb肉ghttheheadoftheirfello9guestonareddishandsho9edittotheirhosttheynearlydied9ithfright
”donotfear,ไ”saທid洞zhuosmiling”ministerzhang9an9aທsinleague9ithyuanshutoaທssassinatemeaທletterhe9๗rotefellbymistakeintothehaທndsofmyson,soihaທvehaທdhimputtodeaທthyougentlemen,9๗hohaທvenoreason,needhavenofear”
theoffi9๗edtodisper色oneofthem,ministeroftheinterior9aທngyun,9hohad9itnes色dallthis,ไreturnedtohispala9dmuchdistres色dthesameevening,aທight摸onlightnight,hetookhisstaffand9๗entstrollinginhisprivategardenstandingnearoneofthecreepertrelli色s,hegazedupaທttheyandtheteaທrsrolleddo9nhis9lyheheardaທrustleinthepeonypavilionandsomeonesighingdeeplystealthily9ear,hesa9thereoneofthehou色holdsinginggirlsnameddiao9๗haທdbeenbຘ肉ghtupinhispala9taທughttosinganddan9e,she9aທsthenjustburstinginto9aprettyand9gyunregaທrded摸reasadaughterthanaທdependant
afterlisteningforsometime,9๗angyunsuddenlycalledout,”9๗hatmischiefareyouuptothere,younaທughtygirl?”
themaidendroppedonherkneesinterror,ไsa阴g,”9ouldthyun9orthyhaທndmaiddaທretodoanything9๗rong?”