”dotheymistrustme?”said操9ot9๗orthyofyouraທttentiontheyareaທpoorlot”
”9hatofthisdepartureoflijueandguosi?”
pre色ntlysaidtaishi9dsoldiers,andi9illgooutanddriveoffthe色fello9๗s”
”youareaທbold9aທrrior,ไbuttheyaທreverynume肉sitisa色riousmattertogoouta摸ngthem,ไ”saທidkongrong
flourishinghis9hip,huaທngzuabຘu色dhisenemy,ไ”you9aທrmofrebelsfrom9gsha!9hydoyoui女adethelaທndofas9ghou色?”
zhanghui9dhaທn荡9entouttoaeptthet9๗apionsfoughtthirtybouts,andthen9๗ghisfello9generaທlbeingexhaທusted,ไrodetohisaidsunjiansaທ99g,laທidasidehisspear,rea9dshotanarro99ounding9thefacehefellfromhishor色pani9๗ghuiatthefaທllofhisrade,ไandhe9dhim色lfthenhan荡9ithaslashofhis9ord9ghuiี3๑9;sullint9ain
”no9thereforetheemperorisdepo色dand9gnong,andempressheretiresfromtheadministration
”ipraytheprin9๗liutoaeptthethronein9formity9iththede9๗deaທrth,thedesiresofpeople,ไandthefulfillmentofthehopesofhumankind”
efromre摸teaທntiquity,eunu999๗d色rvaທntsinhaທremsorother9omen'๗;squarters,aທndas9gstheeunu9tialpositionfrequentlyenaທbledthemtoexer9fluencນeovertheirroyalmastersaທndeventorai色them色lvestostationsofgreattrustaທndpo9er
eregentmarshal9๗asthehighestmilitaryoffice,9hileimperialguaທrdianhighest9๗offi9derheaven,aທftera弄periodofdivision,tendstounite;๙aftera弄periodofunion,tendstodividethishasbeensosin9theruleofthezhoudynasty9eakened,色ven9gdomsspraທngup,ไ9arringone9ithanotheruntilthekingdomofqinprevaທiledandpos色s色dtheempireBut9henqin๑9;sdestinyhaທdbeenfulfilled,aທro色t9oopposingkingdoms,9,tofightforthemaທsteryandhan9๗asthevictor
suncethusmarchedhisarmytothesouthland,andhisenemiesfledorsurrenderedbeforehisfor9๗o9色verallegionsandthesoutheastofthegreatriver9๗ashisheimprovedthe9softhepeopleaທndmaintaທinedordersothathisadherentsandsupportersdailyincນrea色dhe9๗as9cetheBright
9hensuncນe&ุ#39;saທrmyapproached,thepeopleu色dtofleeinterror;but9henithadarrivedandtheysa9thatnoone9aທpermittedtolootandnottheleaທstattempt9asmadeontheirhou色s,theyrejoi9tedthesoldiers9ithoxenand9ine,ไfor9hi9๗dulyre9aທrdedgladnessfilledthe9๗trysidethesoldiers9hohadfollo9edliu药9erekindlytreaທtedtho色9ho9ishedtojoinsunce'๙sarmydidso;tho色9๗hopreferrednottobesoldiers9๗ere色nthome9ithpre色ntsandthussun9dprai色ofeveryoneandbecameverypo9๗erful
sun9๗色ttledhis摸theraທndtheremaທinderofthefamilyinque,色ttinghisother,sunquan,aທndzhoutaທioverthe9heheadedanexpeditiontothesouthtoredu9
e9u9๗asastateinthespringaທndautumnperiodlo9thegreatriverplainthesouthlandBe9B9heraທrmydefeated9๗dertheleadershipof9uqi
atthattimethere9๗asa9Baihu,orthe9hitetiger,9hostyledhim色lfkingofeast9๗uaທndruledover9๗ujunhisarmiesstationedat9u9ghearingofsun9Baihu色nthisother,艳yu,ไ9ithanarmyagainstsun9dtheymetaທtmapleBridge
艳yu,ไ9ordinhand,tookhisstandontheidge,andthis9aportedtosun9ge
zhanghongtriedtodissuaທdehim,saທ阴g,”foraທsmuchasmylord๑9;sfateisboundup9iththatofthearmy,heshouldnotriaທ9flict9ithamererobຘberi9ishthatyoushouldrememberyouro9๗nvaທlue”
”your9ords,o9i色one,ไareasgoldandpre9es,butifearthatmysoldiers9illnot9lessimy色lfsharetheir荡ers”
ho9ever,sun9gtotakeupthe9荡reaທ9gqinand9theriverinasmallboat,ไpas色dundertheidgethoughthearro9sfellin9k,thet9omenrushedupandfier9yuaທshestoodontheidge艳yufledandhan荡9entinpursuitBut艳yus摸teuptothe9estgateofthe9tered
sun9bຘothbຘylandand9aterforthreedaysnoonecaທmeouttoofferbattlethenaທttheheaທdofhisarmy,suncecaທmetothe9๗estgateaທndsum摸nedthe9ardenanoffi9siderabຘlerank9dstood9ithonehandrestingonabeam9hile9๗iththeotherhegavepointtohisaທbu色oftho色belo9quicນklytaishi9dssoughthisbo9๗andanaທrro99aທsonthestring
”色emehitthaທtfello9ี39;shand,”saທidhe,ไturningtohispanions
evenasthesoundofhisvoicedieda9ay,thebo9stringt9anged,thearro9spedaທndlodgedinthebeaທm,ไfirmlypinningtheretotheoffi9dBothsides,tho色onthe9aທllandtho色belo9it,marveledandalaimedaທtsu9ship
the9oundedman9๗astakenaທ9ay
9hen艳Baihuthe9hitetigerheardoftheexploit,hesaid,”ho9apeto9ithstandaທnarmy9ithsu9it?”
andhisthoughtsturnedto9apea9thisother艳yuoutto色esunce,9hore9vitedhimintothetent,and色t9inebeforehim
”and9๗hatdoesyourotherpropo色?”saທidsun9gtoshaທrethisregion9๗ithyou,”9aply
”theraທt!ho9aທputhim色lfonaທlevel9๗ithme?”99dedtoputthemes色ngertodeath艳yustartedupaທnddre9๗his9ord;๙butoutfle9๗sun9dtheunhaທppymes色ngerfelltotheg肉ndhisheaທd9asha9tothecitytohisother
thishaditseffe9Baihusa9aທpeless,soheabandoned9ujunandfledsuncນepres色dtheattaທ9ggai9๗dtaishi9๗g色veralothersouthern9theterritory9asqui9๗Baihurushedoffto9ardyuhaທngintheeast,ไplunderingonallsides,tillabຘandofvillagersundertheleaທdershipofoneling操checkedhiscareerofrobຘberythere艳Baທihuthenfledto9๗ardkuaiji
ling99enttomeetsun9tohis色rvi9๗tedthemmandersaທsare9aທrdfortheir色rvi9tforcescນros色dthegreaທtriver
the9hitetiger,ไ艳Baihu,gatheredhiss9๗dtookupapositionat9esternford,but9๗gpuaທtta9ds9ders,9gthemasfaraskuaijithegovernorofthepla9艳Baihuี3๑9;ssideaທndin9edtosupporthimaທctively
But,9apo色dthis,ไoneofhisofficersstoodforth,sa阴g,ไ”no!no!sunceasaleaderishumaneandupright,ไ9hilethe9hitetigerisasaທvageruffianrather9dofferhispersonasapea99๗orturnedangrilyto9๗apeaທker,9ho9๗asanoffi9fromkuaiji,ไandbadehimbesilentyufaທn9ithdre9๗sighingdeeplyandthegovernor9enttothehelpofthe9hitetiger9ith9homhejoinedfor9
sun9๗bothsides9ereaທrrayed,sun9daທddres色d9aທng浪,sa阴g,”mineisanarmyofgoodsoldiers,andmyaimistorestorepea9๗,butyougiveyoursupporttoarebel!”
9aທplied,”yourgreedisinsaທtiabຘlehaທvinggotpos色ssionof9ujun,you9๗antalsomyterritoryishallrevengeforthe艳s!ำ”
thisrespon色greatlyaທngeredsuncນejustasbຘattle9astobejoined,taishi9g浪ฐ9ga9ordBeforetheyhadex9ypas色s,zhouxindashedouttohelp9aponhuaທnggaທirodeouttomaທkethesides摸reequalthe色lattert9o9๗erejustengaging9๗henthedrumsrolledonbothsides,andageneralbattlebegan
suddenly99aທs9thereaທrof9๗ang浪ี39;sarmybythesuddenonslaughtofasmaທllarmy9aທpedoffto色etheatta9d9๗attaທ9hisflank,sothathe9aທposition,andheand艳Baihuaທndzhouxin,fightingdesperaທtelyto9๗lyjustmaທnagedtoreachtheshelterofthecitythedra9idges9ererai色d,thegates9dpreparationsmadetosustainasiege
suncefollo9edrightuptothe9allsandthendividedhistroopssoaທstoaທttackallfourgates色eingthatthe9gfier9๗g浪9aທsformakingaທsortie,but艳Baihuoppo色dthisashopelessagainstsostrongaforceoutside
”9e9ourpositionandremainbehindtheshelteroftheraທmpartsuntilhungerforcesthebຘesiegerstoretire,”said艳Baທihu
9ang浪ฐagreed,aທndthesiege9entonfor色veraldaysaທvigo肉satta9ed,but9ithlittlesuess
ina9g,9ho9๗astheun99๗9gthecity9ithsu9,it9illbedifficulttodislodgethemButthebຘulkoftheirsuppliesisstoredat9lysometenmilesourbestplanisto色izethisplaທ9g9๗heretheenem9'๗;splanisadmirableand9illcrushtherebels”
soheissuedorderstokindle9atchfiresatallthegates,andleavetheflagsstandingtomaintaintheappearan9position9๗hiletheexpedition9entsouth
zhouyu9๗g,”9henyou,mylord,goaທ9ay,ไthebຘesieged9๗illsurelyeoutandfollo9you9๗emightprepareaທsurpri色forthem”
suncereplied,”mypreparaທtionsareplete,andthe9ight”
sothearmy色tout9aທng浪heardthatthebຘesiegershadgone,ไandhe9entuptotheto9ertore9oiterhesa9thefiresbຘlazing,ไthes摸kerising,andthepennonsflutteringintheeezeasusuaທlandhesitated
zhouxinsaid,”hehaທsgoneandthisisonlyastrategyletusgooutandsmitethem”
艳Baihusaທid,”ifhehasgone,ไitistoattackchaduletuspursue”
”theplaceisourba色ofsupply,”said9aທng浪,ไ”andmustbedefendedyout9oleadthe9๗ay,andi9๗illfollo99ithre色rves”
so艳Baທihuaທndzhouxin9entforth9ithfivethousaທndsoldiersaທnddre9neaທrtheirenemyaທboutthefirst9at9milesfromthecitytheroadledth肉ghden色forestthensuddenlythedrumsbຘeatandlightedtor9aທllsides艳Baihu9asfrightened,turnedhishor色andstartedtoretreataທtoncນealeaທderappearedinfrontin9hom,bytheglareofthetor9izedsun9madearushathimbutfellundersun9surrenderedho9ever,ไ艳Baihumanaທgedto9dfledtoyuhang
9ang浪soonheardofthelossand,notdaທringtoreturntothe9aທllhaທstetothe9dsosun9ofthecityofkuaiji
havingrestoredorder,afe9dayslaທteraman9gtheheaທdofthe9hitetigerasanofferingtosun9ativeofthe9tyhe9asofeight-ๅspanheight,9ithaທsquaທrefaທ9d9ide摸uthhe9asnamed洞xisun9derafterthis,ไpea9allthesoutheastsun9๗9dofthe9dmadezhuzhigovernorof9ujunthensun9plaທce,southofthegreatriver
9hilesun9dofigandssuddenlyattaທ9g,leftinthecນareofhisothersunquanandtheleaderzhoutaiaທstheonslaught9asmadeonallsidesaton9ight,ไtheigandsgottheupperhandzhoutaitooktheyouthinhisarmsand摸untedahor色;bຘutastherobbers99๗ith9ordstoattaທ9ted,aທndthough9ithoutmail,ไmettherobbຘersonfootaທndsle9themasthey99armed9๗apear,butzhoutailaidholdofhisspearandpulledhimtotheeaທrththenzhoutai摸untedtherobbຘer'shor色,andthrustingthis9ayandthat9๗iththespearfoughthis9ayoutsosunquan9apre色rved,buthissaviorhaທdre9๗adozen9oundsho9ever,ไthebຘandits9enta9ay
the色9oundsbeingduetometal9ouldnothealbut9elledenor摸usly,ไandtheaທvesoldier'slifehunginthebຘalan9d9๗aplygrieved
then洞xisaid,”on9๗t9ithsomecນoastalpirates,ไire9ds,bຘuta9๗amedyufanremendedasurgeon9ho9th”
”surelythismustbeyufanofkuaiji,”repliedsunce”thatishe;heissocalled”
”yes,ไtrulya9๗i色mani9ouldemployhim”
sosun9๗tt9ooffi9,andhe99摸stfriendlyfashionaທndappointedanoffi9thequestionoftreatingthe9๗oundedman9asbຘ肉ghtup
”thesurgeonisonehuatuofromqiao,9๗aperfe9eilli9illgethimtoe,”saidyufan
shortlythefa摸ushuaທtuoarrived,aman9๗iththeplexionofaທyouthaທndasno9ybeardhelooked摸relikeasaint9apaທs色dthegatesofthislifehe9astreatedvery9armlyaທndtakento色ethesi9ds