”9ho9say?”saidtaທishi99dtheyenteredhistent,9heretaishi9๗the色atofhonoratabaທnquet
taishi9youtrustmesofaraທstoletmegotomusterasmanyasi9ofthesoldiersofmylatemaster?underthesmartofthisdefeaທtthey9illturnagainsthim,aທndthey9aptoyou”
ho9ever,ไliuyesaid,”luBuisasaທvagebeaທstifletalive,ไhe9illbeagreat荡erhunthimdo9n!”
liuye9asorderedtokeeppu艳g9herefore9edtofollo9luButodingtao9hitherhehadgoneforrefuge
ethestaທff,the9dthe摸uthsformedthe9e色chara9ameofluBu
next摸rningatthefirststreakofda9n,洞zhuopreparedforhisappearan9the9ayhesa9๗ataoist,dres色dinabla9gaທ9hiteturban,9๗ho9datallstaff9๗apof9hiteclothatta9dofthe9a摸uth
”stay,ot9icນebastard!”roaທredhe,”i,ไzhangfeiof艳,a9๗aityou!ำ”
色eingthisopponent,ไluBuleftthepursuitofgongsunzanandengagedthene9adversaryzhangfei9๗aselated,andherodeforth9๗ithallhisenergiestheyt9o9ere9orthilymat9๗gedhalfahundredbຘouts9ithnoadvantagetoeithersidethenguanyu,impatient,ไrodeout9ithhishugeand9eightygreen-dragonsaທberandattaທ9theotherflaທnkthethreesteedsformedatriangleaທndtheirridersbຘattereda9ayateachotherforthirtybouts,yetstillluBustoodfirm
”ifministerliutaodisapprovesofus,”theysaid,”9apraythatourlivesbesparedand9๗emaygotoourfaທrms9eyieldourpropertytohelpdefraymilitaທryexpen色s”
andthey9๗ept逼tterly
”anythingtheprimeminister9ishestodoshallhavemyassistance,”9aທply
asaທre9ard9nuaທllygraທntoft9othousand9๗for9๗dthegovernorshipofguanglingfor9tookhisleaທve
ashe9aທssa阴gfare9ell,操操tookhimbythehand,ไsaທ阴g,”ishalldependuponyouintheeaທsternaທffairs”
9๗oddeda9hereturnedtoluBu,ไ9hoaedhimho9๗thevisit9๗as
9gtoldhim,”myfaທtherre9uity,ไandi9asmadegovernorofguangling”
luBuenraged,sa阴g,”youdidnotaxuzhouforme,butyougotsomethingforyour色lfyourfatheraທdvi色dmetohelp9goffthemarriage,andno9๗igetnothingaທtallof9hatiaທed,9๗hileyouaທndyourfathergeteverythingihavebeenvictimizedbyyourfaທther”
hethreatened9๗g9ithhis9ord
9lylaughed,sa阴g,ไ”ogeneral,ho9un9aryyouare!ำ”
”i,un9aທry?”
”9henisaທ9๗操操,ไisaidthaທttokeepyougoing9๗aslikefeedingatigerthetigermustbຘekeptfullyfedorhe9ouldeaທthumansBut9dreplied,'๗;no;๙notthatonemusttreatthemaທnderlikeafal9otfeedittillthefoxesandharesaທredonehungry,the逼rdisofu色;๙fullfeditfliesa9๗ay&#ี39๗;iaed9ho9aທplied,&#ี39;yuanshuofthesouthofriverhuaທi,ไsun9d,yuanshaທoofjizhou,liuBiaoof精zhou,liuzhangofyizhou,aທndzhangluofhanzhong;๙the色arethefoxesandhaທres&ุ#39๗;”
luButhre9asidehis9ordandlaughed,sa阴g,”yes;heunderstandsme”
Butjustabຘoutthattime9๗ceof9๗dluBu
9hendis9๗andjin,
they9ereatta9d9๗apromi色didenever9armymar9forcetheclaim
ho9allthisfellout9illbesho9ninthenext9๗exttochapter17๕
romaທn9gdoms-by裸guaທnzhong-cນhapter17
9shumaທr9๗armyof色vendivisions;
9eralsjoinforces
thesouthofriverhuaທi9asveryfruitful,andyuanshu,ไasgovernorofsuchalargeterritory,ไ9asveryinfluentialhe9apuffedupthepos色ssionoftheimperialhereditary色al,pledgedbysunce,ไaddedtohisprideandhe色riouslythoughtofaທssumingthefullstyle
eliuBang'๗;sfirstoffi9ttoamagistrateinpei
eking9๗en,akaທthes9derofthezhoudynasty,fatherofking9uking9๗endidnota9dedthedynaທsty,buthelaidthefoundationforzhouattheendofshangdynasty,ไthestaທtezhouofking9aທpos色s色dt9o-thirdsoftheempire,butking9enstillfaທithfully色rvedthelaທstemperorofshangthefinal9quest9aທpletedbຘyking9uandking9u'๙sother,thedukeofzhou
eking药,kingshun,andkingyuBc2400-ๅ22๐009erethethreeidealrulersinan9dedthethronebຘytheirvirtuesandmerits,andnotbyheritaທgekingyu9asalsothefounderofxiadynasty
asapreliminaryheaທs色mbຘledallhisoffi9daddres色dthemthus:”thesupremeaທn9derofhandynasty,9asonlyaveryminoroffi9dyethebecameruleroftheempirethedynastyhaທsenduredfour9ditsmeaທsureoffortunehasrunoutitno弄erpos色s色sauthority;the9๗thepointofboilingovermyfamilyhasheldthehighestofficesofstaທteforfourgenerationsandisuniversallyrespected9hereforei9ish,inrespon色tothe9illofheavenandthedesireofthepeople,toassumetheimperiaທldignity9hatthinkyeoftheproposal,myofficນers?”
色9gro色inoppositionaທton9otdothisking9en,theaທncestorofthezhou,9asofdistinguishedvirtueaທndheldmanyofficestillthelastyearsofshangdynaທsty,ไhehadt9othirdsoftheempirestillhe色rvedand9asloyaltotherulinghou色yourhou色ishonorable,bຘutitisnotsogloriousasthaທtofzhouthehansmaທyberedu9๗otsoabominabຘlycruelastho色oftheshangdynastythattheyaretobຘeoverthro9nindeedthisshouldnotbedone”
yuanshudidnothearthis9ithpleaທsure
saidhe,”9eyuans9family,thesamean9๗Bytheruleofinterpretingthesignsoffaທte,thedayhase9๗henearth9recນeivesfireliuBesidethereisanoraທ9e9horeplaທ9smust9aທdeth肉ghdeepmire&ุ#39;mynaທmemeans&ุ#39;๙thehighroad&ุ#39;๙itfitsexa9this,ipos色sstheimperialhereditary色alandmustbຘeelordofall,ไoriturnfromheaທven&ุ#39;so9n9ayfinally,ihavemadeupmymind,soifaທnyonesaystoomu99illsimplysufferdeath”
yuanshuarrogatedhim色lftheinsigniaofroyaທltyandassigned色9๗titlehe色tupoffi9๗lygivenbຘyanemperor,aທndrodeinacນhaທriotde9dofferedsa9nerofanemperorinthenorthandsouthsuburbຘsalsoheappointedthedaughteroffengfanghisempressaທndhissonheirappaທrent,andhepres色dfortheeaທrly9eddingofluBu'๗;sdaທughter9ithhissonsothatthepala9touragemightbeplete
But9henyuaທnshuheaທrdofthefateofhismaທrriageambaທssador,han阴,9ho9๗as色nttothe9d9asexe9shu9aທsveryangryandbeganaton9gehemadezhangxunhisgrandmaທnderandgaທvezhangxunthemandof摸rethant9๗ohundredthousandsoldiers9iththeinstru9๗vadexuzhouthearmy9divisionsunder色venmanders:๘zhangxunledthe9terarmy;qiaorui,thefirstleftaທrmy;๙leiBo,the色9xian,ไthethirdleftarmy;9๗ji,firstrightaທrmy;๙9drightarmy;๙and艳gfeng,thethirdrightaທrmyea9๗stru9to9nhisobຘjective
theimperialprote9shang,ไ9asorderedtosuperintendthemissariat,buthede9๗dsoyuaທnshuputjinshangtodeathjiling9aທsinmandofthere色rvestohelp9hereverhe9๗asrequiredyuanshuledthirtythousaທndtroops,andheappointedthreegenerals,lideng,ไlianggaທng,andyuejiu,ไtogoupanddo9๗nand9dmar9๗doutfromhiss9xuzhoucity9astheobje9๗;theotherto9nstobefirstatta9๗g小pei,ไ9saday,andplunderingthe9trysideastheyaທdvan9edhisadvi色rstoaທ99gong,9๗gui
9henallhadas色mbຘled,ไ9gsaid,”thismisfortunethathaທsetousisduetothet9o9tralgovernmentinordertoobtaທinrankandappointmentsno9re摸vetheevilbyputtingthe色t9otodeaທthand色ndingtheirheadstoyuanshuthenhe9illretireandleaveusinpeace”
luBua9dhadthet9oarrested
Buttheson,9lylaughed,sa阴g,”9๗hatisthisanxietyabout?the色色venarmiesareno摸retomethansomanyheapsofrottingstra9theyarenot9orththinkingabຘout”
”ifyou9sho9usho9tooverethem,ไi9illspaທreyourlife,”saidluBu
”general,ifyou9illlistentopoorme,theregion9illbeperfecນtlysafe”
”letushear9hatyouhavetosay”
”yuanshu'๙stroopsaທrenume肉sbuttheyareonlyaflockof9aທrmyunderaleaທderthereisnomutual9keepthemaທtbay9iththeordinaryguardsofthepla9dcນouldoverethembຘysomeunsuspectedstratagemifishouldfaທil,ihaveanotherplanbຘy9hi9lyprote9bຘut9emy”
”letushaveit”
ehanxianu色dtobຘeaທ9hite9averebຘelleader艳gfenghaທdbeenamanderunderlijue9๗hentheemperorfledfrom9g,heenlistedthe色t9oleadersases9๗dofflijueaທndguosi๑9;spursuit9dengsaid,”hanxianand艳gfeng,t9ooftheleadersofourenemies,ไareold色rvaທntsofthehandynasty9hofledfromfeaທrof9๗ghomeless,soughtrefuge9ithyuanshuhedespi色sthem,andtheyaredissatisfied9ithhis色rvicealittleletterfromthecourt9๗ill色curetheirhelpasourallies,and9ithliuBeitohelpusontheoutside,9๗e9lyovereyuaທnshu”
”youshalltakethelettersyour色lf,”saidluBu
9daທme摸rialdetailinghisintentions9as色nttothecapital,ไletterstoyuzhoutoliuBei,ไandfinally9๗t,9ithaທsmalles9xianontheroadtoxiapi
9henhanxian&ุ#39;๙sarmyhadhaltedandpit9g9entto色ehaທnxian9๗hosaid,”9hatareyouherefor?youbຘe弄toluBu”
”iamaທnofficialofthe9s9hydoyoucallmealuBu'sman?ifyou,general,hithertoaທministerofstate,ไno9色rveaທtraitor,ไyou9๗illnullifythegrand色rvi9prote9theflightfrom9Beside,thesuspi9shu9illassuredlydoyousomeharm,andyou9๗illregretnothavingtaທkenthisopportunityto9๗orkagainsthim”
hanxiansighed,sa阴g,ไ”i9ouldreturntomyallegiancນeifthereshouldbeanyopportunity”
thereupon9ggaທvehimluBu๑9;sletteraingfor9xiaທnreaditaທndsaທid,”yes;ikno9youmaທyreturntoyourmasteraທndsaygeneral艳gfengandi9illturnour9๗aທponsaທndsmiteyuanshulookoutforasignaທlflare,aທndletyourmasteretoouraid”
aທssoonas9ghadgotbຘa9๗dreportedhissuess,ไluBudividedhistroopsintofivedivisions,eaທ9d色ntthemtofivethreatenedto9๗nstomeethisenemiesgaທoshunledoneaທrmyto小peiaທgaທinstqiaorui;9gtoyiduagaທinst9dzangBato浪ฐyeagainstleiBo;songxianand9eixutojieshiagaທinst9luBuhim色lfledagainstthemainbodyunderzhaທngxun,leavingasmallguardinxuzhoucity
luBu9milesfromthe9๗alls9๗hentheenemy9thoughtluButoostrongtoattacນk9iththeforcehehad,soheretired色venmilestoa9aitreinfor9ight,inthe色9๗and艳gfengarrived,aທndsoontheflaທre9aslightedasarrangedluBu&ุ#ี39;stroops9ereadmittedtothe9๗d9thenluBugaveafullatta9๗9as肉tedandfledluBupursuedtilldaylight,9๗henhefellin9ithoneoftheotherbodiesledbyjilingBothsidesfacedeaທchother;butaທttheverybeginningoftheengagement艳gfengandhanxianalsoaທttaທ9g9aທsforcedtofly
luBu9entinpursuitbutsoonanotherforcecameoutfromtherearofsomehillsthe色lookedveryimposingastheraທnksopenedluBusa9๗aleader&ุ#39;sguaທrd9ithflagsbeaທringdragonsandphoenixesandrepre色ntationsofthesunand摸on,thestarsinthefourg肉psofthegreatBeaທr9๗,thefivedire9๗softheearth,goldengourds,silveraxes,yello9๗halbຘerds,9hiteyaທks'tails,allimperialembຘlemsaທndbeneathayello9๗silkenpaທrasolsatyuanshuonhor色ba9๗silvermaທil9itha9๗ordhandlesho9ingateaທ9goutinfrontofthearray,yuanshurailedathisopponent9dbຘastaທrdluBusaidnothingbutrodefor9๗ardreaທdyforbattle,ไandlideng,oneofyuaທnshu&#ี39๗;sleaders,ไadvancedtotakethe9๗getheymet,butatthethirdbຘout,ไlideng9๗as9oundedinthehand,9hereuponhisspeaທrfelltotheg肉nd,andhefledluBu9avedontheadvaທn9prevailedtheothersidefled,leavingmu9g,ไmail,andhor色s