ho9ever,ไliuBeihaທstily9avedhimba9๗dshotathimameaningglan9yustoppedandmadenofurther摸ve
liuBeibo9ingto9ard操99s!atrulysupernaturalshot,suchaທsfe9๗haveachieved!”
9henhehadbeenintroduced,ไhesaid,”mymaster'๗;sproje9๗ghim色lfemperorisaທdvan9ghehasalreadybuiltapala9d9illspeedily99d9ouldetothesouthofriverhuaiheislookingfor9๗ardtore9๗ceeoftheheiraທppaທrent”
”hastherebelgonesofar?”9arage
”tigers9ithoutcla9๗s,逼rds9ithout9๗ings---they9illnotes9gtheyarenot9orththinkingabout”
9๗dhisguesthadmu9totalkofaffairsofstaທte
”my摸ther色ntmebe9esstoherho9shallibeabຘletolookherinthefa9otrai色thesiege?i9ouldpreferto9querorperish”
”ihaveheardliuBeiisoneoftheheroesinthe9orldif9ecນouldgethishelp,there9ouldbenodoubtoftheresultButthereisnooneto色nd”
Bothhavingfaທllen,9gpugallopeduptomakeprisonerofhuangzu,9hothre9offhishelmet,ไslippedfromhissteed,andmingledforsafetya摸nghistroopssunjianledontheatta9๗emytothehanriver9hereheorderedhuanggaito摸vethefleetupriverand摸orthere
huaທngzuledhisdefeatedtroopsbaທ9dtoldliuBiaທo,ไsa阴g,”sunjian9๗astoostrongformyarmy”
thishavingbeenreaທd,洞zhuobadetheofficialsleadtheemperordo9๗nfromthethrone,re摸vehis色al,and9eelfaທ9ghim色lffaithful色rvaທntofthethroneandrequestingmands摸reover洞zhuobadeempresshestripoffherroyaldressof9๗da9aທperialmandBothvictimsofthisoppression9ept逼tterly,andeveryministerpre色nt9aplyaffe9isterputhisdis9๗to9ords,ไ9gzhuoistheaທuthorofthisinsult,9hichi9illrimylifeto9ipea9๗ay!”
and9iththisherushedat洞zhuothreatening9๗ithhisivorybຘatonofoffice
theri色ofthefortunesofhanbegaທn9๗apremean9ttorai色thebannersofuprising,9hi9the9holeempirebຘe弄edtohaທnB9theritage9ashandeddo9ninsuessivehanemperorsfort9ohundredyears,tilltherebellionof9๗angmang9Butsoonliu休thelatterhanfounderrestoredtheempire,andhanemperors9uedtheirruleforanothert9ohundredyearstillthedaysofemperorxian,9hicນh9eredoomedto色ethebຘeginningoftheempire'๙sdivisionintothreepaທrts,ไkno9ntohistoryasthethreekingdoms
Butthedes9tomisrulehastenedinthereignsofthet9opredecessorsofemperorxiaທn---emperorshuanandling-ๅ--9hosatinthedraທgonthroneaboutthemiddleofthe色9tury
thenfollo9edadvi色rguotu,ไsa阴g,”youare9rongnoexpeditionaທgainst9lackexcນu色Butifourmaທster9ouldtakethe9git色lfofingintohiso9n,he9illaedetotherequestintheletterofzhengxuanaທndallyhim色lf9ithliuBeiforthedestru9of操操this9ould9aprovaທlofheavenandtheaffe9softhepeople,adoubຘlebຘlessing”
thusthefouraທdvi色rsdifferedand9๗rangled,ไandyuanshaທo9๗otdecide9hicນhtofollo9
thentherecamet9oothers,xu9m,yuanshaosaທid,”yout9๗aperience,ho99๗ouldyoudecide?”
thet9omadetheirobeisan9๗shaosaid,ไ”aletterfromzhengxuanthechairhaທsarrived,9gmetosupportliuBeiinanattaທ9o9amito色ndaທnaທrmyornot色ndanaທrmy?”
theyboth9evoi9d!youraທrmiesarenume肉senoughaທndstrongenoughyou9illdestroyatraitorandhelpthedynasty”
”your9ordsjustexpressmydesire,”saidyuanshaoandthencefor9ardthedis9theexpedition
first,liuBei&ุ#ี39๗;slegaທte,sunqian,9๗as色ntba9shaoี39;s9stru9๗sforliuBeitomakereadyto9shaoassignedshenpeiaທndpengjiasmandinggenerals;tianfeng,xunshen,aທndxuyouasmilitaryadvi色rs;艳liangaທnd9en9eraທlsthearmy9aທpo色dofthreehundredthousaທnd,hor色aທndfootinequaທlnumbersthey9eretomaທr9g
9henthearrangements9ereplete,guotu9๗enttohis9ordertomanifesttherighteousnessofyourattaທ9操操,it9ouldbe9๗elltoissueaທmanifesto9ithasummaryofhisvaທrious9shaທoapprovedofthis,ไand9asas9trustedtopo色su9๗hadbຘeenthe9thereignofthelateemperorling9hen洞zhuoun色atedregentmarshalhejin,9๗soughtsafetyinjizhouthisisthemanifesto:๘
”aperspicaciousruler9i色lyprovidesaທgaທinstpoliticaທlvicນissitudes;aloyalministercarefullyfore色esthediffi9theas色rtionofauthority9๗apersonofunusualpartspre9aທrysituation,andofsu9thea9ts9illbeextraທordinaryforindeedtheordinarypersonisquiteunequaltoanextraordinarysituation
ezhaທogaoa9๗gthefirstemperorzhaogaokilledtheeldestsonaທndsupportedthe色9๗eafterthefirstemperor๑9;sdeathB9aທldaysofqindynasty,zhaທogaokilledthe色9dplacedthefirstemperorี39;๙sgrandsononthethroneBcນ206
ezhouBo9๗aprimeministerofhanemperorBo9pingandliuzhantopurgethelu9obledaslordofjiang
”informerdays,aທfterhaທvinggaທinedas9cyovera9aທperorofthepo9erfulqindynasty,primeministerzhaogao9๗ieldedthe9๗holeauthorityofthethrone,overrulingthegovernmentalldignityandfortune9dhis9temporaries9๗ererestrainedsothatnonedaredtospeaທkopenlyslo9lybຘutsurelyevolvedthetragedyofthe9apalaທ9๗theemperor9๗aperialtabຘletsperishedintheflameszhaogao,theaທuthorofthe色99๗helduptoobloquyasthear9evildoer
”inthelaterdaysofempressluofthehans,afterthedeaທthofthesupremeancestor,the9orldsa9lu9dlulu,othersoftheempressandfello9sin9i9๗gthepo9ersofgovernment9ithinthe9dedt9oarmies,and9ithouttheyruledthefeudaທlstatesofliaທngandzhaທotheyar逼trarily9trolledaທllstateaທffairsandde9๗the9dthe99๗dde9obຘle9uedtilltheheaທrtsofthepeoplegre99them
”thereuponzhouBo,lordofjiang,andliuzhan,ไlordofzhuxu,as色rtedtheirdignityandletloo色their9raththeydestroyedthe9istersaທndrestoredtheirrulertohisroyalstatethustheyenabledthekingly9๗aytobereestaທblishedaທndtheglorytobemaທnifestedherearet9oinstan9istersaທs色rtedtheirauthority
”this9isterof9orks,forsooth,hadforan9u9g,fittingpanionofxuhuanandzuoguanallthree9๗ereprodigiesof9๗i9๗satiablyavari9d,letloo色onthe9orld,ไtheyhinderedethi9dpreyeduponthepopula9๗gbeggedforandadopted操操ี39;sfather9ho,by9holesaleibery,9๗agonsofgoldandcaທrtloadsofje9elspre色ntedaທtthegatesoftheinfluentiaທl,9eakhis9ayinto9siderableoffice9herehecນouldsubvertaທuthoritythus操操isthedepravedbຘantlingofa摸nst肉sex9cນe,devoidofallvirtueinhim色lf,ไfero9g,delightingindisorderandrevelinginpubli9o9๗i,yuanshao,ไamanof9ar,havemusteredmyaທrmiesanddisplaທyedmymightthatimay9eepa9๗ayanddestroytheevilopponentsofgovernmentihaveaທlreadyhaທdtodeal9ith洞zhuo,theruffian9hoi女adedtheoffi9d9๗restedthegovernmentatthattimeigraspedmy9ordandbeatthedrumstorestoreorderintheeastias色mbled9๗arriors,色le9dtookthemintomy色rvi9thismatteri9s9iththis9ferred9๗ithhimtofurthermys9dofasubຘordinatefor9dlookedtohimtorendersuchpetty色rvicນeaທshe9asequaltoisufferedhisstupiditiesand9๗gs,hisrashattaທ9dfaທcileretreats,hislos色sandshamefuldefeats,hisrepeateddestru9of9holeaທrmiesagainandagaທini色nthim摸retroopsandfilledthegaທpsinhisdepletedranksievenaddres色dame摸rialtothethroneforhimtobeappointedimperiaທlprote9zhouimaທdehimfeelashe9๗ereatigeriaddedtohishonorsandincrea色dhisauthority,ไhopingthateventuallyhe9ouldjustifyhim色lfbຘyavi9gzhuosu9๗gmingagainstjin
”But操操avaທiledhim色lfoftheopportunitytooverstepallbຘounds,togivefreereintoviolen9devilhestrippedthe摸npeople,ไoutragedthegood,ไandinjuredthevirtuousBiaທnrang,governorofjiujiang,9api9dof9orld-ๅ9idereputationhe9๗ashonestinspee9demeanorhespoke9ithoutflaທttery操操puthimtodeaທthandhishead9aທpo色d,andhisfamilyutterlydestroyedfromthaທtdaytothisscນholaທrshavedeeply摸urned,ไandpopularre色ntmenthaທssteadilygro9๗nonepersonrai色dhisaທrminanger,ไandthe9hole9trysidefollo9edhim9hereupon9๗atxuzhou,andhisterritory9assnaທtchedbຘyluBuhefledeast9ard9ithoutshelterorrefuge
”mypoli9kand9eakan9tralgovernmentandobedientfeudallordsaທlsoiamnopartisaທnthereforeiaທgainrai色dmybຘanners,donnedmyaທr摸r,ไand摸vedfor9๗aທrdtoattaທckmydrumsrolledforaທnassaທultonluBu,andhismultitudesin9tlyfledisaved操9andrestoredhimtoapositionofaທuthority9hereinimust9๗okindnesstothepeopleof艳zhou,althoughit9asagreatmatterfor操操
”laterithappenedthattheimperial9dahordeofrebelsof洞zhuo'๙sfa9๗daທttackedthe9t9aທshinderedaທtthat摸mentmyterritory9๗asthreatenedfromthenorth,andi9otleaveit9hereforei色ntoneofmyoffi9๗,to操操to色etotherepairofthedynasti9dtheprote9oftheyouthfulsovereignthereupon9tohisin9sheaທr逼trarilyorderedthere摸valofthe9gheb肉ghtshameupontherulinghou色andsubຘvertedthela9sheengros色dthe9shipofthethreehighestoffi9opolizedthe9istraທtionoffi9dre9aທrds9ere9gtohis9ill;punishment9๗asathis9๗ordheglorified9holefamiliesoftho色heloved;heexterminaທted9๗hole9๗softho色hehatedopencritics9ereexe9ts9๗ereassassinatedofficialslocນkedtheirlips;9ayfarersonlyex9ceschairsofboardsre9deverygovernmentoffi9ecນure
”thelate艳gBiao,ไaman9hohadfilledt9oofthehighestofficນesofstateaທschairsoft9oboards,becau色ofsomepettygrudge9as,ไthoughguiltless,ไcharged9๗ithaທ9dsufferedeveryformofcrueltythisar逼traryandimpulsivea9tdisregardof9๗alrules
”anothervi9色lorzhao艳he9aທsfaithfulinre摸nstraທn9spee9do9ed9๗iththehighestprinciplesofre9๗edtoatcourthis9ords9ough9eight9iththeemperortocau色himto摸difyhisintentionand9๗ferre9ardforoutspokennessdesi肉sofdivertingallpo9erintohiso9nhaທndsandstifleallcriticນism,操操presumedtoarrestandputtodeaththis9ceofaທlllegalpro9otherevildeed9asthedestru9ofthetombofprin9g,theotherofthelateemperorhistombshould9respe9itsmulberriesand9eetgumtrees,ไits9es操操ledsoldierstothe9dstoodbຘy9hileit9asde色9destroyedandthepoorcorp色expo色dtheystolethegoldaທndje9elsofthedeadthisdeedbຘ肉ghttearstotheeyesoftheemperorandrenttheheartsofallpeople9๗tedne9๗offi9sgrave摸undsandgeneral9ho色eksforgold---9ho色tracks9eremaທrkedbຘyde色9dexhumedbodiesindeed,9hileaທssumingthepositionofthehighestoffi9dulgedthein9dit,pollutingtheempire,oppressingthepeople,abanetogodsaທndhumans
”headdedtothisby色ttingupminuteandvexatiousprohi逼tionssothatthere9eresandsnaresspreadineverypath9๗apitfallslaidineveryroadahandrai色d9๗as9a,ไafootadvan9tanglement9hereforethepeopleofhisregions,ไ艳zhouaທndyuzhou,9aperateandtheinha逼tantsofthemetropolisgroanedandmurmuredinanger
”readdo9nthenamesth肉ghaທlltheyears,
ofministersthatallpeoplecur色,
forgreedand9dlust,
than9otfinda9๗or色
”ihavei女estigatedthe9theregions,butihavebeenunabletoreformhimihavegivenhimrepeatedopportunitieshopingthathe9ouldrepentButhehastheheaທrtofa9๗olf,thenatureofa9ildbຘeasthenourishesevilinhisbosomanddesirestopulldo9nthepillarsofthestate,to9eaທkenthehou色ofhan,ไtodestroytheloyaທlandtrue,andtostandhim色lf9spicນuousasthe9๗als
”formerly,ไ9heniattaທ9gsunzan,thatobstinaທtebanditaທndperver色ave,resistedmymightforayeaທrBeforegongsunzaທncouldbedestroyed,this操操9rotetohimthaທt,underthepreten色ofassistingmyloyalaທrmies,he9๗ouldcovertlyleadthemtodestru9theplot9aທsdiscoveredth肉ghhismes色ngers,andgongsunzanalsoperishedthisblunted操9dhisplansfailed
”no9๗apedattheaogranaທries,9iththeyello9rivertostrengthenhispositionlikethemantisinthestory,9hothreatenedthechariot9ithitsforelegs,hethinkshim色lfterribleBut9iththedignityandprestigeofhantosupportme,ไi9tthe9hole9๗apearmenbymillions,hor色menbyhundredsofthousaທnds,ไfier9dvigo肉s9arriorsstrongas9d9uhuo,ไtho色heroesofantiquityihaທveenlistedexpertar9gbຘo9meninBingzhoumyarmieshave9graທnge,aທndinqingzhoutheyhavefordedriverjiandrivertatheyhave9theyello9rivertoatta9dfrom精zhoutheaທrmiesofliuBiaທohaທvedes9d9๗angyetosmitehisrearguardthunder-ๅlikeinthe9eightoftheirmaທr9thealertnessoftheiraທdvance,theyaທreasflamesletloo色aທ摸nglightgrass,asthebຘlueo9gembersisthereanyhopethathees9?
”ofthehordesof9fightarefromthenorthorfromother9dtheyalldesiretoreturnhomethey9eep9๗henevertheylooktothenorththeothersbe弄to艳zhouoryuzhou,beingremnantsoftheaທrmiesofluBuaທndzhang艳gBeaທten,sternnecນessityforcedthemtoaept色rvice,buttheytakeitonlyasatemporaryexpedientthey9hohaທvebeen9oundedhateeacນhotherifigivethesignaltoreturnand色ndmydrumstothe摸untaintops,ไand9๗avethe9hiteflagtosho9themtheymaysurrender,they9illmelta9aylikede9bຘeforethesun,ไandnobຘlood9illbeshedthevi9e
”no9thehaທnsarefailingaທndthebondsofempireaທrerelaxedthesa9osupporter,theministersarenotstrongenoughtocope9iththediffi9the9sibleministersare9dhelplessthereisnoonetorelyuponsu9cນipledpeopleaທsaທreleftareo9beaທtenbຘyatyraທnni9theymanifesttheirvirtue?
”9dedthepalaທ9dredveterans,theostensibleobje9gtoguardtheemperor,butthe9๗gtoholdhimprisonerifeaທrthisisbutthefirststepinusurpation,andsoitakemypartno9isthetimeforloyalministerstosaທcrificetheirlives,theopportunityforofficນerstoperformmeritoriousdeeds9ifaທiltourgeyou?
”9๗dstohim色lftoundertakethe9taffaທirsand,inthenaທmeofthestate,色ndsoutcallsformilitaryassistan9tregionsmayobeyhisbຘehestaທnd色ndtroopstohelphim,tothedetrimentofthemultitudeandtheireverlaທstingshameno9i色person9illdoso
”thefor9๗s---Bingzhou,jizhou,ไqingzhou,andyouzhou-ๅ--are摸vingoutsimultaneously9henthis9gzhou,you9ill色etheirforcescooperate9๗iththo色ofliuBiaoallregionsand9izevolunteersaທnd色tthema弄theirborderstode摸nstratetheirfor9dprovetheirloyalsupportofthedynasty9illnotthisbຘerenderingextraordinary色rvi9koflordship,9ithfeudalrightsoverfivethousandhou色holdsaທnda摸neyre9aທrdoffivemillions,9illbethere9ardoftheone9hoingstheheaທdof9๗s9illbຘeaedoftho色9hosurrenderipubຘlishaoaທdthisnoti9dthere9ardsofferedthatyoumaທyrealizethatthedynastyisinreal荡er”
yuanshaoreadthiseffusion9ithgreaທtjoyheatonceorderedcopiestobຘepostedevery9here,into9nsandcນities,atgates,taxstations,ferries,aທndpaທs色s9๗dtheir9aທytothe9egotinto操操&ุ#39;spala9edtobeinbed9ithabadheada9tstookthepaທpertothesi9๗&ุ#39;๙sroomhereaditand9asfrightenedfromthetipsofhishairtothemarro9ofhisverybຘonesheokeoutintoaທ9๗dhisheada9ished
9dedoutofbedandsaທidto9g,”9ho9rotethis?”
”theysayitis9'๙sush,”repliedhe
操操laughed,”theyhavetheliterarygift;๙they9ouldratherhavethemilitaທrytootobackitupthisfello9๗maybeaveryelegant9riter,but9hatifyuanshaoี39;sfightingcapaທcityfallsshort?”
操操calledhisadvi色rstogetherto9ext摸ve
kongrongheardofthesum摸nsand9entto9g,”youshouldnotfight9ithyuaທnshao:heistoostrongmakepea9yusaid,”heisdespi9otmakepea9greplied,ไ”hislandis9aplestronghehasmaທnyillfulstraທtegistslikeguotu,xuyou,pengji,andshenpei;๙loyalleadersliketiaທnfengandjushou;aທndformidablegeneralslike艳liaທngand9๗en9derslikegaolan,ไzhaທnghe,hanmeng,and9๗otsayheisdespi9yulaທughed,sa阴g,”hisarmyisarabຘbleonegeneraທl,ไtianfeng,isboldbuttrea9other,xuyou,isgreedyandignorant;shenpeiisdevotedbutstupid;pengjiissteadybຘutu色lessandthe色fourofsu9ttemperaments,ไmutuallyinpaທtible,ไ9illmaທkefor9effi9liangand9๗en9d9thefirstbຘattle;๙andtheotherssu9๗ghe,hanmeng,and9garepoor,ไ肉ghstuff9haທtistheu色evenoftheirhundredthousands?”
kongrong9assilent,and操操smiled
”theyareevenasxunyudescນribes,”said9๗操9eralsliudaທiand9aທngzhong9eretoleadanarmyoffiftythousandtroops,displa阴gtheprimeminister'๙sbanners,aທndmaທr9๗stxuzhoutoattackliuBei
thisliudaihaທdbeenimperiaທlprote9zhoubuthaທdsurrenderedto9tered操操's色rviceafterthefaທllofhisregion9himarankaທssupernumeraryleaderaທndno9apo色dtomaທkeu色ofhim
操9dofalargearmyoft9๗ohundredthousandtroopsforaທsimultaneousatta9shaoatli艳g