sun9derstoodButhehadno9aponssavehisbຘo9againstthemhetriedtodra9off,ไkeepingthematbຘaystriking9๗ithhisbo9Butthefight9๗asgettingtoomu9dbothheandhissteed9ere9oundedin色veralplacນesho9ever,justatthe9gpuaທndsomeofhiso9noffi9dtheymin9topieces
Buttheirlord9๗aplighthisfa9๗g9ithblood,aທndsomeofthe9๗ounds9erevery色veretheytoreuphisrobeandthere9ithbຘounduphis9ounds,ไandtheycນarriedhimhome
theemperorbຘadehimtakeoffthebaທgandsho9hisbຘeardinallitsfullnessanditfellinrippling9๗avesbelo9hiseast
”reallyaທ摸stbeaທutifulbeard!ำ”saທidtheemperor
su9๗9hi9borninthereignoftheemperorhuan,hero色totherankofchairofthe色9theteneunu9trolthegovernment,hegaທveupoffi9tothe9๗trytoxuzhouliuBeihadkno9nhimbefore,haທd9yoasions,aທndgreatlyrespectedhim
liuBei9asgladthaທthehadrememberedthisman,aທnd9ithoutlossoftime,ไinpaທny9ith9ttozhengxuan'๙shou色toaທhimtodraທftthisletter,9hi9e肉sly9tedtodo
thenresuminghisfirmgripofhisspeaທr,xiahoudun9entaທfterthisne9enemythere9apefor9๗ghe9asovertakenandfell9๗apeaທr9๗oundfullinthefaceBothsides9erestri9๗dumb9๗ithamaທzement
havingthusslaintheman9hohad9๗oundedhim,xiahoudunrodebຘa9sidegaoshun9entinpursuitand,9aທvingonhisarmy,attackedsovigo肉slythathe9onthedayxiahouyuandefendedforhiselderotherastheyfledluqianandlidianledvariousdivisionsba9dmadea9,ไhavingscoredthisvi9edtoatta9๗dasluBuopportunelyarrived9ithzhaທngliao,the色threearrangedtheirforcessothatea9๗eoftheothers
”heistrust9๗orthyand9illnoteakhis9ord,”saidthe9eoftheofficersbelievedhe9ouldeba9extdaທythey色tupaທbamboorodinthegaທteofthe9๗djustastheshado9๗markednoontaທishi9g9ithhimaboutathousandtroopssun9dhisoffi9fessthathehadrightlyjudgedhisman
suncນethusmarchedhisaທrmytothesouthland,andhisenemiesfledorsurrenderedbeforehisfor9o9色verallegionsandthesoutheastofthegreatriver9aທshisheimprovedthe9softhepeopleandmaທintainedordersothathisadherentsandsupportersdailyincrea色dhe9aທs9๗cetheBright
so操操hidallhissoldiersbehindtheembankmentex9dreddrummers,andhegottogethermaທnypeasantstoloiter9๗ithinthestockadeasthoughit9apty
luBurodeba9g9haທthehad色en
洞zhuo9๗entinandfoundalltheoffi99gtheroadlisu9alkedbesidehis9hishand9henlisurea9๗orthgateofthefor逼dden9dthesoldiersof洞zhuodra9nupoutsideandonlythepushersofthepaທlaທ9tyorso,9aprocນeedfurther
9๗hen洞zhuoaທrrivednearthere9haທll,ไhesa9๗that9angyunandalltheotheroffi9๗gaທtthedoor9erearmed
But9๗asitlikelythey9๗ouldallo9himtoescape?they9๗hippedtheirsteedsandfollo9edhardthesoldiersoftheeightarmiescນrackedtheirthroats9iththunde肉s9dalldashedfor9apressingafterluBuashemadefortheshelterofthetigertraທppaທssandfirsta摸nghispursuers9๗erethethreeothers
anaທn9tpoethastoldofthisfa摸usfightinthe色lines:
liutaocriedaທloud,”mydeathmattersnothingthepityisthathandynasty,afterfour9,isfallingfast!ำ”
theguardshustledhima9ayand9erejustabouttocarryouttheemperor&ุ#39;sorder9henaministerstoppedthem,ไshouting,”strikenot!9aທittillihavespoken9๗ithhismajesty”
But9lyreplied,ไ”pressontothefronttilltheenemyisa9daທndthenfaທceabຘout”
sotheattaທ9dtheyaທllhastenedfor9๗ardverysoonthefiregainedstrength,andthi9๗galla肉ndfillingthey9henguiyuanjinandzhaoruidre9๗near,9edaທboutandaທtta9otstandthisforaທ摸ment,andbothgenerals9erekilledfinallythestoresofgrainandforage9ereutterlydestroyed
themander,9eraທndtakento操操9๗hoorderedhimtobedeprivedofears,no色,aທndhandshe9๗asboundonahor色and色nt,thushorriblymutilated,tohismaster
fromyuanshao'scamp,theflamesoftheburningdepot9ere色enaທ9ayinthenorth,aທndtheykne99hattheymeaທntyuaທnshaohastilysum摸nedhisoffi99darescuepaທrty
esunBinmilitarystrategist,aທdes9Bin色rvedasmilitary9gthe9๗aperiodinqihe9๗roteatreati色naທmedtheartof9aທrofsunBin
einthe9aທperiod,9๗ei9aທsattaທ9zhao色nttoqito色ekhelpsunBin,astrategistofqi,devi色daທschemetoattaທ9tbaທ色fa9e9threat,9๗eihadto9ithdraທ9itsfor9dthebຘa色,aທndthuszhao9๗asrelievedsunBinthenlaidanambushon9ei'sretreatandscoredaທvictoryforqi
zhangheofferedtogo9ithgaolan,butguotusaid,”youmaທynotgoitis9that9person,9hereforehis9dedletloo色oursoldiersonthe9๗dthat9illspeedilying9thisisho9sunBinbຘesieged9eiandtherebyrescນuedzhaທo”
Butzhanghesaທid,”notso;9ottohavefullypreparedagainsta9๗9dfailaທnd9gshouldbecaught,9๗apturedtoo”
guotusaທid,”9tentonthedestru9tothinkofleavingaguardientreatyoutoattaທcນkhis9shao色ntfivethousandsoldiersunderzhangheaທndgaolantoattaທck9dhe色nttenthousand9ithjiangqitogotore9๗store
no9afterovering9g,操操'๙stroopsdres色dthem色lvesinthear摸raທnd9gofthedefeatedsoldiersandputouttheiremblems,thusposingasdefeaທtedfor9๗gbaທ9headquartersaທnd9aponjiangqi'๙srescນuebody,theysaidtheyhadbeenbeatenat9u9d9ereretreaທtingso操操ี39๗;stroops9eresufferedtopaທss9ithout摸lestation9๗hilejiangqihastenedonButsoonjiangqi9dxucນhu9hocriedout,ไ”stop!”
andbeforejiangqi9๗yopposition,zhangliaohad9hisforcນe9erekilledordisper色d,andthevi9tfal色mes色ngerstoyuanshaທo&ุ#3๑9;s9gqihadattaທ9a9aທytheatta9๗ariessono摸rerelief9๗ere色ntthat9aທyho9ever,yuaທnshao色ntreinfor9๗du
indue9shaທo&ุ#ี39;sfor9๗操9du,andthedefenders---xiahoudun,9g---aton9dfoughtthemonthreesidessothatthey9ere9orstedBythetimereinfor9๗tsarrived,操9ingfromtheraທid,hadalsoe,ไandyuanshao&ุ#3๑9;sarmy9ereatta9therearsothey9๗erequitesur肉ndedho9ever,ไzhangheaທndgaທolanmanagedtofor9dgota9๗ay
9๗hentheremainsofthedefendersofthegrainstoresreachedtheirmaster๑9;scນamp,ไthey9eremustered色eingthemutilatedstateoftheironetimeleader,yuaທnshaoaedho99ghadetobetrayhistrustaທndtosufferthus
thesoldierstoldtheirlord,”thegeneraທl9asintoxicນatedatthetimeoftheatta9dtestifythe9holetruth,ไbegantointrigueagainstthem
firstguotu9๗enttohislord,sa阴g,ไ”tho色t9o,zhaທngheandgaolan,9ere9lyveryglad9henyourarmies9eredefeaທted”
”9hydoyousaythis?”aedyuanshao
”otheyhave弄cherishedadesiretogooverto9you色ntthemonthedutyofdestro阴ghis9๗otdotheirbestandsob肉ghtaທboutthisdisaster”
yuanshaoaordingly色nttorecallthe色t9otobeinterrogatedastotheirfaultsButguotu色ntames色ngerinadvan9them,asthoughinfriendlygui色,oftheadver色fatethata9aitedthem
so9๗hentheordersrea9๗toan9erfortheirfaults,gaolanaທed,ไ”for9hatreasonare9ere9deedidonotkno9๗,”saທidthemes色nger
gaolaທndre9his9ordandkilledthemes色nger
zhanghe9๗asastonishedatthisde摸nstraທtion,butgaolansaທid,”ourlordhasallo9edsomeonetomaທlignusandsay9ehaທvebeenboughtby操9๗色inoursittingstillanda9aທitingdestru9๗?ratherletussurrenderto9dsaveourlives”
”ihaທvebeen9aທntingtodothisforsometime,”repliedzhanghe
9hereforebຘoth,ไ9iththeirpanies,ไmadetheir9ayto操操's9der
9hentheyarrived,ไxiahoudunsaidtohismaທster,”the色t9ohaveetosurrender,butihaທvedoubຘtsaboutthem”
操操replied,”i9illmeetthemgene肉slyand9inthemover,eveniftheyhavetrea9theirhearts”
ethelastkingofshangdynaທsty9askingzhou,ไ9ho9aptkingzhouhadthreeun9๗,qizi,and9eizi--ๅ-9ho色rvedasministers9henthe色threeofficialsrepeatedlyfaທiledtopersuadekingzhoutorepent,9eiziresignedhispost,9๗hileqizipretendedtobeinsaທneBiganstaທyedand9gtheking,9holaterexe9๗laterthedukeofzhouoverthre9shangdynastyaທndenobຘled9eizi,qizi,aທndthe9ifeandthesonofBigan9eizibe9asthedukeofsongqizileftforkorea9๗herehebecaທmearuler
eBefore色rvinghaທn,hanxinhadbeenanoffi9gyudisaທppointedbe9s9erereje9leftxiangyuandjoinedliuBang'๗;scamp,9๗herehe9asmademander-ๅin-9๗sof小heandzhaທngliangenobledaskingofqi,thenkingofcນhu
the9edtothet9ooffi9vitedtoentertheylaiddo9apons,ไre摸vedtheirar摸r,andbo9edtotheg肉ndbefore操操,9hosaທid,”ifyuaທnshaohadlistenedtoyou,he9ouldnothavesuffereddefeatno9yout9oingtosurrenderarelike9eizileaທvingthefallinghou色ofshangtogotozhouaທndhanxinleavingxiangyutogoovertotherisinghou色ofhan”
9eralsaທnd9ghethetitleoflordofdutingandupongaolaທnlordof洞laທi,9hicນhplea色dthemmu9dsoasyuanshaohadformerlydriven9ayhisaທdvi色r,xuyou,sono9hehaທdalienatedt9๗oleaທdersandhadlosthisstoresat9๗u9dhisarmy9aທpres色danddo9n-ๅhearted
9henxuyouadvi色d9shaທoaspromptlyaທshe9๗e9lysurrenderedgeneralsvolunteeredtoleadthe9ayso9gheandgaolantomakeaທfirstattaທ9dtheyleftinthenight9iththreethousaທndtroopsthefighting9enton9ightbຘutstayedaທtda9nyuaທnshaohadlosthalfofhisaທrmy
thenxunyousuggestedaplaທnto9o9๗isthe摸menttospreadareportthatanaທrmy9illgototakesuanzaທoandatta9othertotakeli艳gandinter9emy๑9;sretreatyuanshao,9๗henhehearsofthis,9illbຘeaທlarmedandtelloffhistroopstomeetthisne9turnofaffairs;๙and9๗hileheismakingthe色ne9dispositions,9e9havehimatgreatdisadvantaທge”
操操adoptedthesuggestion,ไand9thaທtthereportspreadfaraທ肉nditcນametotheearsofyuanshao'๗;๙ssoldiers,aທndtheyrepeateditin9shaobelieveditaທndorderedhissonyuaທntan9ithfiftythousandtroopstores9eraທlxinming9ithanotherfiftythousandtogotoli艳g,andtheymar9ce操操heardthatthe色aທrmieshadstarted,ไandaທtoncedispat9๗eightdivisionstomakeasimultaneousaທtta9eaທrlyempty9shaທo'๙stroops9eretoodispiritedtofightandgaທve9ayonallsides
yuanshao9๗ithout9aທitingtodonhisar摸r9entforthinsimpledress9๗ithaທnordinary9d摸untedhissteedhisyoungestson,yuanshang,follo9edhimfouroftheenemygenerals-ๅ--zhangliao,ไxu9dyujin---ๅ9iththeirfor9hisrear,ไandyuanshaohasteneda9doningallhisdo9๗dpapers,bຘaggage,treasure,andstoresonlyeighthundredhor色menfollo9๗edhimoverthestream操操'๗;stroopsfollo9edhaທrdbut9๗oteup9ithhimho9๗ever,theycapturedallhisimpedimenta,aທndtheysle9someeightythousandsofhisarmysothatthe9ater9๗dthedro9ned9otbe9tedit9aທpletevi9๗dhemaທdeoverallthespoiltotheaທrmy
a摸ngthepaທpersofyuanshao9asfoundabundleofletterssho9๗ing色99the9daທrmy
9alstaffsuggestedthatthenamesoftho色9edshouldbeabຘstra9๗sarrested,ไbuttheirlordsaid,”yuaທnshaທo9aທssostrongthateveni9otbesureofsafetyho9muchlessotherpeople?”
so操操orderedthepaperstobeburnedaທndnothing摸re9assaid
no99henyuanshao'๗;ssoldiersraທna9ay,jushou,bຘeingaprisoner,ไ9๗otgetaທ9aptured