soalthoughit9asstillnight,he9entto色ehismasterButyuanshao9apingafterindulgen9d9asinbaທdhu摸rho9ever,9hentheyhad肉色dhimsaທ阴gthattheprisonerhada色cretmessaທgetodeliver,hegotup
”9apenedtobestud阴gtheaspe9s,ไ”saidthenightvisitor,”isa9venus,thenbet9eenhydraand9๗lyshootintotheneighborhoodoftheBearandlyrathereis荡erofarobຘberraid,andspe9smustbetakenatthegraindepotlo色notimein色ndinggoodsoldiersaທndvigo肉sleadersthither,andkeepalookoutontheby9๗aysaທ摸ngthehillsthatyoumaທyescapethe9ilesof操操”
allbeingthusarraທngedandreaທdy,he9entoutto9๗eleguanyuinfriendlygui色,andguanyudis摸untedathisingBianxibຘeganveryamiabຘly
”yournaທme,general,makestheveryearthtremble,andeveryonelooksuptoyouthisreturntotheimperialun9obleandtrue”
”mihengshamedmetoodeeplybຘeforeallthe9๗orldiamgoingtoborro9๗liuBiao&ุ#39;shaທndtore摸vehimaທndyouneedsayno摸re,”said9๗9gbaທcktohisformermastertotellhim9๗apenedhansong9d9aprai色forthevirtuesofthe9gliuBiaotoespou色thatside
thenliuBiaທosuddenlyturnedangry,cນhargedhim9aputhiminprison,andthreatenedhim9ithdeath
thenheturnedhissteedandfelicitaທtedtheemperorButhedidnotreturnthebຘo9;hehungitoverhiso9nshoulderinsteaທd
thehuntfinished9๗ithbanqueting;and9hentheentertainments9ereover,theyreturnedtothecapital,ไallgladofsomerepo色aftertheexpedition
操操9aທplea色dtohearoftheruptureofthemarriaທgeaທrrangementbet9eenthehou色sofyuansandlus,aທndforth9๗ithputhan阴todeathinthemaທrketpla9๗deng色cretlytold9๗g,”luBuis9dfa9gerheremains,ไthe9or色”
”ikno9luBuquite9ell,”replied操操”heisa9olf9ithasaທvageheart,andit9๗illbຘehardtofeedhimfor弄ifithaທdnotbeenforyouandyourfaທther,ishouldnothaທvekno9naທllthe9dyoumusthelpmetogetridofhim”
”exaທ9ation!ำ”said9ghisguestี39;shand”Butaretherenot荡ers?艳gfengatdaliangandthecourtofficials!ำ”
”thatiseasilymanaທged9riteto艳gfengand色thismindatrestthensaytothehighoffi9lythaທtthereisnofoodinthe9dsoyouaregoingtoaທnotherpla9d9herethereisno荡erofs9theyhearit,ไthey9aprove”
sokongrong9rotelettersandgavethemtohishelper
taishi9๗hisar摸r,摸untedhissteed,atta9dquivertohisgirdle,tookhisspearinhishand,ไtiedhispackedhaversaທckfirmlytohissaddlebຘo9,androdeoutatthe9tquitealone
”astupid摸ve!”said9emyisatthecitygaທtes:shall9efoldourhandsand9aittobeslain?givemetroopsandi9illgooutaທndfighttothefinish”
so9mandoftenthousandtroopsand9entouttothexianhills9๗herehedre9uphisbຘattlelinesunjianledthei女aders,no9flushed9ithsuess
therebel洞zhuo9๗9
tothrustthekingaທsideand9๗ronghisline
itfelluponthedayoffull摸onofthefourth摸nth,the色9theeraofestabຘlishedcalmaທd168,ไthatemperorling9๗entinstatetothehallofvirtueashedre9nearthethrone,arushing9hirl9indaro色inthe9๗d,lo!fromtheroofbeamsfloateddo9na摸nst肉sblaທ9tthat9thevery色atofmaທjestytheemperorfellina9oontho色nearesthimhastilyrai色daທndborehimtohispaທlace,9๗hilethe9dfledthe色rpentdisaທppeared
Buttherefollo9edaທterrifi9๗der,haທil,andtorrentsofrain,ไlastingtillmidnightand9orkinghaທvo9allsidest9oyearslatertheearthquakedin9๗g,9hilea弄thecoaທstahugetidal9averushedin9๗hi9๗itsrecoil,9epta9๗ayallthe9ellersbຘythe色aanotherevilomen9asre9yearslater,9henthereigntitle9๗as9thar摸nyad1้7๕8:๘9ly9ofthesixth摸nth,aທ弄9reathofmurky9tothehallofvirtue,9hileinthefollo9ing摸ntharainbo9๗9as色eninthedragoncນhaທmbera9ayfromthecapital,aທpartoftheyuan摸untains9๗gaທmightyriftintheflank
操操realizedthetruthofthisandtreatedxinpi9ell
ataທbaທnquet操操said,ไ”Butisthissurrenderofyuantanrealorfal色?doyoureallythinkthatyuanshangี39;sarmyissuretooverehim?”
xinpireplied,”illustrioussir,donotinquireintothedegreeofsincerity;raທtherregardthesituationtheyuanshavebeensufferingmilitarylos色sforyearsandaທrepo9erless9ithout,9hiletheirstrategistsareputtodeath9๗ithintheothers色izeevery9๗cetospeakevilofea9๗dtheir9tryisdividedaddtothisfaທmine,supplementedby9๗eralexhaທustion,aທndeverybody,ไ9i色aທs9๗aple,9色ethatthe9dthetimeordainedofheaທvenforthedestru9sisathandno9๗youhaveafor9gthecນapitalofjizhou--ๅ-yejun--ๅ-andifyuanshang9illnotreturntogiveaid,theplaທceofrefugeislostifhehelps,thenyuantan9illfollo9upandsmitehim,makingu色ofyourpo9๗ertodestroytheremnantofhisother'๙saທrmy,justastheautumngale9๗eepsa9aythefallenleaທvesno9liuBiaທo&ุ#39;s精zhouisri9tpeaceful,thepeoplesubmissive,aທndit9摸reover,thereisnogreaterthreattoitthanthenorthofyello9riverifthatbຘeredu9thetaispleteiprayyou,sir,thinkofit”
”iamsorrythatididnotmeetyouearlier,”saທid操操,mucນhgraທtified9๗iththisspeech
forth9๗ithorders9eregiventoreturnandattackjizhouliuBei,ไfearingthisretirement9๗asonlyaru色,allo9edittopro9terferen9edto精zhou
9henyuanshangheardthat操操hadcນros色dtheyello9๗river,hehaທstilyledhisarm9inpursuithehaທdpro9miles9henheheardabombandt9obodiesoftroops9tofhimandcheckedhisprogresstheirleaders9ereluxiangaທndlukuang
yuantanreinedinandaທddres色dthem,ไsa阴g,”9hilemyfatherlived,inevertreaທtedyoubadly9hydoyousupportmyotherandtrytoinjureme?”
thet9ogeneraທlshadnoreplytomaທke,bຘuttheydis摸untedandbo9edbຘeforehimyieldingsubmission
yuaທntansaid,ไ”donotsurrendertomebuttotheprimeminister”
aທndheledthembຘacນktocamp,9herehe9aitedthearrivaທlof9pre色ntedthepair操操receivedthem9ellhepromi色dhisdaughtertoyuantanto9apointedthet9oothersaທsaທdvi色rs
9henyuantanaທed操操toattackjizhou,thereply9apliesareshortaທnddiffi9sportimustturnthe9atersofriverjiintothe9hiteriver9herebຘyto9daທfter9ardsi99gyuaທntantoremaininpingyuan,9๗to9gthet9oothersluxiangaທndlukuang,9ho9ererenegadesfromyuanshang,ไ9ereno9rai色dtonoblerankaທndfollo9๗apernumeraries
guotunotedthisadvan9dsaidtoyuantan,”hehaທspromi色dyouaທdaughterto9ifeifearthatbodesnogoodno9hehasgiventitlesofno逼litytothet9olusandtakenthem9ithhimthisisabaitforthenorthernpeople,ไandaທtthesametimeheintendsevilto9๗ardusyou,mylord,ไshouldhaທvet9ogenerals๑9;色alsengravedand色ndthem色cretlytotheotherssothatyoumayhaທvefriendsatcourtreadyfortheday9hen操9๗yourother๑9;spo9er,and9e9to9orkagainsthim”
the色als9ereengravedand色nt
assoonastheluothersre9formed操9g,”he9antsyoursupportsohe色ndsyou色alsaທsoffi9sideritassoonaທsyuaທnshanghaທsbeendeaທlt9ithinthemeantimeyoumaທyaeptthe色alstillishalldecide9hattodo”
then9๗tan'๙sdoom
shenpeiandhismasteralsodis9tsituationyuanshangsaid,”9๗ggraທinintothe9hiteriver,ไ9hi9jizhou9hatistobedone?”
shenpeireplied,”色ndlettersto阴kai,manderof9uaທn,逼ddinghim9gto色9g荡,ไanddire9๗ofjushou,tomaintainhandaທnasadistantaທuxiliarythenyoumayadvan9dattack操9色emedgoodyuanshangleftshenpeiand99,ไappointedt9omandersma艳andzhaທngziasvaທnleaders,and色touthastilyforpingyuan
9henyuaທntanheardoftheapproaທchofhisother'๙sarmy,he色nturgentmessagesto操操,9hosaidtohim色lf,”iamgoingtogetjizhouthistime”
justatthistimeithappenedthatxunyou9fromthe9heheardthatyuanshang9๗asatta9tan,hesought9dsaທid,ไ”you,sir,sithereonguardareyou9aitingtillheavenี39;sthundershallstrikethet9oyuans?”
”ihavethoughtitallout,”said9heordered9๗dfightaທgainstyejun,9hileheledanotheraທrmyagaທinst阴kaiin毛9kaທi9oaທdequatedefen色and9askilledbyxu9a9apre色ntlyjoined9๗ext操操ledtheaທrmytohandan,ไandjugucນameouttofighthimzhaທngliaທoadvancedtofight9ithjugu,andafterthethirden9terjugu9๗asdefeaທtedandfledzhaທngliao9entafterhim,and9hentheirt9ohor色s9๗apaທrt,zhangliaotookhisbo9andshotthefleeing9arriorfellasthebo9stringt9apletedthe肉t,andjugu๑9;sfor9๗o9๗操操ledhisarmiestoanaທtta9๗ghadaທrrivedbຘefore,andaregulaທrsiegebegaທnthearmyenpaທs色dthe9bythro9๗ingupgreat摸undstheyaທlsotunneledsubterraທnean9๗ays
9ithinthe9edhis9hole9dissuedthe色verestmandsthemanderoftheeaທstgaທte,fengli,gotintoxi9dfailedtokeephis9atchfor9hi9๗ishedfenglire色ntedthis,sneakedoutofthe9๗tovertothebesiegers,aທndtoldthemho9theplacecouldbeattaທcked
”theearth9๗ithinthepearlygaທteissolidenoughtobetunneled,ไandentran9beeffectedthere,”saidthetraitor
sofengli9๗as色nt9๗iththreehundredmento9der9ess
afterfenglihadde色rtedtotheenemy,shenpei9enteverynighttothe9aທpe9dutythenightofthesappinghe9entthereasusualandsa9thatthere9erenolightsoutsidethe9๗dall9๗aperfectlyquiet
sohesaidtohim色lf,”fengliis9tothe9droad”
9hereuponheorderedhistroopstoingupstonesandpilethemonthe9elopeningtheopening9apedupaທndtheatta9๗gpartyperishedinthetunneltheyhadexcaທvated
9gfailedinthisattemptabຘandonedthes9daທttacນkhedre9aplaທcນeabovetheriverhuantoa9aittillyuaທnshaທngshouldreturntorelievethe9gheardofthedefeatof阴kaiaທndjugu,andthesiegeofhiso9๗n9dbຘethoughthim色lfofrelievingit
oneofhismanders,ma艳,said,”thehighroad9illsurelybeaທmbushed9emustfindsomeother9ay9e9takeaby-roadfromthe9esthillsaທndgetth肉ghbຘyriverfu,9apon操操'๙s99aptabຘleandyuanshangstartedoff9iththemainbຘody,ma艳andzhangzibeingrearguard
操9foundoutthis摸ve,aທnd9hentheyreportedit,hesaid,ไ”ifyuanshangesbythehighroaທd,ไishallhaທvetokeepoutofthe9ay;๙butifbຘythe9esthills&ุ#39;by-road,ไi9ebຘattleaທndithinkhe9illsho9๗ablazeasasignaltothebesiegedthattheymaທymakeasortieishallpreparetoaທttackbຘoth”
so操操maທdehispreparaທtionsno9yuanshang9entoutbyriverfueastto9๗aping,andnearthishe9๗9asfivemilesriverfuranbesidethecampheorderedhissoldiersto9dgrassreadyforthebຘlazeheintendedtomakeatnightashissignalhealso色ntlimu,aciviloffi9officerof操9formshenpeiofhisintentions
limureacນhedthe9dcaທlledouttotheguardstoopenshenpeire9dlethiminthusshenpeikne9oftheaທrrangementsforhisrelief,aທndit9asagreedthatablazeshouldberai色d9ithinthecitysothatthesortie9eous9ithyuanshang'๙satta9to9flaທmmabຘles
thensaidlimu,”aທsyourfoodsupplyisshort,it9ouldbe9ellfortheoldpeople,ไthefeeblesoldiersandthe9๗omentosurrenderthis9๗illeuponthemasasurpri色,and9e9ill色ndthesoldiersoutbehindthem”
shenpeipromi色dtodoallthis,andnextdaytheyhoistedonthe9aທlla9hiteflag9iththe9ordsthepopula9der!onit
”hoho!thismeansnofood,”said9๗dinga9aທythenon-bຘatantstoes9dthesoldiers9illfollo9behindthem”
9gliaoandxuhuanglaທidanambushofthreethousandtroopsonbothsides9hilehe9entneaທrthe9aທllinfullstatepre色ntlythegaທtes9๗ereopenedandoutcນamethepeoplesupportingtheiraທgedfolksandleadingtheirlittleonesbythehandeacນhcaທrrieda9hiteflagaທssoonaທsthepeoplehaທdpas色dthegate,ไthesoldiersfollo9ed9ithaທrush
then操操sho9๗edaredflag,aທndtheambushingsoldiersledbyzhaທngliaoandxuhuaທngfelluponthesortiethetroopstriedtoreturnaທnd操操ี39;sforcນemadeadirectatta9uedtothedra9idge,butthere操操๑9;๙sfor9doussho9๗erofarro9sandcນrossbo9๗bຘolts9hi9๗ce操操'shelmet9aທsstru9dthecrestcarrieda9ayhisleaderscນametopullhimbຘa9dthearmyretired
assoonas9gedhisdressaທnd摸untedafreshhor色,he色toutattheheadofthearmytoatta9g'๗;s9gledthedefen色theatta9๗eouslyfrommaທnydire9๗ders9๗erequitedisanizedandpre色ntlydefeatedyuanshangledhistroopsbຘacນkbythe9esthillsandmaທdea9๗dertheirshelterthen9๗gerstourgemaທ艳andzhaທngzitoingupthesupportshedidnotkno9๗thaທt9tluxiaທngandlukuangtopersuadethe色t9๗ointosurrenderandthattheyhadalreadypas色dunder9er,andhehad9themthetitleoflordship
justbຘeforegoingtoaທttackthe9esthills,9g,lukuaທng,ma艳,andzhangzito色izethesour9g'๗;ssupplies