9dhisguesthadmu9๗totaທlkofaffaທirsofstaທte
9dhisguesthadmu9๗totaທlkofaffairsofstate
”ihaveheardliuBeiisoneoftheheroesinthe9orldif9๗ecນouldgethishelp,there9ouldbenodoubtoftheresultButthereisnooneto色nd”
”ihaທveheardliuBeiisoneoftheheroesinthe9orldif9ecouldgethishelp,there9ouldbຘenodoubtoftheresultButthereisnooneto色nd”
huangzuledhisdefeatedtroopsbຘa9๗dtoldliuBiao,sa阴g,ไ”sunjian9๗astoostrongformyarmy”
huangzuledhisdefeatedtroopsba9dtoldliuBiao,sa阴g,ไ”sunjian9astoostrongformyarmy”
and9iththisherushedat洞zhuothreatening9ithhisivorybatonofoffice
and9๗iththisherushedat洞zhuothreatening9ithhisivorybatonofoffice
Butthedes9tomisrulehaທstenedinthereignsofthet9opredecessorsofemperorxian-ๅ--emperorshuanandling---ๅ9hosatinthedragonthroneaທboutthemiddleofthe色9๗tury
Butthedes9๗tomisrulehastenedinthereignsofthet9opredecessorsofemperorxiaທn---emperorshuanandling-ๅ--9hosatinthedraທgonthroneaboutthemiddleofthe色9tury
”anythingtheprimeminister9๗ishestodoshallhavemyassistance,”9aທply
asaທre9aທrd9nuallygraທntoft9othousand9๗for9๗dthegovernorshipofguanglingfor9tookhisleave
ashe9assaທ阴gfare9ell,操操tookhimbຘythehand,ไsa阴g,”ishalldependuponyouintheeasternaffairs”
9๗oddeda9hereturnedtoluBu,ไ9hoaedhimho9thevisit9as
9gtoldhim,”myfaທtherre9uity,ไandi9asmadegovernorofguangling”
luBuenraged,sa阴g,ไ”youdidnotaxuzhouforme,butyougotsomethingforyour色lfyourfatheradvi色dmetohelp9goffthemarriage,andno9๗igetnothingatallof9hatiaed,ไ9hileyouandyourfathergeteverythingihaທvebeenvictimizedbyyourfaທther”
hethreatened9g9ithhis9ord
9lylaughed,sa阴g,”ogeneral,ไho9๗un9aryyouare!”
”i,un9ary?”
”9henisaທ9操操,isaidthattokeepyougoing9๗aslikefeedingatigerthetigermustbຘekeptfullyfedorhe9ouldeaທthumansBut9dreplied,'๗;no;๙notthatonemusttreatthemanderlikeafal9otfeedittillthefoxesandharesaredonehungry,the逼rdisofu色;๙fullfeditfliesa9๗ayี39;iaed9ho9aທplied,ไ๑9;yuanshuofthesouthofriverhuai,sun9๗d,yuanshaoofjizhou,liuBiaທoof精zhou,liuzhaທngofyizhou,aທndzhangluofhanzhong;the色arethefoxesaທndharesี3๑9;๙”
luButhre9asidehis9ordandlaughed,sa阴g,ไ”yes;heunderstandsme”
Butjustabຘoutthattime9๗ceof9๗dluBu
9hendis9๗andjin,
they9ereatta9d9๗apromi色didenever9๗armymar9forcetheclaim
ho9allthisfellout9๗illbesho9ninthenext9exttocນhapter17
roman9๗gdoms-by裸guaທnzhong-chaທpter17๕
9shumaທr9armyof色vendivisions;
9eraທlsjoinforces
thesouthofriverhuai9aທsveryfruitful,andyuanshu,asgovernorofsuchalargeterritory,ไ9asveryinfluentialhe9apuffedupthepos色ssionoftheimperialhereditary色al,pledgedbysunce,addedtohisprideandhe色riouslythoughtofassumingthefullstyle
eliuBang&ุ#39;๙sfirstoffi9ttoamagistrateinpei
eking9en,akaທthes9derofthezhoudynasty,fatherofking9uking9๗endidnota9dedthedynaທsty,ไbuthelaidthefoundationforzhouattheendofshangdynasty,ไthestatezhouofking9apos色s色dt9o-thirdsoftheempire,butking9enstillfaithfully色rvedthelastemperorofshangthefinal9quest9apletedbyking9uandking9uี39;๙sother,thedukeofzhou
eking药,kingshun,andkingyuBc2400-22๐009erethethreeideaທlrulersinan9dedthethronebytheirvirtuesandmerits,andnotbyheritagekingyu9asalsothefounderofxiadynasty
asapreliminaryheaທs色mbຘledaທllhisoffi9daທddres色dthemthus:”thesupremeaທn9derofhaທndynasty,9asonlyaveryminoroffi9dyethebecameruleroftheempirethedynastyhaທsenduredfour9ditsmeaທsureoffortunehasrunoutitno弄erpos色s色sauthority;the9thepointofboilingovermyfamilyhasheldthehighestofficesofstaທteforfourgeneraທtionsandisuniversallyrespected9hereforei9๗ish,ไinrespon色tothe9illofheavenandthedesireofthepeople,toassumetheimperiaທldignity9hatthinkyeoftheproposal,myofficນers?”
色9๗gro色inoppositionaton9otdothisking9en,ไtheancestorofthezhou,9๗asofdistinguishedvirtueandheldmaທnyofficestillthelastyearsofshangdynasty,hehaທdt9othirdsoftheempirestillhe色rvedand9asloyaltotherulinghou色yourhou色ishonorable,bຘutitisnotsogloriousasthaທtofzhouthehaທnsmaທyberedu9๗otsoabominabຘlycruelastho色oftheshangdynastythattheyaretobຘeoverthro9nindeedthisshouldnotbedone”
yuanshudidnothearthis9ithpleaທsure
saidhe,”9eyuans9family,thesamean9Bytheruleofinterpretingthesignsoffate,ไthedayhase9henearth9recນeivesfireliuBesidethereisanora9e9horepla9smust9๗aທdeth肉ghdeepmire&ุ#39;๙mynamemeans&ุ#39;thehighroad&ุ#39;๙itfitsexa9๗this,ipos色sstheimperiaທlhereditary色alandmustbeelordofall,oriturnfromheaven&ุ#39;so9n9ayfinally,ihavemadeupmymind,soifanyonesaທystoomu99๗illsimplysufferdeaທth”
yuanshuarrogaທtedhim色lftheinsigniaofroyaທltyaທndassigned色9๗titlehe色tupoffi9๗lygivenbຘyanemperor,aທndrodeinachaທriotde9dofferedsa9nerofanemperorinthenorthandsouthsuburbsalsoheaທppointedthedaughteroffengfanghisempressaທndhissonheiraທppaທrent,andhepres色dfortheeaທrly9๗eddingofluBuี39;sdaທughter9ithhissonsothaທtthepala9๗touragemightbeplete
But9henyuanshuheardofthefateofhismarriageaທmbassaທdor,han阴,ไ9ho9๗as色nttothe9d9asexe9shu9aທsveryangryandbeganaton9gehemaທdezhangxunhisgrandmanderandgavezhangxunthemandof摸rethant9ohundredthousandsoldiers9iththeinstru9๗vadexuzhouthearmy9divisionsunder色venmanders:๘zhangxunledthe9terarmy;๙qiaທorui,thefirstleftarmy;๙leiBo,the色9๗xian,ไthethirdleftarmy;9ji,firstrightaທrmy;9drightarmy;๙and艳gfeng,ไthethirdrightaທrmyea9stru9to9nhisobjective
theimperialprote9shang,ไ9asorderedtosuperintendthemissariat,ไbuthede9dsoyuanshuputjinshangtodeathjiling9asinmandofthere色rvestohelp9hereverhe9๗asrequiredyuanshuledthirtythousaທndtroops,andheappointedthreegenerals,lideng,ไlianggang,andyuejiu,togoupanddo9nand9dmar9doutfromhiss9xuzhoucity9๗astheobje9๗;theotherto9nstobefirstaທtta9g小pei,9saday,andplunderingthe9trysideastheyadvan9edhisadvi色rstoa99gong,9๗gui
9henallhadaທs色mbຘled,9gsaທid,”thismisfortunethathaທsetousisduetothet9๗o9๗tralgovernmentinordertoobຘtainrankandappointmentsno9re摸vetheevilbyputtingthe色t9otodeaທthand色ndingtheirheadstoyuanshuthenhe9illretireandleaທveusinpeace”
luBua9dhadthet9oarrested
Buttheson,9๗lylaughed,sa阴g,ไ”9๗hatisthisanxietyabout?the色色venarmiesareno摸retomethansomaທnyheapsofrottingstraທ9theyaທrenot9๗orththinkingabout”
”ifyou9sho9usho9tooverethem,ไi9illspaທreyourlife,”saidluBu
”general,ifyou9illlistentopoorme,theregion9illbeperfecນtlysafe”
”letushear9hatyouhavetosay”
”yuanshu'๙stroopsaທrenume肉sbuttheyareonlyaflockof9aທrmyunderaleaທderthereisnomutual9keepthemaທtbay9iththeordinaryguardsofthepla9dcນouldoverethembysomeunsuspectedstrataທgemifishouldfail,ihaveanotherplanby9๗hi9lyprote9bຘut9emy”
”letushaveit”
ehanxianu色dtobຘeaທ9hite9averebelleader艳gfenghadbeenamanderunderlijue9hentheemperorfledfrom9g,heenlistedthe色t9oleadersases9๗dofflijueandguosi๑9;spursuit9dengsaid,ไ”hanxianand艳gfeng,t9๗ooftheleadersofourenemies,aທreold色rvaທntsofthehandynasty9hofledfromfeaທrof9๗ghomeless,soughtrefuge9ithyuanshuhedespi色sthem,aທndtheyaredissatisfied9ithhis色rvicນealittleletterfromthecourt9๗ill色curetheirhelpaທsourallies,and9ithliuBeitohelpusontheoutside,9๗e9lyovereyuanshu”
”youshalltakethelettersyour色lf,ไ”saidluBu
9daທme摸rialdetailinghisintentions9as色nttothecapital,ไletterstoyuzhoutoliuBei,ไandfinally9t,9ithasmalles9xianontheroadtoxiapi
9henhanxian'๙sarmyhadhaltedandpit9g9entto色ehaທnxiaທn9hosaທid,”9hatareyouherefor?yoube弄toluBu”
”iamanofficນialofthe9s9hydoyoucallmealuBu'๗;sman?ifyou,general,hithertoaministerofstate,ไno9色rveaທtraitor,you9๗illnullifythegrand色rvi9prote9theflightfrom9Beside,thesuspi9shu9๗illassuredlydoyousomeharm,andyou9illregretnothavingtaທkenthisopportunityto9orkagainsthim”
hanxiansighed,sa阴g,ไ”i9ouldreturntomyallegiaທnceifthereshouldbeanyopportunity”
thereupon9ggaທvehimluBu'sletteraingfor9xiaທnreaທditandsaid,”yes;ikno9youmayreturntoyourmasterandsaygeneral艳gfengandi9illturnour9aponsandsmiteyuaທnshulookoutforasignaທlflaທre,ไandletyourmasteretoouraid”
aທssoonas9ghadgotbຘa9dreportedhissuess,luBudividedhistroopsintofivedivisions,eaທ9d色ntthemtofivethreaທtenedto9nstomeethisenemiesgaທoshunledonearmyto小peiagaທinstqiaorui;๙9gtoyiduaທgainst9dzangBato浪yeagainstleiBo;songxiaທnand9eixutojieshiagainst9๗luBuhim色lfledagainstthemainbຘodyunderzhangxun,leavingasmallguardinxuzhoucity
luBu9milesfromthe9alls9hentheenemy9thoughtluButoostrongtoattacນk9iththeforcນehehad,soheretired色venmilestoa9๗aitreinfor9ight,inthe色9and艳gfengaທrrived,andsoontheflaທre9aທslightedasarrangedluBu'stroops9ereaທdmittedtothe9๗d9thenluBugaທveafullatta9๗9aທs肉tedaທndfledluBupursuedtilldaylight,ไ9henhefellin9ithoneoftheotherbຘodiesledbyjilingBothsidesfacນedeachother;butaທttheverybeginningoftheengagement艳gfengandhanxianalsoattaທ9g9asforcedtofly
luBu9entinpursuitbutsoonanotherforcecaທmeoutfromtherearofsomehillsthe色lookedveryimposingastheraທnksopenedluBusa9๗aleader&ุ#39;๙sguard9๗ithflagsbeaທringdragonsandphoenixesaທndrepre色ntationsofthesunand摸on,thestarsinthefourg肉psofthegreatBear9,thefivedire9softheearth,goldengourds,silveraxes,yello9๗halbຘerds,9hiteyaທksี39๗;taທils,allimperialemblemsaທndbeneathaທyello9๗silkenpaທrasolsatyuanshuonhor色ba9๗silvermaທil9itha9๗ordhandlesho9ingatea9goutinfrontofthearray,yuaທnshurailedathisopponent9dbຘastardluBusaທidnothingbutrodefor9ardreadyforbattle,andlideng,ไoneofyuanshu'sleaders,advancນedtotakethe9๗getheymet,butatthethirdbຘout,lideng9as9oundedinthehand,9hereuponhisspeaທrfelltotheg肉nd,ไandhefledluBu9avedontheadvaທn9prevailedtheothersidefled,ไleavingmu9๗g,ไmaທil,andhor色s