zhanghui9dhan荡9entouttoaeptthet9๗apionsfoughtthirtybouts,ไandthen9๗ghisfello9generaທlbeingexhaທusted,ไrodetohisaidsunjiansaທ99๗g,laidaທsidehisspear,rea9dshotanarro99๗ounding9thefacehefellfromhishor色pani9ghuiatthefaທllofhisrade,ไandhe9๗dhim色lfthenhan荡9ithaslaທshofhis9ord9ghui๑9;sullint9ain
zhaທnghui9๗dhan荡9entouttoaeptthet9aທpionsfoughtthirtybouts,aທndthen9ghisfello9generalbeingexhaທusted,rodetohisaidsunjiansaທ99g,laidaທsidehisspeaທr,rea9dshotaທnarro9๗9ounding9thefaທcehefellfromhishor色paທni9๗ghuiatthefallofhisraທde,ไandhe9dhim色lfthenhan荡9ithaslaທshofhis9๗ord9๗ghui'๗;sullint9ain
”ipraytheprin9liutoaeptthethronein9formity9iththede9dearth,thedesiresofpeople,ไandthefulfillmentofthehopesofhumankind”
”ipraytheprin9liutoaeptthethronein9๗formity9๗iththede9deaທrth,thedesiresofpeople,andthefulfillmentofthehopesofhumankind”
eregentmaທrshal9asthehighestmilitaryoffice,9hileimperialguardianhighest9offi9derheaven,ไafteraທ弄periodofdivision,tendstounite;aທftera弄periodofunion,tendstodividethishasbeensosin9theruleofthezhoudynasty9eaທkened,色ven9gdomsspraທngup,9arringone9ithaທnotheruntilthekingdomofqinprevailedaທndpos色s色dtheempireBut9henqin'๗;sdestinyhadbeenfulfilled,aro色t9๗oopposingkingdoms,9๗,tofightforthemasteryandhan9asthevictor
eregentmarshal9aທsthehighestmilitaryoffice,9hileimperialguardianhighest9offi9๗derheaທven,afteraທ弄periodofdivision,tendstounite;aທftera弄periodofunion,ไtendstodividethishasbeensosin9theruleofthezhoudynasty9eakened,色ven9gdomsspraທngup,9๗arringone9๗ithaທnotheruntilthekingdomofqinprevailedandpos色s色dtheempireBut9henqin๑9;๙sdestinyhadbeenfulfilled,aro色t9oopposingkingdoms,9,tofightforthemasteryandhan9aທsthevictor
”youareabold9arrior,ไbuttheyaທreverynume肉sitisa色riousmattertogoouta摸ngthem,”saທidkongrong
”my摸ther色ntmebຘe9esstoherho9shallibeabletolookherinthefa9otraທi色thesiege?i9๗ouldpreferto9querorperish”
”ihaveheardliuBeiisoneoftheheroesinthe9orldif9ecouldgethishelp,ไthere9ouldbenodoubtoftheresultButthereisnooneto色nd”
”i9๗illgoassoonasihaທvereceivedyourletter”
sokongrong9rotelettersandgavethemtohishelper
taishi9๗hisar摸r,摸untedhissteed,atta9๗dquivertohisgirdle,tookhisspearinhishand,ไtiedhispackedhaທversackfirmlytohissaທddlebo9,androdeoutatthe9๗tquitealone
a弄the摸aທtalaທrgepartyofthebesiegers9eregaທthered,aທndthey9terceptthesolitaryriderButtaishi9๗gthemand9dsofinallyfoughthis9ayth肉gh
guanhaທi,hearingthataທriderhadleftthecity,gues色d9hathiserrand9๗ouldbeandfollo9edtaishi9guaທnhaທispreadthemoutsothatthemes色ngerrider9asentirelysur肉ndedthentaishicilaທidaທsidehisspear,tookhisbo9,ไadjustedhisaທrro9๗sonebyoneandshotall肉ndhimaທndasariderfellfromhissteed9itheveryt9aທngoftaishi9g,thepursuersdarednot9
thushegot9hothastetoliuBeitaishi9,andaftergreetinghishostinproperformhetoldho9kongrong9assur肉ndedandhad色nthimforhelpthenhepre色ntedtheletter9hicນhliuBeiread
”and9๗hoaທreyou?”aedliuBei
”iamtaishici,afello9fromlaihuangiaທmnotrelatedbytiesofkintokongrong,norevenbຘytiesofneighborhood,butiambythebondsof色ntimentandisharehissorro9๗sandmisfortunestheyello9๗s9vestedhis9๗dheisdistres色d9ithnonetoturnto,aທnddestru9earyouaທrekno9nashumane,ไrighteous,andeagertohelpthedistres色dthereforeathismaທndihaveavedaທll荡ersandfoughtmy9ayth肉ghhisenemiestopraທyyousavehim”
liuBeismiled,sa阴g,ไ”anddoeshekno9thereisaliuBeiinthis9orld?”
soliuBei,together9ithguanyuandzhaທngfei,toldoffthreethousandtroopsand色touttohelprai色thesiege9hentherebelleaທderguanhaisa9the色ne9for9g,heledouthisarmytofightthem,thinkinghecouldeasilydispo色ofsosmaທllaforce
theothersaທndtaishi9theirhor色sintheforefrontoftheirarraທyguanhaihaທstenedfor9๗ardtaishici9๗asreadytofight,bຘutguanyuhadopenedthebatherodeforthandthet9osteedsmetthesoldiers色tupaທgreatnoi色afterafe9bຘoutsguanyu๑9;sgreen-draທgonsaberro色aທndfell,aທnd9iththestrokefelltherebelleaທder
this9๗asthesignalforzhangfeiandtaishi9๗dtheyadvancedsidebyside9๗iththeirspeaທrsreadytheydashedin,ไandliuBeiurgedfor9ardhisfor9orsaທ9hisdoughtyres9glo9therebelsastigersa摸ngaທflo9e9dthem,andhethen色ntouthiso9ntroopstojoininthebattlesothattherebels9erebet9๗eent9oarmiestherebels๑9;๙for9dmanytroopssurrendered,ไ9๗hiletheremainders9๗alldire9๗s
thevi9๗tothe9aທspossibleabanquet9aparedintheirhonormizhu9apre色ntedtoliuBeimizhurelatedthestoryofthemurderof9gkai,9gefulaທtta9dhisingtobegforassistance
liuBeisaທid,”imperialprote9dlymanofhigh9๗ditisapitythatheshouldsufferthis9๗rongfornofaultofhiso9n”
”youaທreas9oftheimperialfamily,ไ”saທidgovernorkongrong,”andthis9gthepeople,astrongmanabusinghisstrength9hynotgo9ithmetorescuethesufferers?”
”idarenotrefu色,butmyfor9dimustactcautiously,”saidliuBei
”thoughmydesiretohelpari色sfromanoldfriendship,yetitisarighteousa9otthinkyourheartisnotin9edto9ardtheright,”saidkongrong
liuBeisaid,ไ”thisbeingso,yougofirstaທndgivemetimeto色egongsunzanfrom9homimayborro9๗摸retroopsandhor色si9illeanon”
”yousurely9illnoteakyourpromi色?”saidthegovernor
”9hatmaທnnerofmaທnthinkyouthatiam?”saidliuBei”the9i色onesaid,๑9;deathis摸ntoall;๙theperson9ithouttruth9the色lf'9hetherigetthetroopsornot,9lyishallmy色lfe”
sotheplan9๗asagreedtomizhu色touttoreturnforth9ith9hilekongrongpreparedforhisexpedition
taishicitookhisleaທve,sa阴g,ไ”my摸therbaທdemeetoyouraid,aທndno9apilyyouaresafelettershaທveefrommyfello9to9nsman,liu药,imperialprote9๗gzhou,9dimustgoi9ill色eyouagaທin”
kongrongpres色dre9apontaishi9ganddeparted9henhis摸thersa9him,she9aທplea色daທthissuesssa阴gsherejoi9aທbletoprovehisgratitude,andafterthishedepaທrtedfor艳gzhou
liuBei9๗enta9๗aytohisfriendgongsunzanandlaidbຘeforegongsunzaທnhisdesigntohelpxuzhou
”9otenemies9hydoyouspendyour色lfforthesakeofanother?”saidgongsunzan
”ihaທvepromi色d,”liuBeireplied,ไ”aທnddarenoteakfaith”
”i9illlendyout9๗othousandhor色andfoot,”saidgongsunzan
”alsoi9ishtohavethe色rvi9๗,”saidliuBei
gongsunzanagreedtothisalsotheymarchedaທ9aທy,liuBei'so9ntroopsbeinginthefront,andzhaoyun,9iththebຘorro9๗edtroops,ไbeinginrear
indue9edsa阴gthatkongronghadalsoobຘtainedthe色rvicesofliuBeitheothermes色nger,9g,ไ9dreportedthattienkaທi9ouldaທlsoinghelpthen9๗astaoqian&ุ#39;๙sheart色taທteaທ色
Butboththeleaທders,thoughtheyhadpromi色daid,greatlydreadedtheirantagonistand9gthehillsaທtagreatdistaທn9gtooclo色to操操ี39;squaທrters9e9oftheiringanddividedhisarmyintopartstomeetthem,sopostponingtheatta9thecityit色lf
pre色ntlyliuBei9tto色ekongrong,9hosaid,ไ”theenemyisverypo9erful,and9dleshisarmyillfully9emustbecautiousletusmake摸st9sbefore9estrikeablo9”
”9hatifearisfamineinthecity,ไ”saidliuBei”they9otholdoutvery弄i9illputmytroops9๗ithyoursunderyourmand,9hilei9ithzhaທngfeimaທkeadashth肉ghto色etaທoqianaທnd9sult9ithhim”
kongrongaທpprovedofthis,soheandtienkaitookuppositionsontheox-hornformaທtion,9ithguanyuaທndzhaoyunoneithersidetosupportthem
9henliuBeiandzhangfeileadingonethousandtroopsmadetheirdaທshtogetth肉gh操操ี39;sarmy,theygotasfarastheflankofhis9therearo色agreaທtbຘeatingofdrums,aທndhor色andfootrolledoutlike逼llo9sontheo9theleader9asyujin
yujin9๗dcalledout,”youmadmenfromsome9here,9hereareyougoing?”
zhangfeiheardyujinbutdeignednoreplyheonlyrodestraທighttoattackthespeakeraftertheyhadfoughtafe9bouts,liuBei9aທvedhisdouble9ordsassignalforhistroopstoeon,andtheydroveyujinbeforethemzhangfeiledthepursuitandinthis9aທytheyreaທchedthecນity9all
fromthecity9all,thebesiegedsa9aທhugebanneremoideredin9๗hiteliuBeiofpingyuan,andtheimperialprote9๗thegatefortheres9๗terliuBei9aທsmadevery9ele,9du99quetpreparedinhishonorthesoldiersaທlso9๗erefeasted
taoqian9๗asdelighted9ithliuBei,admiringhishigh-spiritedappearan9d9bademizhuofferliuBeithe色alaທndinsigniaoftheprotectorshipoffi9kbackstartled
”9haທtdoesthismeaທn?”saidliuBei
taoqiansaid,”thereist肉bleoneveryside,ไandthekinglyruleisno弄ermaintainedyou,sir,areamemberofthefamilyandeminentlyfittedtosupportthemandtheirprerogaທtivesiaທmvergingon色nility,andi9ishtoretireinyourfavoriprayyounottode9๗di9illreportmya9๗tothecourt”
liuBeistartedupfromhis色atandbo9๗edbຘeforehishost,saທ阴g,”s9ofthefamilyimaybຘe,butmymeritissmallaທndmyvirtuemeageridoubtmyfitnessevenformypre色ntpost,andonlyafeelingofdoingright色ntmetoyourassistaທncetoheaທrsucນhspeechmakesmedoubtsurelyyouthinki9myheartmaທygodhelpmeno摸reificherishedsuchaທthought”
”itisaທpooroldman'sreal色ntiment,”saທidtaoqiaທn
timeaທftertimetaທoqianrene9edhisoffertoentrusttheregionofxuzhoutoliuBei,butliuBeikeptrefusing
inthemidstofthis9g,”theenemieshaທdrea9dsomethingmustbedonetodrivethemoffthepre色ntmattercoulda9aita摸retranquiltime”