But Liu Bei heard of the threatened attack, so he made inclement weather an excuse to moved his few soldiers out of Xuyi for Guangling, before the attacking force came up. Lü Bu swallowed the bait and ordered Gao Shun to lead forth fifty thousand troops. The presents are said to have been fifty thousand carts of grain, five hundred horses, ten thousand ounces of gold and silver, and a thousand rolls of colored silk. His brothers were much affected and their tears fell in sympathy.Īs soon as the news of Lü Bu's successful seizure of his protector's region reached Yuan Shu, Yuan Shu sent promises of valuable presents to Lü Bu to induce him to join in a further attack on Liu Bei. You made a mistake, worthy brother, but is it one deserving of death?"Īnd Liu Bei wept. Beside, Xuzhou was not really ours, and Lü Bu will not harm my family but will rather seek to preserve them. The city is lost, it is true, and my wives and little ones, but I could not bear that we should die ere our course be run. You may mend your torn dress, but who can reattach a lost limb? We three, by the Oath of the Peach Garden, swore to seek the same death day. In the last chapter it was recorded that Zhang Fei was about to end his life with his own weapon in Xuyi.īut Liu Bei rushed forward and caught Zhang Fei in his arms, snatched away the sword, and threw it on the earth, saying, "Brothers are as hands and feet wives and children are as clothing. Chapter 15 Taishi Ci Fights With The Little Prince
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