第二十一章奇谋夺荆州

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第二十一章奇谋夺荆州
Chapter 21: A Brilliant Strategy to Seize JingZhou

老将黄忠、严颜获胜的捷报传到成都，诸葛亮、刘备都很高兴，于是下令立即发兵夺取汉中。曹操亲率四十万大军领兵征讨，两军在汉水两岸对峙。

The old generals Huang Zhong and Yan Yan's victory travelled to ChengDu, ZhuGe Liang and Liu Bei were very happy, so they ordered for them to immediately go capture HanZhong. Cao Cao led an army of over 400,000 soldiers to defend, and the two armies met on either side of the river.

诸葛亮命赵云率五百名士兵，埋伏在汉水上游的小山上，只要听到炮响就擂鼓，但不要出战。

ZhuGe Liang ordered Zhao Yun to lead 500 soldiers, and plan an ambush upstream of the Han River on a hill, and when they hear a cannon fire they would beat their drums, but not go into battle.

当晚，曹营的灯刚熄灭，蜀军就放炮、擂鼓。曹操领兵出营，却发现没有一个人。曹兵刚回去，炮声、鼓声又响起来了。一连三天都是如此，曹操只好下令退兵。

That night, when the lights at Cao Cao's camp were distinguished, then Liu Bei's army started firing cannons and beating their drums. Cao Cao led his army out of the camp, but to his astonishment there was no one. When his army just returned, the cannon-firing and the drumming started up again. This happened for three straight days, and Cao Cao could only call his troops to retreat.

曹操率疲兵撒退时，刘备率大军杀了过来，势如排山倒海。曹军大败，失掉汉中。

When Cao Cao led his exhausted soldiers away, Liu Bei charged at them with his huge battalion, and it was like a huge tsunami. Cao Cao lost badly,and they lost HanZhong as well.

刘备当上汉中王，曹操不服气，派人去见孙权，想与他联合攻打荆州，夺回汉中。

Liu Bei was annointed king of HanZhong, and Cao Cao was not a happy camper, so he sent some men to meet with Sun Quan, his plan was to attack JingZhou with Sun Quan, and recapture HanZhong.

孙权非常为难，他知道关羽有个小女儿，就派诸葛瑾到荆州为自己的儿子提亲。

Sun Quan was a bit tormented, because he knew that Guan Yu had a daughter, and had sent ZhuGe Jin to JingZhou to represent his son and ask for Guan Yu's daughter for marriage.

关羽看不起孙权，见到诸葛瑾，趁机把孙权羞辱一番：“我的虎女怎能嫁给孙权的犬子？”于是，孙权与曹操结成联盟。

Guan Yu however disliked Sun Quan, and when he saw ZhuGe Jin, he used this moment to say, "How could my beloved daughter marry Sun Quan's repulsive son?" So, Sun Quan agreed to amalgamate with Cao Cao.

曹军退至樊城后，关羽担心东吴趁机攻打荆州，便下令沿江大建烽火台。有敌情马上烧烟放火，作为信号。

After Cao Cao and his army retreated to FanCheng, Guan Yu was afraid that DongWu would use this moment to attack JingZhou, so he ordered for beacon towers to be built along the edge of the river. and if an enemy was spotted the tower was to be lit immediately, and they used this as a signal.

关羽攻打樊城时，右臂中了一支毒箭。名医华佗为他刮骨疗毒，才治好他的箭伤。

While Guan Yu was attacking FanCheng, his right arm was poisoned by a poisonous arrow. A well-known docter, Hua Tuo, gave him surgery, and thus healed his arm.

樊城告急，孙权命吕蒙攻取荆州。吕蒙率军到了陆口，哨马报告沿江高处都有烽火台。吕蒙大惊，此后一直装病不出门。

FanCheng was under siege, so Sun Quan ordered Lu Meng to attack JingZhou. Lu Meng led an army to LuKou, and a scout reported that there were beacon towers along the river. Lu Meng was greatly surprised, so he pretended to be sick and didn't leave the city.

孙权派陆逊探望，陆逊知道吕蒙装病，就让他托病辞职，并叫接任者恭维关羽。等关羽大意地撤掉荆州守军，我们就奇袭荆州。

Sun Quan sent Lu Xun to visit, Lu Xun knew that Lu Meng was faking his illness, so he told him to use the illness as an excuse to resign, and whoever was next in line to go flatter Guan Yu. When Guan Yu carelessly removed the sentries at JingZhou, we'll go raid JingZhou.

吕蒙依计，让陆逊接任。于是陆逊写了颂扬关羽的信，并备下厚礼，派人去见关羽。

Lu Meng followed this plan, and told Lu Xun to take over. So Lu Xun wrote a glorifying letter to Guan Yu, and started preparing lots of gifts, and dispatched some men to meet Guan Yu.

关羽看到信后，大笑东吴无人，由此不再戒备东吴，并抽调荆州的兵马去攻樊城。

After Guan Yu read the letter, he laughed at the people of DongWu, so he didn't guard against DongWu anymore, and transferred JingZhou's troops to attack FanCheng.

于是吕蒙把八十艘船扮成商船，将三万精兵藏于船内，向江边进发。

So Lu Meng disguised eighty boats as trade-ships, and hid 30,000 hand-picked soldiers in the ships, and sent them to the other side of the river.

到了江边烽火台，吕蒙对蜀兵说他们是商船，想到岸边避避风。蜀兵信以为真。

After arriving at a beacon tower, Lu Meng told the Liu Bei's soldiers that they were merchants, and wanted to stay by the shore to avoid the wind. Liu Bei's soldiers believed this to be real.

半夜里，船舱内的精兵杀上岸来，活捉了守烽火台的士卒，随后来到荆州城下。

In the middle of the night, the elite soldiers stormed from the boats on to shore, and captured the guarding soldiers at the beacon towers, and then arrived at JingZhou's gate.

吕蒙让俘获的蜀兵叫门，将城门骗开。结果，没动一刀一枪，吕蒙就取下荆州。

Lu Meng told the captured soldiers to knock on the gate, and so the door was tricked opened. As a result, without a single fight, Lu Meng captured JingZhou.

第二十章计夺天荡山

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第二十章计夺天荡山
Chapter 20: Capturing TianDang Mountain

曹操听说刘备夺得西川，便命大将曹洪镇守汉中，自己亲率大军，想一举攻下西川。刘备急忙派张飞去镇守巴西，阻挡曹军。
After Cao Cao heard that Liu Bei had conquered XiChuan, he immediately ordered for the elite general Cao Hong to guard HanZhong, and Cao Cao himself would lead an army,
and their goal was to capture XiChuan. Liu Bei hurriedly dispatched Zhang Fei to defend BaXi, and hold off Cao Cao's army.

曹将张郃被张飞打得大败，于是坚守不出。张飞故意在寨前饮酒，想激张郃出战。
Zhang He, one of Cao Cao's generals, lost badly against Zhang Fei, and thus he stayed put.
Zhang Fei purposely drank wine in front of the encampment, hoping to lure Zhang He out to battle.

张郃见张飞不把他放在眼里，气得纵马冲进张飞的营寨，一枪刺倒了他。
Zhang He saw that Zhang Fei was belittling him, and angrily mounted his horse and charged towards Zhang Fei, and stabbed him viciously.

这时，张郃才发现刺倒的是个稻草人，慌忙退了出去，却见真张飞率兵冲了过来。张郃只得硬着头皮迎战。
At this moment, Zhang He realized too late that he had pierced through a strawman,
and in a flurry raced back, but it was then that he saw Zhang Fei leading an army charging right at him. Zhang He could only race into the battle.

张郃的士兵也遭到伏击，死伤无数。张郃率残兵拼死突围后，狼狈地逃了回去。曹洪大怒，要把张郃推出去斩首。
Zhang He's soldiers were also ambushed, and many died, while others were wounded.
Zhang He led the rest of his army out of the enemy lines, they rushed away and escaped.Cao Hong was furious, and wanted to behead Zhang He.

在众将求情下，张郃被罚戴罪立功，去攻打葭萌关。守将不敌，派人到成都求救。
Under the pleadings of the other generals, Zhang He's life was spared, but he had to redeem himself, and went to attack JiaMeng Pass. The defending generals stood no chance, and dispatched some men to the capital to ask for reinforcements.

刘备见信后聚众商议。老将黄忠请战，可诸葛亮认为他年老，不是张郃对手。
After Liu Bei read the letter he consulted with a few people. The old general Huang Zhong wanted to go to battle, but ZhuGe Liang thought he was too old, and couldn't face Zhang He by himself.

于是黄忠拿起架上大刀，舞动如飞，又拉断两张硬弓，诸葛亮便派他迎战。
So Huang Zhong grabbed a broad sword from a rack, and swiftly swung it around, and then stretched and broke two strong bows, so ZhuGe Liang told him to lead the army to battle

第二天，黄忠挑战张郃。二人大战二十余回合，不分胜负。
The next day, Huang Zhong fought with Zhang He. The two of them exchanged many blows, but neither won.

忽然，黄忠部下老将严颜带兵从后面杀来。两军夹攻，张郃大败，只得退兵。曹洪忙派夏侯尚、韩浩援助张郃。
Suddenly, an elderly general, Yan Yan, one of Huang Zhong's subordinates, came charging while leading a group of soldiers. The two armies attacked from both sides of Zhang He, and Zhang He lost sorely, and could only retreat. Cao Hong hurriedly ordered XiaHou Shang and Han Hao to help Zhang He.

一天，黄忠探得前面的天荡山是曹军囤粮的地方，就找来严颜商量破敌之计。此后几天，黄忠天天败阵撤退。
One day, Huang Zhong found out that ahead of them in TianDang Mountain was the rovisions supply of Cao Cao, so he called Yan Yan to talk about a plan to crush them.
A few days after that, Huang Zhong kept on losing and retreated everyday.

夏侯尚乘胜追至关下。刘备派兵前来相助，黄忠却笑说这是他的骄兵之计。
XiaHou Shang chased them to the pass. Liu Bei sent some men to help, Huang Zhong only chuckled and said that was his plan.

当晚，黄忠带兵出关，打得曹军措手不及。张郃退至天荡山，黄忠追到山下。
That night, Huang Zhong led his army out of the pass, and caught Cao Cao's army unprepared. Zhang He retreated to TianDang Mountain, Huang Zhong chased him down the mountain.

天荡山守将夏侯德见状笑道:“黄忠远道而来，又深入战地，我定能获胜。”
XiaHou De, a general at TianDang Mountain, laughed, "Huang Zhong came from a long way, and is deep into the battle field, I surely will win."

夏侯德派韩浩迎战，只一回合，就被黄忠砍死。此时，严颜又烧了曹军的粮草。
XiaHou De ordered Han Hao to go battle, and in one blow, Huang Zhong had killed him. At the moment, Yan Yan started to burn Cao Cao's provisions.

夏侯德慌忙领兵救火，却被严颜当场杀死。张郃、夏侯尚落荒而逃。就这样，黄忠、严颜一举夺取天荡山。
XiaHou De hurriedly led his troops to douse the flames, but was killed by Yan Yan. Zhang He and XiaHou Shang fled. So it was like this, Huang Zhong and Yan Yan took over TianDang Mountain.

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Some of the tones are off, oh well... It's apparent that she was looking at pinyin. I wish there's a parental control to turn off pinyin button with a password.

Summary of Chapter 19 第十九章关羽单刀会

Indy's summary on Chapter 19.

因为诸葛瑾的家人被孙权扣下了，诸葛亮要帮他。他答应要把荆州还给孙权可是关羽不满意。鲁肃和孙权想一个办法拿回荆州，可是办法失误了。

Chapter 17 Summary

Indy's summary (some mistakes look like pinyin mistakes)

诸葛亮想统治西川。所以张飞来到了巴郡。让(然)后张飞活捉了巴郡的太守，要把他给占（斩）了。可是张飞没有处置他。他们就很快得到了落成（雒城）。

Chapter 18 Summary

Indy’s summary

张飞跟马超打了很多占(仗)，可是不分胜败，因为刘备老怕会出事。终于，诸葛亮来了，帮了刘备和张飞打败马超和统一西川。

第十九章关羽单刀会

第十九章关羽单刀会
Chapter 19 Guan Yu Brought His Sword to a Meeting

听说刘备已经攻占西川，孙权就将诸葛亮的哥哥---正在吴国任职的诸葛瑾的家人扣下，让诸葛瑾去西川见诸葛亮，务必讨回荆州。
After he heard that Liu Bei had already conquered XiChuan, Sun Quan took ZhuGe Jin, Zhuge Liang's brother who was an official of DongWu, family members hostage and told ZhuGe Jin to go to XiChuan to see ZhuGe Liang, and get back JingZhou.

诸葛亮得到消息，马上做好安排。诸葛瑾见到诸葛亮后，放声痛哭，把家人被扣押的事说了一遍，还让他归还荆州。
After ZhuGe Liang heard the news, he hurriedly got his preparations ready. After ZhuGe Jin saw ZhuGe Liang, he bawled and cried like a baby, and told him that his family was being held hostage, and told him to give back JingZhou.

诸葛亮说:“明天我们一同去求见刘皇叔。”诸葛瑾握着诸葛亮的手连声道谢。
ZhuGe Liang said, "Tomorrow we will go together to meet Liu Bei." ZhuGe Jin held ZhuGe Liang's hands and thanked him profusely.

第二天，诸葛亮与哥哥一起求见刘备。刘备说:“看军师的面子，我还荆州一半。”
The next day, ZhuGe Liang and his brother went together to meet Liu Bei. Liu Bei said, "Seeing as it is for you, I'll give back half of JingZhou."

刘备写好一封信，让诸葛瑾带给关羽。诸葛瑾非常感激，对刘备再三道谢。
Liu Bei wrote a letter, and told ZhuGe Jin to bring it to Guan Yu. ZhuGe Jin was really grateful, and thanked Liu Bei many times.

诸葛瑾来荆州求见关羽，关羽见信后怒道:“荆州是大汉疆土，怎能送给东吴？我哥哥答应了，我却不答应！”
ZhuGe Jin went to meet Guan Yu at JingZhou, and upon seeing him Guan Yu hollered, "JingZhou is a noble territory. how can we give it to DongWu? My brother agreed, but I disagree!"

诸葛瑾回禀孙权，孙权只得放了诸葛瑾的家人。鲁肃献计，请关羽来陆口赴宴。如果关羽不还荆州，就杀了他。
ZhuGe Jin went back to report to Sun Quan, and Sun Quan could only release ZhuGe Jin's family members Lu Su offered Sun Quan some advice, he would invite Guan Yu over to attend a banquet at LuKou. If Guan Yu wouldn't hand over JingZhou, they would kill him.

孙权应允，鲁肃就派人去请关羽。关羽答应下来，并让关平备十只快船接应。
Sun Quan agreed to the plan, and Lu Su dispatched some men to go invite Guan Yu. Guan Yu said he would attend, and told Guan Ping to prepare ten fast boats to pick him up.

鲁肃得知关羽要来赴，就让五十名刀斧手埋伏在临江亭后；又命吕蒙、甘宁领兵埋伏在岸边，见机行事。
After Lu Su heard that Guan Yu was going to attend the banquet, he ordered fifty experienced swordsmen to hide behind the Lin River Pavilion; and he also ordered Lu Meng and Gan Ning to lead the army to hide near the shore, and act according to the situation.

第二天，关羽乘船来赴宴，身边只有周仓捧刀侍立。鲁肃见状，感到又惊又喜。
The next day, Guan Yu went to attend the banquet by boat, and he was by himself except for Zhou Cang holding Guan Yu's trusty sword by his side. Lu Su saw this, and was surprised yet happy.

鲁肃把关羽领到临江亭内，设宴招待关羽。关羽入席饮酒，说说笑笑，非常自然。
Lu Su led Guan Yu over to the pavilion, and hosted his banquet to entertain Guan Yu. Guan Yu was festive and drank wine, he laughed and joked, and was very casual.

席间，鲁肃说:“刘皇叔曾答应取得西川后便归还荆州，可你们为何迟迟不还？”
Inside the pavilion, Lu Su said, "Liu Bei agreed that that he would return JingZhou after acquiring XiChuan, yet why do you guys not keep your promises?"

关羽说:“今天我喝多了，改天请你到荆州商议吧。”他边说边挽着鲁肃走向江边。
Guan Yu replied "I drank a lot tonight, I'll talk to you about JingZhou some other time." As he said those words he kept on leading LuSu towards the bank of the river.

鲁肃说刘备不讲信义，这时周仓忍不住插嘴道:“天下的土地怎能为东吴独占？”
Lu Su said that Liu Bei was not being honest, and at the moment Zhou Cang couldn't help but burst out, "How can the land underneath the skies be taken over by DongWu?"

关羽脸色一沉，取过周仓捧着的青龙偃月刀，让他赶紧离开这里。周仓明白关羽的意思，走到岸边一摇红旗，就见关平率埋伏好的船只疾驰而来。
Guan Yu's expression darkened, and took his trusty sword that was in Zhou Cang's hands, and told him to leave here at once. Zhou Cang understood, and walked over to the river bank and waved a red flag, and saw the prepared ambush coming towards them.

关羽一直拉着鲁肃。伏在岸边的吴兵怕伤了鲁肃，只好眼看着关羽乘船离开。
Guan Yu kept on leading Lu Su towards the banks. The soldiers standing guard on the banks were afraid of hurting Lu Su, and they could only watch Guan Yu hop on the boat and depart.

第十八章挑灯战马超

第十八章挑灯战马超
Chapter 18: Raising Torches to Battle Ma Chao

诸葛亮等人到达雒城后，和刘备一起攻占了雒城。刘璋赶紧向汉中的张鲁求救。此时，西凉名将马超正在张鲁军中，便自告奋勇，要求前去攻打刘备。
After ZhuGe Liang and the others reached LuoCheng, he and Liu Bei attacked LuoCheng together. Liu Zhang frantically went to Zhang Lu of HanZhong for help. At this moment, XiLiang's famous general Ma Chao was amongst the soldiers, and volunteered to take charge,and requested to start attacking Liu Bei.

诸葛亮想激张飞迎敌。当张飞请战时，诸葛亮只当没听见，故意转头对刘备说:“只有调来关羽，才能打败马超。”
ZhuGe Liang wanted to anger Zhang Fei into attacking the enemy. When Zhang Fei asked to battle them, ZhuGe Liang pretended not to hear, and purposely told Liu Bei, "We have to wait for Guan Yu, in order to defeat Ma Chao."

张飞叫道:“军师小看我，我若不能活捉马超，任凭处罚。”当即立下军令状。
"You are underestimating me!" Zhang Fei shouted, "If I can't capture Ma Chao alive, then I am willing to be punished." He then immediately signed a contract.

于是，诸葛亮让张飞领兵火速前往西川重地葭萌关御敌，还让刘备和魏延接应。
So, ZhuGe Liang had to let Zhang Fei lead the army ASAP to defend XiChuan's JiaMeng Pass, and even told Liu Bei and Wei Yan to act as reinforcements.

到葭萌关的第二天，马超领兵前来挑战。刘备见马超气宇不凡，威风凛凛，不由得非常喜欢，一心想收服他。
The second day after arriving at JiaMeng Pass, Ma Chao led his troops over to battle. Liu Bei saw that Ma Chao was calm and cool, and very imposing, and couldn't help but like him a lot, and decided to get him to his side.

张飞出阵迎战，二人大战百余回合，不分胜负。刘备怕他们有闪失，便鸣金收兵。
Zhang Fei came out to fight, and the two of them traded many blows,and neither won. Liu Bei was afraid that there would be accidents, and started calling Zhang Fei back.

张飞回营埋怨刘备道:“我就快活捉马超了。请哥哥让人点起火把，安排夜战。”
After coming back to the encampment Zhang Fei yelled, "I was about to capture Ma Chao!
Please Brother, tell the soldiers to bring torches, so we can arrange a night attack."

这边马超回到阵前，叫张飞迎战。张飞跑出阵，刘备只好下令点起千支火把。
Ma Chao returned to the front ranks, and demanded for Zhang Fei to battle him. Zhang Fei ran out, and Liu Bei could only order for them to light thousands of torches.

火把将战场照得如同白昼。战过数十回合，马超突然虚晃一枪，回马就走。
The blazing flames lit the whole battlefield up, just like a bright sunny day. Blows were exchanged, when Ma Chao suddenly waved his spear, and galloped away on his horse.

张飞纵马追赶。马超悄悄拿出流星锤，转身向张飞打去。张飞侧身躲了过去。
Zhang Fei urged his horse on, chasing the man. Ma Chao stealthily got out his trusty meteor hammer, whirled around and swung it at Zhang Fei, Zhang Fei dodged it just in time.

马超上前再战，张飞见他走近，便取出箭，突然向他射了过去。马超也闪身躲了过去。刘备怕他俩有闪失，又命收兵。
Ma Chao came up front to fight, and Zhang Fei saw him move closer, then he got out his bow and arrows, and swiftly shot it. Ma Chao dodged it as well. Liu Bei was afraid the two would have accidents, so he ordered to withdraw the troops.

第二天，张飞又要战马超。这时诸葛亮到了，对刘备说自己可施计让马超归降。
The next day, Zhang Fei wanted to fight Ma Chao again. ZhuGe Liang arrived at this moment, and he told Liu Bei that he had a plan to have Ma Chao surrender.

诸葛亮知道张鲁的谋士杨松爱财，便派人收买他，让他造谣说马超要占西川。
ZhuGe Liang knew that Zhang Lu's advisor Yang Song loved money, and ordered people to go bribe him, and tell him to spread rumors that Ma Chao wanted to conquer XiChuan.

张鲁本来就对马超有所猜疑，因此信以为真，不让马超回兵。马超进退两难。
Zhang Lu originally was suspicious of Ma Chao, and he believed the rumors, and wouldn't let Ma Chao go back to the army. Ma Chao was in a difficult situation.

时机成熟，诸葛亮派马超的朋友李恢去劝降。马超也想弃暗投明，就降了刘备。
The situation was in their favor, so ZhuGe Liang dispatched Ma Chao's friend Li Hui to go persuade him to surrender. Ma Chao also wanted to ditch the bad side and go to the good side, so he surrendered.

刘备乘胜追击，没几天就来到成都城下。刘璋见大势已去，只好开门投降。就这样，刘备顺利地占领了西川。
Liu Bei used this time as an advantage, and reached ChengDu in a matter of days. Liu Zhang saw that this huge amount of power was lost, so he had to surrender as well. So it was like this, that Liu Bei easily conquered XiChuan.

It's been hectic

I've been flying all over, both international and domestic. I just got some time today to update this blog. Indigo was taking some breaks while I was gone :-)

第十七章张飞擒严颜

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第十七章张飞擒严颜
Chapter 17: Zhang Fei Captures Yan Yan

诸葛亮认为，荆州东有孙权，北有曹操，并不好守，因此极力劝说刘备夺取土地肥沃的益州。刘备考虑再三，接受了诸葛亮的建议。
ZhuGe Liang thought,that east of JingZhou had Sun Quan,the north had Cao Cao,it was hard to guard,so he tried his best to convince Liu Bei to conquer the fertile lands of YiZhou.Liu Bei mulled this over,and decided to follow ZhuGe Liang's suggestion.

刘备让诸葛亮率关羽、张飞、赵云镇守荆州，自己则同黄忠、魏延、关平等将领率领五万大军进入西川。
Liu Bei told ZhuGe Liang to lead Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Zhao Yun to protect JingZhou,and he himself would go with Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, and Guan Ping as well as other generals to lead 50,000 troops into XiChuan.

西川的益州牧刘璋担心曹操进攻，想借刘备的力量抵御他，因此刘备顺利入川。
XiChuan's governor, Liu Zhang, worried that Cao Cao would attack,and wanted to borrow Liu Bei's soldiers to fend him off,so Liu Bei easily entered the province.

不久，曹操宣称要出兵南征。刘备想和孙权一起打败曹操，便写信向刘璋辞行。
Shortly after,Cao Cao announced that he would send troops on an expedition to the south.Liu Bei wanted to battle Cao Cao together with Sun Quan,so he wrote a letter to Liu Zhang to bid farewell.

不料，刘璋察觉出刘备想取西川的意图，下令不许放走刘备的一兵一卒。诸葛亮得知后，让关羽守住荆州;又命张飞领兵一万，从大路杀到西川的雒城。
Surprisingly,Liu Zhang figured out that Liu Bei wanted to conquer XiChuan,so he ordered not to free Liu Bei's soldiers.After ZhuGe Liang knew of this,he told Guan Yu to defend JingZhou;and ordered Zhang Fei to lead an army of 10,000 soldiers,and attack XiChuan's city LuoCheng from the land.

诸葛亮和赵云则从水路赶往西川。临行前，诸葛亮嘱咐张飞要爱护百姓和士卒。
ZhuGe Lang and Zhao Yun headed speedily toward XiChuan from the water ways. Before leaving,ZhuGe Liang told Zhang Fei to care for the citizens and soldiers.

张飞遵照教导，很快来到了巴郡。巴郡太守严颜得报后，打定主意坚守不出。
Zhang Fei obeyed,and they arrived at BaJun in no time at all.After Yan Yan, BaJun's governor heard of this,he decided to not engage in battle.

张飞叫了几天阵，可严颜就是死守不出。于是张飞率兵沿城叫骂，却仍然不管用。
Zhang Fei yelled and screamed for several days,but Yan Yan would not budge.So Zhang Fei led his troops around the citywalls to curse and scream at them,but it was useless.

一天，张飞侦察地形，发现这座城周围都是乱山，就命令军士去山上寻找小路。
Zhang Fei was scouting the area,when he discovered that all around the walls were scattered knolls,so he ordered his soldiers to hike up the mountains to look for little passages.

军士找到小路后急忙回禀，张飞故意高声说:“今晚三更出城，走小路过关。”
After finding some little roads the soldiers hurriedly went back to announce their discoveries,and Zhang Fei purposely shouted, "Tonight at three o' clock we're going around the city,and using the little routes to get past the city."

严颜探知消息，晚上领兵埋伏在小路上。不久张飞出现了，严颜立即冲杀出来。这时，背后一声锣响，又见张飞杀了过来。原来先前一个是假的，严颜才知中计。
Yan Yan heard the Intelligence,so at night he led some troops and set up an ambush on the small routes.It wasn't long until Zhang Fei appeared,Yan Yan immediately rushed out.At this moment,there was a bell sound from behind them,and then Zhang Fei streaked over again.It turns out that the first one was fake,and Yan Yan knew he fell into a trap.

张飞活捉严颜，又占领了巴郡。他将严颜押上来，命令他投降，严颜坚决不从。
Zhang Fei captured Yan Yan alive,and then took over BaJun.He brought Yan Yan up,and ordered him to surrender,Yan Yan was adamant and would not comply.

张飞大怒，下令将严颜推出去斩首。严颜面不改色，大步走下堂去。
Zhang Fei was furious,so he ordered his soldiers to chop Yan Yan's head off.Yan Yan remained as cool as a cucumber,and swaggered over to the platform.

张飞钦佩严颜的为人，便向他叩头赔罪。严颜非常感动，答应归降。
Zhang Fei admired Yan Yan's will,and promptly kowtowed to him in apology.Yan Yan was very touched,and agreed to surrender.

于是张飞命严颜为前部，直奔雒城。一路上，严颜将把守各关的旧部纷纷招降。
So Zhang Fei appointed Yan Yan as a vanguard,and headed directly towards LuoCheng.Along the way,Yan Yan got all his old subordinates at every pass to surrender.

就这样，张飞不打一仗，不丢一卒，竟然赶在诸葛亮和赵云的前面，顺利地到达西川的咽喉城市---雒城。
So it was just like this,that Zhang Fei didn't fight any battles,he didn't lose a single soldier,and was actually ahead of ZhuGe Liang and Zhao Yun,and easily made it to the strategic city...LuoCheng.

Summary: 三气周瑜

Indy's summary:

周瑜被诸葛亮气了三次。第一次是他气得从马上晕倒了。第二次是他气得又晕倒了。第三次他太生气了，就死了。

第十六章 三气周公瑾

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第十六章 三气周公瑾
Chapter 16: Zhou Yu is majorly pissed.THREE times.

刘备、诸葛亮的船队刚走出不远，周瑜带着船队也追来了。诸葛亮便让众人弃船登岸，骑马从陆路赶往荆州。周瑜哪里肯罢休，他也命船队靠岸，率军继续追击。
Liu Bei and ZhuGe Liang's group of boats didn't make it very far,when Zhou Yu came chasing after them leading his navy.ZhuGe Liang then told everybody to abandon ship and go to shore,and gallop away on their horses to JingZhou.Zhou Yu would not give up,and he also ordered his crew to dock on the shore,and he led his troops to give chase.

正追着，周瑜忽见关羽，黄忠、魏延分别率军从三面杀来。吴军中了埋伏，大败。
While giving chase,Zhou Yu suddenly saw Guan Yu,Huang Zhong and Wei Yan were each leading troops from three sides and charging toward them.They had walked right in to an ambush,and lost badly.

周瑜率残兵上了战船，听到岸上刘备的将士齐声嘲笑他：“周郎妙计安天下，赔了夫人又折兵。”不禁气得昏了过去。
Zhou Yu led the rest of his troops on to their boats,and heard Liu Bei's soldiers mocking him, "Zhou Yu's good ideas make the world at peace,and lost Mme. Sun AND lost your troops."Zhou Yu was so mad he fainted.

周瑜一心想夺取荆州，于是叫鲁肃向刘备要回荆州。诸葛亮早看出周瑜的计谋。让刘备见到鲁肃便放声痛哭。刘备依计行事。
Zhou Yu still had one thought burned into his mind: to take back JingZhou,so he called Lu Su to tell Liu Bei to return JingZhou.ZhuGe Liang had already seen through Zhou Yu's plans.and told Liu Bei to cry when he saw Lu Su.Liu Bei obeyed.

鲁肃疑惑不解，诸葛亮解释道:“西川的刘璋是我家主公的同宗兄弟，怎能攻取？”
Lu Su was puzzled,ZhuGe Liang explained, "Liu Zhang of XiChuan is Liu Bei's brother from the same generation,how can he attack them?"

诸葛亮趁机请鲁肃转告孙权宽限几日。鲁肃见刘备如此悲伤。只得答应了。
ZhuGe Liang took this moment to tell Lu Su to tell Sun Quan to extend the time by a few days.Lu Su saw that Liu Bei was so sorrowful,that he could only agree.

鲁肃回去后。将发生的事告诉周瑜。周瑜叹道：“你中了人家的缓兵之计了。我还有一计，你得再跑一趟。”
After Lu Su returned,he told all that happened to Zhou Yu.Zhou Yu hollered, "You fell for their trap!But I still have some Trix(TM) (harhar xD) up my sleeve,you'll need to go there again."

鲁肃按吩咐，又对刘备说东吴愿攻打西川，以此换回荆州，并请支援些粮草。
Lu Su complied,then told Liu Bei that DongWu was willing to attack XiChuan,in exchange for JingZhou,and asked for some provisions to back them up.

诸葛亮识破东吴的计谋，假装答应了。鲁肃走后，他就对赵云等人交代一番。
ZhuGe Liang saw through this plan,and pretended to agree.After Lu Su left,he told Zhao Yun and the others his ingenious plan.

鲁肃回禀周瑜，说诸葛亮已答应送粮劳军了。周瑜大笑，亲自领兵向荆州进发。
Lu Su reported back to Zhou Yu,and said that ZhuGe Liang agreed to bring provisions over.Zhou Yu laughed heartily,and led his army over toward JingZhou.

周瑜来到悄无一人的荆州城下，正在纳闷时。忽然看见赵云率兵出现在城上。
Zhou Yu arrived at the city gate of JingZhou which was surprisingly silent and desolate,he was feeling confused,then suddenly saw Zhao Yun leading troops out on the city walls.

赵云高声说:“军师已料到都督不会攻取西川，特命我在此等候都督。”周瑜见计策被诸葛亮识破，调转马头就跑。
Zhao Yun called out loudly,"ZhuGe Liang already knew that you wouldn't attack XiChuan,and ordered me to wait for you."Zhou Yu knew that ZhuGe Liang had saw through his plans,so he turned around and galloped away on his horse.

不久，有探马称蜀军从四面杀来，说要活捉都督。周瑜气得大叫一声，掉落下马。
Shortly after,the scouts came out and said that Liu Bei's troops were charging towards them from all directions,and said that they were going to capture Zhou Yu alive.Zhou Yu was so infuriated he roared in rage,and fell off his horse.

军士们将周瑜救上船，周瑜咬牙发誓，定要取下西川。
The soldiers helped Zhou Yu on to a boat,Zhou Yu gritted his teeth and swore,that he would conquer XiChuan.

周瑜命船队攻打西川。这时，又有探马报说上游的水路已被诸葛亮堵死了。很快，诸葛亮派人送来信件，劝周瑜别攻西川，以免曹操趁乱攻打吴国。
Zhou Yu ordered his navy to attack XiChuan.At this moment,there were some more scouts who reported that the upstream was blocked by ZhuGe Liang.Swiftly,ZhuGe Liang dispatched some men over to send a letter,to persuade Zhou Yu not to attack XiChuan,in order to prevent Cao Cao from using this moment of chaos and attacking DongWu.

看着这封连劝带挖苦的信，周瑜气病交加，连喊几声：“既生瑜，何生亮！”就死去了，终年三十六岁。
After reading this sardonic heartfelt letter of persuasion,Zhou Yu was enraged,and repeatedly shouted, "GOD, YOU HAVE ALREADY CREATED ME,SO WHY MUST YOU CREATE ZHUGE LIANG!?'"Then he died,and was only 36 years old.

Summary: 刘备做新郎

Indy's summary:

周瑜想把荆州夺回来。他让孙权的妹妹假嫁给刘备。这样他可以拿回荆州。可是，诸葛亮早已看透了他们的计划。刘备娶了孙权的妹妹然后乘船逃去荆州去了。

But I think it should be 他让孙权把妹妹假嫁给刘备。and 逃去荆州了。

Funny lines

Indy had a couple of funny lines here.


Indy: you could only come to get my daughter's opinion.

Indy's second try: you guys are just taking advantage of my darling daughter!

Indy: Zhou Yu didn't want to fail.

Indy's second try: Zhou Yu failed (ahaha loser), but he continued on with his next plan (Plan Q).

第十五章 刘备做新郎

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第十五章 刘备做新郎
Chapter 15: Liu Bei Becomes a Groom

关羽放走曹操后，回到夏口领罪。在刘备的劝说下，诸葛亮才免去关羽的死罪，让他日后将功赎罪。接着，诸葛亮又用计攻占了南郡、襄阳、荆州。
After Guan Yu let Cao Cao escape,he returned to XiaKou to be punished.Under Liu Bei's persuasion,ZhuGe Liang spared Guan Yu's life,and told him to do good deeds to atone for his sins.Following these events,ZhuGe Liang conquered NanJun, XiangYang, and JingZhou.

周瑜知道后极其愤怒，打算攻打刘备，夺回荆州。恰好这时有人来报，刘备夫人甘氏死了，周瑜一听顿时有了主意。
Zhou Yu was furious after he found out about this,and planned to attack Liu Bei,and recapture JingZhou.It was at this moment that some men came back to report,that Liu Bei's wife died,and Zhou Yu immediately devised a plan.

周瑜给孙权写信，让他把妹妹假许给刘备，这样便能捉住刘备来换取荆州了。孙权见信后命吕范到荆州说媒。吕范说明了来意，刘备不敢答应，只说考虑一下。
Zhou Yu sent a letter to Sun Quan,and told him to pretend to let his sister marry Liu Bei,this way they could capture Liu Bei and get back JingZhou.After Sun Quan read over the letter he ordered Lu Fan to go to JingZhou to act as a matchmaker.Lu Fan stated her purpose there,but Liu Bei was reluctant to agree,and only said he'd think it over.

诸葛亮劝刘备答应下来，说：“我保管主公既能娶到孙权的妹妹，又不失荆州。”几天后，刘备带赵云前往东吴。临行前，诸葛亮交给赵云三个锦囊，要他一路依计行事。
ZhuGe Liang persuaded Liu Bei to agree,and said, "I garantee that you will marry Sun Quan's sister,and not lose JingZhou in the process." A few days after,Liu Bei brought Zhao Yun with him to DongWu.Before leaving,ZhuGe Liang gave Zhao Yun three little bags filled to the brim with his genius plans,and told him to do as the plans say.

来到东吴，赵云拆开第一个锦囊，依计命军士四处宣扬孙权要把妹妹嫁给刘备。
After arriving at Dong Wu,Zhao Yun tore open the first bag,and he ordered the soldiers to spread gossip around the city about Sun Quan's sister marrying Liu Bei.

吴国太听说后非常愤怒，连忙过来责问孙权。孙权见隐瞒不住，只好如实交代。吴国太：“你们打不过刘备，只能打我女儿的主意。”
The emperess of Wu heard of this and was furious,she hurriedly went to Sun Quan to demand what was happening.Sun Quan saw he couldn't hide it from her,and could only confess about the ''marriage plan".The emperess said, "You guys can't defeat Liu Bei,you guys are just taking advantage of my darling daughter!!"

国太执意要约刘备在甘露寺相见，母命难违，孙权只得答应了。
The emperess was adamant in wanting to meet Liu Bei at GanLuSi,and because her word had to be obeyed,Sun Quan had to agree.

第二天，国太见刘备气宇轩昂，十分喜欢。不久她挑个好日子，把女儿嫁给了他。
The next day,The empress saw that Liu Bei had an impressive demeanor,and immediately took a liking to him.Before long she picked a date,and let him marry her daughter.

周瑜不甘失败，又让孙权用奢华的生活来迷住刘备，让他留在东吴。刘备果然天天饮酒享乐，连赵云都不想见了，几乎忘掉了荆州。
Zhou Yu failed (ahaha loser), but he continued on with his next plan (Plan Q),and told Sun Quan to use the life of luxury to entice Liu Bei,and make him stay at DongWu.Indeed Liu Bei drank wine and had fun everyday,and didn't even want to see Zhao Yun,and nearly forgot about JingZhou.

赵云急忙打开第二个锦囊。看完后，赵云来见刘备，称曹操正率大军杀奔荆州。
Zhao Yun hurriedly opened up the second bag.After reading it,Zhao Yun went to meet Liu Bei,he said that Cao Cao was leading his army towards JingZhou.

刘备醒悟过来，于是带着夫人以到江边祭祖为借口，悄悄地离开了东吴。
Liu Bei woke up (figuratively),and brought his wife to the riverbank to hold a ceremony in memory of his ancestors as an excuse,and quietly left DongWu.

孙权得报后，马上派人去追。周瑜也派兵前去拦截。赵云保护着刘备和夫人连夜赶路。 到柴桑地界时，前有周瑜的兵马拦截，后有孙权的追兵，情况万分紧急。
After Sun Quan heard of this,and immediately dispatched some men to chase them.Zhou Yu also sent some men to hold them off.Zhao Yun protected Liu Bei and his wife as they fled that very same night. They arrived at the border of ChaiSang,and in front of them were Zhou Yu's soldiers blocking the way,and behind them were Sun Quan's men chasing after them,the situation was very urgent indeed.

赵云看完第三个锦囊。建议请孙夫人相助。刘备便将事情的来龙去脉告诉给夫人。刘备说：“你哥哥将夫人嫁给我，并非为夫人考虑，是想夺荆州。”于是孙夫人卷起车帘，大骂拦截的吴军将领。众将领不敢继续阻拦，只得放行。
Zhao Yun finished reading the third baggy.and suggested that they ask Liu Bei's wife to help.Liu Bei then told the whole story to his wife.Liu Bei said, "Your brother wanted us to marry,but didn't have your wellbeing in mind,he wanted to conquer JingZhou."Liu Bei's wife rolled up the curtains,and yelled and cursed the intercepting soldiers' ancestors a thousand times over and shouted profanites.The generals were afraid to continue blocking them,and had to let them go.

刘备一行赶到江边时，诸葛亮已率船队等候。众人登船乘风驶向荆州。
When Liu Bei and the others arrived at the riverside,ZhuGe Liang had already led a group of boats over and was waiting for them.They boarded the boats and headed for JingZhou with the wind behind their backs.

Summary: 赤壁败曹操

Indy's summary:

周瑜派黄盖去打曹操。黄盖用火把曹操的船都烧掉了。因为曹操的船被烧掉，他只得逃走。他逃到华容道见了关羽。关羽挡路，可是关不忍杀曹操，就放他走了。

第十四章 赤壁败曹操

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第十四章 赤壁败曹操
Chapter 14: Cao Cao loses at ChiBi

却说曹操经过核查，已经相信黄盖是真降，于是约定当晚黄盖押着运粮船来降。船头插菁龙守旗作为信号。军营里 ，周瑜则安排好进攻曹操的兵马。
Cao Cao investigated the situation,and already believed that Huang Gai really is going to surrender,so he arranged that night for Huang Gai to bring provisions and lead a fleet of ships to come surrender.At the bow he was to put a green dragon flag to use as a signal. At the camp,Zhou Yu had prepared the soldiers and horses to attack Cao Cao.

夜晚，黄盖率二十只火船，船内满载干柴、芦苇等易燃物，顺风向曹操营寨进发。
Zhou Yu had prepared the soldiers and horses to attack Cao Cao.At night,Huang Gai led twenty fireboats,and inside the boats were filled with logs and reeds and other flammable items,they headed toward Cao Cao's camp with the wind behind their backs.

曹操得报后，高兴地登船观看，只见远处驶来一队船，船头都插着青龙牙旗。
When Cao Cao heard of this,he was so happy he hopped on to a boat to look,and saw a group of boats in the distance coming closer and closer,green dragon flags were flapping in the wind, stuck precariously at the bows of the boats.

船越驶越近，曹操的谋士程昱说:“来船如此轻快。不像运粮船，丞相要小心。今晚刮东南风，不可不防。”曹操说：“糟糕，我中计了。”
The boats were sailing closer, and Cao Cao's advisor, Cheng Yu, remarked, "The arriving boats are pretty lightweight and built for speed.They're not like provision boats,Prime Minister, you must be careful.The wind is coming from the southeast direction tonight,we have to be on guard." Cao Cao replied, "Dammit,I fell for their trap."

曹操醒悟，忙命军士领兵前去阻挡，可是为时已晚，只见黄盖冲过阻拦，指挥各船一起点火，向曹军水寨冲去。
Cao Cao realized what was happening,and he quickly ordered his troops to stop the boats,but it was too late,Huang Gai sped through the defense,commanded the boats to be lit on fire,and started speeding toward Cao Cao's navy.

曹操的船队被铁链相连，转眼全部被引燃，曹营变成了火海。
Cao Cao's boats were connected with chains,and in the blink of an eye they were all on fire,Cao Cao's camp turned into an ocean of fire.

曹兵纷纷跳水逃生，烧死和淹死的不计其数。曹操见情况紧急，忙向岸边逃去。
Cao Cao's men dived into the water to save themselves,but there were countless of those who drowned or burned to death.Cao Cao saw that the situation was dire,and hastily started fleeing to shore.

不料岸边也燃起大火，原来周瑜暗中安排将士，到曹操囤粮的地方放火烧粮。
However, the shore was now also ablaze with flames,and it turns out that Zhou Yu had secretly dispatched some soldiers,and set the place where Cao Cao kept his provisions on fire.

大火烧得几十万曹军顷刻瓦解。曹操顾不上收拾残军，急忙乘船逃走。
The fire rendered Cao Cao's soldiers useless in a matter of seconds.Cao Cao could not gather up what was left of his army,and hurriedly boarded the ship and fled.

曹操逃到树木丛生的乌林，突然大笑道:“周瑜、诸葛亮若在此伏下一军......”
Cao Cao had escaped into a forest,and suddenly laughed, "If Zhou Yu and ZhuGe Liang were to ambush me,..."

话没说完，忽见赵云杀了过来。赵云说：“我奉诸葛亮将令，在此等候多时了。”曹操吓得忙叫手下人迎战，自己逃往葫芦口。
He didn't complete his sentence,and he saw Zhao Yun hurtling toward him.Zhao Yun said, "I am under ZhuGe Liang's orders,I've waited for you for a long time."Cao Cao was so frightened that he hurriedly ordered his men to fight back,and he ran toward HuLuKou.

到了葫芦口，曹操已是人困马乏。他在树下休息，又笑道:“若在此伏下一军......”
When he reached it,Cao Cao was exhausted.He rested underneath a tree,and laughed yet again, "If there's another ambush......"

这时张飞又杀了过来。曹操叫张辽迎战张飞，自己则率残兵趁乱逃走了。
At this moment Zhang Fei galloped over.Cao Cao ordered Zhang Liao to fight Zhang Fei,and he led the other troops to flee.

逃到路口，有军士报告:“前面有两条路，大路绕远，小路华容道近，却有烟火。”
When they reached a crossroad,a soldier reported, "Ahead of us are two roads,the big road is a long detour,and the smaller one, HuaRong Way, is shorter,but there is fire and smoke."

曹操说:“定是诸葛亮让人在小路烧烟。他却在大路派兵等我。”于是下令走小路。
Cao Cao said, "Then it must be ZhuGe Liang telling people to burn stuff on the smaller road.and he has an ambush waiting for me on the big road. Hmph, I won't be fooled."So he ordered everyone to take the small road.

刚到华容道，曹操就见关羽拦住去路。他只得上前对关羽动之以义，好言相求。
They just reached HuaRong Way,and Cao Cao saw Guan Yu blocking the path.He could only go up to Guan Yu,and plead for him to help.

曹操曾有恩于关羽，关羽感念旧情，不忍杀他，便放他走了。
Cao Cao had helped Guan Yu in the past,Guan Yu remembered and felt a rush of gratitude,he couldn't kill him,and let him go.

Indigo not going to Chinese school any more

Well, Indigo decided not to go to Chinese school any more. She says that the program (15 min of reading and translating every school day) she is on right now is good enough for her. I am not going to argue with her. It's one of the many of decisions she'll make in her early teenage life.

Summary: 孔明借东风

Indigo complained that why the (ancient) Chinese have so many names. 诸葛亮 and 孔明 were the same person.

周瑜又佩服又嫉妒诸葛亮的才能。他和诸葛亮都要用火打败曹操。周瑜派庞统去骗曹操。然后诸葛亮“借”了东风， 但是周瑜还想杀诸葛亮。

第十三章 孔明借东风

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第十三章 孔明借东风
Chapter 13: Kong Ming Borrows the East Wind

周瑜对诸葛亮的才能又佩服，又嫉妒，便约诸葛亮到帐内喝酒。诸葛亮一到，周瑜就说:“我想到了一条破曹之计，要向先生请教。”
Zhou Yu greatly admired ZhuGe Liang's ability,but he still was very jealous,and invited ZhuGe Liang over to drink some wine.ZhuGe Liang arrived,Zhou Yu started, "I thought of a plan to defeat Cao Cao,and would like to consult with you."

诸葛亮提议将计谋写在手心里，结果他们都写了一个“火”字，不禁会心大笑。
ZhuGe Liang suggested that they write it down on their palms,consequently they both wrote the character for fire,and chuckled.

当晚，老将黄盖来见周瑜。他建议火攻曹军，并愿去诈降。周瑜和他密议一番。
That night,the old general Huang Gai came to see Zhou Yu.He proposed that they use fire to attack Cao Cao,and was willing to pretend to surrender.Zhou Yu and he ended up collaborating in secret for awhile.

第二天，周瑜召集众将谈论军情，黄盖说:“曹操拥有百万大军，我军势弱，很难取胜，我看还是早些投降吧。”
The next day,Zhou Yu summoned the other generals to discuss battle plans,Huang Gai said, "Cao Cao has millions and millions of soldiers,our army is weak,it'll be hard to win,I think we should just surrender."

周瑜大怒：“紧要关头，你竟敢扰乱人心。” 命人打黄盖一百军杖。这一顿军杖打得黄盖皮开肉绽，昏倒了好几次。
Zhou Yu was furious, "This is a critical moment here,and you're saying that we should surrender!?"He then ordered for Huang Gai to take 100 beatings.This resulted in a painful back for Huang Gai,and he had fainted several times.

晚上，黄盖派人到曹营递交投降书。曹操坦心有诈，就再次派蒋干去探听实情。
At night,Huang Gai dispatched some men to Cao Cao's camp to hand in a letter that stated that they were surrendering.Cao Cao worried that it would be fake,so he sent Jiang Gan to gather information again.

在江东，周瑜安排蒋干巧遇凤雏先生庞统。庞统向蒋干诉苦，称自己怀才不遇：“周瑜气量小，不能容人。”
In the JiangDong area,Zhou Yu arranged for Jiang Gan to meet coincidentally with Pang Tong.Pang Tong complained to Jiang Gan,and whined that no one knew of his wondrous talents, "Zhou Yu is very jealous of other people's talents,and can't stand other talented people."

蒋干引庞统去投曹操。庞统见了曹操说:“北方人不习惯坐船，我倒有个妙计。”
Jiang Gan led Pang Tong over to work for Cao Cao.When Pang Tong saw Cao Cao he said, "People in the north aren't used to sitting on boats,but I have a plan."

庞统建议用锁环把大小战船锁住，再在船与船之间铺上木板。这样，人在船上就像在平地上了。曹操大喜，立即下令打造锁环。两天后 ，曹军战船就连在一起了。
Pang Tong suggested that they use chains and locks to lock the small and big boats together,and put wooden planks between each boat.This way,so walking on the boats will be like walking on the ground.Cao Cao was very excited,and immediately ordered for them to make some chains.Two days after,Cao Cao's battle ships were linked together.

周瑜得知后，高兴地登高观望。一阵西北凤过后，周瑜突然大叫一声，吐血倒地。
When Zhou Yu got note of this,he excitedly looked around on a high surface.A gust of wind from the northwest blew by,and Zhou Yu suddenly yelled,coughed up blood and fainted.

鲁肃见周瑜病重，急忙向诸葛亮讨教办法，诸葛亮便随鲁肃前去治病。
Lu Su saw that Zhou Yu was very ill,and hurriedly asked ZhuGe Liang for a plan,ZhuGe Liang accompanied Lu Su to cure the disease.

诸葛亮问过病情后，写下十六个字:欲破曹公，宜用火攻；万事俱备，只欠东风。
ZhuGe Liang asked for the condition,and wrote down sixteen words, " To defeat Cao Cao,one must use fire;everything is already ready,awaiting the east wind.

周瑜见诸葛亮看透了自己的心事，只好向他请教。诸葛亮假说自己会呼风唤雨。
Zhou Yu saw that ZhuGe Liang had seen his plan,and could only consult with him.ZhuGe Liang boasted that he could summon wind and rain.

周瑜大喜，病也好了，忙派人筑坛。诸葛亮算出要刮东南凤了，故意登坛做法。
Zhou Yu was happy,he recovered,and hurriedly dispatched some men to build a raised platform.ZhuGe Liang calculated that the southeast wind would come by,and purposely waved his arms around like a maniac.

等到半夜，周瑜听到风响，出帐时发现旗帜都向西北飘动，果然刮起了东南风。
It was midnight,and Zhou Yu heard the wind howling,and saw that the flag was waving toward the northwest direction,and the southeast wind really did start blowing.

周瑜高兴万分，忽然想到诸葛亮才高不可留，就派兵杀他。不料诸葛亮早已离开。
Zhou Yu was jubilant,and suddenly remembered that ZhuGe Liang needed to be disposed of,and ordered his men to go kill him. It turns out that ZhuGe Liang had already left.

追兵追到江边，却见诸葛亮站在船尾，赵云威风凛凛地站在一旁。诸葛亮说:“我已料到都督会加害于我，特叫子龙来接应。”随后，二人乘船箭一般地离开了。
The chasing troops followed him to the riverside,and saw him standing at the stern of the boat,and Zhao Yun stood imposingly beside him.ZhuGe Liang said, "I already figured out that Zhou Yu would want to kill me,and especially called Zhao Yun to come pick me up."Then,the two men left.

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The latest version of Penpower Chinese Expert has a new feature to convert your recording into MP3 format. I found a MP3 free hosting site fandalism.com, where you can post your MP3 files.I uploaded a few of Indigo's recent work there. It's pretty cool.

第十二章 草船巧借箭

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第十二章 草船巧借箭

Chapter 12: Grass Boats Cleverly Borrow Arrows

周瑜十分嫉妒诸葛亮的才能。他得知曹操杀了蔡瑁和张允后，非常得意，便叫鲁肃去见诸葛亮，看他是否知道底细。

Zhou Yu was very jealous of ZhuGe Liang's abilities. After he heard that Cao Cao killed Cai Mao and Zhang Yun, he was very happy, and called Lu Su to go to ZhuGe Liang, to see if he knew why it happened.

鲁肃刚到诸葛亮的住处，诸葛亮就说:“恭喜!恭喜!”鲁肃装糊涂:“喜从何来？” 诸葛亮说:“曹操中了都督的计，杀了蔡瑁和张允，难道不值得恭喜吗？”

Lu Su had just arrived at ZhuGe Liang's, when ZhuGe Liang cried, "Congrats! Congrats!" Lu Su faked confusion, "Where did that come from?" ZhuGe Liang said, "Cao Cao fell into Zhou Yu's trap, and killed Cai Mao and Zhang Yun, doesn't that deserve congradulating?"

鲁肃暗暗吃惊，回去后把诸葛亮的话告诉给周瑜，周瑜不禁惊惧不安。说道：“诸葛亮料事如神，将来必是东吴心腹大患。”

Lu Su was secretly shocked, and after returning he told ZhuGe Liang's words to Zhou Yu, and Zhou Yu couldn't help but feel uncomfortable. He said, "ZhuGe Liang is famous for being able to predict things, and eventually our country will surely be in grave danger. "

第二天，周瑜故意刁难诸葛亮，让他十天内造出十万支箭。诸葛亮说:“战事紧急，我只要三天的时间就够了。如果到期完不成任务，任凭都督处置。”

The next day, Zhou Yu purposely made things difficult for ZhuGe Liang, and told him to make a hundred thousand arrows within ten days. ZhuGe Liang said, "This matter is very urgent, I only need three days. If I can't do this task by three days, I am willing to be punished."

周瑜大喜，忙说:“军中无戏言，请先生立下军令状。”诸葛亮同意了。

Zhou Yu was ecstatic, and hurriedly replied, "There is no joking in the army, please, sir, you must write down your agreement." ZhuGe Liang agreed.

诸葛亮走后，周瑜暗中吩咐工匠故意拖延时间，并派鲁肃去探听诸葛亮的动静。

After ZhuGe Liang left, Zhou Yu secretly told the artisans to slack off, and dispatched Lu Su to keep tabs on ZhuGe Liang's moves.

诸葛亮见鲁肃来了，便请他帮忙。鲁肃说:“这是你自己答应的，我怎么救你。”

ZhuGe Liang saw that Lu Su had arrived, and asked him to help. "This is what you brought on yourself," Lu Su told him, "I can't help you."

诸葛亮说:“请借给我二十只船、六百名军士，以及青布、稻草，我自有妙用。”

ZhuGe Liang replied, "I just need to borrow twenty boats and 600 soldiers, oh and as well as some blue cloth and straw, I already have a plan."

鲁肃按诸葛亮的要求拨了船只，听诸葛亮调用。第三天凌晨，诸葛亮来请鲁肃坐船同去取箭。鲁肃大惑不解，可他还是答应了。

Lu Su gave what ZhuGe Liang had requested, and let him use the materials and soldiers. It was the dawn of the third day, and ZhuGe Liang invited Lu Su to ride a boad to get the arrows. Lu Su was very confuzzled, but he agreed.

此时大雾弥漫，诸葛亮的二十只船都用绳子连在一起，船的两边插着稻草人。船舱中，诸葛亮与鲁肃喝酒聊天;江面上，船队趁雾驶到曹军水寨附近。

The fog right then was very thick and heavy, ZhuGe Liang's twenty boats were all connected together by rope, and the boats' two sides were lined with strawmen. Inside the boat cabin, ZhuGe Liang and Lu Su were chatting and drinking wine; on the river, they used the mist as an advantage to sail near Cao Cao's water camp.

诸葛亮命士兵将船只一字排开，擂鼓呐喊。鲁肃非常紧张，诸葛亮却气定神闲。

ZhuGe Liang ordered the soldiers to navigate the boats in a horizontal line facing the camp, and beat drums whilst shouting. Lu Su was very nervous, but ZhuGe Liang was very calm.

曹操怕有埋伏，让一万多弓箭手朝江中乱射，射过去的箭几乎全落在稻草人上。

Cao Cao was afraid there would be an ambush, and ordered over ten thousand bows to aim at the river and fire randomly, but the fired arrows nearly all landed on the strawmen.

诸葛亮见一侧受箭已满，便下令调转船头。很快，另一侧稻草人也插满了箭。

ZhuGe Liang saw that one side of the boat was filled with arrows, and ordered for the boat to turn around. Swiftly, the other side of the boat was filled with arrows.

这时，太阳出来了，雾渐渐地散去。诸葛亮下令全速往回开船，叫军士齐声道谢。

At this moment, the sun rose, and the fog slowly dissipated. ZhuGe Liang commanded the soldiers to go back to shore quickly, and told the soldiers to shout and say thanks.

曹操大呼上当，却追不上他们了。鲁肃对周瑜细说借箭经过，周瑜只得自叹不如。

Cao Cao realized he was tricked, but it was too late to give chase. Lu Su told Zhou Yu about borrowing the arrows, and Zhou Yu could only sigh and admit he wasn't as good as ZhuGe Liang.

草船和稻草人

I requested Indigo to write a summary for each chapter from now on. Here it is for chapter 12.

因为周瑜嫉妒诸葛亮，他让诸葛亮做一个很难的任务。如果诸葛亮不能完成任务，他就可以被杀掉。可是，诸葛亮用草船和稻草人即把曹操戏弄了一番，又完成了周瑜的任务。

第十一章 蒋干盗书信

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第十一章 蒋干盗书信
Chapter 11: Jiang Gan Steals Letters (gasp!)

张昭等人听说孙权决定迎战，急忙来劝他。孙权又没了主意，于是召回在外领兵的周瑜。周瑜说:“将军英明神武，岂能投降操贼?只要给我几万人马，我定可破敌！"
Zhang Zhao and some others heard that Sun Quan decided to have a battle,and hurriedly tried to dissuade him.Sun Quan was at a loss of ideas again,so he called back the leader of the troops Zhou Yu from the frontier.Zhou Yu said, "You are a general of courage and power,how can you think of surrendering to that scum Cao Cao?All you have to do is give me at least ten thousand soldiers,and I will defeat the enemy!"

孙权大喜，命周瑜总领军队抗曹。吴军在三江口附近扎营，曹操率大军沿江而下。
Sun Quan was delighted,so he ordered Zhou Yu to lead soldiers to fight Cao Cao.The Wu army camped near SanJiangKou,and Cao Cao led his big army downstream.

几天后，两军在三江口展开激烈的战斗。曹军不善于水战，大败而回。
A few days later,the two armies at SanJiangKou exploded viciously into battle.Cao Cao's army wasn't used to battling on water,and lost miserably, forcing him to retreat.

回去后，曹操命荆州降将蔡瑁、张允加紧督练水军。一天，周瑜窥探曹营时，见水军阵势严整灵活，大惊。当他得知水军都督是蔡瑁、张允时，便想除掉二人。
After retreating,Cao Cao ordered General Cao Mao and Zhang Yun of JingZhou to train his navy.One day,when Zhou Yu was spying on Cao Cao's camp,he saw that the navy was very disciplined and well-trained,and was shocked.And when he heard that the navy was led by Cao Mao and Zhang Yun,he decided to eliminate the two people.

曹营中，谋士蒋干说他和周瑜曾是同窗，可劝周瑜归降。曹操命他即刻动身。
Inside Cao Cao's camp,Advisor Jiang Gan said that he used to be classmates with Zhou Yu,and he was confident that he could convince Zhou Yu to surrender.Cao Cao ordered him to immediately get into action.

周瑜见蒋干来了，早已猜到他的来意。寒喧后，周瑜问:“你是来当说客的吧?"
Zhou Yu saw that Jiang Gan had arrived,but he had already predicted this.After greetings were exchanged,Zhou Yu queried, "You came to persuade me to surrender, eh?"

蒋干一楞，连忙否认。周瑜赔笑道:“我怕你替曹操做说客，不是就好。”于是大摆宴席，召江东群臣与他见面。
Jiang Gan stiffened,and quickly tried to deny it.Zhou Yu chuckled,"I was afraid that Cao Cao would send you over to persuade me,but if you're not, that's cool too."And with flourish he set the food out for a great feast,and called a group of officials to come and meet him.

周瑜对百官说:“我的同窗蒋干不是说客。今日喝酒，只叙友情，有谈军事者,斩！”
Zhou Yu said to the officials, "My classmate Jiang Gan didn't come to persuade me to do anything.Tonight we shall drink up,and talk to our fellow friends,and if I hear so much as a peep about the military,OFF WITH HIS HEAD!"

蒋干吓得不敢出声。周瑜喝了很多酒，说:“老友相聚，一定要喝得尽兴。”
Jiang Gan was frightened speechless and he had to check his pants to see if he had peed in them.ZHou Yu drank a lot of wine,and he said, "Good friends party together,and we must drink to our hearts' content."

到了晚上，周瑜拉着蒋干走出帐外，让他看威猛的军士和堆积如山的粮草。
It was night,and Zhou Yu pulled Jiang Gan outside,and told him to look at the mighty battle forces and the endless heaps of provisions.

回席后，周瑜指着百官说:“今日真可谓'群英会'啊。”说罢，他边舞剑边唱歌。
After returning to the banquet,Zhou Yu pointed at the officials and said, "Today it should be said, "a group of heroes are here."After finishing,he started performing a sword-dances and singing.

就寝时，周瑜强拉着蒋干到自己的营帐，要他和自己同床而睡。
When retiring to bed,Zhou Yu pulled Jiang Gan into his room,and wanted him to sleep with him.

周瑜大吐一场，很快就睡下了。蒋干听到周瑜鼾声如雷，便起身偷看桌上的文件。
Zhou Yu puked a mountain,and immediately slept. Jiang Gan heard Zhou Yu's snores,and rose from the bed to sneak a peek at the documents on the table.

蒋干看到蔡瑁、张允暗通东吴的信，赶紧把信藏在衣服里，悄悄地上床假睡。
Jiang Gan saw Cai Mao and Zhang Yun's secret letters,and hastily hid the letters in his sleeve,and crept back to the bed and pretended to sleep.

到了下半夜，忽然有卫兵叫醒周瑜。周瑜起身到帐外与来人轻声说话。
It was the middle of the night,and suddenly the guards woke up Zhou Yu.Zhou Yu rose and stepped outside of his room to talk quietly with someone.

不久，周瑜回来躺下，很快又打起了呼噜。蒋干趁机跑回曹营，把书信交给曹操。
Shortly after,Zhou Yu came back and lay down,and quickly fell into a deep sleep.Jiang Gan used this moment to run back to Cao Cao's camp,and handed the letters to Cao Cao.

曹操大怒，不容蔡瑁、张允二人分辩，就把他们杀了。等见到二人的头颅时，曹操才猛然醒悟，暗自后悔中了周瑜的奸计，错杀二将。
Cao Cao was furious,and didn't give Cai Mao and Zhang Yun a chance to say anything,before killing both of them. After seeing their two heads fall to the floor,Cao Cao realized he blindly fell into a devious trap,and secretly regretted falling into Zhou Yu's evil scheme,mistakenly killing the two generals.

Here's summer.

The summer is here. Indy is taking a break. I'll keep you posted for next chapter.

第十章 孙刘共抗曹

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第十章 孙刘共抗曹
Chapter 10: Sun Quan And Liu Bei Resist Cao Cao Together

刘备来到汉津，随后被刘琦接到了江夏。曹操退兵后，见一时无法打败刘备，就写信给江东的孙权，要他出兵联合攻打刘备。
Liu Bei arrived at HanJin,but subsequently were moved to JiangXia by Liu Qi.After Cao Cao retreated,saw that at the moment he couldn't defeat Liu Bei,so he wrote a letter to Sun Quan,and wanted him to join forces with him to defeat Liu Bei.

孙权看完书信，召百官商量对策。百官们分成两派，有的主战，有的主和。
After Sun Quan read the letter,he called all his close officials to discuss these matters.the officers divided into two groups,some of them supported advocating the war against Cao Cao,others wanted peace.

孙权派鲁肃去探听刘备的虚实。见鲁肃到来，一直想联吴抗曹的诸葛亮暗暗高兴。
鲁肃主张抗击曹操，因此邀请诸葛亮去见孙权。诸葛亮假意不肯去，鲁肃再三相请，诸葛亮这才答应。
Sun Quan dispatched Lu Su to gather information on Liu Bei's case.Seeing that Lu Su arrived,ZhuGe Liang, who always wanted to join with Sun Quan to fight against Cao Cao, was secretly happy.Lu Su wanted to resist against Cao Cao,and consequentially invited ZhuGe Liang to go meet Sun Quan.ZhuGe Liang pretended to not want to go,but Lu Su pleaded with him,and ZhuGe Liang gave in and agreed.

到了东吴，鲁肃自己先去见孙权。孙权拿出曹操的劝降信，问鲁肃的意见。
After arriving at DongWu,Lu Su went to meet Sun Quan by himself.Sun Quan took out Cao Cao's letter demanding surrender,and asked for Lu Su's opinion.

鲁肃说:“要是主公您投降了，曹操怎么安置您呢？”孙权深以为然。
Lu Su said, "If you surrendered,then how would Cao Cao take care of you?"Sun Quan thought that Lu Su was right.

第二天，鲁肃带诸葛亮去见江东的百官。谋士张昭率先对刘备的实力提出质疑。
The next day,Lu Su brought ZhuGe Liang to meet JiangDong's officials.An advisor Zhang Zhao was the first to question Liu Bei's strength.

诸葛亮说:“刘皇叔兵将很少，却两次大败曹军。他的失败只因不忍丢下百姓。”
ZhuGe Liang said, "Liu Bei's soldiers are scarce,yet he defeated Cao Cao twice.his losses are only because he doesn't want to abandon the civilians."

谋士虞翻高声问：“曹操兵多将广，先生如何应付？”诸葛亮说:“曹操手下都是乌合之众，不足为惧。”
The advisor Yu Fan said loudly, "Cao Cao has a lot of people in his army,how are you going to deal with that?"ZhuGe Liang said, "There are only disordered bands of bad people (try saying that 5 times fast!) under Cao Cao,they aren't worth being afraid of."

虞翻不以为然，诸葛亮说:“刘皇叔用数千将士对抗百万曹军，难道怕曹操吗？” “你们刚打了败仗，还说大话” “你们主张投降，谁更怕曹操？”
Yu Fan was still skeptical,so ZhuGe Liang said, "Liu Bei used thousands of soldiers against Cao Cao's millions,would we be afraid of Cao Cao?""You guys just lost,yet you still talk big!" "You guys insist on surrendering,so who's more afraid of Cao Cao!?"

接着，二十余人纷纷向诸葛亮发难。诸葛亮大义凛然，舌战群儒，将他们全部辩倒。
Next,over a score of people one after another argued with ZhuGe Liang,ZhuGe Liang wasn't fazed,he argued against all the officials,and he won the debate against them.

孙权请诸葛亮去议事。诸葛亮见到孙权后，心想:“此人气概非凡，只能以言语相激，正面劝他抗曹是没用的。”
Sun Quan asked ZhuGe Liang to discuss official business.After ZhuGe Liang met Sun Quan,he thought, "This man's spirit is extraordinary,I can only agitate him with my words,to directly persuade him to fight against Cao Cao is useless."

等孙权问曹军虚实时，诸葛亮故意说:“曹操拥兵百万，您还是投降吧。”
Until Sun Quan can ask Cao Cao's side of the situation,ZhuGe Liang purposely said, "Cao Cao has an army of 1,000,000,you should just surrender."

孙权问:“刘备为何不投降？”诸葛亮说:“刘备是盖世英雄，怎能屈居人下？”
Sun Quan asked, "Why doesn't Liu Bei surrender then?"ZhuGe Liang said, "Liu Bei is a great hero,how can he succumb to such an inferior state?"

孙权一听诸葛亮暗指自己比不上刘备，顿时变了脸色，起身退到后堂去了。鲁肃责备诸葛亮不该如此轻视孙权，诸葛亮大笑道:“我自有破曹之计，他不问，我如何说呢？”
When Sun Quan heard that ZhuGe Liang was hinting that Liu Bei was better than him,his face turned blue with rage,rose and headed to the backroom.Lu Su scolded ZhuGe Liang for insulting Sun Quan,but ZhuGe Liang merely laughed, "I have plans to defeat Cao Cao,if he doesn't ask,then how can I say it?"

诸葛亮说刚才是故意以话相激，鲁肃转告孙权，孙权便请诸葛亮来到后堂。
ZhuGe Liang explained that he said those things on purpose,Lu Su passed word on to Sun Quan,and Sun Quan invited ZhuGe Liang to the backroom.

诸葛亮说:“曹军劳师袭远，不懂水战，我方必能破曹。”于是孙权决定抗曹。
ZhuGe Liang said, "Cao Cao's army are coming from far away to attack us even though they're tired,don't know how to fight on water,we can defeat him."so Sun Quan decided to fight against Cao Cao.

曹军 名将 五十 余 员

How would you translate this sentence?
一连 杀死 曹军 名将 五十 余 员 (yī lián shā sǐ cáo jūn míng jiàng wǔ shí yú yuán)

The following was Indy's first stab at it :-).
killed over 50 of Cao Cao's soldiers as well as a famous general.

情节

Indy was preparing for her Chinese school test tomorrow. I saw that she was studying a list of words, so I went through them with her. 情节was one of them. I asked her what it meant. She thought for a second and said:"love holiday, oh, no, mating season". I almost fell off the chair :-).

第九章 大战长坂坡

第九章 大战长坂坡
Chapter 9: Big Battle At ChangBanPo

诸葛亮随刘备来到新野，刘备拜他为军师，请他掌管军中大事。诸葛亮果然极有才能，很快便将军中事务处理得井井有条。
ZhuGe Liang went with Liu Bei to XinYe, Liu Bei asked him to be his counciller, and invited him to oversee the army. ZhuGe Liang did indeed have great abilities, and very quickly, the army's business were dealt with easily.

不久，曹将夏侯惇率十万大军前来挑战。诸葛亮让赵云将曹军引入山谷，然后让埋伏在那里的军士燃起大火，这场火烧得曹军死伤惨重。
Shortly after,Cao Cao's general XiaHou Dun led 100,000 men to fight.ZhuGe Liang told Zhao Yun to lure Cao Cao's army into a valley,then the men who are already placed there will set the place on fire,the fire burned Cao Cao's army and many were injured as well as killed.

曹操不甘失败，召集五十万大军前来征讨，派遣大将曹仁率十万大军进攻新野。
Cao Cao wasn't willing to lose,and gathered 500,000 men to go on an expedition,and sent the general Cao Ren to lead 10,000 men into XinYe.

新野难守，诸葛亮就安排百姓全部转移。他在新野设好埋伏，专等曹军到来。
XinYe was hard to defend,so ZhuGe Liang arranged for all the people to relocate.and he set up an ambush at XinYe,and patiently waited Cao Cao's army's arrival.

曹军杀奔新野，发现城里竟然空无一人。曹军以为刘军害怕逃走了，就住了下来。
Cao Cao's army raced into XinYe,and discovered that the city was deserted.Cao Cao's army thought that Liu Bei's army had fleed in terror,so they stayed there for the night.

夜晚，城里突发大火，烧死无数曹军。曹军逃到白河边，河水突涨，淹死无数兵士。
原来这又是诸葛亮的计策，他让关羽在上游用沙袋截水，看到曹军便撤袋放水。
At night,the city was suddenly set ablaze with fire,and killed many of Cao Cao's soldiers.Cao Cao's army ran to the bank of the Bai River,the river had swelled up a great size,and drowned more soldiers. Turns out that this was all according to ZhuGe Liang's calculations,he told Guan Yu to go upstream and use sandbags to stop the river,when they saw that Cao Cao's army arrive they removed the bags and let the water flow again.

曹操大怒，亲自率大军进攻新野。诸葛亮建议刘备放弃樊城，退守荆州重地江陵。
Cao Cao was enraged,and personally led his army to attack XinYe.ZhuGe Liang suggested that Liu Bei abandon the city,and retreat and defend the strategic location JiangLing of JingZhou.

于是刘备一面派关羽去江夏向刘琦求救，一面率军民十余万人赶往江陵。
So Liu Bei sent Guan Yu to Liu Qi of JiangXia to beg for help,and also led an army of over 100,000 soldiers and other civilians and rushed to JiangXia.

半夜，曹军追上来了。刘备见救兵没到，只好率两千士兵迎战。危急关头，张飞杀了过来，护着刘备逃到长坂坡。
At midnight,CaoCao's army finally caught up.Liu Bei saw that reinforcements had not yet arrived,he could only lead 2,000 soldiers to battle.they were in a desperate situation,and Zhang Fei came to attack Cao Cao,helping Liu Bei flee to ChangBanPo.

天亮了，刘备见身边只剩百余人马，百姓、家小、赵云等都不知去向。他万分焦急，不由得落下眼泪。
It was morning,Liu Bei saw that only over 100 people on his side had survived,and didn't know where the other people, his family members, and Zhao Yun went to.He was very very very worried,and couldn't help but start crying.

原来赵云在寻找刘备的家眷，他数次杀入乱军，才在逃难的百姓中找到甘夫人。
It turns out that Zhao Yun was looking for Liu Bei's family members,He charged many times into the hordes of soldiers,and found Madame Gan in the midst of the crowd of running people.

这时一支曹军冲了过来，赵云挺起枪，杀出一条血路，将甘夫人送至长坂坡。
At this moment, a group of Cao Cao's army rushed by,Zhao Yun lifted his spear,and sliced and hacked his way out,and brought Mme Gan over to ChangBanPo.

接着，赵云只身杀了回来，在敌军中左冲右突，终于在枯井前找到糜夫人和阿斗。
Next,Zhao Yun singlehandedly slashed and hacked back,and chopped and sliced inside the enemy ranks,finally found Mme Mi and A Dou in front of a well.

此时糜夫人已身受重伤，她让赵云不要管她。赵云不同意，糜夫人便投井自杀了。
At the moment Mme Mi had a fatal injury,and told Zhao Yun to not mind her.Zhao Yun protested,and Mme Mi jumped into the well and died.

赵云只好埋了糜夫人，将阿斗缚在怀中，一连杀死曹军名将五十余员。
Zhao Yun could only bury her corpse,and bound A Dou to his chest,and killed over 50 of Cao Cao's famous generals.

曹操爱才，想收服赵云，便下令活捉他。曹军将士有所顾忌，赵云趁机冲出重围。赵云连战几十员曹将，早已人困马乏。他看到桥头上的张飞，连忙大声呼救：“翼德救我！”
Cao Cao liked talented people, and wanted to get Zhao Yun on his side,so he ordered his men to capture Zhao Yun alive.Cao Cao's general was a bit hesitant,so Zhao Yun used this moment to rush out of the tight encirclement. Zhao Yun battled tens of CaoCao's generals,and he and his horse were exhausted.He saw Zhang Fei at the head of the bridge,and shouted, "HELPPP MEEEE!"

张飞截住追兵，赵云才得以脱身。赵云见了刘备，将熟睡的阿斗交给他。
Zhang Fei held off the chasing soldiers,Zhao Yun finally hurried off.Zhao Yun met up with Liu Bei,and handed the sleeping A Dou to him.

刘备见赵云为了保护阿斗险些丧命，便将阿斗抛在地上，责怪一番。为了你这小子，几乎损我一员大将。赵云说：“赵云肝脑涂地，也难报主公知遇之恩。”
Liu Bei saw that Zhao Yun had protected A Dou and was nearly killed,and threw A Dou on the ground,and started blaming him.Just for you little guy,one of my senior generals almost died.Zhao Yun said, "Even if I am to die the cruelest death,it will be impossible to repay you."

桥头上，张飞命部下将树枝拴在马尾上，在树林中来回奔跑，冲起满天的尘土。
At the head of the bridge,Zhang Fei ordered the soldiers to hang tree branches from their horses' tails,and run back and forth in the forest,letting dust and dirt cloud up.

曹军追了过来，看到张飞横枪怒喝：“谁敢与我决一死战！”又看到树林里尘土飞扬。他们怕有伏兵，不敢上前。
Cao Cao's army caught up,and saw Zhang Fei waving his spear around shouting, "Who wants a battle to the death with me?!"and then saw the flying dirt inside the forest.They were afraid of an ambush,so they were hesitant to move forward.

曹军一退，张飞便率军追上刘备，与刘琦的援军合兵一处，往汉津、沔阳逃去。
Cao Cao's army backed up,Zhang Fei then led the army to catch up to Liu Bei,with Liu Qi's extra reinforcements,fled to HanJing and MianYang.

第八章 三请诸葛亮

第八章 三请诸葛亮
Chapter Eight: Thrice Inviting ZhuGe Liang

刘备攻取许都时大败，只好率兵去投奔诸侯刘表。刘表对刘备非常热情，刘表的后妻蔡氏却对刘备不满，因为刘备不同意她的小儿子继承父位。
When Liu Bei went to attack XuDu he suffered a crushing defeat,he could only take his army back to seek help from warlord Liu Biao.Liu Biao was very nice to Liu Bei,but Liu Biao's second wife Cai Shi did not approve of Liu Bei,because Liu Bei was against her son inheriting his father's title.

蔡夫人让弟弟蔡瑁率兵去杀刘备，刘备逃走时被檀溪拦住去路。眼看追兵就要追上了，刘备只好打马往溪里跳去。谁知那马一跃而起，飞身跳到了对岸。
Mme Cai asked her little brother Cai Mao lead the army to kill Liu Bei,but when Liu Bei was escaping Creek Tan was blocking his way.when he saw that the army was catching up with him,Liu Bei could only get his horse to gallop towards the stream.Who knew that when the horse leaped up,it would leap over to the other side.

刘备来到对岸后，一位吹短笛的牧童认出了他，并邀请他去见师父水镜先生。
After Liu Bei reached the other side,a flute playing shephard boy recognized him,and invited him to meet Master Shui Jing.

草堂里，刘备见到气宇不凡的水镜先生。水镜先生让他广求贤才，以成大事。刘备问：“敢问怎样才能成就大事?”水镜先生道：“卧龙、凤雏，两人得一，可安天下。”
Inside the grass hut,Liu Bei met the extraordinary Mr. Shui Jing.Shui Jing wanted him to seek more talented people,and turn it into a great achievement.Liu Bei asked, "Can I ask how turn into such a great achievement?"Shui Jing replied, "Wo Long, Feng Chu,you need to recruit one of them,and you can dominate the world."

刘备回去后，巧遇贤士徐庶。徐庶说:“诸葛孔明，人称卧龙，诸葛孔明是一位天下奇才，将军可去拜访。”
After Liu Bei returned,he had a chance encounter with Xu Shu.Xu Shu said, "ZhuGe KongMing,also called Wo Long,ZhuGe KongMing is one of the world's greatest talented people,you're going to meet him."

于是，刘备和关羽、张飞一起去隆中卧龙冈拜访诸葛亮，不料诸葛亮没有在家。
Whereupon,Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei went together to the prosperous WoLong Hill to meet ZhuGe Liang,but consequentially ZhuGe Liang wasn't home.

回去时，刘备遇到诸葛亮的朋友崔州平。刘备想让他出山相助，可他却长揖而去。他的理由是生性闲散，无意于功名。
When they went back,Liu Bei met ZhuGe Lian's friend Cui Zhou Ping.Liu Bei wanted him to help,but he refused.He said it was because his life was short,and didn't care about honor and titles.

刘备回去后天天打听诸葛亮的消息。一天，他听说诸葛亮回来了，立即准备出发。
After Liu Bei went back he gathered for any news about ZhuGe Liang.One day,he heard that ZhuGe Liang returned,and immediately set out.

张飞建议派个人去请诸葛亮，可是刘备不以为然，于是三兄弟再次来到卧龙冈。
Zhang Fei suggested that they send someone to invite ZhuGe Liang,but Liu Bei disagreed,so the three brothers once again went to WoLong Place.

刘备跟着小童走进草庐，看见一个年轻人一边烤火，一边唱着贤士待明主的歌。
Liu Bei followed a little kid into the grass hut,and saw a young man warming up by a fire,while singing some folk songs.

刘备欢喜地说:“总算见到先生了。”年轻人还礼说自己是诸葛均，二哥诸葛亮昨天出门闲游了，不知何时回来。刘备只好留了封信给诸葛亮，便告辞了。
Liu Bei laughed, "I can finally meet you, mister."The young man introduced himself as ZhuGe Jun,and his older brother ZhuGe Liang went out yesterday to travel,and didn't know when he would return.Liu Bei could only leave a letter for ZhuGe Liang,and bid fare-well.

转眼过了新年，刘备选好日子，换上干净衣服，又要去隆中拜会诸葛亮。关羽、张飞都很不高兴，关羽说:“还是别去了，估计他徒有虚名，不敢见我们。”
New year passed in the blink of an eye,Liu Bei picked a day,changed into clean clothes,and went once again to meet ZhuGe Liang.Guan Yu and Zhang Fei weren't very happy,and Guan Yu said, "Maybe you shouldn't go,maybe he really isn't as famous as they describe him,and doesn't have the balls to meet us."

张飞听了关羽的话，嚷着要把诸葛亮绑过来。刘备训斥二人无礼，二人只好相随。
Zhang Fei heard Guan Yu's words,and started ranting about forcing ZhuGe Liang to come over here.Liu Bei scolded the two men for their rudeness,and the two quieted down.

到了隆中，刘备得知诸葛亮正在午睡，便只身站在茅庐的阶下静静等候。
After arriving at LongZhong,Liu Bei heard that ZhuGe Liang was sleeping,so he stood straight outside the thatched room and quietly waited.

过了一个时辰，诸葛亮醒了，听说刘备已等很久，连忙走出来，将他迎进茅庐。
After two hours,ZhuGe Liang woke up,and heard that Liu Bei had waited outside for a long time,and hurriedly walked out,and invited him into the cottage.

诸葛亮取出地图，建议先取荆州，再夺西川，与曹、孙形成鼎立之势后再图中原。
ZhuGe Liang retrieved a map,and suggested that they first take JingZhou,then go to XiChuan,and with Cao Cao and Sun Quan and each rule their own land then go for the Central Plains.

刘备听后极为敬佩，再三恳请诸葛亮出山相助。诸葛亮见他如此诚恳，便答应了。
After Liu Bei heard his plan he admired this man even more,then pleaded for ZhuGe Liang to join him.ZhuGe Liang saw that he was very sincere,and agreed.

Life is short?

Here's Indy's latest work.

刘备想让他出山相助，可他却长揖而去。他的理由是生性闲散，无意于功名。

Liu Bei wanted him to help, but he refused. He said it was because his life was short, and didn't care about honor.

I found that the way she translated those highlighted parts is very interesting. It's hard for her to explain why she did so. It's surprising that a short statement "but he refused" really captured the meaning, and I don't know what could be better than that.

When I saw "his life was short", I almost bursted into laughter. It was funny. It's so American: Life is short!

第七章 官渡败袁绍

第七章 官渡败袁绍
Chapter 7: Yuan Shao Defeated At GuanDu

袁绍想称霸天下，可是实力不足以对付曹操，于是拉拢占据江东的孙策共讨曹操。孙策兵精粮足，实力十分强大。
Yuan Shao wanted to dominate the world,but his power wasn't enough to beat Cao Cao,so he lured Sun Ce on his side and together wanted to fight against Cao Cao.Sun Ce's army's provisions were good as well as the army itself,so they were very strong.

吴郡太守许贡想暗算孙策，结果被孙策杀死了。许贡的门客便找机会射伤孙策。
The Governor of WuJun, Xu Gong wanted to kill Sun Ce,which resulted in Sun Ce killing him. Xu Gong's subjects wanted to avenge him so they found an oppurtunity to injure Sun Ce with an arrow.

孙策中的是毒箭，不久就毒发身亡了。临死前，他把权力交给了弟弟孙权。
Sun Ce was shot with a poisoned arrow,and it wasn't long before the poison spread throughout his body.Before he died,he gave all his power to his little brother Sun Quan.

曹操听说孙策已死，孙权继立，便想拉拢孙权，于是奏表皇帝，加封孙权为将军。从此，孙权的大名威震江东，前来拜会的将领、谋士络绎不绝。
Cao Cao heard that Sun Ce died,and Sun Quan inherited all his power and wealth,he wanted to get close to Sun Quan,so he wrote a letter to the emperor,and promoted Sun Quan to the rank of general.From that point on,Sun Quan was known throughout the east of ChangJiang,endless streams of generals and advisors came to visit him.

袁绍见曹操与孙权联合对付自己，不禁勃然大怒，便率七十余万大军，往官渡进发，讨伐曹操。曹操领军七万迎敌。到达官渡后，曹操令张辽带兵冲阵。
Yuan Shao saw that Cao Cao and Sun Quan worked together to fight him,was very mad indeed,and led an army well-over 700,000,and started toward GuanDu,to fight Cao Cao.Cao Cao led an army of 70,000 to fend them off.After reaching GuanDu,Cao Cao ordered Zhang Liao to lead the army and attack.

袁绍早已设下埋伏，等曹军一到，袁军便万箭齐发。曹军大败，只好退守官渡。
Yuan Shao had already planned an ambush,and after Cao Cao's army arrived,his army unleashed tens of thousands of arrows.Cao Cao's army was defeated,and could only retreat back to GuanDu.

两个月后，曹军粮草将尽，便派人到许昌火速催粮。不料半路使者被袁军抓住了。
After two months,Cao Cao's provisions weren't well stocked,so Cao Cao ordered his messenger to go to XuChang to stock up on provisions.But surprisingly met up with Yuan Shao's army and was captured.

许攸搜出书信，劝袁绍趁机攻打曹操。袁绍却怀疑许攸勾结曹操，特来设计陷害他。
Xu You searched him and found a letter which he took,and took this moment to persuade Yuan Shao to hurry and attack Cao Cao now.But Yuan Shao was afraid that Xu You was working with Cao Cao,and especially created a plan to kill him.

许攸无奈，只好连夜去投曹操。曹操已经睡下了，听说许攸来了，光着脚前去迎接。大声说：“子远肯来，我有救了。”
Xu You couldn't do anything,and that night could only go to Cao Cao for protection.Cao Cao was already asleep,and heard that Xu You arrived,he went barefooted to welcome the man.Cao Cao shouted, "You're willing to come on your own free will,I am saved."

许攸入帐后，问:“军中还有多少粮草？”曹操说:“可用一年。”
After Xu You was allowed to enter,he asked, "How many provisions does the army have?"Cao Cao said, "Enough for a year."

许攸不信，曹操立即改口说:“只有半年了。”许攸笑道:“看来曹操果然是奸雄。”
Xu You was skeptical,and Cao Cao quickly corrected himself, "Only half a year's worth."Xu You chuckled, "Looks like Cao Cao really is an arch-careerist."

曹操说:“这叫兵不厌诈，军中只有一个月的粮草了。”许攸却朗声说出实情。
Cao Cao said, "This is called all is fair in life and war,we only have a month's worth of provisions."Xu You however explained the situation in a loud voice.

曹操请教计策。许攸建议去乌巢烧毁袁绍的粮草，这样袁军就不战自乱了。
Cao Cao asked help for strategies for defeating Yuan Shao.Xu You suggested that they burn Yuan Shao's provisions at WuChao,so this way Yuan Shao's army would be in chaos without any fighting from us.

第二天，曹操率精兵五干，打着袁军的旗号，顺利地来到乌巢。他们四下放火，将那里的粮草烧了个精光。
The next day,Cao Cao brought with him an elite army of 5,000,holding Yuan Shao's flag,and easily arrived at WuChao.They lit the fire everywhere,and all the provisions there were burned to the ground.

袁军没了粮草，士气低落。当晚，曹操率大军直攻袁营，袁军被打得四散逃命。袁绍来不及披甲，只带着八百余人慌忙逃走。
The same night,Cao Cao led his army to attack Yuan Shao's camp,and Yuan Shao's army fled left and right.Yuan Shao didn't have enough time to wear his armor,and only brought 800 of his men to flee.

袁绍不甘失败，重整人马后又来挑战。曹操让曹军背水一战，打得袁军死伤无数。
Yuan Shao was not willing to lose,so he regrouped all his men and horses and then came to battleCao Cao let his army go all out,and killed and injured many of Yuan Shao's men.

不久，袁绍病死了。他的三个儿子争权夺位，自相残杀，最终被曹操一一剿灭。
Shortly after,Yuan Shao died of an illness.His three sons fought over his power and inheritance,and fought with each other,and at the end were all extermintated by Cao Cao.