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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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。