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.