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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.
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