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.