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.