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。

第十一章 蒋干盗书信

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第十一章 蒋干盗书信
Chapter 11: Jiang Gan Steals Letters (gasp!)

张昭等人听说孙权决定迎战，急忙来劝他。孙权又没了主意，于是召回在外领兵的周瑜。周瑜说:“将军英明神武，岂能投降操贼?只要给我几万人马，我定可破敌！"
Zhang Zhao and some others heard that Sun Quan decided to have a battle,and hurriedly tried to dissuade him.Sun Quan was at a loss of ideas again,so he called back the leader of the troops Zhou Yu from the frontier.Zhou Yu said, "You are a general of courage and power,how can you think of surrendering to that scum Cao Cao?All you have to do is give me at least ten thousand soldiers,and I will defeat the enemy!"

孙权大喜，命周瑜总领军队抗曹。吴军在三江口附近扎营，曹操率大军沿江而下。
Sun Quan was delighted,so he ordered Zhou Yu to lead soldiers to fight Cao Cao.The Wu army camped near SanJiangKou,and Cao Cao led his big army downstream.

几天后，两军在三江口展开激烈的战斗。曹军不善于水战，大败而回。
A few days later,the two armies at SanJiangKou exploded viciously into battle.Cao Cao's army wasn't used to battling on water,and lost miserably, forcing him to retreat.

回去后，曹操命荆州降将蔡瑁、张允加紧督练水军。一天，周瑜窥探曹营时，见水军阵势严整灵活，大惊。当他得知水军都督是蔡瑁、张允时，便想除掉二人。
After retreating,Cao Cao ordered General Cao Mao and Zhang Yun of JingZhou to train his navy.One day,when Zhou Yu was spying on Cao Cao's camp,he saw that the navy was very disciplined and well-trained,and was shocked.And when he heard that the navy was led by Cao Mao and Zhang Yun,he decided to eliminate the two people.

曹营中，谋士蒋干说他和周瑜曾是同窗，可劝周瑜归降。曹操命他即刻动身。
Inside Cao Cao's camp,Advisor Jiang Gan said that he used to be classmates with Zhou Yu,and he was confident that he could convince Zhou Yu to surrender.Cao Cao ordered him to immediately get into action.

周瑜见蒋干来了，早已猜到他的来意。寒喧后，周瑜问:“你是来当说客的吧?"
Zhou Yu saw that Jiang Gan had arrived,but he had already predicted this.After greetings were exchanged,Zhou Yu queried, "You came to persuade me to surrender, eh?"

蒋干一楞，连忙否认。周瑜赔笑道:“我怕你替曹操做说客，不是就好。”于是大摆宴席，召江东群臣与他见面。
Jiang Gan stiffened,and quickly tried to deny it.Zhou Yu chuckled,"I was afraid that Cao Cao would send you over to persuade me,but if you're not, that's cool too."And with flourish he set the food out for a great feast,and called a group of officials to come and meet him.

周瑜对百官说:“我的同窗蒋干不是说客。今日喝酒，只叙友情，有谈军事者,斩！”
Zhou Yu said to the officials, "My classmate Jiang Gan didn't come to persuade me to do anything.Tonight we shall drink up,and talk to our fellow friends,and if I hear so much as a peep about the military,OFF WITH HIS HEAD!"

蒋干吓得不敢出声。周瑜喝了很多酒，说:“老友相聚，一定要喝得尽兴。”
Jiang Gan was frightened speechless and he had to check his pants to see if he had peed in them.ZHou Yu drank a lot of wine,and he said, "Good friends party together,and we must drink to our hearts' content."

到了晚上，周瑜拉着蒋干走出帐外，让他看威猛的军士和堆积如山的粮草。
It was night,and Zhou Yu pulled Jiang Gan outside,and told him to look at the mighty battle forces and the endless heaps of provisions.

回席后，周瑜指着百官说:“今日真可谓'群英会'啊。”说罢，他边舞剑边唱歌。
After returning to the banquet,Zhou Yu pointed at the officials and said, "Today it should be said, "a group of heroes are here."After finishing,he started performing a sword-dances and singing.

就寝时，周瑜强拉着蒋干到自己的营帐，要他和自己同床而睡。
When retiring to bed,Zhou Yu pulled Jiang Gan into his room,and wanted him to sleep with him.

周瑜大吐一场，很快就睡下了。蒋干听到周瑜鼾声如雷，便起身偷看桌上的文件。
Zhou Yu puked a mountain,and immediately slept. Jiang Gan heard Zhou Yu's snores,and rose from the bed to sneak a peek at the documents on the table.

蒋干看到蔡瑁、张允暗通东吴的信，赶紧把信藏在衣服里，悄悄地上床假睡。
Jiang Gan saw Cai Mao and Zhang Yun's secret letters,and hastily hid the letters in his sleeve,and crept back to the bed and pretended to sleep.

到了下半夜，忽然有卫兵叫醒周瑜。周瑜起身到帐外与来人轻声说话。
It was the middle of the night,and suddenly the guards woke up Zhou Yu.Zhou Yu rose and stepped outside of his room to talk quietly with someone.

不久，周瑜回来躺下，很快又打起了呼噜。蒋干趁机跑回曹营，把书信交给曹操。
Shortly after,Zhou Yu came back and lay down,and quickly fell into a deep sleep.Jiang Gan used this moment to run back to Cao Cao's camp,and handed the letters to Cao Cao.

曹操大怒，不容蔡瑁、张允二人分辩，就把他们杀了。等见到二人的头颅时，曹操才猛然醒悟，暗自后悔中了周瑜的奸计，错杀二将。
Cao Cao was furious,and didn't give Cai Mao and Zhang Yun a chance to say anything,before killing both of them. After seeing their two heads fall to the floor,Cao Cao realized he blindly fell into a devious trap,and secretly regretted falling into Zhou Yu's evil scheme,mistakenly killing the two generals.