Wednesday, August 27, 2008

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.

Monday, June 23, 2008

Here's summer.

The summer is here. Indy is taking a break. I'll keep you posted for next chapter.

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

第十章 孙刘共抗曹

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第十章 孙刘共抗曹
Chapter 10: Sun Quan And Liu Bei Resist Cao Cao Together

刘备来到汉津,随后被刘琦接到了江夏。曹操退兵后,见一时无法打败刘备,就写信给江东的孙权,要他出兵联合攻打刘备。
Liu Bei arrived at HanJin,but subsequently were moved to JiangXia by Liu Qi.After Cao Cao retreated,saw that at the moment he couldn't defeat Liu Bei,so he wrote a letter to Sun Quan,and wanted him to join forces with him to defeat Liu Bei.

孙权看完书信,召百官商量对策。百官们分成两派,有的主战,有的主和。
After Sun Quan read the letter,he called all his close officials to discuss these matters.the officers divided into two groups,some of them supported advocating the war against Cao Cao,others wanted peace.

孙权派鲁肃去探听刘备的虚实。见鲁肃到来,一直想联吴抗曹的诸葛亮暗暗高兴。
鲁肃主张抗击曹操,因此邀请诸葛亮去见孙权。诸葛亮假意不肯去,鲁肃再三相请,诸葛亮这才答应。

Sun Quan dispatched Lu Su to gather information on Liu Bei's case.Seeing that Lu Su arrived,ZhuGe Liang, who always wanted to join with Sun Quan to fight against Cao Cao, was secretly happy.Lu Su wanted to resist against Cao Cao,and consequentially invited ZhuGe Liang to go meet Sun Quan.ZhuGe Liang pretended to not want to go,but Lu Su pleaded with him,and ZhuGe Liang gave in and agreed.

到了东吴,鲁肃自己先去见孙权。孙权拿出曹操的劝降信,问鲁肃的意见。
After arriving at DongWu,Lu Su went to meet Sun Quan by himself.Sun Quan took out Cao Cao's letter demanding surrender,and asked for Lu Su's opinion.

鲁肃说:“要是主公您投降了,曹操怎么安置您呢?”孙权深以为然。
Lu Su said, "If you surrendered,then how would Cao Cao take care of you?"Sun Quan thought that Lu Su was right.

第二天,鲁肃带诸葛亮去见江东的百官。谋士张昭率先对刘备的实力提出质疑。
The next day,Lu Su brought ZhuGe Liang to meet JiangDong's officials.An advisor Zhang Zhao was the first to question Liu Bei's strength.

诸葛亮说:“刘皇叔兵将很少,却两次大败曹军。他的失败只因不忍丢下百姓。”
ZhuGe Liang said, "Liu Bei's soldiers are scarce,yet he defeated Cao Cao twice.his losses are only because he doesn't want to abandon the civilians."

谋士虞翻高声问:“曹操兵多将广,先生如何应付?”诸葛亮说:“曹操手下都是乌合之众,不足为惧。”
The advisor Yu Fan said loudly, "Cao Cao has a lot of people in his army,how are you going to deal with that?"ZhuGe Liang said, "There are only disordered bands of bad people (try saying that 5 times fast!) under Cao Cao,they aren't worth being afraid of."

虞翻不以为然,诸葛亮说:“刘皇叔用数千将士对抗百万曹军,难道怕曹操吗?” “你们刚打了败仗,还说大话” “你们主张投降,谁更怕曹操?”
Yu Fan was still skeptical,so ZhuGe Liang said, "Liu Bei used thousands of soldiers against Cao Cao's millions,would we be afraid of Cao Cao?""You guys just lost,yet you still talk big!" "You guys insist on surrendering,so who's more afraid of Cao Cao!?"

接着,二十余人纷纷向诸葛亮发难。诸葛亮大义凛然,舌战群儒,将他们全部辩倒。
Next,over a score of people one after another argued with ZhuGe Liang,ZhuGe Liang wasn't fazed,he argued against all the officials,and he won the debate against them.

孙权请诸葛亮去议事。诸葛亮见到孙权后,心想:“此人气概非凡,只能以言语相激,正面劝他抗曹是没用的。”
Sun Quan asked ZhuGe Liang to discuss official business.After ZhuGe Liang met Sun Quan,he thought, "This man's spirit is extraordinary,I can only agitate him with my words,to directly persuade him to fight against Cao Cao is useless."

等孙权问曹军虚实时,诸葛亮故意说:“曹操拥兵百万,您还是投降吧。”
Until Sun Quan can ask Cao Cao's side of the situation,ZhuGe Liang purposely said, "Cao Cao has an army of 1,000,000,you should just surrender."

孙权问:“刘备为何不投降?”诸葛亮说:“刘备是盖世英雄,怎能屈居人下?”
Sun Quan asked, "Why doesn't Liu Bei surrender then?"ZhuGe Liang said, "Liu Bei is a great hero,how can he succumb to such an inferior state?"

孙权一听诸葛亮暗指自己比不上刘备,顿时变了脸色,起身退到后堂去了。鲁肃责备诸葛亮不该如此轻视孙权,诸葛亮大笑道:“我自有破曹之计,他不问,我如何说呢?”
When Sun Quan heard that ZhuGe Liang was hinting that Liu Bei was better than him,his face turned blue with rage,rose and headed to the backroom.Lu Su scolded ZhuGe Liang for insulting Sun Quan,but ZhuGe Liang merely laughed, "I have plans to defeat Cao Cao,if he doesn't ask,then how can I say it?"

诸葛亮说刚才是故意以话相激,鲁肃转告孙权,孙权便请诸葛亮来到后堂
ZhuGe Liang explained that he said those things on purpose,Lu Su passed word on to Sun Quan,and Sun Quan invited ZhuGe Liang to the backroom.

诸葛亮说:“曹军劳师袭远,不懂水战,我方必能破曹。”于是孙权决定抗曹。
ZhuGe Liang said, "Cao Cao's army are coming from far away to attack us even though they're tired,don't know how to fight on water,we can defeat him."so Sun Quan decided to fight against Cao Cao.