Book 55 Chapter 9 – If You Ride a Tiger, Its Hard to Get Off (1/2)
Book 55 Chapter 9 – If You Ride a Tiger, It’s Hard to Get Off
Translator: Foxs' Wuxia
Pouring Xu Ziling a cup of tea to the bri Shao, please have some tea, the weather is so cold, drink it while it is hot!”
“Why do you suddenly beco asked in astonish the Shu Road at dusk, and stepped into Shu border Even with their physical capability, they felt unable to endure Therefore, upon entering Shu border, they stayed for the night at a simple and crude inn of a relay station for post horses After freshening up and changing their clothes, they went to the dining hall to eat The dining hall only had the rice and vegetable, the waiter disappeared to God knohere The cold as screaap on the door and the cracks on the , hence Kou Zhong’s reing stohed and said, “I aestion to take the Shu Road, which et the suffering of war On the other hand, I practice huant of a snorant Ay! I wonder if the principle of the things that you can’t obtain are thean emperor I really don’t want to be an eoing with Ling Shao on a scenic tour, free and unconstrained? When sitting on the dragon seat, I will be so busy with sta document until the black shed and said, “If you had known this earlier, why did you do it in the first place? Now, if you ride a tiger, it’s hard to get off; could it be that you will let Yuzhi beco reiterated his concern, “I a has already fallen into Li Yuan’s hands, it will be difficult for this !”
Sound of hoofbeats ca, furthermore, it came from the direction of the official road In this severe cold weather, traveling merchants have disappeared from the Shu Road, the sound of hoofbeats suddenly arose, the two of the for the said, “Seven to eight riders, they are in a great hurry”
The horses neighed, obviously the inco riders pulled the reins to stop, and dismounted outside the inn
Souys enjoy the fresh air outside”
Stunned, Kou Zhong said, “The voice sounds faaze toward the closed main door ‘Creak!’ Thethe several wind lanterns in the dining hall that they flickered rando his forehead, he stood, along with Xu Ziling, to greet the new cohed and said, “No wonder it’s so fa closed the door first, and then saluted and said, “Lin Lang, on behalf of our Wujiang Bang [Wu River Gang] Laoda [boss] Sha Ming, respectfully welco recalled that day when he left Bashu via the ay, riding on Lin Lang’s boat under Hou Xibai’s arrangee that he met Han Zenan’s family of three [actually, the text says ‘two’, but I believe it was a typo, much like e talked about first and third floor the other day], as well as Lei Jiuzhi, and also Gongliang Ji, whose fa tea Ji
And now the old friend suddenly appeared before their eyes, all kinds of past events felt as if they had just happened yesterday, his heart was filled with joy, he laughed and said, “We all are brothers, why do you speak like you are treating us with foruest? Sit down and talk”
Lin Lang laughed aloud and sat down happily; he watched Kou Zhong personally picked up a cup and poured so our huly with aentle’s life”
Kou Zhong put down the teapot, he smiled and said, “Aren’t we just human? We can’t possibly sprout three heads and six ar brothers for a period of time, we are brothers for life Come, let’s have a cup!” The three men used tea in place of wine, they enjoyed the said, “Why don’t we call Lin Xiong‘s brothers to co said, “If even a little bit of suffering they are unable to endure, how could they co here should not enter the fourth person’s ears”
Xu Ziling asked, “Lin Xiong’s tiree replied, “Since Lei Dage inforentle close attention to the two routes, water and land – to enter Shu I still have the best luck, after only two days, we ran into two Ye’er”
Feigning iain! What Ye front and Ye back, Ye long and Ye short? He is Xiao [little] Xu, I am Xiao Kou, you are Xiao Lin Ha! Xiao Kou sounds a bit worrying, like I beca’s name literallythen!”
Lin Lang showed an overwhelmed-by-favor-from-superior look; emotionallyand Shaoshuai, it is indeedasked, “What happened in Chengdu? Why do you want to stop us one step ahead before we reach Chengdu?”
Lin Lang replied, “The current situation in Bashu is extre Que’s navy, with an overwhel superiority, entered and occupied Luchuan Jun [county or region], they expelled all Xie Hui’s people Afterwards, anyone ants to leave Shu via the ayFa and Xu Ziling’s scalp went nuhost-and-deity-cannot-fatho the troops It should be noted that Luchuan was located south of Chengdu, at the intersection of the Great River and Mian River Fro troops upstream on the river, in just two days they would be able to reach Chengdu, and choke Chengdu’s throat tightly Luchuan fell, potentially Xie Hui was suppressed to the point of being unable to ly si deployuard with a surprise attack [idiom, from Sunzi’s ‘Art of War’], so that the men and horses on Xie Hui’s side in Luchuan Jun were coht back”
“What is Xie Hui’s reaction?” Kou Zhong asked
Lin Lang replied, “Naturally he was extre to surrender The next ions to cootiation with the four ave order for the people frodu, civil war in Bashu could happen at any zi are afraid that he would pull in the Tang Ar the situation – face the danger upon entering the city, hence they told us to figure out a way to notify two gentle headache, could it be that Kou Zhong’s words turn out to be tragically prophetic, that Bashu affair could only be settled using military [or martial] force, to see whose fist was harder?
Kou Zhong spoke heavily, “Does Xie Hui have the intention to retake Luchuan?”
Revealing a look of disdain, Lin Lang snorted coldly and said, “He is able to defend Chengdu, that could be considered not bad already, how could he dare to rush indiscri Army enters Shu, the situation does not dare to be optidu is located on a plain, due to the city walls high and thick, it is not easy to break it through”
He was obviously standing on Kou Zhong’s side, looking at the situation in Bashu fro said, “Before entering Shu, we heard news that Li shi+yehu of the Western Tujue, therefore, Tongyehu and his nu Li shi+ replied, “There is indeed this rumor, but no one can differentiate whether it is true or false However, Bashu is surrounded by towering[e] and Mount Ba in the north, Mount Wu cuts off on the east, Mount Yu with a thousand years of snow in the west, and Wuling, Wu each other in the south, becoed barriers on four sides, the only accesses to go back and forth are the land route Shu Road and the Three Gorges ay Even if the outside tribes of the western border have the interest to get their hands in Bashu, it would be having the heart but not the strength”
Xu Ziling said, “So is it true that there a large nu and going the Duzun Castle?”
Lin Lang said, “Recently, there have been a nudu, but it’s not clear whether they are related to Xie Hui They contracted the Wumen [lit five-door] Inn on the Wumen Street Their number is around fifty, men and women”
After a short pause, he snorted coldly and said, “Xie Hui is overesti his capabilities, unexpectedly he has the delusion to fight Song Que,a solution [idio’sday by day,Clan is clearly in Lingnan, where the whip cannot reach [idiom: beyond one’s influence] But now Shao Shuai Arht the many, honorable even in defeat and did not lose the least bit of land Moreover, Song Que led the arnan to support Shaoshuai, Du Fuwei publicly announced that he is standing on Shaoshuais side, the world situation is reversed No one can understand why Xie Hui still cast his lot to Li Yuan, who killed Li Mi and executed Dou Jiande”
Kou Zhong spoke in amazement, “The news spreads so fast, you, LaoGe seem to know the situation better than I do”
Lin Lang nodded and said, “Indeed it’s a bit strange! In the past, it took a long period of ti to the war situation outside Shu border to gradually beco Shaoshuai’s splendidin endlessly, and finally it was confir secretly praised shi+ Zhixuan’s accurate grasp on Song Que’s intention By spreading of the news, he imperceptibly influenced the people of the world, planted the ihteousness, overshadowing Li shi+ Li Yuan’s heartless injustice This was precisely a brilliant-beyond-cohest real Que’s asp in amazement The days when people everywhere were on the lookout and realign their allegiance to Li shi+one, it would never return