千里走单骑英文故事

千里走单骑英文故事
千里走单骑英文故事

千里走单骑英文故事
Crossing Five Passes and Slaying Six Generals
Mural of Guan Yu's Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles (千里走单骑) in the Summer Palace
In Chapter 26,Guan finally received news that Liu Bei was alive and currently in Yuan Shao's camp.Guan decided to leave Cao Cao together with Liu's wives to rejoin his sworn brother.Guan attempted to bid Cao farewell in person before his departure but Cao did not give him the chance to do so.Frustrated,Guan eventually wrote a farewell letter to Cao and left.He took with him none of the luxuries and gifts Cao gave him,except the Red Hare.He even gave up his title as Marquis of Hanshou by leaving behind his official seal.Cao's subordinates felt that Guan behaved far too rudely and arrogantly by leaving without bidding farewell and wanted to pursue him and bring him back.However,Cao knew that no one could stop Guan and he gave orders for the officials along the way to give passage to Guan.
Guan rode beside the carriage carrying his sisters-in-law and escorted them safely all the way.The first pass they reached was Dongling Pass (south of present day Dengfeng,Henan).The guarding officer Kong Xiu refused to allow Guan passage as Guan did not have any official permits with him.Infuriated,Guan killed Kong and forced his way through the pass.
They next reached the city of Luoyang.The governor Han Fu led 1,000 men to block Guan.Han's subordinate Meng Tan challenged Guan to a duel but was sliced in two by Guan.While Guan was fighting with Meng,Han secretly took aim and fired an arrow at Guan.The arrow hit Guan's arm and wounded him,but Guan drew the arrow from the wound and proceeded to kill Han.The shocked soldiers immediately gave way and Guan's party passed through safely.
Guan's party arrived at Sishui Pass (north of present day Xingyang,Henan).The guarding officer Bian Xi received Guan's party with a warm welcome and invited Guan to a feast at the temple outside the pass.In fact,Bian had ordered 200 men to lie in ambush inside the temple and kill Guan.Fortunately,one of the monks called Pujing,who was also from Guan's hometown,hinted to Guan of the hidden danger.The ambush failed and Guan killed Bian and passed through Sishui Pass.
The governor of Xingyang,Wang Zhi,adopted a similar scheme to kill Guan.Like Bian Xi,he pretended to be welcoming towards Guan and led Guan's party to a courier station for them to settle in for the night.After that,Wang ordered his subordinate Hu Ban to lead 1,000 men to surround the station secretly and set fire to it in the middle of the night.Curious to know how Guan looked like,Hu stole a glance at Guan.Guan noticed Hu and invited him into the room.Guan had met Hu's father earlier and carried a letter with him.He gave the letter to Hu and,after reading his father's letter,Hu decided to help Guan.Hu revealed Wang Zhi's evil plot and opened the city gates secretly for Guan and his party to leave.Wang caught up with the party a while later but Guan turned back and killed him.
Guan's party finally arrived at a ferry crossing on the southern bank of the Yellow River.Qin Qi,the officer in charge,refused to allow them to cross the river and was killed by Guan in anger.Guan and his party then crossed the river safely and entered Yuan Shao's domain.However,they soon realised that Liu Bei was no longer in Yuan's territory and had already left for Runan.Guan and his party then made their long journey back and were finally reunited with Liu and Zhang Fei at Gucheng.