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Song-Ming -> Romance of the Three Kingdoms -> Cao Ren Withstands The South Land; Zhuge Liang Angers Zhou Yu -> 23

周瑜曹仁程普周瑜:「?」:「。」:「?」程普:「。」:「?」:「。」Ill as he was, Zhou Yu still retained control of the expedition. He knew that the enemy came daily to the gates of his camp and reviled him, although none of his officers told him. One day Cao Ren came in person, and there was much rolling of drums and shouting. Cheng Pu, however, steadily refused to accept the challenge and would not let anyone go out. Then Zhou Yu summoned the officers to his bedside and said, "What mean the drums and the shouting?" "The soldiers are drilling," was the reply. "Why do you deceive me?" said Zhou Yu angrily. "Do I not know that our enemies come day by day to our gates and insult us? Yet Cheng Pu suffers this in silence and makes no use of his powers and authority." He sent for Cheng Pu and, when he arrived, asked him why he acted thus. "Because you are ill, and the physician said you were on no account to be provoked to anger. Wherefore, although the enemy challenged us to battle, I kept it from you." "And if you do not fight, what think you should be done?" said Zhou Yu. And they all said they desired to return to the South Land till he had recovered from his wound, when they would make another expedition.


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