第230部分 (第1/7页)

the　arrows　flew　down　in　great　numbers。　When　the　soldiers　of　Wei　retired；　Meng　Da　opened　the　gates　and　went　in　pursuit。　But　the　whole　of　Sima　Yi's　army　soon　came　up；　and　the　banners　stood　so　thick　that　they　hid　the　sun。

〃This　is　what　Zhuge　Liang　foresaw！〃　said　Meng　Da　despairingly。　The　gates　were　closed　and　barred。

Meanwhile　the　wounded　general；　Xu　Huang；　had　been　borne　to　his　tent；　where　the　arrow　head　was　extracted　and　the　physician　attended　to　him。　But　that　night　he　died。　He　was　fifty…nine。　His　body　was　sent　to　Luoyang　for　burial。

Next　day；　when　Meng　Da　went　up　on　the　wall；　he　saw　the　city　was　entirely　surrounded　as　with　a　girdle　of　iron。　He　was　greatly　perturbed　and　could　not　decide　what　to　do。　Presently　he　saw　two　bodies　of　troops　ing　up；　their　banners　bearing　the　names　of　his　fellow　conspirators………Shen　Yi　and　Shen　Dan。　He　could　only　conclude　that　they　had　e　to　his　help；　so　he　opened　the　gates　to　them　and　went　out　to　join　them　in　the　fight。

〃Rebel；　stay！〃　cried　they　both　as　they　came　up。

Realizing　that　they　had　been　false；　he　turned　and　galloped　toward　the　city；　but　a　flight　of　arrows　met　him；　and　the　two　who　had　betrayed　him；　Li　Gu　and　Deng　Xian；　began　to　revile　him。

〃We　have　already　yielded　the　city！〃　they　cried。

Then　Meng　Da　fled。　But　he　was　pursued；　and　as　he　and　his　horse　were　both　exhausted；　he　was　speedily　overtaken　and　slain。　They　exposed　his　head；　and　his　soldiers　submitted。　Sima　Yi　was　weled　at　the　open　gates。　The　people　were　pacified；　the　soldiers　were　rewarded　and；　this　done；　a　report　of　their　success　was　sent　to　Cao　Rui。

Cao　Rui　ordered　the　body　of　Meng　Da　to　be　exposed　in　the　market　place　of　Luoyang；　and　he　promoted　Shen　Yi　and　Shen　Dan　and　gave　them　posts　in　the　army　of　Sima　Yi。　He　gave　Li　Gu