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people　to　e　over。　Now　the　empire　is　united；　and　the　Yellow　Scarves　are　the　only　malcontents。　To　receive　their　surrender　is　not　to　encourage　the　good。　To　allow　brigands；　when　successful；　is　to　give　way　to　every　license；　and　to　let　them　surrender　when　they　fail　is　to　encourage　brigandage。　Your　plan　is　not　a　good　one。〃

Liu　Bei　replied；　〃Not　to　let　brigands　surrender　is　well。　But　the　city　is　surrounded　as　by　an　iron　barrel。　If　the　rebels'　request　be　refused；　they　will　be　desperate　and　fight　to　the　death；　and　we　can　hardly　withstood　a　myriad　of　such　men。　Moreover；　in　the　city　there　are　many　times　that　number；　all　doomed　to　death。　Let　us　withdraw　from　one　corner　and　only　attack　the　opposite。　They　will　all　assuredly　flee　and　have　no　desire　to　fight。　We　shall　take　them。〃

Zhu　Jun　saw　that　the　advice　was　good　and　followed　it。　As　predicted　the　rebels　ran　out；　led　by　Han　Zhong。　The　besiegers　fell　upon　them　as　they　fled；　and　Han　Zhong　was　slain。　The　rebels　scattered　in　all　directions。　But　the　other　two　rebel　chieftains；　Zhao　Hong　and　Sun　Zhong；　came　with　large　reinforcements；　and　as　they　appeared　very　strong；　the　imperial　soldiers　retired；　and　the　new　body　of　rebels　reentered　Wancheng。

＇e＇　Sun　Zi　（aka　Sun　Wu；　Suntzu；　Sun…tzu；　Sun　tzu）　the　author　of　the　famed　treatise　The　Art　of　War。　A　general　of　Wu　in　the　Spring　and　Autumn　period；　Sun　Zi　made　her　the　mightiest　state　during　his　lifetime　by　defeating　Chu　and　conquering　Yue。　His　treatise　the　Art　of　War　is　still　avidly　read　today　by　many。　。。。。。

Zhu　Jun　encamped　three　miles　from　the　city　and　prepared　to　attack。　Just　then　there　arrived　a　body　of　horse　and　foot　from　the　east。　At　the　lead　was　one　general　with　a　broad　open　face；　a　body　as　an　alert　tiger's；　and　a　torso　as　a　lofty　bear's。　His　name　was　Sun　Jian。　He　w