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d pleasure。 Disaster is very near。 If the Wei armies get here; I shall yield。 It is no good taking it seriously。〃
〃You call yourself a man! Have you such a disloyal and treacherous heart? Is it nothing to have held office and taken pay for years? How can I bear to look upon your face?〃
Ma Miao was too ashamed to attempt to reply。 Just then his house servants came to tell him that Deng Ai; with his two thousand troops; had found their way along some road and had already broken into the city。 Ma Miao was now frightened and hastily went out to find the leader and offer his formal submission。
He went to the Town Hall and bowed on the steps; crying; 〃I have long desired to e over to Wei。 Now I yield myself and my army and all the town。〃
Deng Ai accepted his surrender and incorporated his army with his own force。 He took Ma Miao into his service as guide。
Then came a servant with the news: 〃Lady Li has hanged herself!〃
Deng Ai asked why she had done it; and Ma Miao told him。 Deng Ai; admiring her rectitude; gave orders for an honorable burial。 He also went in person to sacrifice。 Everyone extolled her conduct。
When the Ruler of Shu had wandered from the way;
And the House of Han fell lower;
Heaven sent Deng Ai to smite the land。
Then did a woman show herself most noble;
So noble in conduct;
That no leader equaled her。
As soon as Jiangyou was taken; the posts along the road by which the army had e were withdrawn; and there was a general rendezvous at this point。 This done; they marched toward Fucheng。
General Tian Xu remonstrated; saying; 〃We have just finished a long and perilous march and are weary and worn out。 We ought to repose for a few days to recover。〃
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