| Taishi Ci went on as long as possible, finally halting to rest in a spot
surrounded by reeds. Suddenly a tremendous shouting arose. Taishi Ci was just
starting when tripping ropes arose all round, his horse was thrown and he found
himself a prisoner. |
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| Taishi Ci was taken back to camp. As soon as Sun Ce
heard the news, he himself rode out to order the guards to leave the prisoner,
whose bonds he loosened with his own hands. Then he took off his own embroidered
robe and put it on the captive. They entered the camp together. |
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| "I knew you were a real hero," said Sun Ce. "That
worm Liu Yao had no use for such as you, and so he got beaten." |
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| Taishi Ci, overcome by this kindness and good
treatment, then formally surrendered. |
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Sun Ce seized his hand and said, laughing, "If you had taken me at
that fight we had near the shrine, would you have killed me?" |
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| "Who can say?" said Taishi Ci smiling. |
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| Sun Ce laughed also and they entered his tent, where
Taishi Ci was placed in the seat of honor at a banquet. |
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| Taishi Ci said, "Can you trust me so far as to let
me go to muster as many as I can of the soldiers of my late master? Under the
smart of this defeat they will turn against him, and they would be a great help
to you." |
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| "Exactly what I most desire. I will make an
agreement with you that at midday tomorrow you will return." |
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| Taishi Ci agreed and went off. All the generals said
he would never return. |
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| "He is trustworthy and will not break his word,"
said the chief. |
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| None of the officers believed he would come back.
But the next day they set up a bamboo rod in the gate of the camp, and just as
the shadow marked noon Taishi Ci returned, bringing with him about a thousand
troops. Sun Ce was pleased, and his officers had to confess that he had rightly
judged his man. |
第二十課：信義の士太史慈、孫策との約束を守る
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