1、义放曹操Guan Yus Loyal Deed of Letting Cao Cao RunAway This story is from the novel Three Kingdoms. CaoCao's troops had suffered heavy casualties in the ChibiCampaign and there were only 300 troops left. CaoCao led these troops to Huarongdao in retreat. Whilemarching on， Cao
2、 Cao， riding horseback， pointedhis whip and laughed loudly， saying，“People sayZhuge Liang is wise and full of clever stratagems， butit seems to me he is as incapable as the averagegeneral. If he had an army waiting in ambush overthere， I would have no way out.” Before he
3、could finish his words， the thunder of cannons washeard and an army headed by Guan Yu stormed out of hiding to block their way. At the sight ofGuan Yu's mighty force， the hopeless and disappointed Cao Cao had to beg Guan Yu for a wayout.“Now I am pressed in the corner. Pl
4、ease take mercy on me for our past friendship and let mego.”“I have already repaid you for your kindness，” replied General Guan.“Today I can't doanything harmful to the nation.”“Do you remember your killing my six generals while you passedthrough the five passes？” Cao Cao
5、 reminded Guan Yu. In his mind， Guan Yu admitted that if CaoCao did not ordered his men to let Guan Yu pass through， he would not have gotten through thefive passes alive. Guan Yu， a man who valued loyalty highly， ordered his men to make a way andgestured Cao Cao to pass
6、through. Thus， Cao Cao made it through alive.义放曹操 赤壁之战曹军大败，所剩三百人马，跟随曹操向华容道退去。正走间，曹操突然在马背上扬鞭大笑说：“别人都说诸葛亮足智多谋，我看也是无能之辈，如果他在这里埋伏一支队伍，今天我们只有死路一条了。”曹操的话音刚落，只听一声炮响，关羽领一支人马栏住去路。曹操见了，丢魂丧胆，只得央求关羽说：“我今天无路可走了，望将军看在我们往日的情份上，给我留一条活路！”关羽说：“你的恩情我已报答，今天不能为私情误了国家大事。”曹操说：“将军还记得过五关斩六将吗？”关羽
