三國演義雙語故事(23):黃忠請戰
Huang Zhong Takes on the Challenge
This is a story from Three Kingdoms. Huang Zhong， a veteran in the army of Shu， was one of its top five generals. Zhang He under Cao Cao had suffered one defeat after another. Cao Hong gave him a 5，000-strong army to attack Jiameng Pass. When Liu Bei learned this， he consulted with Zhuge Liang， his military advisor. Zhuge Liang said： “Zhang He is a distinguished general of Cao Cao. Only Zhang Fei could defeat him.” This irritated veteran Huang Zhong. Huang shouted： “Advisor has looked down upon me. I will get his head off and offer it to you.” Zhuge Liang prodded Huang again by saying， “Though you are valiant， I am afraid you are not Zhang He's match because you are too old.” When Huang Zhong heard this， his gray hair angrily stood on end. He said， “Old as I am， I am able to open two bows and am full of vitality.” Huang went down and got a big sword off the rack and performed with it. He took two hard bows off the wall and pulled them broken. Then Zhuge Liang said： “If you go ，whom would you like to be your assistant？” Huang Zhong replied， “Veteran Yan Yan. If the two of us can not defeat Zhang He， my gray-haired bead is yours.” Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang were very pleased. The veteran generals were ordered to fight Zhang He. When Huang Zhong and Yan Yan got to Jiameng Pass， they laid a trap to defeat Zhang He. Then they used skillful tactics to take over Tiandang Mountain， the granary of Cao Cao's army. Later， they captured Dingjun Mountain. They reported back to Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang declaring a complete victory.
黃忠請戰
黃忠是蜀軍中有名的老將。曹將張郃在連吃敗仗的情況下，曹洪又給他五千人馬叫他攻打葭萌關。劉備得知，與軍師集衆商議對策。諸葛亮說：“ 張郃是曹操手下名將，要想取勝只有張飛才行。”諸葛亮一句話，激怒了老將黃忠，只見他大聲喊道：“軍師太小看人了，我黃忠願取張郃首級，獻于軍師帳下。” 諸葛亮再激道：“你雖然很勇敢，但年紀太大了，恐怕不是張郃的對手。”黃忠聽了，氣的白髮倒豎說：“我雖然老了，但兩臂能開三石之弓，渾身還有千斤之力。 ”只見黃忠大步走下堂，取下架上大刀，舞動如飛，拿下牆上硬弓，一連拉斷兩張。諸葛亮說：“將軍要去，誰做你的副將。”黃忠說：“老將嚴顏。如果我倆不能取勝，我願獻上這顆白頭。”劉備、諸葛亮大喜。命二人帶兵與張郃交戰。黃忠、嚴顏到了葭萌關，先用計打敗張郃，又用智奪取了曹操的屯糧重地天蕩山。而後又攻下定軍山，果然大獲全勝而歸。
