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But, on the next assault, Paou's juggle was not so successful, as it was rendered futile by the superior stratagem of Choo Sun. He, im- mediately after he found Paou having recourse to his magical powers, had arranged that a quantity of the blood of pigs, sheep, and dogs, should be collected and carried up to a neighboring height, and that, on the first appearance of the same phenomena which had occurred before, this should be poured down. When the assault was made, “Chang Paou acted the magician, there was a tremendous wind and thunder, the sand flew, and the stones ran (along the ground), a black cloud overcast the sky, and an immense number of men and horses fell from heaven.' Heuentih turned his horse and hastily retreated, while Chang Paou pursued him, with all his men, as far as the ris- ing ground, when the mixture was thrown down from its top, and then there could be seen. "in the air, paper-men and grass-horses, falling in confusion to the ground. The wind and thunder ceased, nor did the sand and stones continue to fly about." Chang Paou, finding himself baffled in this attempt, was obliged to flee for his life, and, with difficulty reached one of his fortresses, where he shut himself up and his troops.
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While Choo Sun was occupied in besieging Chang Paou, he heard that his colleague Hwangfoo Sung, had been appointed to take the place of Tung Cho, whose frequent losses had occasioned his degrada- tion from office; that, when Hwangfoo entered upon his office, Chang Keŏ died, and was succeeded in command by his brother Chang Leang; that Chang Leäng had been cut off by Hwang, for which achievement the emperor promoted him, and yielded to his interces- sions in behalf of the defamed Loo Chih, whose misfortune has been noticed; and that Tsaou Tsaou also had been promoted in consi- deration of the services, he had lent in support of the imperial cause. Choo Sun, on hearing all this intelligence was stimulated to a simul- taneous attack of the town, in which Chang Paou had taken shelter, and he brought the besieged to such a stress at length, that one. of Paou's own officers beheaded his master and delivered up the city to the imperial general. Thus fell the first leaders of “the rebellion of the Yellow Caps."
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