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遵號令
The Sixteen Do Their Work
那十六個小妖卻遵號令，各各效能：搶了白馬、行囊，把三藏一擁，擡著轎子，徑至城邊，高叫道：「大王爺爺定計，已拿得唐僧來了。」那城上大小妖精，一個個跑下，將城門大開。那十六个小妖却遵号令，各各效能：抢了白马、行囊，把三藏一拥，抬着轿子，径至城边，高叫道：「大王爷爷定计，已拿得唐僧来了。」那城上大小妖精，一个个跑下，将城门大开。
逐句解 Line by line
那十六個小妖卻遵號令，各各效能：搶了白馬、行囊，把三藏一擁，擡著轎子，徑至城邊，高叫道：「大王爺爺定計，已拿得唐僧來了。」
那十六个小妖却遵号令，各各效能：抢了白马、行囊，把三藏一拥，抬着轿子，径至城边，高叫道：「大王爷爷定计，已拿得唐僧来了。」
As for the sixteen lesser demons, they followed their orders and each showed what he could do: they seized the white horse and the baggage, crowded in on Tripitaka, carried the chair straight to the city wall, and called up loudly: "His Majesty's plan has worked. The Tang monk is taken."
搶 reads qiǎng here, to snatch away — the other band from the one that means to strike against. 著 reads zhe, the chair carried and kept moving. 得 is the light de joining the verb to its result.
那城上大小妖精，一個個跑下，將城門大開。
那城上大小妖精，一个个跑下，将城门大开。
The demons on the wall, great and small, came running down every one and threw the city gates wide.
將 reads jiāng, the object carried before the verb.
總評 Commentary
This is the chapter's real ending and it takes one sentence. While three magnificent single combats go on at the top of the mountain, sixteen chair-bearers pick up the horse, the luggage and the monk and walk them to the gate. Nobody fights them. There is nobody left to.
The third fiend said, back in the cave, that the whole success rested on these sixteen. He was right, and the novel proves it by giving them no drama whatever — they follow orders, each does his job, and the thing is done. It is the least heroic passage in the chapter and the only decisive one.
The shout up at the wall is the last twist of it. His Majesty's plan has worked — the credit goes to the old fiend, who opposed the plan, was terrified of Wukong, and wanted to keep the promise. He is at this moment swinging a sabre at Bajie and has no idea it is over.