Wubei Zhi (Vol. 10)

Wu Han led the General-in-Chief of Cavalry, Du Mao, and seven other generals to besiege Su Mao at Guangle. Zhou Jian gathered over one hundred thousand men to rescue him. Han went to meet them and fought, but the battle went poorly, and he fell from his horse, injuring his knee. He returned to his camp. Jian and the others then combined their forces and entered the city. The generals said to Han, "The great enemy is before us, yet you are wounded and lying down. The troops are afraid." Han then rose up furiously, bandaged his wound, slaughtered oxen to feast the soldiers, and encouraged them. The morale of the troops doubled. The next morning, Su Mao and Zhou Jian led their troops out to besiege...