Wubei Zhi (Vol. 17)

Preparation for War: Volume 23

"When they are hungry, they will surely try to flee to the sea." Wang Shi ordered Luo Rui to station his army at the mouth of the sea to block 柜 original: 柜 (jǔ); used here in the sense of 'to resist' or 'to block' them. The rebels abandoned all their ships and fled into the mountain valleys, leading their followers to camp below the Nanchen Hostelry. Their forces still numbered more than ten thousand men. The Zhedong provincial army dealt a crushing defeat to Qiu Fu at the Nanchen Hostelry, beheading several thousand rebels. In their haste to escape, the rebels abandoned so much silk and fabric that the roads were overflowing with it.

Furthermore, this does not follow the main format; the Zhaoyi General.

The General of the Zhaoyi A military circuit known for its elite, disciplined shock troops troops marched even when barefoot and stumbling, ordering that any soldier who dared to look back should be executed. The rebels retreated again into the city of Shan. Wang Shi said:

The rebels come to be captured.

"The rebels are merely coming here to be captured." He ordered the various armies to move quickly and surround them. The rebels defended the city walls with great tenacity; in the span of three days, there were eighty-three separate engagements. The rebels eventually requested to surrender, but Wang Shi said: "The rebels only wish for a short rest; we must be even more vigilant in our preparations."

As he predicted, the rebels came out to fight once more. After three more battles, Qiu Fu and about one hundred followers emerged from the city to surrender. When they were only a few dozen paces from the city gates, the government troops rushed forward to cut off their retreat and successfully captured them. Wang Shi executed Liu Sheng and the other subordinates, while Qiu Fu was placed in shackles and sent to the capital Chang'an, the Tang Dynasty capital to be executed. When the various generals returned to Yue Prefecture, Wang Shi held a great banquet. The generals addressed him, saying: "We have grown up in the military..."