说苑/楚莊王伐陳，吳救之，雨十日十夜，晴，左史倚相曰：「吳必夜至，甲列壘壞，彼必薄我，何不行列鼓出待之！

楚莊王伐陳，吳救之，雨十日十夜，晴，左史倚相曰：「吳必夜至，甲列壘壞，彼必薄我，何不行列鼓出待之！

Eric Henry

Once, when King Zhuang of Chu60 attacked Chen, and Wu came to Chen’s rescue, it rained for ten days and ten nights before the sky at last became clear.

Eric Henry

Yi Xiang, the court archivist of the left, said, “Wu troops will arrive tonight without a doubt.

」吳師至楚見成陳而還。

Eric Henry

Our armor has come unstuck, and our ramparts are in disrepair.

Eric Henry

They undoubtedly hold us in contempt.

左史倚相曰：「追之，吳行六十里而無功，王罷卒寢。

Eric Henry

Why don’t we form some troops and send them out with drums to await their arrival?” On coming to Chu, the Wu troops saw a force in battle formation and so returned.

Eric Henry

Yi Xiang said, “Let us pursue them.

」果擊之，大敗吳師。

Eric Henry

After going sixty li, Wu will be unable to do anything, the king will be exhausted, and the troops will be ready to retire for the night.” Chu in fact won a great victory upon attacking them.

Eric Henry

Lord Huan of Qi Decides to Abandon an Attack on Chaoling