Five of Helü’s officers came to admonish him, saying, “We feel that making a deep incursion and taking extensive revenge will not be to Your Majesty’s advantage.
Your Majesty had best return!” They prepared to decapitate themselves, and Helü made no response.
Their five heads fell before their horses’ hooves.
Helü was afraid and summoned Wu Zi Xu for consultation. Zi Xu said, “Those five officers were afraid.
I would guess that the ones who have five times suffered defeat will be still more afraid—let us try, Your Majesty, to continue this advance a bit.
They then entered Ying, reaching the Yangzi River to the south and Fang wall76 to the north.
All in all, three thousand square li of territory fell to Wu.