TREATISE ON STRATEGY

EXAMINATION OF MILITARY STRATEGY

JIN PART 2

[Yao] Xing Emperor of the Later Qin retreated south more than forty li Approx. 13 miles and stationed his troops at Fenxi. He ordered his men to cut cypress timber from the mountains and cast it into the Fen River...
This plan was highly advantageous.

...letting the logs float downstream in an attempt to destroy the floating bridge A bridge made of boats, essential for the Northern Wei's supply lines. However, the people of Wei used hooks to seize the timber, using it as firewood instead. Meanwhile, [Yao] Ping’s grain supplies were exhausted and his arrows were spent. After failing to break through the siege during a nighttime sortie, he led his subordinates to drown themselves in the river. The remaining twenty thousand men were all taken prisoner. [Yao] Xing, finding himself powerless to save them, wailed in grief along with his entire army. [Tuoba] Gui Emperor Daowu of Northern Wei took advantage of this victory to advance and attack Puban.

Liu Yu The future Emperor Wu of the Liu Song dynasty, currently a mid-level officer followed Huan Xiu, the Inspector of Xu and Yan provinces, to the imperial court. There, he conspired with Liu Yi, He Wuji, Meng Chang, his younger brother [Liu] Daogui, Zhuge Changmin, and others to raise an army to suppress Huan [Xuan] Original text says Huan Ju, likely a transcription error for the usurper Huan Xuan.
Of the many loyalist armies that rose to support the throne, this one was the most extraordinary.

At Guangling, [Zhuge] Changmin served as an adjutant to Diao Kui; [Liu] Yu sent him to kill Kui and seize Liyang, as both Huan and Diao were members of [Huan] Xuan's faction. [Liu] Yu used the pretext of a hunting trip to gather a following with [He] Wuji, obtaining over a hundred men. At dawn, when the gates of Jingkou opened, [He] Wuji wore the robes of an imperial herald and claimed to be carrying an official edict. The local officials stood respectfully at the front while the band of followers trailed behind.