Chapter 10 The Battle of Feishui(23)

Thus, Fu Jian's plan changed from being contemptuous of the enemy to fearing it, from advancing recklessly to fleeing, and finally suffered a disastrous defeat. Fu Rong died in battle while Fu Jian's army in retreat. Fu Jian was struck in the arm by arrow, but led the rest of his army and fled to the north at all costs. When they heard the sound of the wind and the singing of the flying cranes, they thought that the Jin soldiers were still in hot pursuit. So they fled day and night, starving and cold. As a result, when they returned to the north, seven or eight out of the ten troops had been lost. Later generations used to describe a person after being agitated, the heart becomes fragile, once the wind and grass can not stand it, or it can also describe a precarious situation. Alas, because of him, "everything is guarded", " apprehend danger in every sound " these two idioms, but spread through the ages. [29]