Consequently, he gave orders to withdraw his troops and return home.

"If anyone in the army dares to dissuade me, I will sentence him to death."

"Military command is no joke. If you can explain the reason, I will let you go. Otherwise I will sentence you to death."

Jianzi said in a stern voice:

"I thought of something funny."

A warrior named Gong Luwang, wearing armour and holding a sharp weapon in his hand, laughed loudly the moment he saw Zhao Jianzi.

Gong Luwang replied:

After Zhao Jianzi heard Gong Luwang's story, he looked as if he had just wakened from a dream. He said:

Zhao Jianzi asked hurriedly:

"Why are you laughing?"

Calmly Gong Luwang told a story:

"It was the season for gathering mulberries. My neighbours, a couple, went to the field. The husband found a woman in the depths of the mulberry groves. He chased after her but could not catch her, so he returned unhappily. At that time, his wife had already left him in anger. I laugh at my neighbour who had not caught the woman but lost his wife and became single in the end."

"Now, if I attack other states, I may possibly fail, then I'll become the subject of a subjugated state.

Zhao Jianzi, the famous general of the State of Jin, prepared to attack the State of Qi. He ordered: