The Grandmaster Strategist - Volume 6, Chapter 36: Emptily Boasting of Former Glory

... he Duke obeyed the King’s orders to take command in Yuhang, training volunteer armies to guard the coastal defenses. Everyone believed the Duke couldn’t balance this with the warfare in Jianghuai. The Duke secretly ordered his adjutant, Yang Xiu, to attack Sizhou and Chuzhou, and General Shi Guan in Huaixi to march on Suzhou.

The Yong army didn’t expect the Duke to pick a fight first and lost Suzhou and Chuzhou. Huaibei was in grave danger, relying on Great Yong’s Military Commissioner ...