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汉与楚相对峙时，士兵疲惫不堪。而匈奴冒顿单于新近臣服了北边少数民族，势盛来犯边。盂舒心知士兵十分疲劳，不忍心令他们出战，而士兵们争相出城杀敌，如同儿子替父亲与人拼命，因而死去好几百人。
汉与楚相距，士卒罢敝，而匈奴冒顿新服北夷，来为边寇，孟舒知士卒罢敝，不忍出言，士争临城死敌，如子为父，以故死者数百人，孟舒岂驱之哉！
When Han was at loggerheads with Chu, the soldiers were exhausted. Meanwhile, Modun Chanyu of the Xiongnu had recently subdued the northern minorities and came to invade the border with a strong force. Meng Shu knew well that the soldiers were exhausted and hated to send them to fight, but the soldiers competed to go out of the city and kill the enemy, just as sons would fight to the death for their fathers. As a result, hundreds of them died.