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索林密谋想诛杀继祖，事情败露后，继祖便发大军包围了武定府，抢劫了和曲、禄劝等州县，杀伤了调到这里的土官王心一。
索林谋诛继祖，事泄，继祖遂大发兵围府，行劫和曲、禄劝等州县，杀伤调至土官王心一等兵。
Suolin secretly planned to kill Jizu. After the incident was exposed, Jizu surrounded Wuding Prefecture with a large army, robbed Hequ and Luquan counties, and killed the local official Wang Xinyi.
<s>[INST] Given the Classical Chinese text: 索林谋诛继祖，事泄，继祖遂大发兵围府，行劫和曲、禄劝等州县，杀伤调至土官王心一等兵。, provide a step-by-step translation process to arrive at the English translation. [/INST] 
Step 1: Identify the main verb and its object. The main verb is 谋 (mou, "to plot"). Its object is 诛继祖 (zhu Jizu, "to kill Jizu").
Step 2: Identify the subject. The subject is 索林 (Suolin).
Step 3: Translate the main verb and its object. "谋诛继祖" can be translated as "plotted to kill Jizu".
Step 4: Translate the subject. "索林" can be translated as "Suolin".
Step 5: Combine the subject, verb, and object to form the main clause. "索林谋诛继祖" can be translated as "Suolin plotted to kill Jizu".
Step 6: Translate the rest of the sentence. "事泄" can be translated as "the incident was exposed". "继祖遂大发兵围府" can be translated as "Jizu surrounded Wuding Prefecture with a large army". "行劫和曲、禄劝等州县" can be translated as "robbed Hequ and Luquan counties". "杀伤调至土官王心一等兵" can be translated as "killed the local official Wang Xinyi".
Step 7: Combine all the clauses to form the final English translation. "索林谋诛继祖，事泄，继祖遂大发兵围府，行劫和曲、禄劝等州县，杀伤调至土官王心一等兵" can be translated as "Suolin secretly planned to kill Jizu. After the incident was exposed, Jizu surrounded Wuding Prefecture with a large army, robbed Hequ and Luquan counties, and killed the local official Wang Xinyi."</s>
Given the Classical Chinese text: 索林谋诛继祖，事泄，继祖遂大发兵围府，行劫和曲、禄劝等州县，杀伤调至土官王心一等兵。, provide a step-by-step translation process to arrive at the English translation.
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Step 1: Identify the main verb and its object. The main verb is 谋 (mou, "to plot"). Its object is 诛继祖 (zhu Jizu, "to kill Jizu").
Step 2: Identify the subject. The subject is 索林 (Suolin).
Step 3: Translate the main verb and its object. "谋诛继祖" can be translated as "plotted to kill Jizu".
Step 4: Translate the subject. "索林" can be translated as "Suolin".
Step 5: Combine the subject, verb, and object to form the main clause. "索林谋诛继祖" can be translated as "Suolin plotted to kill Jizu".
Step 6: Translate the rest of the sentence. "事泄" can be translated as "the incident was exposed". "继祖遂大发兵围府" can be translated as "Jizu surrounded Wuding Prefecture with a large army". "行劫和曲、禄劝等州县" can be translated as "robbed Hequ and Luquan counties". "杀伤调至土官王心一等兵" can be translated as "killed the local official Wang Xinyi".
Step 7: Combine all the clauses to form the final English translation. "索林谋诛继祖，事泄，继祖遂大发兵围府，行劫和曲、禄劝等州县，杀伤调至土官王心一等兵" can be translated as "Suolin secretly planned to kill Jizu. After the incident was exposed, Jizu surrounded Wuding Prefecture with a large army, robbed Hequ and Luquan counties, and killed the local official Wang Xinyi."
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