《三国志·吴书·贺全吕周钟离传》
不久，敌军数千人出兵江中，全琮将他们击败，将他们的将军尹卢斩首。
顷之，敌数千人出江中，琮击破之，枭其将军尹卢。
Before long, the enemy dispatched several thousand men to attack a river; Quan Cong defeated them and beheaded their general Yin Lu.
<s>[INST] Given the Classical Chinese text: 顷之，敌数千人出江中，琮击破之，枭其将军尹卢。， provide a step-by-step translation process to arrive at the English translation. [/INST]
**Step 1: Identify the grammatical structure.**
- Subject: 琮 (Quan Cong)
- Verb: 击破 (defeated)
- Object: 敌数千人 (several thousand enemy soldiers)

**Step 2: Determine the meaning of the individual characters.**
- 顷之 - before long
- 敌 - enemy
- 数千人 - several thousand men
- 出 - to go out
- 江中 - in the river
- 琮 - Quan Cong
- 击破 - to defeat
- 枭 - to behead
- 其 - his
- 将军 - general
- 尹卢 - Yin Lu

**Step 3: Combine the individual characters into a coherent sentence.**
- 顷之，敌数千人出江中。
= Before long, several thousand enemy soldiers attacked from the river.

- 琮击破之，枭其将军尹卢。
= Quan Cong defeated them and beheaded their general Yin Lu.

**Final English translation**: Before long, the enemy dispatched several thousand men to attack a river; Quan Cong defeated them and beheaded their general Yin Lu.</s>
Given the Classical Chinese text: 顷之，敌数千人出江中，琮击破之，枭其将军尹卢。， provide a step-by-step translation process to arrive at the English translation.
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**Step 1: Identify the grammatical structure.**
- Subject: 琮 (Quan Cong)
- Verb: 击破 (defeated)
- Object: 敌数千人 (several thousand enemy soldiers)

**Step 2: Determine the meaning of the individual characters.**
- 顷之 - before long
- 敌 - enemy
- 数千人 - several thousand men
- 出 - to go out
- 江中 - in the river
- 琮 - Quan Cong
- 击破 - to defeat
- 枭 - to behead
- 其 - his
- 将军 - general
- 尹卢 - Yin Lu

**Step 3: Combine the individual characters into a coherent sentence.**
- 顷之，敌数千人出江中。
= Before long, several thousand enemy soldiers attacked from the river.

- 琮击破之，枭其将军尹卢。
= Quan Cong defeated them and beheaded their general Yin Lu.

**Final English translation**: Before long, the enemy dispatched several thousand men to attack a river; Quan Cong defeated them and beheaded their general Yin Lu.
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