《资治通鉴·晋纪·晋纪二十九》
于是，姚苌秘密率领一支一千六百人的精锐部队奔赴那里。
乃潜引精兵一千六百赴之。
So Yao Chang took a thousand and six hundred elite troops and secretly went there.
<s>[INST] Given the Classical Chinese text: 乃潜引精兵一千六百赴之。, provide a step-by-step translation process to arrive at the English translation. [/INST]

**Step 1**: **乃** (nǎi) is a conjunction that means "then" or "so". 
**Step 2**: **潜** (qiǎn) means "secretly" or "stealthily". 
**Step 3**: **引** (yǐn) means "to lead" or "to bring". 
**Step 4**: **精兵** (jīngbīng) is a noun that means "elite troops". 
**Step 5**: **一千六百** (yīqiānliùbǎi) is a number phrase that means "one thousand and six hundred". 
**Step 6**: **赴** (fù) means "to go to" or "to proceed to".
**Step 7**: **之** (zhī) is a pronoun that refers to a previously mentioned noun (in this case, the town of Xiangyang). 

Final English translation: So Yao Chang took a thousand and six hundred elite troops and secretly went there."</s>
Given the Classical Chinese text: 乃潜引精兵一千六百赴之。, provide a step-by-step translation process to arrive at the English translation.
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**Step 1**: **乃** (nǎi) is a conjunction that means "then" or "so". 
**Step 2**: **潜** (qiǎn) means "secretly" or "stealthily". 
**Step 3**: **引** (yǐn) means "to lead" or "to bring". 
**Step 4**: **精兵** (jīngbīng) is a noun that means "elite troops". 
**Step 5**: **一千六百** (yīqiānliùbǎi) is a number phrase that means "one thousand and six hundred". 
**Step 6**: **赴** (fù) means "to go to" or "to proceed to".
**Step 7**: **之** (zhī) is a pronoun that refers to a previously mentioned noun (in this case, the town of Xiangyang). 

Final English translation: So Yao Chang took a thousand and six hundred elite troops and secretly went there."
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