《旧唐书·列传·卷九十》
韩择木怯懦，十分恐惧；惟有员外司兵张孚赞同这个办法，于是杀了李庭伟及其同党几十人，韩择木这才派遣使者向朝廷奏明。
择木怯懦，大惧；唯员外司兵张孚然其计，遂杀庭伟并其党数十人，择木方遣使奏闻。
Han Zemu was timid and very scared; only the yiwai military official Zhang Fu agreed with the plan. They thus killed Li Tingwei and dozens of his cronies. Han Zemu dispatched an envoy to the court to report.
<s>[INST] Explain the meaning of this Classical Chinese passage in English: 择木怯懦，大惧；唯员外司兵张孚然其计，遂杀庭伟并其党数十人，择木方遣使奏闻。 [/INST] Han Zemu was timid and very scared; only the yiwai military official Zhang Fu agreed with the plan. They thus killed Li Tingwei and dozens of his cronies. Han Zemu dispatched an envoy to the court to report.</s>
Explain the meaning of this Classical Chinese passage in English: 择木怯懦，大惧；唯员外司兵张孚然其计，遂杀庭伟并其党数十人，择木方遣使奏闻。
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Han Zemu was timid and very scared; only the yiwai military official Zhang Fu agreed with the plan. They thus killed Li Tingwei and dozens of his cronies. Han Zemu dispatched an envoy to the court to report.
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