凡大兵所至，其害甚於盜賊：蓋盜賊人猶得而仇之，兵則人所不敢仇也。其少異於盜者，特不敢輕於殺人耳。甲寅歲，三藩作反，南征之士，養馬兗郡，雞犬廬舍一空，婦女皆被淫污。時遭霪雨，田中瀦水為湖，民無所匿，遂乘垣入高粱叢中。兵知之，裸體乘馬，入水搜淫，鮮有遺脫。惟張氏婦不伏，公然在家。有廚舍一所，夜與夫掘坎深數尺，積茅焉；覆以薄，加蓆其上，若可寢處。自炊灶下。有兵至，則出門應給之。二蒙古兵強與淫。婦曰：「此等事，豈可對人行者？」其一微笑，啁嗻而出。婦與入室，指蓆使先登。薄折，兵陷。婦又另取蓆及薄覆其上，故立坎邊，以誘來者。少間，其一復入。聞坎中號，不知何處，婦以手笑招之曰：「在此處。」兵踏蓆，又陷。婦乃益投以薪，擲火其中。火大熾，屋焚。婦乃呼救。火既熄，燔尸焦臭。人問之。婦曰：「兩豬恐害於兵，故納坎中耳。」由此離村數里，於大道旁並無樹木處，攜女紅往坐烈日中。村去郡遠，兵來率乘馬，頃刻數至。笑語啁嗻，雖多不解，大約調弄之語。然去道不遠，無一物可以蔽身，輒去，數日無患。一日，一兵至，甚無恥，就烈日中欲淫婦。婦含笑不甚拒。隱以針刺其馬，馬輒噴嘶，兵遂縶馬股際，然後擁婦。婦出巨錐猛刺馬項，馬負痛奔駭。韁繫股不得脫，曳馳數十里，同伍始代捉之。首軀不知處，韁上一股，儼然在焉。
凡大兵所至，其害甚于盗贼：盖盗贼人犹得而仇之，兵则人所不敢仇也。其少异于盗者，特不敢轻于杀人耳。甲寅岁，三藩作反，南征之士，养马兖郡，鸡犬庐舍一空，妇女皆被淫污。时遭霪雨，田中潴水为湖，民无所匿，遂乘垣入高粱丛中。兵知之，裸体乘马，入水搜淫，鲜有遗脱。惟张氏妇不伏，公然在家。有厨舍一所，夜与夫掘坎深数尺，积茅焉；覆以薄，加席其上，若可寝处。自炊灶下。有兵至，则出门应给之。二蒙古兵强与淫。妇曰：「此等事，岂可对人行者？」其一微笑，啁嗻而出。妇与入室，指席使先登。薄折，兵陷。妇又另取席及薄覆其上，故立坎边，以诱来者。少间，其一复入。闻坎中号，不知何处，妇以手笑招之曰：「在此处。」兵踏席，又陷。妇乃益投以薪，掷火其中。火大炽，屋焚。妇乃呼救。火既熄，燔尸焦臭。人问之。妇曰：「两猪恐害于兵，故纳坎中耳。」由此离村数里，于大道旁并无树木处，携女红往坐烈日中。村去郡远，兵来率乘马，顷刻数至。笑语啁嗻，虽多不解，大约调弄之语。然去道不远，无一物可以蔽身，辄去，数日无患。一日，一兵至，甚无耻，就烈日中欲淫妇。妇含笑不甚拒。隐以针刺其马，马辄喷嘶，兵遂絷马股际，然后拥妇。妇出巨锥猛刺马项，马负痛奔骇。缰系股不得脱，曳驰数十里，同伍始代捉之。首躯不知处，缰上一股，俨然在焉。
Wherever a great army goes, it does more harm than bandits. People can at least treat bandits as enemies; soldiers are enemies no one dares to treat as such. The one small way they differ from bandits is that they do not kill quite so lightly. In the jiayin year, when the Three Feudatories rose in revolt, troops on the southern campaign were quartering their horses in Yanzhou Prefecture. Not a chicken, a dog or a house was left untouched, and every woman was raped. It was a time of endless rain, and the water standing in the fields had turned them into lakes. The people had nowhere to hide, so they climbed over the walls into the sorghum. The soldiers found out. They stripped naked, rode their horses into the water, and hunted the women down to rape them. Few got away. Only Zhang’s wife would not hide. She stayed openly at home. She had a kitchen hut. One night she and her husband dug a pit in it several feet deep and heaped it with thatch. Over that they laid a reed screen, with a mat on top, so that it looked like a place to sleep. She went on cooking at the stove. When soldiers came, she went out the door to wait on them. Two Mongol soldiers tried to force her. “How can a thing like this be done in front of someone else?” she said. One of them grinned, jabbered something, and went out. She went into the room with the other and pointed to the mat for him to get on first. The screen snapped and the soldier fell in. She took another mat and another screen and laid them over the pit, then stood at its edge on purpose to lure the next one. Shortly the other came back in. He heard howling from the pit but could not tell where it came from. She beckoned him with a smile. “Over here.” The soldier stepped on the mat and fell in too. Then she threw more firewood in on them and tossed in fire. The fire blazed up and the hut burned. Then she cried for help. When the fire was out, there was a stench of burnt corpses. People asked her about it. “I had two pigs,” she said. “I was afraid the soldiers would get them, so I put them in the pit.” After that she would go several li from the village to a stretch of the highway with no trees at all, and sit there in the blazing sun with her needlework. The village was far from the prefectural city, and the soldiers came mostly on horseback, several passing in a moment. They laughed and jabbered; she understood little of it, but it was mostly teasing. Still, she was close to the road and there was nothing to hide behind, so they always rode on. For several days she came to no harm. One day a soldier came who had no shame at all and wanted to rape her right there in the blazing sun. She smiled and did not resist much. Secretly she pricked his horse with a needle. The horse snorted and neighed, so the soldier tied its reins to his thigh before taking hold of her. She pulled out a large awl and stabbed the horse hard in the neck. The horse bolted in pain and terror. With the reins tied to his thigh, he could not get free. It dragged him dozens of li before his comrades caught it for him. Where his head and body were, no one knew. On the reins, a single thigh was still there, plain to see.