Complex sentence: Zhuge Liang ordered Wei Yan, Wu Ban, and Gao Xiang to counter Sima Yi outside the city wall, and the Wei forces suffered a heavy defeat: 3,000 elite soldiers were killed, 5,000 sets of armor and 3,100 crossbows were seized by Shu.
Split into simpler sentences: Zhuge Liang ordered Wei Yan, Wu Ban, and Gao Xiang to stop Sima Yi outside the city wall, where the two forces clashed. The Wei forces suffered a heavy defeat: 3,000 elite soldiers were killed, 5,000 sets of armor and 3,100 crossbows were seized by Shu.