King Chu Cheng said: "The son of Jin has a noble character, he has been killed abroad for a long time, and his entourage is all virtuous people of the country, this is arranged by God, how can I kill him?

After Chong'er lived in Chu for a few months, the crown prince of Jin, who was hostage in Qin, learned that Duke Huigong of Jin was seriously ill and left Qin without saying goodbye.

Qin was particularly angry, and when he heard that Chong'er lived in Chu State, he wanted to invite Chong'er to Qin.

King Chu Cheng said: "The state of Chu is too far away from the state of Jin, and it takes several countries to reach it. The border between the Qin State and the Jin State is very virtuous, so you can go well!"

King Chu Cheng gave a lot of gifts to Chong'er.

In the autumn of the fourteenth year of Jin Huigong, Chong'er arrived in Qin, and Qin Mugong married five women from the same sect to Chong'er, and Wen Huan, the wife of the crown prince, was also among them.

Chong'er didn't intend to accept the wife of the crown prince, so Xu Chen said: "We are going to attack the country of Yuan, let alone his wife! Moreover, you accepted this woman in order to form an inmarriage with the Qin State in order to return to the Jin Kingdom, don't you stick to small etiquette and forget the great shame!"

Chong'er then accepted the prince's wife, and Qin Mugong was very happy and personally feasted with Chong'er.

Qin Mu said fairly: "I know you want to return to the Jin Kingdom as soon as possible. ”

Zhao Yu and Chong'er left their seats, and thanked Qin Mugong again: "We, the isolated courtiers, rely on you, just like Baigu looks forward to knowing the good rain of the season. ”

In September of the fourteenth year of Jin Huigong, Jin Hui Gong died, and the crown prince succeeded to the throne, which was for Jin Huaigong.

After Jin Huaigong ascended the throne, he was afraid of the Qin State crusade, so he ordered that those who fled with Chong'er must return to Jin on time, and those who overdue killed the entire family, because his uncle Hu Yan and Hu Mao followed Chong'er and did not return to China, and Jin Huaigong killed Chong'er's grandfather Hutu.

When Luan Zhi, Xing Gu and others, the doctors of the Jin Kingdom, heard that Chong'er was in the Qin State, they all secretly came to persuade Chong'er, Zhao Yu and others to return to the Jin Kingdom, and there were many people who responded internally.

So Qin Mugong sent an army to escort Chong'er back to the Jin Kingdom, and Jin Huaigong heard that the Qin army was coming, so he sent an army to resist, but the people knew that Chong'er was going to come back and were unwilling to resist, only Jin Huigong's old ministers Lu Province and Yin Rui were unwilling to let Chong'er take the throne.

The Qin State escorted Chong'er to the banks of the Yellow River. Facing Chong'er's imminent ascension to the throne, Hu Yan said: "I have followed you around the world, there are too many mistakes, I know it myself, I ask to leave now." ”

Chong'er said: "If I return to Jinhou, if there is someone who is not with you, please ask Hebo to testify!"

So, Chong'er threw Biyu into the Yellow River and swore an oath to the fox.

At that time, Jie Zitui was also an entourage, and he was in the boat, so he smiled and said: "It is true that God is supporting the rise of Gongzi, but Hu Yan thinks that it is his own credit and asks the king for it, which is too shameless." I don't want to be with him. After saying that, he hid and crossed the Yellow River.

The Qin army surrounded Linghu, and the Jin army was stationed in Luliu.

Hu Yan formed an alliance with the Qin and Jin doctors in Xun, and Chong'er entered the Jin army and arrived in Quwo. Chong'er went to the Wu Palace to worship and ascend the throne, which was for the Duke of Jin Wen.

The ministers all went to Quwo to worship, and Jin Huaigong fled to Gaoliang. Chong'er sent people to kill Jin Huaigong.

Lu Xing and Hao Rui intended to set fire to Chong'er,

Told by Bo Bao, Lu Xing and Yin Rui fled to the Yellow River and were booby-trapped by Qin Mugong.

In the first year of Jin Wen, the younger brother of King Xiang of Zhou took the prince to steal his sister-in-law, and the king of Zhou Xiang had a fire, and the prince led the joint Di people to attack Zhou and defeated the Zhou army. King Xiang of Zhou fled to Zheng and sued the princes.

In the spring of the second year of Duke Wen of Jin, Qin Mugong received an urgent document from Zhou Tianzi and stationed troops on the bank of the Yellow River to prepare King Qin. Zhao Yu persuaded Jin Wengong with a politician's sense of smell: "It is best to support Zhou Tianzi to fight for hegemony, the Zhou royal family and the Jin State have the same surname Ji, if the Jin State does not escort Zhou Tianzi back to Beijing first and falls behind the Qin State, it will not be able to call the shots in the world, and today respecting the King of Zhou is the capital of the Jin State to dominate." ”

The Jin army arrived at Yangfan and besieged Wen County, Henan, escorting King Xiang of Zhou back to Luoyi, the capital of Zhou.

The Jin army and killed the prince's belt, and King Xiang of Zhou was greatly moved and gave Hanoi and Yangfan to the Jin state.

In the fourth year of the reign of Duke Wen of Jin, King Cheng of Chu and the allied princes besieged the Song State, and Sun Zigu, the grandson of the Duke of Song, rushed to the Jin State to ask for assistance.

Xian Zhen said: "To repay the benefactor and decide the overlord, it is up to today." ”

Hu Yan said: "The state of Chu has just taken possession of the state of Cao, and for the first time intermarried with the state of Wei, if the state of Cao and the state of Wei are attacked, the state of Chu will definitely come to the rescue, then the state of Song will be liberated." ”

Duke Wen of Jin organized three armies to crusade against Cao and Wei, allies of the Chu State. In December, the Jin army captured the east of Taihang Mountain, and Duke Wen of Jin gave the original city to Zhao Yuan.

In the spring of the fifth year of Duke Wen of Jin, Duke Wen of Jin took Xun Lin's father as the royal Rong and Wei Li as the right of the car, led the Jin army of 800 to the south, and borrowed the road from Wei Guo when he attacked Cao Guo, but Wei Chenggong did not agree.

The Jin army had no choice but to cross the Yellow River from the south to attack Cao and attack the state of Cao, crusading against the state of Wei.

In the first month, the Jin army captured Wulu. In February, Duke Wen of Jin and Duke Xiao of Qi formed an alliance in Yuyu.

Wei Chenggong saw that the Jin army was pressing, and Jin and Qi formed an alliance again, and asked to participate in the alliance, but Jin Wengong did not agree.

Wei Chenggong wanted to form an alliance with the Chu State, but the Weiguo people objected, and as a result, Wei drove Wei Chenggong out to curry favor with the Jin State.

Wei Chenggong lived in Xiangniu, Gongzi bought to defend the country, Chu rescued the country, failed to win, and the Jin army defended the country without a fight.

In March, the Jin army went south to attack Cao, and on the Bingwu day, the Jin army invaded Cao Du and listed the crimes of Cao Gonggong.

Duke Wen of Jin ordered the army not to enter the homes of his fellow clansmen in return for his kindness.

The Jin army attacked Cao and Wei, intending to lure the Chu army north and sit back and wait for work.

But the Chu army did not take the bait, and stormed the Song state, and the Song once again complained to the Jin army.

If Duke Wen of Jin wants to rescue the State of Song, he should attack the State of Chu, because the State of Chu had been kind to Duke Wen of Jin, and Duke Wen of Jin did not want to attack the State of Chu and wanted to give up the rescue of the State of Song, but the State of Song was also kind to the State of Jin, and he would definitely lose the State of Song and fall into a strategic passive position, and the Duke of Wen of Jin was undecided.

Xian Zhen persuaded: "Seize Cao Bo and distribute the land of Cao and Wei to the Song State, Chu must be anxious about this, then the Chu State is bound to give up attacking the Song State." ”

So Duke Wen listened to the advice of Xianzhen, and King Cheng of Chu really led his army to leave the Song Kingdom.

Chu general Ziyu was proud and conceited, opposed the withdrawal of King Chu Cheng, and insisted on fighting with Jin, King Chu Cheng said: "The Marquis of Jin has been on the run for nineteen years, when he was trapped

After too long, he finally returned to the Jin Kingdom. Because he has tasted all the hardships and dangers, he can treat the people correctly, and God has opened the way for him, and he is unstoppable. ”

Ziyu still asked the soldiers: "I don't dare to make meritorious contributions, I just want to block the slanderous and slanderous remarks." ”

The king of Chu was angry and gave him only a small army.

At this time, Qin Mugong and Qi Zhaogong had different ambitions and cooperated passively with the Jin State, and the Jin State was faced with a decisive battle with Chu alone.

Jin Wengong suggested that Song use land to bribe Qin and Qi, ask the two countries to come forward to ask Chu to withdraw their troops, and tell Chu about this, create contradictions between Qin, Qi and Chu, and divide Cao, Wei and Song on the one hand, and strengthen their determination to resist Chu.

The state of Chu was unwilling to give up Cao and Wei, and Qi and Qin were unwilling to form an alliance with the state of Chu in order to obtain the land of the Song state, and finally had no choice but to form an alliance with the state of Jin, and the front of the army was directed at the state of Chu.

In the summer of the fifth year of Duke Wen of Jin, Ziyu sent Wanchun to negotiate with Jin: "If the Jin State agrees to let Cao and Wei restore the country, Chu will relieve the siege of the Song Dynasty." ”

This is Ziyu's strategy of killing two birds with one stone, if the Jin State agrees to his request, then the three kingdoms of Cao, Wei, and Song will be grateful to the Chu State. If the Jin State did not agree to his request, then the three kingdoms of Cao, Wei, and Song would resent the Jin State.

Doctor Jin fell into Ziyu's trap and said, "Ziyu is very rude, my monarch only gets one, but their courtiers get two, and they can't agree." ”

Xian Zhen saw through Ziyu's organ and said: "Calming people's hearts is called etiquette, Chu State has stabilized three countries with one sentence, and you have destroyed them with one sentence, we are rude." If you don't agree to the state of Chu, this is to give up the state of Song. It is better to privately promise to restore Cao and Wei in order to lure the Chu State, detain Wanchun to provoke the Chu State, and then plan according to the outcome of the war. ”

On the one hand, Duke Wen of Jin secretly promised Cao and Wei to restore the country, persuaded them to break off relations with Chu, and detained Chu's envoys to provoke Ziyu.

The Chu general Ziyu was very angry, and led the army north to attack the Jin army, and forced Taoqiu, and the Duke of Jin Wen was tired of the Chu army, and induced Ziyu to light the enemy to go deeper, so as to fight a decisive battle with Chu on the predetermined battlefield.

Chu ** official said: "Why did you withdraw from the army?"

Hu Yan said: "In the past, when we were in the Chu State, we had made a covenant to retreat when we were in battle. ”

The retreat of Duke Wen of Jin was not only to repay the courtesy given by King Cheng of Chu before, but also to lure the enemy to go deeper, and the Chu army also wanted to retreat, but Ziyu disagreed.

Duke Wen of Jin and Duke Cheng of Song, Gui of Qi, Cui Yao, and Xiao Zi of Qin led the army to garrison Chengpu.

Ziyu led Chu to advance quickly, relying on the danger of Xuling to set up camp, and had Zheng Guo, Chen Guo, and Cai Guo to help.

Ziyu sent Dou Bo to ask the Jin State for war, and the Duke of Jin Wen promised to start the war the next morning.

Then Duke Wen of Jin inspected the army in Youxin, and the Jin army had 700 chariots, fully equipped with chariots and horses, and cut down local trees as supplementary combat equipment.

The Jin army set up a position in Youxinbei. Chu general Ziyu led six hundred soldiers as the Chinese army, and said: "The Jin Kingdom must be wiped out today!"

The other two generals of the Chu State, Zi Xi, led the left army of the Chu State, and Zi Shang commanded the right army of the Chu State.

Xu Chen led the Jin State to descend the army, and used the tiger skin to cover the war horse on the allied forces of the Chu State Chen and Cai, and the Chen and Cai troops saw the Jin army from a distance

The war horse in the tiger's skin was suddenly frightened, the soldiers fled in all directions, and the right army of Chu was defeated.

Fox Mao led the Jin army to set up two banners and pretended to retreat, Luan Zhi led the Jin army to let the chariot drag the branches and pretend to be an army to pretend to escape, the Chu army was deceived and pursued, Yuan Zhen and Xuan Qin led the Jin army to the Chu army to stop the waist and rush to kill, Fox Mao and Hu Yan commanded the army to attack Zixi from both sides, the left army of Chu was defeated, and the Chu army failed, and Ziyu fled back to the country with the remnants of the defeated army to commit suicide.

Chu's ally, Zheng Wengong, sued for peace with the Jin state, and Jin Wengong and Zheng Wengong made an alliance at Hengyong.

The Jin army stayed in the camp of the Chu army for three days, ate the captured military rations, and after resting for three days, they won the division. The Jin army arrived in Hengyong and built a palace for King Xiang of Zhou in Jiantu.

In the fifth year of the Duke of Jin Wen, the Duke of Jin Wen dedicated the captives of Chu to King Xiang of Zhou, and Duke Wen of Zheng presided over the ceremony for King Xiang of Zhou.

King Xiang of Zhou entertained Duke Wen of Jin with sweet wine and persuaded Duke Wen of Jin to enter the wine. King Xiang of Zhou ordered Wang Zihu to appoint Duke Wen of Jin as the head of the princes.

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