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Zhu Dan returned to Zheng Zhuanggong, and when he saw Zheng Zhuanggong, he said: "The minister has shot King Zhou's shoulder blade, and King Zhou Huan is so frightened that he is waiting to chase and capture that guy alive." Then he heard the lord singing gold. ”

Zheng Zhuanggong said: "This battle was originally caused by the Son of Heaven not knowing the truth and repaying grievances with virtue. Today, the enemy is in a situation where the outnumbered have to do it. Lai Zhuqing worked together to help and was able to save my Zheng Guosheji, which is enough! If the Son of Heaven is captured according to your account, how will it be released? Even shooting King Zhou Huan is not a good thing. In case of serious injuries and death, the widow will be charged with killing the king! ”

He said, "My lord is very true. Now I, Zheng Guo, because of the country's strong army, have been based on the Zhou family's world. King Huan of Zhou must be afraid in his heart, so he will crusade against him. Now that King Zhou Huan has failed this battle and is wounded by an arrow, the lord can prepare some generous gifts and send people to comfort and condole. To show my Zheng Guo as a courtier's courtier, and to let people report the matter of King Zhou Huan shooting the king's shoulder, it was not the original intention of the lord, but it was actually a crime of great rebellion committed by his subordinates who did not know it. ”

Zheng Zhuang Gong said to the sacrificial feet: "This trip is of great significance, and it is not something that ordinary people can do. In the opinion of the widow, it is the only one. ”

So Zheng Zhuang Gong ordered to prepare twelve cows, a hundred sheep, and more than 100 carts of grain and grass, which were sent to King Zhou Huan's camp overnight.

The sacrificial foot led people into the camp of the Zhou army, and the Zhou army asked for instructions again and again, but King Huan of Zhou refused to see the envoys of Zheng Zhuanggong. In the end, he found his father and asked for accommodation. So Gong Yu was jealous of his father's self-sacrifice and accommodation, and King Zhou Huan was willing to see the sacrifice.

Sacrificial foot into the big tent of King Zhou Huan, immediately bowed three times and knocked nine times, bowed to Zhou Tianzi, and then said to King Zhou Huan: "The minister of capital crime is alive, and he can't bear to suffer from the fall, so he defends himself." Unexpectedly, the management in the army was not strict, and some people actually shot the Son of Heaven with arrows. I can't be scared! Therefore, send courtiers to sacrifice their feet, treat sins in Yuanmen, and ask the Son of Heaven for peace. and prepared some military supplies to comfort the labor of the Son of Heaven. I hope that the Son of Heaven will be merciful and merciful to the good intentions of his life, and will be able to forgive him! ”

King Zhou Huan has his own shame. but he would not speak.

Seeing that the sacrificial foot knelt down and couldn't stand it, the father of the jealous father spoke on the side: "Since Kou Sheng already knows that he is guilty, he should be lenient and thankful." ”

After the sacrifice is done again, he bows and withdraws from the tent. And walked all over the tents of the Zhou army to comfort them, showing the etiquette of Zheng Guo to treat the army of King Zhou. Zhou Jun's original fear and hatred were completely released by the smiling envoy of the sacrificial foot.

When Zheng Zhuang saw that King Zhou was defeated and withdrew his troops, he was arrogant. This battle played the prestige of Zheng Zhuang Gong dominating the Central Plains, and also swept away the majesty of the Zhou royal family. Zheng Zhuang rewarded the three armies, focusing on rewarding the brave generals in the war, but not rewarding Zhu Dan.

Zhu Dan was puzzled, so he personally found Zheng Zhuanggong and asked: "In this battle, I charged into battle and killed the enemy bravely, and I didn't shoot the king with the next arrow, how could I have such a grand result." Why doesn't the lord reward him? ”

Zheng Zhuanggong laughed disapprerovingly, and Zheng Zhuanggong said: "If the arrow shoots the person of the king of Zhou, I will reward him." Do not the princes say that the widow is contrary to the principles of heaven and a great rebellion? ”

Zhu Dan is so angry in his heart, I was hiding from the war with the army of King Zhou, you scolded me for being a bad seed, today I saw King Zhou fighting desperately, and even shooting King Zhou with arrows, but fighting bravely, you blame me for shooting King Zhou with arrows. Zhu Dan is really hard to argue.

I thought to myself, didn't you Zheng Zhuanggong fight to the death when the troops were arranged? At that time, why didn't you say that you would dismount and surrender in accordance with the Son of Heaven. Now it's good, a certain family spilled blood for you, fought bravely, and saved you Zheng Guojun and Zheng Guojiang Sheji with his life, and when he was victorious, you talked about the truth that the Son of Heaven cannot insult the power of heaven and is irreversible. Ignore those who have taken the lead in the war. The more I think about it, the more I feel bad in my heart.

Zhu Dan came home tossing and turning, unable to sleep day and night, he couldn't figure out what he was wrong about, and let Zheng Zhuanggong treat him so badly. An evil fire attacked the heart, and within a few days, it was covered with abscesses. Medicine could not treat it, and it became more and more serious, and in less than two months, maggots festered all over the body and died.

A brave and warlike tiger general died in this way. He died and didn't understand why he couldn't win the award for his first merit, and what kind of medicine was sold in his Zheng Zhuanggong's gourd? With these puzzles, he went to see the king of Hades.

King Huan of Zhou was depressed and returned to Luoyi. King Huan of Zhou, who fought in this battle, was not strong, and also tore off the last fig leaf of the Zhou royal family. made the Zhou royal family even more powerless to deter the princes, and made the competition between the princes more and more intense.

Besides, the defeated army Chen Guo and Cai Guo rectified the remnants of the defeated army and returned to China. On the way, General Cai Guo and Cai Ji asked about the civil strife in Chen. The general of Chen Guo sighed and told Cai Ji: "The concubine killed the king and usurped the throne, but the people of Chen Guo are not convinced, and this person is good at hunting, often haunts the deep mountains and wilderness to hunt for fun, and ignores the government, Chen Guo will definitely have great changes in the future." ”

Talking unintentionally, listening with heart. Cai Ji asked tentatively: "Why can't you crusade against the crime and kill him?" ”

Bo Zhan shook his head and said, "It's not that I don't want to, it's that I hate myself for not being able to do it." Don't look at Ji Tuo, who ignores state affairs, regardless of the government and the way of survival of the people, but is firmly in charge of military power. Not only that, but there is also a group of masters around to protect him. Although I can lead the troops to the battle, I will have to hand over the military power when I return, and I will still be empty when I return to the DPRK. ”

Cai Ji returned to China and told the monarch about the process of King Zhou Huan's conquest of Zheng State. Then he told Cai Huan Hou about the fact that his son, Ji Tuo, who had been obtained from Chen Guobo, had killed the prince and established himself as a king, as well as the change of minds of the people in Chen Guo. Cai Huanhou couldn't help but be angry.

The reason why Cai Guo cared about the news of Chen Guo was that Chen Guo's son Concubine Fu and his younger brother Gongzi Fei Yue were both nephews of the monarch Cai Huanhou, and they had long had a problem with the usurpation of the throne by their son Ji Tuo, but they didn't know the truth, let alone the orientation of the people of Chen Guo. Now that the rights and wrongs are clear, Marquis Cai Huan decided to kill the concubine and establish the prince and concubine Yue. So Cai Huanhou conspired with Cai Ji to plot a way to kill Fei Tuo and establish his son. Cai Huanhou decided that all these matters should be implemented by Cai Ji.

Cai Ji was authorized by the Marquis of Cai Huan, on the one hand, to contact Bo Zhan and tell the plan to kill the concubine and establish a new monarch; On the one hand, send spies to lurk Chen Guo to listen to the hunting time. He mobilized his sergeants to secretly practice his combat skills in the forest, and quietly lurked in the suburbs of Chen Guo.

Cai Guo's spies came to Chen Guo in makeup, and secretly contacted the doctor Bozhan to obtain the specific whereabouts of Fei Tuo. Sure enough, it was only three days before I got the news that Fei Tuo was really going to go hunting.

Cai Ji obtained the hunting plan and route of Fei Tuo, so he seized the opportunity to ambush the soldiers on the outskirts of Chen State. Just wait for Fei Tuo to come all the way to the suburbs. When the hunting team entered the mountains, suddenly the cannon sounded, the golden drums sounded, and the team of the Cai army came out, and the guards who followed the hunting had resisted the Cai army prepared, and they were killed and surrendered after not long after the battle. Cai Ji captured Fei Tuo alive.

Cai Ji did not hurt Chen Jun, who disarmed and surrendered. only announced the matter of killing the concubine and establishing a new monarch to the public. The retinues are all bowed to the earth and are willing to serve the new king.

Cai Ji immediately announced the crime of killing the prince and establishing himself as the king, and then ordered his subordinates to behead the kneeling and hang the head of the concubine on the car. Along the way, let the guards of Fei Tuo loudly tell the people about the disobedience of Fei Tuo who killed the prince and became independent, and the fact that the prince and the concubine became the new king. The people of Chen Guo were not surprised, but they all clapped their hands and applauded, and they were safe with Cai Jun.

In this way, Cai Jun smoothly entered the capital of Chen State and joined Bo Zhan to establish a new monarch for Chen State.

In the fourteenth year of King Huan of Zhou, in 706 BC, the state of Chen experienced the bloody storm of usurpation and anti-usurpation, and ushered in the succession of his son Yu Yue, who was called Chen Ligong.