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The Zhou royal family failed to save the guard, and once again lost Wang Wei, and the matter of the Central Plains has formed a strong world. The princes are afraid of the overlord and not of the royal family. In the past, it was Zheng Zhuang who dominated the Central Plains, but Zheng Guo has changed hands several times, and he is still in the middle of the two masters, and he has long lost his former prestige. On the basis of the strength of his father Qi Xianggong, coupled with his cruel and ferocious means after he ascended the throne, he killed the kings of the two countries, annexed the Ji State, ordered the princes to accumulate the power to dominate the Central Plains.

It's just that the countries of the Central Plains haven't realized that a tiger has broken out of the Nanban world. This tiger has bitten left and right, and has expanded the southern region to its own, and is eyeing the ground to the Central Plains. This is the state of Chu.

Moreover, the vassal states did not really see the true face of the Chu State. Not only did it not take the Tianli of the Zhou royal family into account, but it also ignored the common principles of the vassal states. When the vassal states were still not able to win the higher titles of the Zhou royal family, the Chu State had already become a king during the Xiongtong period and dared to stand shoulder to shoulder with the Zhou royal family. In fact, the state of Chu has challenged the dignity of all the vassal states, but the princes of the Central Plains are still fighting and surviving in their own living space, and there is not such a big pattern to consider more.

In the spring of the 38th year of King Wu of Chu (703 BC), the state of Ba sent a hanbok to report to the state of Chu and ask for friendship with the state of Deng. King Wu of Chu sent Dao Shuo to lead the envoys of Ba to Deng to make peace. In fact, Ba Guo knew that the inner chamber of King Wu of Chu was Deng Man and the daughter of Deng Guojun, and he could have found Deng Guojun directly if he showed favor to Deng Guojun, and detouring Chu State to report to Chu Guojun was also to curry favor with Chu State, and of course it was also a choice that vassal states had to be cautious about. In fact, only the Deng State is still independent of the surrounding countries, relying on the kiss with the Chu State and not being bullied by other countries, but the King of Chu Wu has a kind of unpleasant psychology that does not swallow it. But it also looks like it is a marriage country, and there is no reason to start, when Pakistan wants to be friendly with Deng Guo, it feels like it has brought itself an opportunity to make excuses. In the front, King Chu Wu sent a team to talk about peace, but in the back, he sent another team to secretly follow and wait for the opportunity.

The southern border of the state of Deng was inhabited by the people of 鄾 (yōu), but it belonged to the territory of the state of Deng, but it was beyond the reach of the whip. The team that followed them chose to attack the team of the peace and plunder, and killed Dao Shuo and the envoys of Pakistan.

When Deng Guo learned of this, he hurriedly reported it to King Wu of Chu, and Xiong Tong was furious, saying that Deng Guo ignored Chu and dared to offend the envoys and kill the envoys of Ba and Chu without pretending not to know. It is unreasonable not to punish it. It can be seen that there is no excuse for the sin that is desired. So King Wu of Chu sent Xue Zhang to rebuke and abuse Deng Guo in front of Deng Guojun, who had a hard time arguing, but refused to accept the imposed words. In the summer of that year, the state of Chu sent Dou Lian to lead the Chu army and the Ba army to besiege the land of 鄾 (yōu). Deng's adoptive nephew and nephew of 聃 (dān) led Deng's army to rescue the land of 鄾 (yōu). The Deng army charged the Pakistani army three times, but could not win. Dou Lian led his army in a horizontal formation among the Pakistani army, and when he fought with the Deng army, he pretended to be defeated and fled. The Deng army chased the Chu army, and the Ba army was behind them. The Chu and Pakistani armies attacked the Deng army, and the Deng army was defeated. The people of 鄾 (yōu) collapsed after dusk and became occupied by the Chu state.

The year 701 BC was also the fortieth year of King Wu of Chu. Mo Ao (official name) of the Chu State planned to form an alliance with the two countries. The army of the Yun people was stationed in Pusao, preparing to attack the Chu army together with the four kingdoms of Sui, Jiao, Zhou, and Liǎo. Mo was worried that the matter would not succeed. I came to ask for Dou Lian's opinion and wanted to hear his thoughts.

Dou Lian said: "The army of Yun is stationed in their suburbs, and there must be a lack of vigilance, and they look forward to the arrival of the army of the four countries every day. You are stationed in the suburbs to defend against these four countries, and we use our elite troops to attack Yun at night. Yun Guo was bent on looking forward to the army of the four countries, and relying on the fortification of the city, no one had the will to fight anymore. If the Yun army is defeated, the four kingdoms will definitely be scattered. ”

Mo Ao Qu said: "Why don't you ask the king for more troops? Fight my battle. ”

Dou Lian replied: "The victory of the army depends on the morale of the sergeants, and if we are united, we can be invincible, not because of the number of people." The Shang Dynasty was no match for the Western Zhou, as you know. Rectify the morale of the army and send troops, and do not increase the number of troops. ”

Mo Ao said: "Then divination to see what the odds are?" ”

Dou Lian replied: "Divination is to decide doubts, and if there is no doubt, why divination?" ”

So he defeated the Yun army in Pusao, and finally made an alliance with the two countries and returned home.

In 700 BC, King Wu of Chu sent troops to attack the state of Hang, and the army was stationed at the south gate. The people of the Hangguo were very vigilant, and the soldiers were stationed at the south gate, keeping an eye on the movements of the Chu army.

Qu Bin visited King Wu of Chu and said to King Wu of Chu: "The country is small and the people are frivolous, and frivolity lacks ideas. Do not guard the wood-cutters, and deceive them with this. ”

King Wu of Chu listened to Qu Fang's advice. The Winch captured thirty woodcutters.

The next day, the stranded army fought to get out of the city and drove the woodcutters of Chu into the mountains to the north. They also thought that the Chu army was preparing to attack the city at the south gate.

In fact, at this time, the Chu army was already waiting at the north gate, and at the same time there were ambushes at the foot of the mountain. When the soldiers of the Hangguo opened the north gate and sent a few woodcutters into the mountain, they encountered an ambush of the Chu army on the way, and the Chu army entered through the north gate and defeated the hanged army. Forced the Hanged Kingdom to make an alliance under the city. Since then, the Hanged State has become a vassal state. And the Chu army returned home victoriously. In this campaign to attack the state of Hang, the Chu army divided its forces to cross Pengshui. Luo Guo prepared to attack the Chu army and sent Bojia to investigate, and this Bojia counted the number of Chu troops three times. The strength of the Chu State was well known, which laid the foundation for the defense of the Chu army.

In the spring of 699 BC, King Wu of Chu sent Qu Bin to lead an army to attack the state of Luo, and Dou Bobi saw off Mo Ao of this state of Chu.

When he returned, he said to his servant, "Qu Fang must fail." ”

The servant didn't understand where Bobby's words came from. asked him: "How does Ling Yin know that Mo Ao will definitely lose the battle?" ”

"You don't see Qu walking with his feet high, which shows that his mind is unstable," Dou Bobby said. The mind is uncertain and the battle must be lost. ”

The servant asked, "What should I do then?" ”

Dou Bobbi said: "Change generals or increase troops." ”

So he ordered Yin Dou Bobi to meet King Wu of Chu.

"The minister sent Lord Mo Ao to the expedition, seeing that he was uncertain, and he would definitely be defeated if he went, so he asked the king to increase his troops, and he could follow him as reinforcements. The king must send more troops! ”

King Chu Wu disagreed. One is that Mo Ao has mobilized most of the combat troops of Chu State this time, and the other is that King Wu of Chu does not feel that Mo Ao has few soldiers, so why increase his troops. King Wu of Chu said to Ling Yin Dou Bobby: "Qu Fang has already boasted of Haikou, this trip will be won, so Ling Yin does not have to worry." ”

King Chu Wu did not take Dou Bobi's advice, and returned to the palace to tell his wife Deng Man about Ling Yin's worries.

"Isn't it a joke that you can conclude that you will lose just by walking with your legs raised!"

Deng Man thought for a while and said, "What Ling Yin Dou Bobbi means is not the number of people, but that the king should appease the people with integrity, admonish the officials with virtue and righteousness, and use criminal law to make Qu Fang afraid." As Mo Ao's exploits against Pu Sao, Qu Fang is already proud and manic. He will be self-righteous and will inevitably despise Luo Guo. If the king does not control it, does it mean that he does not take precautions? What Dou Bobbi said was to ask the king to admonish the people and appease them well, to gather the officials and exhort them with virtue, and to tell him that Heaven would not forgive him for his wrongdoings. Otherwise, doesn't Dou Bobi know that the Chu army has all set off? ”

King Chu Wu listened to what his wife said reasonably, and still adopted Dou Bobby's opinion. The next day, King Wu of Chu sent envoys to Lai Guo quickly, and asked the vassal state Lai Guo to send troops to chase Qu Fang and make Qu Bang reinforcements. But it was still one step short and did not catch up with Mo Ao's army.

Along the way, some sergeants came up with many ideas for Qu Bian, and then fought Luo Guo's tactics, hoping to help Qu Bian. As a result, Qu Fang was arrogant and absent-minded, and sent someone to announce in the army: "If there is any more person who dares to admonish, he will be punished with a military stick!" ”

The army reached Yanshui, and the Chu army was in great disarray due to the crossing of the river. The whole army was disorganized and undefended. After crossing the river, it is the Luo State, which has long been prepared and is very clear about the combat capability of the Chu army. Luo then united with the army of Lu Rong and launched a two-sided flank tactic. When the Chu army crossed the river and had a stable foothold, they started a war against the Chu army.

The armies of Luo and Lu Rong attacked the Chu army from both sides. In addition, the Chu army crossed the river without any sense of precaution, and the queue was loose, and it was not capable of fighting. Qu Bin was unable to give orders in the chaos, and the armies of two small states defeated a large army of the state of Chu. Those who kill kill, those who flee flee. The armies of the two countries pursued and killed the Chu army everywhere.

Qu Fang was embarrassed and fled to a barren valley, where he saw his subordinates being chased and slaughtered, and he was powerless to return to the sky. Thinking that he couldn't explain to King Chu Wu, he took advantage of the chaos to hang himself on a tree branch. Most of the other generals were captured by Luo Guo and Lu Rong and imprisoned in Yefu, awaiting punishment.

King Chu Wu couldn't repent when he got the information and said, "This is my sin." ”

In 690 BC, King Wu of Chu reigned for fifty-one years.

This year, Zhou Tianzi summoned the monarch of Suiguo. King Huan of Zhou scolded the king of Suiguo when he saw it, accusing him of being a vassal of Chu as the king and aiding and abetting him, making Chu rampant with the south, becoming a bandit and a barbarian, and doing all kinds of evil.

The monarch of Suiguo was ashamed of himself and said something about his own difficult situation.

King Huan of Zhou swore and said: "How can the Zhou family tolerate the barbarians of Chu to make trouble, and when I mobilize the princes of the Central Plains to exterminate the Chu army, you can be exempted from the bullying of the Chu State and restore the dignity of its vassal state." ”

The king of the country bowed down and apologized. After returning to China, he waited for King Zhou Huan to lead a large army to conquer Chu, thinking that the barbarian kingdoms were about to see the day. Suiguo is counting on Zhou Tianzi's salvation and hopes to survive the sea of suffering.

After that, Suiguo's attitude towards Chu was inevitably a little indifferent, and he no longer attacked Chu as a vassal state. Even the annual tribute was exempted, and no tribute was paid to the state of Chu. King Chu Wu was very angry, thinking that Sui Hou betrayed him, did not punish Sui Guo, and let it develop, what prestige did my King Chu Wu have to rule over other small countries.

In this March, King Wu of Chu once again sent troops to attack Suiguo in a big way.

This time, King Wu of Chu made great efforts, he used a kind of military formation called Jing corpse, awarded halberds to soldiers, formed a special camp, and increased the combat effectiveness of the team when fighting.

However, before leaving, King Wu of Chu prepared to fast, and entered the palace and told his wife Deng Man, "My mind is turbulent. ”

Deng Man couldn't help but shed tears when he looked at King Chuwu, who was already a white-haired and drooping old man. Deng Man sighed and said, "The king has been fighting all his life, don't you know that the blessings of people are certain? When it is full, it will be turbulent, this is a natural truth. The first king probably knew, so when faced with a battle, he was about to issue an order to conquer and make the king's heart beat. It is a sign that this trip may be a disaster. Can you not go to the crusade or the king does not go to the crusade himself. ”

Xiong Tong, the king of Chu Wu, said, "Suiguo is now resurrecting and is not vassalizing the Chu State." The widow guessed that they must have a well-trained army, and if the command was not good, it would be difficult to win, and I was not at ease. ”

Deng Man secretly wept and thought to himself: If there is no loss in the army on this expedition, it means that the king will die on the march, and it will be a blessing for the country not to lose the army, but what about you, husband? He couldn't say anything in his heart, so Dunman began to cry loudly. King Chu Wu just comforted his wife and set out as usual.

Sure enough, on the way out of the expedition, King Wu of Chu discussed with Ling Yin all the way about the battle method of attacking, as well as the use of the Jing corpse formation that he had carefully trained. Ling Yin understood and nodded frequently. Ling Yin Dou Bobi found that King Chu Wu was still not at ease, and asked one by one. I was shocked and felt bad.

When he was about to reach the border of Suiguo, King Wu of Chu suddenly shouted tired. Ling Yin hurriedly ordered the army to stop, helped King Wu of Chu to get out of the car, and helped King Wu of Chu to sit under the tree (mán) to rest.

The sun was very good, King Chu Wu sat down slowly, raised his eyes to see the sunlight flowing from the branches, slowly lowered his head, and his body slowly fell .......

This lifelong conquest, the continuous expansion and extension of the country created by his ancestors, and the terrifying king of the surrounding countries, passed away in this way.

Ling Yin Dou Bobby and Mo Ao quietly discussed it and decided to keep the death of King Wu of Chu a secret. According to the deployment of King Wu of Chu during his lifetime, a new road was opened, and a bridge was built in the water of 溠 (zhà), and a camp was built outside the territory of Suiguo. The people of the country were afraid and begged for peace with the Chu army. Qu Chong entered Suiguo in the name of the king of Chu, formed an alliance with Suihou, and invited Suihou to meet at the Hanshui Zhuanwan, and during the meeting, the soldiers who were ambushed around the left and right poured out, and completely destroyed Suiguo after taking the monarch of Suiguo, and then slowly retreated. After crossing the Han River, the funeral of King Wu of Chu was announced.

In 690 B.C., King Wu of Chu died under the big tree on the road to the sword, and the successor to the throne soon pointed to the king of the country, and worked hard for nearly 50 years, and finally died on the road of the felling. In this year, his eldest son Xiong Yun succeeded to the throne as King Wen of Chu.