Section 602 The states of Chu and Jin

The chariots of their kings were divided into two chariots, the left and the right, and each chariot had thirty chariots, and each chariot was divided into two sides, the left and the right. You Guang set the car first, and the calculation time waited until noon, and Zuo Guang took over until the evening. The left and right ministers are on duty in order to prevent accidents, which cannot be said to be unprepared. Ziliang is an outstanding figure of Zheng Guo; Uncle Shi is a high-status figure in the Chu State. Uncle Shi entered Zheng Guo to make friends, and Ziliang lived in Chu State as a hostage, and Chu State and Zheng Guo were close. They came to persuade us to fight, and if we defeated, we would surrender, and if we did not win, we would rely on the state of Chu, which was using us as divination! Zheng Guo's words could not be heeded.

Zhao Kuo and Zhao Tong said: The purpose of leading the troops is to find the enemy. Defeat the enemy, get a vassal state, and what are you waiting for? Be sure to listen to the words of the son. Xun Shou said: Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo's idea is a way to bring trouble on themselves. Zhao Zhuangzi said: Luan Bo is good! Practicing his words will definitely make the Jin Kingdom last for a long time.

The young ruler of the state of Chu went to the Jin army and said: The widow was troubled when he was young, and he was not good at rhetoric. Hearing that the two ancestors were going back and forth on this road, they planned to teach and stabilize Zheng Guo, how could they dare to offend Jin Guo? Don't stay too long! The scholar replied: In the past, King Ping of Zhou ordered our ancestor Marquis Wen of Jin to say: Assist the Zhou royal family together with Zheng Guo, and do not abandon the order of the Son of Heaven. Now that Zheng Guo did not follow the orders of the Son of Heaven, the widow sent his subordinates to question Zheng Guo, how could he dare to labor the officials of Chu State to greet and send him off? Respectfully thank the king for his command. Xian Gu thought that this was flattering the Chu State, and sent Zhao Kuo to follow and correct it: Our temporary representative's statement is inappropriate. The widow sent his subordinates to move the state of Chu out of the state of Zheng, saying: Don't hide from the enemy! There was no place for his subordinates to escape orders.

King Chuzhuang sent an envoy to ask for peace with the Jin State, and the Jin people agreed, and the date of the alliance had been agreed. Xu Bo of Chu State drove the chariot for Lebo, and Uncle Regent was the right of the rook to challenge the Jin army's bicycle. Xu Bo said: I have heard of the bicycle challenge, the driver gallops and causes the flag to fall down, close to the enemy camp, and then come back. Loeb said: "I have heard of the bicycle challenge, the left side of the car shoots the enemy with a sharp arrow, takes the reins of the horse instead of the king, the driver gets out of the car, straightens the horse, arranges the belt around the horse's neck, and then comes back. Uncle Tsui said: I heard about the bicycle challenge, the right side of the car enters the enemy camp, kills the enemy, cuts off the left ear, captures the prisoner, and then comes back. All three men did what they heard and then returned.

The Jin people chased after them, attacking from both sides on the left and right. Lebo shoots horses on the left and men on the right, so that the left and right flanks of the Jin army cannot advance. There was only one arrow left. There is an elk in front, and Loeb shoots the elk in the middle of the back. Bao Gui of the Jin Kingdom was behind, and Lebo asked Uncle Regent to take the elk and present it to him, saying, "Since this year is not yet in season, the beasts that should be offered have not come, and I would like to dedicate it to your retinue as a meal." Bao Ji stopped his subordinates and stopped chasing, saying: Their left side is good at archery, and the right side of the car is good at rhetoric, they are all gentlemen. Therefore, Xu Bo and the other three were saved from capture.

Wei Qi of the Jin State asked to be the prince of the clan, but he did not achieve his goal, so he became angry and wanted to defeat the Jin army. Requested a bike challenge, not granted. I asked for an envoy and allowed it. So he went to the Chu army and asked to return to China after the war. The Pan Dang of the Chu State pursued him and reached Yingze, and when Wei Qi saw six elks, he shot one of them, returned to the car and presented it to the Pan Dang, saying: You have a military body, and the hunters may not be able to supply fresh beasts, right? I dedicate this to your entourage. The Pan Party ordered no more pursuit of Wei Qi. Zhao Zhan's request to be a Qing did not achieve his goal, and he was very angry with the person who lost the challenge of Chu's bicycle, so he asked for a challenge, but was not allowed.

I asked to summon the people of Chu to come and make friends, and I allowed it. Both Zhao Zhan and Wei Qi accepted the order and went. Xun Ke said: If these two disgruntled people go, if they are not guarded, they will surely fail. Xianyu said: Zheng Guoren persuaded us to fight, but we did not dare to listen; The people of Chu sued for peace, but they could not practice friendship. There is no fixed strategy for leading troops, what to do with more precautions? The priest will say, "It is better to guard against them." If these two anger the Chu State, the Chu people will take the opportunity to cover the attack, and they will immediately lose their army. It's better to guard against them, the people of Chu have no malice, remove their guard and form an alliance, where will they damage friendship "If you come with malice, if you have precautions, you will not fail." And even if the princes meet, the garrison of the army will not be removed, which is vigilance. Xianyu disagreed.

Shihui sent Gong Shuo and Han Chong to lead seven teams of ambushes to ambush in front of Ao Shan, so the Shang army was undefeated. Zhao Yingqi sent his men to prepare ships at the Yellow River first, so they crossed the river after the defeat.

The Pan Dang had already driven Wei Qi away, and Zhao Zhan arrived at the Chu army garrison at night, spread out the mat and sat outside the military gate, and sent his subordinates to advance the military gate. King Chuzhuang's chariot was divided into two Guangzhou. Right Guang set the car in the morning when the rooster crowed, and the sun did not unload the car until noon; Zuo Guang took over from the right Guang, and the sun set before unloading. Xu Yan drove the command car of Youguang, and raised Youji as the right of the car; Peng Ming drove Zuo Guang's command car, and Qu Dang was the right of the car. On June 14, King Chuzhuang rode Zuo Guang's command car to chase Zhao Zhan. Zhao Zhan threw away the car and ran into the woods, Qu Dang fought with him, and obtained his armor and underwear.

The Jin people were afraid that these two men would anger the Chu army, so they asked the garrison chariots to come and pick them up. Pan Dang looked at the flying dust from afar, and sent a chariot to report that the army of the Jin State was coming. The people of Chu were also afraid that the king of Chu Zhuang would fall into the Jin army, so they sent troops to meet them. Sun Shuao said: Forward! It is better for us to approach the enemy than for the enemy to come near us. The Book of Songs says: Ten large military vehicles rushed in front to open the way. It's about getting ahead of the enemy. "Military Chronicles" says: By being in front of the enemy, you can take away the enemy's fighting spirit. This is to take the initiative to approach the enemy.

So they marched quickly, chariots galloping, soldiers running, besieging the Jin army. Xun Lin's father was at a loss, and beat the drum in the army and announced: Those who cross the river first will be rewarded. The middle army and the lower army competed with each other for the boat, scrambling for the first, and the first to get on the boat cut off the fingers of the latecomer climbing the side of the ship, and the fingers cut off in the boat were so many that they could be held by hand.

The Jin army shifted to the right, and the Shang army did not move. Gong Yin Qi led the soldiers of the right phalanx to chase the lower army of the Jin Kingdom. The king of Chuzhuang sent Tang Fu and Cai Jiuju to report to Tang Huihou: I am not virtuous and greedy for merit, and I have encountered powerful Di people, this is my sin. If the state of Chu cannot be victorious, this is also a shame for the king. Cherish the blessings of the king to help the Chu army succeed. Forty chariots led by Pan Dang were sent to follow Tang Hou as the left phalanx to meet the Shang army of the Jin State. And he said, "Defend against them?"

The Shihui said: The morale of the Chu army is strong, and if the Chu army concentrates its forces against our upper army, our army will inevitably be wiped out, so it is better to collect troops and leave. Isn't it also okay to share the blame for defeat and save the lives of soldiers? He personally retired as the apse of the upper army, so he was not defeated.

King Chuzhuang saw Youguang and prepared to ride. Qu Dang stopped and said: The king took Zuoguang to start the battle, and he must also take it to end the war. Since then, the reform of Chu has been based on Zuo Guang first.

The people of the Jin country had a chariot stuck in the pit and could not advance, and the people of Chu taught them to pull out the crossbar in front of the car, and they did not go far, and the horses circled and could not move forward, and the people of Chu taught them to pull out the banner and throw away the crossbar on the head of the chariot, so that they escaped. Jin Jun turned his head and said: We are not like people from big countries who have the experience of escaping many times.

Zhao Zhan used his two good horses to help his brother and uncle escape, while using other horses to drive back. When they encountered an enemy and could not escape, they abandoned the car and ran into the woods. The sewing doctor sat in the car with his two sons and said to his two sons, "Don't look back." The son looked back and said: Old man Zhao is behind. When the doctor got angry, he told them to get out of the car, pointed to the trees, and said, "Collect your corpses here." Doctor Feng handed over the reins to Zhao Zhan, and Zhao Zhan boarded the chariot and escaped. The next day, I went to collect the corpses according to the signs, and found two stacked corpses under the tree.

Xiong Ying, who went abroad, imprisoned Zhigang (Ying), Xun Shou led his subordinates back to fight, Wei Qi drove the chariot, and most of the soldiers who left the army followed. Every time Xun Shou fired, he drew an arrow, and if it was a sharp arrow, he put it in Wei Qi's quiver. Wei Qi was angry and said: I don't look for my son, but cherish Pu Liu, Dong Ze's Pu Liu, can it be used up? Xun Shou said: If you don't get someone else's son, can my son get it? I can't shoot arrows out of the way. Xun Shou shot Lian Yin Xianglao, and when he got his corpse, he loaded it with a chariot; Shot Gongzi Gu Chen and imprisoned him. Xun Shou took these two people back.