Cai Hou had Xun Yin come to the book, only to know that it was because of the bribe, and read his book and said: "The foreign minister heard that the prince has mutton fat and jade, and mink and mouse fur, all of which are treasures and treasures. For the sake of the king, our monarchs and ministers of the Jin State raised troops for thousands of miles and raised troops to ask Chu for the crime. We are waiting to avenge the monarch and vent our anger, I don't know what the monarch will use to reward my teacher? ”

Cai Hou opened the book of Xun Yin, and when he saw it, he was a person who asked for bribes, and he was as black as a crow in the world. couldn't help but sigh, pondered for a while, and replied: "The widow is angry that the Xiangguo is greedy for bribes, and he bullies the weak and has no way of being a big country, so he turned to the Jin Kingdom. The Jin State was the lord of the alliance of princes, and it was supposed to uphold justice and uphold justice for the Son of Heaven. The widow hopes that the doctor will remember the righteousness of the alliance leader, support justice, help the weak, and attack the unreasonable. The things that the doctor said are rewarded, the place of Jingxiang is 5,000 miles round, the fertile fields are thousands of acres, and the beauty is like clouds, all of which are rewarded! What is the widow Qiu Pei? ”

Xun Yin received Cai Hou's reply, although he was a little ashamed, he was also very angry. In order to punish Cai Hou, Xun Yin had the intention of rejecting the teacher.

Let's say that the princes of the Seventeenth Route are summoning troops from Lingling and making a move south to attack Chu. In order to respond to the plan to attack Chu, Cai Hou also personally led 3,000 troops to Zhaoling to gather with the princes' coalition army. When the news reached the state of Chu, King Zhao ordered Nangwa and Shen Yinshu to reorganize their troops and horses, pass through the northern border, and prepare for the enemy.

And Nangwa has always known that Fan Ying and Xun Yin are greedy people, so he sent a secret envoy to Zhaoling to send a generous bribe to buy off the second general.

At this time, it was the spring of March in the fourteenth year of King Jing of Zhou (506 BC). The alliance of princes has not moved in Zhaoling. Because the two commanders hesitated and had the intention of waiting and seeing, it was the season of spring rain, and the rain was flying all day long, and the soldiers were sad and complained.

The spring light rain has been drizzling, and it has been raining for more than a month, but there is still no clearing. Liu Juan, the secretary of the dynasty sent by the king of Zhou, was the supervisor of the alliance of the princes, but at this time he did not want to suffer from malaria, and lay in the military tent for a long time, hanging down with the next life.

Xun Yin saw that the weather was unfavorable, and Cai Hou refused his request for a bribe, and said that Chu sent a secret envoy, but there was a large bribe, so Xun Yin decided to strike the army.

On this day, Xun Yin and the main general Fan Ying discussed in the big tent of the Chinese army, Xun Yin said: "The first tyrant Qi Huan Gong, what a hero in the world, he also gathered the princes in Zhaoling, made the alliance of Zhaoling, and asked Chu not to respect the crime of the king of Zhou. Although after a hard battle, he returned in vain, only nominally subdued the Chu State, but in fact, the Chu State was not damaged at all in terms of military and national strength. As of my ancestor Jun Wengong, he fought several battles with the Chu State, but only won one battle. Chu has always been strong, vast, many subject countries, although today our army gathered the seventeenth princes, but the main force is still our army, the other princes only sent a total of less than 20,000 troops, I think this battle is not easy to win. ”

Fan Ying was also worried about this matter, although the Jin State had already allied with the 17 princes, the Chu State was not convinced, and heard that it had gathered heavy troops on the border and waited for the princes' alliance to start a war. If the state of Chu cannot be defeated in this battle, then the supremacy of the state of Jin will be ceded, and the risk is very great. The point is that for the sake of this mere Cai Guo, is it worth taking such a big political risk?

I led the army to Zhaoling for two months, and Cai Guo didn't give anything, I really don't know the times! Fan Ying was also a greedy person, so he calculated it and thought that Xun Yin's words still had some truth.

Fan Ying said: "Although the general's words are reasonable, but the sword has been unsheathed, and the princes have gathered here, but what can they do? ”

Xun Yin said: "Over the years, our Jin State and Chu State have never had any suspicions, and the two countries have gotten along well. Since the State of Chu has no hostility towards our Jin State, then why should we set this precedent? Moreover, now the rain does not stop, and malaria is rampant. Taking advantage of the fact that there are no troops now, it is not a feud with the Chu State, so it is better to strike their divisions and return to China. ”

Fan Ying's heart was moved after hearing this, but he was worried that it would be difficult to make a difference after the dismissal, what would the princes think of the Jin Kingdom? And there has to be a saying in the Marquis of Jin.

Xun Yin had already prepared his speech: "The commander can say that the rain is unfavorable during the rainy season, and many soldiers are sick and cannot afford it, and the morale of the army has been dispersed." Thus report it to our king, and say it with the evil of destroying Chu, and the king will obey it. Most of the princes also have no enmity with the Chu State, and they will not have any fierce opinions on the dismissal. ”

So under the leadership of Fan Ying and Xun Yin, the coalition army made a pretext to quit the division. Fan Ying returned the hostage Cai Shiziyuan sent by the Marquis of Cai, and the princes disbanded themselves and led their troops back to China.

Seeing that the Jin Kingdom did not want to avenge himself, Cai Hou was disappointed. It seems that this alliance leader is also unreliable, so he had to lead the 3,000 soldiers and horses of his country to withdraw to Cai State.

When Cai Hou retired from the army, he passed by Shen Guo. This Shen State is a hardcore subject country of Chu State, and has always been the little brother of Chu State. This time, the princes are summoning the Ling Alliance, and this Shen State will definitely not go. Therefore, Cai Hou was a little indignant, and he didn't dare to do anything to Chu State, so he took this Shen State to vent his anger.

When the Cai army was on his way back, Cai Hou ordered the doctor Gongsun Xing to lead the 3,000 Cai army to take the sheep by the hand, and without saying hello, he attacked the capital of Shen State.

Shen Guojun is famous and defenseless in the country. Besides, the national strength is not strong, and there is no army to use, so I have to watch the Cai army break through the city......

Gongsun Xing captured the monarch of Shen State, and Cai Hou was furious, so he ordered Gongsun Xing to kill him to vent his anger, and then plundered Shen State and returned.

The state of Chu heard that the Marquis of Cai attacked the state of Shen and killed the monarch of the state of Shen. Nangwa was furious, and invited King Zhao to personally lead the troops to attack Cai and avenge the Shen State.

Nangwa led an army of 20,000 people, crossed the city father from Yingdu, and then turned to the realm of Cai. The road was like a bamboo, and in a blink of an eye, the 20,000 Chu troops arrived at the city of Caiduxin Cai.

Gongsun Xing, who was responsible for guarding the city of Xincai, saw that the Chu army was strong, and while defending the city with his heart, he asked Cai Hou to discuss a strategy to relieve the siege.

Marquis Cai summoned all the ministers to discuss where Cai Guo would go.

Cai Hou said: "Chu Shi is under the city gate, although my Cai country is only a few hundred miles away, it is not as good as a corner of Chu." But the state of Chu bullied the weak and had no righteousness at all; The monarch is young and ignorant, the powerful ministers are greedy, and the widows swear not to surrender! You Aiqing will either defend the city wholeheartedly, or go out of the city to flee for your life, and the widow will not stop you today, but please make your own decision. ”

All the ministers were indignant and willing to pledge their allegiance to the death.

Gongsun Xing went out and said: "The minister led the army to defend the city, and he must live and die with the city." It's just that the Chu division came to attack the Cai State, how can we sit back and wait? ”

The ministers asked Gongsun Xing if he had any way, but he could do it.

"It is impossible for the Jin Kingdom to come to our rescue. Now that the state of the Zhou Dynasty is declining, it is difficult to protect itself, and the Chinese power of the princes is comparable to that of the Chu State, but they are all very afraid of the Chu State. The minister believed that only the state of Wu could be relied upon. ”

Cai Hou said: "Our Cai State has always been a vassal state of Chu State, and we have a deep grudge with Wu State, will King Wu agree to send troops to help and rescue our Cai State?" ”

Gongsun Xing said: "King, this time and that time!" At that time, we were a vassal state of the Chu State, so we naturally followed the Chu State. But we are now the enemy of Chu, and we can naturally join forces with Wu to deal with Chu. ”

Cai Hou saw that there was no more way, although he had some old grudges with Wu State, but now there was no other way, so he had to bite the bullet and order the doctor Ji Yuan as an envoy, leading Cai Hou's second son to Wu as a hostage, borrowing troops from Wu State to rescue Xin Cai's danger.

"You guys break out of the siege tonight, go to Tang Kingdom to meet Tang Hou first, and go to Wu Kingdom to borrow troops together. It would be much easier for Tang Hou to mediate in the middle. Cai Hou told Ji Yuandao.

That night, Ji Yuan and Gongzi Qian wore several heavy armors and led more than a dozen guards, preparing to break out of the camp.

Gongsun Xingxian sent hundreds of soldiers to shout at the east gate of Xincai, and raised torches to attack the Chu camp at night. Nangwa received the military report and ordered the Chu army to go to the east gate of Xincai to rescue.

The East Gate made such a fuss, which attracted the attention of the Chu army, and Cai Jun came out at night to rob the camp, so the Chu army was very cautious and did not dare to act rashly. And the south gate had long been prepared to take advantage of the night had fallen, and the Chu army was distracted to quietly open the south gate, leading more than a dozen fast horses, galloping into the vast night, and coming to the Tang Kingdom.

Tang Hou had the humiliation of the last time, and when he saw that Cai Guo was in danger, it was also the meaning of cold lips and teeth, and sympathy for the same disease, so he accompanied Ji Yuan and Gongzi Qian to Wu to borrow troops.