This war is destined to be fought against the odds.

In the summer of the fourth year of Lu Zhaogong, the princes arrived in the state of Chu, and the four countries of Lu, Wei, Cao, and other countries did not participate in this alliance.

Cao Guo and Yi Guo used the excuse of domestic instability, Lu Zhaogong used the excuse of worshipping his ancestors on time, and Wei Xianggong used the excuse of illness. Zheng Jiangong arrived at Shendi in advance and waited.

On the 16th day of the sixth month, the king of Chu Ling met with the princes in Shendi.

Wu Ju said to King Chu Ling: "I heard that the edicts do not have a fixed belonging, and whoever obeys the etiquette and law will be blackened. Now that you need to get the submission of the Jiehou, the group will have to pay attention to the etiquette.

Whether the hegemony succeeds or not, it will be revealed at this meeting.

The court also asked for the gift of condolences to the Qing Marquis from the Taihui of Wang Muyou, and the Tang King of the Shang Dynasty had the gift of waiting for the life of the evil member of the Shang Dynasty.

The Wu King of the Shun Dynasty had the gift of the Guan of the Mengjin Huixia, the King of Zhou Cheng had the Mao of the review of the wrong team in Xuyang, the King of Kang had the gift of the princes of the Fengguan meeting in the early stage of the Wenwang Temple, the King of Zhou Mu had the gift of the princes of the Tushan Alliance, the Duke of Qi Tan had the gift of summoning envoys to stay, and the Duke of Jin Wen had the gift of Dai Tu League oath.

Which of these do you use?

Xiang Cheng of the Song State and Zheng Guo's descendants should be here, they are the people who are familiar with the etiquette in the vassal states, you have to choose the good gift. ”

Chu Lingsan said: "I want to use the etiquette of summoning the mausoleum unfairly. ”

King Chu Ling also asked Xiang Cheng of the Song State and the son of the country to ask for etiquette.

Xiang Cheng said: "Our small country only practices these rituals, and the big country uses these rituals. ”

So he provided six rituals for those who were ordained as dukes to gather the princes.

Zichan said: "The small country is dedicated to the joint affairs, and the etiquette that is not yet mastered by itself? ”

Offering uncles, sons, and men to see the public etiquette.

The gentleman thinks that the etiquette of their voyage is just together, Xiang Shu can be good at observing the etiquette of the ancestors, and Zi Chuan is good at assisting small countries.

During the meeting, King Chu Ling asked Wu Ju to serve behind him to correct his ceremonial mistakes.

By the end of the alliance, Wu Ju did not correct him.

King Chu Ling asked what the reason was, and Wu Ju replied, "There are six kinds of etiquette that I have never seen in Xiang Cheng and Zi Chuan Sailing, and what can I use to correct you?" ”

The crown prince of the Song State came to the Chu State later, and the King of Chu Ling had already gone to Wucheng to hunt, and he had not been receiving the prince Mang for a long time.

Wu Ju asked King Chu Ling to resign from the crown prince. King Chu Ling sent Wu Ju to thank him, saying: "It is just because there is a matter of hunting in the temple in Wucheng, our monarch wants to send the gift from the Song State to the temple, and I apologize to you for being late." ”

The monarch of Xu was born to a woman from Wu, and Chu suspected that he had two intentions towards Chu, so he was arrested and taken to Zhongdi.

King Chu Ling had always boasted of his strength to the princes who had come to the rendezvous. Wu Ju said to him: "The six kings of Xia Qi, Shang Tang, King Wu of Zhou, King Cheng, King Lian, and King Mu, as well as the princes of the two guilds of Duke Huan of Qi and Duke Wen of Jin, are all because they demonstrate to the princes the courtesy, and the princes obey their orders because of this.

Xia Rong held an alliance in the local area, and if he had a clan, he turned his back on him.

The king of Shang held a military parade in Li with the participation of the princes, and the Dongfang Shuang clan betrayed him. King You of Zhou held an alliance of princes in Taimur Mountain, and the Rongdi tribe betrayed him.

It was because they boasted of their arrogance to the princes and asked the princes to obey their orders. Now that you are arrogant, won't that fail to achieve your purpose? ”

King Chu Ling didn't listen to him.

Zichan saw Zuo Shi Xiangcheng and said, "We won't be afraid of Chu anymore." King Jing of Chu does not seem to listen to advice, and will not maintain his strength for ten years. ”

Xiang Cheng said: "Without ten years of pride, his evil deeds would not have lasted far away. Evil deeds go on far and then they are abandoned. All walks of life are also like thinking and doing, and only when benevolence and virtue are far-reaching can they flourish. ”

In July of the autumn of this year, King Chu Ling used the troops of various princes to conquer Wu State, and the crown prince Zuo and Najian Gong Xianyuan of Song State returned to China, and Hua Feipeng of Song State and the doctors of Zheng State followed King Chu Ling.

King Chu Ling sent Enzhong to map Zhu Fang of Wu State.

On the day of Jiashen in August, he conquered Zhu Fang, captured Qingfeng who came here from Qi and wiped out all his family.

When he was about to kill Qingfeng, Wu Ju said: "I heard that only people without defects can kill. Qingfeng just disobeyed their monarch's orders, so when he left here, would he be willing to obey the killing? Spread this to the princes, where will he be appointed? ”

King Chu Ling didn't listen to him, so he asked Qingfeng to carry the axe money on his back and parade in front of the princes.

Let Qingfeng say: "Don't be like Qingfeng of Qi State, kill the monarch, weaken the young monarch, and force the doctors to ally with him." ”

Qingfeng said: "Don't kill the monarch, his brother's son, Moose, and use this to force the princes to join the alliance, as the concubine son of the king of Chu Gong did, that is, the king of Chu Ling. ”

King Chu Ling asked him to kill Qingfeng as soon as possible.

After killing Qingfeng), he used the troops of the princes to destroy Lai Guo. Lai Guojun tied his hands behind his back and held the jade wall, and the sergeants all showed their left arms, carried the coffin and followed him to the Chinese army where King Chu Ling was.

King Chu Ling asked Wu Jujian what was going on, and Wu Ju replied: "When King Chu Cheng conquered the State of Xu, Xu borrowed Gong to do this.

King Chu Cheng personally untied him, accepted his title of jade wall, and burned his coffin. ”

King Chu Ling did as Wu Ju said and moved Lai Guo to Yandi.

King Chu Ling planned to move the country of Xu to the land of Lai, so he sent Dou Wei Gu and Gongzi to abandon the disease to build the city wall in Laidi before returning.

Shen Wuzi of the State of Chu said: "The beginning of the scourge of the State of Chu is here.

Summoned the princes to the state of Chu, conquered other countries and destroyed him, built the city wall to the border and the princes could not compete with him, the wishes of the king of Chu could be satisfied, and the people would still live in peace? The people will not live in peace, and who can endure his drive? If you can't endure his commands, trouble will ensue. ”

The descendants of Qi Huigong, the Luan family and the Gao family, were addicted to alcoholism, believed in the woman's words and became sad with many people, and their power was stronger than the Chen family and the Bao family, and they hated these two families.

In the summer of the tenth year of Lu Zhaogong, someone reported that Chen Wan said: "Shi (Ziziqi) and Gao Jiang (Ziliang) are preparing to attack Chen and Bao. ”

So, he also told Bao Shi this too.

Chen Wan gave the clansmen armor and went to the Bao clan again.

On the way, I got to Gaojiang and rode a horse after getting drunk, so I saw Bao Guo Wenzi), and Bao Guo had also given the clansmen armor.

Chen Wan sent people to reconnoiter Luan Shi and Gao Jiang's actions, and saw that both of them were preparing to drink.

Chen Wan said: "Although the rumor is not credible, Luan and Gao Da will definitely come to expel us when they hear that we have given the clansmen armor. Taking advantage of their drinking, shall we attack them first? ”

The Chen family and the Bao family were in harmony at this time, so they jointly attacked the Luan family and the Gao family. When Gao Jiang heard that Chen and Bao were going to attack them, he said, "Let's get Jing Gong first, and see where Chen and Bao go?" ”

So he attacked the Tiger Gate of Jinggong's dormitory. Yan Ying stood outside the Tiger Gate in court clothes, and the Chen, Bao, Luan, and Gao Si families all summoned him to their team, but he didn't go anywhere.

The soldiers of the four major families asked him, "Do you want to help the Chen family and the Bao family?" ”

Yan Zi said, "What good deeds have they done?" ”

The soldiers asked again: "Then you want to help the Luan clan and the Gao clan?" ”

Yan Zi said, "What can they do better than Chen and Bao?" ”

The soldiers asked, "Are you going back to the palace?" ”

He replied, "Where can I go back when the king is under attack?" ”

Qi Jinggong summoned Yan Ying, and he entered the palace.

Qi Jinggong's divination asked Wang Hei to lead the army under the banner Lingshi given to Qi Huan by Zhou Tianzi that year, and the result was auspicious, Wang Hei asked to cut the three-foot-long banner and use it.

On the day of the May Gengzhan of the tenth year of Lu Shaogong, Qi Jinggong's troops fought with Luan and Gao people at Chengmen in Linwen City.

The Luan clan and the Gao clan failed, and Qi Jinggong's troops defeated them again on the streets of the city.

The people pursued them and defeated them at the Liangmen in the southeast.

Luan Shi and Gao Jiang came to Lu, and the Chen and Bao families divided their family property.

Yan Ying said to Chen Wan: "You must hand over the family property of the clan and the Gao clan to the monarch!" Humility is the main content of morality.

Let people be called Huang De. All flesh and blood have the heart to fight, so interests cannot be taken by force, and only the righteousness can be considered to win. Righteousness is the foundation of interests. The accumulation of benefits will produce evil. Let's not accumulate profits! This will last a long time. ”

Chen Wan gave everything he got to Qi Jinggong, and asked to retire to live in the camp.

Chen Wan summoned the expelled Gongzi Zishan, and privately set up the tent, utensils, and clothes and shoes of Zishan's attendants for Zishan, and asked him to return to live in the thorny land.

The same is true for the expelled merchants, and they return their original fiefdoms to him privately.

The same is true for Zi Zhou, and he gave his husband Yu to him. He also let the expelled Gongzu Zicheng, Zigong, and Gongsun Jie all return to the Qi State, and privately increased their Yulu.

All the sons and grandsons of the princes and grandsons of the princes did not have a banglu, and he gave them a private share of the estates. The poor and widowed among the people of the country gave them food privately.

He said: "The Book of Poetry says, 'King Wen of Zhou displayed and rewarded others to create the Zhou Dynasty', which means that he can give to others. Qi Zugong did this, so he achieved hegemony. ”

Qi Jing Gong gave some places next to Chen Wan's camp, and Chen Wan thanked him.

Qi Jinggong's mother asked for him to use Gao Tang as a fiefdom, and the Chen clan became powerful.

Gou Wu, the doctor of the Jin State, led an army to conquer the Xianyu tribe and surrounded the Drum State. Some of the people of the Drum Kingdom asked to hand over the city and rebelled, but Xun Wu did not agree.

The left and right attendants said: "The army doesn't have to work hard, but it can get the city, why don't you do it?" ”

Gou Wu said: "I listened to Quan Xiang say: 'It is appropriate to like and hate anything, the people know the direction of action, and there is nothing that cannot be done.'" 'I abhor anyone who has given up our city and rebelled; Why am I happy when others surrender the city and surrender? How do we treat those whom we hate? If you don't give a reward, you lose your trust, how can you protect the people? If you can enter, you can advance, if you can't, you can retreat, and do what you can. I can't go down the wrong path because I want to take the domain pool, that would be a bigger loss. ”

Let the Drum Nation kill those who are preparing to mutiny and repair the equipment. After three months of siege, there was a request to surrender to him.

So he asked the people of the Drum Country to come to him, saying, "Judging from their faces, the people still have food to eat, so let's repair your city for the time being." ”

The military officer in Gou Wu's army said: "If you can get the city but don't get it, and you work the people and break your weapons, what can you use to explain to the monarch?" ”

Lu Wu said: "I can give an account to the monarch." If you get a city and the people slack off, what will you do with it? If you get a city and buy it for a slack job, it is better to stick to it. There will be no good results if you buy slack, and it will not be auspicious if you lose diligence.

The people of the Drum Nation can obey their monarch. We can also treat our monarch with the spirit of defending the city!

Isn't it okay to follow morality, to love and hate anything, to gain a city and to understand morality, and to be ordered to die without the idea of betrayal? ”

The people of the Drum Kingdom reported that there was no food in the city, and that there was no resistance to it, so Gou Wu was able to take the city.

When he came back from conquering the Drum Kingdom, he did not kill a single Drum Country, but only brought the Drum Kingdom Monarch Zaidai back to the Jin Kingdom. A comet appeared in the sky above the Qi country, and Qi Jinggong wanted people to make sacrifices to eliminate the disaster.

Yan Zi said: "It is useless to do this, it is only to be deceived." The Mandate of Heaven is unquestionable, and it does not give wrong orders. How can we sacrifice it to ward off calamities? Moreover, comets appear in the sky to sweep away filth. Thou hast no unclean virtue, so why do thou offer sacrifices? If you have unclean virtue, how can you detract from it? ”

He thought for a moment, and then continued: 'Only this Zhou King Wen, who is careful and honest with God, wants to get a lot of happiness.

King Wen's virtue did not disobey the heavens, so the countries of the Quartet were subordinated to him. 'If you don't disobey the virtues of the heavens, and the small nations around you will submit to you, what are you afraid of the stars?' It has already been said in the Book of Songs: "I don't need anything else to borrow, just take Xia and Shang as references." Because of their political chaos, the people eventually betrayed and left them. ’

If your virtues are treacherous and chaotic, the people will leave you and go into exile, and there will be no remedy for the sacrifice of history. ”

Qi Jinggong was very happy to hear this, so he didn't let the building sacrifice eliminate the disaster.

In the winter of the fourth year of Lu Dinggong, Cai Zhaogong, Wu Qilu, and Tang Huihou jointly attacked Chu State. Park the warship next to Huaishui and fight against Chu across the Han River from Yuzhang.

Sima Xu, the commander of the Chu army, often said: "You resist the Wu army up and down along the Han River, and I will use all the people outside Fangcheng to destroy their ships and come back to block the three passes of the Great Tunnel, Zhiyuan, and Hadeshan." If you cross the Han River and attack them, I will strike them from behind, and I will surely defeat the Wu army. ”

They were planning to act, and the Wucheng County doctor Hei Pair often said: "The chariots of Wu are all made of wood, and our chariots are wrapped in leather, and our chariots cannot be ...... It is better to hold on for a long time, than to rush into battle. ”

Emperor Shi, the master of Chu, often said to his son: "The people of Chu hate you and have a good impression of Sima Shu, if Sima Xu destroys the ships of Wu in the Huai River, closes the three passes and enters Wu, he will defeat Hao alone."

You must fight quickly, not quickly, you are not guilty of rabbits.

Yu Chang poured the Han River to set up a formation, and the communist army was placed on the front from the small mountain to the big mountain. The Chu army launched three attacks, and Zichang knew that such goods could not win, and wanted to run through,

Shi Huang said: "One is the way to calm down and win with your hands." If you still seek refuge because of trouble, where will you be able to enter people? Love must die in this war, so that all the original sins can be forgiven. ”

After the afternoon of November, the Chu army and the Wu army were afraid to raise the cloth to start the battle. King Bi of King Gulu's first brother-in-law, King Zaobaimai, said: "The commanders of the Chu State often do not pay attention to benevolence and righteousness, and their subordinates do not have the determination to fight to the death. Attack them first, and the soldiers will definitely advance, and then the army will continue to advance and change, and they will definitely take the belly. ”

King Wu did not agree. The king said, "If there is a saying that a subordinate does things according to morality, he does not wait for orders,' which is exactly what he is referring to." Today I will die in battle, and those of Chu can enter. ”

He used 5,000 of his men to take the lead in attacking Zichang's soldiers. Zichang's soldiers were all there, the Chu army was in chaos, and the Wu army was defeated. Zichang fled to Zheng Guo. Emperor Shi died in battle with Zichang's military chariot.

The Wu army pursued the Chu army, and when they arrived at the Qingfa River, they were preparing to attack the Chu army, and the king of Fuchai said: "The beasts that are surrounded by the cause will still fight, let alone people!" If they know that they will not be able to avoid death and fight desperately, they will definitely defeat us.

"If the first to cross the river knows that they can avoid death, the successors will follow their example and lose their fighting spirit. Wait until part of them reaches the river before they can attack. ”

King Fuchai led his army to pursue the Chu army and defeated them again. The Chu army cooked and ate, the Wu army caught up with them, they all fled, the Wu army ate their food and attacked them, defeating the Chu army at Yongwen.

After five attacks, the Wu army reached the capital of Otto.

On the day of Ji Guo, King Chu Sing took his sister Ji Jujie and I escaped from the capital and crossed the Jushui.

Fu Yin Gu and King Chu Zhao were in a boat, and King Chu Zhao had people tie torches to the tail of the elephant and rush towards the Wu army to scare them away.

On Gengchen Day, the Wu army entered Yedu and lived in the palace of the state of Chu according to their positions. King Wu's son Zishan lived in the official of the Chu State Ling Yin, and the king of Fuliang was about to attack him, Zishan was afraid of Yi and withdrew, and the king of Fuju entered this official palace.

Zuo Sima Cheng of Chu Gu returned to Chu after arriving in Xi County, and defeated part of Wu's army at Yongguan, but was wounded.

At the beginning, Sima Cheng was a subordinate of Yan Lu, so he was ashamed to be captured by Yan Lu, and said to his subordinates: "Can any of you prevent my body from being taken away by Wu Jun?" ”

The Wu people who followed him said, "I ...... Low status, can you keep your corpse? ”

Sima Pi said: "I really didn't know that you were virtuous, of course you can." ”

He was wounded in several battles and said, "I ...... is unavailable. ”

Ju rate spread out his clothes, cut off his head and wrapped it, hid his body, and escaped with his head, not letting the Wu people get it.

King Chu sang crossed Lishui, crossed the Yangtze River, and entered Yunmengze.

He fell asleep in Zezhong, and the robbers came to attack him and stabbed him with Ge, and Wang Sun was struck in the shoulder because he blocked the robbers with his back.

King Chu Zhao chose to run to Zheng State.

Zhong Jian followed with Ji Duo on his back.

Wang Sun slowly woke up and rushed them.

The younger brother of the county prince Dou Xin planned to kill King Chu Shu, saying: "King Chu Ping killed my father, and I can kill his son again, isn't it?" ”

Dou Xin said: "The monarch plans to attack his subordinates, who of his subordinates is hostile to him?" The sovereign's command is from heaven. If you die by the command of God, who will you hate? Shiya said, 'I don't eat the weak, I don't spit out the hard, I don't repent of raising the not very strong,' and only the righteous are so poor that they are poor. Even avoiding the strong and reading the weak and the old is not brave, and the opportunity for others to suffer is not benevolence and righteousness; It is not filial piety to make her flag destroy her and do it; Actions that do not get a good name are not smart. You must do it quickly, and I will kill you.

"Between the words, his younger brother Wu Banlongguan is the master, and this matter is with the country. Wu Jun pursued them and said to the four of them:

"The descendants of the Yong Dynasty are in the Han River Basin, and it is the intermittent space that has wiped them out. Heaven sent its original bodhitta and added the punishment to the Chu State, but you put the Chu State and the giant phoenix together, what is the crime of the Zhou Dynasty? If your monarch still takes care of repaying the Zhou Dynasty, divides this kind of reward among us, and lets God bless us, it will be your monarch's blessing. The land north of the Han River, you will use it. ”

King Chu was in the north of Suijun's official body, and Wu Jun was in the south of the palace. King Zhao of Chu's elder brother was similar in appearance, but he fled to King Zhao, and he put on King Zhao's clothes.

Ziqi said: "Give me to Wu Jun, and the three will definitely avoid being captured." ”

The Suiguo people divined and gave the sub-period to Wu Jun, but the result was unlucky, so they rejected Wu Jun and said: "Because Suiguo is far from weak, and it is close to the Chu State, the Chu State allows it to exist." The generations have replied to the state of Chu according to the agreement, and it has not changed to this day. If we abandon one another in times of danger, what will we use to serve you, lords? The worries of our people in charge of government affairs are not only the king of Chu alone, but also the people of Chu State, if you can stabilize the territory of Chu State, do we dare not obey your orders? ”

The army of Wu withdrew from Suiguo. Suiguo's furnace Jin was a retainer in the Guzi period at the beginning, but in fact, he made an appointment with the Suiguo people to protect the king of Chu and the sub-period. King Chu Ming asked him to come to see him, and he was thankful for the heavy money.

He paused and said, "Don't dare to seek personal gain because of this promise." King Chu Zhao cut the heart of the child, took blood, and swore an oath with the people.

At the beginning, the doctor of Chu was friends with Shen Baoxu, and when the soldier fled out of Chu, he said to Shen Baoxu: "I must overthrow Chu State." ”

Zhong Baoxu said: "Do it hard! If you can overthrow it, I will raise it. ”

When King Zhao of Chu was in Suiguo, Zhong Baoxu went to Qin to ask for reinforcements, and said to Qin Aigong: "Wu is like a feudal plain and a long snake that endangers others, so that it has encroached on the Central Plains several times, and this tyranny began in Chu.

"Our monarch has lost his status as the guardian of the society and is living in the grass, so let my subordinates and me come to the urgency, saying: 'The heart of the barbarians is not satisfied, if they become neighbors with you, Qin Jun, it will be a disaster on your border. While the state of Wu has not yet occupied the state of Chu, you Qin Jun can get a part.

If the state of Chu perishes soon, it will be the loss of the land of the Qin monarch. If the gods of Qin Jun are used to save the Chu State, the Chu State will serve the Qin Jun for generations. ’”

Qin Aigong asked people to excuse him, saying, "The widow knows...... Your command. You stay in a hotel for the time being, and we'll tell you after we think about it. ”

Zhong Baoxu replied: "Our monarch is in the grass and has no place to live, so how can I dare to go to a quiet place to live?" ”

He stood, leaning against the wall of the Thai court and weeping, day and night, without even a spoonful of water for seven days.

Qin Aigong was very angry when he heard this, and recited a poem for Zhong Kugu, and Shen Baoxu also kowtowed to Qin Aigong nine times before he sat down tremblingly.

The state of Qin finally sent his army to the state of Chu.