Lu Chen caught up with King Zhang Chu and told him about Dong Feizhong's ambush. The king of Chu was very happy, so he led everyone to the southeast. All the way through Xinyang, hurried to the front, and arrived at Ruyin County. Zhang Chu's army was guarding here, and the generals heard that King Zhang Chu was coming, and hurriedly came out to greet him. After everyone entered the city, Lu Chen saw that there were not many soldiers and horses, so they were all stationed in the city. In the evening, the sergeant in the back came to report that Shangzhu had been martyred and that Zhang Han had also occupied the royal city. When King Zhang Chu heard the news, he was overwhelmed with grief, and kept shouting: "Shangzhu Country is loyal and brave!" Shangzhu country is loyal and brave! ”

That night, King Zhang Chu fell asleep after having dinner with everyone. Lu Chen went out to patrol the city, and there was not much time, and suddenly he came to report to King Zhang Chu, saying that a group of soldiers and horses came from somewhere, and they kept shouting and scolding under the city. King Zhang Chu led everyone to the city to inspect. I only heard the soldiers under the city shouting: "We are all subordinates of General Deng Zong, we came from Shouchun, and I heard that General Deng was killed by the king, is this true?" We are now going to avenge General Deng, and you should hand over the King of Chu quickly!" When King Zhang Chu heard this, he was taken aback. Lu Chen coaxed them and said: "We are the grain guards who came from Chencheng, the war ahead is urgent, I don't know the situation of General Deng, how can there be any king of Chu in the city?" The sergeant said: "I heard that there is a king driving here during the day, it must be the king's chariot, you quickly open the city gate, otherwise we will attack the city!" King Zhang Chu became angry when he heard this, so he bravely stood up and said, "Shaft! Is the dignified King of Chu also what you want casually? General Deng killed the enemy for the country, he is really a loyal and righteous man, and when you come to Lone, you are so presumptuous, you are simply a thief, how can you be General Deng's subordinates? When the soldiers of the city heard this, they did not dare to be presumptuous any longer, but they did not leave, and said that they would receive some reward.

At this moment, I suddenly heard the sound of a bang, and another army of soldiers and horses came to Hulala, surrounding the Jiujiang soldiers. As soon as the Jiujiang soldiers saw that there were many people surrounding them, they withdrew from the siege in a gloomy manner. Seeing that the Jiujiang soldiers had retreated, this army came to the city. One of the leading among them shouted: "The minister Wang Zhi has come to escort him, please open the city gate quickly!" When King Zhang Chu heard that Wang Zhi was coming, he was really surprised, so he remembered the previous incident, and said ashamedly: "Aiqing, Gu didn't listen to your advice and drove you away, why did you still come to escort you?" Wang Zhi said: "Your Majesty, since the minister left you, he has been investigating the war in Chen Cheng every day. Today, I heard that a king is here, and the minister concluded that it is the king's honorable driver, so he led his soldiers to escort him, and he didn't want the king to be here! When King Zhang Chu heard Wang Zhi's statement, he was greatly moved, so he asked the sergeant to let Wang into the city.

Wang Zhi entered the city and saw King Zhang Chu, crying and worshipping on the ground. King Zhang Chu helped Wang Zhi up, and he was also excited. The two of them joined hands and sat down in the hall. King Zhang Chu told Deng Shuo about how he fled from Yingchuan back to Chencheng and how he framed Deng Zong. When Wang Zhi saw this, he comforted: "Please don't blame yourself too much, you can't go to Jiujiang now." King Zhang Chu asked why. Wang Zhi said: "Jiujiang is full of Deng Zong's people, how can they accommodate the king, and besides, the Qin army will still hunt you down, your situation is really too dangerous!" King Zhang Chu asked where he should go if he didn't go to Jiujiang. Wang Zhi said without hesitation: "The king should change his route to the east, and if he can meet the righteous people in the southeast, he can also regroup." I am willing to defend the king to the death! King Zhang Chu burst into tears and said, "Qing is really a loyal minister!" Wang Zhi said again: "The king is here, and people know about it." Zhang Han will catch up tomorrow. If the Qin army suddenly arrives, we will not be able to resist. Now ask General Lu to lead all the horses to the south to lead away the Qin army, and the king will be able to get rid of the Qin army if he changes his route to the east. We should go out of the city before dawn, and if we leave late, we will be caught by Zhang Han. As soon as King Zhang Chu heard this, he felt that it made sense, so he ordered Zhuang Jia to prepare the car immediately, and then quietly went out of the east gate, and he went east under the protection of Wang Zhi. The rest of the men and horses all followed Lu Chen and went south with great fanfare.

Dong Peng was wounded by Lu Chen's ambush soldiers and returned to Chen Cheng, and Zhang Han asked him to temporarily recuperate. After King Zhang Chu left Chencheng, most of the personnel fled, and some of the officials who did not have time to escape were killed. Zhang Han searched for a large number of treasures and treasures from Zhang Chu's treasury, and sealed them all as military expenditures. The next day, Zhang Han summoned the generals, slaughtered pigs and cattle, celebrated the carnival, and wrote a chapter to report the occupation of Chencheng to the imperial court. Zhang Han sighed: "I didn't expect that a farmer who had only been a king for five months would be so corrupt and degenerate, it's really unheard of!" Changshi Sima Xin reminded Zhang Han: "Chen Sheng has not been caught yet, if he is allowed to escape, there will be endless troubles!" Zhang Han immediately ordered the deputy general Sima Yi and his younger brother Zhang Ping to lead three thousand iron cavalry and continue to chase south, and they must capture Chen Sheng. The two of them accepted the order and chased them all the way, and they came to the city of Ruyin. The two entered the city, arrested the people and interrogated them carefully, and learned that King Zhang Chu had fled in the direction of Jiujiang, so they continued to pursue. Sima Yi and Zhang Ping hurriedly stepped up, hurriedly pursued, and caught up with Lu Chen and them after another chase.

When Lu Chen saw the pursuers suddenly coming, he stopped his position and shouted to return to the army to fight. As soon as they set up their formation, Sima Yi and Zhang Ping killed them. Lu Chen fought with the two, and the two sides killed for a few rounds, how could Lu Chen fight them and flee in defeat. Sima Yi and Zhang Ping waved their troops to cover up and kill, and many of Zhang Chu's officials were killed here by the Qin army. Some family members and sergeants scattered for their lives, crying and screaming. Sima Yi and Zhang Ping only cared about looking for King Zhang Chu, and they didn't care about others. The two searched everywhere, but when they couldn't see the shadow of King Zhang Chu, they grabbed a person and asked about King Zhang Chu's whereabouts. This person told them that King Zhang Chu had never gone south. The two knew that they had been deceived, so they hurriedly collected their troops and returned. They inquired carefully all the way, but no one knew where King Zhang Chu went. The two inquired for a long time before returning to Chencheng to report to Zhang Han. When Zhang Han heard that he still hadn't caught King Zhang Chu, he was very worried, so he wrote a notice and posted it everywhere in the southeast, offering a reward for being wanted. The notice said: Those who get the head of Chen Sheng will be rewarded with 10,000 taels of gold and sealed 10,000 households.

After the notice of the reward was posted, the whole southeast was alarmed, and people were talking about the whereabouts of King Zhang Chu, and no one knew where King Zhang Chu had gone. And Zhang Chuwang, under the escort of Wang Zhi, they bumped all the way, did not dare to take the big road, just walked on the remote path, and hid during the day, and only dared to act at night, so they walked very slowly. They walked towards the east, talking about the rise and fall all the way, which was really a mixture of joy and sorrow, and full of emotion. One day, when they arrived at the lower city father, everyone saw the city from afar, and they did not dare to approach rashly. Wang Zhi sent people to the city to inquire first. After a while, the returnees reported that the Qin army had posted a notice at the gate of the city that they were looking for a reward, and the people were watching. Wang Zhi was very shocked in his heart, so he asked everyone to walk around the city. At this time, someone found Wang's car on the road, and they suspected that King Zhang Chu was passing by here, and they all ran over to see what was going on. Wang Zhi was afraid of causing trouble, so he told Zhuang Jia not to stop and continue to move forward, and he himself led the soldiers to block the people and explain to them. There happened to be some people who had escaped from the palace of the king of Chu, and when they saw Wang Zhi, they scolded King Zhang Chu for being ungrateful. Wang Zhi took the opportunity to persuade the people to protect the king of Chu regardless of their past suspicions, and also preached a great truth to them. But these people did not listen to it at all, and laughed and said: "The king said, 'Gou is rich, do not forget each other,' but when he is broad, he has long forgotten what he said before, and he is really an ungrateful man!" At this time, someone came from the city to meet King Zhang Chu. Wang Zhi persuaded everyone with good words, and those people left disdainfully. Wang Zhi saw that the people refused to protect the king of Chu, so he had to turn his horse and rush forward. It's really:

When you have not met the arrogant, don't forget the poor and lowly.

A broad face has become more ancient, and there is no one in trouble again.

The coachman Zhuang Jia drove the king car in a panic for a long time, because he was walking too fast, he lost his way. Zhuang Jia turned around and saw that no one was chasing him, so he stopped. King Zhang Chu asked why he didn't leave. Zhuang Jia said: "The road ahead is narrow, I am afraid that it cannot be passed, and the horse can't walk, so the king will rest here for a while." King Zhang Chu said to Zhuang Jia: "Lonely and thirsty, you go find some water, and we will wait for Wang Lingyin here." King Zhang Chu got out of the car and sat under a big tree on the side of the road to rest. Zhuang Jia said: "Please sit down for a while, and I'll go find water." ”

Zhuang Jia, the coachman, went to look for water, came to the entrance of a village, and saw that people were watching something under a tree, and he also came over. It doesn't matter if you look at it, you are shocked when you see it, it turns out to be a notice of a bounty. Zhuang Jia hurriedly left, preparing to tell King Zhang Chu first. But when he came to him, he found that the king of Chu was already asleep. Zhuang Jia thought to himself: Zhang Han has already posted bounty notices everywhere, and the king at this time has reached the end of his rope, and in the future, he will not only have no wealth to enjoy, but will also attract the disaster of killing, if he is ...... Zhuang Jia saw that he forgot his righteousness and became ill-intentioned, so he slowly approached King Zhang Chu. Poor King Zhang Chu dodged all the way, he was already exhausted, and he slept soundly at this time. Zhuang Jia tiptoed behind him, then pulled out his dagger and stabbed King Zhang Chu in the back.

King Zhang Chu woke up in shock, and saw that it was the coachman who stabbed him, and before he could speak, he stabbed him several times. King Zhang Chu was terrified, glared and said, "Villain! You...... It won't end well! With that, he fell to the ground and died. Pity this great hero who opposed Qin, the military leader who took the lead in the uprising in the post-Warring States period fell like this, and ended his short and glorious life in an instant. Later generations have a poem that sighs:

The ridge used to be ragged, and it was unusual to snort.

The prince has a kind of earth-shaking situation, and the pole and wood are generous.

The four seas gathered righteousness, and a hundred years of achievements died out.

The destruction of Qin was finally involved in the first place, and the ancestor sacrificed to the hidden king.

Wang Zhi negotiated with the people for a long time, and when he saw that everyone refused to help them, he had to leave. He walked for a long time, but there was no trace of King Zhang Chu, so he sent soldiers to look around. After looking for the old man for a long time, someone suddenly came to report in horror, saying that Wang Che and the body had been found. Wang Zhi was taken aback and immediately rushed to the location of the accident. It didn't matter if he looked at it, Wang Zhi was also stunned there, it turned out that King Zhang Chu's head had been cut off, and only his body was lying in a pool of blood, and he also found that there were several knife wounds on his body, and a horse was missing. Wang Zhi already knew what was going on, so he began to cry, and said while crying: "O king! I didn't protect you...... Tyrannical Qin has no way, the people of the world dare to be angry but dare not speak, only you, in the midst of the soldiers, but you can stand up and fight, the first to raise the banner of righteousness, so that the world's heroes, gather to respond, your first work, who can compare? O king! You died so miserably today! "People on the left and right are afraid of attracting officials, so they dissuade them together. Wang Zhi said: "I was supposed to protect the king, but now I have harmed the king, this is all my sin!" "I was afraid that the Qin people would steal the corpse, so we asked everyone to bury the body hastily first, and then take down the horse that set the cart, burn the cart, and cry goodbye.

Wang Zhi climbed on the horseback and said sadly: "Zhuang Jia dog thief! He must have taken the king's head to Chencheng to ask for merit and reward, I want to recruit an army and swear to avenge the king! Gotta kill that dog thing! Dog thief! After that, he led everyone to Qi County.

The coachman Zhuang Jia came to Chencheng with the head of King Zhang Chu. When Zhang Han heard that someone had really sent the head of King Zhang Chu, he was very happy, so he immediately ordered Zhuang Jia to come in. After Zhuang Jia saw Zhang Han, he crawled on the ground like a dog, kowtowed like pounding garlic, and told the story of killing the king of Chu. Zhang Han was overjoyed, so he opened the package and checked it, only to see King Zhang Chu's eyes wide open, and he didn't bat at a glance. Zhang Han sighed and hurriedly motioned to the people on the left and right to close their eyes, but the sergeants couldn't close them. Zhang Han was stunned, so he put his head on the table very solemnly, and then bowed: "King, as a son of a poor family, you started between the soldiers, and you have been the king for half a year, and you have been dominant for a while, and you are extremely rich, what do you have to regret?" King Zhang Chu's eyes still couldn't close. Zhang Han felt very strange, thought for a moment and said: "Who dares to rebel against the Qin State?" Only you, Chen Sheng, braved the disapproval of the world, and even raised your arms and shouted back, you can talk about your boldness! What are you not satisfied with? After Zhang Han finished saying this, King Zhang Chu's eyes slowly closed. Zhang Han was very surprised, and he was worried that he would make a mistake, so he asked everyone in the palace to identify him. After identification, they all said that it was indeed the head of King Zhang Chu. Zhang Han was relieved, so he ordered the sergeant to make a wooden box, put the head of the king of Chu in the wooden box and take it to the outside of the city to be buried. Zhang Han wrote another letter, preparing to let Zhuang Jia serve as the county guard of Chen County, and send someone to Xianyang with good news.

When the second heard that Chen Sheng was dead, he was overjoyed, so he agreed to Zhang Han's request, so he made Zhuang Jia the county guard of Chen County. Zhuang Jia suddenly changed from a coachman to the administrator of a county, and he was so happy that he soaked with the generals of the Qin State all day long, and he was so happy. But the Qin people sneered at him and treated him like a pig and a dog.

Lü Chen and others were defeated by Sima Yi and Zhang Ping, and many ministers also died. After the Qin army left, they gathered the defeated soldiers and gathered some men. At this time, someone suddenly came to report that Zhu Fang and Hu Wu had run away. Lu Chen was furious and said: "Zhang Chu's career was defeated so quickly because of these two thieves!" "Then he personally led people to chase after him. After a while, he caught up with the two thieves. When Lu Chen saw Zhu Fang and Hu Wu, he ordered him to take it. The two thieves were so frightened that they were urinating and shouted for mercy. Lu Chen scolded: "If it weren't for you two thieves who framed Zhongliang and engaged in unjust, false and wrongful cases, how could the king be defeated so quickly?" It's really hard to be angry if I don't kill you now! "Let the sergeant kill the two thieves. Only then did Lu Chen say: "The two thieves have been eliminated, we will now go to find the king and Wang Lingyin, and then regroup and fight a decisive battle with Zhang Han." Everyone followed Lu Chen's advice and walked eastward.