Zi Yu, many people know that he committed suicide after the Battle of Chengpu, so they feel that he is not in the ranks of the famous generals of the Spring and Autumn Period, but after his death, Jin Wengong lamented that no one can harm him in the future, why is this?
First, the newborn calf was not afraid of the tiger, and the leading guard dared to imprison Song Jun and attack Song City
In 639 BC, after Song Xianggong, who belonged to the ranks of small states, helped Qi Xiao to settle the civil unrest, he became more and more inflated, and he wanted to gradually dominate, so in the winter, the Song kingdom mengdi would be allied, asking all countries to recognize the song state's ally.
At this time, King Cheng of Chu stopped doing it, because in the spring of that year, the Chu state was the alliance leader, and the other participating countries also believed that the Chu state should be the alliance lord.
Song Xianggong was very angry and felt that he deserved to become the lord of the alliance, so he scolded King Chu Cheng.
Song Xianggong, who immediately "went to the meeting empty-handed", knew that he was wrong.
King Cheng of Chu could not bear such an insult, and this time, Zi Yu led the pro-guard to accompany the protection, so on the spot Zi Yu attacked and took the Song Xianggong, who had no armed force at all, and then Zi Yu only led a hundred pro-guard guards to attack the Song State.
The other participating countries were afraid of the strong strength of the Chu state and did not dare to leave the alliance, and Ziyu, while attacking the Song state, coerced all countries to send troops to jointly attack the Song.
Needless to say, chen, Cai, Zheng, and Xu, the four allies of the Chu state, soon let the army join Ziyu's command, and even The Song ally Cao Guo turned against each other and sent troops to attack the Song.
At this time, Song Xianggong was still fantasizing about The Great Congresses of Qin and Qi to observe etiquette and send troops to assist, but after several months of fighting, Ziyu led his army to the Song capital Shangqiu City, and there was no military assistance.
However, thanks to the Song Dynasty, it was the only country with the official position of "Sicheng", and the city was 12 meters high, far exceeding the Spring and Autumn period at that time.
Therefore, the guards led by Zi Yu would not be able to conquer shangdu for a while and a half without the help of engineering equipment.
After a period of stalemate, Zi Yumi was unable to conquer the Song capital, and the two sides spent the afternoon losing both, so they found Lu Gonggong and found him to mediate.
So Ziyu returned to the Chu state with his troops, Song Xianggong returned to the Song kingdom to serve as the monarch again, and the armies of various countries retreated one after another.
This war of attack on the country launched by the Guards has thus ended, and looking at the entire Spring and Autumn Period, there is only one example that dares to let the Guards fight the country. Ziyu was also remembered by King Cheng of Chu because of his courage.
Second, defeated the Song Dynasty and defeated the State of Chen Fudun, and led the Chu army to conquer the Central Plains in the south and the north
At the end of October 638 BC, Duke Xiang of Song, in order to save face and show force, rebelled against Chu's ally Zheng Guo.
In November, Chu Guoziyu led troops to rescue Zheng Guo and arrived at the south bank of Hongshui.
At this time, the Song army was waiting in a strict position on the north bank, and Sima Ziyu of Song suggested "hitting its half-crossing".
However, Song Xianggong refused, and waited until Ziyu's army had all crossed the river and set up a formation before launching an attack.
However, Zi Yusu was known for strictly managing the army, and his troops were much stronger than the Song army.
As a result, the Song army was defeated. Song Xianggong was wounded in the thigh, his guards were also killed, and his elite Janissaries were all annihilated by the Chu army.
The Battle of Hongshui ended with the near-extinction of the Song forces, after which the Song state no longer dared to hope to enter the Central Plains.
In 639 BC, Ziyu once again led troops out of the city to fight against the State of Chen, which had befriended the Song and had a rebellious heart, and after successfully occupying Jiao and Yi, signed a pact with the State of Chen.
Before returning to China, he escorted Dunzi, who was taking refuge in the Chu state, to Duncheng, helped him restore the country, and built a city for the dunguo, making the dunguo a pawn of the chu state.
Look at the map to see how valuable Ziyu's doing this is.
At the junction of the three kingdoms of Jiao, Yi, Chen, Song and Lu, the new city of Dunguo is located on the bank of Yingshui, and the state of Cai, which is a subsidiary of the State of Chu in the south, forms a straight line connection between Chu, Cai, Dun and Jiaoyi from south to north, providing a passage for the hegemony of the Chu State, the Central Plains.
But whenever he saw such a macro strategic layout, he had to admire Ziyu's strategic thinking.
Third, the Southern Ding Dynasty stabilized the rear, and promoted Yin Fa Song Keqi to the Spring and Autumn Period
In 636 BC, when Lu repeatedly asked the State of Chu to cut down the Song Dynasty to suppress the State of Qi, Ziyu had another idea.
At this time, Ziyu saw that the possibility of hegemony in the Central Plains was increasing, so he wanted to stabilize the country first, and then deal with the north with all his strength.
Zi Yu saw the southern part of the Chu state, the same as the Chu state.
Therefore, Ziyu used the excuse that the Chu ancestor Zhu Rong and Yu Neng did not sacrifice the Chu ancestors, and went all out to attack the Chu kingdom, and in only 5 days, he conquered the city and captured the chuzi alive.
The country is not big, so why do you have to take it?
Because of the bashu in the southwest.
Bashu often harassed the State of Chu through the State of Chu, and the State of Chu was also indifferent, resulting in the State of Chu being unstable in the rear, this time occupying the State of Chu, Ziyu controlled Bashu to the west of Zigui, and since then Bashu has never invaded the State of Chu again, and Ziyu can safely achieve hegemony to the north.
At this time, King Cheng of Chu saw that Ziyu was so capable, so he was even more lazy and directly let Ziyu handle the affairs of the military state with full authority.
In December of that year, Ziyu led an army to the east to conquer the Song state, surrounded Miaoyi for many days, to show force, and then signed an alliance with the Song under the city.
Immediately afterward, Zi Yu sent his division to conquer GuYi in the State of Qi, and after conquering The State of Qi's Guyi, he left the exiled prince of the State of Qi in Guyi and sent His Uncle Hou of Shen to assist in guarding it.
In the history of the Spring and Autumn Period, it was also Ziyu's pioneering effort to support a puppet regime in an enclave and maintain a garrison.
At this point, the Ziyu Chu State was under one person, above ten thousand people, and in the eyes of other countries in the Spring and Autumn Period, it was also a existence that had countless conquests and dared people.
However, after a person flies too high, he will often fall very badly, and Ziyu's brilliant life has also opened a downward spiral here.
Fourth, Chengpu miscalculated and lost to The Jin, leading the retreating army to shen xi and kill himself
In the spring of 632 BC, in order to compete for hegemony in the Central Plains, the Jin Dynasty took Xianxun as the general of the Chinese army and rescued the siege of the Song State.
After Xianxun used a series of schemes, the Chu alliance of Cao and Wei defected one after another, and Ziyu was furious and vowed to duel with the Jin army, thus starting the Battle of Chengpu.
When the two countries were about to fight, Ziyu boasted: Today we must eliminate the Jin army at once.
Ziyu generaled the Chinese army, the Zixi belt Shenxi army as the left army, and the Zishang with Chen Cai and the two armies as the right army.
Chen Cai's right army was the weakest, and Xianxun saw through the flaws of the Chu army and repelled the right army with superior troops. Then he pretended to retreat and lured Ziyu.
ZiYu had great hopes for the elimination of the Jin army, and although the right army was defeated, he saw the Jin army retreating and thought that its rear was on fire, so he swung the Chinese army to attack.
As a result, the Jin army was trapped in the middle, the Chinese army was cut off by the team led by Xianxun, and the Jin army that pretended to retreat suddenly returned to attack, and Ziyu was defeated.
This battle lasted only half a day, and the end was a great defeat for the Chu army.
Zi Yu was helpless and led the defeated army back to the Chu state.
As he approached Fangcheng, king Chu Cheng's emissaries said to Ziyu, "If you enter the city, how will you face the many fathers and elders of the rest and the land of Shen?" ”
Ziyu knew that his defeat was due to his excessive pursuit of victory and his shame on the families of the dead soldiers, so he hanged himself at the station, and a generation of famous generals fell.
The Marquis of Jin heard about it, and then he was happy to know it. "Mo Yu poison is also gone!" - "The Left Biography"
Zi Yu, as the Ling Yin of the Spring and Autumn Chu State, made great contributions to the Chu Cheng King for more than ten years, and the southern DingGuo was based on Bashu, and the northern town of Song Qitong central plains, allowing the Chu state to dominate the Central Plains.
However, life is also too brilliant, after smooth sailing, Ziyu because of too conceited, self-esteem is too high, resulting in the Battle of Chengpu, with more defeats, and finally ashamed of the family of the dead soldiers, to die to apologize.
Subsequently, the State of Chu was gradually replaced by the State of Jin, and gradually withdrew from the Spring and Autumn Period.