A blockbuster Chu Zhuang King

In the year that King Chu Zhuang ascended the throne, a comet crossed the long sky and shot straight into the Big Dipper. This was 613 BC, and the world was in chaos.

At this time, Qin Kang did nothing, Jin Linggong was cruel and absurd, and Qi Yigong was absurd and tyrannical. King Zhuang of Chu, for three years on the throne, indulged in eroticism all day long, did not ask about state affairs, and even issued an order: "Those who dare to advise will die without forgiveness." He held the beauty of Zheng Guo in his left hand and the beauty of Yue Guo in his right hand, surrounded by luxurious musical instruments. Above the hall, there was laughter and chaos.

The chancellor Wu Ju presented a riddle to King Zhuang of Chu. The riddle was something that King Zhuang of Chu liked, so he turned back and excitedly asked Wu Ju to speak quickly. Wu Ju said: "There is a big bird on the mountain, it has been three years, it does not fly or chirp, what kind of bird is it?" After listening to it, King Chu Zhuang thought about it and said, "If you don't fly for three years, you will soar into the sky; if you don't fly for three years, your voice will be amazing." You back off, I see. ”

In fact, the three years that King Chu Zhuang did not fly and did not make a sound were three years of being in danger. It's not that he doesn't want to fly, it's that he can't fly. King Zhuang of Chu had just ascended the throne, and his teachers Ziyi and Gongzi Xie, because they had not been reused, launched a rebellion to kidnap him, planning to run from Yingdu to Shangmi. After passing through Ludi, the two people were booby-trapped and killed by Pear, and king Chu Zhuang was saved.

At this time, the power of the nobility in the Chu state was strong, especially the Ruo'ao clan, who had held the position of Ling Yin for several generations, and the power was overwhelming, and the private army in the clan was also the most effective army in the Chu state. There are many contradictions between the nobles and the nobles, between the nobles and the royal offices. The king of Chuzhuang tied his hands and feet, and if he was not careful, he would be worried about his life, so he had to taoguang and raise obscurity, and did not ask about state affairs.

In the third year after King Zhuang of Chu ascended the throne, the State of Chu suffered a great famine, and the enemy states of the four sides took the opportunity to attack the State of Chu. The Rong attacked Fushan and Dalin in the southwest; Yangqiu in the southeast was also besieged; the State of Lu led the army of Baipu, gathered in the election, waiting for an opportunity to move; and the biggest enemy was the Yong State in the west.

Up and down the Chu state, people were panicked, and they were worried that the princes of the Central Plains would take the opportunity to attack from the north, so they closed the gates of Shen and Xi. The princes and ministers of Yingdu panicked and demanded that the King of Chu move the capital to Hangao in the north to avoid the enemy's attack.

Minister Huan Jia said, "You can't move the capital." We can run, the enemy can chase, it is better to attack the Yong country. The kingdom of Lu and Baipu believe that we cannot fight in the face of famine. Now that we have sent troops, they will definitely withdraw. At this critical juncture of life and death, King Chu Zhuang finally came to the foreground. The crisis is also an opportunity, and king Zhuang of Chu ordered: Immediately send troops to attack the Yong state.

King Zhuang of Chu rushed to the front line by express train from the post, and ordered that the large army be divided into two teams, attacking left and right, and at the same time uniting the armies of the State of Pakistan and the State of Qin, allowing them to attack from behind. The army suddenly killed, and the Yongguo pawns were unable to defend themselves, and they were suddenly breached. The three kingdoms of Chu, Ba, and Qin happily divided up the land of the Yong state. The crisis outside the Chu state was completely lifted.

King Chu Zhuang lurked for three years, and finally soared into the sky and made a splash. During these three years, he was obviously absurd and hedonistic, secretly cultivating forces, distinguishing between the loyal and foolish ministers of the DPRK and the Chinese, and waiting until the power was in his hands. The Chronicle of History says of him: "Therefore it is to strike at sexual pleasures and listen to the government, and hundreds of people are condemned and hundreds of people are entered." "The people of Chu are very happy, and the national momentum is vibrant.

After several years of training, king Zhuang of Chu felt that he had the confidence, so he personally led a large army to attack Lu Hun Zhirong, who lived southwest of Luoyang. Lu Hun Zhirong never offended the Chu state, and the king of Chu Zhuang went on a crusade, nominally the king of Zunyi, but in fact wanted to test the depth of the princes of the Central Plains.

At this time, Zhou Tianzi was the King of Zhou Ding, and he sent Wang Sun Man to the Chu army camp to comfort King Chu Zhuang. The so-called consolation is also the intention of listening to the King of Chuzhuang.

King Chuzhuang's attitude was rather arrogant, and he asked Wang Sunman, "I heard that Zhou Tianzi has nine dings, but I don't know how big or heavy these nine dings are?" This was a very rude question, and his ambitions were unabashedly revealed. Wang Sun Man replied with great meaning: "In Germany is not in Ding. "The weight of the ding lies in the morality of the monarch, not in the ding itself, and it is meaningless to ask about its own weight."

King Chu Zhuang said angrily, "What is Jiuding?" As long as the Chu Kingdom folded a small pointed hook from the soldiers' spears, it could be cast into a jiuding. But Wang Sunman's statement still touched the king of Chuzhuang, and only benevolence can convince the people of the world. If Rende did not cultivate and hegemony could not be achieved, the King of Chu zhuang led his troops back to China.

Shortly after King Zhuang of Chu returned to his division, a rebellion broke out in the Chu state. This rebellion was not trivial, the leader of the rebel army was Ling Yin Ziyue, and the largest clan in the Chu state, the Ruo'ao clan, was all involved. King Zhuang of Chu, worried that he would not be able to defeat Ziyue, proposed peace talks and took the descendants of King Wen, King Cheng, and King Mu as hostages to ensure that ziyue would not be harmed. Ziyue did not agree, so the two armies set up a battle front at Gao Hu.

In the great battle between the two armies, in the middle of the melee, Ziyue was shot to death by the sharpshooter Yang Yuji. If Ao's entire army was defeated, the entire clan was destroyed. Only Ran Ziyue's son, Emperor Miao. King Zhuang of Chu thus eliminated the greatest hidden danger of the Chu state and avoided the danger of being divided and dismembered by the nobles. After the civil unrest was settled, king Zhuang of Chu reused Sun Shu'ao to govern internal affairs, and the state of Chu soon became rich and strong.

King Zhuang of Chu first attacked the State of Chen and then the State of Zheng. Zheng Guo asked jin for help, but the Jin army may have wanted to wait until Chu and Zheng were both defeated and injured, and enjoyed the benefits of the fisherman, so it was late. When Zheng Guo surrendered, the Jin army had just reached the Yellow River. When the Commander of the Jin Army, Xun Lin's father, heard that the war ahead was over and decided to retire back to China, and another commander-in-chief would also approve of the retreat, but the general who assisted him was resolutely opposed.

This Xianxun was a descendant of Xianxun, who once commanded the Jin army to win the Battle of Chengpu and the Battle of Yi, and was a famous god of war in the Jin state. However, Xianxun did not have the slightest strategy of Xianxun, but was arrogant and arrogant after he was proud of his fame. He usually did not look up to the commander Xun Lin's father, and now he felt that he did not dare to fight with the Chu army, and he even despised it, so he ignored it and privately led his troops across the Yellow River to attack the Chu army. Fearing the defeat of Xian's forces, Xun Lin's father had to command a large army to follow him across the river.

King Zhuang of Chu sent envoys to negotiate peace with the Jin army, and at the same time sent a chariot to challenge the Jin army. Before the battle between the two armies, the two sides will send brave generals to the enemy to challenge, also known as zhishi. There were three people on this chariot of the Chu Kingdom, and the driver was Xu Bo, and the flag on the car was facing the wind, hunting and hunting, and he drove the car like an arrow off the string, straight into the Jin front.

When he arrived in front of Jin Jun, Xu Bo pulled the reins and the car stopped. Che Zuo Le Bo Zhang took a bow and arrow, one arrow at a time, shooting the Jin army back one after another; Che Right Regent Uncle broke into the Jin army alone and bravely slashed and killed. At this time, Xu Bo, who was driving, jumped out of the car, looked calm and calm, and did not hurry to sort out the harness and comb the mane, waiting for the uncle to return.

The Jin general Zhao Xuan was furious and asked to lead his troops to challenge the Chu state. Zhao Xuan came to the outside of the Chu camp, laid down the mat, and lay on it and scolded, bound to fight with the Chu army to the death. Zhao Xuan's insults made King Chuzhuang furious, and he desperately led thirty chariots and personally rushed out of the army.

Zhao Xuan saw the commotion of the Chu army and quickly fled. King Zhuang of Chu chased after him, and Zhao Xuan panicked, threw off his chariot, and fled into a forest. King Chu Zhuang's car got out of the car and chased after him, and in the middle of the woods, the two men fought. Zhao Xuan was not an opponent, even his armor was snatched by Qu Dang, and he ran back alone. Fortunately, the Jin army was worried that Zhao Xu would be captured, and sent chariots to meet him.

Sun Shu'ao saw the dust on the battlefield and was afraid that King Chu Zhuang would fall into the encirclement of the Jin army, so he immediately beat the drum and ordered the whole army to launch a charge. The Jin army was caught off guard and collapsed at the touch of a button. The commander Xun Lin's father was at a loss for words and ordered the Jin army to cross the river to retreat, and the Chu army followed behind and frantically pursued and killed.

The Jin army was slaughtered and swarmed to the edge of the Yellow River, but there were not so many ships to retreat. The soldiers scrambled to climb the side of the ship to escape, and seeing that the ship was about to capsize, the soldiers on board drew their knives and slashed their fingers. When the ship started, the fingers that had been cut off in the cabin were so large that they could be picked up by hand.

At dusk, King Zhuang of Chu arrived at The Land of Chu. The defeated troops of the Jin army crowded on the banks of the Yellow River, and the clamor to cross the river was heard all night. King Zhuang of Chu said, This is my conflict with The Jin Jun, why kill and injure too much, so he ordered to stop the pursuit.

After the Battle of Wu, King Zhuang of Chu still did not receive the submission and support of the princes of the world, and could not really dominate the Central Plains. Therefore, he launched an attack on the Song Kingdom.

The Chu army besieged the Song capital, a battle fought from autumn to spring, and the Song state held out with all its strength, while sending people to the Jin state for help. The Song Kingdom was besieged for more than half a year, and to what extent was the capital city already terrible? Swap children, kill them for food, and take apart bones to burn as firewood. Finally, the Song state surrendered, and the Chu army at this time only had two days of food left. King Zhuang of Chu allied himself with the State of Song.

The alliance oath between Chu and Song is very interesting: "I have no deceit, and I have no worries." "I don't cheat on you, you don't cheat on me. The reason why I made such an oath shows that Zhou Li has collapsed, and it has become the norm to deceive me. However, after this alliance oath, the Chu and Song dynasties really maintained peace for decades.

After this battle, the king of Chuzhuang shook the world. Chen, Zheng, Song, and Lu all belonged to the State of Chu, the Jin people did not dare to go south, the Qi people did not dare to go west, the Qin people did not dare to move east, and the princes of the Central Plains, only the Chu State was the leader of the horse. King Zhuang of Chu finally achieved the hegemony he had never forgotten.

However, the hegemony lasted only three years. Three years later, King Zhuang of Chu died.

Shen Fuyu Source: China Youth Daily