I have seen the son of the pit daddy, but do you know who the most miserable son of the Chu kingdom was pit by the father? The answer is Xiong Heng, the son of King Huai of Chu. King Xiang of Chu was held hostage twice in order to clean up the war provoked by his father, and his succession was also because his father was taken hostage, and it is not too much to say that he is the most miserable king of the Chu state.
1. Twice as a hostage, King Xiang of Chu succeeded to the throne
In the twenty-sixth year of King Huai of Chu (303 BC), the three kingdoms of Qi, Han, and Wei united the State of Qin because of the Chu State's betrayal of the Hezhong Covenant, so they jointly sent troops to attack the Chu State. In order to relieve the difficulties, the 26-year-old Xiong Heng was sent to the Qin Kingdom as a hostage by the King of Chu Huai for the first time to ask for rescue.
However, this was only the beginning of Xiong Heng's hostage, and a year later, Xiong Heng, who had managed to escape from the Qin Kingdom, was sent as a hostage by King Huai of Chu. In the twenty-ninth year of King Huai of Chu (300 BC), the State of Qin attacked the State of Chu and defeated the Chu army, killing 20,000 soldiers in battle, and the Qin army killed the Chu general Jing Que. King Huai of Chu was afraid, so he sent Xiong Heng as a hostage to the State of Qi to seek peace.
As the son of a king, it was difficult for Xiong Yokomoto to enjoy his father's favor like a child of ordinary people, and he was twice taken hostage, which was really tragic. However, his tragic fate was not yet over, and his father had dug a bigger pit for him and was waiting for him.
In the thirtieth year of King Huai of Chu (299 BC), the State of Qin attacked the State of Chu again and occupied eight cities of the State of Chu. King Zhao of Qin, the ruler of the State of Qin, sent a letter to King Huai of Chu asking for a meeting at Wuguan and making an alliance in person. King Huai of Chu saw King Qin Zhao's letter and was very worried about this matter. King Huai of Chu wanted to go to Wuguan, but he was afraid of being deceived, so he did not go, and he was afraid that King Qin Zhao would be angry. Although the ministers Qu Yuan and Zhaoju tried their best to dissuade them, under the persuasion of their own son Zilan, the younger brother of King Xiang of Chu, King Huai of Chu still went to meet with King Zhao of Qin.
King Zhao of Qin ordered a general to ambush him at Wuguan, pretending to be the King of Qin. As soon as King Huai of Chu arrived, he closed Wuguan, kidnapped King Huai of Chu to Xianyang, and met King Qin Zhao at Zhangtai, who treated him like a vassal and did not need to meet him in equal etiquette. King Huai of Chu was furious and regretted that he had not listened to Qu Yuan and Zhaoju's words. The State of Qin detained King Huai of Chu and blackmailed him into ceding the counties of Wu and Qianzhong. King Huai of Chu wanted to make a covenant, but the State of Qin wanted to get the land first. King Huai of Chu said angrily, "The State of Qin deceived me and forced me to cede the land!" He no longer promised King Qin Zhao, and King Qin Zhao detained him for this reason.
The Chu state had no monarch, and the ministers were all worried about this matter, so they jointly discussed: "Our great king cannot come back in the qin state, and threatens to cut off the land, and the prince is a hostage in the state of Qi, and if qi and Qin conspire, then we will destroy the country." Therefore, he wanted to establish King Huai of Chu's son in the country as king. Zhaoju said, "Both the great king and the crown prince have been left behind by the princes, and it is not appropriate for us to disobey the king's orders and support his sons." Therefore, he falsely claimed that King Huai of Chu had died and heard the state of Qi, and king Qi Min of the state of Qi said to the minister of state: "It is better to detain prince Chu to claim the land of Huaibei of the state of Chu." The Minister of State said, "No, if the Chu Kingdom establishes a new king, then we will be holding a useless hostage and doing unrighteous things in front of the people of the world." Someone said, "No. If the State of Chu establishes a king, it happens to make a deal with the new king and says, 'Give us the Eastern Kingdom, and I will kill the prince for you, otherwise, I will jointly support the prince with the three kingdoms of Qin, Han, and Wei.' 'In this way, the Lower East Kingdom will surely get it.' ”
King Qi Min finally adopted the plan of the Minister of State and released Xiong Heng back. Xiong Heng returned to the Chu state, inherited the throne, and called himself the King of Xiang of Chu, and informed the Qin state: "Relying on the blessing of the gods of Sheji, the chu state has a new king."
2. The father died and broke off diplomatic relations, and king Xiang of Chu lost the capital
The plan of the State of Qin to blackmail King Huai of Chu into obtaining land was in vain, and the State of Chu established a new monarch, and King Zhao, enraged, sent troops out to attack the State of Chu, defeated the Chu army, killed more than 50,000 people of the State of Chu, and seized sixteen cities and pools of the State of Chu.
In the second year after King Xiang of Chu took the throne, King Huai of Chu wanted to abscond and return to China, but was discovered by the State of Qin and blocked all roads to the State of Chu, and King Huai of Chu fled from the road to the State of Zhao, fearing that he would be captured. King Wuling of Zhao had abdicated, and his son King Hui of Zhao had just succeeded to the throne, because he was afraid of the State of Qin and did not dare to accept the King of Chu Huai, the King of Chu Huai wanted to flee to the State of Wei, but was caught up by the pursuing soldiers, so he had to return to the State of Qin with the emissaries, this time, the King of Chu Huai was seriously ill, and it was three years after King Xiang of Chu succeeded to the throne, King Huai of Chu died of illness in the State of Qin, King Zhao of Qin sent people to send the coffin back to the State of Chu, the people of the State of Chu were very sad, just like the loss of their close relatives, the princes of the world all thought that the State of Qin was inhumane, and the qin and Chu countries also severed all diplomatic relations.
In the sixth year of The Reign of Chu, King Zhao of Qin sent the general Bai Qi to attack Korea, and won a great victory, killing 240,000 Korean troops. King Zhao of Qin sent a letter to King Xiang of Chu, saying: "The State of Chu has betrayed the State of Qin, and the State of Qin will lead the princely states to attack the State of Chu and fight to the death. King Xiang of Chu was very anxious, so he wanted to negotiate peace with the State of Qin again.
In the seventh year of the reign of King Xiang of Chu, King Xiang of Chu married a concubine from the State of Qin, and the two countries of Qin and Chu reconciled again.
In 281 BC, that is, the eighteenth year of King Xiang of Chu, there was a person in the State of Chu who was good at shooting geese with a thin rope with a micro-bow, and the King of Chu Xiang sent someone to summon this person after hearing about it, who knew that this person was actually a Zongheng family, he used the honor of the Chu State and the shame of the present to contrast, deeply stabbed the King of Chu Xiang Xiang, a word inspired the vengeance of the King of Chu Xiang, so the King of Chu Xiang sent emissaries to various countries, re-planned the hezhong, wanted to attack the Qin State, who knew that the combination was not formed, but let the Qin State hear the wind, the Qin State was very angry, Decided to give chu a bigger blow.
In the nineteenth year of king Xiang of Chu (280 BC), the State of Qin attacked the State of Chu, and the State of Chu was defeated, ceding Shangyong and Northern Han to the State of Qin.
In the 20th year of the reign of King Xiang of Chu (279 BC), the Qin general Bai Qi led an army to capture Chu Yan (southeast of present-day Yicheng, Hubei) and Xiling (northwest of present-day Yichang County, Hubei). In 21, Bai Qi captured the capital of the Chu state of Ying (present-day JiangnanCheng, Jiangling, Hubei) and burned the tomb of the King of Chu (present-day southwest of Yichang County, Hubei). The Chu army collapsed, so he retreated to Chencheng (陳城, in modern Huaiyang, Henan), making Chencheng the capital, still known as Ying. Twenty-one years after King Xiang, Qin captured the Chu state of Wu and Qianzhong Commandery.
In the twenty-third year of the reign of King Xiang of Chu (276 BC), King Xiang of Chu gathered soldiers from the eastern region, totaling more than 100,000 people, and set up counties along the Yangtze River of the State of Chu to the west to retake the fifteen counties along the Yangtze River of the State of Chu, which had been conquered by the State of Qin, and resisted the State of Qin.
In the twenty-seventh year of the reign of King Xiang of Chu (272 BC), King Xiang of Chu sent 30,000 troops to help the three kingdoms of Zhao, Wei, and Han attack the State of Yan. He was also able to make peace with the State of Qin, and sent Crown Prince Xiong to the State of Qin as a hostage. The Chu state sent left disciples to serve Xiong Quan in the Qin state.
In the thirty-sixth year of the reign of King Xiang of Chu (263 BC), King Xiang of Chu fell ill and Xiong fled back to the Chu state. In the autumn of the same year, King Xiang of Chu died, and Xiong Quan took the throne, and was called King Chu Kao Lie.
Born in the royal family in ancient times, you can enjoy the glory and wealth, but the fate is not your own master, in their own country is weak and small, but once they encounter war, there are only a few solutions: cut the land and seek peace or peace with relatives, and even some ways to lose the wife and fold the army, so it is absolutely a kind of happiness to be born in today's China.