In 581 BC, The Duke of Jin Jing died, and Prince Pu succeeded to the throne, which was for the Duke of Jin, this year was the tenth year of the King of Chu Gong (the son of King Zhuang), the King of Chu was only 10 years old when he succeeded to the throne, but relying on the strong inheritance and loyal old subjects left by his father, he did not encounter any difficulties, ten years have passed, the King of Chu has also reached adulthood, more and more state affairs need to be handled personally, and it is more and more difficult to maintain the legacy left by King Zhuang.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-center-line" > a brief peace</h1>
In 589 BC (2nd year of the Reign of Chu Gong), the State of Jin defeated the Qi army, the Duke of Jin Jing restored hegemony, the State of Chu remained neutral on the surface, in fact supported the State of Qi, this year, the State of Chu attacked Wei, Lu took revenge on Qi, the State of Lu sent gifts to seek peace, in November, the State of Chu invited Lu, Cai, Xu, Qin, Song, Chen, Wei, Zheng, Qi, Cao, Yi, Xue, And other congressional alliances, which was the largest number of participating countries since the Spring and Autumn Period, which was enough to prove the strength of the State of Chu at that time.
Faced with such a huge alliance, the Jin state was 10,000 unconvinced, and the next year, it took Lu, Song, and Wei Zheng, not wanting Zheng to set up an ambush in the east, defeated the Jin army, and sent people to the Chu state to offer prisoners. At this time, the two countries of Jin and Chu were evenly matched, but the other princely states sandwiched in the middle, the so-called weak countries had no diplomacy, and these unfortunate princely states were afraid of the Jin state, but also did not dare to offend the state of Chu.
Soon, the State of Jin and the State of Wu achieved cooperation, with the support of the State of Jin, the State of Wu began to conquer the chu vassal states of Chao and Xu, and some small states belonging to Chu were taken by the State of Wu, and the State of Wu began to become strong, becoming the most serious threat to the State of Chu, and the State of Chu was gradually unable to carry out the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains.
The successive wars of jin and Chu for hegemony were far more than we have imagined, and the countries of the Central Plains suffered severe war damage and were burdened with heavy military expenditures, and the calls for an armistice rose one after another, and reconciliation was imminent. In 582 BC, a year before the death of Jin Jinggong, the two sides finally released their former suspicions and achieved a long-lost reconciliation. However, peace is always precious and short-lived, in 576 BC, with the Chu State's Northern Expedition to Zheng Guo and Wei Guo, peace was declared over, and the Jin State was not willing to show weakness, inviting Qi, Song, Wei, Zheng, and Wu Huimeng to deal with the Chu State, and the Chu State had no choice but to cut off the land and seek peace.
< h1 class = "pgc-h-center-line" > the Battle of Yanling</h1>
In 575 BC, the State of Chu bribed the State of Zheng with the field of Ruyin, and the State of Zheng fell to the State of Chu again. So the State of Jin sent troops to attack Zheng, and Zheng Guo asked Chu for help. The King of Chu decided to send troops to rescue Zheng, and Sima Zi led the Chinese army, with Yin Zizhong leading the left army and Yin Zixin leading the right army. In May, the Jin army crossed the Yellow River, and in June it met the Chu army at Yanling, and another major war between Jin and Chu broke out, known in history as the "Battle of Yanling". At the suggestion of emperor Miao Ben, a fugitive from the State of Chu, the State of Jin concentrated on attacking the left and right armies of the State of Chu, and in the melee between the two sides, the Jin general Lü Kun shot Lü Kun in the eye of the King of Chu, who was so angry that he ordered the sharpshooter Yang Youji to shoot Lü Kun to death.
The war was very fierce, the fierce battle between the two sides did not end until dusk, and at night, both sides were reviewing the army formations and repairing their weapons, and because they had not achieved absolute superiority, they were very worried. Or the Jin state of the old scheming, played a wonderful clip: feeding the war horses, replenishing the soldiers, sharpening the knife, the soldiers were eager to try to prepare for the next day's battle, and deliberately neglected to guard the prisoners to go back to report the situation of the Jin army, the inexperienced Chu Gongwang listened, his heart was half cold, and wanted to summon his son to come back to discuss countermeasures, but the partial son drank too much and could not come up, the Chu Gong King was young and believed in the Mandate of Heaven, thinking that the heavens wanted to let the Chu state be defeated, and he hurriedly withdrew that night, leaving a large amount of grain and grass. Back in Fengyi, the King of Chu sent emissaries to tell zi that there was no need to blame himself: the monarch who lost the battle in the past was not on the battlefield, so the lord would be responsible, and it was my responsibility that I personally failed to win the battle this time. However, Zi Hui believes that he has drunk alcohol and is difficult to blame, plus Zi Zhong's old things re-mention the suicide of Zi Yu in that year, and Zi Wei eventually committed suicide.
The fierce battle between the two sides in the Battle of Yanling did not distinguish between victory and defeat for one day, indicating that there was no problem in the deployment of the Zi Rebellion, but the history could not be rewritten, the young King of Chu lacked war experience, could not be calm and calm in the face of things, and favored the Son so that the Lord would drink and misbehave. After the Battle of Yanling, the Jin state lifted the hegemonic crisis, and the Chu state was gradually weakened by the continuous attack of the Wu state, and it was unable to enter the Central Plains north in the Spring and Autumn Period.