In the spring of the 19th year of the reign of Lu Zhuang (675 BC), the Ba division attacked Yingdu again, and the Huang people also threatened Chu from the northeast. King Chu Wen decided not to allow a single Ba to escape alive, and he personally led a large army out of the city to meet the enemy. In the face of the menacing Chu division, the Ba division did not dare to face it head-on, but turned around and fled westward.

Peng Zhongshuang thought that the behavior of the Ba people was a typical trick to lure the enemy, so he asked to return to Yingdu. But King Chu Wen could not suppress his anger and insisted on driving out the enemy. Peng Zhongshuang then asked to be given an army to carry out the support mission, in case the main force of the Chu army fell into the enemy's encirclement without reinforcements.

King Chu Wen teased Peng Zhongshuang, saying that he was a cunning old horse, and he always wanted to save his life first when he was in danger. Although King Chu Wen said so, he still approved his request.

The main force of the Chu army pursued the enemy with all its might. The army marched too fast, resulting in an irregular sequence and scattered formation; The chariot men left the infantry far behind, and the soldiers could not find their officers and ranks, but simply blindly followed the people around them. However, Peng Zhongshuang's team took into account the speed on the premise of ensuring order, and marched on the flank and rear of the main force without hurry.

Seeing that the enemy was fleeing across Zhangshui in a hurry, King Wen of Chu also gave the order to rush the crossing. On the east bank of Zhangshui is a ferry port called Jin. Just when the Chu army crossed half of the time in an orderly manner, the enemy who was lying in ambush on the west bank of Zhangshui suddenly attacked, and the Chu army suddenly fell into great chaos and danger.

Since King Wen of Chu and the high-ranking nobles rushed to the front, they were the first to be attacked; The army behind desperately rushed to the rescue of their monarch and commander. The two sides launched a fierce offensive battle, but the situation in which the Chu army was found could hardly exert their combat effectiveness.

Just when the Chu army was in danger of being annihilated, Peng Zhongshuang led the new army to kill from behind the enemy. The army crossed the river in the lower reaches of the southern flank of the main force, and they landed outside the enemy ambush circle. Ba Shi single-mindedly slaughtered the enemy in front of him, but did not guard against the enemy behind him. The Savior of the new force was heartbroken, so he rushed to kill with great ferocity, and soon tore a big hole in the enemy's encirclement. As soon as the encircled Chu army regained its breath, it immediately began to organize a counterattack.

Due to the superiority of the Chu army in combat effectiveness and numbers, the Ba division did not dare to continue the attack, and they formed a solid defensive formation to resist the impact of the other party. The Chu people also stopped fighting and turned around and retreated to the east bank of Zhangshui. Both sides suffered heavy losses in this battle, and the corpses of soldiers, horses, and chariots were debris that blocked the entire Zhangshui; The commanders' bodies were scarred, and even King Chu Wen was hit by an arrow in the leg.

After the withdrawal of the Ba division, King Wen of Chu led the army back to China, and it was already dark when the army arrived outside the gate of Yingdu. The officer shouted the name of Mane Fist and demanded that he open the city gate immediately; Everyone wants to get home and get some rest as soon as possible.

He was carried up the city wall by several soldiers, and he knelt down on the wall and asked loudly about the battle, to which King Chu Wen replied that he had been defeated. He said: "Before the army set out, you swore a heavy oath in the Taimiao: 'If you do not defeat the enemy, you will resolutely not return to the Chu State.'" Then instead of fulfilling your promise, you slipped back to the capital with your defeated army. What do you want to do when you come back? ”

King Chu Wen felt very ashamed, and he bowed his hand to the mane fist and said, "Gu knows! So he set up a great camp outside the city. King Wen of Chu ordered the wounded and wounded horses to be sent into the capital, replenished some soldiers and horses, repaired damaged chariots, and collected grain, grass, baggage, and miscellaneous labor. When the above work was done, he led the Chu army to attack the Yellow State.

Huang Guo's surname is Ying, and it is located near Huangchuan, Henan, on the south bank of Huaishui, about 60 miles east of Xixian County. There is a place called Jiling thirty miles south of the Huang Kingdom, and the Xixian army has arrived here before King Wen of Chu, and the Huang army also came when the two armies met. The Huang army had intended to defeat the Xixian army before King Wen of Chu arrived, but the roads were muddy and difficult to navigate due to days of spring rains.

After the arrival of the main force of Yingdu, the Yellow Army had no chance of victory. Subsequently, the armies of the two countries fought a field battle at Jiling, and the Huang Division was defeated by the north and south attacks of the Yingjun army and the Xixian army.

The people of Chu finally let out a bad breath. But King Chuwen's arrow wound never healed, and now in another battle, his arrow sores broke and became infected.

King Wen of Chu gave the order to return to China. When the Chu army marched to Huangdi (present-day Zhongxiangbei, Hubei), King Wen of Chu's wounded leg was already swollen thicker than his waist, he had a high fever, his skin was covered with red sores, and he soon fell into a coma.

Before he fell unconscious, King Chu Wen said that Heaven is fair to everyone, from kings to soldiers, who have no privilege to survive in war; If he could die in the military tent like his father, it would be the proudest thing in his life.

This place was already less than 200 miles away from Yingdu, and the army had to stop and wait for the last moment. King Chu Wen never woke up, and he died on June 15.

The first two kings of Chu both died on the march, a phenomenon unique in the Spring and Autumn period. Because King Wen of Chu died in state affairs, the people of Chu felt special grief; When King Chu Wen's coffin arrived on the outskirts of Yingdu, half of the city ran out to greet the funeral. No one gave orders, no one deliberately organized, and people spontaneously rushed to escort King Chu Wen's coffin into the city.

The people of Chu are like mourning, and the city is full of ink; Except for a few ambitious guys, there is no one who does not grieve for the untimely death of the king. And the fist is even more painful, he committed suicide in the tomb after the burial of King Wen of Chu.

King Wen of Chu reigned for fifteen years, and the most remarkable achievement of his life was the destruction of the kingdoms of Shen, Xi and Deng. This extended the Chu sphere of influence to the Nanyang Basin and the upper reaches of the Huai River, exposing the Zheng and Song dynasties in the Central Plains to the threat of the Chu chariot.

King Wen of Chu was succeeded by Du Ao, who had just turned ten years old, and he was the eldest son of King Wen and Lady Peach Blossom; He also has a younger brother Wang Ziyun, who is two years younger than him, who is the future King of Chu Cheng.

During the reign of Du Ao, the lord was weak and the ministers were strong, and the brothers were not in harmony; The royal family of Chu was full of contradictions, and the rulers never achieved anything more.