In the twenty-eighth year of the reign of Duke Lu Zhuang (BC666), King Cheng of Chu had been on the throne for eight years. These eight years were a relatively peaceful period in the history of the Chu State. However, the country did not develop in peace, and the people did not benefit from peace; On the contrary, people suffered even more severe than they did in wars or natural disasters, and were subjected to more brutal enslavement than under the rule of the enemy. The root cause of all the disasters is the most powerful villain in the Chu State - Wang Zishan (Ling Yin Ziyuan).

King Chu Cheng was only eleven years old when he ascended the throne, and the weak monarch could only obey the orders of powerful ministers. Wang Zishan harbored an ambition that a courtier should not have, and became the de facto most powerful person in the entire Chu State. He knew very well that the king would one day deprive him of his power, so he did a lot of heinous and bad things while he still had it.

He used unfair means to grab huge amounts of wealth, and used these ill-gotten gains to cultivate power, buy henchmen, and squander; None of the officials he appointed were good people, and those people in turn drained the property of the local people.

As King Chu Cheng grew older, Wang Zishan gradually accelerated his efforts to plague the royal family. Wang Zishan has always coveted the beauty of Lady Peach, and he absurdly thinks that if he can get his hands on the widow of the former king, he may be able to get the status of king.

Wang Zishan ordered the construction of a high platform next to the sleeping palace of Lady Peach Blossom, and people could watch every move of the people in the dormitory by the railing on the high platform. After the high platform was built, Wang Zishan held a banquet on it and performed the "Wan" dance; He hoped that these actions would arouse the curiosity of Lady Peach, and if she could lean out and look up, he would gracefully come down and invite her to the banquet.

But when the drums sounded, Wang Zishan saw that Mrs. Peach's bedroom door and all the windows were closed. He suddenly felt like a basin of cold water and ice in his arms. He has no intention of drinking or dancing, but the delicacies in his mouth are like chewing wax, and the beautiful dance music has become a harsh noise; With a heavy heart, he spent a pleasant evening.

The next day, a little eunuch who was bought by Wang Zishan and was next to Mrs. Peach Blossom sent a letter saying: Mrs. Peach Blossom began to cry as soon as Wule began, and she said that the first king used the "Wan" dance to train the army and practice military preparations. The former king has been dead for eleven years! The state of Chu did nothing except for a civil strife; Pakistan is still in good shape, and the surrounding small countries have also begun to drift away from Germany. Let Lord Yin not avenge the previous king and maintain the hegemony of the Chu State, but run to the surviving people to play and sing, as if in this way he can make the surviving people make a personal promise! Isn't Ling Yin's behavior too strange?

Wang Zishan sighed: "What a shame! Women are still thinking about national affairs, but I have forgotten all about them. "He decided to save his depraved image in the eyes of Lady Peach Blossom with a victory.

In the autumn of this year, Wang Zishan led 600 chariots to raid Zheng Guo. The reason why he chose Zheng Guo was that Zheng Guo people had always been afraid of Chu State, so they seemed to be easier to bully.

At that time, Wang Zishan, Dou Yuqiang, Dou Wu, and Geng Zhi were not compared to the forwards; Douban, Wang Sunxi, Wang Sunyou Palace. The Chu army met no resistance along the way, and Wang Zishan was smug about his little tricks, constantly boasting about his military talents to the generals. The army soon entered a gate called "Jujiao" on the outskirts of Xinzheng, and Xinzheng City was not far ahead.

Since there was no warning in this military operation, Zheng Guoren was unprepared and panicked, but Shu Zhan's emergency tactics saved Zheng Guo from danger. The Chu army still did not see any troops of Zheng State, not even a single civilian. The people of Chu were frightened by this strange situation, and the army slowed down and slowly advanced. The Chu people had already seen the Xinzheng city wall and the south gate (pure gate) of the city, and the same soldiers in the city could not see it, only a few large flags sounded in the wind; There was no old army sprinkling water in front of the gate, and there was no gentleman touching the qin at the head of the city.

The Chu army slowed down and cautiously passed through the pure gate and came to the street of Kuishi, and then walked forward to the Yingmen of the inner city. The door is wide open, and the heavy gate is high; Wang Zishan looked inside the door, and saw that the houses on both sides of the streets in the city were closed, and the bustling city was empty, except for a few earth dogs sniffing around with a calm expression. The largest city in the Central Plains seems to have become a ghost town.

Wang Zishan also smelled the imminent danger, as if the enemy would be killed out of thin air in an instant, and he would be pierced through the heart by ten thousand arrows in an instant. He could no longer bear the fear in his heart, and turned his head to ask Dou Yuqiang in the Chu dialect (for fear that Zheng Guoren would eavesdrop in secret) if he wanted to move on.

Dou Yuqiang and Wang Zishan have always been at odds with each other, and he doesn't want to put the lives of thousands of Chu soldiers in vain on the stupid thing that a hooligan wants to please a woman. So he said: "The tactic this time is a sneak attack, the main infantry is still a hundred miles away, and our army does not have too many baggage and siege weapons. Obviously, the plan for the sneak attack has been known to Zheng Guoren, and the enemy has also taken precautions. You must know that chariots are the most unsuitable for street fighting, and if you venture into the city, the Zheng people will cut off the road, and none of us will be able to escape. ”

The generals deliberated in a low voice, decided that it was better not to take risks, so they turned around and withdrew.

The Chu army camped on the outskirts, and the Zheng people also closed the city gates, and the soldiers climbed the city tower. Wang Zishan was glad that he did not rush into the inner city at that time, and he said to himself: "Zheng Guo has talents! At this time, the scouts came to report that reinforcements from Qi and Song were rushing towards Zheng, and that they were less than a hundred miles away. Wang Zishan thought that such a heroic act was enough to nourish the withered heart of Madame Peach; Moreover, the state of Chu had no intention of going to war with the great powers of China, let alone preparing for war. Wang Zishan ordered to abandon the camp and escape at night, and gave Zheng Guoren a "empty camp plan".

As the party that suffered from the invasion, Zheng Guoren was also terrified at this time. The "empty city plan" of the white angel is really a helpless move; What the Zheng people were particularly afraid of was that once the main forces of the Chu State arrived, no matter what tactics they used, they would no longer have an effect; Moreover, Zheng Wengong himself was a cowardly escapee, so he decided to abandon the city overnight and flee to Tongqiu City.

The result was a very confusing scene that night: the men of both sides slipped out of the camp gates and city gates with their backs to the enemy side in trepidation, for fear of being discovered by the enemy. The evacuation was done so perfectly and attentively that neither side noticed the movement of the other.

Early the next morning, Zheng Guo's lookouts found a large number of birds gathered on the top of the tent of the Chu camp, from which the Zheng people judged that the Chu army had withdrawn overnight, and the messenger ran for two days and two nights to catch up with Zheng Wengong, and he ended his shameful escape.