The people of Chu began to waver at this time, and they felt that they had been deceived by the Jin people: it turned out that the restraint of the Jin people was not because they remembered the old feelings, but because they were not sure of defeating the enemy; Knowing this, he should have defeated the Jin army before Qi and Qin entered the war.

Pessimism and panic began to spread among the coalition forces, and there were even a number of incidents of soldiers fleeing in Chen and Cai.

On the other side, Duke Wen of Jin was also anxious, and he always hoped that the Chu army would take the initiative to abandon the siege of the Song State and instead fight the Jin army. But the Chu people were unmoved, and it seemed that they had made up their minds to capture Shangqiu; Once Shangqiu falls, the Song people will negotiate peace with the Chu State, and at that time, the so-called "dominating the world" will become a fool's dream. Although the allied armies of Qi and Qin arrived, the attitude of the leaders of the two armies was very ambiguous, and they kept flickering, making people confused.

The Jin people had no choice but to devise a particularly yin plan, and succeeded in pulling Qi and Qin into the water.

The Jin people transferred all the huge wealth brought by the Song people to the generals of the Qi and Qin armies, and asked them to mediate the dispute between Chu and Song on their behalf. The generals accepted such a valuable bribe, and they were embarrassed not to come out.

Then, Duke Wen of Jin assigned large tracts of land to the Song state of Cao and Wei, and sent troops to protect the Song people to "receive" those lands. The Song envoy returned to China first, and he handed over the task of receiving the land to the deputy envoy; The deputy envoy relied on the power of the Jin people and drove the lords and officials out of their homes with sticks and long hair.

The Chu army was never defeated during the forty years of the reign of King Cheng of Chu; King Chu Cheng has never taken any Chinese princes in his eyes, even if he can entangle half of the Chinese army, Duke Qi Huan is just an old embroidered pillow in his eyes. But now, for the first time, he felt restless in the face of the Chosen One of that extremely belligerent nation, and for the first time he developed pessimism about the possibility of defeat. He summoned the divination officer to perform divination for the fierce fortune that continued to besiege the Song Kingdom, and the divination results showed that it was a "great murderer".

King Cheng of Chu decided to lift the siege of the Song state, but did not want to give the princes the impression of being forced to retreat, so he ordered Ziyu to lead the main army to stay where it was, and he himself led the Chinese army to retreat to Shen County. Zheng Wengong's old fox followed the Chu army away under the banner of "escort".

At the same time, King Cheng of Chu ordered the Chu army defending Gucheng to abandon Gucheng and retreat south. Uncle Shen led this small army, fearfully bypassing the enemy's barracks and fortresses, marching all the way at excessive speed, and finally brought most of the soldiers back safely.

King Chu Cheng then informed Ziyu to withdraw his troops. But Ziyu had hatred in her heart, and it was intertwined with humiliation and unwillingness, so she refused to give the order for a long time. At this moment, envoys from Qi and Qin came to the camp.

Ziyu was overjoyed, and he even thought that the envoys of the two countries were sent by God to save him.

The envoys said that the Marquis of Jin had promised Chu Jun that if Chu could lift the siege of Song, Jin would also withdraw its troops from Cao Wei; The Marquis of Jin also hoped to meet with King Cheng of Chu after the situation returned to calm to discuss the great plan of governing the world. Ziyu was satisfied with this offer, and he was ready to accept the other party's conditions.

At the critical moment, the Cao people, who were driven out of their homes by the Jin people, broke into the military camp. People rushed into the big tent, hugged Ziyu's thighs and cried. Not only did they complain bitterly about the atrocities of the Jin and Song people, but they also included the Qi and Qin people in the list of accomplices.

Ziyu was furious, and he finally understood: the envoys of the two countries were originally sent by God to play tricks on him.

The envoys, who were still smiling just now, suddenly turned red, and sat in their seats with dazed and extremely embarrassed expressions (they had no idea of the Jin people's plans).

Ziyu turned to the envoy and said, "The negotiation is over!" Why are you still here? The envoys immediately got up and left the tent under Ziyu's angry gaze, and the Chu people then threw all the gifts they had sent out of the tent and threw them all over the ground, and waved their fists and spoke ill of them as they left the barracks.

Although the envoys were annoyed by being deceived by the Jin people, they could not bear the humiliation of the Chu people, and under their accusations, the two armies changed their ambiguous attitudes and finally decided to start a war against the Chu army.

The second withdrawal order issued by King Chu Cheng also arrived. The messenger said, "Lord! You must not fight the Jin people! The Marquis of Jin has been in exile for nineteen years, and he has tasted all the hardships and hardships in the world, but you don't! He knows the joy and pain of the people, but you don't know!

"Heaven got rid of the scourge of the Jin Kingdom and helped him become the King of Jin; What God has sponsored, do you want to scrap it? Isn't it stupid to fight the heavens with the power of mortals? "Military Chronicles" says: 'If you are allowed, you will return', 'Retreat in the face of difficulties', and 'Be invincible if you are virtuous'. These three sentences are all about you and the Marquis of Jin! ”

At this time, Ziyu had fallen into the most terrifying demons and could not extricate himself, he not only openly disobeyed orders and refused to withdraw his troops, but also sent Doujiao (Bo Di) to ask King Chu Cheng for more troops.

Bo Di relayed Ziyu's words: "King! How dare Dechen be an enemy of heaven? If this battle is not fought, the state of Chu will not only lose its prestige, but also those traitorous villains (Bao Jia) in the country will be clamoring endlessly! ”

King Cheng of Chu suddenly became furious: "For the sake of Huangkou Xiaoer's words, Dechen actually wants to ignore the hundreds of years of foundation of the Chu State and the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers? The dignified Yin can't tolerate a word, how can he tolerate a country?! It seems that Xue Jia is really right - Ziwen's knowledge is really not as good as that of a child! ”

But things have come to this point, even King Chu Cheng can't stop Ziyu's actions. King Cheng had already brought the Chinese army into Shen County, and he remembered the Fakui incident, and feared that Ziyu would lose this strong army, so he only gave him the Xiguang Guards (a guard composed of fifteen chariots and corresponding infantry) in the palace, the Donggong Guards of the Prince Shangchen, and the six hundred infantry of the Ruoao clan.

Ziyu, who lost the support of the king of Chu, became even more irritable, and the discord between the monarchs and ministers of Chu also made the coalition army worried. Ziyu wanted to fight the Jin army immediately, but the great Sima Zishang insisted on making a last diplomatic effort, and Ziyu sent the doctor Wanchun to the Duke of Wen of Jin.

Wan Chun handed over Ziyu's handwritten letter to Duke Wen of Jin, which said: "Duke Song is unreasonable to the widow, so the widow himself led the army here to ask the reason. But I didn't expect the matter to be so big that it angered the big countries and made the big countries destroy two countries in one go. Now for the sake of the two countries, the minister asked the Marquis of Jin to allow Cao and Wei to be reinstated; In return, the minister will also lift the siege of the Song State......"

Hu Yan said: "Ziyu is really rude! He actually wanted to use a Song State that had not yet hurt his vitality to restore the two kings of the fallen country! The king gets one, the minister gets two, is there anything more absurd in the world than this! ”

Xianzhen had a different view, saying: "We should do what he says, but not at the negotiating table." As the old saying goes, it is good to make people stable. Cheng Dechen stabilized three countries with one sentence, but we destroyed three countries with one sentence, but our side was rude. What to fight with impudence?

"Rejecting Chu's proposal is tantamount to abandoning Song; What will the princes think of starting with salvation and ending with abandonment? I think it is better to allow Cao Wei and the two monarchs to be reinstated in private, but the premise is that diplomatic relations with the state of Chu must be severed; Then we will detain Wanchun again to provoke the Chu people. Cheng Dechen is going crazy, and he will inevitably wave his army north to fight a decisive battle with the Jin army in his anger. In this way, the siege of the Song State could be lifted. ”