Ziyu died smoothly and soon died of anger; However, Zixi was overwhelmed by his body and did not take into account the bearing capacity of the hanging rope, so the rope was overwhelmed and suddenly broke, Zixi fell heavily to the ground, sprained his iliopsoas muscle, and could not move while lying on the ground.

At this time, two groups of envoys sent by King Chu Cheng arrived together, and they announced a pardon for all the generals, so Zixi and Zishang were able to live, but Ziyu's life was irretrievably lost.

On the sixth day of the fourth month, the Jin army marched from Chengpu and arrived at Hengyong (forty miles west of Yuanyang, Henan) ten days later, and then the Jin people built a palace for King Xiang of Zhou in Jiantu, ten miles south of Hengyong.

Zheng Guo's son, Ren Jiu, was the first to reach the envoys of the princes who reached Jiantu. It turned out that Zheng Wengong considered that he had played a very disgraceful role in this confrontation, so he sent an envoy to express his loyalty and ask for forgiveness to Jin Wengong as quickly as possible.

In the face of Zheng Guoren's positive attitude, Jin Wengong showed unexpected magnanimity (Jin people considered that it was not yet the time to settle accounts after the autumn, and the overall situation could not be ruined by punishing Zheng Guo), he received Ziren Jiu very kindly, and said a lot of beautiful words, as if it was his old friend sitting opposite.

Ziren Jiu expressed his hope to establish an alliance with the Jin State immediately, and Duke Wen of Jin sent Luan Zhi to Xinzheng, and Luan Zhi and Duke Zheng signed an alliance in the city. With the covenant as a guarantee, Zheng Wengong dared to leave Zheng Guo and go to the land.

Zheng Wengong was also the first prince to arrive in Jiantu. Zheng Wengong pretended to have nothing to do with the state of Chu - it seemed that he was not the one who followed King Chu Cheng in besieging the Song state and escorted King Chu Cheng back to China. Zheng Wengong kept praising Jin Wengong all the time, just as he had flattered King Chu Cheng three months earlier.

However, Jin Wengong still showed an expression of unrelieved and worried. Zheng Wengong is the best at speculating on people's hearts, so he revealed the good news of Ziyu's suicide in Lian Gu to the other party.

Duke Wen of Jin couldn't help but show a hint of true joy, and he said, "The Chu people will no longer pose a threat to the Jin Kingdom!" I'm afraid I'm going to become Ling Yin, right? That person will only save himself, and there is no big thing in his heart. ”

For Jin Wengong, this day was really a very good day. Jin Wengong walked out of the camp gate with his hands behind his back, looking at the endless green mountains and green fields, listening to the leisurely flowing water and birdsong, with a real smile on his face, and he was in a very happy mood. He even felt that the sinister and cunning big fat face of Zheng Wengong behind him turned out to be so cute; He even wanted to forgive that man's heinous sins.

Soon, Wang Zihu, Qi Zhaogong, Song Chenggong, Lu Xigong, Wei Shuwu, Cai Zhuanggong, and Ju Zi arrived in Jiantu one after another. Wang Zihu, accompanied by Duke Wen of Jin, inspected the construction of Zhou Tianzi's palace, and announced to the princes the process of King Zhou Xiang's participation.

After the completion of the palace, King Xiang of Zhou arrived at Jiantu, and Zheng Wengong immediately threw Jin Wengong aside and plunged into the palace of the Son of Heaven and did not come out. He actually relied on his sharp teeth to get the beauty of the courtesy official from King Zhou Xiang.

On May 10, Duke Wen of Jin held a grand ceremony to present prisoners, and he presented to King Xiang of Zhou a hundred chariots equipped with armored war horses and a selection of 1,000 prisoners of war from the Chu State.

Zheng Wengong was dressed in a military uniform and stood beside King Zhou Xiang vividly. Zheng Borong's etiquette of serving the prime minister was formulated by King Zhou Ping: in order to praise the outstanding merits established by Zheng Wugong and Zheng Huangong, King Zhou Ping specially appointed Zheng Huangong to wear a military uniform to accompany him.

King Xiang of Zhou ordered Duke Wen of Jin to be the chief of the princes (Hou Bo), and gave him a Dan lacquer bow and 100 Dan lacquer arrows; 10 black lacquer bows and 1,000 black lacquer arrows; The Son of Heaven rode on a road chariot, a chariot, a pot of wine, and three hundred tigers. Wang Zihu read out the edict and said: "The king is an uncle, obey the king's order, and use the four kingdoms to appease the four kingdoms and correct the king." ”

After the ceremony of sacrificing prisoners and giving orders, King Xiang of Zhou returned to the palace, leaving Wang Zihu to participate in other ceremonies of the alliance.

The next day, the princes held a bloody ceremony, the Duke of Jin Wen held the ox ear first, and then followed by Lu Xugong, Wei Shuwu, Cai Mugong, Zheng Wengong, Song Chenggong, Qi Zhaogong, Juzi, after the ceremony began to sign the covenant.

The covenant stipulated: the princes jointly respected the Jin state as the lord of the alliance; The vassal states were united under the leadership of the Jin State to defend against foreign enemies; One country is in trouble and eight parties support it; All countries are open to trade and are not allowed to hoard strange goods; Countries are not allowed to depose the crown prince without cause, accept foreign thieves, and appoint traitors.

Wang Zihu spoke on behalf of the royal family and said: "All princes should assist the royal family and must not infringe on each other. Those who violate the covenant will be condemned by the gods, and the teachers will be defeated, and there will be no kingdom of Kezuo, and no children and grandchildren will be harmed, and there will be no old and young. ”

The new overlord of the Central Plains was born. Unlike the short-lived hegemony of the Qi state, the hegemony of the Jin state lasted for more than a hundred years, until the end of the Jin Pinggong period.

For more than 100 years, the Central Plains princely group, led by the Jin state, and the southern princely group, led by the Chu state, engaged in a continuous and fierce contest, and the two sides did not reach an understanding until the Second Warrior Conference (BC546). However, when the confrontation between the north and the south disappeared, the Jin state gradually declined, and eventually split into three.

After the triumphant conclusion of the alliance of the earth, the princes returned to their respective countries. The Jin army marched to the crossing of the Yellow River, only to find that there were no boats on the shore.

It turned out that Duke Wen of Jin did not participate in the battle, so he sent the overseas Chinese of Cheyouzhou to mobilize ships to prepare for the army to cross the river and return home. As soon as Zhou Zhiqiao arrived at the river, he received an urgent letter home, on the one hand, he was anxious, and on the other hand, he thought that there was plenty of time, so he left his post without permission and sneaked back to the Jin Kingdom.

However, Zhou Zhiqiao did not return in time after all, delaying the army to cross the river, and Jin Wengong immediately executed him after returning to China.

The Jin army arrived on the outskirts of Jiangdu, and the Jin army held a grand triumphal ceremony. The streets of the capital have long been cleaned, the houses facing the streets are brightly lit, and countless Chinese people are crowded on both sides of the streets, and even the roofs and walls are full of people.

The first to enter the city were the armed slaves in charge of opening the way, who held long whips in their hands, shouting and waving them. The cavalry guards with leopard heads and wolf heads, brightly dressed Jiang Shirong and Da Rong followed; After that, he rode the crown on the road given by the Son of Heaven and wore a crown on the head of the car, dressed in a gorgeous uniform, and the scholar would replace Zhou Zhiqiao as the right side of his car; Duke Wen of Jin was followed by the chariots of the ministers and doctors at all levels. The troops of the prisoners of war of the Chu State and the carts carrying countless booty were particularly eye-catching; Finally, there is the Jin infantry who hold the Ge.

The cheers of the Chinese people were higher and higher, and Jin Wengong smiled and nodded at the Chinese people. He clearly remembered that when he was a little boy, a rather grand ceremony was held when Jin Xiangong destroyed Lirong; He broke free from his mother's hand in the crowd and climbed onto his father's chariot, and followed Jin Xiangong to receive cheers. More than thirty years later, he finally held a ceremony to enter the city as a monarch that will go down in history.

The procession marched through the street to the Taimiao Square, and Jin Wengong got off the car and led the ministers into the Taimiao to offer sacrifices to the ancestral gods. That night, Jiangdu became a boiling sea of joy, Jin Wengong rewarded the people with a lot of livestock wine, people killed chickens and sheep, there were drunk people everywhere, and there were many people who borrowed wine to make trouble, but on this festive day, the perpetrators were not severely punished. The people had three days of partying, and then went about their business as usual.