A series of major events occurred in the state of Chu this year, which began with natural disasters, continued with **, and finally ended with the destruction of Yongguo.

As summer began, the state of Chu suffered a rare flood. The boundless black clouds draw strength from the majestic and continuous Wushan and Jingshan mountain ranges; The clouds rose and turned into rain and fell on the earth; Terrible lightning and furious thunder were a sign that the heavens were about to collapse. Heavy rains turn small rivers into wide rivers, overflowing banks and banks, forming numerous lakes and wetlands in the low-lying areas.

After many rivers flow into the Yangtze River, the water level of the Yangtze River rises sharply. The Chu royal family demanded that all localities must do a good job in flood prevention and population transfer, and protect people, grain, and livestock.

When the time entered autumn, the western part of Chu was the first to suffer from floods, countless cities and villages were washed away, and countless fertile fields were submerged; The population was forced to move to higher ground, and a large number of victims poured into Yingdu.

Except for the royal palace, all the buildings in the capital were used to house the victims, and the castle towers, the temples, the squares, and even the homes of officials were crowded with refugees. The patrol team shuttles through the streets day and night to prevent accidents.

However, Yingdu gradually became unsafe, and the flood was rolling in, and the Chu people closed the city gate and built a mound of earth on the inside of the city gate to prevent the flood water from seeping through the cracks. The officials climbed up and saw that beneath the rolling clouds of the sky was an endless kingdom of Ze, and the raging flood swept away the corpses of countless people and animals, the wreckage of buildings, and all the objects destroyed by its force, rolling eastward.

It took more than ten days for the flood waters to recede, followed by famine and pestilence in various places. The stock of grain in Yingdu also began to run out, and the team transporting grain was still nowhere to be found. Officials evacuated the city's victims to other towns and began to clean the city, drain the water, and repair the roads.

At this moment, the messenger sent an urgent report that almost all the "barbarians" around the Chu State had rebelled.

The leaders of this rebellion were the two Shanrong states in the lofty mountains at the junction of Qin and Chu. The kingdom of Lu is on the south bank of the Baihe River and the Hanshui River in present-day Shaanxi, and Yong is in the southwest of Zhushan, Hubei, and the two countries are related by marriage.

The grievances and grievances between Lu and Chu have already been described earlier. When the flood washed the banks across the plain, the squirts and mediocre people began to jump up and down; When the famine and plague of Chu began, the two countries began to send armies unscrupulously, liaise with other barbarians to plunder the cities of Chu, and prepare to march on Yingdu.

In the vast area south of Yingdu, that is, in the mountains and rivers of present-day northern Hunan, many primitive tribes lived scattered, and these tribes were collectively called "Baipu". Since Baipu did not form a large force, the Chu State did not focus on fortification in the south.

Gongzi Yi, the doctor of the kingdom of Lu, brought a delegation to Baipu. He gathered the elders of Baipu together and said, "Lu and Baipu have the same ancestor. More than 400 years ago, when King Wu was defeated, the ancestors of Baipu made great contributions, so King Zhou Cheng sealed one of Baipu to the land of Lu to establish the kingdom of Li. And the Chu people didn't have any credit, just because the Xiong Xiong, who died early, had been King Wen's teacher, and his brazen son Xiong Yi used this as an excuse to get the Danyang fief for himself.

"For a long time, the state of Chu was the enemy of Baipu, and they used hypocritical benevolence to lure simple people to come to take refuge, and when they succeeded, they were exposed, brutally enslaved them, and used people as tools for profit: Which of your tribes did not pay tribute to the Chu people with animal skins and ivory? Who has not borne heavy taxes and servitude? Which one has not offered a beautiful daughter and sister for the drunken Chu people to enjoy themselves? Did the people of Chu have a slight displeasure, or do they simply feel that they have been despised and carry out a barbaric conquest against you? Do you even have to grant the right to make the eldest son by the Chu people?

"Even though you are richer than slaves, you are not as happy as slaves. Because the slave knew that he was not a free man, he was content with the status quo; And you don't know that you are still looking for the answer to 'why are we being oppressed by the Chu people'.

"Don't think you're safe. The reason why the Chu people did not move their army to the south was because the war in the north and east was more urgent. If the situation eases down, why should they sit back and let this rich land be left to you? Are you going to sit back and watch this happen, and be willing to wait to be expelled, killed, and enslaved?

"And now, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity has finally arrived: the great flood and famine that the Chu country suffered are God's punishment and rejection of the Daoless Chu people, and they are also inspiration and encouragement to us.

"Yongguo and Shanjung have already raised troops, if we also rise up to resist, Qunshu, Huaiyi and even the Huaxia princes will raise troops to attack Chu. The grain in Yingdu could not last for a month, and the grain route was cut off because of the flood, so the state of Chu was no longer able to send troops to fight. We are the closest to Yingdu, the road is the smoothest, and courage is not below anyone, so why should we watch others occupy Yingdu? Therefore, I ask all the elders, for the sake of the freedom of the Baipu tribes and for your future, gather your warriors and march with us to Yingdu! ”

The elders responded enthusiastically to Gongziyi's speech, and Bai Pu's emotions were stirred up by him.

When Gongziyi traveled, the mountain in Daba Mountain also went down the river, and soon arrived outside Danyang, the former capital of Chu State; And the alliance army recruited by the Yongguo people is also gathering and preparing to move south along the Han River.

Qunshu in the East is relatively quiet, but that doesn't mean they will always be quiet. Once the situation in the Chu State becomes critical, Qun Shu will definitely happily squeeze into the battle group and stomp on the face of the King of Chu Zhuang a few times.

The Chinese princes behaved normally, and all countries were busy with their own affairs: mutual visits that should be exchanged, and fights that should be fought; As if the current situation of the Chu State had nothing to do with them. Despite this, the state of Chu was still wary of the Chinese people.

The north gates of the two cities of Shen and Xi, which were important cities in the north of the Chu State, were slowly closed on the same day, and two more fortresses and a large number of fortifications were stationed outside the gates, and a large number of soldiers were stationed in the fortifications; The walls were also filled with heavily armed and dignified-looking sergeants.

In response to the current situation, King Chuzhuang summoned Cheng Jia, Dou Pan, Dou Jiao, Bao Jia, Pan Yu, Wu Shen and other ministers to discuss countermeasures: "Heaven has condemned the Chu State, and the barbarians have rebelled one after another, and the Chu State has reached a critical juncture of life and death. You are all important ministers of the country, the more critical the time, the greater your responsibility, please do not scruples, speak freely, and contribute immediately if there is any good policy for Anbang. ”