When the tragic war song echoed in the wilderness, Pu Ren's palms began to sweat; When the phalanx of the Chu army slowly advanced, and the soldiers let out a terrifying "hehe" sound, some people collapsed; When the first unlucky man screamed at the arrow, the motley army turned around and fled as if it had faithfully carried out an indisobedient order.

What followed was a terrible scene of wolves entering a herd of sheep, and the Chu army pursued and slaughtered the Pu people mercilessly, but most of the enemies were very experienced in escaping, and the deserters went into the jungle and climbed the mountains to escape.

The soldiers of the Chu State living in the plains had no experience of fighting in the jungle, while the escapees felt like they had returned to their hometowns. Some of the braver and more intelligent Pu people fought with their pursuers in the woods, hunting and killing scattered enemies out of nowhere.

Those who escaped from the plains were not so lucky, they first threw away their weapons, then their rations, and finally their booty, but in the end they were overtaken and intercepted by the chariots.

Locals who had suffered from the brutality and raiding of the Pu people flocked to join the pursuers. Familiar with the local terrain, the aborigines led the Chu army to hunt for escapees, mercilessly killing the panicked Pu people and cutting off the ears of the corpses.

When Ziyi was about to escape the pursuit, his team was surrounded by a group of indignant Pu people. The Pu killed his guards, beat him severely, and finally dragged him and the other nobles to Chengjia. The Pu people complained bitterly about Ziyi's injustice, as if they were preparing to arrest Ziyi in the first place.

Cheng Jia couldn't help but smile when he looked at the embarrassed appearance; He received the high-ranking prisoner of war with a gentle, slightly contemptuous smile, and then placed him under house arrest.

The chase continues until sunset. When the Chu army was cleaning up the battlefield, they were surprised to find that the Pu people who were squeezed and trampled to death were more killed than those who were killed

And more. Cheng Jia greatly appreciated the courage of the candidates, and he rewarded them with a large amount of booty, and then returned to Yingdu with the captured prisoners of war and the grain and grass they had captured.

Shanrong had just bypassed Danyang and was preparing to make a big profit, but at this time he got the news of the defeat of the Pu people, so he had to withdraw his troops unwillingly.

Soon after, envoys to Qin and Bazi also brought back exciting news, saying that Qin Kanggong and Bazi had promised to send troops to fight with the Chu army.

In this way, the Chu army can go all out to conquer the two countries.

At the end of August, the three armies of Chu all marched north. At that time, Cheng Jia was the general of the middle army, the right army of Dou Pan, and the left army of Doujiao. Ten days later, the army arrived in Luyi, and the king of Chuzhuang cordially received his life-saving benefactor, Lu Jili, who had come to greet him, in the suburbs.

The army rested briefly in Luyi, and then went up the Han River to Julu (present-day west of Junxian County, Hubei) in the northwest border of the Chu State. The kingdom of Lu is one hundred and fifty miles upstream of Juyu.

There was already a mess in the office of the Kuo Kingdom. When fear prevails, shame becomes insignificant. The faces of the doctors who were frantically shouting "swear to destroy the Chu State and then hurry up" changed, and they immediately began to blame each other, just as they complimented each other at the beginning, as if they were not those who had strongly approved of the plan to destroy Chu.

Accusations and arguments do not solve the underlying problem, but they remove their psychological barrier – the doctors think they have bleached themselves by blaming others. People calmed down and regrouped to plot a conspiracy. When danger is imminent, morality can be trampled on.

The villains finally came to a consensus, and they agreed that the most economical, effective, and fair way to solve the problem in the current situation was to kill the deer and put all the blame on the dead.

The doctors staged a coup d'état, killed the monarch, and then sent a large delegation to the Chu army, mostly composed of kabuki and craftsmen. The people bribed the magnates of the state of Chu with their money, and asked for forgiveness from the king of Chu Zhuang with tears and repentance.

The king of Chuzhuang summoned Ziyi and asked him about the basic information of the prince and the ministers as if nothing had happened, but concealed from him the coup d'état that had taken place in the kingdom of Lu. Ziyi answered each of his questions seriously, and finally asked, "Is the king ready to destroy the kingdom?" ”

King Chu Zhuang was noncommittal, and just asked him if he had anything else to say.

Ziyi said: "Yes, the people admit that they are barbarians, but do barbarians have to die in the country?" Didn't the state of Chu also come from the barbarian era? Aren't we all descendants of Yan Huang? Please Your Majesty not to destroy the society of the kingdom of Lu and cut off the sacrifices of the ancestors. We were really wrong, and now I really understand what it means to be a great country. I will implore the widow to allow the small country to serve the Great Chu, as the old saying goes, 'the traitor is mighty, and the obedient is appeased', and the small country of Shanrong is grateful for the prestige of the Chu State, which dares to disagree? The people of the land were originally well-mannered, but now they have become depraved purely because of the insatiable greed and brazenness of the magnates.

"During the period when the foreign ministers were captured, I saw that the chariots of Your Majesty and the doctors were decorated with elaborate decorations, dressed in simple clothes, mingling with the soldiers, and eating the same coarse food as the soldiers—which is unimaginable in our country—Your Majesty is truly a king! If Your Majesty can get rid of those unkind people in the country, then the good people will inevitably come back, and our country, as the guard of Dachu, can't this just show the so-called 'there is a way in the world'? ”

King Chu Zhuang had been listening carefully to what he had to say; Ziyi changed his words and continued: "But those who are not good...... If the ministers guessed correctly, they have already sent the head of the widow to ask for his life, right? ”

King Chuzhuang raised his head and looked at Ziyi in surprise. Ziyi shook his head and said, "The foreign minister really didn't guess wrong—of course I know those people better than Your Majesty!" But if the widow could not protect the people during his lifetime, but could maintain the community after his death, then why couldn't he die? ”

King Chuzhuang said: "If the monarch of a country respects heaven and protects the people, but does not Gu but insists on destroying it, then Bugu is making enemies of heaven and doing right with morality." The State of Chu was originally going to destroy the State of Lu, but what you said just now saved the country. Yi, Bugu believes that you can be a wise monarch; So, go back to your country. In the future, if you betray the heavens, Bugu will come and take your head personally. ”