In the autumn and July, the combined forces of Chu and Zheng attacked the southern border of Chen, but this operation was only tentative. After capturing the two frontiers of Chen, the coalition forces did not continue to go deeper, but turned around and invaded the Song state. The Jin State sent troops to rescue the Song, and the coalition forces withdrew their troops after receiving the news.

Although the Song siege was resolved, the Jin army did not return to China, but was stationed in Feilin, north of Xinzheng. Zhao Dun sent envoys to Song, Chen, Wei, and Cao, and asked the princes to send troops to attack Zheng. The king of Chuzhuang sent Bao Jia to lead his army to rescue Zheng Guo.

At the beginning of August, the armies of the Chinese princes arrived in Feilin one after another, and Zheng Mugong and Bao Jia decided to take advantage of the fact that the Chinese coalition forces had not completed the siege of Xinzheng to defeat one of them.

Although the number of the Huaxia No. 5 Brigade is large, there have been problems in mobilization, communication, and liaison, and this situation has not happened unheard of in the past when multinational joint operations were carried out.

In late August, the Jin army left Feilin and marched towards Xinzheng; And his ** team did not receive the news of the operation, and still stayed in place; As a result, the Jin army's actions became lonely.

Zheng Mugong was overjoyed when he received the information, and he sent the news to Bao Jia. On August 25, the combined forces of Zheng and Chu marched north to meet the Jin army, and the two sides encountered each other in Beilin. The coalition army encountered the vanguard of the Jin army, and the main force of the Jin army was still thirty miles away at this time. The coalition forces were outnumbered and unprepared, and they cleanly routed the enemy and captured the commander Xie Yang.

The combined forces of Zheng and Chu immediately built a defensive line in Beilin. In the afternoon of the next day, Zhao Duncai led the main force to Beilin in a vigorous manner, and the fortifications of the coalition army had been completed at this time. Zhao Dun was annoyed in his heart, he gathered the generals together and asked to launch a general attack on the enemy early tomorrow morning, but Xun Lin's father said: "The morale of the army has been dispersed, but the morale of the Zheng army is very high; Our army is lonely, and reinforcements are not coming; In addition, the monarch is not sensitive, and the princes have a lot of grievances, so this battle can no longer be fought. The other generals nodded one after another, and Zhao Dun had the same worries in his heart, so he had to adopt Xun Lin's father's advice and order the withdrawal of the army.

The return of the Chu army to the Central Plains had already worried the Jin people, and the Qin state in Hexi was beginning to come alive again. Zhao Dun said at a cabinet meeting: "Even when the country is at its strongest, it is unable to fight with both Chu and Qin at the same time. The Jin state was the overlord of China, and the Qin state was the overlord of Hexi; The Jin state had no intention of getting involved in Hexi affairs, and the Qin state was unable to expand to the east of the river, so it should not focus on the west. In my opinion, it is better to negotiate peace with the Qin State in order to fight against the Chu State with all its might. ”

Yin Que said: "But Qin and Jin are the same as fire and water, and the Qin people will never send charcoal in the snow, but will only fall into the well." Therefore, I think that it is impossible to achieve the goal of taking the initiative to seek peace, and I can only find a way to induce the other party to take the initiative to make peace. ”

Zhao Chuan put forward a plan, he said: "We attack Chong, the Qin people are worried about Chong's safety, and they will inevitably come to the rescue, and then we can find an opportunity to make peace." ”

Chong is a small city in Hexi, a vassal of the Qin State, and its geographical location is very important. The doctors really couldn't think of a better way, so they adopted Zhao Chuan's plan.

In winter, Zhao Chuan led his division to attack Chong, and Qin Kanggong sent the Western Beggar Shuai Division to rescue. The Jin army was stationed in the east of the city, the Qin army was in the south of the city, and the Qin army had a dominant position in terms of strength.

Zhao Chuan sent an envoy, and the envoy tactfully expressed his willingness to negotiate peace with Xiqishu. But Xiqishu hated the people of the Jin Kingdom, especially the two surnamed Zhao. Xi Qishu ignored the olive branch handed out by Zhao Chuan, and he scolded: "It is really shameless to ask others to speak first, even though I have a request!" ”

The Western Beggars constantly mobilized their troops, intending to build an encirclement to annihilate the enemy. Seeing that the situation was not good, Zhao Cai fled back in the night before the Qin army completed the encirclement.

On the occasion of Zhao Chuan's invasion, Zhao Dun led his army to attack Zheng to retaliate against the Battle of Beilin. Although the Zheng people fell to the Chu State, it did not mean that they had to fight the Jin State to the end, and they were unwilling to block the road to reconciliation in the future. When Zheng Wengong saw the troops approaching the city of Xinzheng, he immediately released Xie Yang. Zhao Dun was worried about Zhao Chuan's invasion of Chong, and he didn't want to be too entangled with Zheng Guo, so he returned to Guojin with Xie Yang.

At the end of the year, Zheng Gongzi Guisheng was ordered to send an envoy to the state of Chu and spent the New Year of the second year of Lu Xuangong (BC607) in Yingdu. The mission of his trip was to receive the plan of the Chu people to march into the Central Plains.

Once the war machine of the Chu people is launched, it cannot be stopped at all. King Chu Zhuang said at the New Year's reception: "Zheng and Song are the two gates of the Central Plains, and these gates are both those of Chu and Jin. So it makes no sense to control any of them, because there is still one that is open to the enemy.

"Zheng Guo has returned to the alliance, and the only thing left is Song Guo. The Song people have always been stubborn, and although they have had two experiences of alliing with the state of Chu, neither of them is willing; The Song people's closeness to the Jin State is real.

"Jin and Song are one, and the Jin State will never sit idly by and watch the Song State be damaged, so it is impossible for the Chu State to conquer the Song State through one or two wars. The state of Chu should be prepared for a long war, and it should also try its best to win over other allies in the Central Plains. With the help of the allies, the price paid by the state of Chu may be much smaller, and the process of conquest will be much smoother. ”

After the meeting, King Chuzhuang asked Zheng to invade Song in the spring. For anything that is detrimental to the Song Kingdom, the Zheng people will be happy to do it. Gongzi Guisheng happily accepted the order and returned to Zheng State, and Zheng Mugong immediately gathered an army and gave Guisheng command. In late January, Gongzi Guisheng led his army to leave Xinzheng and march towards the Song Kingdom.

After receiving the news of Zheng Guo's division, Song Wengong was unwilling to passively defend, so he ordered the right division Hua Yuan and the great priest Kole Lu to lead the army to meet the battle. The Song army went all the way west from Shangqiu, and three days later encountered the Zheng army at Dajiao. The two sides set up camp and wrote war letters to each other, preparing for a decisive battle in Japan.

In the early morning of Renzi Day in February, the two armies lined up face to face, and a great battle was about to break out.

Hua Yuan stood on the chariot with confidence and said to Yu Rong Yang, "Have you seen the boss on the other side?" He is Zheng Guo's Shangqing and Zheng Bo's younger brother Guisheng, if I can capture him today, I will recommend you as a doctor. Are you ready? ”

Yang Chu said, "As you wish." Hua Yuan nodded with satisfaction, raised the drumstick and was about to beat the drum. At this moment, the sheep suddenly shouted and galloped wildly. Before the drums beat and the army did not move, the commander stood out and went straight to the enemy.

Song ** Shi was dumbfounded, the soldiers were completely unaware of what was happening, and they didn't know whether to attack or not. But Lelu was in danger, immediately beat the drum, and led the army to charge.

The Zheng people couldn't figure out the situation either, they only saw Hua Yuan rushing straight towards the army formation with a shout; The chariot was drowned in the sea of Zheng **'s team in a blink of an eye.