In fact, Zheng Guo's envoy arrived in Xinjiang a few months ago; The Jin people did not dare to slack off, and immediately began to recruit troops. But just as the three armies were assembled and ready to leave, Shangqing Yin Que died of overwork and violent illness.

This incident set off a chain reaction, first the question of who was going to be the successor, and then the question of who was going to be the successor; There is also the question of who will fill the vacant position, and the resulting change of the doctor's position. After these problems are solved, the old sequence of the Jin army must be broken up and regrouped according to the new sequence.

The essence of this is a redistribution of power, which has always been coveted by the aristocracy as a scarce resource – so things don't go smoothly at all.

Some veteran aristocrats deceived Jin Jinggong Xinli and openly fought for power and profit in the court: Xianyu wanted to become Shangqing, Zhao Kuo and Zhao Chuan's son Zhao Zhan wanted to be promoted to secretary, and Wei Shouyu's son Wei Qi wanted to become a prince doctor. There are also people who secretly go to see Jin Jinggong, hoping that he can take care of him.

Jin Jinggong has been frail and sickly since he was a child, he is thin and gloomy. Jin Jinggong will have blue lips if he runs more than 100 meters quickly, and he will die violently if he exceeds 200 meters. The imperial physician said that he had congenital heart disease and could not do strenuous exercise, let alone march and fight.

In that era of advocating force, no country would appoint a prince who could not command an army as its king. But Jin Chenggong was in exile when he was young, he did not expect that he would one day become the Marquis of Jin, and before returning to China, he had already set up the deer (the name of Jin Jinggong) as the heir, so the Jin people made a mistake and established Jinggong as the king.

Seeing that Zheng Guo's situation was becoming more and more dangerous, Jin Jinggong had to show his decisive side, and he announced the list of ministers without warning, saying that it was his final decision, and warned those who were dissatisfied not to continue to cause trouble.

He ordered Xun Lin's father to be the general of the Chinese army, and Xianyu to be the commander of the Chinese army; Shihui is the general of the army, and Xun Ke (the son of Xun Que) is the commander of the army; Zhao Shuo is the general of the army, and Luan Shu is the commander of the army; Han Ju is the Great Sima; Zhao Kuo and Zhao Yingqi are doctors of the Chinese army; Gong Shuo and Han Chuan are the doctors of the army; Xun Shou (Xun Lin's father's brother) and Zhao Tong are the doctors of the lower army.

In the summer and June, the three Jin armies got up and went straight to Zheng Guo.

While the Jin people were busy fighting for power, the Chu army did not relax its attack on Xinzheng for a moment. The Chu people were desperate to capture the capital before reinforcements arrived, otherwise the attack on Zheng would fall short.

Zizhong lost contact with the ace spy Shi Zhi after the siege, and the Zheng people had a complete spy and counter-espionage system, and they were good at stealing enemy intelligence and preventing their own intelligence from leaking. Under these circumstances, it was difficult for Shi to get in touch with the Chu people. But after a long time, no matter how strict the work is, there will be omissions, and the stone system will wait for the opportunity to connect with the people of Chu.

The stone system revealed to Zizhong: There is a small section of the city wall to the east of Zheng Guo that looks intact from the outside, but there has been a collapse inside; It is the weakest place in Xinzheng City. The Chu army concentrated its forces to storm that section of the city wall, and finally dug down the wall, and Xinzheng was finally captured by the enemy after holding on to resistance for three months.

Although Zheng still had a large number of soldiers at that time, and the Zheng people were ready to fight in the streets, Zheng Xianggong announced that he would stop resisting and surrender to the Chu army.

It turned out that the basis for the stubborn resistance of the Zheng people was the Treaty of the Zheng-Jin Alliance. Based on treaty relations, the Zheng people fought both for their own country and for the Jin state. However, the Jin army did not arrive for a long time, and the factor of continuing to fight had disappeared, so the Zheng people could only think about how to protect themselves.

The Zheng people opened the city gates to welcome the conquerors into the city, and the king of Chu Zhuang ordered that those who lay down their arms should not be killed or insulted, and that looting and destruction of the city was forbidden.

The Chu army drove into Kuishi Street, and Zheng Xianggong led the surrendered team out. Zheng Xianggong was shirtless, leading a sheep to the front; He was followed by ministers such as Gongzi Qiji, Gongzi Yan, Gongzi Fa, Gongzi Yan, Gongzi Jia, and Huang Xu. The courtiers were dressed in mourning clothes, and their faces were heavy, as if they were walking in a funeral procession.

The king of Chu Zhuang was dressed in shining armor and stood on a gorgeous chariot, the Chu army was mighty and solemn, the flag was fluttering, and the weapons were glowing with a faint cold light. King Chuzhuang held his head high and looked down at the unorthodox king of the dead country in front of him with a hint of a smile.

Zheng Xianggong said: "It is my crime that Lone did not obey Heaven and could not serve the king, so that the king was full of anger and led a large army here. Where do I dare to listen now? If you exile us to Jiangnan to enrich the seashore, you are the only one; If the kingdom of Zheng is dismembered and distributed among the princes, we will be vassals and only by the king's orders.

"If the king remembers the old good, and the spirits of King Li, King Xuan, Duke Huan, and Duke Wu in the sky, and preserves Zheng Guo's social peace, so that Zheng Guo sincerely serves the king, it will be the king's great favor and Gu's wish, but Gu does not dare to hope for extravagance. Consider carefully what to do. ”

There was a commotion among the ministers of the Chu State, and Sun Shuao, Wu Shen and other ministers shouted one after another: "Uncle Zheng cannot be forgiven!" Zheng people are capricious and can't let Zheng Guo continue to exist! ”

As for whether to keep Zheng Guo, King Chuzhuang had already planned. He believed that if the Zheng people resisted to the end, they would destroy it; If this happens now, it is better to save Zheng Guo.

King Chuzhuang's mood now is probably the same as when Duke Wen of Jin destroyed Cao. He considered that although the Zheng State could be destroyed, the Chu State could not get an inch of land, and its territory would inevitably be divided by the princes of the Central Plains, which would do more harm to the Chu State than to benefit it. Now that Zheng Bo has succumbed, it is better to pull Zheng Guo into the alliance of Chu again.

King Chu Zhuang jumped out of the chariot, took the rope leading the sheep from Zheng Xianggong and handed it to his entourage, and then took off his battle robe and draped it on him, took Zheng Xianggong's hand and said with a pleasant face: "Bugu came here this time to ask why you don't have a good relationship with Chu State!" Now that you already see the state of Chu as an ally, what luxury does Bugu have? Take the doctors back to the palace, and Bugu will discuss the world's major affairs with you. ”

In this way, Zheng Guo was saved. The Chu army retreated thirty miles, and Zheng signed an alliance agreement with Chu. Shangqing Ziliang followed the Chu people back to China as a hostage.

In mid-June, the Jin army reached the north bank of the Yellow River. When Xun Lin's father heard that Zheng had fallen and had once again allied with Chu, he immediately convened a military meeting to discuss countermeasures.