In the face of the doubts rising in China, the people of the Jin Kingdom could not sit still, and the ministers proposed to use a war to respond to the doubts of the princes. Sanhe advocated cutting Tan, because Tan betrayed Jin and served Wu instead.

Shi Xie frowned and said: "When the Tan State was defeated, it was impossible to send troops to rescue, and the Tan people allied with the Wu State in order to protect themselves. Not only do we want to punish them for their treachery, but we are also vigorously supporting the new lord of Tan Guo to take refuge while investigating Tan Guo's crimes! What is the truth of this? With Tan in a precarious and isolated situation, can we expect Tan to not surrender? Since the Jin State can't provide protection for the Tan State, let them follow the people of the Wu State! ”

He said: "The Tan State and the Jin State have an alliance, they do not come to ask for help when they are attacked, and they do not come to report after surrendering, and they regard the alliance leader as nothing. If you don't destroy the Tan State, the princes will all follow the example of the Tan State, and at that time, the Jin State will not only lose its status as the leader of the alliance, but will also suffer blows from all sides. Is this what you're seeing? ”

Jin Jinggong said: "Everyone knows what you mean. As long as the widow reigns, the position of the leader of the alliance cannot be lost for a day. The country of Tan must be cut down. Shibo, I'll leave the matter of cutting Tan to you. The widow is waiting for your good news. ”

Shi Xie had to suppress his anger, and under the oppression of the prince and the obscenity, and under the gaze of the villains of the courtiers, he accepted the order and took half of the army under his command to expedition to the Tan country.

Shi Xie first went to Qi to ask for a teacher, and Qi Qinggong had just received the benefits of the Jin people (Fenyang Zhitian), so he sent an army very happily. Shi Xie came to the Lu State again, and the people of the Lu State hated it, and they especially did not want to see the Qi people, let alone fight with them. Lu Chenggong privately gave Shi Xie a large bribe, asking him to exempt Lu from the obligation to send a teacher.

Shi Xie said: "The foreign ministers have no second heart for the king's life, and the untrustworthy will not stand in the world." Courtesy to a minister does not need to be expressed in terms of property, and the orders of the widow will not be changed. If the Lu army can't come as scheduled, the widow will no longer be able to serve you. Do you need me to tell the widow about this? The people of Lu were frightened, so they had to send their uncle and grandson Qiaoru to lead the army.

In November, the alliance of Jin, Qi, Lu, and Di invaded Tan, and Tanzi signed an alliance under the city for the second time. On the other hand, the people of Wu also knew the position of the Jin people; In order to continue to receive assistance from Jin Jinggong, Shou Meng recognized the hegemony of Jin over Tan by inaction.

In the autumn of that year, Shen Gong Wuchen was ordered to envoy to the state of Wu, and he was hospitably entertained by the prince when he passed through the state of Ju. Juzi held a banquet by a pond outside the city to entertain the witches. Wu Chen looked at the capital and couldn't help frowning.

The walls of the original capital were already quite dilapidated due to disrepair: in some places there had been partial collapses; The base of the wall is overgrown with weeds; The battlements were also missing in many places, leaving the defenders of the city without protection. As long as the angle is right, one can even see the bare calves of the defenders.

Wu Chen sighed, "This city is too badly damaged! You've got to fix it! ”

Ju Zi said: "The country is located in a remote area, located in a mixed land of eastern Yi, who would covet such a small country? ”

Wu Chen said: "What country does not have a monarch who is trying his best to expand his territory? It is precisely because of this that there are so many great powers in the world. Small countries will perish if they are not defended, but they can survive if they are fortified. How brave people close their homes for safety, let alone the nation? However, Ju Zi ignored his kind reminders.

In the winter of the following year, Chu ordered Yin Zi to visit Chen Guo. During the banquet, Chen Ren inadvertently talked about the conversation between Wuchen and Ju Zi. Zizhong's eyes lit up, and he suddenly had the idea of cutting Ju. In this way, Zizhong did not return to China after the end of the visit, but led the army straight to Juguo.

The Chu army first surrounded Quqiu, an important town in the southern part of the Ju State. The walls of the ditch mound are about to collapse into ruins, and you can see the densely packed houses inside the city walls outside the city; The local population did not dare to resist and abandoned the city overnight, leaving the enemy with an empty city full of ruins.

The Chu army rested in the city for a day, and then drove straight in. However, the pioneer Wang Ziping was eager to make meritorious contributions, ran too far ahead, and was ambushed by the Ju people on the outskirts of the capital, the vanguard suffered countless casualties, and Wang Ziping was also captured.

The main force of the Chu army rushed outside the city, Zizhong looked at the ruined city in front of him, turned his head and said to Wang Zicheng: "Even if it is a place where the rogues gather, it looks more decent than it." Am I seeing a fake vassal state? ”

Wang Zicheng said: "In my opinion, it is not an exaggeration to call the Ju people a rogue. ”

At this time, Juzi pushed the prince, who had been bound strongly, to the city. Zizhong put away his smile and his face became solemn. He shouted to the city: "Do not hurt him, we can withdraw our troops and promise not to attack again!" ”

At the beginning of Wang Ziping's capture, Ju Zi originally planned to use him as a bargaining chip in negotiations with the Chu army. Juzi personally untied him, comforted him with kind words, and entertained him with good food and drink. But who expected that this prince of Chu was used to being arrogant on weekdays, not only did he not understand the amorous feelings, but he felt that the other party was afraid of him, so he scolded Ju Ren. Ju Zi was furious and tied him up again.

Wang Ziping stood on the edge of the "city platform", looked at Ju Zi with an arrogant and disdainful smile on his face and said, "Are you afraid? Just wait for me to go back and lead troops to kill your country! ”

Juzi said, "If you wish, the widow will send you back." With that, he kicked him off the wall.

The son was furious and immediately ordered a siege. Since Zizhong's mission to the north this time was to visit rather than go on an expedition, he only brought half of the Chinese army. The Chu army was insufficient, so that the capital of Ju was not lost after the first day of attack.

At that time, the city was crowded with refugees who had escaped from Quqiu, and the refugees had fear on their faces and rumors spreading on their mouths. Their only role was to stir up the already bad order in the capital.

At nightfall, the people gathered at the north gate with torches (because there were no enemy troops outside the north gate) and demanded that the soldiers open the gates; The soldiers had no intention of defending the city, and immediately opened the gates and poured out of the city with the fleeing people. Seeing that the general trend was gone, the monarchs and doctors also fled at night, and the Ju people fled overnight.

The Chu army entered the city the next day and looted all kinds of property. Zizhong looked at the dozens of carts of treasures and properties pulled out of the palace and sighed: "The office of Ju is really rich! This is not too little money to build five capitals! ”

Seeing that this harvest was sufficient, the doctors persuaded him to withdraw his troops. Zizhong still did not give up, he said: "It is not enough to take another city for my brother!" He led his army on his way and soon captured Yuncheng.

At this time, the weather in the north had become very cold and unbearable, so Zizhong returned triumphantly with his army.