One day in late June, the Jin and Chu armies met in Yanling, and the two sides set up camp face to face.

In Xinzheng City, Zheng Chenggong divided the army into two parts, two of which were led by Gongzixi and Gongzilu to confront the Song army, and he personally led an army to meet the Chu army.

On the side of the Huaxia Alliance, the Qi army was on its way at this time, while the Lu and Wei countries were still gathering their troops. In this way, the Jin army was numerically inferior.

Shixie still did not want to fight and insisted on withdrawing his troops. For his stubbornness, Jin Ligong and the doctors were a little impatient.

Yin Zhi said: "In the battle of Han, Huigong could not revive the brigade; In the battle of Kei, the first man could not return to his life; The teacher of Yi, Zhibo can't be reinstated. These are all great shames for the Jin State, and now that they are escaping from the Chu State, won't they increase the shame again? ”

Shi Xie said: "This time is also, and that time is also." There is a reason why the ancestors have repeatedly fought wars: at that time, Qi, Qin, Di, and Chu were all enemies of the Jin state, and if the whole country did not devote all its strength to war, the country would decline or even perish. Now Qi, Qin, and Di have all succumbed, and the only enemy of Jin is Chu.

"Only a saint can achieve neither external trouble nor internal trouble, otherwise external stability will inevitably promote internal strife, why not leave the enemy of Chu State to guard the office and make us dare not fall?"

Shi Xie's words became a proverb, and within a year of the victory of the Jin Kingdom, Shi Xie died without a problem, Jin Li Gong and the four ministers were killed, and there were brutal killings and bloody atrocities everywhere, and there was a two-month power vacuum in the country.

Some dull-minded people only understood the real reason for his avoidance of war, but they didn't care. They said: "Duke Qi Huan killed his brother, **; The king of Chuzhuang killed good ministers and destroyed the wang clan; The two of them cannot be described as holy masters, but they have eliminated external troubles. If it is like what the master said, Duke Huan of Qi would have died at least twenty years earlier, and King Chuzhuang should have died after conquering the Song Kingdom, but both of them are alive and well, and the country is stable. Where did the Master hear such words, it is really unconvincing. ”

Shi Xie's ideas were not unique in ancient times. More than three hundred and seventy years later, Rome defeated Carthage, the only rival in the First Punic War. In the midst of a heated debate over the preservation and destruction of Carthage, the Senate finally decided to keep Carthage in order to prevent the Roman people from becoming corrupt and degenerate.

But fifty years later, Rome destroyed Carthage for no reason. At that time there were no more enemies in the world (of course the Romans thought so) that could threaten the security of Rome itself, but the end of the foreign war did not bring domestic peace, national disaster, and a brutal civil war ensued: for the first time in Rome there was a mob massacre of tribunes (Gracchus); After that, Marius and Sulla fought upside down, and the latter went on a short reign of terror; This was followed by the Italian War of the League against Roman privileges and the Spartacus Revolt.

As soon as peace had been restored to the country, the giants stirred up trouble again, Caesar defeated Pompey, and then was killed by Cassiillo and Brutus; Octavian first teamed up with Antony to kill the first two, and soon after, the latter. Every catastrophe is accompanied by the blood of a great deal of innocent and innocent; Famous people are like nobodies, and they don't say no. Rome was transformed from a republic to an empire.

The Jiawu Day was the last day of June (晦日), and the ancients believed that it was unlucky to fight on the Dawn Day, so the Jin army thought that they still had one day to go, so they did not prepare for the war; However, the Chu army preferred to do the opposite, intending to tactically surprise the Jin army.

In the early morning of the first day, the Chu army and its allies suddenly came out of the camp and gathered and pressed overwhelmingly towards the Jin army's camp, without even leaving room for the Jin army to line up.

The Jin people were very panicked, and the Duke of Jin Li immediately convened a military meeting, and Luan Shu said: "The Chu army is high in momentum but very frivolous, our army is strong and tightly defended, not afraid of the enemy's attack, and reinforcements are also coming." After three days, the Chu army will inevitably retreat, and if the enemy attacks when the enemy withdraws, the Chu army will be defeated. ”

Shi Xie said: "If the Chu army retreats and our army wins without a fight, how can there be a greater feat?" There was really no need to continue the pursuit. ”

Shi Xie's son, Shi Kuo, was still a hot-blooded young man at the time, and a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and blood suddenly surged, and nothing could stop him from spitting out his clever plan.

Shi Kuo hurriedly came to Jin Li Gong and said, "Fill the wells, raze the stove pits, and pull out the military tents, so that we can line up in the camp to meet the enemy." Jin and Chu are both bestowed by God, what is there to worry about? ”

Seeing that his son dared to openly contradict him, Shi Xie was immediately furious, picked up a song and stabbed at his son: "The survival of the country has its own destiny, what do you know about the yellow-mouthed child?" ”

Shi Kuo immediately turned around and fled, Shi Xie's eyes were red, and he chased after him, and the doctors rushed up to hug him, which made Shi Kuo escape with his life. Shi Xie returned the weapon to the guard, returned to his place and bowed his head silently.

People turned around and sat down, and Yin Zhi came out again and said: "Master Chu has six flaws, we must grasp them.

"First, Ling Yin and Sima are incompatible;

"Second, the public soldiers are all left by Chu Xianjun, and the soldiers are very old;

"Third, the Zheng division is not strictly organized;

"Fourth, the barbarians have no array at all;

"Fifth, the Chu army does not avoid the obscure sun;

"Sixth, when the formation is noisy, it is even more noisy after the formation, and the soldiers have no fighting spirit when they look forward and look backward.

"The old king will definitely not be good, and when the war violates the sky, we will definitely be able to defeat!"

Luan Shu's face became very ugly, and he said: "Although the two secretaries of Chu are not in harmony, the great enemy will definitely fight with all their strength at present; The other points are not a problem at all; Moreover, the enemy is far outnumbered by our troops; The space in our barracks is narrow, and it is not suitable for formation at all; The reinforcements of Qi, Lu, Wei, and Song have not yet arrived, and we can't risk a war! ”

Jin Ligong couldn't make up his mind, he said: "Since the ministers have different opinions, then carry out divination, and let God decide whether to fight or defend, but as soon as the result comes out, you must obey God's ruling!" ”