Zheng Guoren signed two deeds of sale with Jin and Chu last year, and Zheng Ren calmed down and thought about it later, thinking that it was better to sign none of them, because the two big creditors would soon come to ask for accounts with the deed of sale.

The doctors were so troubled that someone said, "If Zheng Guo does not submit to the Jin Kingdom, he will perish." Jin is strong and Chu is weak, if the Jin State provokes the ultimate battle, the Chu State will definitely cower and avoid. Zheng Guo is going to show the courage of a strong man to break his wrist! It is necessary to provoke the bitter hatred of the Jin State against our country, so that the Jin State can launch a war to destroy the Zheng State and then quickly follow it, and the Chu State does not dare to save Zheng, so that the Zheng State can establish a strong alliance. ”

Gongsun Shezhi said: "Although this method is cruel to the people, in order to end the endless war as soon as possible, it has no choice but to do so. There is no one in the world who has the closest relationship with the Jin State than the Song Dynasty, and the one who is most hostile to our country is also the Song Dynasty. Therefore, only the invasion of the Song State could ignite the greatest anger of the Jin State. When the princes save the Song, we will form an alliance with the princes; When the people of Chu came, we fell to Chu again. The Jin people must be angry and attack Zheng again. The Jin army could easily travel between the two countries, but the Chu army couldn't. In this way, we can follow the Jin Kingdom for a long time. ”

The doctors nodded their heads, and the plan was approved. Soon, an official in the border town of Zheng received an order from Gongsun Shezhi to do something disgusting to the Song people.

At that time, there was a chicken plague in the border towns, so the officials ordered the dead and deeply buried chicken carcasses to be dug up, and the rotten and disgusting rotten meat was thrown near the border towns of the Song people.

The Song people rushed to theorize, and Zheng Guoren said: "The chicken plague came from your side, of course I have to return it to you!" After saying that, he used the live plague chicken as a weapon to beat the other party away.

Xiang Xu was furious, and he personally gathered an army to invade Zheng State. The Zheng people did not resist, and as a result, the Song army plundered countless people and property, and returned with a great victory.

Gongsun Shezhi was "furious", and he also personally led the Zheng army to invade the Song State, inflicting twice as much revenge on the Song State.

Jin Mourning Gong Dun was furious, and he immediately sent his envoys to the nations and ordered them to send troops to attack Zheng.

In summer and April, the princes of the twelve kingdoms rushed to the outskirts of Xinzheng one after another. On the 19th, Qi Taiziguang and Song Xiangxu attacked the east gate of Xinzheng. At sunset, Zhigang led the Jin army to the western suburbs, but the Jin army did not stop, but went east to Xucheng. A few days later, Sun Lin's father led the guards to invade from the north of Zheng all the way to the south.

In June, the coalition forces suspended the siege of the city, and the princes held a meeting in Beilin (forty miles north of Xinzheng). The meeting determined a detailed plan for the conquest of Zheng. After the meeting, the coalition forces swept around Xinzheng and held a grand military parade outside the south gate. Soon, reinforcements from the princes came from all directions. The Zheng people were frightened, and immediately sent envoys to ask the Jin people for peace.

Zhi Gang said that before defeating the Chu army, he would not accept the Zheng people's request for peace. The Jin replied to the Zheng envoy in this way, and the coalition forces continued to besiege Xinzheng, but they were not in a hurry to attack the city.

The Chu division was delayed, the siege was boring and long, and the princes began to complain. Shi Kuo learned the lesson of the League of Drama and said: "If you are not careful, you will inevitably lose the princes; If there is no result of the labor division and Zheng, how can the princes not have two hearts? It's time to strengthen the alliance with the Covenant Letter. ”

In the autumn and July, the Duke of Jin Mourning invited the princes to Bocheng under the guise of summer vacation, and then held a bloody ceremony in Bocheng, and the alliance wrote: "Whoever I am allied with, do not hoard grain, do not monopolize the benefits of mountains and rivers, do not harbor sinners, do not forgive sins; They should be sympathetic to the troubles, good and evil, and assist the royal family. If there is anyone who betrays the alliance, the Si Shen Si Meng (the great god who oversees the ceremonies of the alliance), the famous mountains and rivers, the gods and goddesses, the ancestors of the seven surnames and the twelve kingdoms will be killed, and they will be cursed for the loss of the people, the destruction of the people, and the fall of the country. ”

On the side of the Chu State, Yin Zisang was afraid of the Chinese army, and he sent an envoy to the Qin State, asking the Qin people to send troops to support. Qin Jinggong sent the right doctor to go out on the expedition, and the two armies combined to prepare to go north. Yin Zisang did not dare to confront the Huaxia coalition army head-on, so he invaded the Song State.

The coalition forces abandoned the encirclement of Xinzheng and turned to save the Song, so that Yin Zisang saw that the goal had been achieved, so he quickly withdrew his troops.

In September, the Huaxia coalition army attacked Zheng again, and Zheng Jiangong sent Qing Shi Liangxiao and Dazai Shi? Go to the state of Chu and inform the people of Chu that the state of Zheng will bow down to the state of Jin.

The notice was firm and concise, and Liangxiao said in the court of the king of Chu: "Because of Sheji, I can't continue to serve the king. Whether the king can knock on the gate of the Jin Kingdom with jade silk, or use the army to capture the gate of Xinjiang, only the king will cut it! ”

The king of Chu was furious and put the two envoys in shackles and locked them in the cart shop on the spot.

The allied army of the princes paraded at the east gate of Xinzheng, and Zheng Jiangong sent the prince Bo Piao to ask the Jin people for an alliance. The Jin people were still waiting for reinforcements from Chu, but Bo Piao told the other party that Zheng Bo had sent an envoy to inform him of the severance of diplomatic relations with Chu. A few days later, the news of the detention of Zheng by the king of Chu came, and the Jin people confirmed the authenticity of the information.

The camp of the coalition army was full of jubilation, the princes and doctors congratulated each other, and the sergeants cheered loudly. After three years of fighting, Zheng Guo finally really gave in to the alliance, although he didn't know how long this state of affairs would last, but at least he didn't have to think about the previous times, and he knew that he would definitely go again next year.

On September 26, Zhao Wu entered Xinzheng to sign an alliance with Zheng Jiangong; On October 26, Gongsun Shezhi went to the Jin military camp to sign an alliance with the Jin Mourning Duke. On the first day of the twelfth month, the princes of the thirteen kingdoms held a bloody ceremony; The next day the princes returned to their respective homes.

On December 3, the Jin released the Zheng people who had been captured in the previous battles, and the armies withdrew their scout troops, and ordered that disturbing the lives of the Zheng people should not be disturbed.

Zheng Ren paid tribute to Jin Mourning Gong with three musicians, 30 road chariots, 100 chariots, two sets of chimes, and 16 women's song and dance teams. The Duke of Jin gave Wei Jiang half of these tributes, and said, "The master taught the widow Huairou Rongdi to show the virtues of the Jin kingdom to China; Therefore, the widow can unite the princes in eight years; All the guilds are like music, without disharmony. Therefore, the widow gave the tribute to the master, and asked the master to share this happiness with the widow. ”

Wei Jiang considered that he had the lowest status among the eight kings, and once he accepted such an eye-catching reward, he would inevitably arouse the envy of others, so he excused himself and said: "Huairou Rongdi is the blessing of the country, and the princes of Jiuhe are the patronage of the princes and the merits of the doctors. The poem says: 'Happy only a gentleman, the state of the son of heaven; Happy only gentleman, Fu Lu is the same, Ben Fan is around, and he is also handsome. The book says: "Be prepared for danger in times of peace." 'Think is prepared, be prepared, please follow the words of your ancestors. ”

But Jin Mourning Gong still insisted, and Wei Jiang accepted those rewards.

However, when the Jin state obtained the Zheng state, it suffered a defeat in the west. It turned out that after the coalition army besieged Zheng for the second time, the left chief Bao of the Qin State and the commander of the right commander Wu Shuai Division attacked Jin. Zuo Shuchang led the vanguard to cross the Yellow River from the east of Shaoliang City and invade the Jin Kingdom.

Later, the right chief crossed the Yellow River eastward from Fushi City, and formed a north-south flank attack with the left chief against the Jin army. The two Qin armies were like predators with tacit understanding, taking turns to launch an offensive against the Jin army. Although the number of the soldiers was outnumbered, they did not do a good job of defense, and as a result, they suffered a lot of losses.

When the princes heard the news of the defeat of the Jin army, they all sighed: the Central Plains had just been calm, and the war in the west had broken out again; If a war is waged against the country of tigers and wolves that has never been conquered...... Alas! Thinking about it, my liver trembles, and I still hope that Zheng Guo will betray Jin soon!