"Those who are short-sighted clamor for battle only on the basis of their temperament are greedy for evil. They rely on shouting slogans to fish for a false reputation of loyalty, which can only bring disaster to the country in the end. Those in power must not be influenced by their foolishness. ”

Zizhan thought that Zi Chan had analyzed it very thoroughly, so he ordered that only the inner city of Xinzheng should be defended, and no armed force should be allowed to defend against the enemy outside the city.

At the beginning of December, the Chu army reached the outside of Xinzheng unimpeded; On the 5th, the Chu army entered the undefended outer city and smashed part of the city wall. The Chu army did not continue to attack the inner city, but instead attacked the northern gate. The Zheng people sent a team of cannon fodder (those cannon fodder were the most noisy people) out of the city to fight the Chu army, but the Chu army pressed on them, and the Zheng people immediately closed the north gate. The nine men who did not have time to escape into the city became prisoners of the enemy.

The Chu army circled around Xinzheng City for half a circle, and then withdrew its troops and returned home. King Chu Kang comforted Xu Linggong in front of the coffin and said that he had fulfilled his wish for the deceased, and hoped that the soul of the deceased in heaven could be at ease. Then Xu Guocai buried the coffin.

What I want to introduce below is how a doctor transformed into a copycat king who didn't care about it, and how he was wiped out by Zhao Wubing without blood. Wei Guo originally had a border town named Xiaqiu, which was later occupied by the Qi State, and the Duke of Qi Ling gave it to the doctor Wuyu. Wu Yu has a close personal relationship with Gao Hou, and is considered to be Gao Hou's mouthpiece and thug. Soon after Gao Hou was killed, Wu Yu took Liqiu to take refuge in the Jin State, and as a result, Liqiu became a vassal of the Jin State. At that time, Qi Zhuang Chengcheng concentrated all his strength on dealing with Shushawei, and when he was victorious and ready to attack Xiaqiu, he found that Wuyu had been transformed into a "Xiaqiu Jun" who was canonized by Jin Pinggong.

In order to repair relations with Jin, Duke Qi Zhuang had to swallow his anger and temporarily abandon his military action against Xiaqiu.

Later, Duke Qi Zhuang took advantage of Luan Ying's rebellion to invade the Jin Kingdom. After the withdrawal of the Qi division, the Qi people began to prepare for war with all their might to resist the imminent retaliation, but they still did not have the energy to recover Xiaqiu.

During this period, Wu Yu relied on the support of the soldiers and actually captured the patriotic Sheep Horn City. Wuyu decided to continue to expand his power (people have reason to believe that he wanted to establish a "Wuyu State"), and turned his attention to Gaoyucheng in Lu State.

Wu Yu led a group of outlaws to the outside of High Fish City. It was raining heavily and visibility was very poor, so the bandits went down the ditch into the city and took over the arsenal of Gao Yu with the help of the traitors, who were able to defeat the local defenders.

Wu Yu's ambitions continued to swell, and soon he captured a city in the Song Kingdom. In this way, Wu Yu owned four cities in a few years, and its scale was enough to rival that of the Xu State.

The princes were afraid of the identity of Wu Yu and did not dare to use force to recover the lost territory, so they complained to Shilu instead. However, Shi Kuo died before he could respond, and Zhao Wu had been busy with the matter of concluding a contract with Chu after taking office; It wasn't until the end of the year that Zhao Wu found time to solve the Wuyu problem.

Zhao Wu said to Jin Pinggong: "The Jin State is the lord of the Huaxia Alliance, and if the princes invade each other and seize the land of other countries, the alliance leader will use force to force the princes to return the land they have occupied. And Wu Yu is just a traitor, far from being called a 'prince', and what he does is even more greedy and shameless, and he simply doesn't take the alliance leader seriously. The ministers asked to defeat Wuyu and return the city to the princes. ”

Zhao Wu set up a working group to dig out all the materials related to the Wuyu case and carefully analyze and study them. As a result, he was surprised to find that Wuyu already had the strength of an army, and the walls of each city were very strong, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Zhao Wu had a staff officer named Xu Liangdai, who was a resourceful person. Xu Liangdai said: "It is undoubtedly the next policy to conquer Wuyu by force, but he is still the doctor of the Jin State and still obeys the orders of the Jin State." All we have to do is lure him out of his lair, and the rest will be left to the princes. Then he came up with a specific plan to lure the snake out of the hole.

Zhao Wu couldn't stop nodding his head in approval, so he handed over the task to him to complete.

Soon, the people of Lu attacked Gaoyu under the secret instruction of the Jin people, and Wu Yu had to ask the Jin State for help. Zhao Wu then sent Xu Liang out. Xu Liang led an army to the outskirts of Gaoyu, and the Jin army was stationed ten miles away from the Lu army camp. Xu Liang led into the Lu ** camp, issued a "strong condemnation" of the "invasion" of the Lu people, and demanded that the other side "immediately withdraw its troops" and "make no mistakes".

The people of Lu did not dare to anger the alliance leader, and they "obediently" slipped away early the next morning. Xu Liang then entered Gaoyu and saw Wuyu. He said, "It is not legitimate for the Master to occupy these cities, and the prince has commanded me to persuade the nations to recognize your right to occupy the existing cities." But you can't continue to expand your sphere of influence! Otherwise, the prince won't be able to protect you! ”

Wu Yu nodded yes, and Xu Liang visited Qi, Wei, Song, and Lu in turn, and persuaded the monarchs of various countries to cede the occupied cities to Wu Yu. At last he came to Liqiu and said to Wuyu: "I have persuaded the monarchs of the nations to send envoys to the ceremony of the handover of the city; I was also commanded to reward my master and my subordinates. The location is set in the territory of Cao State, don't worry, you have the protection of our army, and no one can threaten the master. ”

Wu Yu was overjoyed and did not have any suspicions. In the spring of the twenty-seventh year of Lu Xianggong (BC546), he came out with important figures, and the team entered the state of Cao under the "protection" of the Jin army. The envoys of various countries rushed to the predetermined place one after another, and when Wu Yu saw that although there were many ministers and servants of each mission, but there were few guards accompanying him, he no longer worried about his safety.

The Cao people carved out a large site in advance, leveled the land and enclosed it with a curtain. The ceremony began, and the envoys of various countries were the first to enter the venue, and Wu Yu walked in with his subordinates vividly. He suddenly felt that the atmosphere was not right: there were no ritual instruments and sacrifices in the venue; And all the nations were fixed upon him with indignation; Xu Liang's honor guard was the first to enter, but now there is not even a shadow to be found.

Wu Yu shouted: "We have been tricked, withdraw quickly!" ”

But the nations would not give him any more chance, and an order was given, and the people rushed up; Wu Yu turned and fled the veil, but an even more fierce attack awaited him; The ministers in the guard of honor of the nations also stripped their coats, exposed their leather armor, and joined the warband with swords in their hands; However, the direction of the Jin camp was silent, and everyone disappeared out of thin air (Xu Liangdai had already retreated with the army).

The princes' envoys annihilated the enemy, and the nations regained their lost territory. Zhao Wu's reputation rushed to the peak in an instant, the princes and doctors praised him, his colleagues flattered him, and the celebrities and scholars took refuge in him. But Zhao Wu said: "People should be grateful to the Marquis of Jin, I just carried out the orders of the Marquis. ”

Jin Pinggong got carried away and said: "Without the permission of the widow, Zhao Meng can't do anything." ”