In the summer of this year, a bizarre and serious violent incident occurred in the East: the Yi people broke into the country without losing a single soldier, robbed the office of the country, and robbed the wife and princess of the country, a large number of palace maids and eunuchs and property; But he was soon forced to return the people's property to Yanzi.

Yan people are the descendants of Zhu Rong, surnamed Yu, the title is viscount, located in Linyi, Shandong Province, was founded in the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty. The state of Yan was close to the state of Yi, and later became a vassal of the state of Yi.

The state of Yan still continues the ancient Tianli that can only be found in historical materials at that time. At the beginning of June this year, the people of Yan learned that they were going to go out of the city to the fields in the suburbs to hold a ceremony of registering for the fields, so they made preparations in advance for a sneak attack on the city.

The date had arrived, and Yanzi led the doctors out of the north gate to the suburbs. A light army of the Di people immediately set out to attack the west gate of the state of Yan. The people were alarmed, raised the alarm and tried to close the city gates. The leader of the army, Yang Luo, forced his way into the city gate, killed the soldiers defending the city, and the people rushed in and broke into the empty and unprepared city.

The Yi people sacked Miyagi and captured all the Yan people. Yanzi hurried back to the city, stumbled into the messy but empty palace, couldn't help but burst into tears, looking up to the sky and shouting: "Oh my God! Oh, my God! My home is gone! Then he made a very outrageous and extremely brave decision - he went to chase the bandits of the country by himself.

As the captured servants marched slowly along the road, they heard the sound of horses' hooves and wheels behind them, and saw the monarch resolutely overtake the refugee group and go straight for the people. The refugees lamented in their hearts: "The monarch is looking for death? If he also becomes a prisoner, the kingdom of Yan will perish! ”

When Yang Luo saw Yanzi, he was so shocked that he couldn't say a word. Yanzi said: "My family and subjects are all here, and it is impossible for you to get rid of me!" Yang Luo didn't know what to do, so he had to allow him to join the team, carefully "protecting" him.

The victors and the captives all entered the kingdom of Di. When Yanzi saw Yizi, he prostrated at his feet and said, "Jun has robbed my family and countrymen, what's the point of leaving me alone?" Why don't you reduce me to a slave! But what sin did the Yan people commit that led to such a catastrophe? If you still have mercy on Zhu Rong's descendants, so that Zhu Rong does not lose the sacrifice, then return the lonely family and the people to the lonely! ”

Yanzi's plea touched the people present, and he could not bear to see the noble old man pleading uncharacteristically, so he returned his wife and some of the countrymen to him, but left behind his beautiful and intelligent daughters. Yan Zi took those people back to Yan State.

The people thought that the state was weak and could not retaliate against it, but they caused a huge problem. It turned out that the wife of Yanzi was the daughter of the world-famous Song Guohe's left teacher Xiang Xu; At that time, Xiang Xu was dead, and the successor of the left division was his son Xiang Ning. This Xiang Ning is a short-tempered, fierce and aggressive figure.

Mrs. Yan then wrote a letter to her brother, in which she angrily denounced the heinous crime committed by the Lu people, and called the crime "utter blasphemy and madness" and a great insult to the Song state.

Xiang Ning was furious and immediately took the letter to see Song Yuangong; Song Yuangong immediately issued a conscription order, and at the same time borrowed the road from the state of Lu to attack the country. In February of the 19th year of Lu Zhaogong (BC523), the Song army besieged the important town of Worm City, and took half a month to conquer it and capture all the people in the city.

The people were horrified, and they had to make peace with Song and Yan, and released all the Yanren.

At the beginning of summer and June, according to the practice of previous years, the team of the Ju people should have entered Linzi, but this year there was no news. Qi Jinggong felt humiliated and decided to gather an army to defeat Ju.

At the beginning of autumn and July, Gao Fa and Chen Shu (that is, the son of Sun Shu and Chen Wuyu, and the grandfather of the soldier Sun Wu) led a heavy army to attack the capital of Juguo. The state of Ju was under the protection of the state of Qi (the kind that paid protection money) for many years, and enjoyed decades of peace, and the monarch was accustomed to a depraved life, with the result that the walls of the capital were badly damaged but no one repaired them. Ju Zi saw that the city was broken and could not resist the strong army, so he had to flee in a hurry and fled to the southern town of Jiyan.

The Qi army then entered the state of Ju, and Gao Fa stayed in the state of Ju to deal with the aftermath, and he ordered Chen Shu to lead his troops south to attack Ji Yan. Ji Yan is located in the north of present-day Ganyu, Jiangsu, close to the East China Sea; Although Ji Yan is small, it has the dual function of guarding against Huaiyi invasion and piracy, and is a well-defended and well-walled city.

Chen Shu walked around Ji Yan and did not find the weak point of the enemy's defense, so he had to erect a ladder and push out the siege vehicle to attack; A few days passed, and the Qi army lost its troops, but the city wall remained unmoved. Chen Shu had no choice but to stop the offensive and instead build catapults and more siege engines.

There is a woman in Ju country, and her husband is a petty official in the palace. One day, Ju Zi executed her husband who was not at fault just because she was in a mood.

The woman became a widow, had no sons, and did not remarry, so she had to support herself by kneading twine. The woman moved to live in Ki Yan in her old age.

The old woman hated Juzi so much that she vowed to avenge her husband's tragic death. She rolled it into a hemp rope slightly above the height of the city wall overnight, and on the night of the 14th of July, the old woman took advantage of the night to climb the eastern wall (the east wall faced the sea, because there were no enemy troops stationed outside the city and were undefended). She tied one end of the twine to the battlements, threw the other end out of the city, and set a branch on fire and threw it down the city.

The night patrol of the Qi army spotted a faint light, and a soldier crept down to the city, and soon found the rope hanging down. Qi people were surprised and delighted, and the captain did not dare to slack off, and immediately rushed back to the barracks.

Chen Shu was woken up from his sleep, and he summoned several lieutenants to study the information. The generals decided that this situation, whether it was a trap set by the Ju people or not, was worth trying: if it failed, it would lose up to a hundred men, and if it succeeded, it would end the war immediately.

Chen Shu immediately summoned a death squad of 100 people with a large amount of money, and woke up all the officers and soldiers to prepare to occupy the enemy city. The hundred-man team touched the city and climbed up the city wall along the rope; The Qi people couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief, there was not a single soldier in the city except for an old woman. When the sixtieth man climbed up, the rope broke due to excessive wear.

The sergeants quickly lit torches to send a signal, and the divisions outside the city raised their fires and clamoured, taking out all the utensils that could be knocked out, and the army in the city also shouted: "We have occupied Jiyan!" ”

Juzi was still asleep at the time, and he woke up suddenly. The attendants ran in in a panic and said, "The enemy has rushed in, and the prince is fleeing quickly." Ju Zi fled from the west gate in a panic.

The doctors who stayed behind in Ju were forced to sign an alliance with the Qi people in the city that humiliated the country, and handed over a large number of hostages and property, so that the Qi people allowed Juzi to be reinstated. And the old woman was also taken back to Qi as a hero to live in the country.

Chen Shu said: "Although the king is noble, he must not abuse the people, otherwise he may be punished at any time." ”