When Shen Yinxu heard about this, he made a comment: "Zichang (the word of the bag) will definitely make Yingdu fall at the hands of the enemy!" If he can't defend the country, what's the use of raising the walls? In ancient times, the guards of the Son of Heaven were barbarians in all directions, so there was no need for city walls; After the Son of Heaven lost power, all the barbarians rebelled and guarded the country of princes. The princes have a way, and the guards lie in the neighbors; The princes lost their position and had to hold on to the four realms. Carefully guard the four borders, form allies, and think of support; In this way, farmers can cultivate with confidence, merchants can trade freely, and all walks of life can live and work in peace and contentment. The people have no internal and external troubles, so what is the use of building the city wall?

"Now that we are afraid of Wu and strengthen Yingdu, the pattern is even smaller, and it is not even as good as 'losing power'! Can the capital not fall? At that time, Liang Bo dug a ditch outside the palace and the people collapsed (and was later destroyed by Qin Mugong), the people abandoned the people in power, what are you waiting for if the country does not die?

"What can a king fear if he can collect taxes, be close to the people, develop agriculture, regulate the rule of officials, strengthen the training of soldiers, punish crimes, make good friends with his neighbors, and govern the country with courtesy, so as to guard against foreign invasions? The poem says: 'There is no thought of Erzu, and Yu Xiu is virtuous. 'From Ruoao and Wei Mao to King Wu and King Wen, the area of Chu is not more than 100 miles, and the first monarch carefully guards the four borders, and still does not strengthen Yingcheng. Isn't it too difficult to build a city wall to defend against foreign enemies? ”

Shen Yinxu's young son Shen Zhuliang (the future Ye Gongzi Gao) asked, "So what kind of person is the current Ling Yin Zichang?" Will he be able to save the country from peril? ”

Shen Yinxu said: "No, Zichang is loyal and kind on the outside, greedy and hateful on the inside, mediocre in talent, and has no social integrity." His succession was only the result of the reconciliation of the great clans' struggles with the shadow of the great masters, which also reflected the incompetence of the king. The king is incompetent and keeps messing around, can Chu Guoyan be undefeated? We must prepare for all-out war! ”

On a certain day in the seventh month of the twenty-fourth year of Lu Zhaogong, King Chuping, accompanied by all the ministers, climbed the newly built city tower and inspected the wall road for a week; He was so satisfied that he couldn't help but praise Zichang a few words, and the doctors began to flatter Zichang incessantly; Zi Changlian said that these were all the merits of King Chuping, and the doctors turned to flatter King Chuping non-stop.

At this time, the people gathered on the southern city wall, and five miles outside the city was the mighty Yangtze River flowing eastward and a palace called "Zhu Palace". Adjacent to the palace is the military port of the Chu State, and dozens of naval warships are neatly arranged in the military port.

Nangwa saw that King Chuping was on the rise, so he said: "Our country has an invincible army and an impregnable city wall, what other country in the world dares to be the enemy of Great Chu?" But Zhongli's revenge has not yet been avenged, why didn't my king lead the sailors to find the great rivers and lands of Wu State? The people of Wu will be terrified when they see that my sailor is strong, and they will not dare to invade my Great Chu territory in the future! ”

Fei Wuji and the doctors took the opportunity to help. Shen Yinxu was reporting on his work in the capital at the time, and he was also in his entourage; At this time, Shen Yinxu couldn't stop talking anymore, he took a step forward and said angrily: "If the king seeks Wujiang, he must strengthen the garrison of the border towns, otherwise he will lose the border towns!" If the king could not appease the people but traveled far away, and the state of Wu did not move but provoked trouble, if the Wu army followed our army and the frontier was unprepared, how could it not lose the city? ”

Fei Wuji immediately jumped out to accuse Shen Yinxu of being disloyal, maliciously blackening the highest dignity, and only knowing how to decay people's hearts every day. Shen Yinxu was furious, pointed at Fei Wuji's nose and scolded: "If it weren't for you, a minion, the Chu State would not have degenerated into such a situation!" You are enjoying the royal family's fortunes, but you are doing bad things that endanger the society! You drove away Chao Wu, framed the prince, and forced the Wu clan to rebel; You know that our country is doing strategic retrenchment, but you want to provoke a war between Wu and Chu. Aren't you the real thief of the country! ”

Shen Yinxu is a person that even King Chu Ling is unwilling to provoke, King Chu Ping is busy playing a round, he praised Shen Yinxu and Fei Wuji a few words, and then asked Shen Yinxu: "If the master's business is done, you can go back to Shencheng quickly!" Defense there is also important. ”

Shen Yinxu left angrily. When the monarchs and ministers returned to the palace, King Chuping immediately issued a solicitation order, and sent envoys to the Yue country, asking the Yue people to do a good job of reception.

In the winter of October, King Chuping led the sailors to set off from Yingdu Port and went down the Yangtze River. The prince of Yue, Gongzi Cang and Shoumeng, led the water division to meet the Chu division in the section of the Yuzhang River (now the area from Anqing to Tongling, Anhui). Gongzicang, on behalf of Yue Jun, presented a giant flagship to King Chuping; The two naval divisions combined and continued to march towards Wu.

During the march, Nangwa said to Gongzi Cang: "Chu and Yue have been close allies for several generations (the alliance between the two countries dates back at least to the time of King Chu Zhuang); The people of Wu are seeking hegemony and are bound to expand to the east and south. The expansion of the state of Wu will inevitably seriously threaten the security of Chu and Vietnam. Therefore, the two countries must join hands to clamp down on Wu and suppress Wu's forces in Jiangdong, and they cannot cross Qiantang to the south. Wu Guo invaded Chu, the more he must attack it, and vice versa. ”

What the Yue people wanted to say had already been said by the Chu people first, so the two countries signed a military mutual assistance treaty.

The people of Wu had already assembled a large army and watched nervously the every move of the combined forces of Chu and Vietnam. Wu Zixu said to Gongziguang: "The king of Chu is in the army, and the Chu army will definitely not take the initiative to attack. What the King of Chu did was just a copy of the trick that made Yin Zizhong swagger through the market before. What we have to do is to wait for the Chu army to follow the enemy into Chu when they return to the division; The officials of the cities along the way were busy flattering the king of Chu and Ling Yin, and they must have no time to take precautions, so that our army would inevitably be able to obtain the enemy's cities. ”

The first line of defense of the Wu army was arranged in the area of Jiuzi, and the allied naval division stopped advancing when it was fifty miles away from Jiuzi. The coalition forces stayed for two days, but neither side had any intention of taking the initiative to attack. Nangwa said: "Wu Jun is scared, our goal has been achieved, and we can return to China." ”

Gongzicang asked in surprise, "What does the master mean?" The king of Chu brought the national sailors, is it just to come here for sightseeing? ”

Nangwa said: "The king is in the army, and he must not speak of war easily; Otherwise, once an accident happens to the widow, we will all have to lose our heads. ”

Gongzicang shook his head and sighed and left, he returned to the room and said to Shou Meng: "The kings of Chu have been at the forefront of the battlefield in the past, but now they have become a burden to the army. The state of Chu is already incorrigible, and we can't pin our hopes on the faint monarch and ministers, but can only rely on ourselves. ”

The coalition forces pulled up the anchor and turned the bow of the ship to swim upstream. Before King Chuping left the capital, Nangwa had already sent heralds to various cities along the way, asking the officials to do a good job of entertaining King Chuping. As a result, every time the sailor stopped at the shore, the local officials had to put on a grand show, offer fine wine, food, beautiful utensils, and endure the greed and contempt of the magnates. Several counties even spent a year on taxes, and had to temporarily collect taxes from the people, and borrowed from the local Wang people to barely complete the task. King Chuping made chickens and dogs jump all over the country along the way, and the people were not happy.

What the Chu people didn't know was that Gongziguang had quietly brought the army out. The Wu army crossed the Yangtze River and attacked the enemy Chaoyi (north-west of present-day Hefei) at the speed of a forced march, covering a distance of about 300 li in only five days; And the nest people didn't expect that the Wu army would go crazy enough to go deep into the territory of the Chu State, so they didn't have any precautions at all.

It was sunset when the Wu army arrived on the outskirts of Chaoyi, and the sergeants were almost so tired that they vomited blood. Gongzi Guangchuan ordered to rest for half an hour, and as soon as the hour arrived, the Wu army took advantage of the twilight to attack Chaoyi. Doctor Chaoyi was unable to assemble a defense force in a short time, and the Wu army broke into the city gate with a charge, and Doctor Chaoyi died in battle.

The Wu army repaired in the nest for a day, and Gongziguang left his brother Fugai and an army in the city to deal with the aftermath, while he led the main force to continue north, pointing the spearhead directly at Zhongli. Five days later, the Wu army used the same tactics to capture Zhongli, and Dr. Zhongli died heroically.

When Shen Yinxu heard this, he was heartbroken and said: "The fall of Yingdu should start from here!" The king lost two important towns in a single move, how many cities are there in the Chu State that are enough for the king to plague? "Poetry" says: 'Who gave birth to a strong order, and is still a stalk? 'I'm talking about the faint king! ”