The signal was given, and the ten chariots began to sweep from the left and right sides, and the archers did not miss their arrows, and the bandits were hit by arrows one after another, screaming and falling to the ground. Some bandits rushed towards the chariot with rudimentary shields, and the people of Chu did not entangle, you chased me and ran away; But the archers still did not forget to turn around and shoot the pursuers. In this way, the enemy was plundered several times, and dozens of bandit corpses were scattered on the ground, but the Chu army suffered very few casualties, and the array was still as strong as this. The bandits finally couldn't stand it anymore, and the people in front desperately squeezed out, and the group of people blew up the camp in an instant, turned around and fled in all directions.

The prince gave the order to attack, so the infantry and chariots charged in unison, wantonly chasing and slaughtering the bandits who dared to offend the king and ask for their own hardships. On the way back, he found that some of the bandits had been slapped into the skull cavity by the chariot soldiers' chariot right (a long weapon with a head like a small round cake) and died.

The Chu army swept away the obstacles on the way forward, and was able to vent his anger again, and the haze that shrouded him was finally swept away, so he continued on the road with a happy mood.

King Zhao of Chu and his entourage finally arrived at Yunxian after a difficult trek, and Dou Xin led a thousand local armed forces to meet the team (King Chuping had issued an edict that each fiefdom should keep a maximum of 1,000 armor soldiers except for the cities directly under the royal family), and vacated his own house to accept the exiles.

The people thought that the journey of suffering was over, and that they would just have to stay in the city and wait for reinforcements. However, the Shen and Xi armies have not yet been shadowed, but the people of Wu have already received the news, and the Wu army is moving quickly - He Lu is coming here with the Chinese army and the right army.

The frightening news is not limited to this, there are even people in Yun County who are plotting to assassinate King Chu Zhao. The mastermind is none other than Dou Xin's brother Dou Nest. Dou Chao hadn't given them a good look since he saw King Chu Zhao and his party, and he whispered to his brother: "King Chu Ping killed our father, causing the Ruo Ao clan to lose hope and possibility of revival. Isn't it justified for us to kill the sons of King Ping now? ”

Dou Xin did not resent King Chuping in his heart, but he did not hate it to the extent of assassinating the king; He didn't want to see anyone die in infighting when the country was in danger, so he rebuked his brother severely. Doosin also warned his brother that if he had any more such thoughts, he would be executed for treason. Douchao knew that his brother would do what he said, so he had to dispel that crazy idea.

Soon, the Wu army approached Yunxian, and the brothers protected King Chu Zhao and ran to Suiguo.

From the beginning of the founding of the state to the time of King Wu of Chu, it was a great power in eastern Han. In the past, there was a saying: "The concubines of Handong are great". The state of Chu eliminated the concubines of Handong, but only left Suiguo. Therefore, Suiguo has now become a country within the territory of Chu, and the people of Suiguo have been living a life of fear, carefully serving the people of Chu, for fear that the king of Chu will be unhappy and destroy himself.

Now although King Chu Zhao is panicking like a lost dog, Suihou does not dare to slack off in the slightest, respectfully invites him into the palace, and serves him meticulously.

Wu Jun followed the trail. He Lu had no plans to attack Suiguo by force, so he sent an envoy to the city to meet Suihou. The envoy used historical lessons and brotherhood to persuade Suihou to hand over the exiles, and also said that he was willing to help Suiguo expand the territory to the shores of the Han River.

King Chu Zhao lived in the north of the palace at that time, and his son was in the palace; Ziqi saw the envoy of Wu enter the palace and immediately ran to the place where King Zhao was staying. Ziqi and King Zhao of Chu were very similar in figure and appearance, so he said to King Zhao: "He Lu has sent someone to ask for the king, let's quickly change our clothes and let the people of Suiguo hand me over!" ”

Then he invited the envoy to the post house to rest. He couldn't help but recall the history of Sui and Chu's interactions for nearly two hundred years, which was indeed very humiliating and heart-pounding.

Suihou was a little tempted, but some wise ministers advised him not to hand over people. They said: "The army of Yingdu does not represent the entire Chu army, and although the Wang division was scattered, it was not annihilated. The remnants of the sergeants are gathering in large cities and towns, while the armies of Shen, Xi and other large counties have not yet moved.

"Once the Chu army is fully mobilized, the meat of the people of Wu is not enough for the Chu army to eat, so what is the weak army? There are many princes in the state of Chu, and if the prince hands over the king of Chu, the royal family of Chu will not be extinct, and at that time, our country will only suffer in vain, and we will only face the fate of the country. Therefore, Wu Guocai is our disaster star! ”

Suihou was in a dilemma, so he left the choice to Heaven - he was worried about whether to hand over the exiles or not, and the result was a "great murderer". Sui Hou replied to Wu Guodao: "The remoteness and weakness of Suiguo, which is close to Chu State, and Sheji can continue to this day is entirely because of the protection of Chu State. There was a covenant with Chu Shi, which has not been changed so far.

"The widow also swore a poisonous oath before the former monarch and god, and if he violated the covenant, he would destroy the kingdom and die; And if the widow abandons the king of Chu when the catastrophe is approaching, how can he concentrate on serving the king in the future? The king is not only worried about the king of Chu (in the destruction of the state of Chu, he is not killing the king of Chu Zhao alone). If the king can pacify the state of Chu, how dare the widow not obey his orders? He politely declined the other party's request.

He Lu was very annoyed, he wanted to use force against the Suiguo people, but the doctors agreed that the Suiguo people were right, and the current robbery was a hundred times more important than the capture of King Chu Zhao. He Lu had no choice but to give up his request to the people of the country and lead his troops away.

After returning to Yingdu, He Lu convened a highest-level secret meeting attended only by him, Wu Yuan, Fu Xu, the crown prince, and Bo Yao (even Sun Wu was excluded). It turned out that the occupation of Yingdu was not in the plan of this attack on Chu, so He Lu felt that it was necessary to change the strategy against Chu.

The husband suggested taking advantage of the exile of King Zhao of Chu to sweep away the armed forces west of the Han River and rule the Han Dynasty with the exiled regime. Bo Yao said that it was better to support a puppet king who was pro-Wu, and then he would serve as Ling Yin to assist him; This idea was aborted in a laugh because of greed and stupidity.

Wu Yuan said: "It is impossible to rule by dividing the Han Dynasty. The military towns of Chu were all in the north, and the great cities of Deng, Lu, Shen, Xi, Jiang, and Huang were all under the direct jurisdiction of the royal family, and each large county could assemble two hundred chariots. Once the Chu army completes its assembly and cuts off our return route, we will wait to be driven into the Yangtze River to feed Wang Ba! Moreover, the Yue State would not sit idly by and watch the Wu State damage the Chu State. Therefore, I think that we should also try our best to destroy the cities and facilities of the Chu State, plunder the population and wealth of the Chu State, and return to the Wu State before the Chu people launch a counteroffensive. ”

He Lu believed that the plan of the soldiers was "very much in line with the actual situation", so he launched a great destruction and plundering of the Chu State. This situation lasted for almost half a year: the walls of dozens of cities were torn down, bronze and jade objects were swept away, and the slaves of the nobles were robbed. Grain was also the target of robbery by the Wu people, but later, the soldiers intervened under the persuasion of an old Chu man who was kind to him and left some food for the Chu people, so that the Chu people did not fall into the situation of starvation.