In Suiguo, the doctor Shen Baoxu said to King Zhao of Chu: "Before the soldiers fled, they told the minister that they would destroy the state of Chu, and the minister replied to him: 'Master, do it yourself!'" You can destroy, and I will restore. Now is the time for the ministers to make good on their promises. The minister asked to go to the Qin State to ask for troops to expel the barbarians! ”

Shen Baoxu was ordered to urgently send an envoy to the Qin state. The current monarch of Qin is the old, frail, and mentally decadent Duke of Qin, and it is not easy to convince him (although King Chu Zhao is still his grandson).

Shen Baoxu said: "Wu Guo has become a feudal pig (giant wild boar) and a long snake (legend has it that these two monsters caused trouble in the world during the Emperor Yao period. Later, Dayu eliminated harm for the people, cut the long snake on the shore of Dongting Lake, killed the pig in the mulberry forest), abused the Chu State, and made the widow lose his society and fall into the grass. The widow ordered his ministers to come down and tell him urgently: 'The sentence is insatiable, if you occupy the state of Chu, it will pose a serious threat to the state of Qin. Now Junbo can take advantage of the failure of the Wu army to rescue Chu and obtain the prisoners of war slaves of the Wu State; Even if the state of Chu is unfortunately destroyed, the state of Qin will be able to occupy part of our land. If the widow is fortunate enough to be reinstated, he will serve the great power for generations to come. ’”

Qin Aigong moved his bloated body, gasped and said, "The widow knows, the master will go to the post house to rest first and wait for the result." ”

Shen Baoxu replied: "The widow is still in a reckless state, how dare the ministers be reckless?" And he stood by the wall, and wept against it. Qin Aigong couldn't bear to drive him away, so he had to send two soldiers to watch him, and then returned to the dormitory. The sun had set, and Shen Baoxu's cries were still ringing; The people of Qin sent food, but he didn't even look at it. Qin Aigong was covered and finally fell asleep, he woke up in the middle of the night, and heard the faint crying in the direction of the main hall, he asked the minister: "Why do you still hear someone crying?" Is it a visual hallucination? ”

Xiaochen said: "No, Dr. Shen has been crying, and he hasn't stopped at all." ”

It is said that Shen Baoxu cried for seven days and seven nights above the Qin court (this plot is unbelievably exaggerated, but it also shows how difficult it is to get help from Qin Aigong).

Impressed by his loyalty, tenacity, and disturbing behavior, Qin Aigong summoned him into the palace and gave him a poem "No Clothes": "How can it be said that there are no clothes? with the Son. Wang Yuxingshi, repair my spear. Enmity with the Son! How can you say that you have no clothes? With the Son. Wang Yuxingshi, repair my spear halberd. Work with the son! How can you say that you have no clothes? with the Son. Wang Yuxingshi, repair my armor soldiers. Walk with the son! Then he ordered the eldest son Pu of the left and the eldest son of the right to lead 500 chariots and 36,000 infantry to resist Wu and save Chu.

In the spring of the fifth year of Luding Gong (BC505), the Qin army crossed Weishui to the south and entered the territory of Suiguo through Shangmi and Haoye (Xinye). At that time, 20,000 Chu troops had been assembled in Suiguo.

In the south, the Wu army has always used Ying, the base camp, and the Chu state to suppress the rebellion launched by the Chu people. During this period, the Chu army, which had set out from Suiguo, also launched several attacks, but the results were not great: the Chu army was always suppressed by the enemy to the east of Qingfashui.

Later, when He Lu heard that the people of Qin had come out to support the Chu State, he couldn't sit still. He ordered his husband and his husband to lead the left and right armies to meet the Qin army, and he took Yingdu as a backup.

The soldiers had only heard that there was still a country inhabited by "half-orcs" in the world, and that the Qin people had forced Rong Di's slaves to grow crops to feed the slaves, and then use the slaves as food.

The terrible legend caused an inexplicable panic in the hearts of the sergeants, but the husband said: "Qin and Jin have fought many times, and the Jin army will not fall behind; Jin Chu has clashed many times, and the strength of the two sides is equal; We have defeated the Chu army, are we still afraid of the Qin army? Besides, Mrs. Chu Ping is the princess of Qin, if she grows into a half-orc, King Ping will not want her, right? And the little king who was born is not a half-orc! The sergeants laughed, and the atmosphere of panic was swept away.

The armies of Qin and Chu met at a place called Tongbai, seventy miles north of Suiguo. Two days later, Wu's army arrived at the southern outskirts of Tongbai. Zipu said to Ziqi: "Our army and the Wu army have never fought each other, and the commanders do not know the enemy's tactical style and drum orders, so please ask the master to engage the Wu army first." We need to understand those situations before we can fight the enemy; Please induce the enemy to give more different orders, and our army will not participate in the battle today. ”

Ziqi agreed, and he put Chu Shi in front; Zipu and Zihu hid the main force of the Qin army behind the hills, and the two only brought a hundred chariots and officers above the rank of commander to watch the battle on the left and right of the Chu army.

The husband pointed at Qin Jun proudly and said, "Look! Do Qin people look the same as you and me? And the number is not large, when we eliminate the prince knot and the Qin army, that old stubborn man will respectfully hand over the king of Chu to us! ”

The battle began, and both sides formed a heavy formation to advance forward, but the Qin army did not move. The Chu army was not superior in numbers, but their morale was quite high due to the reinforcements on the flank; Wu Jun didn't understand how that handful of reinforcements could bring so much confidence to his opponent.

The front teams of the two sides resisted each other, and after a stalemate for a moment, Zi Qi put out various formations according to the requirements of General Qin, which was a crane formation before, and then a goose formation, and then a dog jumping over the wall and a cunning rabbit. As a result, both the Chu army and the Wu army were dizzy by him, and the husband had to issue various orders according to the enemy position, so every move of the Wu people was watched by the Qin people.

In the end, the Chu army was finally defeated and retreated, and the Qin army pretended to make a crazy charge; The Wu army originally planned to take advantage of the victory to pursue and annihilate the Chu army in one fell swoop, but they were frightened by the actions of the Qin army and soon collected their troops and returned to the camp.

Zipu and Zihu said almost the same thing to their subordinates: "You all see it clearly, right? The Wu army was brought out by the Jin people, and most of the tactics and orders were the same as the Jin army, with only a few differences. Just write down those special parts. Wu Jun is not familiar with our orders, and he will definitely suffer losses in battle. ”

It was not yet noon when the battle ended. General Qin ordered the sergeants to travel lightly after lunch, and went around behind Wu Jun from the side. When parting, Zipu said to Ziqi: "Tomorrow, the Qin army will fight against the Wu army alone, please don't join the war; The Master only needs to intercept the pursuing deserters. ”

The child couldn't help but be dumbfounded, standing in place and unable to say a word. He later said to Shen Baoxu: "I really wanted to be angry! The eldest of the little earls is so angry with me, the noble prince! ”

Shen Baoxu said: "The Qin army once participated in the battle of King Chuzhuang to destroy Yong, and they did the same back then. ”