Chapter 31 1. God knows if people are sick

After the divination results came out, everyone cried. This is the spring of 597 BC.King Zhuang of Chu's army besieged the capital of Zheng State for seven days, and the people of Zheng made a divination.They first asked: Is it possible to make peace with Chu?The indications show no.Ask again: Is it possible to cry in the Taimiao and drive all the chariots to the street to prepare for street fighting?The answer is yes.So the people of the country came to the Taimiao and wailed loudly, while the soldiers guarding the city wailed loudly on the city wall, crying until they were dark. As a result, the Chu people withdrew their troops and left time for the Zheng people to build the city.

Of course, it may also be to recruit surrender. 1 At the same time, the army of the Jin State also marched forward mightily.They heard that Zheng Du was besieged, and they came here upon hearing the news.In the struggle for hegemony between Jin and Chu, Zheng was the younger brother of Jin.How can the boss just sit back and watch when the younger brother is beaten?Of course you have to do it. For this reason, the Jin military formed a luxurious camp. Please see the list - Chinese Army Zhengshuai Xun Linfu Deputy Marshal Xianye (read like a lake) Doctors Zhao Kuo and Zhao Yingqi Shangjun

Gentlemen's Club Vice Marshal Choek Doctors Gong Shuo and Han Chuan dismount Zhengshuai Zhao Shuo (father of Zhao Wu, an orphan of the Zhao family) Deputy Marshal Luan Shu (Luan Zhen's father) Doctor Xun Shou (Zhi Yu's father), Zhao Tong whole army Sima (military judge) Han Jue We know that the state of Jin is called the Three Armies, but it is actually the Six Armies.Because the commander-in-chief and deputy commander-in-chief of the three armies each have an army, each army also has two doctors, and the commander-in-chief of the Chinese army is a marshal.That is to say, when Zhengdu was besieged, the six armies of Jin State came to rescue under the leadership of Marshal Xun Linfu.

Zheng Guo surrendered. Surrender is inevitable, because I can't bear it.Three months after the Chu army besieged the city, Zhengdu fell.Duke Xiang led the sheep shirtless and handed in the surrender letter.King Zhuang of Chu withdrew his troops for 30 miles and signed a peace treaty with Zheng Guo. The Jin army got the news by the Yellow River.At this time, whether to advance or retreat becomes a problem.There is no point in continuing to move forward, and there is no way to learn from it.Zheng Guojiang has surrendered, what else can you save?Going back doesn't work either.Not only was he unable to communicate, but he also couldn't swallow his breath.

With the arrow on the line, Jin and Chu finally fought against each other. This was the "Battle of Bi". The process of the Battle of Bi was complicated and chaotic, but the ending was very clear, that is, the Chu army was victorious and the Jin army was defeated.The only ones that did not fail were the upper army commanded by the Shihui; the first retreat was part of the central army commanded by Zhao Yingqi.Because they were all prepared for defeat in advance.The rest of the defeated troops crossed the Yellow River in the dark in the middle of the night, making noise all night long.Xun Shou's son Zhifu was also captured in the war.Xun Shou had no choice but to go back again, shooting Xia Ji's husband Xianglao to death, and capturing the prince of Chu State, and finally returned his son. 2

This time, the people of Jin might not even be able to cry. Such an outcome should not be difficult to predict.In fact, from the very beginning, there were serious differences of opinion among the six commanders and twelve generals of the Jin Army.The deputy commander of the Chinese army Xianhe, the senior officer Zhao Kuo of the Chinese army, and the senior officer Zhao Tong advocated a decisive battle with the Chu army; I think it should be avoided.Xun Lin's father was the newly appointed marshal, and his prestige was not high.Caught between the two factions at this moment, they are even more indecisive, and have no idea at all.

But I don't care about the three seven twenty-one.I said first, as a military commander, but like a coward, you can do it, but I can't.If Jin's hegemony falls into our hands, we might as well die! So, talking to himself, he took the troops and crossed the river. This is blind movement. The result of blind movement is passivity.After crossing the river first, Han Jue, the military judge, said to Xun Lin's father: This army went deep into the enemy's territory alone, and most of them never returned.Your old man is a marshal.Whose fault is it that the troops do not follow orders?What's more, it is a serious crime no matter if you lose your country or lose your troops.That being the case, it is better to enter.Even if the army is defeated, it is better for six people to share the responsibility than you alone.

Only then did all the Jin troops cross the river and set up camp. The generals of the Jin army who crossed the Yellow River were still arguing, while the deputy commander of the Chinese army, Xian Ji, was as stubborn as ever.The commander-in-chief of the upper army and the deputy Shuai Ke proposed to strengthen their combat readiness, but Mr. Xian also opposed it.The Scholars Association had no choice but to let the upper army officers Gong Shuo and Han Chuan lie in ambush, while the Chinese army officer Zhao Yingqi quietly went to prepare the retreating ships.In the end, the two troops were finally able to survive.

Well!Such a group of dragons without a leader, acting independently, blindly passive, unable to find the north, how can they be undefeated? On the contrary, the people of Chu took their leisure time, and King Zhuang didn't even want to fight this battle from the beginning.Later, when he won, he did not beat the Jin army to death.The story in the third chapter of this volume that the Chu army taught the Jin army to repair their chariots and let them escape happened during this war.The defeated Jin army crossed the river at night, and King Zhuang did not send anyone to kill them all.This is also quite decent with his attack on Zheng and his aftermath.Therefore, the scholars will say that King Zhuang is impeccable in six aspects of virtue, punishment, government orders, affairs, codes and etiquette.So stable as Mount Tai, how can it be invincible? 3

So, all of this, does God know? Some people say they know.Sixty years later, someone said that divination had predicted the outcome of the Battle of Bi.However, the divination took place at the Battle of Chengpu, thirty-five years earlier than the Battle of Bi.The omen of divination at that time was that Chu was victorious and Jin was defeated, but the result was that Jin was victorious and Chu was defeated.Divination cannot be wrong.Therefore, in the battle of Bi, Chu State will undoubtedly win. This is really strange.Who is the person who said such strange words? Kick by. 1.Please refer to Tong Shuye's "History of the Spring and Autumn Annals" for the term "surrender".

2.For the matter of Zhifu being exchanged, see Chapter Three of this volume. 3.See "Zuo Zhuan Twelve Years of Xuangong" for the above.