As soon as King Zhuang of Chu returned to the border of Chu, someone came to report that Dou Yuejiao had rebelled.
The thing is this: During the few months when King Chuzhuang went to Luhun, a fight broke out between the Chu State Commander Yin Douyuejiao and the Grand Sima Jiangjia. On the surface, the cause of the matter was that Douyuejiao thought that Jiangjia was in Chuzhuang.
The king's slander was actually related to the fact that King Chuzhuang weakened the power of Ling Yin Dou Yuejiao after he came to power.
According to common sense, the relationship between King Chuzhuang and Dou Yuejiao is a monarch and a minister. If the king wants to weaken the rights of the minister, the minister has nothing to object to. But Dou Yuejiao is not convinced. What is the reason?
To make this matter clear, we have to start with the background of Douyuejiao.
Dou Yuejiao was born in the Ruo'ao family of the Chu State. The ancestors of this family are a branch of the Xiong Yi family of the Chu Kingdom. In the history of the rise of the Chu State, this family has produced many talents and contributed to the expansion and strength of the Chu State.
Outstanding contributions. Since the time of King Wen of Chu, the Ruoao family has produced a number of capable ministers such as Dou Bobi, Dou Lian, Dou Ziwen, and Douban. By Dou Yuejiao's generation, the Ruoao family has only
Ling Yin came out with twelve people.
The prominence of the Ruo'ao family reached its peak during the era of King Mu of Chu. In order to weaken the power of the Ruo'ao family, King Chu Mu once reused Cheng Dechen's sons Cheng Daxin and Cheng Zikong in an attempt to check and balance the Ruo'ao family, but it had little effect.
Later, Chengzi Kong was murdered by the Ruao family because he was against the Ruao family. This shows how powerful his power was.
Dou Yuejiao not only inherited the arrogance, arrogance and other character traits commonly shared by the descendants of the Ruo'ao family. He was also not an ordinary person. First of all, he had outstanding abilities, and secondly, Dou Yuejiao had outstanding martial arts. He was especially proficient in archery and was known as
The first arrow of the Chu Kingdom. How could such a man with ability, background, power, and arrogance easily submit to King Zhuang of Chu who had just ascended the throne?
A legend is inserted here to illustrate the difference of Dou Yuejiao. It is said that when Dou Yuejiao was born, his uncle Dou Ziwen saw his appearance and was very horrified, so he told his brother Dou Yuejiao
His father, Dou Ziliang, said: "This child was born with strange features. He looks like a bear and a tiger, and his voice sounds like a jackal. He will definitely cause great trouble in the future."
Dou Ziliang said: "Brother, your appearance is a gift from God. Maybe it's not a disaster, maybe it's a strange talent."
Dou Ziwen said: "What I see is disaster, not blessing. I advise you to kill him as soon as possible, so as not to harm the whole family in the future."
Of course Dou Ziliang refused to do that. Dou Yuejiao survived and gradually grew up. He was really different. He was not only smart, but also had a strong personality, even domineering. Later, Dou Ziwen said something to him when he was dying.
The family said: "If Dou Yuejiao takes over the power of the Chu State in the future, you should stop staying in the Chu State and flee abroad as soon as possible to avoid being dragged down by him." Naturally, no one believed this. So Dou Ziliang was very sad.
He said: "If Ao Gui is discouraged."
The ancients believed that people will turn into ghosts after death, and ghosts must eat like living people. These food must come from the sacrifices of future generations. Ghosts who have people to sacrifice will not worry about food, and ghosts who have no people to sacrifice will not worry about food.
Naturally, they will be hungry. Dou Ziwen says, "Ruo Ao is dead", which means that Ruo Ao will have no successor in the future.
In the 2nd year of King Chuzhuang, Dou Ke of the Ruao family and his son Xie launched a civil strife and once kidnapped King Chu Zhuang. Dou Yuejiao stood on the side of King Chu Zhuang and helped the royal family quell Dou Ke's rebellion. He also
Therefore, the power is monopolized.
In order to avoid Dou Yuejiao's sharp edge, the young and newly crowned King Chuzhuang adopted a tactic of concealment. He pretended to be incompetent and lived a life of confusion. Three years later, King Chuzhuang gathered strength and
After the throne was basically secure, he began to take charge of the government. This is the so-called story of "three years of silence, then a blockbuster".
When King Chuzhuang wanted to take charge of the government, he had to take back his power, which inevitably led to a conflict with Ling Yin Dou Yuejiao. However, at the initial stage, this conflict was still secret and had not yet been made public.
It was precisely because of these subtle competitions that King Zhuang of Chu made a special arrangement when he went on an expedition to Lu Hun. He handed over the government affairs to his commander Dou Yuejiao, and handed over the army to the great Sima Jiangjia. The meaning is obvious, that is, he wanted to
Ask Da Sima Jia to come and restrain Dou Yuejiao.
Of course Dou Yuejiao did not accept this trick. He felt that King Chuzhuang's expedition to Luhun was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so he took the lead in attacking Jiang Jia. Dou Yuejiao first detained Jiang Jia, and then occupied the capital of Ying in one fell swoop
.This is a public declaration of war on King Zhuang of Chu.
When the King of Chuzhuang entered the territory of Chu State, someone came to report that Dou Yuejiao had occupied the capital of Ying and had killed the great Sima Jiang Jia. Now he had sent troops to stop the king.
King Chuzhuang was shocked and ordered his troops to march faster, preparing to rush back to quell the chaos. Unexpectedly, after marching for two days, they met Dou Yuejiao's men and horses in Zhangnan. As soon as the two armies fought, King Chuzhuang was quickly defeated.
King Zhuang of Chu retreated to Gaohu. Dou Yuejiao pursued him to Gaohu and set up camp two miles outside the city.
Why did King Zhuang of Chu collapse at the first touch?
It turns out that Dou Yuejiao's father, Dou Ziliang, was once the great Sima of Chu State. Dou Yuejiao was born as a general. He not only had martial arts skills, but also knew how to fight. More importantly, Dou Yuejiao was originally a subordinate of Cheng Dechen, the general of Chu State.
, once followed Cheng Dechen in the east and west expeditions, and also participated in the "Battle of Chengpu", he was considered a brave and strategic general. But King Chuzhuang was different, he was a complete novice, and in addition, King Chuzhuang's army was already fighting outside
After several months, the men and horses were exhausted. When the two sides competed, fighting Yuejiao and waiting for work, the king of Chuzhuang was a tired warrior. Therefore, after only one battle, the king of Chuzhuang was defeated.
King Chuzhuang summoned ministers Wu Ju, general Le Bo and others to hold a meeting, and he proposed the idea of peace.
General Le Bo said: "Your Majesty, Dou Yuejiao is a rebellion. How can we make peace?"
Wu Ju, an official of the Chu State, smiled and said: "I agree to negotiate for peace. There are three benefits: first, if Dou Yuejiao agrees to negotiate for peace, then Chu State can avoid internal strife; secondly, if Dou Yuejiao does not agree to negotiate for peace, we can at least
If you buy time, you can plan your next move. Thirdly, the king thought of Ruo'ao's past achievements and gave him a chance to change his ways. If he doesn't want it, he will be unreasonable and unable to move forward without reason. So I agree to negotiate a peace."
Le Bo said: "That's easy to say. You just made peace with me? Who is Dou Yuejiao? It's not that you don't know. How could he believe that you really want to make peace?"
King Zhuang of Chu said: "Then give him a substantial mortgage."
Wu Ju, Le Bo and others all looked at King Chu Zhuang to see what he wanted to use as collateral. King Chu Zhuang continued: "I am using the son of the third generation as collateral. Do you see enough?"
Wu Ju smiled and said, "That's enough. That's enough."
Le Bo asked: "What third generation son?"
Wu Ju said: "Counting from the king, three generations up. Do you think it is enough?"
Le Bo understood that King Chuzhuang wanted to take the descendants of King Chu Wen, King Chu Cheng, and King Mu of Chu as hostages and pledge them to Dou Yuejiao to show his sincerity in negotiating peace. Everyone felt that it was weighty enough.
The king of Chuzhuang sent envoys to Dou Yuejiao's camp. When Dou Yuejiao heard the terms of the peace negotiation, he laughed and said: "I control Yingdu now, not to mention three generations of descendants, everyone's descendants are in my hands."
He still uses this condition as a mortgage? Go back and tell him, don't be so naive, I am not a child. You should prepare for war."
When the envoy came back and explained the meaning of the fight against Yuejiao, King Chuzhuang and others began to think about it again. They could only fight. And they could only win, not lose. But how to win? They pondered for half a night, but still had no idea.
Find a way.
On the evening of the second day, several people got together to study methods. Wu Ju offered his advice and said: "I asked the locals. Five miles out of the city, there is a Qingshui River, and there is a bridge on the river, called Qingshui Bridge. There are mountains on both sides of this place.
We can ambush. As long as we lure Dou Yuejiao to Qingshui Bridge, we will be able to surround and annihilate him."
Lobo said: "Set an ambush on the left side of the bridge, or on the right side?"
Wu Ju said: "Set up both sides. The king will ambush on the right, and send Tang Ciao and others to ambush on the left. If he crosses the river, the king will attack him; if he does not cross the river, Tang Ciao will attack him. Once the war breaks out, we will respond on both sides.
Attacked from two sides. As long as he comes, he can't escape."
Loeb said: "Then where am I?"
King Zhuang of Chu said: "If you go to challenge, you must lead Douyuejiao to the Qingshui Bridge."
Wu Ju said: "It is early autumn at this time, and we happened to go out at night. The soldiers were ambushed in the mountains and forests of the river valley."
King Zhuang of Chu said: "Doctor Wu, General Le, you two go together to make arrangements. The war will begin in two days."
After everything was ready, Le Bo led a group of troops to challenge. Dou Yuejiao personally went to fight. The two armies fought for a while, and Lebo pretended to be defeated. Dou Yuejiao didn't pay attention to Lebo at all, and only said that he was serious.
After being defeated, they pursued and killed them all the way. Le Bo fought and retreated, while Dou Yuejiao pursued them relentlessly. Unknowingly, they entered the Qingshui River Valley.
Lebo ran to the Qingshui Bridge, mounted the bridge, and crossed the river with his troops. Dou Yuejiao chased him to the river, suddenly reined in his horse and told the army to stop. His general asked: "General, why don't you chase after him?"
Already?"
Dou Yuejiao pointed with his riding crop and said, "It looks like there is an ambush on the other side of the river."
Just when he was watching and hesitating, he heard a drum sound on the opposite side, and countless Chu soldiers and horses came out from the jungle. They ran to the river howling. Dou Yuejiao looked at it, laughed loudly, pointed to the other side and said:
"Xiong Lu (the name of King Chuzhuang) doesn't know how to fight at all. He set up an ambush and had to wait for me to cross. He was exposed before I even crossed the river."
Dou Yuejiao's subordinates asked: "General, should we kill him or retreat?"
Dou Yuejiao said: "Let's take a look first and then talk."
At this time, the soldiers on both sides fired arrows at each other across the river. However, the river was too wide, and most of the arrows fell on the bank or in the water. Dou Yuejiao frowned, just when he was hesitant to cross the river. Suddenly, a man stood there
He shouted to him on the bridge: "General Dou, I heard that you are a sharp archer. How about I compete with you?"
When Dou Yuejiao heard this, he became angry. He thought: "In Chu State, everyone knows that I am a great archer, and no one has ever dared to compete with me in archery. What happened today? Are you looking for death?" He hit his horse and stepped forward.
Looking from a distance, I saw a young man standing on the bridge opposite, waving a bow and shouting.
This man's name is Yang Youji, one of Le Bo's tooth generals. Yang Youji has been taught by experts since he was a child. He has practiced hard in the mountains for decades and has mastered the art of archery. He has long heard about Dou Yuejiao.
The daimyo just had no chance to meet him. So when he saw Dou Yuejiao on the other side of the river, he went out to request a fight.
Yang Youji shook the bow in his hand and continued to shout: "General Dou, the river is too wide for the soldiers to shoot across. How about you and me shooting three arrows at each other to determine the outcome? What do you think, General?"
Dou Yuejiao thought: "Who are you? I'm too lazy to compete with you. I might as well kill you with one arrow, so as not to hear your noise." So he said arrogantly: "You can compete with me. But
You want me to cum first."
Yang Youji said with a smile: "Please do as you wish. General, please go first."
Dou Yuejiao jumped off his horse and walked onto the bridge. As soon as he stood up in a lunge, he drew his bow and nocked an arrow, and released an arrow with a bang. The arrow came very cunningly, as fast as lightning, and went straight to Yang Youji without any hesitation.
The door flew away. On the other side of the bridge, Yang Youji raised his bow, and with a slight stroke, the arrow flew past the red tassel on his helmet. Dou Yuejiao was surprised, and then shot the second shot.
Arrow. This time, Yang Youji looked carefully and saw that he squatted down suddenly and the arrow dodged again. Dou Yuejiao was furious, pointed his long bow at the other side, and shouted: "Don't hide if you can."
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Yang Youji said with a playful smile: "Okay, if you don't want to hide, don't hide. Let's see if you can hit the target." After saying that, he straightened his body and stood like a wooden stake, waiting for Douyuejiao to shoot.
Dou Yuejiao missed two arrows in a row and felt really shameless. He slowly took out the third arrow and held it in his hand. He saw Yu Ling from the arrowhead. He seemed to be reluctant to give up, but his eyes were secretly looking at the other side of the bridge.
Yang Youji. Suddenly, with lightning-fast movements, he rounded his bow, and shot out with a bang. At this time, the soldiers on both sides of the strait were looking at him, and suddenly they heard a string sound, and everyone was shocked.
Anyone who has experienced the battlefield knows that this arrow is too cold, too fast, and too powerful, and it is difficult for ordinary people to avoid it no matter how fast they are.
However, Yang Youji was already prepared. As soon as the bowstring sounded, he moved and the arrow flew. He stretched out his hand to grab the arrow and the arrow was in his hand. Yang Youji touched the arrow body and praised: "Okay
The arrow is really a good arrow. There is no need to regret it." After saying that, he put the arrow on the bow and shouted to Dou Yuejiao: "General, you have finished shooting, it is my turn."
Dou Yuejiao missed three arrows and was already panicking. He knew that he had met a master. But in front of the entire army, he had no choice but to stand there as Yang Youji's target as agreed. He muttered silently in his heart: "
Stay calm, focus, focus."
Yang Youji fully drew the bow and looked like he was about to shoot, but suddenly he let go of an arrow. Hearing the sound of the string, Dou Yuejiao dodged to the left, but no arrow came. Looking again, Yang Youji saw that the arrow was coming.
The arrow was still on the bowstring, so he quickly adjusted his posture and stood up again.
Yang Youji smiled and said: "General, don't panic, young general, let me try the bow." Immediately afterwards, there was another bow string sound. Dou Yuejiao dodged again. It turned out that it was a false shot. Dou Yuejiao was irritated, and he raised his head
He was about to accuse Yang Youji of teasing him. Unexpectedly, the bowstring rang again. This time he had no time to hide. The arrow he shot at Yang Youji flew back unpredictably and struck with a pop.
on his neck. Dou Yuejiao didn't even utter a cry, then he threw away the bow and fell backwards.
Dou Yuejiao's men swarmed up to catch him, but they saw that he could only breathe out, not in. When Dou Yuejiao's subordinates saw that their general had been killed, their morale was immediately in chaos. I don't know which general shouted "Retreat"
, the soldiers and horses suddenly became commotion, and soon they retreated in chaos.
On this side of the river, the King of Chuzhuang burst into ecstasy. He immediately gave orders and beat drums to pursue him. For a moment, Wang Shi rushed to the other side from the bridge and from the river in a swarm. The Chu army ambushing in the jungle behind Dou Yuejiao was also killed.
Come out. Chu general Tang Ciao took the lead, cutting down people and stabbing horses. The men and horses fighting Yuejiao were crying like ghosts and howling like wolves. How could they have the heart to resist? They just couldn't run as fast as rabbits. In a short time, Le Bo and others also killed them.
River, attacked from two sides, the rebels were defeated. One third of them were killed by the king's army, and the rest surrendered.
That night, King Zhuang of Chu entered Gaohu City and held a banquet to reward the soldiers.