Wu Zixu said, Thank Shen for me. I'm dying, so I'm going backwards! Resolutely refused to withdraw. Shen knows his temper, and it's no use trying again. What should we do next? It is impossible to expel the people of Wu by our own strength or the remnants of Chu. If you rely on external forces to borrow soldiers from other countries, you can still try. Who can I borrow soldiers from? Jin State? Qi Guo? Shen was not very reliable and thought of Qin. Because Qin Aigong, the monarch of Qin State, is the uncle of King Zhao Chu, and King Zhao Chu's mother is Qin Aigong's sister. He worked day and night to move reinforcements to the state of Qin. Shen walked for seven days and seven nights, walking a thousand miles, and his heels and soles were cracked. Finally, he came to Yongcheng. Hungry Qin handed a book to Qin Aigong for help, saying, "Master, the people of Wu are not people, but wild boars and poisonous snakes. They have repeatedly invaded our Central Plains country, and Chu bears the brunt! Now it's dying. Your nephew, King Chu, is homeless in the wild. He sent me specially to ask for help. Please save Chu for my nephew and uncle. We Chu people will remember Master's great kindness from generation to generation. Please be kind. " Qin Aigong has no intention of sending troops. He just smiled and said, "Dr. Shen, I know everything about you. Please go to the inn to have a rest first. Look at you, unkempt. " Shen said to him, "The monarch is on the grass at the moment, but he has nowhere to rest. How dare my ministers rest? " As a result, Shen, who was in pain and despair, began his famous "crying" journey. Shen stood, holding the pillar and crying, and refused to leave.
I cried sometimes high and sometimes low, so I kept crying. This cry lasted for seven days and seven nights! Inside and outside, people coming and going saw a beggar in rags and unkempt hair crying there. On the seventh day, Qin Aihong really couldn't stand it! "What a nuisance," Qin Aihong was stunned by his crying. "This is a big New Year, sitting at the door of Laozi crying!" It seems that Shen is going to cry. He hasn't eaten for seven days and nights, and he has no strength to cry. Qin Aigong thought that there were still such loyal officials in the State of Chu, and they should not be destroyed. As soon as his heart softened, he relaxed: "Somebody! Tell him to come over. " Shen finally saw Qin Aihong again. He knew that the Qin people were going to make moves. "Chu people, come here and I'll send you a poem." Qin Aihong chanted loudly, "No clothes?" ? Robe with my son. Wang Yuxing, fix my spear. Hatred with my son! Have I nothing to wear? Take your son. Wang Yu started the division and repaired my spear and halberd Work with your son! Have I nothing to wear? Take your son. Wang Yu started his division and trained our soldiers. Go with your son! This is a very famous poem in The Book of Songs, which describes Qin Jun's preparation for battle. It means that we are going to fight side by side with you! Zuo Zhuan records: "Qin Aigong gave him' no clothes', (Shen) sat down at nine o'clock, and Qin went out." That is to say, at the end of Qin Aigong's poem recitation, Shen finally smiled happily, knelt on the ground and knocked nine heads in a row (two times is enough). Qin assembled an army and sent 500 chariots to rescue Chu. After Qin Aigong's soldiers were sent out, the invading army of Wu was finally driven out of the territory of Chu.