Xiong Tong, the king of Chu Wu, was a very important figure in the history of the Chu state, and can be said to be a monarch with a turning point in the development of the Chu state. In the history of the Chu State before that, there may have been many monarchs who have thought of trying to dominate the south, and the Chu Xiongqu era of "I am a barbarian also, not with the name of China... Barbarians all obeyed", and divided the three kings in the south; by the time Chu Hades braved Xiong Xun's "Opening up the Land and Having It", the Chu people always opened up territory on the south bank of the Yangtze River, and by the time of Chu Xiongtong, that is, the era of King Chu Wu, who advocated the policy of an iron fist, The King of Chu Wu had great ambitions for the north, and the speed of the wheel of war was accelerated across the board.
At that time, the Chu people were already learning from the Central Plains civilization and were also trying to implement the primogeniture system. The predecessor Xiong Xun, as a promising king, had already incorporated Pudi into the territory of the Chu state, and the Chu state, as a prince in the south, was no longer the barbaric and weak brigade of the past. And Xiong Xun is Xiong Tong's elder brother, as a courtier's brother, Xiong Tong should have done his duty as a courtier and loyally assisted Xiong Xun. During Xiong Xun's lifetime, Xiong Tong did not do anything transgressive, but when Xiong Xun's son, Xiong Tong's nephew, took the throne, the desire hidden deep in Xiong Tong's heart began to be fully released.
Xiong Tong assassinated his nephew and established himself as the monarch of the Chu state, and then took the initiative to establish in-law relations with neighboring countries to consolidate his political capital. But Xiong Tong's ambitions are far more than this, the Chu state can not just shrink to the south, the Chu state does not break into the north, then it is still just a barbarian, then it can not enter the mainstream. Moreover, those so-called mainstream countries, in Xiong Tong's view, are strong in the middle, so Xiong Tong has been on the throne for only three years before he led a large army to invade the Nanyang Basin and frequently launched wars against Hanyang Zhuji. At the same time, the Quan State was destroyed in the western part of the Jianghan Plain, and Quan County was established here.
The "Left Biography" has: "Cai Hou Zheng Bo will be in Deng, and he was afraid of Chu Ye", Cai Guo is actually a certain distance away from the Jianghan Zhuji, but he has a fear of the Chu State, and the Chu State in this period is no longer a barbarian who can be bullied at will. Although Xiong Tong's first attack on Zhuji of Jianghan in the third year of his reign did not achieve major results, Xiong Tong was not dead-hearted, and a few years later he led three armies to cross the Han River and comprehensively attacked the important feudal state of Zhuji of Hanyang. In this war, Xiongtong not only used the chariot troops of the northerners, but also sent many sappers to build roads and bridges, which shows that Xiongtong's preparations are particularly adequate.
Xiong Tong's army suppressed the territory, and the Ji feudal states who had lived in the land of Jianghan for hundreds of years never imagined that the barbarian Chu state south of the Yangtze River would dare to send a large army to attack the Tianzi feudal state, and this psychological gap made the people of sui feel both afraid and confused. However, the monarchs and courtiers who had been pampered for hundreds of years were divided into this place by Zhou Tianzi in that year, and the purpose was only to curb the barbarians in the south, and for hundreds of years everyone was at peace, at most, there was a King Zhou Zhao who died in Hanshui, but it was not defeated by the Chu people, it was just an accident.
Generally speaking, neither the southern barbarians nor the Chu state of that year became a threat to the Jianghan Zhuji, and more importantly, the Jianghan Zhuji watched the Chu people completely conquer those scattered barbarian tribes day by day, and this feeling of enemies fighting each other may have blinded the attention of these Ji feudal states, who believed that the Chu state did not attack themselves because they were the kingdom of heaven, and the Chu people who also belonged to the barbarians could not start a large-scale war with themselves.
Of course, these Ji feudal states had also heard of the war between the Chu people and the barbarian tribes, and the bravery of the Chu people in the war and their attitude towards the captives may have made them feel extremely worried at this time. When Xiong Tong sent his courtiers to Suiguo to force Suihou to submit, Suihou did not seem to have any desire to resist at all, so he sent a young division to the Chu army garrison for peace talks. As a result, Xiong Tong said something even more excessive, that is, "All the princes of this day are trespassing or killing each other." I have a lot of armor, and I want to look at the government of China, and ask the royal family to honor me." Such words were already a great rebellion, but the young master of Suiguo or forced by the Chu army's position, after returning to Suiguo, told all the kings and subjects of Suiguo what he had seen and heard.
Suiguo had never fought with the Chu state originally, and although he had heard of the horrors of the Chu state, Suihou sent a young division to the Chu army garrison, on the one hand, it was peace talks, and on the other hand, he also wanted to test the false reality. Unfortunately, this young master also seemed to be a weak disciple, enjoying the blessings of Qingfu, and when he saw the black oppressive army of the Chu Kingdom, he was frightened and bold, and it was estimated that when he returned to Suiguo, he also said something similar to the Chu army like a demon. Or just above the Suiguo Dynasty Meeting, the monarchs and subjects of the Suiguo unanimously decided to agree to the request of the State of Chu, and took the initiative to send people to the capital of Tianzi to request Zhou Tianzi to honor Xiong tong as the overlord of the State of Chu. Of course, Zhou Tianzi would not allow it, xiong tong Boyan was furious, that is, "self-respecting ear", followed by the king of Chuwu, and invited Jiang Han Zhuji and other countries to Shenlu to hold an alliance meeting. The Shen Lu Alliance determined the hegemony of king Chu Wu.