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The Duke of Qin Mu heard Qi Zi's report and was not happy about it. However, he was too embarrassed to break his face with the Duke of Jin, so he held back for a while. Later, he heard that several important figures of Jin, such as Wei? The first of these was the death of the king. The Duke of Qin intended to take over the state of Jin as the hegemon. He helped Jin to defeat Chu, but the lords of the Middle Kingdom still regarded Qin as a western warrior tribe, just as they regarded Chu as a southern barbarian tribe. He thought that if he wanted to be the hegemon of the Central Plains, he should go to the Central Plains to fight for it, and it was not possible to squat in the northwest corner. The ambitious generals, such as Meng Mingshi, Xijizhi, and Bai Yibin, also intended to expand their power in the Central Plains. Because of this, Duke Mu of Qin also rubbed his fist to establish hegemony. But Qizi, Pansun, and Yang Sun came up with another report, saying, "Zheng Bo has died and Prince Lan has become the king. He only knows that there is Jin, but not Qin. We have worked so hard to guard the frontier for him, but he may treat us as a nasty tumor. I heard that the Marquis of Jin, Chong Er, has just died. Jin will never leave the body of its kind to help Zheng in the war. Please ask your lord to send troops at once, and we will be the inside man here so that we can destroy the state of Zheng when we attack from inside and outside."

Duke Mu of Qin summoned his ministers to discuss how to attack Zheng. Jian Shu and Baili Xi all objected, saying, "We left our troops in Zheng to protect them, but now we are going to attack them instead. Both Zheng and Jin have just died, which is bad enough. Zheng is more than a thousand miles away from us! Even if we march secretly, the road is far and long, can we not let others find out? Even if we win a battle, it won't be much good, we can't occupy Zheng's land. If we lose a battle, we will lose a lot of money! It is not wise to do something that has little benefit and much loss. It is better not to do such unkind, unrighteous, unwise, and unbelieving things." The Duke of Qin got tired of listening to him and said, "I have pacified Jin's civil unrest several times, and Qin should have been the hegemon long ago. I gave up my position to Chong Er because he defeated Chu. We have always waved the flag for Jin, and cooked for others to eat, but everyone treats us as a lame donkey running after a horse' - we can't catch up with others in our life. Think about it, can you be angry? Now that Chong Er is dead, are we just going to keep hiding in the west without a word?" Jian Shu said, "Even if we want to conquer Zheng, we can't rely on the words of Qi Zi! I think it would be better for my lord to send someone to Jin to pay respects and have a look at it before deciding whether to send an army or not." Duke Mu of Qin said, "If you want to fight, the sooner the better. If you go to pay your respects first, then look around, and then send troops, how many days will it take to go back and forth? I see that you are more or less old, no wonder you are afraid of the wolf and then the tiger!" He then made Meng Ming his general, with Xijizhi and Bai Eibing as his vice-generals, and led three hundred chariots to attack Zheng.