"If you don't pay tribute, you will be widowed. Do you dare not share it? Wang Zhao is gone, you ask the waterfront! " Was Zhao Haoqi killed by the State of Chu?

King Zhao of Zhou did have the military action of conquering Jingchu in the south. However, due to the principle of "honour person taboo" in the Spring and Autumn Period, the record in the history books is "Wang Zhao did not return from his southern tour". That is to say, Wang Zhao visited the south and didn't come back. Whether it was killed by the state of Chu is unknown.

Zhou Zhaowang (? ~ 977 years ago), Ji surname, name defect. The son of Zhou Kangwang Zhao Ji, the fourth monarch of the Zhou Dynasty. In the unearthed bronze inscriptions, Xia Ji is often regarded as the king. After King Zhao of Zhou succeeded to the throne, he wanted to continue to expand Zhou's territory. From the 16th year, he led his troops south to Jingchu, passing through Tang (now northwest of Suizhou, Hubei Province), Li (now north of Suizhou, Hubei Province), Zeng (now Suizhou, Hubei Province) and Kui (now Zigui, Hubei Province), until Jianghan area, where he gained treasures and made great achievements. In the 19th year of King Zhao of Zhou, Zhao Haoqi again led the Sixth Division to attack Chu. As a result, the whole army was wiped out and died on the bank of Hanshui River.

"Chronology of Ancient Bamboo Books" contains: "In the last years of Zhao Haoqi, the night was bright and the colors were brilliant, and his monarch did not return from his southern tour."

In the 16th year of King Zhao of Zhou, Zhao Haoqi made a personal expedition to the south and conquered Jing Chu. In order to ensure the smooth March, he appointed a man named Nangong as the commander-in-chief and a man named Zhong as the pioneer. He led the army to contact the warlord named Ji in Hanyang to open the way for the army, and prepared two palaces in Dengzhou and Zengzhou. Along the way, with the support of the princes named Ji in the Northern Han Dynasty, the army grew stronger day by day and soon went deep into the hinterland of Jianghan. The big tribes and small countries that surrendered to Jing Chu surrendered to them one after another.

The vanguard troops reached the Yangtze River, followed by troops. Julian Waghann occupied Hubei, and the army went south along the east bank of Hanshui River. After arriving at the Yangtze River, Zhao Haoqi left a team to guard the ferry in the north of the Yangtze River and led the army to cross the river south. The main force of Yangyue's department retreated to the south mountain, and Zhan led the troops to Tonglu Mountain. Then Zhao Haoqi crossed the river and went north to the Tang Dynasty (now northwest of Suizhou, Hubei Province), where he met Hanyang governors and rewarded them with meritorious deeds. He gave many horses and bronze materials to the pioneers, and Marshal Nangong also won many awards. Later, Zhong cast a batch of bronze sacrificial vessels from the donated copper materials, and engraved words on them to record the war and the rewards he won. Zhao Haoqi distributed some copper materials to the nobles, and then shipped back a lot of copper materials.

After King Zhao of Zhou occupied Tonglu Mountain, he left several Julian Waghann guarding Tonglu Mountain and returned with a great army. However, when Hubei heard that Zhou Jun's main force had retreated and occupied Tonglu Mountain, Zhao Haoqi decided to personally expedition again.

In the 19th year of King Zhao of Zhou, Zhao Haoqi led his ministers to offer sacrifices to the public, and six divisions to the west guarded Haojing to attack Jing Chu. At first, things were good. Zhou Jun started from Tangzhou (now northern Suizhou, Hubei) and went south smoothly through Lizhou and Zengzhou. In order to gain momentum, Zhao Haoqi also sent envoys to countries in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River to win support. Zhao Haoqi personally led his troops up the river and reached the border of Kuiguo (now Zigui, Hubei). However, when he returned to Hanshui, Zhou Jun was strongly resisted by Chu and Jing armies, and suffered from abnormal weather, and the whole army was wiped out.

Ji Xian ascended the throne at the age of 27 and reigned for 20 years. He died in the 19th year (977 BC) at the age of 46 and was honored as Zhou. The ancient book says that "the appearance is respectful, so posthumous title is the prince of Zhao".

After the collapse of King Zhao of Zhou, he did not tell his ministers about his funeral. The imperial clan leader asked Ji Man, the eldest son of King Zhao of Zhou, to inherit the throne of Zhou Muwang.