Liu Cong

Liu Cong

Liu Cong? Liu Zai, whose real name is Liu Zai and whose character is xuanming, is a native of Leijia county (now Wutai County, Shanxi Province). During the period of the Sixteen Kingdoms, Emperor Zhao of the Han Dynasty (310-318) was the fourth son of emperor Guangwen Liu Yuan, whose mother was Mrs. Zhang.

He is a brave Superman. He can read classics and history. He has both literature and martial arts. He helped his father to build a new country and worshipped Da Sima and Da Danyu. He launched a coup, killed emperor Liu He and seized power. During his reign, he sent troops to attack Luoyang and Chang'an, captured and killed emperor Huai and Emperor min of Jin Dynasty, created Yongjia rebellion and destroyed the Western Jin Dynasty. We should make great efforts to expand our territory and adopt the political system of Hu Han division. In the later period of his rule, he alienated the government and indulged in his emotions. Killing loyal officials in vain and trusting eunuchs and Jin Zhun led to increasing chaos in the country.

In 318, Liu Cong died. His posthumous title was Emperor Zhaowu and his temple title was Liezong.

Life of the characters

Early experience

Liu Cong was clever and studious when he was young, which surprised Dr. Zhu Jidu. Liu Cong is not only proficient in classics and history, but also familiar with the art of war of Sun Wu. He is good at writing articles and calligraphy, and is good at cursive and official script. In addition, Liu Cong also studies martial arts, and is good at archery. He can open a bow of 300 Jin, and is very brave and agile. It can be said that both men and women can do it.

When he was 20 years old, Liu Cong traveled to Luoyang and made friends with a large number of celebrities. Later, he served as the principal of Guo Yi. Later, he moved to be the Duwei of the right part of the Hun, and was accepted by the five noble families of the Huns. Liu Cong was the general of Chisha Zhonglang, but Liu Yuan was an official in Yecheng at that time. Because he was afraid that Sima Ying, king of Chengdu, who was stationed in Yecheng, would harm his father, he defected to Sima Ying and became general Youji crossbow, taking part in the forward war.

Help my father build a nation

In the first year of Yong'an (304), Sima Ying appointed Liu Yuan as Bei Danyu, and Liu Cong was appointed as Youxian king. He and his father were ordered to return to the five Hun tribes to bring the Hun reinforcements to Sima Ying. However, after Liu Yuan returned to wubu, he was called Da Dan Yu, and Liu Cong also changed to worship King Luli. In the same year, Liu Yuan called himself the king of Han Dynasty and established Zhao Dynasty. Later Liu Cong was appointed general of Fujun.

Two attacks on Luoyang

In the fifth year of Yuanxi (the second year of Yongjia of Jin Dynasty, 308), Liu Cong was sent to take charge of Taihang Mountain. At the end of the same year, Liu Yuan became emperor, and Liu Cong was promoted to the rank of general of motorcycles. Soon he became king of Chu. The next year, he attacked Huguan with Wang MI and shile, defeated Shi Rong and Cao Chao, who were sent by Sima Yue to resist. He defeated Tunliu and his eldest son, and ordered Pang Chunxian, the governor of Shangdang, to surrender. A few months later, he led the attack on Luoyang, defeated general Cao Wu of Pingbei, and drove straight to Yiyang. However, Liu Cong belittled the enemy because of successive victories, and was attacked by Yuan Yan, the feigned commander of Hongnong, and finally Liu Cong was defeated. Two months later, Liu Cong attacked Luoyang with Wang MI, Liu Yao and huyanyi. Thinking that Zhao had just been defeated in the Han Dynasty and that he would not invade the south in a short time, the Jin Dynasty was not prepared. Knowing that Liu Cong was very afraid to attack, Liu Cong once sent troops to Luoshui near Luoyang. At that time, Jin general Beigong Chun led his troops to attack the Han and Zhao army barriers at night, killing general huyanhao; later, huyanyi was killed by his subordinates, and his troops retreated because of the loss of their commander, so Liu Yuan ordered to withdraw. Liu Cong, on the other hand, said that the army of Jin Dynasty was small and weak, so he could not give up the attack because of the death of Hu Yanyi and others, and insisted on staying, which Liu Yuan allowed. In the face of Han and Zhao army, Sima Yue, who defends Luoyang, only defends Yingcheng. But later Sima Yue took the opportunity of Liu Cong's sacrifice to mount song to send troops to attack the Han Zhao army left behind and kill huyanlang. Seeing this, Liu Li, king of Anyang, was afraid that Liu Cong would blame himself and jumped into Luoshui to commit suicide. At this time, Wang Mi advised Liu Cong to withdraw because the Luoyang garrison was still strong and the food supply was not continued, but Liu Cong did not dare to withdraw because he asked to stay. Liu Yuan and later obeyed Xian Yuxiu's advice and ordered Liu Cong to lead the troops to retreat. Liu Cong withdrew only when he saw this.

Brother killing ascends to the throne

After returning to Pingyang, Liu Cong was appointed as the grand situ. In the second year of He Rui (the fourth year of Yongjia in Jin Dynasty, 310), Liu Yuan fell ill and appointed Liu Cong as the Chief Secretary of the state and Da Danyu. Liu Cong, together with Liu huanle, the prime minister, and Liu Yang, the prime minister, recorded Shangshu affairs and set up Shan Yutai in the west of Pingyang, the capital. Soon after Liu Yuan died, Prince Liu He ascended the throne.

After Liu He ascended the throne, he was instigated by Zongzheng huyanyou, Wei Wei Liu Rui and his servant Liu Cheng, who had always hated Liu Cong, and was determined to eliminate the influence of the kings, especially Liu Cong, who supported 100000 soldiers at that time. Liu he soon took action, but because Liu Cong was well prepared, Liu Cong led his troops to attack the palace from ximingmen, killed Liu He in the west room of Guangji hall, captured huyanyou and others who fled to Nangong, and beheaded them.

After Liu he died, the officials asked Liu Cong to succeed him. Liu Yi, the son of empress Shan to the north of Liu Cong, abdicated to him. Liu Yi insisted on Liu Cong's succession to the throne. Liu Cong finally agreed and said that he would give up the throne to Liu Yi when he grew up. After he ascended the throne, he appointed Liu Yi as the emperor's younger brother and changed yuan Guangxing. He respected Liu Yuan's wife Shan as the empress dowager, his mother Zhang as the emperor's empress dowager, his wife Huyan as the queen, and his son Liu can as the general of the Fujun army. He was in charge of all military affairs at home and abroad.

Perish the Western Jin Dynasty

Three months after Liu Cong ascended the throne, he sent Liu Yao, Wang MI and his son Liu can, the king of Hanoi, to lead the attack on Luoyang. He joined Shi Le in Dayang and defeated Pei Miao, the general of Jin Dynasty, in Mianchi. Instead, he went straight into Luochuan, plundered a large area of land between Liang, Chen, Runan and Yingchuan, and captured more than 100 barriers. The next year, Huyan Yan, the former general of the army, led 27000 people to attack Luoyang. By the time he marched to Henan, he had defeated the resistance Jin army for 12 times, killing more than 30000 people. Later, Liu Yao, Wang MI and shile were ordered to join Huyan. Before Liu Yao and others arrived, Huyan first attacked Luoyang City, captured pingchangmen, and burned Dongyang, xuanyang and Zhufu temples. Emperor Huai of Jin sent Henan Yin and Liu Mo to resist, but they were defeated. Because the follow-up troops had not arrived yet, huyanyan withdrew from dongyangmen and burned the ships that emperor Huaidi intended to flee from Luoshui. After Liu Yao, Wang MI and others arrived, they attacked Luoyang city again together with huyanyan and captured xuanyang gate. Wang MI and huyanyan stormed into Nangong Taiji hall and plundered them. They collected all the palace people and treasures of Jin Dynasty. Liu Yao killed more than 30000 officials and clansmen. In addition, he captured emperor Huai of Jin Dynasty and empress Yang, and transferred them and the six seals to Pingyang. Liu Cong was granted amnesty and changed his name to Jiaping, with emperor Huaidi of Jin as tejin, doctor Zuo Guanglu and Duke Ping.

After the Yongjia rebellion, because Zhao ran, the Yamen of Jin Dynasty, rebelled against Jin and surrendered, Liu Cong sent Zhao ran and Anxi General Liu ya to lead 20000 cavalry to attack Sima Mo, the Nanyang king who guarded Chang'an. Liu Yao and Liu can led their troops as successors, and finally captured Chang'an, killed Sima Mo, the Nanyang king, and let Liu Yao defend Chang'an. Soon after, Liang Zong, the prefect of Fufeng in Jin Dynasty, Zhu Hui, the prefect of Xinping, Jia PI, the prefect of Anding, and Shi Luote, the governor of Yongzhou, fought back. Liu Yao was defeated and trapped in Chang'an. In the second year of Jiaping (the sixth year of Yongjia, 312), Liu Yao withdrew from Chang'an and Pingyang.

Attack and defense of Jinyang

At the beginning of the second year of Jiaping (312), Liu Cong once sent Jin Chong and Bu Yi to besiege Jinyang, the capital of jinbingzhou. Linghu was assassinated by Liu Xusheng and his father Zhao Qikun. Liu Cong was very happy, so he sent Liu can and Liu Yao to attack Jinyang, with Linghu mud as the guide. When Liu Kun knew that Han and Zhao came to attack, he went to Zhongshan County and Changshan County to recruit soldiers and asked Tuoba Yilu for help. At the same time, Zhang Qiao and Hao Shen led the troops to block Han and Zhao troops. However, both Zhang Qiao and Hao Shen were defeated to death, so Liu Kun abandoned Jinyang and ran away. Liu Yao and Liu can then occupied Jinyang. But soon, tuobayi Lu led the army to counter attack Jinyang with Liu Kun. Liu Yao and Liu can were defeated. They had to abandon Jinyang. When they withdrew, they were chased by tuobayi Lu and fought in blue valley. Liu can was defeated and Jinyang lost again.

When Emperor Huaidi of Jin Dynasty was exiled to Pingyang, he was appointed by Liu Cong as tejin, doctor Zuo Guanglu and Duke Ping. Later, it was renamed Kuaiji Prefecture. Liu Cong and Huaidi once recalled the past when they visited him with Wang Ji, and also talked about the rebellion of the eight kings of the Western Jin Dynasty and the mutual mutilation of their clans. Liu Cong was very happy to talk about it, and even gave little Liu Guiren to Huaidi. However, in the first month of the third year of Jiaping (313), Liu Cong ordered emperor Huai to drink in green clothes at a banquet with his ministers. Yu Min and Wang Jun, the former ministers of Jin Dynasty, could not help crying in their hearts, which made Liu Cong very disgusted. At that time, it was spread that Yu Min and others would be Liu Kun's agents to help him capture Pingyang, so Liu Cong killed more than ten old ministers of Jin Dynasty, such as emperor Huai and Yu min.

After the news of emperor Huai's death reached Chang'an in April, Sima ye, the crown prince of Chang'an, ascended to the throne as emperor. Liu Cong sent Zhao ran, Liu Yao, Qiao Zhiming, the commander of Sili school, and Li jingnian, the general of Wuya, to attack Chang'an, defeating Liao Yun who resisted in huangbaicheng (now the military officer square of Xiyang Town, Sanyuan County, Shaanxi Province). Zhao ran took advantage of the night to attack the outer city of Chang'an, set fire to loot, and withdrew from Chang'an at dawn. Later, Liu Yao was attacked secretly because he despised the enemy, and Qiao Zhiming was killed. Liu Yao withdrew his troops and returned to Pingyang.

The next year, Liu Cong sent Liu Yao and Zhao ran to Chang'an again, and Suo GUI led the resistance, but Zhao ran was defeated in the first battle in the west of Xinfengcheng. Before long, Liu Yao, Zhao ran and general Yin Kai attacked Chang'an again and defeated Liu Yun at Feng Yi. But that night, Liu Yun attacked Yin Kai's barracks at night and Yin Kai died.

Later, Liu Yao went to Huai county (now Tucheng village, dahongqiao Township, Wuzhi County, Jiaozuo City, Henan Province) to attack Guo Mo, the governor of Jin Hanoi. Guo Mo wanted to go to Li Ju of Xinzheng. At this time, Liu Kun sent Zhang Zhao to join the army and led 500 Xianbei cavalry to save Chang'an. But the road was blocked and he was planning to return it. Passing by Li Ju's barracks, Li Ju convinced Zhang Zhao to lead Xianbei cavalry to attack Liu Yao. When Zhao soldiers saw Xianbei cavalry in the Han Dynasty, they left without fighting. Liu Cong saw that the attack was not successful, so he planned to destroy Liu Kun first, so he ordered Liu Yao to withdraw.

In the first year of Jianyuan (the third year of Jianxing of Jin Dynasty, 315), Liu Yao defeated Liu Kun's troops in Xiangyuan and planned to attack Yangqu. But at this time, Liu Cong thought that he wanted to capture Chang'an first, so he ordered Liu Yao to withdraw and return to Osaka.

Liu Cong ordered Liu Yao to withdraw to Osaka. A few months later, he sent Liu Yao to attack the north. Liu Yao

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