The Five Hu and Sixteen Kingdoms were a very chaotic period in Chinese history. Due to the wrong arrangement of Emperor Wu of the Western Jin Dynasty, after his death, the kings of the Sima clan fought for power and attacked each other, resulting in almost exhaustion of the elite troops of the Western Jin Dynasty. The production and life of the grass-roots people in the Western Jin Dynasty were seriously disturbed and almost stopped. The ethnic minorities in Hezhou and other places lost the restraint of the imperial court, so they took the opportunity to rebel, and Liu Yuan and Li Xiong successively divided the claims of emperor. The soldiers and civilians of the Jin Dynasty north of the Yellow River waged many songs and tears in order to resist the aggression of the reactionary minority separatist regime. Today,100, Liu Kun, a famous general of the Jin Dynasty, spent the second half of his life in constant struggle with the Former Zhao regime.
Liu Kun was originally a descendant of King Jing of Zhongshan in the Han Dynasty, and was related to Liu Bei, and his ancestors had always held important positions in the imperial court, and the family was very powerful. Liu Kun spent his childhood and adolescence in the capital City of Luoyang, living a life of fine clothes and food, basically uninhabited by the war. When he grew up, Liu Kun often played with other clumsy children, plus Liu Kun was handsome and good at writing poetry, quite famous, and was a member of the "Twenty-Four Friends" at that time. The "Twenty-Four Friends" was a circle of literati formed by a group of idle Noble relatives at that time in order to be vassal and elegant. It can be seen that Liu Kun when he was young was just a talent with no ambition.
In 290 AD, Liu Kun was 20 years old when Sima Yan died of illness. Soon after the Court of the Jin Dynasty, the Rebellion of the Eight Kings occurred. The unrest lasted for more than a decade. Liu Kun was deeply involved in this royal unrest. This is the black history of Liu Kun's early years of aiding and abetting abuse. Sima Yue, who later came to power, ordered Liu Kun to serve as the Governor of Hezhou. This incident became a turning point in Liu Kun's fate. On the way to office, Liu Kun witnessed the tragic human life of white bones all over the country, and his heart was deeply touched. Liu Kun did not give up going to the prefecture to take office, but embarked on the road of fighting against the invaders.
At that time, the population of Hezhou was not two out of ten, liu Kun only recruited more than a thousand people on the way to office, and after he broke through many obstacles to Jinyang, he found that Jinyang was looted and almost an empty city. Liu Kun appeased the survivors, strengthened military defenses, stepped up production to save himself, and recruited displaced people. A year later, Jinyang City gradually regained its vitality. At that time, to the south of Jinyang was Liu Yuan's regime, to the north was Tuoba Xianbei, and to the east were the allies Duan Xianbei and Youzhou Assassin Shi Wangjun. Liu Kun can be said to be at the forefront of the war. In October 308, Liu Yuan proclaimed himself emperor at Puzi. In November, Liu Kun attacked Liu Yuan. The battle was fought until July of the following year, and although Liu Kun had some gains, he could not win the strategically important Huguan Pass.
Due to Liu Yuan's growing power, both Liu Hu and Baibu Xianbei of the Xiongnu Tiefu clan were annexed to Liu Yuan, causing Jinyang to suffer from the enemy. Liu Kun decided to raise troops to attack Liu Hu and Baibu Xianbei to relieve his worries, but his own troops were insufficient, so he had to ask Tuoba Xianbei for reinforcements, and Tuoba Xianbei's leader Yilu sent 20,000 cavalry to assist in the battle. Under the personal command of Liu Kun, he defeated Liu Hu and Baibu Xianbei in one fell swoop.
Later, Tuoba Xianbei hoped to develop his power in the interior. Liu Kun promised Wang Jun's territory to YiLu. However, Wang Jun was narrow-minded and clashed with Liu Kun, and the two broke up. In 312, Liu Kun, who had a little strength, sent an army to attack Pingyang. Unexpectedly, some of his subordinates rebelled, which led Liu Yuanbu to kill Liu Yao and other leading troops. In this battle, Liu Kun was caught off guard, and his parents were killed, until Tuoba Xianbei sent troops to rescue him, and Liu Kun turned the situation around and moved to the Yangqu garrison.
Later, Liu Yuanbu put Shi Le on the heels of Xiangguo in an attempt to establish a state. Liu Kun vainly tried to recruit Shi Le, so Liu Kun helped Shi Le find his mother and nephew. Shi Le then cunningly deceived Liu Kun and used the convenience to launch a surprise attack to eliminate Wang Jun. After Wang Jun's death, Shi Le immediately turned his spearhead to Liu Kun, and Liu Kun suddenly felt cold in his lips and teeth, and only then did he know that he had been deceived, but it was too late. At this time, Liu Kun's situation was extremely dangerous, his doorstep was the enemy Shi Le's territory, while the imperial court was far away from him. In June 315, Liu Yao attacked Shangdang and defeated Liu Kun's army at Xiangyuan, and Liu Yao prepared to advance into Yangqu, Liu Kun's stronghold, only because Liu Cong was anxious to attack Chang'an, Liu Yao took the initiative to retreat. Liu Kun was in a panic this time.
Soon after, infighting broke out in Tuoba Xianbei's department, and Liu Kun lost foreign aid. The Jin people Wei Xiong and Ji Yu were generals, and they were quite supported by Tuoba Xianbei's people, and they and Liu Zun, who was hostage in Tuoba Province, encouraged more than 30,000 Families of Jin and Karasuma to return to The Prefecture with more than 100,000 heads of horses, cattle and sheep. Liu Kun got this living force, and his strength was restored.
In 316, a decisive battle broke out between Liu Kun and Shi Le. Because the army led by Liu Kun had lived in the border for a long time and did not understand Liu Kun's benevolence, its combat effectiveness was not strong, and as a result, it was defeated by Shi Le, and almost the entire army was destroyed. Many of Liu Kun's troops would surrender to Shi Le. Liu Kun had to take a few survivors to duan xianbei.
Although he has suffered repeated fiascos, Liu Kun, who was born as a scholar, has an indomitable spirit of struggle. In the Xianbei tribe of the Duan clan, Liu Kun planned the last military operation of his life. Liu Kun and Duan Pichan exchanged marriages, married brothers, and made an alliance of blood, and agreed to wear the Jin room. In July 317, Duan Pichan elected Liu Kun as the governor of Dadu, and passed on his brother, Dadan Yu Tou Lu, his uncle Duan Shifuchen, and his brother Duan Moyu to meet shi le. However, there was discord within the Duan clan, and Sue Li secretly colluded with Shi Le, who provoked in front of the Qilu family and Shi Fuchen, saying, "As a father and brother, you must obey your children, which is a shame." Even if we are lucky, it belongs to Duan Pichan alone, what good does it do us? The Sick Land Family and Shi Fuchen felt justified, so they took the soldiers back. The military operation also ended in vain.
In 318 AD, the Duan clan was in internal turmoil. Duan Pichan was caught up in the struggle for the position of big single. In order to protect Duan Pichan, Liu Kun naturally became involved in it. Later, Duan Moli devised a plot that made Duan Pichan suspicious of Liu Kun. Duan Pichan listened to the rumors again and threw Liu Kun into prison. Soon after, Liu Kun, his sons and nephews and others were killed. Although Liu Kun's ambition was not rewarded in the second half of his life, which made people regret, he still left endless sighs for future generations, and also inspired future generations to continue to fight against aggression.