Zhangnan, Hebei Province, in a farmland on the outskirts of the city. A big man with a burly figure and a rough face was wielding a hoe weakly, busy with farm work in the field. In front of him is a large area of yellow earth, the top of his head is the scorching and scorching sun, symbolically waved the hoe in his hand a few times, the big man is full of resentment to throw the hoe aside, abandon the farm work in the field, lie on the loess earth, look at the sky, and think about his past.

The big man's name is Liu Heimin (ta), he has been smart since he was a child, his father Bo has a family property, and he wanted to provide him with a study to become a talent, but he didn't expect Liu Heimin not only to dislike reading, but also to hate farming, and not like farming. Liu Heimin grew up as a teenager, and became a well-known "ruffian" within a radius of dozens of miles, idle, fighting, drinking, and gambling. At the beginning, his father and brothers also scolded him like a dog's blood, hoping that he could sincerely change his ways, but soon found that Liu Heimin not only did not change, but also intensified, and even more unscrupulously and recklessly. Eventually, his father and brothers became completely disillusioned with him, expelled him from the house, and cut him off from food and clothing. As a result, Liu Heimin began to live a life without three meals, starving and struggling to survive. It is also Liu Heimin's life that has a nobleman, a fellow villager brother who is good friends with him is very righteous, and often helps him with money, so that Liu Heimin will not starve to death on the streets.

Soon after the tyranny of the late Sui Dynasty and the chaos in the world, the eldest brother of the fellow villager who had assisted Liu Heimin decided to rise up, and Liu Heimin actively supported it. The eldest brother of the same township is generous, righteous, and knows how to make good use of others; Liu Heimin is cunning by nature, good at observing the times, and brave and abnormal. A few years later, with the assistance of Liu Heimin, the eldest brother of the same country occupied the entire Hebei, established the Xia State, established himself as the emperor of the Xia State, and became one of the three leaders of the world-famous righteous army, Dou Jiande, the king of Xia, and Liu Heimin was named the Duke of Handong County and the Brave General because of his military exploits, and he was famous for his good fighting and resourcefulness in Hebei.

A few years later, Dou Jiande, the king of Xia, led an army of 400,000 and Li Shimin, the king of Qin of the Tang Dynasty, fought a decisive battle in front of the Tiger Prison Pass, but was defeated miserably, and was captured and taken to Chang'an, where he died soon after.

Liu Heimin, as the confidant general of Dou Jiande, the king of Xia, could not escape his fate. However, an edict from the Tang Emperor Li Yuan changed his fate. Li Yuan said in the edict: "Only the first evil is removed, and the rest are not asked, and the subordinates of Dou Jiande, the former Xia king, have all collected their weapons and sent them back to their hometowns to engage in farming." ”

In this way, Liu Heimin returned to his hometown in Zhangnan and started the farm work he hated the most.

He remembered how brilliant he was when he was the prince of Handong County. Eat meat, drink a lot, and if you're in a bad mood, you can kill people at will, that's the life you yearn for. Now facing the loess with his back to the sky, how can this be the life he wants? At the beginning, it was because I didn't want to live such a life that I responded to Dou Jiande's uprising, and fought with my life several times, but I didn't expect that now I would return to the original point. Liu Heimin felt very unwilling.

At this time, a group of peasants dressed in ragged clothes and solemn faces rode fast horses to the farmland on the outskirts of Zhangnan. The group of people turned over and dismounted next to Liu Heimin's farmland, and strode towards Liu Heimin.

Liu Heimin was moved and surprised, and when he saw the appearance of the person who came, Liu Heimin smiled.

The people who came were Gao Yaxian, Chang He, Fan Yuan, and Dong Kangmai.......

These people are all the old subordinates of Dou Jiande, the king of Xia, and they are also friends of Liu Heimin.

Liu Heimin guessed what they were doing.

After the First World War, the Xia Dynasty fell. The generals of the Xia Dynasty were all sent back to their hometowns to engage in farming. However, it is easy to go from thrift to luxury, and it is difficult to go from luxury to thrift. Like Liu Heimin, a general who has been majestic for many years and has commanded tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, he suddenly returned to his hometown and picked up a hoe. The gap in my heart is too big. The unwillingness in my heart made the former generals gather together again, only with them, everyone has a common topic to talk about, they are all a group of bitter brothers who have been wronged.

When Liu Heimin saw his old friends coming, he immediately took out all his savings, bought wine and meat, and entertained everyone.

Everyone drank and ate meat together, reminiscing about the glory days of the past.

After several times of eating and drinking, the people had no money.

Don't you drink this wine and this meat? Don't you eat it? No, people don't want to go back to the fields and pick up hoes. It's still this day of drinking and eating meat, and I yearn for it even more.

Since you don't want to pick up a hoe again, pick up a knife.

Although they are no longer generals with titles, their swords are still there, and their ability to kill people and goods and march to fight is still there.

So, after a full meal of wine and food, everyone picked up the steel knife, entered the Zhangnan County Ya, killed the Zhangnan County Commander, and occupied the Zhangnan County seat. The old troops of Dou Jiande, who were reluctant to engage in agriculture in all directions, responded one after another, and rushed to Zhangnan County, and Liu Heimin's forces quickly reached 2,000 people.

The Tang Dynasty officials and soldiers organized officers and soldiers to attack, but they were repeatedly defeated, and Dai Yuanshen of Beizhou and Weizhou were killed one after another. Liu Heimin took the opportunity to occupy Beizhou and Weizhou, and his power reached 10,000 people.

Seeing that the Tang Dynasty was unfavorable, Emperor Li Yuan ordered: "Summon Liu Heimin, Gao Yaxian, Chang He, Fan Yuan, Dong Kangmai and others to Beijing and grant the rank of general of the Tang Dynasty." ”

Gao Yaxian, Chang He, Fan Yuan, and Dong Kangmai were all moved.

Liu Heimin said: "Now the Tang Emperor is willing to put forward such conditions, all because we have heavy troops in our hands and have won many battles, if we enter Chang'an, stay away from the army." Will Li Yuan still tolerate me waiting? Soon after King Xia entered Chang'an, he died. ”

Gao Yaxian, Chang He, Fan Yuan, and Dong Kangmai were all shocked, and said one after another: "This must be Li Yuan's trap." If it weren't for Brother Hei Min's reminder, wouldn't we have taken the initiative to die? ”

Therefore, Gao Yaxian, Chang He, Fan Yuan, Dong Kangmai and others were willing to serve Liu Heimin as the main thing, and Liu Heimin set up an altar in Zhangnan, Beizhou, to pay tribute to Dou Jiande, the king of Xia, and proclaimed himself a general, and officially raised troops.

The Tang Dynasty court ordered the king of Huai'an, the left servant of Shandong Daoxingtai to shoot Li Shentong, the king of Yan, the governor of Zhuozhou, Luo Yi, the general of Zuo Wuwei, Qin Wutong, and the governor of Dingzhou, Li Xuantong, to recruit the Tang army from all walks of life in Hebei to conquer Liu Heimin. As a result, he suffered a major defeat, Li Xuantong was captured and committed suicide, and Li Shentong, Luo Yi, and Qin Wutong lost all their troops and were only spared.

Liu Heimin took advantage of the situation to sweep the entire Hebei with an invincible and unstoppable momentum, winning the battle, attacking and conquering, and all restored the old realm of the Xia Dynasty. And according to this, he left the field and picked up the sword, in less than half a year. Liu Heimin created a myth of war that almost made the whole world unbelievable.

At the beginning of the sixth year of Wude, Liu Heimin proclaimed himself the king of Handong in Xiangzhou (now Anyang, Henan), set the capital of Mingzhou (now Yongnian, Hebei), built the year called Tianzao, and appointed Gao Yaxian as the right general, Chang He as the left general, Fan Yuan as the left servant, and Dong Kangmai as the secretary of the military department. All the civil and military officials of Dou Jiande of the Xia Dynasty were reinstated, and the system of the Xia Dynasty was fully imitated, and the country was officially established and the entire Hebei region was controlled.