The state belonged to the domain of Jizhou in ancient times, and Yu Shun was too far from the north and south of Jizhou, and it was divided and merged with the state. "The land is between two valleys, so it is called a state." Xia is still the land of Jizhou, and Zhou is said to be a state. Emperor Wu of the former Han Dynasty Yuan Feng was one of the thirteen prefectures, leading nine counties such as Taiyuan, Shangdang, Xihe, Yunzhong, Dingxiang, Yanmen, Shuofang, Wuyuan, and Shangjun. When Emperor Guangwu was in the middle of the reign, he began to govern Jinyang, and in the eighteenth year of Jian'an (213 AD), it was incorporated into Jizhou. In the first year of the early Huang Dynasty (220 AD), he was replaced, leading six counties including Taiyuan, Shangdang, Xihe, Yanmen, Leping, and Xinxing, and still governed Jinyang; Jin is used.

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Pingyang City (now southwest of Linfen, Shanxi, west bank of Fenshui), under the scorching sun, thousands of people gathered in front of the gate of Pingyang County Shoufu, a man with a full face and beard stood on the high platform temporarily built in front of the door, and was shouting loudly: "I want to be the first emperor of Zhao Liu Yao, smart and martial, adhering to the mandate of heaven, and virtue the world." It's a pity that he was jealous of the Shi traitors, so there is today's trouble, and the people are not living. ”

Speaking of this, the high-nosed and slightly deep-eyed man glanced at the audience, and found that everyone began to buzz and discuss, and couldn't help but secretly glance at dozens of acquaintances in the crowd, nodded slightly, and continued: "Emperor Liu of Great Zhao inherited Han Zuo, carried it by the sky, and served the world. Last night, several golden-armored gods escorted the Heavenly Rune Book to me, ordering me to revive the power of the heavens, suppress the tyranny, and pacify the people. ”

At this point, the man magically took out a roll of cloth and a document like a concert from behind him, and held them high. When everyone is in an uproar, open the slow cloth silk. I saw a line of strange words written on the yellow cloth silk, which is said to be the text of "When the fortune of the heavens, the fate belongs to the Liu family". However, most of the people in the audience are illiterate, don't speak Chinese, even toad can't understand it.

At this time, someone in the crowd bit the ear of the person next to him, and proved that there was such a thing, and he lived nearby at the time. Golden light is seen at night. The smell is overflowing. Several gods came down to the man's house with a catalogue of talismans. He said with a nose and eyes, as if he was either the protagonist of the talisman or the god-man who conferred the talisman.

The discussion in the crowd became even more loud, and everyone looked at this man with a little awe. At this time, a man who had just been rumored among the crowd looked around and suddenly shouted, "Why did the man of God give you the mandate of heaven?" Suddenly, dozens of people also opened their mouths to question, and the scene was quiet for a while. Everyone's eyes looked at the man on the high platform.

"Because I am Liu Kang, the only son of the Great Zhao Emperor Liu Yaoyao who remained in the world. When the first emperor was killed by stone thieves, there were loyal ministers who protected me and fled to this Pingyang, and it has been more than 20 years, and finally let me wait for this day. The man said loudly, and tears flowed down his face.

Hearing this, everyone was stunned for a while, and after a while, dozens of people who were still questioning Liu Kang just now suddenly fell to their knees. Chanted: "Destiny Angelica Liu!" Banzai! Banzai! ”

Everyone was stunned. After hesitating for a while, the surprised people finally fell to their knees and shouted: "The Mandate of Heaven should belong to the Liu family!" Banzai! Banzai! ”

Liu Kang was overjoyed. Immediately proclaimed himself the king of Jin and the general, and named Zheng Tai, Wang Ci, and Hu Jiao, who had just "embraced" him, as the left and right Sima and the former general, and announced the opening of the warehouse to release grain and recruit righteous soldiers, and everyone cheered.

Seeing in his eyes, Liu Kang couldn't help but be overjoyed, and after the people slowly calmed down, Liu Kang continued: "Today is the day of the uprising, but there are Shi Zhao's spies trying to sabotage our major affairs, and they will re-attribute everyone to Shi Zhao's poisonous hands. Speaking of this, Liu Kang yelled very imposingly: "Pull Ou Qingchang out!" ”

Everyone couldn't help but be shocked when they heard this, isn't this Ou Qingchang a high-ranking family in Pingyang County? At that time, Liu Yuan established the Han Kingdom in Pingyang, and once worshipped Ou Qingchang's grandfather as Situ. Later, the Ou family also experienced the troubled times of Liu Yao and Shi Zhao with the people of Pingyang, and suffered hardships, although the family suffered a lot of casualties, but they finally survived and retained a little vitality. Later, Shi Hu's life was whimpered, Hebei was in chaos, and the original Pingyang County guarded after the rise of Jinyang Zhangping, Henan Fujian, and Guanlong Zenghua, and felt that Pingyang, which was located in the handover area, was not safe, and abandoned the official and did not know where to flee. So under the recommendation of the high-ranking families in Pingyang County, Ou Qingchang acted as the county guard, and he has done a good job in the past few months.

At this time, several people pushed and shoved a middle-aged man who was tied up with flowers and walked onto the high platform. As soon as he got up to the high platform, he saw this Ou Qingchang scolding loudly: "Liu Kang, you Hu people from the Western Regions are the descendants of the bullshit Liu family!" You thought that the military funds were actually framed by me for the sake of my family property, and you must not die well! Sooner or later, you will die under the orders of General Zhenbei! You-"

Liu Kang angrily drew his long sword, and blood suddenly burst out from Ou Qingchang's chest, splashing most of the hem of Liu Kangdi's robe red. He glared at the few people standing behind Ou Qingchang a few times hatefully, he really didn't have any eyes at all, he didn't block Ou Qingchang's mouth, let him go up to the high platform to "talk nonsense", and let himself do it himself.

Liu Kang cleaned the long sword in his hand, inserted it back into the scabbard, and then said to the stunned people in the audience with full majesty: "The traitor has been ambushed, his family property will be scattered as military funds, and after settling Pingyang, we will hold high the banner of righteousness and calm the Quartet!" ”

After a while, dozens of people shouted and drove the crowd, and everyone cheered loudly. Jingping Quartet didn't know what it meant, but it was clear to everyone that Ou Qingchang's family property was scattered as military funds. Although the Ou family has experienced several hardships and the family road is considered to be decaying, there is still a lot of family property left behind in Tibet, and everyone should be able to eat well for two days after dividing this big family.

In the cheers of everyone, in the smug laughter of Liu Kang and his subordinates, there was a cry from behind the high platform, and there were miserable cries of women and children, it should be Ou Qingchang's family crying. But the cry was drowned out in the jubilation of the crowd, like the mournful and feeble cry of a few seabirds in the stormy waves, and soon disappeared without a trace.

"My lord, in front is Linfen City (now Houmabei, Shanxi), and there is an army entrenched there, under the banner of Hu, the former general of the King of Jin." The spies reported to Wang Mengyu.

"What King Jin? What is the former general of King Jin? When did such a number one person emerge? Wang Meng asked with a frown.

"Back to my lord, a few days ago. A man named Liu Kang started an incident in Pingyang, claiming to be the son of Liu Yaodi of the former Zhao, killed the chief of Ou Qing, the commander of the county, called himself the king of Jin, and sealed several people such as Sima and the former general, and the former general was called Hu Jiao. The spies reported in detail.

"Liu Kang, is he Liu Yao's son?" Wang Meng couldn't help but be stunned.

"Lord Hui, that's how he calls himself. However, I heard that he is actually a Hu from the Western Regions. And he also has a tall nose and slightly deep eyes. The spy continued to report.

"Hu people from the Western Regions. Let's see if he can escape the Hu Ling? Wang Meng sneered. Then he turned his head and said, "Deng Yingyuan!" ”

"In!" Deng Yao, who was on the side, immediately responded.

Wang Meng nodded, he admired this Jue very much

Yan's subordinates: "You lead a battalion of infantry troops to Linfen, and give me this Jin army." ”

"Obey!" Deng Yao replied and rode away.

Deng Yao led a battalion of infantry troops to Linfen City, and met Hu Jiao's troops who were looting in Linfen.

When Hu Jiao took office, his heart was hot, so he volunteered to Liu Kang to appease Linfen. Liu Kang was immediately overjoyed and allocated more than 1,000 people to Hu Jiao to let him go south. But when Hu Jiao came to Linfen, there were more than 5,000 people. or the young people from all over the country who were forcibly pulled in, or the people from all over the country who voluntarily followed to "get rich".

After entering Linfen County, Hu Jiao immediately began to recover his subordinates, declared that the major households were "thieves", and then led his troops to loot and make a Linfen city a mess. Hearing that an army was coming from the west, Hu Jiao, who was dizzy by several large women, gave an order, and led 5,000 troops to rush out of Linfen City. Prepare to take advantage of the victory and defeat this "thief army" that appeared out of nowhere.

"I am Hu Jiao, a former general under the command of King Jin. Who's coming? Hu Jiao saw that the front was neatly arrayed, and there was a murderous army, and no matter how dizzy Hu Jiao was, he knew that the land he encountered was not an idle army. But they have all rushed out of the city. In front of his own troops, he couldn't lose the momentum and identity of the former general, and seeing that the number of troops on the opposite side was obviously less than his own, Hu Jiao couldn't help but have a surge of courage, rode his horse to the front of the formation, and shouted loudly.

Deng Yao rode his horse forward slowly, leaving his army formation and coming straight to Hu Jiao. That calm and peaceful demeanor really startled Hu Jiao, but seeing more than 5,000 people behind him, Deng Yao seemed to be alone in comparison, so he couldn't help but take it to heart.

"I am Deng Yao, a partial general under the command of the general of the North of Jinzhen." Deng Yao said slowly, pulling out the horse sword hanging behind him as he spoke.

Looking at the long, straight, wide and shining horse sword, Hu Jiao's face suddenly changed greatly, there are many people who use the horse sword, but he has never heard of the person who uses the horse sword on the horse, and he uses it very well.

I only heard Deng Yao shouting, and as soon as he kicked the spur, the mount under him suddenly moved and rushed towards Hu Jiao, and the horse chopping sword in his hand slashed towards Hu Jiao not far away like lightning. Hu Jiao hurriedly used the long lance in his hand, ready to hold the menacing sword first, and then use the advantage of his weapon to fight back, stabbing this boy who didn't know how to live or die in one fell swoop.

Only to hear a loud bang, Hu Jiao suddenly screamed bitterly, his hands were numb, and his arms were sore, he knew that the sword that was swung by Deng Yao "briskly" was so heavy, and he also understood that the wide and heavy sword body was not made of wood.

Before Hu Jiao could react, Deng Ya used his right hand to exert force, and the sword body of the horse was twisted on the wooden pole of the long lance, and Hu Jiao suddenly felt that a huge force was transmitted, and the long lance involuntarily "walked away". The mount continued to move forward, carrying Deng Yao and the empty-handed Hu Jiao staggered, and at this time, it was fast and slow, and Deng Yao, who had already rushed behind Hu Jiao, made a backhand sword, and directly cut Hu Jiao, who was still stunned there, into two, leaving only a bloody half of his body sitting on the saddle.

Hu Jiao's subordinates stood there dumbfounded, not yet reacting from the bloody killing that had suddenly occurred, but Deng Yao had already brandished the horse chopping sword and rushed into the middle of the team, the heavy horse chopping sword in Deng Yao's hand was as flexible as the sickle in the old peasant's hand, flying and jumping happily in the crowd, and the human head and body danced and jumped in the blood.

When Deng Yao was wantonly slaughtering in the enemy's army, the northern army of the battalion behind also began to rush towards the enemy army in the sound of horns.

After occupying Linfen, Wang Meng immediately commanded the army to continue north along the Fenshui, and soon approached the city of Pingyang.

Liu Kang couldn't help but be shocked when he heard the report, and hurriedly gathered his troops and horses in Pingyang. And Deng Yao was still the vanguard, leading a group of infantry troops to rush to the city of Pingyang first. Liu Kang bullied Deng Yao with few people, so he sent Sima Zhengtai and Wang Ci to lead 5,000 troops and horses out of the city, preparing to fight the arrogance of the Zhenbei army.

Zheng Tai and Wang Ci, who went into battle, were rewarded with a sword by Deng Ya who didn't say a word, and immediately beheaded him, and then Deng Yao led three thousand infantry troops to rush and kill, and immediately killed five thousand thieves so much that they couldn't even find the city gate to escape. When Liu Kang saw this scene, he knew that he had encountered a hard stubble this time, and immediately ordered the city gate to be closed tightly, preparing to defend Pingyang City.

Wang Meng, who arrived with him, commanded the army to besiege Pingyang City. Although Pingyang City is not as majestic and dangerous as Chang'an and Chengcheng, and it has been dilapidated for many years, it was once the capital of Liu Yuan of the Han Kingdom, and it is considered a big city, and Wang Meng thinks that there will be a chance to appear.

That night, a few figures appeared at the gate of the north city, and then quietly took advantage of the night to touch the military camp in the north of the town.

"Can you really open the North Gate?" Wang Meng stared at the four people in front of him and asked.

Wang Meng's snatching gaze made the four of them tremble in their hearts, and hurriedly bowed down and replied: "Our four families of Chai, Bu, Gou, and Rao are the county leaders of Pingyang County, although they have experienced thieves, but there are still quite a lot of clansmen. A few days ago, Liu Kang Hu thief pretended to be Liu Zhao's successor, took Pingyang by himself, and brutalized Ou Qing's elder brother. In order to preserve our strength, we tried to recover and pretended to obey Liu Thief. Because there are still a lot of people in our four families, Liu Kang has some scruples, so he let us go. Now the king is begging for a thief, and we should respond. Now the north gate has been mastered by the children of my four families, as long as the adults attract the attention of the thief, they can naturally open the city gate and welcome the king. ”

Wang Meng looked at the heads of the four major families of Chai, Bu, Gou, and Rao, nodded, and expressed his belief in them. These families can survive in the troubled times until now, naturally they have some skills, and now that the army of the king is besieging the city, if they don't have this bit of eyesight and cleverness, they would have been wiped out a long time ago.

On the second day, Wang Meng ordered Deng Yao, who was in the limelight, to lead a group of infantry troops to beat the drums of war, lined up for battle, and prepared to capture Pingyang City in one fell swoop. Liu Kang was shocked, and hurriedly went to the south city to supervise the battle, Chai, Bu, Gou, and Rao responded immediately, opened the north city gate, and Yang Su, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately entered Pingyang City with a cavalry army and a box of infantry troops, and captured Pingyang City in less than two hours, capturing Liu Kang alive.

Wang Meng sent someone to try Liu Kang, so that the people of Pingyang knew that this Liu Zhao descendant was actually a Litehu person from the Western Regions. And the four families of Chai, Bu, Gou, and Rao even sent people to count the crimes of Liu Kang and his lackeys on the spot. In the end, Wang Meng ordered to behead Liu Kang and more than 100 people of his clan and more than 1,000 henchmen according to Hu Order, and the heads of more than 100 Hu people were piled up on the avenue outside Pingyang City according to the custom, and a stone tablet was erected on the side to remember.

And the "heroic righteousness" Ou Qingchang was posthumously named the general of Pingbei by Zeng Hua, and was buried with the specifications of the assassination history, and the rest of the four families of Chai, Bu, Gou, and Rao were all rewarded.

On April 29, Wang Meng's army, which continued to go north, drove to Zhongyang (now Xiaoyi, Shanxi) and garrisoned Fenshang. Zhang Ping of Jinyang borrowed 5,000 Xiongnu and Qiang cavalry from Yanmen and Hexi, and gathered 10,000 elite soldiers, sent his adopted son Zhang to lead, and went south to resist, on the third day of the fifth month, the two armies were west of the city (now Fenyang, Shanxi).