Liu Cong traveled to Luoyang after he was twenty years old and made many famous people. Later, he served as the master book of Guo Yi, a new satrap. Later, he turned to the right as the commander-in-chief, and because of his appeasement and acceptance, he got the return of the five heroes of Xiongnu. Sima Yu, the king of Hejian, named Liu Cong a corps commander in Chisha, while Liu Yuan was an official in Yecheng at that time. Because he was afraid that Sima Ying, the Chengdu king stationed in Yecheng, would harm his father, he defected to Sima Ying and became a right crossbow general to take part in the vanguard war. In the first year of Yong 'an (304), Sima Ying appointed Liu Yuan as Bei Chanyu and Liu Cong as the right wise king. He and his father were ordered to return to the fifth department of Xiongnu and take Xiongnu reinforcements to see Sima Ying. However, after Liu Yuan returned to the Fifth Department, he was named as a big Khan, and Liu Cong also turned to worship King Li Lu. Liu Yuan rallied itself and became Hanwang in the same year, establishing Han and Zhao. Later, Liu Cong was appointed as the general of Fujun.
In the fifth year of Yuanxi (308 in the second year of Jin Yongjia), Liu Cong was sent south to occupy Taihang Mountain. At the end of the same year, Yuan proclaimed himself emperor, and Liu Cong was promoted to be a cycling general. Soon the king of Chu was appointed. The following year, he attacked Huguan with Wang Mi and Schleswig-Holstein, defeated Rong Shi and Cao Chao of Sima Yue school, breached Tunliu's father and son, and made Shangdang satrap Pang Chunxian offer Huguan to surrender. A few months later, he led the troops to attack Luoyang, defeated Cao Wu, the general of Pingbei, and matched Yiyang. But Liu Cong underestimated his enemies because of his successive victories. Yan Yan, the deceived governor of Hongnong, led his troops to attack Liu Cong at night, and Liu Cong was defeated. Two months later, Liu Cong attacked Luoyang with Liu Yao and Hu. Jinshi thought that Zhao Hanbang was defeated and would not invade the south again in a short time, so he neglected to take precautions. Knowing that Liu Cong and others were very afraid to attack, Liu Cong once invaded Luoshui near Luoyang. At that time, Bei Gongchun, the general of the Jin army, led the troops to attack the Han and Zhao barriers at night and killed the general Hu; Later, Huyanyi was killed by his men, and the troops led by Huyanyi were defeated by the loss of the coach. Liu Yuan ordered the retreat. And Liu Cong said 8 jin j weak, because of the death of hu and others don't give up the attack, insisted on staying. Liu Yuan allowed it. In the face of Zhao Han's army, Sima Yue, who was guarding Luoyang, could only stick to Yingcheng. But later, Sima Yue took advantage of Liu Cong's sacrifice in Songshan to send troops to attack the remaining Zhao Han army and slay Hu Yanlang. Seeing this, Liu Li, the king of Anyang, was afraid that Liu Cong would blame himself and jumped into waterinfo to commit suicide. At this time, Wang Mi advised Liu Cong to withdraw his troops because the defenders in Luoyang were still strong and there was a lack of food and grass, but Liu Cong asked to stay and did not dare to withdraw on his own. Liu Yuan and later listened to Yu Xuan and ordered Liu Cong to lead the retreat. Liu Cong didn't withdraw until he saw this.
After Liu Cong returned to Pingyang, he was appointed as Da Situ. In the second year of He Rui (365,438+00 in the fourth year of Jin Yongjia), Liu Yuan fell ill, and Liu Cong was appointed as Fu and Da Chanyu. Together with Liu Huan, the Taizai, and Liu Yang, the Taifu, he recorded history and set up Shan Yutai in Pingyang West, the capital. Soon, Liu Yuan died of illness, and Cong Xiong acceded to the throne. After Liu He acceded to the throne, he was persuaded by Hu Yan's wife in Zong Zheng, Rui Liu in Wei Yan and Liu Cheng, a courtier who always hated Liu Cong, to eliminate the influence of kings, especially Liu Cong, who had hundreds of mercenaries at that time. Liu He took action soon, but because Liu Cong was well prepared, Liu Cong led the army to capture the palace from the west gate, killed Liu He in the west room of Guangji Temple, arrested Hu Yanyou and others who fled to the Nangong, and beheaded them.
After Liu He's death, ministers asked Liu Cong to succeed, and Liu Cong gave way to him, because his brother Liu Yi, the king of Beihai, was the son of a single queen, but Liu Yi still insisted on Liu Cong's succession. Liu Cong finally agreed, and said he would give the throne to Liu Wei when he grew up. After he acceded to the throne, he made Liu Wei his younger brother, changed his position to Guangxing, and honored Liu Yuan's wife as the empress dowager. His mother, Zhang, was the Empress Dowager, leading Khan and Stuart, and made his wife, Hu Yan, the empress, and his son, Liu Xie, the general of Fujun, in charge of all military affairs at home and abroad. Three months after Liu Cong took the throne from Luoyang, he sent Liu Yao and his son Liu charm from Hanoi to attack Luoyang, joined forces with Schleswig in Dayang, defeated General Pei Miao of Jin in Mianchi, but went straight to Luochuan, plundered a large area of land between Liang, Chen, Runa and Yingchuan, and captured more than 100 passes. The following year, former general Hu Yanyan was sent to lead 27,000 men to attack Luoyang. By the time he marched into Henan, he had defeated the resisting Jin Jun 12 times and killed more than 30,000 people. Later, Liu Yao, Wang Mi and Schleswig were ordered to meet Hu Yanyan. Hu Yanyan attacked Luoyang, captured Pingchang Gate and plundered it before Liu Yao and others arrived, and even burned the ship that Jin Huaidi intended to escape in Luoshui. After Liu Yao and others arrived, they attacked Luoyang City together, captured Emperor Huai and Queen Sheep alive, and then moved to Pingyang. In addition, he plundered the palace, ransacked all palace officials and treasures, and killed officials and royalty. In addition, Emperor Huai of Jin and Queen Yang were also captured and transferred to Pingyang. History is called Yongjia Rebellion. After the defeat of Yongjia in Liu Kun, Zhao Ran of Jinyamen defected from Shanxi, and Liu Cong ordered Liu Yao and Liu Xie to attack Guanzhong, and finally captured Chang 'an, killing Wang Sima Mo in Nanyang, Shanxi, and letting Liu Yao master Chang 'an. However, it was quickly countered by Jin Taishou Feng Yi, Anding Taishou Jia Jia, Yongzhou secretariat Qute and others. Liu Yao and others were defeated, and Liu Yao was besieged in Chang 'an. Finally, in Jiaping two years (Yongjia six years, 3 12), he was forced to quit Chang 'an and evacuate to Pingyang.
At the beginning of the second year of Jiaping (3 12), Liu Cong sent Jin Chong and Buyi to besiege Jinyang, which was ruled by the State of Jin, but failed because TaBaYi led the troops to rescue it. Soon, Ni went to Han and Zhao because his father Ling was killed by Liu Kun, the secretariat of Shanxi and Bingzhou, and told the truth about Jinyang. Liu Cong was very happy and sent Liu Xie and Liu Yao to attack Jinyang, taking Hu Ling Mud as the guide. After Liu Kun knew that Han and Zhao were under attack, he went to Zhongshan County and Changshan County to recruit and ask Tuoba for help. At the same time, Zhang Qiao and Hao Yu led the troops to block the Han and Zhao armies. But both Zhang and Hao were defeated, so Liu Xie took advantage of Liu Kun's failure to save and captured Jinyang. But soon Tuoba Louis led an army to fight back against Jinyang with Liu Kun, and Liu Yao was defeated. Only when he gave up Jinyang, he was chased by Tuoba Louis when he retreated, but he was defeated in the blue valley. Jinyang gains and losses. Jin Huaidi, who killed Huaidi, was exiled to Pingyang and was appointed as Tejin, Dr. Zuo Guanglu and Ping Gonggong by Liu Cong. Later renamed Kuaiji County Gong. Liu Cong once recalled the past with Wang Jizao with Huaidi, and also talked about the rebellion of the Eight Kings in the Western Jin Dynasty and clan cannibalism. Liu Cong was very happy and gave it to Whitey. However, in the first month of the third year of Jiaping (3 13), Liu Cong ordered Huaidi to drink in Tsing Yi at a banquet with his ministers. Yu Min and Wang Jun, the old ministers of the Jin Dynasty, couldn't help crying in their hearts, which made Liu Cong very disgusted. At that time, it was said that Yumin and others would be Liu Kun's domestic servants, helping him capture Pingyang, so he killed more than a dozen old ministers of the Jin Dynasty, such as Huaidi and Yumin. In April, after the news that Huai Jin, the emperor who repeatedly attacked Chang 'an, was killed reached Chang 'an, Sima Ye, the crown prince of Chang 'an, ascended the throne for Emperor Wu of Jin Dynasty. Liu Cong sent Zhao Ran, Liu Yao and Qiao Zhiming, a captain of Li Si, to attack Chang 'an and defeated Qu Yun, who had resisted many times. Zhao Ran even invaded the outer city of Chang 'an at night and set it on fire. It was not until dawn that Qu Jian withdrew from Chang 'an because he saved Chang 'an, but Qu Jian was defeated by Liu Yao when he pursued it. Later, because Liu Yao underestimated his enemy and was attacked by Qu Yun, Qiao Zhiming was killed and Liu Yao had to retreat to Pingyang.
The following year, Liu Yao and Zhao Ran were sent to Chang 'an, where Suochan led the troops to resist, but Zhao Ran was defeated by underestimating his enemy in the west of Xinfeng City. Soon, the two men and general Yin Kai attacked Chang 'an again and defeated Qu Yun in Fengyi. But that night, Qu Yun attacked Yin Kai's barracks at night, and Yin Kai died. Then Liu Yao went to Huai County to attack Guo Mo, the satrap of Shanxi and Hanoi, and Guo Mo remained faithful. At this time, Li Moment in Xinzheng also went to the Xianbei cavalry sent by Liu Kun to persuade Zhang to lead an attack on Liu Yao. Zhao Han soldiers saw Xianbei cavalry and left without fighting. Seeing that the attack failed, Liu Cong planned to destroy Liu Kun first, so he ordered Liu Yao to retreat.
In the first year of Jianyuan (3 15 in the third year of Jin Jianxing), Liu Yao defeated Liu Kun's army in xiang yuan and planned to attack Yangqu. But at this time, Liu Cong thought it necessary to capture Chang 'an first, so he ordered Liu Yao to withdraw and return to Pusaca. After the death of the Western Jin Dynasty, Liu Cong ordered Liu Yao to withdraw from Puerkan, and sent Liu Yao to attack the north a few months later. Liu Yao attacked Feng Yi first, then Shang Jun. Although Qu Yun led the troops in Lingwu, he dared not attack the serenade. In the second year of Jianyuan (3 16), Liu Yao captured the northern land and then advanced to Chang 'an. Although several groups of reinforcements came to rescue Chang 'an, they were afraid to attack because of the fear of the Han and Zhao armies. Hu Song, the general of Sima Bao, defeated Liu Yao in Ggv 10, but because he didn't want to see Qu Yun and Suochan become strong after repelling Liu Yao, he even stopped fighting and returned to Li Huai. In this way, Liu Yao captured the outer city of Chang 'an and besieged the town where Li Di was located. After staying in a famine-stricken town for two months, the emperor decided to go out and was sent to Pingyang. The Western Jin Dynasty officially perished. When hunting in the second year, Emperor Yu was ordered to wear a uniform and hold a halberd as the leader. After being recognized, an old man cried. Liu Xie advised Liu Cong to kill Emperor Li, but Liu Cong wanted to wait and see. Later, he ordered the emperor to drink, wash the nobles and help the lid, which made the old minister of the Jin Dynasty cry, and the new guest even cried with him. Liu Cong finally killed Yu. In November of the third year of Jiaping (3 14), Liu Cong appointed Liu Xie as prime minister, in charge of all affairs, and then entrusted him to handle state affairs. I began to covet pleasure, and the next year I set up a queen, a left queen and a right queen as concubines, resulting in "three queens standing side by side." Later, the queen became more stable. While entrusting government affairs to Liu Xie, Liu Xie also reused Wang Shen, Xuan Huai, Yu Rong and others. Because Liu Cong enjoyed himself in the harem, he didn't go to court for a long time. Ministers would report some things to Wang Shen and others instead of submitting them to Liu Cong. Wang Shen mostly doesn't report to Liu Cong, and only decides things according to his likes and dislikes. Wang Shen and others also belittled the sages of North Korea and appointed treacherous court officials as villains. Liu Cong listened to the slanderers of Wang Shen and others, and in February of the third year of Yu Jiaping (3 16), he killed seven eunuchs who hated him, such as Tejinwuda, Doctor Gong Shimi, and Shangshu Wang Yan. But he was relieved of Shu Ren's post by Liu Cong.
Taizai, Chen Yuanda, Guanglu, Liu and General all advised Liu Cong not to trust eunuchs. But Liu Cong completely believed what Wang Shen and others said and didn't listen. Liu Xie colluded with Wang Shen and others, so he praised Wang Shen and others to Liu Cong. Upon hearing this, Liu Cong sealed Wang Shen and others. Liu Yi saw this and protested on the table, which finally made Liu Cong angry and personally destroyed Liu Yi's admonition. Liu Yi died of resentment. When Chen Yuanda saw the news of Liu Yi's death, he was also disappointed with Liu Cong and committed suicide in a rage. Under the control of Wang Shen, Liu Xie and others, the court had no discipline, corruption prevailed, and the lieutenants only flattered their superiors; The harem concubines are richly rewarded, but the foreign military resources are insufficient. Liu Fu saw this scene and protested many times, but Liu Cong scolded Liu Fu for crying in front of him, which led to Liu Fu's illness and his death soon.
Because of Liu Cong's complete trust, Wang Shen, Liu Xie and others teamed up with Jin Zhun, falsely claiming that the emperor's younger brother Liu Wei had defected. They not only abolished and killed Liu Wei, but also took the opportunity to punish some officials they hated and entrapped more than 15 thousand soldiers in Pingyang city. Liu Xie was made Crown Prince after Liu Wa's death.
In the third year of Lin family (365,438+08), Liu Cong fell ill. Together with Liu Jing, Liu Ji, Liu E, Zhu Ji and Hu Yanyan, he recorded the history of ministers, ordered Fan Long to keep the order of ministers, and was promoted as a general. Both of them decided to go to court as ministers of auxiliary government. He died on July 1st (3 1 August) and was in office for nine years. Posthumous title Zhaowu, whose temple name is fierce.