Liu Qi was a famous anti-Jin general during the Southern Song Dynasty, although this name was very unfamiliar to many people in later generations, especially some young people. But in fact, Liu Qi was a very famous general at that time, and even in a certain way he could match the famous national hero Yue Fei. Like Yue Fei, he once gave the Jin soldiers a hard blow and won the victory in the Battle of Jin.
Liu Qi was born in a family of generals, since childhood riding and shooting kung fu, after growing up, he looks handsome, sounds like Hong Zhong, and looks like a proud general.
Coming from the gate, Liu Qi naturally experienced the war earlier than the average person. From the time he was young, he followed his father Liu Zhongwu on his southern expedition to the north and accumulated rich experience in war. In the first year of Emperor Xuanzong of Song's reign, on the recommendation of Gao Qi, Liu Qi was made the Prince of Gemen.
The Northern Song Dynasty fell, and Zhao Zhuo succeeded to the throne in the south, for Emperor Gaozong of Song. The Southern Song Dynasty court was newly built and recruited talents from all sides. Liu Qi, as a descendant of Liu Zhongwu, was summoned by Emperor Gaozong of Song, and was later made the Prince of Gemen Xuanzanshe , Zhi min prefecture , and served as the protector of Longyou. During his tenure, he repeatedly fought against the victory of the Western Xia Army. Because he fought bravely and strategically, the Western Xia people often suffered losses here, so they were afraid of him later. Liu Qi even later became a terrible person for children to stop crying in Western Xia.
When Zhang Jun inspected Shaanxi, he was very surprised by such a scene, and found that Liu Qi was indeed a very capable general, so he appointed him as the envoy of Jingyuan Road and the governor of Weizhou.
In the fourth year of Jianyan, the Battle of Fuping took place, and although the battle was ultimately defeated by the Song army, an army led by Liu Qi won the victory against Jin. At that time, he led the Song army of Jingyuan Road to meet Yan Zongbi's left-wing army, successfully surrounded people, not only killed many Jin troops, but even shot the Jin general Han Chang.
After the Battle of Fuping, the Song Dynasty surrendered Mu Huan to Jin and turned around to attack Huanzhou. Liu Qi led the order to rescue Huanzhou, and the remaining troops would guard Weizhou. Liu Qi led his army to Huanzhou, where the Jin army led the troops to attack Weizhou. At that time, Liu Qi was too late to return to Weizhou, and under the dilemma, he finally led his army to retreat to the Deshun Army. At that time, Liu Qi was demoted to Mianzhou and appeased along the border because of his dereliction of duty, coupled with the fact that li Yanqi was demoted to Jin.
In the third year of Shaoxing, Liu Qi was reinstated as the commander of the Xuanfu Division. Later, because after the Jin army captured Shangyuan, he was appointed by Emperor Gaozong of Song as the deputy commander of Jiangdong Road, and for six years he served as the commander of the Suwei army. Emperor Gaozong of Song was stationed at Pingjiang, so that he later returned to Jinling, and liu qi led the troops to escort him. Because of his meritorious service, he served as the military commander of Hefei for seven years, and for nine years he was the training envoy of the Guozhou Regiment and the commander of the Dragon Shenwei Sixiang, and was in charge of the Guard Ma Military Division.
Ten years after Shaoxing, the Jin Dynasty tore up the Shaoxing contract, and the Jin army invaded the Southern Song Dynasty. Liu Qi analyzed that the Jin army must first occupy Tokyo and then attack Shunchang when it went south. So he preemptively led three thousand troops to retreat to Shunchang, build fortifications, and prepare to die. Even in order to resolutely defend the soldiers, he cut down the ships and blocked the retreat. Later, the Jin army did indeed attack Shunchang, and the military and civilians in the city jointly resisted the enemy, and even the women took up swords and jointly defended the city.
With his resolute determination and Liu Qi's effective command, he finally successfully completed the strategic blockade task of winning more with less and defeating the strong with the weak.
After losing the initial battle, Jin Wushu led an army of 100,000 reinforcements. Because of the misbelief of the captive general's words, Jin Wushu did not take Liu Qi in his eyes. On the contrary, Liu Qi preemptively poisoned the drinking water source of the Jin Army, making most of the Jin Army sick. Subsequently, he took the opportunity to arm a team with a special long-handled axe and a long javelin, and when fighting against the Jin Army, he specially cut off the legs of the horses and broke the "iron floating map" and "abducted horses" of the Jin Army. The Song army won an absolute victory in this great battle, known in history as the Battle of Shunchang, and Liu Qi's prestige spread.
However, Liu Qi, who had worked hard and achieved great achievements, was not used seriously, but instead attracted the envy of the imperial court, believing that he was the reason for hindering the Song jin and jin negotiations, and eventually sent him to Jingnan Province and Tanzhou as a magistrate. lamentable! Alas!
Thirty-one years after Shaoxing, the Jin army once again launched a large-scale attack on the Southern Song Dynasty, and Liu Qi was thus activated. Under the leadership of Liu Qi, the Song army temporarily formed a confrontation with the Jin army. However, after Ali was seriously ill because of Liu Qi's misfortune, he went home to recuperate, and in the end, the Song army was defeated by the Jin army. Because of the change of command, the iron-blooded army trained by Liu Qi was almost completely destroyed in this war.
Thirty-two years after Shaoxing, Liu Kai "vomited several liters of blood and died." Gifted Kaifu Yi with the three divisions", hou "Wu Mu". Emperor Xiaozong of Song posthumously created him the Prince of Wu and crown prince Taibao. Some people in history also say that Liu Qi finally lived in seclusion and the ending was unknown.