Chapter 116 Chapter 115 Wu Wang is bald and black

In the first month of the sixth year of Lingjia in Houliang (AD 394), Wugu, the bald leader of Xianbei in Hexi (now in the west of Gansu Province), said to the generals around him: "My eighth ancestor Pigu moved from Saibei to Hexi, and occupied the wheat fields in the east. , Qiantun, west to Shiluo, south to Piaohe, and north to the vast area of ​​the desert. My sixth ancestral tree can kill Hu Lie, the governor of Qinzhou in the Western Jin Dynasty in Wanhudui, and Su Yu, the governor of Liangzhou in Jinshan. Occupying the entire land of Liangzhou, I have long wanted to recapture Liangzhou and restore the great cause of my ancestors."

In June of the following year, King Lu Guang of Houliang sent people to Lianchuan Fort to seal the bald-haired Wugu as the General of Conquering the South, Yizhou Mu, and Zuoxian King.Wu Gu wanted to part ways with Lu Guang a long time ago, so he said unceremoniously to the envoy: "Liangzhou was originally our territory, and Lu Guang is the old man! As the saying goes, those who are virtuous will prosper, and those who are virtuous will perish. Lu Guang has no virtue and is about to perish. Go back and tell Lu Guang that I will be king and emperor!" In the first month of the second year of Longfei (397 A.D.), Wugu with bald hair proclaimed himself Da Shanyu and King Xiping.Then Houliang sent troops to conquer Jincheng (now Lanzhou), the capital of Liang, and defeated Houliang general Dou Gou at Jieting.The victory against Hou Liang with the military flag made Wu Gu suddenly energetic and determined to annex the entire Liangzhou area.

One day in August of the same year, Wu Gu was drunk, fell off his horse, and injured his ribs.After Wu Gu was helped up, he laughed at himself and said, "I almost gave Lu Guang and his son a joke." Not long after returning to the palace, his injuries worsened and he died soon.His posthumous title is "Wu Wang", and his temple title is "Lie Zu".