At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, the national situation declined, Wang Mang usurped the government, imposed exorbitant taxes, suffered successive years of wheat famine, and peasant uprisings surged. In the third year of Emperor Xin Mang's reign (AD 22), Ji Bo's eldest brother Ada and third brother Liu Xiu, as well as the sons of Li Shouzhi, Li Tong and Li, and the new dynasty Zongqing Division (an official who mastered the discipline of imperial clan children) also rose up. Together with outlaws, they attacked Lan Xiang, Kewancheng, Kunyang and Wuguan, and finally overthrew Xin Mang and established the Eastern Han Dynasty. In this great historical change, although Liu Boji was an aristocratic scholar, he also showed great wisdom and courage.
After the Han army attacked Fuling, it won many battles. Ada was eager to destroy the barbarians, and his mind swelled. Ignoring the fact that you are outnumbered, and not listening to the dissuasion of Deng Yu and others, you attacked Wancheng (now Nanyang) by yourself. As a result, Xiao Chang 'an Village (now south of Nanyang, Henan Province) was ambushed by Zhen Fu, chief of Nanyang, Liang Changqiu, a surname, and Lu Zhi, a partial general. Battlefield ShaSheng everywhere, countless han army soldiers and their families fell in a pool of blood. Liu Zhong died in the battle. His aunt who raised Liu Xiu and Ji Bo (Liu Liang's wife) and her children were also killed, and the Han army was defeated. Liu Xiu and Ji Bo's brother and sister rode together to break through. Just between the lines, they saw a group of officers and men picking their second sister Liu Yuan and two unreasonable nieces. Seeing that his relatives were killed, Liu Xiu immediately drew his sword and tried to fight his old friend. At this critical juncture, Ji Bo shouted: "Third brother, third brother! You calm down. Calm down. We can't all die. Who will avenge his death! " After listening to the little sister's voice, Liu Xiucai choked back tears and shouted: "Second sister!" The prancing horse rushed out of the encirclement.
The Han army retreated to Jiyang, and the whole city wailed. There used to be 890,000 troops, but now there are only 1,000 left, and they are surrounded by 100,000 troops in Zhen Fu, and their future is uncertain. In order to survive, Ada, Liu Xiu, Deng Yu and others accepted Li Tong's suggestion and went to Qiu Yi Town, Shi Ping County (now southeast of tanghe county, Henan Province) to find an alliance with outlaws led by Wang Kuang and Wang Chang. At this time, Liu Boji in grief puzzled himself: Why do loyal ministers have such a great deterrent? Why did our army collapse with one blow? After repeated thinking, Liu Boji decided to personally embroider four flags for the Han army to encourage the soldiers to move forward. So, she chose four yellow banners and five-color lines from the cloth she was going to make a wedding dress, dried her tears and embroidered them. On the third day of the twelfth lunar month, before the allied forces went to war, Liu Boji ran to the rostrum and personally dedicated the yellow silk banner around to his eldest brother Ada. Ada was very happy after seeing it, and even cried: Good sister! What a nice banner! When the soldiers saw it, they saw Suzaku Banner in front, Xuanwu Banner behind, Qinglong Banner on the left and Baihu Banner on the right. Each flag is embroidered with a big Chinese character, which immediately makes the audience boil and boost morale.
The next day is New Year's Day. At dawn, the rebel army composed of the Han army and the outlaw hero started the anti-encirclement campaign against the mang army according to Deng Yu's "anti-customer first" battle plan. At the moment, Liu Boji, who stayed in the empty city of Zhiyang, is organizing the old and weak down archers to defend the city. At the same time, he sent someone to carry the drums to Chengtou and bang them to help. The rebels fought more and more bravely in the Vietnam War, and the mang army fled for their lives as soon as they heard the drums. At the end of the battle, the enemy surrendered as many as 40 thousand people. The battle of Jiyang not only avenged the dead rebel soldiers, but also greatly shook the foundation of Xin Mang dynasty.
After the war in Kunyang (now Yexian County, Henan Province), in the name of generals Lu and Hou, he led troops across the Yellow River, suppressed and incorporated peasant rebels such as Tongma in Hebei Province, and in April of the third year (AD 25), he proclaimed himself emperor in Gaoyi (now Baixiangbei, Hebei Province) and rebuilt Wu.
In the second year of Jianwu (AD 26), Liu Xiuli's second sister Liu Yuan was Xinye princess royal, her eldest sister Huang Liu was Huyang princess royal, her younger sister Ji Bo was Ningping (now Ningping Town, Dancheng, Henan Province) princess royal, thomas lee was the Hou of Gushi (now Liulinji, northwest of Huaiyang, Henan Province), and she worshipped Dasinong (one of the nine ministers in charge of the national fiscal revenue and expenditure tax, money, salt and iron). In about AD 23, she married Li.