Chapter 27 The Tomb Moves to the Valley

Xianbei, an ancient nomadic people originating in the Great Xing'an Mountains, rose in the Mongolian Plateau after the Xiongnu, with the continuous civil strife of the Central Plains Dynasty since the end of the Han Dynasty, it gradually moved south, and when the Later Zhao Dynasty was established, its ethnic groups were mainly distributed in the northwest region, North China and Liaodong region.

As early as when Sima Yue crusaded against Sima Ying, Wang Jun of Youzhou Thorn Shi had joined forces with the Xianbei section of Liaoxi to break Sima Ying, after Wang Jun was defeated by Shile, the Xianbei of the section gradually declined, and its fierce rival Murong was under the leadership of the leader Murong Hao, who settled the Central Plains refugees, learned the etiquette of the Chinese Dynasty, abandoned the bad habits of the nomads, persuaded the farmers to teach the mulberry, pacified the civil strife, and gradually controlled the eastern Liaodong region, and its tribe was also vibrant, such as the rising sun.

In October 337 AD, Murong Hao, with the support of his subordinates, proclaimed himself King of Yan in Changli, and made Murong Jun the crown prince, known as Qianyan in history.

In the same year, in order to completely annex the Xianbei of the Duan Department, Murong Hao sent an envoy to the Later Zhao Emperor Shi Hu to be a minister, and asked him to discuss the Xianbei of the Duan Department.

In 338 AD, Shi Hu personally led a large army to the Northern Expedition to Xianbei. Murong Hao led his troops to the south to attack the Xianbei garrison of the Duan Department Lingzhi (now Qian'an, Qianxi and the northern part of Luan County, Hebei), and the leader of the Duan Division, Duan Liao, sent Duan Lan to resist Murong Hao, and the two sides fought, and Murong Hao won a great victory and beheaded thousands. When Shi Hu's soldiers arrived, Duan Liao knew that he was invincible, and led the remnants to flee to Miyun Mountain.

Shi Hu stationed in Lingzhi, but Murong Hao missed the date of the division because of appeasing the defeated soldiers of the Duan Division, Shi Hu also wanted to take the opportunity to pacify the Murong Division, and then surrounded Murong Hao's garrison Thorn City, Murong Hao's county departments saw that they were trapped, and there were 36 cities after the surrender of Zhao. The two sides held each other for more than ten days, and the generals persuaded Murong Hao to surrender in order to plan for the future. Murong Hao said unhappily: "I just took the world, how can I surrender it!" ”

After that, he sent his son Murong Ke and others to lead 2,000 cavalry out of the city in the early morning and attack Shihu's camp. Shihu's army attacked the city for days, exhausted, sleeping, defenseless, Murong Ke led the troops to attack, and the soldiers had to throw away their armor and flee. Murong Ke took advantage of the victory to pursue and killed and captured more than 30,000 people.

Duan Liao saw that after Murong Hao's big break, Zhao Jun knew that Murong Hao had great courage and knowledge, so he had the heart to return, so he sent an envoy to surrender to Shi Hu, asking for troops to be sent to accept his submission. Shi Hu sent the general Ma Qiu to lead troops to meet Duan Liao, but Duan Liao sent people to report the matter to Murong Hao, Murong Hao ordered Murong Ke to ambush 7,000 elite cavalry in Miyun Mountain, and broke Ma Qiu, Duan Liao led his troops to surrender to Murong Hao, and Murong Hao dominated the Liao River Valley.

At the beginning of 342 AD, after nearly three years of recuperation, Murong Hao grew his wings and moved his capital to Longcheng (now Chaoyang, Liaoning). However, Longcheng was adjacent to Goguryeo, and Murong Hao feared that it would threaten the national capital and regarded it as a danger to his henchmen. Murong Haoqin led the main force of 40,000 elite troops to attack Goguryeo from the south of the province, and ordered Murong Han to take his young son Murong Chui to lead 15,000 troops to attack from the north province.

When Gao Zhao, the king of Goguryeo, heard the news and judged that the main force of the Yan army must come from the northern province, he asked his younger brother Gao Wu to lead 50,000 elite soldiers to defend the northern road, and he led a weak brigade to defend the southern road. Murong Hao led his army to defeat the Goguryeo army in Nandao, and took advantage of the victory to attack its capital Marudu (now Ji'an, Jilin), Gao Zhao fled on horseback, and then sent an envoy to surrender

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In February 344, Murong Hao personally led 20,000 cavalry to attack the Xianbei Yuwen Department, with Murong Han and Murong Chui as the vanguard. Yuwen Yidou, the leader of the Yuwen Ministry, ordered his subordinate general to lead all the men and horses to resist Murong Han, Murong Hao heard the news and sent someone to Murong Han to suggest: "If you are brave and strong, you should avoid its edge, wait for it to slack, and then send troops to fight it." ”

Murong Han said to the comer: "The elite of Yuwen Yidou is all here, and now it is destroyed, and it can be annexed to the Yuwen Department in an instant." Moreover, if we are brave and unscrupulous, we should not connive at the enemy and hurt the morale of our army. ”

So he went forward to fight, set up an ambush to kill Shi Yiyu, captured his soldiers, and Yuwen Yidougui had to flee to the north of the desert. Murong Hao has thousands of miles of land, and the former Yan country is becoming more and more prosperous.

In 346 A.D., in order to eliminate the hidden dangers behind him, Murong Hao sent his son Murong Jun and his second son Murong Ke to crusade against the Buyeo Kingdom entrenched in its northeast, and won a great victory, capturing the king of Fuyu and more than 50,000 people.

At this time, the Later Zhao Emperor Shi Hu was remorseful for the matter of the sons seizing the heirs after several failed attempts to send troops to defeat Murong Hao, and he had no time to take care of Qianyan to become bigger. Just when Murong Hao was full of ambition and wanted to go south.

In September 348, during a dabbling activity, Murong Hao unfortunately fell from his horse and was injured, and soon died of his injuries. The son of the prince Murong Jun succeeded to the throne, and Murong Jun was not an idle person, and when he saw that Zhao had frequent civil unrest, he was fierce and moved with his camera.

In 350 A.D., the Later Zhao general Ran Min usurped the throne, founded the country Ran Wei, and the Later Zhao clan Shi only heard the news in Xiangguo, raised troops to crusade against Ran Min, and asked for help from Murong Jun, Murong Jun took the opportunity to march into Hebei in three ways, along the way called aid, it was really a little land, after the Zhao army looked at the wind and surrendered, Murong Jun immediately occupied Jicheng, and moved the capital here.

At this time, Murong Jun, who intended to annex Ran Wei and founded the Central Plains of the People's Republic of China, heard that another force was rising near Yecheng, so he immediately stopped his troops and watched from the wall. If you know where this force comes from, how Murong Jun responds, and see the next chapter.