Text: The Fool's Dream: The Battle of Fangtou

About Chapter 37 Story Introduction: In the face of Huan Wen's Northern Expedition army, the former Yan Emperor Murong Wei and the Empress Dowager Ke Zu Hun clan six gods have no master, and Si Chen moved the capital, and the deprived imperial uncle Murong Chui faced the invasion of a strong enemy, worried, regardless of personal safety, persuaded the emperor and the empress dowager, led the troops to go out, successfully resisted Huanwen's Northern Expedition army in Fangtou, and took advantage of Huanwen's withdrawal to break the Eastern Jin army, so that the former Yan Empire turned the crisis into peace, and Murong Chui became famous because of this battle, but he was even more suspicious of the emperor and the queen mother, Emperor Murong Wei and the Empress Dowager Ke Zuhun conspired to take the opportunity to kill Murong Chui, and after Murong Ke's son Murong Kai learned of this, he was very upset with Murong Chui and informed Murong Chui of the matter, and Murong Chui fell into hesitation.

In this story, as a man of insight in the Xianbei Murong Department, Murong Trai stepped forward in danger and helped the Qianyan Empire win the Battle of Fangtou, Murong Trai was a true hero, he really achieved absolute loyalty to his country and ruler, no matter how much he was wronged, he did not do anything rebellious, and when the country was in danger, Murong Trai, who suffered from injustice, was able to abandon his previous suspicions, took the initiative to ask for help, and defeated the invaders. did not turn against each other, to conquest the former Yan Emperor Murong Wei and the Empress Dowager Ke Zuhun who had suffered many years of wrongs, Murong Chui is really a typical loyal and patriotic minister, from Murong Chui's deeds, we can see that during this period, some of the nobles of the Murong Department have been sinicized, but the sinicization of the entire nomadic people still needs a process, so the establishment of the former Yan Empire Xianbei Murong is still in the process of sinicization, Then, even with a nobleman like Murong Chui who is extremely sinicized, he can't completely save the trend of the Qianyan Empire from finally going to extinction.

Because the Xianbei Murong Department was the most powerful tribe in the Xianbei ethnic group at that time, the former Yan Empire it created occupied the Kanto region, and a large number of Xianbei Murong tribes also stayed in the Kanto region, even if they could not resist the Di people with a deep degree of sinicization at this stage, but with the continuous deepening of their sinicization, and the Di people with deeper sinicization were like the ancestors of the Han people, the Xianbei Murong tribes became the nomadic people with a deep degree of sinicization in the Central Plains, and the re-establishment of the country was also the desire of the people. And whether in morality or talent, Murong Trai is in line with the highest interests of Xianbei Murong Tribes, so if Murong Trai can save the day in the Qianyan Empire, he will inevitably become the uncrowned king of Xianbei Murong Tribes in the future.

In fact, when the former Yan Emperor Murong Wei and the Empress Dowager Ke Zuhun conspired to kill Murong Chui, many noble clans of the Xianbei Murong Department were upset with Murong Chui, and even tried every means to help Murong Chui get out of the crisis, which shows that these nobles of the Xianbei Murong Department have a premonition that only a figure like Murong Chui can lead the tribe to glory. Speaking of this, I remembered that in the history of our country, Yelu Dashi, a figure similar to Murong Chui, as the general of the Liao Dynasty, Emperor Liao Tianzuo could not accept his strategy, which eventually led to the capture of the country, and Yelu Dashi led the remnants of the Khitan tribe to West Asia to establish the Western Liao Empire, let's talk about some things about the Liao Dynasty.

The Khitan nation that established the Liao Dynasty is actually the same as the nomadic people we talked about before, it does not represent a certain race, it is also composed of many nomadic tribes, but because the Han ancestors at this time have begun to pay attention to the nomads, so the Khitan is also relatively close to the name of a single race. Regarding the meaning of the Khitan, the mainstream saying is iron, but at the same time, there are also some other sayings such as swords, slashing, etc., I think of the grassland overlord Turks before the Khitan people dominated the northern Mongolian steppe, and the main tribe of the Turks, Ashinabu, was not a small tribe of a nomadic people who smelted iron for Rouran before the rise? The original intention of the Turks is also a helmet, so I think that the various tribes of the nomadic tribes that once surrendered to the Turks and originated in the Liao River valley began to cut off the iron as their clan name when they gradually united, and they eagerly wanted to get out of the control of the Turks, but before their tribes developed, the Turkic Khanate was destroyed by the Uighurs, another nomadic tribe that submitted to the Turks, and the weak Khitan tribes could only rely on the Uighurs again, but as the Uighur Khanate was torn apart under the blow of the Tang Dynasty, the Khitan tribes were also growing and developing. The various tribes of these nomadic peoples who originated in the Liao River valley formed a tribal alliance, and the leaders of each tribe took turns to serve as the leaders of the alliance.

However, at the end of the Tang Dynasty, the division of the feudal towns gave the nomads the opportunity to develop and grow, and after Yelu Abaoji, the leader of the Khitan Diera Department, served as the leader of the tribal alliance, he followed the advice of the Han strategists, and no longer stepped down as the leader of the tribal alliance, and eliminated the opposition of the tribes, called the emperor Jianguo, and the country was called Khitan. He built a great empire in the north, and died of illness on the way to defeat the Bohai Kingdom in the northeast. His son Yelu Deguang, with the support of the Khitan nobles, forced the crown prince Yelu Bei to inherit the throne.

In the reign of Liao Taizong Yelu Deguang, the strong Khitan tribe began to nomadic people routinely go south, in order to enter the Central Plains region logically, Yelu Deguang according to the name of the Liao River Basin, the birthplace of the tribe, changed the country name to the Han flavor of Liao, and at this time the Central Plains Dynasty entered the period of five dynasties and ten kingdoms, the Central Plains wars were frequent, the Later Tang Dynasty general Shi Jingjiao obeyed Yelu Deguang as his father emperor, called himself the son emperor, and established the Later Jin regime in the five dynasties with the help of the Liao Dynasty, but Yelu Deguang was unwilling to only be his father emperor, He also wanted to enter the Central Plains, so after the death of Shi Jingjiao, he directly defeated the Later Jin Dynasty and occupied the Yellow River Valley, and soon the Han ancestors were dissatisfied with the invasion of foreign races, and defeated the Khitan army under the leadership of Liu Zhiyuan, the envoy of the festival, and established the Later Han regime in the five dynasties.

After the death of Yelu Deguang, the Khitan nobles launched a life-and-death struggle for the throne, and finally the eldest son of the abolished prince Yelu Ruan won, but during the reign of Yelu Ruan of Liao Shizong, although he still wanted to go south to the Central Plains, he was greedy for wine and lust, and the rewards and punishments were unfair, and several times he sent troops were defeated by the Hou Zhou in the five dynasties.

During the reign of Yelu Shulu of Liaomu Sect, he was the same as his predecessor Yelu Ruan, he was extravagant, sent troops to invade the south many times, and basically had no victory, Yelu Shulu was murdered by his attendants because of trivial matters, and the Khitan aristocratic clan jointly promoted Yelu Xian, who was known as a virtuous person, as the emperor.

Liao Jingzong Yeluxian ended the internal struggle of the Liao Dynasty, began to make great efforts, vigorously developed the national strength, established the primogeniture inheritance system and other feudal dynasty ruling systems, and defeated the Northern Song Dynasty army that tried to recover the sixteen states of Youyun, making the Liao Dynasty go to its heyday. After the death of Liao Jingzong, his son Yelu Longxu succeeded to the throne.

Liao Shengzong Yelu Longxu succeeded to the throne when he was young, his mother Xiao Sui regent, is the famous Empress Dowager Xiao in the history of the Liao Dynasty, with the assistance of the Empress Dowager Xiao, Yelu Longxu reused the Han Chen, carried out reforms, pushed the Liao Dynasty to its heyday, and sent troops to the Northern Song Dynasty, and reached an alliance with the Northern Song Dynasty, established the situation of Liao, Western Xia, and the Northern Song Dynasty, and maintained the stability of the Liao Dynasty.

After the death of Liao Shengzong, his son Yelu Zongzhen succeeded to the throne, during the reign of Liao Xingzong Yelu Zongzhen, first and Fatian Empress Dowager Xiao Yunjin fought for power, and then gambled with his younger brother Yelu Zongyuan, his poor army, constantly conquered the Western Xia and the Northern Song Dynasty, the Liao Dynasty was full of internal complaints, the national strength was not as good as before, after the death of Liao Xingzong, his son Yelu Hongji succeeded to the throne.

Liao Daozong Yelu Hongji is even more indistinguishable from wrong, listen to the words of the traitor, give to his own broken name of the queen Xiao Guanyin, imprisoned the prince Yelu Jun, during his reign, the Liao Dynasty various contradictions intensified, and Yelu Hongji has no achievements, even in its prince was killed by the traitorous ministers, but also indifferent, in his reign of forty-six years, the Liao Dynasty was on the verge of collapse. However, during this period, archaeological and documentary data show that the Khitan tribe had a very high degree of sinicization, so from a cultural point of view, the existence of the Liao Dynasty was unnecessary.

After the death of Yelu Hongji, his grandson Yelu Yanxi succeeded to the throne, Liao Tianzuo Emperor Yelu Yanxi liked to hunt, and constantly blackmailed the Jurchen tribes who submitted to the Liao Dynasty to pay tribute to Haidongqing for safari, and finally under the leadership of the Jurchen Wanyan Department, the oppressed Jurchens rose up to resist, and the Khitan tribe through more than 100 years of sinicization, has completely lost the fighting spirit and wildness, the ruler Yelu Yanxi is a fun emperor who can only hunt, and finally Yelu Yanxi was defeated and captured, and the Liao Dynasty died after more than 100 years of existence, The Khitan clan general Yelu Dashi led the remnants of the Khitan to flee west to Central Asia and establish the Western Liao Empire, which was finally destroyed by the Mongol army, and the Khitan tribe disappeared in the long river of history, and the Khitan people gradually merged into the Mongols, Han people, and Jurchens, and only a small one has been preserved to this day, which is said to be the tomb keeper of Yelu Abaoji, which is our Daur tribe today.

In fact, from the rise and fall of the Liao Dynasty, it can be seen that the rise and fall of the feudal dynasty established by the nomads has a lot to do with the sinicization of the nomads. In the period of the Sixteen Kingdoms we mentioned, the countries established by various nomadic peoples, although they also maintained a relatively strong nomadic style, but as they entered the Central Plains and continued to accept the cultural etiquette system of the Han ancestors, these nomads were far faster than the Khitans who established the Liao Dynasty in the northern grasslands, and the process of sinicization was much faster, so these nomads died out quickly, and the established country existed for a short time.