Chapter Twenty-Nine: Robbery While the Fire is Burning

In 351 A.D., Murong Jun learned in Jicheng that Fu Jian led the people to return to the west, Ran Min defeated and deceived Shidi, and Liu Xian, the general of Shidi, was also defeated and killed, and Ran Min had returned to Yecheng, but the land of Hebei was already in ruins, and the chickens and dogs did not hear it. He immediately sent his son Murong Ke to lead the troops to attack Zhongshan, and Murong Ping entered Lukou.

When Murong Ke arrived in Zhongshan, the Taishou Hou Shrine could not be held, and Murong Ke could not conquer it for a while. had to leave Murong Biao, the general of the army, to besiege the lonely city and march into Changshan by himself. Murong Ping stationed troops in Nan'an, and Wang Wu, the general of Lukou, sent Zheng Sheng, a general, to face Murong Ping. Zheng Sheng was defeated and killed, and Hou Gong knew that he had no support, so he had to surrender. Murong Ping entered Zhongshan, and Zhang Wu Taishou Jia Jian led his troops to intercept Murong Ping, but was captured and killed. At this time, Zhai Rat, the chief of the Ding Ling clan of Ran Wei, and Liu Zhun, the assassin of Youzhou, and others saw that Murong Jun's army was sweeping Hebei, and they knew that they were invincible, so they led their troops to surrender.

In April 352, Murong Jun's army had captured Youzhou and Hebei Prefecture. Ran Min was shocked, so he personally led the army to the north, looking for an opportunity to fight with it, and within a few days, Ran Min's army and Murong Ke's troops met in Weichang City. In Ran Min's camp, his generals persuaded: "Xianbei is coming by victory, the momentum is strong, you can't resist hard, you can avoid its edge, wait for it to be proud, and then attack it, you can win." ”

Ran Min said angrily: "I poured all the troops of the whole country to crusade against Murong Jun, aiming to recover the two states of Youji and kill the thief head. Now that he has just met Murong Ke and retreated, his morale will decline, let alone recovering the lost territory. ”

After that, he personally led the sergeants to battle, and won all ten battles. Murong Ke saw that Ran Min was determined to win and was extremely brave, so he ordered people to connect the five thousand war horses with iron locks, and selected five thousand people who dared to die.

Ran Min's soldiers, looking at the enemy army from afar, the men and horses are one, the heavy armor protects themselves, they go hand in hand, the ground shakes the mountains, everyone is frightened, and the face is afraid, Ran Min personally led his own soldiers to rush into the enemy formation, rushed left and right, and killed more than 300 people. Seeing this, Murong Ke was afraid that he would disturb the military formation, so he commanded all the armies to besiege and kill Ran Min, and in an instant, the Xianbei cavalry swarmed and surrounded Ran Min. Ran Min saw that his soldiers were all killed in battle, he was outnumbered, the prancing horse broke through the encirclement, fled to the east, Murong Ke immediately ordered the cavalry to pursue by victory, Ran Min ran wildly for more than 20 miles, the car was tired and died suddenly, Ran Min fell off the horse, was captured by Murong Ke's pursuers, and Murong Ke sent it to Jicheng (today's Jinji County).

In the main hall of the Jicheng Palace, Murong Jun asked the sergeant to take Ran Min to the palace and asked, "Why do you call yourself the Son of Heaven in vain?" ”

Ran Min scolded: "The world is in turmoil, and you and other Yidi clans, with human faces and beast hearts, still intend to usurp the throne and rebel." I am a hero, why can't I be an emperor? ”

Murong Jun was furious and ordered him to be whipped 300 times and taken to Longcheng (now Chaoyang, Liaoning) to be imprisoned.

Murong Jun then ordered Murong Jun to lead the crowd to take advantage of the victory to besiege Yecheng. At this time, there was a famine in Yecheng City, Ran Min was captured, the prince Ran Zhi was young, the court was in turmoil, and the generals who defended the city fled with several troops. The presiding minister Jiang Gan sent his ministers Miao Song and Liu Yi to submit to the Eastern Jin Dynasty and went to the Eastern Jin Dynasty to ask for reinforcements.

When Dai Shi, the Taishou of Puyang in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, heard the news, he wanted to be greedy for the merits of heaven, so he led the army to intercept the two and prevent them from continuing to go to Jianye, and then asked for the seal of the country. Liu Yi had no choice but to let Miao Song return to Yecheng to report the matter, Jiang Gan was unresolved, at this time, Dai Shi led more than 100 strong men into Yecheng, coerced Liu Yi, and took him into the palace to see Jiang Gan, Dai Shi saw Jiang Gan, claimed to assist in defending the city, and lied to him: "Don't be suspicious, don't doubt, just take out the jade seal of the country and hand it over to me." At present, the thieves are outside, the road is impassable, and the hard work of sending the letter may not be trusted by the Son of Heaven. If you send the jade seal of the country, I will send someone to gallop to Jianye. The Son of Heaven knew that the jade seal of the country had been offered, and he absolutely believed that the monarchs and ministers would be loyal and would definitely send troops to help. ”

Jiang Ganxin thought it was true, so he took out the jade seal of the country and handed it to Dai Shi. Dai Shi claimed to have sent He Rong to meet the military rations, and privately ordered He Rong to send it to Jianye with the jade seal of the country. Soon, the soldiers defending the city did not see He Rong return for several days, and there was not a grain of grain in the city, so they opened the city gate and surrendered to Murong Ping. Dai Shi and Jiang Gan had to use hemp rope to go down the wall and escape back to Cangyuan. Murong Ping entered the city, captured Ran Wei, and sent all the civil and military officials to Jicheng.

Murong Jun was furious when he learned that Dai Shi and Jiang Gan had sent the jade seal of the country to Jianye, but he wanted to prove that he had inherited the mandate of heaven, so he falsely claimed that Ran Min's wife would dedicate the jade seal of the country to himself, and gave Ran Min's wife the title of "Fengxi Jun", so everything was ready, and he took the throne of the emperor that year, granted amnesty to the world, and set up hundreds of officials. At this time, it happened that the Eastern Jin Dynasty sent an envoy to see Murong Jun, and Murong Jun said to the envoy: "You go back and tell you and the Son of Heaven that I have borne the hardships of the people, and I have been elected by the people of the Central Plains and have been proclaimed emperor."

The messenger had no choice but to depart in a huff. Murong Jun also had different rewards for the soldiers in the army and the families of the fallen soldiers. Sergeants and soldiers are exempt from paying taxes to their children and grandchildren. Later Zhao and Ran Wei's old ministers were all used only by quantity. He made his wife Kezuhun the queen, and his son Murong Ye as the crown prince.

In June 352 AD, Murong Jun saw that the defenders of Yecheng surrendered without a fight, Ran Wei had been destroyed, and Ran Min was useless, so he beheaded him, and sent troops to crusade against Hou Zhao, the rest of Ran Wei, consolidate the land of Guandong, send people to repair the palace of Yecheng, and plan to move the capital to Yecheng.

At this time, the land of the original Hou Zhao was split in half by the giant axe of history, the Kanto region belonged to Qianyan, and the land of Guanzhong was occupied by Qianqin, and at this time the two countries were also just established, and the regime was not stable.