Before the time came for the south, the Murong family was actively engaged in a never-ending expansion in the north.

In that time when it was necessary to eat "two-legged sheep" to make a living, the only way for the Xianbei Murong tribe to maintain the sustainable development of the tribe was annexation and war, Duan Liao, Yuwen, Buyeo, and the country to be mentioned at this moment - Goguryeo, there was no other way to eat or be eaten.

Please distinguish it from Goryeo, and even more so from Korea, although Goguryeo occupied a vast area on the Korean Peninsula at that time. However, in the course of its history, China and the DPRK have each absorbed and developed its own country, and it does not represent the Korean nation today. In our view, Goguryeo, like Murong Xianbei, was just a local government that existed in ancient Chinese history, nothing more.

Murong Hao's decision to attack Goguryeo was based on Murong Han's advice, and for this brother who had been wandering, Murong Hao was worried that he would usurp the throne and seize power, but he still trusted him in other aspects, especially in foreign wars, completely abandoning all prejudices and unanimously facing the enemy.

On the strategic choice of attacking Yuwen Xianbei or Goguryeo, Murong Hao and Murong Han had far-reaching discussions and plans.

Murong Han, who had long-term contact with Yuwen Yidougui, told Murong Hao that Yuwen Yidougui was a waste.

"Yidou returned to usurp the country, and the crowd did not attach it. In addition, the temperament is mediocre, the generals are not talented, the country has no defense, and the army has no troops. The minister has been in his country for a long time, and he knows its terrain. Although it is far away, it is not good to rescue. If you hit it now, you will move 100 grams. However, Goguryeo went to the country's secrets, and often had the ambition to peek into Liaodong. He knows that Yuwen is dead, and disaster will affect him, so he will take advantage of the void to go deep and cover up my unpreparedness. If you leave fewer troops, it will not be enough to defend, and if you keep more troops, it will not be enough. This confidant should also be eliminated first. Looking at its power, it can be overcome in one fell swoop. Yuwen is self-defending, and he must not come far to fight for profit. Not only take Goguryeo, but also take Yuwen, such as returning to the ear. The two countries are peaceful, the East China Sea is profitable, the country is rich and the army is strong, there is no need to look back, and then the Central Plains can be mapped" ("Zizhi Tongjian: Jin Ji").

Those who seek the country with sincerity are the important weapons of the country! It is no wonder that Murong Hao later found a reason to kill Murong Han, although the sword was sharp, he was not the only one holding the hilt of the sword. Murong Han, who has autonomy, is an existence that is even more terrifying than Murong Ren, who has been tested for a long time and has experienced life and death, and his talent is beyond doubt.

The more classic one I know is Zhu Yuanzhang's assertion of Chen Youliang's "Zhijiao" and Zhang Shicheng's "small qi" a thousand years later, almost the same version, almost the same rhetoric, changing the time, place, and characters, and what has not changed is the theme of "profit" and "desire". Chen Youliang, who attacked Zhang Shicheng and was "arrogant", must take the opportunity to move, because those who are arrogant have the world in their hearts; If you attack Chen Youliang, Zhang Shicheng will definitely do nothing, because those who are small are content in a corner. As a result, there was the Battle of Poyang Lake, the general policy of first determining the disputes in the south and then the Northern Expedition, and the domination of the world by the Zhu Ming Dynasty.

And when Murong Hao faced the problem of choosing one of the two, Murong Han told him that the powerful Yuwen Yidougui was the one who was angry. And the weak Goguryeo is a guy who aspires to Liaodong, and this is the real trouble of his henchmen. Those who are ambitious will not give up every opportunity to forge ahead.

There were two ways to attack Goguryeo, and Murong Hao still followed Murong Han's advice: to take the flat road (northern road) with the deviant division, and to personally lead the army to take the rugged path (southern road). "As expected, it must be said that the army will come from the north, and the north should be heavy and the south should be light. Wang Yishuai's sharp soldiers attacked him from the south road, and he was taken by surprise, and the pills were not enough. Don't send the division out of the northern road, even if there is a fall, its heart has collapsed, and the four branches are incapable" ("Zizhi Tongjian: Jin Ji").

In November 342, Murong Hao's troops attacked Goguryeo in two ways, personally leading the main force to march from the southern route, with Murong Han and his son Murong Ba as the vanguard, and Changshi Wang Yu and others leading the division to attack from the northern road.

Facts have proved that Murong Han's suggestion is very correct, and the king of Goguryeo, Gao Zhao, put the main army in the northern province and personally led the weak brigade to defend the southern province!

So something went wrong.

Although Former Yan was outnumbered in the northern province, he defeated Gao Zhao's army in the southern province and took advantage of the victory to attack the capital of Marudu (the capital city of Goguryeo, now Ji'anxi, Jilin), and Gao Zhao fled alone.

In order to prevent Gao Zhao's resurgence and continue to resist stubbornly, Murong Hao dug up the tomb of Gao Zhao's father, carried his body, captured Gao Zhao's mother, wife, and more than 50,000 men and women, collected the treasures of his treasury, burned the palace room, and destroyed the pills. In February 343, Gao Zhao sent his brother to Qianyan as a vassal, and Murong Haonai returned his father's corpse, but kept his mother as a hostage.

How should we comment on Murong Hao's actions? Meanness has a pass for the vile, and nobility is the epitaph of the noble. Perhaps, at that time, this is the best way to solve the problem, the sword has risen, and the hatred cannot be resolved, so the enemy will be trampled under his feet forever.

After completely solving the Goguryeo problem, Murong Hao turned around, like a behemoth pressing towards Yuwen Yidougui.

The first to do it was Yuwen Yidougui, perhaps, when Murong Hao completely solved the Goguryeo problem, he finally felt the imminent death.

In February 343, Mo Qianhun led his troops to attack Yan, and Murong Hao took the strategy of arrogance, and when the enemy army was just at the peak of its strength, although the generals under his command vied for battle, Murong Hao still ordered to hold on. As a result, Mo Qian's vigilance has diminished, and he has even drunk and hunted, and he is no longer on guard. Subsequently, Murong Hao ordered Murong Han to lead the cavalry to attack and defeat Yuwen's army.

Yuwen Yidougui, who took the lead, did not get half a penny, but he gave Murong Hao a wake-up call. "Yuwen is strong, if you don't take it now, it will be a national disaster, and it will be cut down", Zuo Sima Gaoxiang said.

In February 344, Murong Hao personally led a large army to attack Yuwen Yidougui, with Murong Han as the forward general, and Murong Jun, Murong Ke, Murong Ba and Zhichong general Mu Yugen led the troops to advance in three ways. …… All of Murong Han's past in the Yuwen Department will be the factor and capital that determines the victory of this battle.

Facing the former Yan army was Yuwen Yidougui's general, Nanluo City Lord, and Shi Yegan. The person who can come out to command the whole army at such a time must be an elite like the country's Gancheng, and this is exactly the case, Yuwen Yidougui sent all the elite soldiers to Shiyagan, expecting him to bring news of victory to Yuwen's department. However, due to Murong Han's existence, all hopes came to naught.

During the days of the Yuwen Xianbei Ministry, while Murong Han pretended to be crazy and stupid to save his life, he took the initiative to prepare for today's battle. The Art of War: Know yourself and know your opponent, and you will not be defeated in a hundred battles. The night-wading cadre can rely on Yuwen Yidou in the key battle, and naturally it will become the object of Murong Han's deliberate attention. The so-called "heroic" night-wading cadre has become easy to match in Murong Han's eyes.

In that battle, Murong Han personally led the cavalry to assault the night work, and the battle between the two strong men entered the white-hot from the beginning, but when the fierce battle between the two sides was in full swing, Murong Ba killed from the flank, instantly breaking the balance between the two sides, and the night dry battle was killed, and the Yuwen Department was defeated.

Win or lose!

The former Yan army took advantage of the victory to conquer Zimengchuan, the capital of Yuwen (now northwest of Chaoyang, Liaoning), Yuwen Yidou was defeated and fled, and finally died in Mobei, and the Yuwen clan has been scattered since then. Murong Hao collected his livestock and migrated more than 50,000 of his subordinates to Changli (now Yixian County, Liaoning), opening up more than 1,000 miles. Since then, Murong Hao has firmly controlled the Xianbei tribes in his own hands, and the leaders of the Xianbei tribes have all obeyed the orders of the Murong clan and become the subordinates of the Murong family.

Of course, in the battle against the Yuwen Ministry, Murong Xianbei also paid the price, and Zuo Sima Gaoxu, who had repeatedly shown strange schemes, was killed by an arrow. However, compared to the gain, this loss is insignificant, and its impact is limited to the fact that one pair of chopsticks can be placed less at the celebration banquet, and the others are not prominent for a while.

Murong Hao didn't think that it was a serious loss to fold Gao Xiang, because, not long after the victory, he killed another hero, Murong Han.

As the old saying goes: a thousand troops are easy to obtain, but one will be hard to find. Murong Hao, who does not commit two crimes, dares to act like this, must have his strong capital, and the leaders of the next generation of Qianyan have grown up, such as Murong Ke, known as the "Xianbei Military God", such as the Later Qianyan era, Murong Ba (later renamed Murong Chui), who is still able to shock one side and establish a country of his own (later renamed Murong Chui), is more courageous than Murong Han, more strategic than Gao Xiang, more aggressive and aggressive, and most importantly, more reassuring to Murong Hao. The key positions vacated by Gao Xiang and Murong Han after their deaths were replaced by them. At the very least, military power is more reassuring in the hands of a son than in the hands of a brother.

In October 345, Murong Ke attacked Goguryeo again, pulled out Nansu (the confluence of the Dongsuzi River and the Hunhe River in present-day Fushun City, Liaoning), and sent troops to stay behind.

In the same year, Murong Ba guarded the Tuhe River, and Deng Heng, the general of Later Zhao Zhengdong who was preparing to attack Qianyan, had tens of thousands of troops in the nearby city of Le'an, but he had been preparing, and because of Murong Ba's existence, he never dared to offend.

In the first month of 346, the prince Murong Jun led 17,000 cavalry led by Murong Jun, Murong Ke, Mu Yugen and other generals to attack the Buyeo Kingdom (now the Songhua River valley in central and western Jilin). Murong Jun commanded the Chinese army, and Murong Ke commanded the armies to attack, conquered Buyeo, and captured more than 50,000 kings and tribes of Buyeo and returned.

In fact, there is no genius in the world, and the so-called "god of war" is actually just more familiar with military affairs after being invaded in the army for a long time. As the saying goes: a long illness becomes a doctor. That's it. The legend of Murong Ke and others, in fact, is more of a story that is played step by step, and there is nothing different or a miracle from the sky.

Without the era of Murong Han, Qianyan under Murong Hao was thriving.

In addition to winning those bloody wars, Murong Hao's political achievements are also remarkable. After years of war and strife, countless families and ethnic groups have been destroyed and many more people have been displaced. Murong Hao recruited displaced people to open up wasteland and farm, and Shi Yanguo "gave cattle to poor families, and the fields were in the garden, and the public collected eight of them, and two points were private." Those who have cattle but no land, in Yitian Yuan, the public collects seven of them, and three points go to private" ("Jin Shu Murong Hao Ji").

Although the taxes are very high, and the people work hard for a year's harvest, most of them go into Murong Hao's pocket, but it is a chance to live, and there will always be some rations left over for a whole year, which is not enough for the whole family to eat a few full meals, but what does it matter? Getting some rice bran or wheat husk, digging up some wild vegetables, and mixing some Guanyin soil is always enough for the whole family to survive, and isn't it much better than starving to death on the side of the road and in the wilderness of violent corpses?

In addition, Murong Hao canceled the overseas Chinese counties and counties set up by Murong Diao that year, with Bohai as Xingji County, Hejian as Ningji County, Guangping and Wei as Xingping County, Donglai and Beihai as Yuli County, and Wu as Wu County, which were directly subordinate to Yan State. Controls over local displaced people have been strengthened.

In terms of education, Murong Hao advocated Confucianism, set up Dongzhen (school), took the children of official eunuchs as official students, called high protégés, and set up a monthly examination system to assess "senior protégés" every month.

Murong Hao likes literature, is diligent in teaching, has more than 1,000 students, and is the author of "Taishang Chapter" and 15 "Commandments" to teach his children.

In September 348, Murong Hao died of illness at the age of fifty-two. After his son Murong Jun was proclaimed emperor, he posthumously called him the emperor of civilization, and the temple name was Taizu.

"Yuan Zhen's physical appearance is not constant, the dark symbol is on the surface of the sky, Shen Yi is self-contained, and he is quite curious. At that time, the heroes stood up, competing for the Chen, the main sacrifice of the Xianzong in the Chong year, Yu Liang stole the government in the Yuan uncle, the dynasty was sluggish, and the sky was difficult, so he got the capital that had been completed, and took advantage of the collapse. Yang soldiers to the south spear, then Karasuma rolls armor; Jian's Eastern Crusade, Yuwen destroyed the array. It is self-consolidation, arrogant and arrogant, crowned as the king, does not wait for the court, and the former Zheng Wu is in three things, and the lord does not change his uncle; Qi Huan announced Jiuhe, and the position stopped as Hou. Zhan Xi is fierce and the merit is small, the expedition is preceded by the ceremony, and the ravines are difficult to fill, which is said" ("Jin Shu Ji 11").

Murong Hao was born in troubled times, and he had to show his talents, which is really a good fate!