Chapter 1 When the Opportunity Knocks on the Door 12.Advance to the Central Plains

The well-fated Murong Hao died after all, but after two generations of management by his father and son, when Qianyan's country was handed over to Murong Jun, it was like iron beating copper.

As the founder of the Qianyan Empire, even if he shaded the blessings of his ancestors, Murong Jun was still very prominent. When Murong Jun was born, his grandfather Murong Diao once touched his pink little face and said something like this: "The bones here are strange, and there are successors in my family!" ”

As an adult, Murong Jun is really different: tall, handsome, both civil and military, and a lot of gold. Of course, compared with his younger brothers, personal conditions are not the most important, or even very outstanding, the early birth is the key, it is relying on this that Murong Jun defeated our Ke'er and Murong Chui, and after Murong Hao's death, he successfully ascended to the throne of King Yan as the son.

A great opportunity, a grand cause, waiting for the ambitious Murong Jun who has just succeeded to the throne. And Murong Jun is also actively preparing.

Let's first take a look at the international situation that Murong Jun faced after he ascended the throne.

First, for itself, while strengthening its strength in the southern and northern wars, the Murong family accepted the canonization of the Eastern Jin Dynasty for generations, and Murong Xianbei was still nominally a vassal of the Eastern Jin Empire, although he had not listened to the orders of the Eastern Jin Dynasty for a long time. At that time, the fact was that it was only the "Yan King" of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and there was no Great Yan Kingdom that we mentioned here.

Second, the Daiguo in the north is like the overlord of the grassland, with hundreds of thousands of people in the east, wèi mò in the west, Yin Mountain in the south, and desert in the north. But compared with the Yan State, the strength is still slightly inferior, the king of the acting country is Murong Jun's brother-in-law Tuoba Shiyiqian, there is an in-law relationship, as long as Murong Jun has no intention of developing north, the two sides can temporarily maintain peace.

Third, Goguryeo, when Murong Jun ascended the throne, Goguryeo had already called the minister and paid tribute, and the beaten obedience was obedient, and the Empress Dowager of Goguryeo, who had been a guest (hostage) in Longcheng for a long time, never returned to China.

Fourth, the Liangzhou regime in the northwest had allied itself with the Murong clan because of a common enemy, the Qianhu regime (Later Zhao).

Fifth, the most powerful and dangerous enemy of Qianyan - Hou Zhao. At this moment, Shi Hu is still alive, drunken dreams and death can not eliminate his military talent, Hou Zhao occupies the territory of You, He, Ji, Si, Yu, Yan, Qing, Xu, Yong, Qin ten states, the most powerful, moreover, the super strong Hou Zhao is not at ease, and is also eyeing the surrounding countries, constantly invading the surrounding countries. The only good news is that we know that at this moment, Shi Hu's life is not long in coming!

This was the situation that Murong Jun faced at the beginning of his ascension to the throne. The east and west are worry-free, the north is married, and the south is close to Qiang Zhao.

A few months after Murong Jun's accession to the throne, Emperor Shi Hu of Later Zhao Taizu Wu died of illness, and Later Zhao quickly fell into disintegration, Shi Hu's sons were too busy killing each other to take care of anything else, and the Central Plains fell into catastrophe again. In the end, Ran Min occupied Yecheng and seized the ruling power. The famous martial arts king Ran Min in history made his debut! The Ran Wei Empire was born.

Then there is the "Killing the Han" and "Killing Hu Ling" that we talked about before. The melee of ethnic vendetta between Hu and Han created an excellent opportunity for Murong Xianbei to go south. When Shuntian was in the sky, he had a good place to occupy the land and win the support of the Hu people, and an excellent opportunity was placed in front of Murong Jun for no reason.

But Murong Jun didn't intend to cherish it!

Murong Jun, who was deeply influenced by Confucian culture, had just died of his father, and the entire Qianyan was serving a state funeral. At the time of great grief and pain, Murong Jun did not plan to go south.

However, not everyone was as dizzy as Murong Jun, and the ministers led by Murong Ba strongly recommended that Murong Jun send troops south. After all, there is no time to lose; After all, if you don't take it, you will be to blame; After all, once Ran Min of the Central Plains eliminated the remnants of Hou Zhao, the war between Ran Wei and Qianyan would break out, and at that time, facing the god of war Ran Min, the victory or defeat was really unknown!

Due to the insistence of the ministers, in February 350, Murong Jun, the king of Yan, personally led an army of 250,000 troops, divided into three routes, and pointed at the Central Plains. Since then, Qianyan has embarked on a journey to dominate the world and will never return! Whether glory or fall awaits them.

The Yan army in the south, the momentum is like a rainbow, all the way to the battle, conquering Lele, Beiping County, Wuzhong County, soon, the triumphant song of the former Yan army continued to occupy the south of Youzhou, the capital of the ancient Yan Kingdom.

According to "Zhou Li, Staff", "Northeast Youzhou". Its scope is as large as including the northern part of present-day Hebei and Liaoning, Zhou Wu Wang Pingyin, Feng Zhaogong in Youzhou's hometown, called Yan.

At this time, Murong Juncai, the king of Yan, truly deserved to become the king of Yan, and the symbolic significance and influence of occupying Youzhou on the Yan army are self-evident. It should be said that since then, from Qianyan's ordinary soldiers to Murong Jun, they are all full of confidence in Qianyan's future.

Subsequently, the Yan army successively occupied Fanyang County, Dai County and Guangning County, and incorporated the entire Youzhou and Pingzhou into the territory of Dayan.

War has always been accompanied by killing, there is the trampling of human life on the battlefield like ants, and the ruthless slaughter of civilians and prisoners of war after the war, this has almost become an iron law, and Murong Jun is certainly not exempt from vulgarity.

After capturing Youzhou, Murong Jun planned to bury the thousands of surrendered troops in the city alive, but the reason is unknown. Maybe it's because there isn't enough food to feed so many people. Maybe it's because I don't look down on this group of "cowards" who raised their hands to surrender at all, in short, they just want to kill these people.

Thousands of people, if they stand together, it will be a big piece of black press, not a small number. Murong Jun only needs to open his mouth and move his little tongue, and these people will disappear from this world forever, and no one will remember or sigh for them.

At the critical moment, Murong Ba once again expressed his constructive opinions: the Yan army raised troops to crusade against Hou Zhao, save the people from fire and water, and if they killed the prisoners just after winning the battle, it may not be conducive to the Yan army gaining the support of the people of the Central Plains in the future.

Killing and surrendering are ominous, and there have been since ancient times. Murong Jun, who was deeply influenced by Confucian culture, must have read poetry and books, and was naturally familiar with the allusions of Bai Qi, Li Guang and others. Immediately ceased his intentions, sparing the lives of the poor soldiers. However, from this point, it can still be seen that Murong Jun's cruel and violent heart, Ming Junhu? Shi Huhu? However, he finally listened to the advice, and compared to Shi Hu's devil, he understood things.

After that, the Yan army's attack on Lukou (present-day Raoyang, Hebei) was frustrated, and instead of bypassing Lukou, it directly attacked Jizhou, and soon occupied Zhangwu County, Hejian County, and Leling County in Jizhou.

The impact of a series of victories on Hou Zhao was huge, at least, Shi You, who was dying in the war with Ran Min, saw a glimmer of hope, even if it was to drink to quench his thirst, even if it was to paint cakes to satisfy his hunger. Shi Yi threw an attractive olive branch to Murong Jun, who had been invincible all the way. Shi Yi promised: As long as Qianyan sends troops to help, he is willing to present the jade seal of the country!

The heirloom jade seal is actually a stone, which is taken from a beautiful jade called "He's Bi". When Qin Shi Huang ruled the world, he collected the treasures of the six countries, and naturally got the piece and the family, all kinds of past events, vividly, the deceased has passed away, and the beautiful jade still exists. Qin Shi Huang must have been in a very good mood when he embraced the beautiful jade, so he ordered someone to use this piece of "He's Bi" to make a jade seal, and engraved the eight words "Ordered by the sky, both longevity and eternal prosperity".

Later, Qin died, and Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, did not inherit the Afang Palace and thousands of palace beauties, but got this stone pimple. When Wang Mang usurped the throne, Wang Zhengjun once smashed people with it, fell to the ground and broke a corner. Although Wang Mang repaired it with gold, it was a defect after all. Later, this defect became an anti-counterfeiting mark for identifying jade seals. Later, through the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Wei, Western Jin Dynasty, former and later Zhao, it has been passed on to Ran Min's hands. It is said that the jade seal of the country is known as a symbol of imperial power, and those who obtain it have the number of ninety-five supreme lives. The Eastern Jin Dynasty, which prides itself on orthodoxy in Jiankang, has been ridiculed as the "white version of the Son of Heaven" because he has no jade seal.

Today, the desperate Shi only wants to exchange this guy in Ran Min's hand for Qianyan's reinforcements.

Go south, it's here to rob!

The Qianyan army was dispatched, and there were 30,000 elite horsemen. Ran Min was also defeated as a matter of course, and under the joint attack of the Yan army and Shi Zhen, there were only more than ten cavalry ...... who fled back to Yecheng with Ran Min.

But Shi You couldn't get the jade seal of the country, and after driving away Ran Min, Shi You promised Murong Jun again: As long as Yecheng is captured and Ran Min is destroyed, the jade seal of the country will be presented. The jade seal of the country is not in Shi Yuan, but in the hands of Ran Min, and this is one of the reasons why Ran Min only occupies one place in Yecheng and dares to brazenly call the emperor.

Murong Jun doesn't want to be fooled again, although the temptation is huge, but it feels very bad to be used as a gun, as the king of Yan, Murong Jun is not willing to be led by the nose because of a little temptation, just like the donkey who always chases the carrot hanging in front of him in a certain story. There are many ways to get carrots, and waiting for someone else to give it is the dumbest way. As the most powerful political force in the north, Murong Jun was ready to take it himself, and he didn't plan to cooperate with anyone.

Murong Jun immediately withdrew his troops, and the remnants of Hou Zhao, who had lost foreign aid, were soon perished under Ran Min's strong attack.

In April 352, Murong Jun ordered Murong Ke, the Xianbei god of war, to lead more than 100,000 elite horsemen to the south, and at this moment, Ran Min, the emperor of Ran Wei, who had just moved towards peace, was leading his 8,000 foot soldiers to eat! The two sides met in Changshan and other places, so the war began, which was a battle of geniuses.

In this battle, the "Iron Floating Massacre" was born, and the Xianbei God of War became famous in a fight! In this battle, after defeating Murong Ke ten times in a row, the god of war Ran Min, who had a huge disparity in strength, was defeated and captured.

After that, the Yan army conquered Yecheng, the capital of Ran Wei, but did not find the jade seal of the heirloom country. According to legend, that stone had been sent to Jiankang by Ran Minbu Jiang Gan, and since then it has been pocketed by the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and there is no longer a need to be a "white version of the Son of Heaven".

As for Murong Jun, who lost the jade seal of the country, he didn't worry too much, who said that he couldn't be the emperor without the jade seal? Didn't the Huanghuang Heavenly Empire, such as the Eastern Jin Dynasty, also be the "white version of the Son of Heaven" for many years? Murong Jun naturally did the same.

Whether you get the "heirloom jade seal" and whether you want to be the emperor or not are two different things in themselves!

Of course, in order to show that he was destined to return, Murong Jun made up a story about Ran Min's wife to pass on the national jade seal, and gave him the title of "Fengxi Jun", and then made up a story of "three little swallows wearing crowns", and in November 352, in the compliments of the ministers, he was proclaimed emperor in Zhongshan Hall, and the country was named "Yan", the year name was Yuanxi, and the country was still black. The former Yan Empire was officially born.

As for the jade seal of the country that was created out of nothing, the ministers could naturally only watch it from a distance and not play with it, and no one asked for inspection. And the three little swallows, which are considered to be the symbols of the Zhengshuo of the Great Yan Kingdom, are said to have been raised by Murong Jun, and after the ceremony was completed, they naturally disappeared, and Xu had already starved to death. After all, His Majesty the Emperor still has so many official affairs to deal with, and it is normal for him not to think about it for a while.