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In 396 AD, in late March, the Wei and Yan coalition forces had besieged Zhongshan for half a month.

Faced with the siege of nearly 20 armies, the people in the city were panicked.

Except for Murong Xianbei, the other Hulu did not want to continue to resist.

As a result, the Xihe Public Treasury official wanted 3,000 people in the headquarters to secretly communicate with Tuoba Jue, but was unfortunately discovered by Murong Lin.

Although Murong Lin finally killed the Ku Guan Guan, wiped out the Ku Guan family, and quelled the rebellion.

But the Ku Guan clan is the surname of Wu Huan, and the Ku Gu official is the representative of the Wuhuan people.

Murong Lin's move undoubtedly pushed the Wuhuan people to the opposite side of him completely, further weakening the power in his hands.

In addition, the death of the Ku Gong official made the Han and Yi clans feel threatened, so they had to form an alliance with each other to protect themselves.

At the same time, Tuoba Jue outside the city intensified its efforts to appease all forces in Zhongshan.

In order to show that he had no intention of slaughtering the captives, Tuoba Jue also deliberately released hundreds of captured Hou Yan soldiers.

Later, Tuoba Jue found that under the continuous pressure of the coalition forces, Murong Lin was tightly guarded, and even if the soldiers and civilians in the city wanted to surrender, there was no way.

Therefore, he decided to withdraw the siege of Zhongshan again, so that Murong Lin in the city could relax his vigilance.

At the same time, he secretly sent people to infiltrate the city and began to lure the soldiers and civilians in the city to surrender.

On the seventh day of the fourth month, the Wei king Tuoba Jue ordered the Wei cavalry to demonstrate outside the city and then disappeared from the sight of the defenders.

After evacuating Zhongshan, Tuoba Jue led his army back to Lukou and urged Murong Sheng of Dongyan to provide grain and grass.

After Tuoba Jue left, he gave Murong Lin an illusion that the Wei army was no longer capable of capturing Zhongshan.

Believing that he was not concerned about foreign enemies, he began to focus on rectifying the interior in case of another rebellion.

Subsequently, Murong Lin killed hundreds of leaders, nobles, and generals of various clans in the name of the same party as the Ku Gong officials.

It also includes the Xianbei people Kezu Huntan, and the Kezu Hun clan is not only the old clan of Qianyan, but also the Xianbei surname.

In this way, Murong Lin not only offended Han Di Wuhuan and other clansmen, but also aroused the dissatisfaction of some Xianbei people.

At this time, as Changshan was trapped for a long time, the food in the city became increasingly tight, and defending the city gradually became unrealistic.

In order to raise food, Murong Lin had to send people to attack from all sides in order to loot grain in the countryside.

Although Tuoba Jue was far away in Lukou, he had been paying attention to the news of Zhongshan, that is, he sent Changsun Fei to lead 7,000 cavalry to attack Zhongshan.

Although Changsun Fei once attacked the outer city of Zhongshan City, he was finally seriously injured by a stray arrow and had to retreat.

In mid-April, Murong Lin, who had been without food for many days, led more than 20,000 people to Zhongshan and attacked Xinshi (now Zhengding County) in the south.

As soon as Murong Lin left Zhongshan, Tuoba Jue received a secret report from the scout, and he immediately led his army westward.

Lukou is two hundred miles east of Xinshi, which is slightly farther than Zhongshan to Xinshi.

However, because Tuoba Jue's troops were all cavalry, he arrived in Xinshi before Murong Lin.

Tuoba Jue led his army into Xinshi, while Murong Lin had to retreat to Lushui and rely on gradually Ruze to defend.

On April 17, Tuoba Jue personally led the Wei army to the Yan army camp and fought a decisive battle with the Yan army at Yitai (southwest of Xinle County, Hebei Province).

In the end, the Wei army broke the Yan army and killed more than 9,000 ranks.

In a panic, Murong Lin could only flee to Xishan with his wife and children, and went south to Murong De in Yecheng.

After the Battle of Yitai, there were no more available soldiers in the city, and Zhongshan City was like a ripe fruit, which smoothly fell into the pocket of Tuoba.

Soon after the battle, the Wei army successfully conquered Zhongshan.

Among them, the Houyan Gongqing, Shangshu, generals, and soldiers surrendered, totaling thousands.

Tuoba adopted a policy of leniency, pardoning all of them and not prosecuting them.

After occupying Zhongshan, Tuoba Lie immediately asked Tuoba Lie to lead 30,000 cavalry south, preparing to attack Yecheng in the south.

At this time, Dongyan, who was originally close to Wei, began to frequently cross the border and send troops to attack the newly occupied counties of Wei.

In this action to destroy Houyan, due to Murong Sheng's deliberate slackness, Houyan finally had to get Gaoyang.

Other counties such as Changshan, Zhongshan, Julu, and Boling all fell into the hands of Wei.

The uneven distribution of spoils and the fact that the two sides already had a feud, after the loss of Murong Lin, a common enemy, the relationship between Eastern Yan and the Northern Wei gradually became tense.

It's just that at the moment, Tuoba Jue has not yet freed up his hands to deal with Murong Sheng.

Murong Sheng was naturally unwilling to follow in Murong Lin's footsteps, so he began to secretly rectify the soldiers and horses, planning to turn against Wei.

At this time, the envoys of the Northern Yan took the warship of the Hexi Naval Division, bypassed Youzhou, went ashore in the east of Jizhou, and came to Xindu.

Murong Sheng asked the envoy about the news of Liaodong, and the envoy of Northern Yan told the upper and lower levels of Eastern Yan that Murong Hui had led his army south to Youzhou.

Knowing that the Liaodong Yan army had captured Yuyang City and opened the passage to Youzhou in the south, Murong Sheng couldn't help but be overjoyed.

He immediately decided to unite with the Murong Society in the north and form an alliance with Murong De in the south to compete with Tuoba Jue for Hebei.

And at this time, Murong Lin successfully escaped to Yecheng.

In order for Murong De to take him in, he had to go to the emperor on his own and change his name to King Zhao.

Seeing Murong Lin fall to this point, Murong De's mood was very complicated, and he was both relieved and embarrassed.

Back then, Murong Lin, the king of Zhao, also dominated one side and made great achievements at the beginning of the founding of the Later Yan Dynasty.

Otherwise, based on what he did back then, how could he be crowned King Zhao? is above the kings, second only to the crown prince Murong Bao.

It's a pity that although this person is talented, he has a bad heart, first sued his father, then killed his brother, and finally committed the crime of rebellion.

And Murong Lin knew that his net worth and life were tied to Murong De's thoughts, so he deliberately lowered his head and made him small.

At the same time, he learned that Murong De was worried about the way out in the future, and he also gave full play to his wisdom to solve problems for Yecheng.

Finally, for the sake of the other party's usefulness, Murong De endured the murderous intent in his heart and temporarily took in Murong Lin.

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Last winter, Murong De adopted Han Zhuo's suggestion and adopted the strategy of abandoning Zhongshan, sticking to Yecheng, and connecting Hexi in the west, and successfully gained a firm foothold in Yecheng.

However, after the fall of Zhongshan, Yecheng was facing more and more pressure.

Recently, in order to find a way out in the future, Murong De was so worried that his hair turned white.

Even if he followed his elder brother Murong Chui's old example and called himself King Yan, it didn't make him happy for long.

Just as Murong De was wandering for no time, the envoy of Northern Yan left Xindu and came to Yecheng and brought news from Liaodong.

From the mouth of the envoy, Murong De learned that Eastern Yan and Northern Yan wanted to unite against Wei, and invited him to join the alliance.

Murong De first sent the envoy down to rest, and he immediately summoned his subordinates to discuss countermeasures.

"Just now Liaodong sent an envoy who wants to form an alliance with Yecheng to fight against Wei together, and everyone is talking about their opinions."

"Liaodong envoy? Really? Youzhou has not been occupied by the Wei State, how did he come to Yecheng? ”

"This ...... According to himself, he came by boat. Murong De explained the origin of the envoy in a few words.

Liu Zao, who joined the army, said: "King, now that the Wei army has conquered Zhongshan, it will soon take advantage of the victory to attack Yecheng." ”

"Although there is a lot of grain and grass in Yecheng City, the city is huge and difficult to hold."

"Besides, people's hearts are fluctuating, and Hexi has no time to take care of anything else, if we rely on ourselves, it will definitely be difficult to keep it."

"It is better to form an alliance with Liaodong and Xindu to help each other."

Regarding the proposal of forming an alliance, Murong De was noncommittal, and said expressionlessly: "Are those two reliable?" ”

"Murong Hui and Murong Sheng are all hairy boys, what do they know about marching and fighting?!"

"If you suffer a great defeat like the first emperor again, won't you have to die without a place to bury at that time?"

When Murong Lin, who was sitting in the corner, heard this, he immediately guessed that Murong De had no intention of joining forces with Xindu and Liaodong.

He rolled his eyes and said, "Uncle Wang, my little nephew thinks that we should take advantage of the fact that the Wei army has not yet arrived, abandon Yecheng, and look for an opportunity to go south. ”

"Go south to Qingqi?" Murong De's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said, "How to go south?" Please ask King Zhao to speak carefully. ”

Murong Lin's spirit shook and said: "Uncle Wang, now that the emperor of the Southern Dynasty has died of illness, Jiangdong is about to fall into turmoil. ”

"And once Jiangdong is in turmoil, the northern Jin army will inevitably go south to quell the rebellion, and Uncle Wang can take the opportunity to lead the army to cross the river to the south."

"If you are lucky enough to occupy Qidi, Uncle Wang can resist Wei according to the danger of the Yellow River, so it is safer than staying in Yecheng?"

"Then how should Liaodong and Xindu reply? Do you want to reject them? ”

"Nope! Uncle Wang also had to agree to form an alliance with them, and only in this way could he bewitch Xindu and Liaodong to send troops. ”

"In this way, the Wei army will inevitably have no time to look south for the time being, and will buy more time for Yecheng to go south."