Although Murong Shegui is getting older, he still has the ambition to dominate the grassland, and the sandalwood acacia who once dominated Mobei is the hero that Murong Shegui admires. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoTanshi Huai was the overlord of the grassland during the Huan Ling period of the Eastern Han Dynasty, he unified the Xianbei tribes, and defeated the army of the Han Dynasty, at the time of his rule, it was the most powerful era of the Xianbei people. Murong Shegui has always fantasized that he can lead the Eight Desolations and be a real king like Tanshi Huai.

Murong Xianbei is a new upstart who has recently risen from the eastern Xianbei, the first chieftain Mo Hubao led the people to move to Liaoxi, because of his assistance to Sima Yi in the conquest of Gongsun Yuan in Liaodong, he was named the king of Yiyi, and the founding of the country was founded in the north of the city of thorns.

There is also an anecdote about the origin of the surname Murong, it is said that at that time, it was popular for the Han people in the Yan Dynasty to wear a step and shake the crown (a hat with a hanging ornament), and Mo Huba also liked it when he saw it, and also made one and wore it on his head all day long. When the Xianbei people saw him dressed like this, they all called him "Bu Shao", because the pronunciation of "Bu Shao" and "Murong" in Xianbei language was similar, so it became "Murong" later. Mo Huba's descendants simply used it as the name of the tribe.

Murong Shegui is the grandson of Mo Huba, and when Murong Shegui took over the position of chief, it was when the Xianbei tribes fell into a melee after Kirby, the king of Xianbei, was assassinated.

Moreover, Murong Xianbei is among the top three in the east, whether it is in terms of strength or territory, he sits firmly in the first place, and he faintly has the strength to compete with the Tuoba Department of Xianbei in the central region, which is also Murong Shegui's ambitious capital.

Murong Shegui wants to unify Xianbei, and an unavoidable rival is the Tuoba Department, a powerful tribe in the middle of Xianbei, which has always been like a tiger snoring on the side of a couch, making it difficult for Murong Shegui to sleep and eat. Unlike the Tuoba Ministry, which is independent of the central part, the Murong Ministry wants to unify the eastern Xianbei, and the first thing that needs to be cut off is the two strong rivals of the Yuwen Department and the Duan Ministry, although the Murong Department has always wanted to eliminate the Yuwen Department and the Duan Ministry, but these two Xianbei and the Tuoba Department are inextricably linked, as long as Murong She's unified action, it is difficult not to attract the suppression of the Tuoba Ministry.

After years of fighting, the Xianbei tribes have formed a clear territorial range, and in order to maintain their position as the leading boss, the Tuoba tribe is ruthless in attacking the tribes that dare to challenge their authority and strength. However, in order to avoid being encroached upon by the Tuoba tribe, these weaker tribes also hold each other, and there has always been such a delicate balance between the Xianbei tribes on the grassland.

Murong Shigui did not have the courage to provoke the Tuoba Department, and in order to expand his strength, he pointed the spearhead of the attack at Youzhou of the Jin State.

Youzhou is the northernmost state of the Jin Kingdom, the span of east and west is very large, from Dai County in the west, to Lelang County in the east, stretching for thousands of miles, Youzhou is also a strong defense line of the Jin State to defend Xianbei, Wuhuan, Fuyu, Goguryeo Zhuhu, and has always been heavily garrisoned. After Sima Yi destroyed Gongsun Yuan, he also included the counties of Liaodong into the territory of the Wei and Jin dynasties.

However, after Liu Yuan's rebellion in the state of annexation, he swept the entire two states of Hebei and Hebei, and the court of the Jin State was already busy with the affairs of the Xiongnu, so it was natural to take care of Youzhou without flaw.

At that time, the governor of Youzhou was Liu Hong, Liu Hong was known to be talented, had the ability to govern the world, in the Xianbei army pressed the border, and the officials in Youzhou were panicked, Liu Hong resisted the enemy and resisted the city. Liu Hong also got the support of Shi Zhanghua, the governor of Youzhou, and Yan Xun, the general of Anbei, and in the case of isolation, he guarded Youzhou for three years, so that Murong would be able to return to the Lei Chi by half a step.

However, with the fall of the Jin court, the military heart and the people's hearts in Youzhou were greatly hit, and Murong Shegui took advantage of the situation to advance and captured most of Youzhou, only Liu Hong's Jixian County, Zhang Hua's Yuyang and Yanxun's Changli failed to conquer.

There were only three lonely cities left, and Murong Shegui didn't pay too much attention to it, and put more attention on Jizhou in the south of Youzhou. After Ji Han's army took Jizhou, he waved his army south, took Luoyang, and fought with Wu in the Central Plains, the entire Jizhou was empty, and for Murong Shegui, this was tantamount to a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Murong Xianbei has a deep grudge against Ji Han, not to mention it, let's just say that three years ago, in order to aid Liu Yuan of the Xiongnu, Murong Shegui sent his younger brother Murong Nai to lead 70,000 cavalry south to Jizhou. Speaking of assistance, it was just a cover for Murong Shegui to fight, he and Liu Yuan were not related, they didn't have any friendship, compared to the truth, the Xiongnu and Xianbei were mortal enemies, if there was no benefit, Murong Shegui would not send Murong Nai south at all.

The reason why Murong Shegui sent troops was also very clear, that is, he wanted to throw stones to ask for directions, and take this opportunity to enter the Central Plains. However, the 70,000 Xianbei cavalry who went south were severely damaged in the area of the Zhanghe River, and almost all the troops were wiped out, and even Murong Nai was killed in battle.

This revenge, Murong Shegui's head was remembered, but the war in Youzhou was stalemate, and Murong Shegui withdrew flawlessly, so this revenge can only be put aside for the time being.

The temporary shelving does not mean that Murong Shegui has forgotten this hatred, and when he frees his hand, the first thought is to wave his army south, first, to take revenge, and secondly, to expand the territory, Murong Shegui is clear, this opportunity will not always be there, and after Ji Han's army pacifies the southern front, he will inevitably return to the north, and then it will not be so easy to seize Jizhou.

Murong Shegui gathered 200,000 cavalry, marched south from Fanyang, forcibly crossed the Yishui River, and invaded the territory of Jizhou.

The defenders of Jizhou, in addition to Ma Rong's Guanzhong Army, a field army, only have the county soldiers of each county, and each county has only 3,000 people, and these county soldiers are far from the field army in terms of equipment and combat effectiveness, and it is simply difficult to resist the Xianbei soldiers who are like wolves and tigers, so Murong Shegui in just half a month, he continuously swept the four counties of Zhongshan, Hejian, Bohai and Changshan in the north of Jizhou.

Ma Rong fought with the Xianbei people in Lecheng, and his strength was invincible, so he could only retreat to Xindu and wait for help.

Murong Xianbei's army took advantage of the situation to go south, surrounded Xindu like an iron barrel, and continuously launched a strong attack on Xindu, if it were not for the strong walls of Xindu City and Murong Xianbei's single means of attacking the city, Xindu City would have fallen long ago.

But Rao is like this, Xindu City has been attacked repeatedly, and it is already dangerous, and it is full of dangers.