Chapter 15 3. The coming of troubled times

During the Yongjia period, the famous Eight Kings Rebellion broke out in the Western Jin Dynasty.What was originally a power struggle within the ruling group eventually turned into a nationwide melee.Especially in the northern region, with the rise of tycoons, the displacement of the people, and the intensification of ethnic conflicts, the world fell into chaos again. As the saying goes, shoot the bird that stands out.At this time, Murong Xin was quite honest, he didn't immediately jump out as a target, but like Gongsun Du back then, he settled down refugees, recruited talented people, and protected the environment and the people, just like the image of a loyal minister of the Jin family.Han clans from Youzhou, Hebei, Shandong and other places led their troops to vote one after another, which greatly enriched the population and labor force in the Liaodong area, and further promoted the Sinicization of the Murong tribe.

It is not so easy for the Murong Department to develop and grow.Among the three major tribes of Xianbei in Liaodong, the most powerful is the Duan tribe.Wu Chen, leader of Duan Bu, once raised troops to respond to Sima Yue, king of the East China Sea, and later followed Wang Jun to attack Sima Ying, king of Chengdu, and was named the Great Shanyu.Yuwenbu first lived in Yinshan, descended from the Huns, later moved south to western Liaoning, and gradually integrated into Xianbei, known as Yuwenbu of Xianbei in history, or the feud of Murongbu. In the officialdom, seniority is emphasized in terms of seniority, and there are also people who come first and then come first in the world.In Northeast Asia at that time, the Xianbei people were just the newly-rising juniors. Standing in front of them were two big brothers who had lived there for a long time—the Fuyu State entrenched in the Songhua River Basin and the former Gongsun family and the Wei State. Goguryeo, which has been taught a lesson.Although Murongxin often bullied Fuyu, but in terms of national strength and background, Fuyu was far stronger than Xianbei.

In 313 AD, Emperor Huai of Jin was killed by Liu Cong in Pingyang.The news reached Chang'an that Sima Ye ascended the throne as Emperor Min of Jin.After Jin Mindi ascended the throne, he issued an encirclement order to Liu Cong: Langya King Sima Rui led an army of 200,000 to attack Luoyang from the east; Sima Bao led an army of 300,000 from Qin, Liang, and Yong to attack Guanzhong from the west; Tuoba Yilu led You and 100,000 troops from Erzhou to attack Pingyang from the North Road, and together besieged the Xiongnu Han Kingdom established by Liu Cong. It should be noted that Tuoba Yilu in the Northern Route Army was not a general of the Han nationality, but the Da Shanyu of the Tuoba tribe of Xianbei and the brother of Liu Kun, the governor of Bingzhou.There are four larger tribes in Xianbei, three of which live in the Liaodong region, namely the Duanbu, Yuwenbu, and Murongbu, and one lives in the Daibei region, which is the Tuoba tribe.Tuoba Yilu was loyal to the Jin family and was the only northern minority force that the Western Jin regime could trust and rely on at that time.

However, the orders of Emperor Jin Min were not well implemented—in the bloody battles for imperial power, the prestige of the Western Jin royal family was seriously damaged. God puts it in his eyes.Therefore, among the three armies, only the Northern Army, which had the smallest number, dispatched troops as scheduled, while the East and West armies were slow to gather and did not see action for a long time.Due to the great momentum of this encirclement and suppression, Liu Cong did not dare to neglect, and set up strict defenses in various places.Under the strict defense of the Han army, the Northern Route Army advanced slowly and was forced to retreat. The plan of the Western Jin Dynasty to encircle and suppress the Huns and the Han State was stranded, and at the same time it gave the opponent a chance to breathe.

Soon, Liu Cong worshiped Shi Le as the governor of Bingzhou.Shi Le first expressed to Liu Kun that he was willing to submit to the Jin Dynasty and stabilized Liu Kun, and then suddenly sent troops to attack Wang Jun, the governor of Youzhou.Three years later (316 AD) Shi Le attacked Bingzhou again.Liu Kun refused to listen to dissuasion, and led his army into battle, but was ambushed by Shi Le, and the whole army was wiped out. He fled to Youzhou alone, and joined Duan Pidao (di), the leader of the Xianbei Duan tribe who was entrenched in Youzhou. Not long after Duan Pidun became the governor of Youzhou, he wanted to use Liu Kun's prestige to consolidate his rule in Youzhou.And Liu Kun also depended on others, so he had to form an alliance with Duan Pidun.After forming the alliance, Liu Kun planned to take back Bingzhou with the help of Xianbei, but failed due to the civil strife between Duan Pidun and Duan Modun.In order to fight for power, Duan Mozhen also secretly wooed Liu Kun, and his wooing directly killed the last famous general of the Western Jin Dynasty.

Duan Pidun originally admired Liu Kun, and planned to recommend Liu Kun as the leader.But his younger brother Duan Shujun reminded him that we are Xianbei people, and we are here today because the common people are afraid of us and have to come to defect to us.But now Duan Mojiu is engaged in civil strife, and Liu Kun's reputation is very high. If Liu Kun supports Duan Mojiu, then we will be finished. In 318 AD, Duan Pidun detained Liu Kun and finally killed him. This is a downright bad idea.You know, although Liu Kun has been defeated repeatedly, his personal prestige is unparalleled in the eyes of all ethnic groups in the north. Simply put, Liu Kun is a popular idol in the north; people who kill popular idols generally have nothing to do Good end.

Retribution is coming soon.First of all, the Jin people who were originally attached to Duan Pidao defected collectively-you killed our idol, and naturally we would not hang out with you anymore, and we just went to Duan Modun, whom Duan Pidun feared the most.Immediately afterwards, Murong Xin, who had been a younger brother with his tail between his legs, also felt that Duan Pidun was not a treacherous person, so he also left with his tribe.For a while, Duan Pi's people betrayed their relatives, which directly caused the strength of Duan's department to be greatly reduced. In order to save the situation, Duan Pixun immediately sent troops to attack Duan Moxun.Youzhou was in chaos, Shi Le also came to fish in troubled waters, and sent his general Kong Chang to attack Duan Pidun from behind.Duan Pixun suffered a heavy defeat and had to go to join Shao Xu, the prefect of Leling, and persuaded Shao Xu to attack Duan Moxun.

In the first month of 323 AD, Duan Pidun sent troops to attack Duan Modun again and won the victory; in the same month, Shi Le copied Duan Pidun's back route again and ordered Shihu to attack Leling.Shao Xu was caught in an ambush by Shihu on his way back to aid, and was defeated and captured.Duan Pixun, who was in charge of breaking the rear, hurried south to support, fought a battle with Shihu, and led the rest of his troops to withdraw into Leling City and stand firm.Shi Hu saw that Leling City was hard to capture because of its strong food supply, so he sent Shao Xu to surrender.Shao Xu came to the city and yelled at the defenders on the city, telling them to follow Duan Pilu's orders and defend Leling to the death.The siege battle lasted for more than half a year.Later, Zhao Jun didn't bring much food, so Shi Hu ordered his soldiers to plunder the people.

At this time, the fierce Duan Wenyang appeared. Duan Wenyang is Duan Pidun's younger brother.Since he is a fierce person, he must behave differently from ordinary people.I saw him "gritting his steel teeth", eager to fight.He even gritted his teeth, which shows his anger at Hou Zhao Jun's ravage of the people outside the city. However, Duan Pixun stopped him for a simple reason: there are too many enemies and we are few, so we can only stick to it. Duan Wenyang didn't care who was the boss, and said angrily: "Our Duan family is famous for being brave, so we are relied on by the people. Now the people are suffering outside the city, but we are hiding in the city and refusing to save them. What is it with cowards?" The difference? Once we lose the expectations of the common people, who will serve us again? Now that the food and grass in the city are almost exhausted, and there are no reinforcements, the defense is death, and the battle is death. It is also a death, so it is better to fight!"

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Duan Pixun to answer, Duan Wenyang took Fang Tian's painting halberd and put on his horse, and shouted to a group of Duanbu warriors in the city: "If anyone is not afraid of death, follow me to fight!" "I would rather die in battle than steal my life!" This was the response given to him by the Xianbei Duanbu warriors, even though there were only a few dozen riders. A fierce battle broke out. Shi Hu never expected that the defenders would dare to take the initiative to attack.I saw Duan Wenyang waving Fang Tian's painted halberd, stabbing left and right, as if entering an uninhabited land, where the front of the soldiers passed, there were countless casualties in the Zhao army, and they all avoided.Those dozens of warriors also mobilized their horses, followed Ding Duan Wenyang, and charged into the enemy's formation.

As the saying goes, to capture the thief first, capture the king, Duan Wenyang rushed towards Shihu regardless of the others.Shihu is also a fierce general, and the fierce general fought fiercely, and the fight was dizzy immediately.The two fought for more than a hundred rounds, and Shi Hu was defeated, so he turned around and fled (Duan Wenyang is really not ordinary fierce to beat Shi Hu away).Duan Wenyang was determined to kill Shihu too much, so he chased after him on horseback.Seeing that the general was defeated, Zhao soldiers rushed to help and surrounded Duan Wenyang's troops layer by layer. Duan Wenyang became angry and started killing people randomly.For a moment, the stump and the head flew together, and the flesh and blood were the same color as the loess.Duan Wenyang hacked from daytime to nightfall. His mount and his brothers were all killed in battle. Under the bloody sun, he was the only one left to fight alone. Shi Hu was terrified of being beaten, and the always strong Hou Zhao Jun was also terrified of being killed.Shi Hu had no choice, so he launched a heart attack strategy and shouted at Duan Wenyang, roughly saying: You and I are both ethnic minorities, both belong to Yi Di, and I wanted to get along with you a long time ago. When I saw you today, I really deserved my reputation.We don't have to fight anymore, so how about we stop here? Unexpectedly, Duan Wenyang is a man who admits death, and cursed: "You are a bandit, you should have died a long time ago, and it is only because my brother didn't use my tricks that you have survived to this day. I would rather die in battle than surrender!" After scolding, continue hit.Without a horse, he killed people on foot with a long halberd; when the long halberd broke, he grabbed a knife and continued to kill people.In the end, he couldn't move anymore, so the Hou Zhao soldiers used a big net to capture him unyieldingly from under the sky. Shi Hu heaved a sigh of relief, and finally caught this guy; the defenders in Leling City whispered that they were finished.Shao Xu's brothers, nephews and nephews refused to accept Duan Pidun and unanimously decided to surrender.At this time, Duan Pidun showed extraordinary courage: he was wearing the court dress of the Jin Dynasty, holding the scepter of the Jin Dynasty, walked up to Shihu without fear, and resolutely refused to salute him.Seeing this, Shi Hu jumped off his horse and saluted him respectfully. Heroes cherish heroes, and Duan Pidun, Shi Le, and Shi Hu were all sworn brothers, so Shi Le and Shi Hu didn't kill him, but let Duan Pidun and Duan Wenyang each take 30,000 refugees to herd.Duan Pidun's courage is not ordinary, in the territory of Houzhao, he often wears the court clothes of the Jin Dynasty to swagger through the market, and he keeps lobbying the Xianbei people and clans in the territory of Houzhao to resist Jiehu. Playing with personality is fine, but rebellion cannot be forgiven.When Shi Le and Shi Hu heard about Duan Pidun's actions, they sent someone to kill Duan Pidun and Duan Wenyang.Duan Modun, who was far away in Youzhou, was also attacked by Hou Zhao.Since then, under the double blow of internal strife and foreign enemies, the powerful Xianbei Duanbu in western Liaoning perished as a political force, and was finally annexed by the Murong tribe of Xianbei. The family was in a mess, and the happiest people were naturally those neighbors who didn't follow their good intentions, such as Goguryeo.The Central Plains has been in chaos for decades, and Goguryeo, which was beaten to death, has slowly recovered its vitality, and its ambitions for Liaodong have also revived.During the Eight Kings Rebellion, Goguryeo took advantage of the weakening of Western Jin's control over the Liaodong area, annexed Lelang County to the south, and then began to encroach on Liaodong to the west. But a new problem came before Goguryeo—the Xianbei people also rose.Mencius said: "Heaven will send a great mission to human beings. They must first suffer from their will, exhaust their muscles and bones, starve their bodies and skins, and empty their bodies..." Therefore, every time Goguryeo grows stronger, it will encounter a more powerful force. To stop them, first it was the Gongsun family, then the Wei country, and now they met the Murong tribe of Xianbei, the upstart who was born on horseback and never gave the Goguryeo people a good face. During the more than 20 years from 293 AD to 320 AD, Goguryeo invaded the counties of Liaodong, Xuantu, Lelang, and Daifang seven times successively. Their actions were tantamount to provoking Murong Xianbei.Although the Xianbei people are latecomers, they don't think highly of the Goguryeo people. They think that the Goguryeo people are a group of mountain people. They think they are the masters of Liaodong.Territory and sovereignty issues cannot be discussed, so they have to be resolved by force.As a result, Murong Xianbei launched a fierce counterattack against Goguryeo. Murongxian led his army into the hinterland of Goguryeo twice, and also dug the tomb of King Xichuan of Goguryeo (from the Gongsun family to the Murong family, the tomb of the king of Goguryeo did not know that it was dug. how many times……). In 333 AD, Murong Hao became the leader of the Xianbei Murong tribe.Murong Hao, character Zhen, small character Wannian, is the eldest son of Murong Xin.Murong Hao gave birth to ten sons in total, in order: Murong Han, Murong Hao, Murong Ren, Murong Zhao, Murong You, Murong Zhi, Murong Jun, Murong Biao, Murong Han, and Murong Ping.Among the ten sons, Murong Hao was the most handsome. According to history books, he "has the teeth of a dragon, and is seven feet and eight inches long. He is strong and powerful, advocating Confucian classics, and good at astronomy" ("Book of Jin·Murong Hao Zaiji") "), is another handsome guy with great martial arts. Among the brothers, the one who can fight the most and has the highest prestige is the eldest brother Murong Han. In the winter of 319 A.D., the Murong tribe encountered the greatest crisis in history—Goguryeo, Duanbu, and Yuwenbu joined forces to attack the capital of the Murong tribe, Thorn City.Murongxu stayed behind behind closed doors, and even sent people to reward the troops for the Yuwen Department.Goguryeo and Duanbu thought that Yuwenbu and Murongbu had "adultery" and retreated successively, but Yuwenbu's troops were still very strong.Murong Xin wanted to recruit Murong Han who guarded Tuhe (now Jinzhou, Liaoning) back to strengthen the defense of Thorn City.Murong Han refused. He believed that the Yuwen Department came here in full force, and they could not bear it to death, but could only outsmart it.Now the garrison of Thorn City is enough to defend. If you join forces, the enemy can concentrate on attacking the city; if you leave an army outside, you can act as a surprise soldier and look for opportunities to attack the enemy.Murong Xin felt that what he said made sense, so he asked Murong Han to station in Tuhe, where he and Thorn City would serve as horns. In order to eliminate the external threat, the Yuwen Department sent thousands of cavalry to attack Murong Han.After Murong Han learned about it, he sent someone to pretend to be the envoy of Duanbu (Yihe is located at the junction of Murongbu and Duanbu) to meet the cavalry of Yuwenbu on the way, hoping that they would kill Muronghan as soon as possible and send a mission for Duanbu. tone.The generals of the Yuwen Department were overjoyed. They neither doubted the identity of the envoy nor took extra precautions. They rushed to Tuhe in a hurry, and soon broke into the ambush circle set by Murong Han, and the whole army was wiped out.Murong Han took advantage of the victory and marched. At the same time, Murong Xing also ordered Murong Hao to lead his army out of the city to attack, smashing the army of the Yuwen Ministry. In 333 AD, Murong Xin died and Murong Hao came to the throne.Murong Hao knew that his uncles and brothers had ambitions. In order to frighten them, Murong Hao planned to establish his prestige with severe punishments after taking office.However, none of Murong's children is vegetarian, and the tougher Murong Hao is, the more dissatisfied they are.At the same time, Murong Han's prestige and military talent seriously threatened Murong Hao's status.But Murong Han still had a conscience, and he didn't want the newly strong Murong Department to fall into civil strife because of his brothers' struggle for the throne, so when his father died, he ran away quickly and fled to the western part of Liaoning to avoid disaster. Murong Han has a conscience, but Murong Ren and Murong Zhao don't think so.As soon as he heard the news of his father's death, Murong Ren immediately rushed back from the eastern border with troops, intending to cooperate with Murong Zhao to kill Murong Hao.Murong Hao didn't believe that the two brothers would rebel at first, so he sent an envoy to Murong Ren's place to find out the truth.The envoy met Murong Ren's army on the way.When Murong Ren saw that the matter had been revealed, he killed the envoy and returned to the station. Murong Hao naturally wouldn't be ignorant of the rebellion of his two younger brothers, but he couldn't attack those uncles and brothers who made military exploits for no reason; the reason why he adopted severe punishment was to force those who attacked him Those who were dissatisfied and wanted to oppose him took action.At this time, the director Huangfu really advised him not to play with fire, otherwise he would set himself on fire... Murong Hao refused to listen and continued his dangerous game. Sure enough, Murong Ren and Murong Zhao fell for it.Murong Hao sent envoys to confirm that Murong Ren and Murong Zhao had indeed rebelled.However, Murong Ren retreated, which was not in line with Murong Hao's plan to lure the snake out of the cave.Therefore, Murong Hao bestowed Murong Zhao's death, firstly to give Murong Ren a warning, and secondly to stimulate Murong Ren so that he can strengthen his determination to rebel.Murongren fell into the trick again and set up an army in Pingguo City (now Gaizhou, Liaoning) to stand on his own.Murong Hao immediately dispatched troops and generals to attack Murong Ren. Murong Hao's plan is very bold, and if he is not careful, he will set himself on fire.And this fire did burn himself. Soon, news came from the front that the army sent by Murong Hao was defeated by Murong Ren. The generals in command were either captured or surrendered. It fell into the hands of Murong Ren.To the west, there are Duan Bu who is entrenched in western Liaoning and Murong Han who used to be in exile. If these two forces unite, they will be able to trap Murong Hao to death. Now it's time to play big. Only then did Murong Hao remember Huangfuzhen's words, so he was promoted to Pingzhou Biejia, counselor for military and political affairs.As a result, Huangfuzhen became the most important minister of the three Murong clan kings, and even the former King Meng of Qin praised him highly.This is something. As the saying goes, misfortunes never come singly, Murong Ren's side swept Liaodong, Duan Bu's side also took advantage of the fire to attack Liucheng, and Murong Han was also forced to go out.Liucheng is the west gate of Murong's tribe, so Murong Hao immediately sent general Murong Khan to lead the army to support him, and told him not to underestimate the enemy and rush forward.Murong Khan refused to listen, but was defeated by General Duan Lan.Murong Han was worried that Duan Lan would accidentally destroy the "motherland", so he found a reason to persuade Duan Lan to accept it as soon as it was good, and won a breathing space for the Murong Ministry. In August of this year, Murong Hao, who was in dire straits after being severely beaten by Murong Ren and Duan Lan, welcomed several distinguished guests—envoys sent by the Eastern Jin court.It turned out that although Murong Hao had taken over his father's power, he hadn't been officially recognized by the Jin family.If your name is not correct, your words will not go well. Since you, Murong Hao, have not been officially recognized, according to the idea of ​​power coming out of the barrel of a gun, as long as you are killed, someone will be sent to the Eastern Jin Dynasty to make a notice at that time, and Sima can't help but not recognize it. But now it’s different, the envoys of the Eastern Jin Dynasty didn’t come sooner or later, but they came when Murong Hao was at his worst. Jie and governor, enjoy all the treatment before his father Murongxin.Although there was not a single soldier, they brought the one thing Murong Hao needed most - fame! If the name is right, then the word is smooth!At any rate, I was officially recognized by the court. I will beat anyone who opposes me!Who let me be genuine! The most dangerous situation changed just because of the arrival of several envoys.In other words, it was the Eastern Jin Dynasty that saved Murong Hao's fate.It can be seen that those who achieve great things must not only have extraordinary skills, but also have extraordinary luck.Murong Hao is undoubtedly a very lucky person. After that, Murong Hao counterattacked Liaodong under the banner of the original version, and he was invincible all the way, regaining the inside and outside of the Liaohe River, and compressing Murongren's power in the Liaodong Peninsula. After a year of preparation, in the first month of 336 AD, Murong Hao decided to launch the final blow to Pingguo City, which Murong Ren was defending.It was midwinter, and most of the generals advocated attacking Pingguo from land in Liaodong, but Sima Gaoxu suggested that Murong Hao launch a surprise attack from sea to catch him by surprise! Murong Hao resisted all opinions, adopted Gao Xu's suggestion, sent Murong as the vanguard, abandoned his luggage, led a light ride across the sea for more than 300 li, and made a surprise attack on Pingguo City.Soon, Murong Hao led the main force to arrive, captured and killed Murong Ren in the first battle, and even killed another younger brother Murong Zhi who followed the rebellion. So far, Murong Hao has completely quelled the civil strife in the Murong tribe, and his next target is the Xianbei Duan tribe in western Liaoning. The situation at that time was: the Duan Department occupied the western part of Liaodong and the eastern part of Youzhou, bordering Hou Zhao; the Yuwen Department occupied the northeastern part of Liaodong, bordering Goguryeo and Buyeo;Murongbu is caught in the middle, the most dangerous. In the summer of this year, Duan Liao, the leader of the Duan tribe occupying western Liaoning, sent general Li Yong to attack Wuxing (now moved to Andong, Hebei), and was defeated by Zhang Meng, the captain of Murong Hao.Seeing this, Duan Liao sent Duan Lan to lead tens of thousands of troops to garrison in Qushui west of Liucheng. He also contacted Yi Dougui, the leader of the Yuwen Department, and asked the Yuwen Department to attack Anjin (now west of Liaoyang) to support Duan Lan.Murong Hao had long wanted to clean up Duan and Yuwen, so he personally led an army of 50,000 to Liucheng to meet Duan Liao's army. Duan Lan saw that Murong Hao's army was at its peak, so she retreated without fighting.Murong Hao feigned a shot, and then suddenly returned to attack An Jin.Yuwen Yidougui was caught off guard, left a large number of luggage and fled in a panic, and was overtaken by Sima Fengyi of Murong's department led by Qingqi, and was defeated again.The two sides fought back and forth for more than a year. In October of the second year, Murong Hao claimed to be the king of Yan, made his son Murong Jun the crown prince, established the former Yan, and made an appointment with Shihu, the later king of Zhao, to crusade against Duanbu. Shi Hu was quite trustworthy. In order to attack Duanbu, he specially spent a lot of money to recruit 30,000 warriors as the main force of the expeditionary force.In the first month of 338 A.D., Hou Zhao's 200,000 troops were divided into two groups, attacking western Liaoning from the sea (starting from Tianjin crossing the sea) and land. In March, Murong Hao also took action. He led his army to attack and plunder the cities north of Lingzhi (now Qian'anxi, Hebei). As soon as Duan Liao heard that Murong Hao personally led troops to kill him, he didn't care about the two armies of Hou Zhao, so he would lead his troops to meet them. At this time, Murong Han stood up to dissuade him, saying that Hou Zhao was Duan Bu's confidant, and if he couldn't win against Murong Hao, he would then be unable to deal with Shi Hu's army.Muronghan’s analysis is not wrong. The conflict between Duanbu and Murongbu is, to put it bluntly, a contradiction among the people (both are Eastern Xianbei), while Duanbu and Houzhao are conflicts between the enemy and ourselves (Xianbei and Jie tribes). The reason why the enemy comes to the door is to go to the civil war first. It can be seen from this incident that Murong Han is a very kind person. He didn't want brothers to fight, so he left Murong Department; in order to save Murong Department, he persuaded Duan Lan; in order to protect Duan Department, he persuaded Duan Lan to deal with him first Zhao. But good people may not be able to accomplish good things. Duan Liao was very concerned about the last time Murong Han stopped him from chasing Murong Hao. When he heard this, he became angry. He felt that he was in Cao Ying and his heart was in Han, and he was deliberately defending Murong's department. , did not listen to him at all, and insisted on leading the army to attack, but was ambushed by Murong Hao and suffered heavy losses.At this time, the Zhao army had already driven straight in, attacking more than 40 cities in Duanbu one after another, all the way to Xu Wu, ready to attack Lingzhi, the capital of Duanbu.Duan Liao was attacked from both sides, and only then regretted not listening to Murong Han's words. Thirty-six strategies, walking is the best strategy. Duan Liao decided to give up Lingzhi City, but look to the west of Liaoning, with the Yan Kingdom in the east, the sea in the south, Yuyang and Xu Wu in the west were occupied by Hou Zhao, leaving only the mountainous area in the north.Duan Liao gave full play to the spirit of ethnic minorities who are not afraid of hardship, and fled to Miyun Mountain in the north with his family and tribe in a hurry.Unexpectedly, as soon as they reached the front of the mountain, they were overtaken by Zhao cavalry soldiers. More than half of them were killed or injured, and Duan Liao's mother and wife were all captured.Duan Liao rushed out of the enemy line alone and fled into Miyun Mountain, while the rest of the people also hid in the mountains to escape. More than 20,000 Duanbu soldiers and civilians living in western Liaoning were also moved to the Central Plains by Shihu.Duan Bu's strength was greatly damaged, and he never recovered from the fall. Duanbu was beaten and disabled, but Muronghan escaped successfully and went to Yuwenbu. However, talented people may not always survive to the end; many people were killed because they were too talented.Murong Han was very aware of this, and at the same time found that Yuwen Yidougui, the leader of the Yuwen Clan, was a jealous person and had no intention of reusing himself at all.In order to survive, he changed his image of a heroic and handsome man, and started pretending to be crazy, drinking and spitting all day long, looking like a lunatic.The people in the Yuwen Department thought he was really crazy due to too much stimulation, so they ignored him.While pretending to be crazy and foolish, Murong Han wandered around, acting like an undercover agent, memorizing the situation of the Yuwen Department by heart. Next, Murong Han and Brother Murong Hao staged a show of tacit understanding. Although Murong Hao killed several younger brothers, in his heart, he always felt somewhat guilty towards Murong Han.He felt that the eldest brother left at the beginning was not for rebellion and self-reliance, but because he didn't want to be jealous of himself, so he was in another country, but he always put Murong Ministry first—if it wasn't for Murong Han's timely dissuasion, Murong The Ministry was finished years ago.Therefore, Murong Hao decided to try it out. In the first month of 340 A.D., Murong Hao sent businessman Wang Che (real identity is a spy) to the Ministry of Yuwen to inquire about Murong Han's situation in the name of doing business.When Murong Han heard that there was a caravan coming from Murong's department, he secretly ran over there - during the war years, many businessmen had dual identities.The moment he saw Wang Che, Murong Han understood everything - this person was Murong Hao's confidant.Wang Che also saw him. For the safety of each other, Murong Han didn't say anything, just raised his hand, stroked his chest slowly, and nodded towards Wang Che.They are all smart people, and the communication between smart people often does not require language.So, after seeing this action, Wang Che left. After returning to the Murong Department, Wang Che told about the situation when he saw Murong Han, and Murong Hao said with confidence that Murong Han would definitely come back.Murong Hao knew that Murong Han was tall and strong, so he asked someone to make a pair of extra-large bows and arrows, and let the king's chariot be buried on the side of the only way back to Murong's ministry, and told Murong Han where the bow was hidden. In February, Murong Han stole Yidougui's mount, took his two sons, took out bows and arrows from the hidden bow, and escaped from Yuwen Department.When Yi Dougui heard that Murong Han had escaped, he realized that he had been fooled by him, and immediately sent hundreds of cavalry to chase after him. The pursuers came very quickly. Seeing that he couldn't escape, Murong Han stopped, and shouted to the pursuers: "I have been outside for too long, and now I want to go home. Now that I am on the horse, there is no reason to go back to the Yuwen Department. Back then I'm just pretending to be crazy and stupid to deceive people, I still have all my skills, if any of you dare to step forward, don't blame me for being rude!" The pursuers didn't take it seriously, and approached slowly. Murong Han said again: "I have been taken care of by the Department of Yuwen for the past few months, and I don't want to kill you. How about this, you set up a knife a hundred steps away from me, and I will only shoot an arrow. , you go back; if you miss, it will not be too late for you to come and catch up." The pursuers decided to give him a chance, and stuck a knife a hundred paces from him. Murong Han took out the bow and arrow that Murong Hao had customized for him, and shot out one arrow, hitting the ring of the knife.Seeing his bravery, the pursuers scattered like birds and beasts. After wandering abroad for many years, Murong Han finally returned to his motherland.What awaited him was Murong Hao's gracious hospitality and an unknown fate.