Chapter 22 4. Civil turmoil in the Murong family

During his forty-nine years in office, Murongxin developed the Murong tribe from a weak tribe to a very powerful force.In the few years after defeating the Yuwen Department, Murong Xianbei could be said to be invincible.Murongxin's sons are also good at fighting.Goguryeo, a rising country in the Northeast, tried to invade Liaodong twice, but was repelled by Murong Han and Murongren, the sons of Murongxian.Duan's Xianbei brothers fought for the throne, but did not build up their military equipment. Murongxian took the opportunity to send his eldest son Murong Hao to lead the army to attack, and they won a complete victory.

At this time, Murongxin's prestige had already reached the ears of Shi Le, who occupied the Kanto region.Shi Le's main target at that time was of course the forces of the former Zhao Liuyao, but he had to guard against the rising power behind him, so he first came softly to Murong Xin-send envoys to make peace, but Murong Xin quit, claiming to have respected him. He regarded the Eastern Jin Dynasty as the orthodoxy of the royal family, and detained Shi Le's envoys and sent them to Jianye.Shi Le was furious, thinking that the soft way would not work, so let's do it harder. However, Liaodong is far away, and it is really beyond his reach for a while.Shi Le suddenly remembered Yuwen Xianbei, Murong Xianbei's feud, and immediately sent someone to contact Yuwen Xianbei.At this time, Yu Wenxi's Duguan was dead, and his son Yuwen Qi Degui was in power, so Shi Le added the title of Qi Degui Guanjue and ordered him to attack Murongxin.

It's a pity that after the previous disastrous defeat, the Yuwen Department is no longer the opponent of the Murong Department. Even though Beg Degui vowed to send troops, it is already more than enough.The army of the Yuwen Department was defeated in one battle, and it was defeated for thousands of miles. The army of the Murong Department chased the begging remnants and defeated generals, and directly attacked the capital of Yuwen Xianbei. After searching for a while, all the people in the city were moved back to the headquarters. This was the only indirect confrontation between Shi Le and Murong Xin. Murong Xin's direct opponent was Yu Wenshi, his own defeat. Therefore, in terms of this indirect confrontation, Murong Xin's victory is not happy.I'd love to see a real fight between two great heroes (both of whom are heroes of their respective nations), but history doesn't give them any chance.From the point of view decades later, the Shi clan is at the top and the Murong clan is at the back. If they really want to compare the two, it may be the feeling of "Guan Gong fighting Qin Qiong".Sometimes when you think about it, history is really interesting.

In the eighth year of Xianhe Emperor Cheng of Jin Dynasty (333 A.D.), Murong Yu died of illness, and his eldest son Murong Hao succeeded to the throne.According to the rank of elder and younger, Murong Yu is the third son of Murong Xin, and because his mother Duan's family is the main wife, he was established.Although Murong Han was the eldest son, and had distinguished military achievements, he was quite popular, but he was not established as the eldest son because he was a concubine. Murong Han and Murong Hao's two younger brothers, Murong Ren and Murong Zhao, have always been loved by Murong Xin, but Murong Hao has been jealous for a long time.The talented Murong Han certainly understood what Murong Hao's succession meant. He sighed: "In the past, thanks to the prestige of my father, I was invincible on the battlefield, but now some people think that I am talented and difficult to subdue. How can I Sit back and wait for disaster to happen." He took his son and went to Duan Xianbei.Duan Liao, the leader of the Duan Clan Xianbei, had heard of Murong Han's name a long time ago, and had always admired his talent. This time he was actually assisted by Murong Han. Of course, he was overjoyed and entrusted Murong Han with a heavy responsibility.

As Murong Han expected, Murong Xianbei soon had a civil turmoil. It turned out that Murong Xin's other two sons were not like Murong Han who just kept avoiding.Murong Ren, who guarded the eastern border, rushed back from the border town of Pingguo to attend the funeral. He secretly discussed with his younger brother Murong Zhao and said: "We used to have a lot of conflicts with Murong Hao. Now that he has enforced the law after he ascended the throne, he needs to be fearful when he is innocent, let alone guilty. What about it?" The two decided to cooperate internally and externally, Murong Ren raised his troops, Murong Zhao responded, and jointly abolished Murong Hao.

When Murong Ren returned to Pingguo, he marched westward to Pingzhou, where Murong Hao was located. Before he arrived, someone reported to Murong Hao that Murong Ren and Murong Zhao had rebelled, so Murong Hao sent envoys to Murong Ren's army to find out the truth.Murong Ren's army was on the way, and when they knew what had happened, they killed Murong Hao's envoy and returned to Pingguo.When Murong Hao got the news, he killed Murong Zhao immediately, and sent his younger brothers Murong You, Murong Zhi and others to attack Murong Ren.The Pingzhou army was not Murong Ren's opponent. Both Murong You and Murong Zhi brothers were captured by Murong Ren on the battlefield. The defenders either surrendered or left, and Murong Ren occupied the entire Liaodong County, competing with Murong Hao in the west.

The Murong tribe was divided into two. Of course, the other Xianbei tribes headed by the Duan Xianbei couldn't wish for it. All the Xianbei tribes supported Murongren one after another. A few big things.In the next chapter, we will turn the topic back to the post-Zhao state that was not long after the unification of the north. Following the last chapter of the first part, we will take a look at what happened in the unified North China.