Chapter 95 Chapter 94 Chengwu Emperor Murong Chui

Murong Chui, the fifth son of former Yan Lord Murong Hao, formerly known as Ba, is seven feet seven inches tall, with his arms hanging down to his knees. After Murong Hao died, his second son Murong Jun succeeded to the throne.After Zhao Shihu's death, the country was in chaos. Murong Chui felt that the time had come to eliminate Hou Zhao, so he said to Murong Jun: "The opportunity must not be missed, the time will never come. Now is a great time to eliminate Zhao." Murong Jun thought of himself He had just ascended the throne, and the national mourning was not yet over, so he disagreed at first, and finally decided to attack under Murong Gen's persuasion, and let Murong Chui be the forward commander.After conquering Youzhou, Murong Jun was going to kill all the captives. Murong Chui, who was the forward governor at the time, felt that this was going too far, so he said to Murong Jun: "Now that we have just started to calm down the Central Plains, we should focus on appeasement and not indiscriminate killing. .” Murong Jun felt that this was reasonable, so he released all the prisoners.After Murong Jun proclaimed himself emperor, Murong Chui was granted the title of King of Wu. He successively guarded Xindu, Jing, Yan and other places.

After Murong Riwei succeeded to the throne, Dazai Murong Ke strongly recommended Murong Chui to him, and Murong Chui became a figure who attracted the attention of the Qianyan government.In the tenth year of Jianxi (369 A.D.), the general of the Eastern Jin Dynasty went to Wen and sent troops to Qianyan. When he arrived at Fangtou (southwest of Jun County, Henan Province), Murong Qiye and Taifu Murong Ping were taken aback and prepared to flee to Helong.Murong Chui was fearless in the face of danger, and took the initiative to challenge Huan Wen. Although Murong Chui made great contributions to the country, it brought a tragedy to the individual.Grand Tutor Murong Ping had long been terribly jealous of Murong Chui, and tried his best to slander Murong Chui in front of Murong Riwei; Empress Dowager Ke Zuhun was usually very disgusted with Murong Chui, so at this time he also followed Murong Ping in belittling Murong Chui, and with Murong Ping Discuss killing Murong Chui.When Murong Ke's son Murong Kai and Murong Chui's uncle Lan Jian heard the news, they immediately told Murong Chui and advised Murong Chui to act first. Bring disaster." After a while, Murong Kai and Lan Jian came to him again and said: "The other side has decided to kill you, think of the soldiers and you should hurry!" Murong Chui shook his head and said: "If it is really irreparable , I can only go outside to hide for a while, and I must not have any other thoughts."

After Murong Kai and Lan Jian left, Murong Chui's face was full of sorrow, and he didn't say a word.His son Murong Ling saw his father's thoughts and asked, "Could it be that father is worried because of Murong Ping's suspicion?" Murong Chui nodded and said very sadly: "Yes. After defeating the Jin army, I originally wanted to protect the country, but I didn't expect that there would be no place for me after I succeeded. Since you have seen through my mind, come up with a plan for me." Murong Ling said confidently: "The emperor is too young. All affairs are entrusted to Taifu Murong to judge, we will soon be in great trouble, why not go to Longcheng temporarily, write a letter of apology in humble words, let the king clearly see your loyalty. If not, occupy Feiru this dangerous place In November of the same year, Murong Chui escaped from Yecheng in the name of hunting and headed towards Longcheng.When he arrived in Handan, his least favorite youngest son, Murong Lin, fled back to Yecheng and reported his father to Murong Ping. Murong Ping immediately sent Murong Qiang to chase after him. Chase forward.At this time, the sun was setting, and Murong Ling said to Murong Chui: "The matter has been leaked. Even if we arrive in Longcheng, we will not end well. It is better to go to the former Qin Dynasty." Murong Chui said: "It seems that there is no other way. .”

Fu Jian of the former Qin Dynasty admired Murong Chui's name for a long time. Hearing his arrival, he felt as if he had received a rare treasure. He went to the suburbs to greet him in person and delivered a warm welcome speech.Wang Meng, Fu Jian's counselor, did not like Murong Chui, thinking that Murong and his son were "like dragons and tigers, not tameable things", and advised Fu Jian to get rid of Murong Chui as soon as possible.Fu Jian cherished talents, not only did not kill Murong Chui, but instead made him a champion general and guest lord.Wang Meng was so angry that he designed to frame Murong Chui.Seeing that he would eventually be plotted by Wang Meng, Murong Chui secretly escaped from Chang'an and fled eastward for his life. When he arrived in Lantian, he was captured by the cavalry of the former Qin Dynasty.Fu Jian didn't blame Murong Chui, and still trusted him very much.

In the eleventh year of Jianxi (370 A.D.), the former Yan was eliminated by the former Qin Dynasty, and Emperor You Murong Riwei and the former Minister of Civil and Military Affairs of Yan were captured by Fu Jian.When Murong Chui saw the grandchildren of King Yan, he couldn't help feeling sad, but when he saw the officials of Yan, he thought of how he was excluded in the past, and his face was displeased.Upon seeing this, Gao Bi, the former Lang Zhongling, walked up to Murong Chui and whispered, "Although the country has been wiped out now, who dares to say that it will not be revived in the future! Once it is revived, these people will come in handy. I hope you don't always Think about their past mistakes, but think about using them to do something in the future." Murong Chui admired Gao Bi's foresight, and immediately changed his attitude towards the survivors of the former Yan Dynasty.

Although Murong Chui was highly valued by Fu Jian in the former Qin Dynasty, as time went by, the idea of ​​waiting for an opportunity to restore the Yan State became more and more intense.In the eighteenth year of Jianyuan (AD 382), Fu Jian proposed the idea of ​​sending troops to the Eastern Jin Dynasty, but was opposed by former Qin ministers, but Murongchui said to Fu Jian: "The strong annex the weak, and the big swallow the small. Law. Although the ministers object, you don’t have to pay attention to them at all.” Upon hearing this, Fu Jian said happily, “You are the only one who can pacify the world with me.” In August of the following year, Fu Jian ordered Murong Chui and Zhang Oyster led 250,000 people to play the vanguard.Before Murong Chui set off, his nephews Murong Kai and Murong Shao said to Murong Chui: "Fu Jian is proud and arrogant. This is a good opportunity for my uncle to restore Yan." Failed, very confidently said: "Yes! God-sent opportunity!"

In the battle of Feishui, all the armies of the former Qin Dynasty were completely defeated, but only the 30,000 people led by Murongchui were safe and sound.Fu Jian rushed to the Murongchui barracks with more than 1,000 cavalry in a panic.When Murong Chui's son Murong Bao saw Fu Jian coming, he said to Murong Chui: "Fu Jian is like a bereaved dog now. We can take this opportunity to kill him. This is the golden opportunity we have been waiting for for a long time!" Morong Chui With a long sigh, he said: "What you said is very reasonable. But, Fu Jian sincerely defected to us, how can we lay a poisonous hand on him! Besides, if the heavens have despised him, we are not afraid that he will not perish. We might as well let it go for now. Let us pass him off to repay his kindness to our father and son, and wait for the opportunity to fight him. At that time, we won’t be afraid that others will say that we are unrighteous when we deal with him.” Murong Chui’s younger brother, Murong De, was very disapproving of his words. Said: "When Qin became strong, we destroyed our Yan, and when Qin declined, our Yan destroyed Qin. This is called revenge, and there is nothing unrighteous!" Fu Jian, Fu Jian was very kind to me. Later, I was falsely accused by Wang Meng. It was Fu Jian who hung up the mirror and did not cause me to be wronged. I will never forget these great kindnesses in my life. If Qin is doomed to perish, then I should occupy Kanto and rejuvenate the country of Yan, but Kanxi does not belong to me, so I dare not expect it." After speaking, he announced that he would hand over his troops to Fu Jian, and then marched from Huaibei to Chang'an.

In fact, Murong Chui did not kill Fu Jian at that time, although he had the intention of repaying Fu Jian's kindness, but also because he felt that the time was not yet ripe, and he was afraid that killing Fu Jian while he was in danger would lose political and moral support.He therefore preferred to take another course of action.When he arrived in Mianchi, Murong Chui said to Fu Jian: "Some people in the north heard that you failed in your mission, and they are ready to move. I want to appease them, and pay homage to my ancestral grave by the way." Fu Jian thought that Murong Chui was loyal to him. , so without thinking elsewhere, he sent 3,000 people to escort Murong Chui out of Mianchi.

When Murongchui arrived in Yecheng, he was arranged to rest in a post house by Fu Jian's son Fu PI.Murong Chui did not rest at all, and secretly discussed with former Yan's former ministers about rebuilding the Yan Kingdom every day.Just at this time, Ding Ling Zhai Bin, a separatist force of ethnic minorities who belonged to Qin, betrayed the former Qin and raised troops in Luoyang.After Fu Pi learned of the situation, he immediately sent Murong Chui to suppress it.Fu Pi gave him 2,000 soldiers and horses, and sent his confidant general Fu Feilong to lead 1,000 Di tribe cavalry as his deputy to spy on Murongchui.At night, Murong Chui asked Mu Rongbao to lead the way, the Di soldiers walked in the middle, and Murong Chui's son Murong Long led the troops to follow behind.As he was walking, Murong Chui suddenly asked the soldiers around him to beat the war drums. Murong Bao and Murong Long immediately ordered the officers and soldiers to attack the Di soldiers from both sides, and quickly killed them all. Fu Feilong's head was also destroyed. landed.

After Murong Chui killed Fu Feilong, Zhai Bin led troops to join forces with Murong Chui and persuaded Murong Chui to proclaim himself emperor. Murong Chui said hypocritically: "Murong Riwei is the orthodox of Yan State, our monarch." Then he said to his subordinates: "Luoyang is surrounded by enemies. It is not our foothold. It is better to capture Yecheng and control the world." So he led his troops to advance to Yecheng.When he arrived in Xingyang, he called himself King Yan. In the first month of the first year of Yanyuan (384 A.D.), Murong Chui's troops came to the city.Seeing this, Fu Pi, who guarded Yecheng, sent Jiang Rang out of the city to persuade Murongchui to repent and withdraw his troops as soon as possible.Murong Chui didn't accept this at all, and said to Jiang Rang: "Go back and tell Fu Pi to lead the troops out of Yecheng as soon as possible, and I will rebuild the Yan Kingdom in Yecheng. If Fu Pi is stubborn, don't blame me for being rude to him." " After Murong Chui sent Jiang Rang away, he sent another letter to Fu Jian, saying: "I am a man with no talent, which caused the country of Yan to suffer disaster. I had nowhere to go, so I had to go to you. You have been kind to me. Sihai, I will never forget it in my life, and I always want to repay your great kindness. Last year, when I failed in the crusade against the Eastern Jin Dynasty, I still wholeheartedly support you. He paid homage to the ancestral temple and became suspicious of me. The Dingling clan rebelled, and Fu Pi only gave me 2,000 unarmed remnants and forced me to put down the rebellion. He also sent Fu Feilong to assassinate me secretly. When I arrived in Luoyang, Fu Hui refused to let me enter the city Seeing that I was pitiful, Ding Ling and Zhai Bin recommended me as the leader of the alliance, and then there was an endless stream of people who defected to me. These are all arranged by God, not my will. In this case, I deserve it. Besides, Yecheng is our Yan The old capital of the country should be returned to me. Although I am besieging Yecheng now, but thinking of your kindness to me, I don’t want to attack fiercely for fear of hurting your son Fu Pi. I hope you can let Fu Pi evacuate Yecheng as soon as possible. When Fu Jian saw the letter, he was furious and regretted his legacy of raising tigers, but at this time he was too far away, so he had no choice but to write a reply letter to scold Murong Chui and his son.

When Murong Chui saw that Fu Jian and his son were soft and hard, he ordered the Zhang River to be blocked and the city to be flooded with water.It was not until the second year of Yanyuan (385 A.D.), in August, that Fu Pi abandoned Yecheng and retreated westward to Jinyang, and Murongchui occupied Yecheng.In February of the following year, he was proclaimed emperor in Zhongshan, changed to Yuan Jianxing, and was known as Houyan in history. Eight months later, Murong Yong, the master of Xiyan, also occupied the eldest son (now south of Changzhi, Shanxi) and became emperor.Murong Chui and Murong Yong were originally cousins ​​born from the same root, but in Murong Chui's view, there cannot be two suns in the sky, Xiyan must be destroyed immediately.At that time, all the generals believed that Hou Yan had used troops for years, and the officers and soldiers were exhausted, so it was not appropriate to send troops.Only Murong Chui's younger brother, Murong De, said: "Murong Yong is a branch of the Yan Kingdom. How can we tolerate him proclaiming himself emperor without authorization and deceiving people's hearts! For the long-term interests of Later Yan, we should first eliminate Xi Yan and unify people's hearts." Murong Chui listened Murong De said with a smile to everyone: "I have made up my mind and I will never waver. Although I am almost seventy years old, my resourcefulness is enough to capture the eldest son and capture Murong Yong." Jianxing nine years (AD 394) In February, Murong Chui sent troops to attack Xiyan.When Murong Yong heard the news, he hurriedly gathered the army rations to the wall of the platform, and then divided his troops into multiple groups to fight against Houyan. Murong Chui only wanted to compete wits with Murong Yong, but didn't want to compete in strength, so he set up a ecstasy formation.Murong Chui first stayed in the southwest of Yecheng for more than a month, creating the illusion of marching from Taihang Avenue to the eldest son.Murong Yong didn't know the truth, so he transferred the troops defending Taibi to Zhiguan to block the Taihang Pass.Murong Chui saw that Murong Yong had fallen into his trap, so he led an army from Fukou to the south of Taibi via Tianjing Pass.Murong Yong realized that he had been deceived, and immediately dispatched troops from Taihang Mountain to fight back against Murong Chui.Murong Chui first asked Xiaoqi General Murong Guo to lead 1000 cavalry to ambush in the mountain stream. When Murong Yong arrived, Murong Chui cleverly led Murong Yong into the ambush circle.As soon as the Xiyan officers and soldiers arrived, Houyan's ambushes attacked suddenly, split Murong Yong's army in two, and beat them upside down in a blink of an eye, and Murong Yong fled back to his eldest son in a hurry.Murong Chui took advantage of the victory and marched, captured the eldest son in August of the same year, beheaded Murong Yong and more than 30 princes and ministers of Xiyan. The elimination of Xiyan made Murong Chui forget about it, and he sent troops to the Northern Wei Dynasty in May of the tenth year of Jianxing (395 A.D.).At that time, Sanqi's regular servant Gao Hu said to Murong Chui fiercely: "We and the Northern Wei Dynasty are in-laws, and the Northern Wei Dynasty treated us well. Why do you still use troops against them?! Besides, Tuoba Tao is not an idler. Don't take it lightly!" Murong Chui has been dazzled by the victory, so he won't listen to other people's advice!In order to warn others not to speak again, he dismissed Gaohu's officials.Murong Chui sent Prince Murong Bao, Murong Nong, and Murong Lin to advance to Pingcheng (now Datong, Shanxi) with tens of thousands of soldiers.Hou Yan and Northern Wei had a stalemate on both sides of the Yellow River for more than 10 days. Because Hou Yan general Murong Song and others attempted to launch a rebellion, Murong Bao burned his warship and evacuated the battlefield in the middle of the night.The Northern Wei Dynasty rushed to catch up and defeated Yan Bing in Canhebei. Murong Bao felt that it was too useless to be defeated by the Northern Wei Dynasty. Not long after returning to Houyan, he asked Murong Chui to go to the Northern Wei Dynasty again.Murong Chui was also frustrated by the defeat of this war, so he promised to attack the Northern Wei Dynasty next year.In March of the eleventh year of Jianxing (AD 396), Murong Chui personally led Houyan's army to secretly leave Zhongshan, cross Qingling, pass Tianmen, open mountains and roads, cross the clouds unexpectedly, capture Pingcheng, and captured 30,000 soldiers from the Northern Wei Dynasty. many people. Murong Chui was already in poor health when he left Zhongshan.After the capture of Pingcheng, he immediately evacuated with his loot. When he passed by Canhebei, he saw tens of thousands of corpses of Yan officers and soldiers who were killed by the Northern Wei Dynasty last year piled up like a mountain, and he felt sad.When the soldiers saw the bones, they couldn't help but think of their dead father, brother, relatives and comrades-in-arms, and wept bitterly.When Murong Chui heard the sound of crying, sadness, anger, frustration and resentment welled up in his heart, and he sprayed blood from his mouth. As a result, his condition worsened, and when he walked to Shanggu, he was already on the verge of death.With great difficulty, he dictated a few last words: "The country is in trouble now, and the funeral should be kept simple. In order to prevent powerful enemies from waiting for opportunities to make trouble, the obituary will be released after arriving in the capital."The posthumous title is "Emperor Chengwu" and the temple title is "Shizu".