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Juqu Wuji was the son of Juqu Mengxun, the king of Northern Liang, and the younger brother of Juqu Mujian.When Mu Jian was on the throne, he was named the governor of Shazhou and the prefect of Jiuquan without taboo.In the seventh year of Yonghe (AD 439), Tuoba Tao, Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty led his troops to capture Guzang, and then sent Zhennan General Xi Juan to attack Jiuquan.Knowing that he was no match for Xi Juan, Juqu withdrew from Jiuquan and defected to Gaochang.Half a year later, Juqu led his troops back to Jiuquan.At that time, the Northern Wei Dynasty was preparing to send troops to the south of the Yangtze River, and had no time to take care of the Hexi area, so Wuya was named King of Jiuquan.

However, Juqu Wuji not only failed to be grateful to the Northern Wei Dynasty, but wanted to recover the lost land of Beiliang.Xi Juan surrounded Jiuquan for half a year. All the food in the city was eaten up, and more than 10,000 people starved to death.Jiuquan was finally breached.Taking advantage of the chaos of Jiuquan's fall, Juqu crossed the quicksand and occupied Shanshan. In September of the following year, he occupied Gaochang again, and was named King of Hexi by Emperor Wen of Song Dynasty.In the second year of Taiping (444 A.D.), Wuyu died of illness.