The Sixteen Kingdoms period was a great split in Chinese history, and it was also the darkest era of rule in China for five thousand years, the Sixteen Kingdoms began with Li Xiong and Liu Yuan establishing the Chenghan regime in the Bashu region and the Han Zhao regime in the Central Plains, ending with the destruction of Northern Liang by Emperor Taiwu of Northern Wei, Tuoba Tao, and the history of war in the past 135 years, giving birth to countless famous generals of different nationalities.
When Shi Le was young, he was sold by the Jin army to Jizhou as a slave and suffered humiliation, and later Shi Le's master thought that he would have great achievements in the future, so he cancelled his slave status and became a commoner, and during the first rebellion against the King of the East Sea, Shi Le defected to Ji Sang, and Shi Le's Chinese name was obtained by him. Shi Le's hatred for the Western Jin Dynasty was very deep, taking advantage of the opportunity of the civil strife in the Western Jin Dynasty, he carried out many raids, and in the Battle of Kuxian County, Shi Le wiped out all the remaining 100,000 armed forces of the Jin Dynasty, creating extremely favorable conditions for the later attack on Luoyang and the destruction of the Western Jin Dynasty.
Murong Ke had already begun to command the army and horses at the age of fifteen, and at the age of 17, he followed Murong Hao's 100,000-strong army of Zhao Shihu after the defeat at Thorn City, beheading more than 30,000 people, and then won many battles with Goguryeo, and the Goguryeo did not dare to have any more thoughts. In 346, Murong Ke attacked Buyeo and captured the buyeo king and his people. In 350, after the Later Zhao general Ran Min destroyed Later Zhao and established Ran Wei, Murong Ke was ordered to attack Wei from the south, defeating the mighty Ran Wei army and capturing Ran Min by luring the enemy. Later, he led the crowd to defeat Duanbu Xianbei and the Eastern Jin Army. He was people-oriented, not a one-time achievement, and when destroying the enemy, he also had to reduce his own casualties, which was also the reason for the rapid rise of Former Yan.
Wang Meng was one of the most successful politicians in Chinese history, who had a relationship with Huan Wen and was deeply respected by Huan Wen, but was politely refused when Huan Wen invited him to assist, and after Huan Jian became emperor, Wang Meng officially came out of the mountain, and he would fully exert his literary and martial strategy for Former Qin. Jian Jian always sent Wang Meng to places with poor security, and Wang Meng's crima wipe could give him back a harmonious village. Xianyang Shiping County was rampant, and Wang Meng read out the public security regulations as soon as he arrived. For those big local tycoons who loved to break the law except for committing crimes, Wang Meng had enough to whip them to death in public, causing the local magnates to lose the joy of life at once. Relying on Jian Jian's trust, Wang Meng set up an official appraisal system to let all those who did not eat and did not work get out of the egg. He set up schools on a large scale, forced school-age children to attend school, and asked Jian Jian to bring a large group of foreign officials to worship Confucius. He also requisitioned 30,000 children and servants of the rich to build dams and canals, and irrigated thousands of acres of fertile land on the Guanzhong Plain. After years of hard work by Wang Meng, the living standards of the people of Former Qin went straight to the well-off. He is a combination of Han Xin, Zhang Liang, and Xiao He, a rare figure in ancient history who has both culture and martial arts, and has made great contributions to the unity and stability of northern society.
Murong Chui was supposed to be called the god of the restoration of the great Yan, and the idols of Murong Bo and Murong Fu's father and son in later generations, before the Battle of Shuishui, they vigorously advocated the expedition of Murong Jian, and as a result, Murong Jian was defeated at Shuishui. Murong Chui seized the opportunity to revive the State of Yan and establish Later Yan, which dominated the Central Plains. Murong Chui fought countless battles in his lifetime, killing Ye Gan, defeating Huan Wen, attacking Liu Jiaozhi, killing Murong Yong, and scaring Tuoba Jue, it can be said that the famous han General of the Han Dynasty was beaten by him all over again, and he was still invincible. Can analyze the situation, plan, can coordinate the overall situation, but also a handsome talent, if the day is a holiday year, its merit is not lost to Tuoba Tao. Murong Chui's battle to restore the state, and the subsequent war to dominate the Central Plains, were fought extremely well, and even his last battle scared Tuoba Jue, the founding emperor of Northern Wei. However, Murong Chui fell seriously ill on the way to destroy Tuoba Jue, and eventually decided the fate of Murong Yan's state, and Northern Wei would take its place.