Remember Loki in The Avengers? The god of lies in Norse mythology, he has collaborated and betrayed the Avengers hero many times in the movie. A few days ago, when sharing Murong Lin, the son of the famous sixteen-nation general Murong Chui, some readers commented that he was "Murong Luoji", which was a bit too vivid.
Looking back, Murong Lin's resume does have a lot of "two-sidedness" like Loki, and there are many experiences of rebellion and cooperation between his father Murong Chui and his brother Murong Bao.
Historical records record that Murong Lin was "the youngest son of Murong Chui, born of Zhu Ji", that is, Murong Lin was born to one of Murong Chui's many wives and concubines, and in ancient times, this origin was properly snubbed, so Murong Lin was not very loved by Murong Chui from an early age.
Therefore, when Murong Chui defeated Sima Huanwen of the Eastern Jin Dynasty in the Battle of Fangtou, and made great achievements, but because the merits were too great, it caused the jealousy of the Kezuhun clan and Murong Jue, who were in power in the Former Yan Dynasty, and wanted to secretly get rid of Murong Chui, and Murong Chui had to choose to escape, so he did not feel Murong Chui's father's love for Murong Lin from childhood, so he secretly informed Murong Chui that his father Murong Chui was going to defect.
After Murong Jue learned of this, he hurriedly sent a fine horse to chase murong Chui, and Murong Chui let his eldest son Murong Ling break off, which was able to get rid of the pursuing soldiers. However, Murong Chui originally planned to go to Longcheng, the old capital of Former Yan, but after being denounced by Murong Lin, he could not return to Longcheng to make a comeback, so he had to defect to Former Qin Jianjian, who had repeatedly recruited him.
Later, Murong Lin was not embarrassed by Murong Jue and others because of his disagreement with his father Murong Chui, and Murong Lin was grateful for this. Murong Chui and his eldest son Murong Ling, who fled to Former Qin, were deeply favored by the former Qin lord Jian Jian, but former Qin chancellor Wang Meng, believing that Murong Chui's father and son were ambitious, tried his best to get rid of them.
Therefore, before leading his army to attack Former Yan, Wang Meng asked Murong Chui to have his eldest son Murong Ling serve as his own army. Murong Chui was not willing to refuse, so he set up a banquet for Wang Meng to practice, and the two pushed cups and changed cups, and drank until they rose up to worship as brothers. Wang Meng gave One of his favorite paperweights to Murong Chui, and Murong Chui was greatly moved to untie the family heirloom golden sword he usually wore and gave it to Wang Meng.
However, when the golden knife was sent, it was Wang Meng's plan. After Wang Meng led the army to set off, Wang Meng found a pawn, asked him to find Murong Ling with a golden sword, and falsely passed on Murong Chui's words, so that Murong Ling rebelled and returned to Former Yan, and this golden sword was the proof. When Murong Ling saw the golden sword, he didn't know what to do, but at this time, the army had already gone out on the battlefield, and there was no way to contact Murong Chui, so he had to listen to the words of the pawn and fled back to Former Yan overnight.
After Murong Ling returned to Former Yan, he found Zhongji, but it was too late. Former Yan, on the other hand, certainly would not entrust Murong Ling, who had betrayed the imperial court, to a heavy responsibility, so he sent him to Shacheng in the north as an errand boy, which was considered to be exiled by Former Yan. However, Murong Ling did not want to end up in the border counties, so he planned to rebel again and attack the old capital of Former Yan, Longcheng, to realize the original plan of his father Murong Chui to occupy Longcheng and make a comeback.
However, Murong Ling's desire to rebel again was known to Murong Lin, who remained in Former Yan. Murong Lin did not keep the secret of the rebellion for Murong Ling because he was his eldest brother. Murong Lin told Murong Liang about the rebellion, who was guarding Longcheng, and Murong Liang prepared in advance to close the city gates, but Murong Ling's rebellion plan failed. Murong Liang then sent his men to attack Murong Ling, capture him, and kill him.
Soon, Wang stormed out Former Yan, and Murong Chui was able to return to Yecheng, and when he saw many of the family members who remained in Former Yan again, Murong Chui cried bitterly. Murong Chui's many heirs that Murong Chuizi saw were of course also among them, and Murong Chui did not bear to kill the culprit of the child's own most beloved eldest son, but only after killing his birth mother, he exiled Murong Lin to other places, but rarely met him.
This situation continued until after the Battle of Shuishui, when Former Qin collapsed, and Murong Chui raised troops to re-establish the State of Yan, known in history as "Later Yan". In the process of Murong Chui's establishment of Later Yan, murong Lin, who was scheming and scheming, repeatedly offered tricks to Murong Chui, and even Murong Chui was very surprised, greatly appreciated Murong Lin, and gradually treated Murong Lin in the same way as other heirs.
Murong Lin's ability to lead troops to fight was indeed not bad, and he made many contributions to Later Yan's southern conquest of the northern war, and his reputation was gradually enhanced, and he was more and more used by Murong Chui. After Murong Chui became emperor, Murong Lin was made the Prince of Zhao, and when Murong Chui led his army on a campaign, he was asked to stay in Jingshi to assist murong Bao the crown prince. Murong Chui left the capital, and the Ding Zero tribe rarely rebelled against Qi, and Murong Lin personally led an army to defeat Xian Yu Beg, despite the persuasion of his subordinates, ensuring the stability of the rear.
Later, the Dugu and Helan tribes of the Northern Grassland rebelled against Northern Wei Tuoba Jue and asked Murong Chui of Later Yan for help. Murong Chui then sent Murong Lin to lead a Large Army of Later Yan on an expedition to the grasslands to help Tuoba Jue pacify many tribes. It can be said that Murong Lin relied on his own planning and military ability to gain Murong Chui's trust and reuse, and during key military operations, Murong Lin was the person Murong Chui was willing to choose to lead the troops.
When Murong Chui decided to launch a war against Northern Wei, he sent Murong Bao as the commander of the conquest, leading Murong Lin and Murong Nong from Zhongshan, with Murong De and Murong Shao as their backups. In the face of the Arrival of the Later Yan army, the Northern Wei monarch Tuoba Jue, using a counter-plan, spread false news that Murong Chui had died of illness on the way from Zhongshan to Northern Wei, shaking the hearts of the Later Yan generals.
Murong Lin's generals, Mu Yousong and others, listened to the rumors and believed that Murong Chui was really dead, so they wanted to launch a rebellion, kill Murong Bao, and install Murong Lin as Emperor of Later Yan. However, the matter was leaked, and Murong Bao quickly killed Mu Yusong and the others, and Murong Lin was exempted from punishment because he was not directly involved, but a gap had already arisen between him and Murong Bao.
Northern Wei Tuoba Jue did not directly confront Murong Bao, and Murong Bao had to withdraw his troops, and on the way back, murong Lin led 30,000 troops to break up. Murong Lin believed that the Northern Wei army would not pursue, so he indulged the soldiers to hunt around, causing Tuoba Jue to lead his army to catch up with the Later Yan army at Sanhepi, and eventually killed and captured more than 50,000 Later Yan generals, and Murong Bao and others fled back in a daze.
After Murong Chui led an army to attack Northern Wei, he fell ill and died, and the crown prince Murong Bao took the throne. When Murong Chui's eldest son Murong Ling died, when Murong Chui chose the crown prince among the sons, Empress Duan believed that neither Murong Bao nor Murong Lin was a suitable candidate, so shortly after Murong Chui's death, Murong Lin and Murong Bao forced Empress Duan to commit suicide, and the two could be said to be on the same hill.
Soon after Murong Bao ascended the throne, Northern Wei Tuoba Jue led hundreds of thousands of troops to attack Later Yan from the south, and Murong Nong and others failed, and Later Yan was shaken. Murong Bao, who had no city capital, summoned his ministers to discuss the method, among which Zhongshan Yin Zhimo, Zhongshu Ling Xiaoyi and others believed that the Northern Wei army came from afar, and should not let them drive straight into the plains, but should guard the dangerous pass and mobilize the counties to oppose the Northern Wei army.
However, Murong Lin believed that the morale of the Northern Wei army was high, and his side could not easily block it, but should hold on to Zhongshan and wait for the Northern Wei army to be tired before sending an army to counterattack. Murong Bao eventually took Murong Lin's advice and built a large amount of grain and grass in Zhongshan to prepare for a protracted war with the Northern Wei army. Moreover, Murong Bao also handed over all of Later Yan's military power to Murong Lin.
The Northern Wei army drove straight in, and it didn't take long to reach the middle of the Later Yan capital. Zhongshan City was besieged by the Northern Wei army, and the generals in the city were indignant and wanted to go out of the city to fight the Northern Wei army to the death. Murong Bao's younger brother Murong Long (慕容隆) asked Murong Bao for a battle, but Murong Bao had no choice but to agree, and later Yan's generals were ready to go. However, Murong Lin, who controlled the military power, repeatedly blocked it, and Murong Long's army assembled several times was disbanded. The generals rushed to the palace and asked Murong Bao to fight, and Murong Bao was moved to tears and ordered to go out of the city to meet the Northern Wei army. However, in the end, Murong Bao was still dissuaded by Murong Lin, and the Later Yan generals were unable to fight to meet the enemy.
It was at this critical moment that a rebellion broke out again in Zhongshan City, and Shang Shulang Mu Yuhao wanted to murder Murong Bao and install Murong Lin as emperor, but the rebellion was unsuccessful. Mu Yuhao killed the city gate guards and fled zhongshan to defect to Northern Wei. After the incident of Mu Youhao, Murong Lin was very upset, so he sent his guards to kidnap Murong Jing, the head of the palace guards, that night and force him to kill Murong Bao. Murong Jingning did not comply, so Murong Lin had to kill Murong Jing, and then fled the city with the elite and defected to the Ding Zero tribe in the Western Mountains.
Murong Lin, who held great military power, ran away, which quickly upset the Later Yan emperor Murong Bao, who feared that Murong Lin would run back to Former Yan's old nest Longcheng and seize the military power in the rear of Liaodong. So Murong Bao took the crown princes Murong Ce, Murong Long, Murong Nong, Murong Sheng, and others and fled north of Zhongshan City. In Zhongshan City, almost all the Later Yan Sect Chambers were gone, leaving only one Murong Xiang, so the military and civilians in the city supported Murong Xiang as commander and continued to defend Zhongshan City.
After Murong Bao escaped from Zhongshan, he met Murong Lin, who thought that Murong Bao was coming to pursue him, so he hurriedly fled to the garrison. After Murong Shu in Zhongshan City was proclaimed commander,he sent people to attack Murong Lin and capture Murong Lin's wife and children, but Murong Lin, fearing being captured, fled to the mountains to hide.
The Northern Wei army besieged Zhongshan for a long time and failed to break through, so Tuoba Jue ordered the withdrawal of the army, and Murong Xiang thought that his prestige made the Northern Wei army retreat, so he established himself as emperor. Murong Xiang, who claimed to be the empress dowager, wanted to massacre the people, and there was a famine in the city at that time, but Murong Xiang did not allow the people to go out of the city to find food, so the generals and civilians in the city were very dissatisfied with him and wanted to welcome Murong Lin back to Zhongshan.
When Murong Shu sent the general Zhang Jun (張駟) to lead his army to Changshan to collect grain, Murong Lin secretly infiltrated Zhang Jun's army and followed the army into Zhongshan City. Murong Lin then led his men to capture Murong Xiang and kill murong xiang and hundreds of henchmen, after which Murong Lin established himself as emperor. Murong Lin, who claimed the title of emperor, let the people in the city go out of the city to find grain, which was supported by the people. However, Murong Lin still did not allow the generals in the city to take the initiative to attack the Northern Wei army.
Soon, Tuoba Jue sent Changsun Fei to lead 7,000 troops to attack Zhongshan, which was defeated by Murong Lin, who led an army in pursuit, but was eventually defeated by the main force of Northern Wei. Soon after, Tuoba Jue sent an army to attack Zhongshan again, and Murong Lin led his army to resist, resulting in a major defeat and zhongshan city being captured by the Northern Wei army. Murong Lin fled back to Xishan, and after receiving his wife and children, fled to Yecheng to defect to Murong De.
Shortly after Murong Lin arrived at Yecheng, he suggested that Murong De go to Shuitai and obtain Murong De's consent. After reaching The Slippery Terrace, Murong Lin requested that Murong De be made emperor, but Murong De only took the throne of Yan and established the Southern Yan regime. Murong Lin, who was in Southern Yan, chose to betray again not long after, but was eventually killed by Murong De.
In the eighteenth year of the Taiyuan Dynasty, Murong Lin knew that Tuoba Jue would be afflicted by Yan, and now that he was so light, he doubted himself and defeated the master of the treasure?—— "Zizhi Tongjian"
Murong Lin's heart was clear, and in the Zizhi Tongjian, it is recorded that in the Battle of Shanhepi, murong Lin led 30,000 troops to break up, and connived at the cavalry to hunt, resulting in the success of the Northern Wei army's pursuit, so described: Murong Lin always knew that Tuoba Jue was a major problem for Later Yan, but he still despised Tuoba Jue so much on the march, which had to make people suspect that Murong Lin deliberately let Murong Bao fail!
Although we can't know what Murong Lin really thought at that time, judging from Murong Lin's repeated rebellions against his father Murong Chui, his brother Murong Bao, his uncle Murong De, and others, murong Lin, although he had military talent and wisdom, was indeed like Loki in the Marvel movies, a capricious man with two faces.
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