Stirred for four hundred years: Fei Pi was indecisive and indecisive to let the tiger return to the mountain, and Murong Chui called for the return of the hundred kings

This article is the 183rd in a long series, Four Hundred Years of Turmoil

In December of the eighth year of Taiyuan (383 CE), Murong Chui arrived in Anyang and sent his army Tian Shan to write a letter to Zhen Shou (苻丕) the city of Ye. He suspected that Murong Chui wanted to make trouble, but he personally went to greet him.

Zhao Qiu persuaded Murong Chui to capture Gong Pi in his seat and occupy Yecheng to raise an army, but Murong Chui felt that the time was not yet ripe, or disdained to use such tactics and did not listen.

Murong Chui also wanted to take the opportunity to attack Murong Chui, and the attendant Jiang Rang persuaded: "Murong Chui shows no signs of rebellion, but Ming Gong wants to kill him without permission, which is not the proper meaning of a courtier." It is better to treat them with courtesy than to send soldiers to guard them closely, report to the imperial court to listen to the edict, and then dispose of them. ”

He listened to him and asked Murong Chui to live in the mansion in Western Yi.

At this time, when Zhai Bin of Ding Zhi rebelled and plotted to attack the former Qin Yu Prefecture Mu Pingyuan GongHui who was guarding Luoyang, Murong Jian sent a letter through the post and asked Murong Chui to lead the army to the crusade.

Shi Yue said to Gong Pi: "Wang Shi has been newly defeated, the people's hearts are undecided, there are many people who are guilty of fleeing, and there are many people who are eager for trouble, so Ding Zero took the lead, and in ten days or so, thousands of people responded." Murong Chui was a highly respected person of the Yan state, and he also had the ambition to restore his old business, if he handed over the army, this would be to add wings to the tiger, and this matter absolutely could not be done! ”

"Murong Chui is like a Crouching Tiger Sleeping Jiao in Yecheng, and I am often worried about the change of elbow and armpit. Wouldn't it be better to let him travel away now? Moreover, Zhai Bin was fierce and rebellious, and he must not be willing to take the upper hand and let them fight with the two tigers, and I controlled them in the back, and this Bian Zhuangzi's plan was also. ”

Therefore, Murong Pi gave Murong Chui two thousand old and weak soldiers and some defective armor weapons, and also sent the Guangwu general Zhi Feilong to lead a thousand Cavalry of the Qi clan to assist, but secretly said to Murong Feilong: "Although Murong Chui is the commander of the three armies, you are the one who plotted against him. You must act opportunistically! ”

On the occasion of departure, Murong Chui requested to enter the Temple of the Patriarch of Yecheng, but Murong Chui did not agree, so Murong Chui put on his civilian clothes and entered the city on his own. The officials guarding the temple would not let him in, and Murong Chui was furious, killing the officials and burning the temple pavilions.

Shi Yue then said to Gong Pi, "Murong Chui dared to despise and insult a party chief, kill the official, burn the temple pavilion, and the reverse trace is already clear, so we can get rid of him." ”

Fei Pi hesitated, "I heard that when Huainan was defeated, Murong Chui served the lord of the guards before and after his horse, and this merit cannot be forgotten." Shi Yue said, "Murong Chui is still disloyal to the State of Yan, so how can he be loyal to us?" If you miss today, you will not be able to get rid of him, and you will definitely become a trouble. ”

However, allowing the stone to wear his lips, Zhi Pi just wouldn't listen. After retiring, Shi Yue said to the people: "The father and son of Gong Pi like to carry out small favors and small favors, and regardless of the world's big plans, they will eventually be captured." ”

Murong Chui left Murong Nong, Murong Kai, and Murong Shao at Yicheng, and marched to Tangchi in Anyang, when Min Liang and Li Bi rushed up from Yecheng and told him of the plot between Murong Pi and Murong Feilong.

Murong Chui used this to arouse the righteous indignation of the soldiers, and said: "I am loyal to the Zhi clan, and he wants to plot against our father and son, although I want to give up, is it possible?" "Under the pretext of insufficient troops, we stayed in Hanoi to recruit soldiers, and in just ten days, we had already recruited eight thousand soldiers.

When Gong Hui heard about it, he sent emissaries to rebuke Murong Chui and urge him to step up his advance. Murong Chui was perfunctory on the one hand, and on the other hand, he plotted to get rid of Fei Feilong.

On this day, Murong Chui said to Fei Long, "Now that we are not far from Kou Thief, we should rest during the day and advance at night to attack him." Fei Long thought it was reasonable and agreed to his plan.

On the night of December 27, Murong Chui sent his son Murong Bao to lead the army, and his younger son Murong Long led the army to follow him, ordering the Soldiers of the Qi clan to be in groups of five.

At night, Murong Chui and Murong Bao suddenly attacked as agreed, attacking the Qiren and the Feilong before and after, killing them all. Among the people whose families were in the West, Murong Chui all asked them to return to their hometowns, and sent a letter to Jian Jian, stating the reason for killing Fei Long.

Originally, after the fall of Former Yan, Murong Chui followed Jian Jian into Yecheng, and because his son Murong Lin had repeatedly informed him, he killed his mother, but he could not bear to kill him and let him live in a pavilion outside the city.

After killing Feilong, Murong Lin repeatedly offered advice and inspiration to Murong Chui, and Murong Chui's favor for him was the same as that of other sons.

When Zhai Bin raised an army, Murong Feng and former Yan ministers Wang Teng and Duan Yan each led the Qu family soldiers to Guifu.

Murong Feng took the initiative to ask Mao Dang to fight, "Today I want to shame the former king Xue and ask for the general to behead this slave." ”

As a result, Murong Feng, clad in armor, marched straight ahead, followed by Ding Zero's soldiers, who defeated the Former Qin army and beheaded Mao Dang. Then he marched to attack the army of Shu Wei Ling Yuntai, kezhi, and captured more than 10,000 armored weapons.

On December 28, Murong Chui, who already had 30,000 troops, crossed the Yellow River and burned the bridge, leaving Kezuhun Tan to gather troops at Shacheng in Hanoi, and then sent Tian Shan to Yecheng to secretly tell Murong Nong and others to raise troops to respond.

When he received Murong Chui's order, it was late, and Murong Shao left the city first, arrived at Puchi, and stole hundreds of horses from Murong Pi to wait for Murong Nong and Murong Kai.

On December 29, Murong Nong and Murong Kai led dozens of cavalry out of Yecheng in civilian clothes and then rushed to Lieren County together.

On the first day of the first lunar month in the ninth year of the Taiyuan Dynasty (384 AD), Murong Nong invited Murong Nong to a great banquet, but did not see anyone, so he realized that things had changed and sent people out to look for it, but it was too late.

Three days later, Murong Pi learned that Murong Nong had arrived in Lieren County and openly raised the anti-flag.

At this time, Murong Feng, Wang Teng, and Duan Yan persuaded Zhai Bin to honor Murong Chui as his ally, and Zhai Bin agreed.

However, Murong Chui did not know whether Zhai Bin was sincere or not, and refused: "I have come to save Yuzhou, not to defect to you." Since you want to do great things, enjoy their blessings, and suffer their misfortunes, I do not want to participate. ”

On the second day of the first lunar month, Murong Chui arrived in Luoyang, and When Murong Hui heard that he had killed Feilong, he refused to leave it.

Zhai Bin sent the governor Shi Guotong to persuade Murong Chui, but Murong Chui still did not agree. Guo Tong pointedly said, "Isn't the reason why the general refused is because Zhai Bin is a foreigner living in the mountains and has no wizards and far-sightedness?" Why not consider using his power to achieve great things? ”

Hearing this, Murong Chui was moved, so he agreed to form an alliance. Therefore, Zhai Bin led his troops to meet Murong Chui and persuade Murong Chui to declare himself emperor.

Murong Chui refused, "Murong Wei, the new Marquis, is our lord of the country, and we should welcome him back to his orthodoxy." Although the crowd gave up for the time being, they did not approve of Murong Wei in their hearts.

Considering that Luoyang was attacked on all sides, Murong Chui wanted to capture the city of Yicheng, so he abandoned Luoyang and led his troops back to the east.

Hearing of Murong Chui's arrival, Yu Wei, the former Fuyu king who served as the Taishou of Xingyang, and Wei Ju, a Xianbei man of Changli, each led their troops to surrender, and Murong Chui's strength increased again.

After entering Xingyang, the people insisted on requesting the title of Shangzun, and Murong Chui could no longer resign, so he called himself a great general, a governor of dadu, and the king of Yan, and undertook to act, called Tongfu, and all subordinates were called subjects, Wen Table Shushu, and knighthoods were awarded, all of which were the same as kings.

With Murong De as the grand general of the cavalry, he was made the King of Fanyang; Murong Kai was made the general of Zhenxi and the king of Taiyuan; Zhai Bin was made the general of Jianyi and the king of Henan; Yu Wei was made the general of Zhengdong and the left sima of the tongfu, and the king of Fuyu was made; Wei Ju was made the general of Yingyang, and Murong Feng was made the general of Jiance.

Subsequently, Murong Chui led more than 200,000 soldiers to cross the Yellow River from Shimen, drove straight in, and rushed to Yecheng.

When he left Yecheng, Murong Chui only had two thousand weak soldiers, and when he returned, he was behind him a division of 200,000 tigers and wolves, and the strength deduced what the return of the king was.

From this day on, a regime called Hou Yan began to appear in front of the world.