Foreword: After Murong Juan was born, his grandfather Murong Yu, who was the leader of Murong Xianbei's tribe, said: "This child looks extraordinary, and there are successors to our family's career." Sure enough, after Murong Juan grew up, he was really unusual, tall, capable of writing and martial arts, and did not live up to his grandfather's expectations. In the seventh year of Xiankang (341), the Eastern Jin Dynasty crowned Murong Hao as the King of Yan, with Murong Juan as the King of Zuoxian and the Son of the Prince of Yan.
1. Kill Ran Min and destroy Ran Wei
In the fourth year of Yonghe (348), Murong Hao died, and Murong Juan succeeded to the Yan throne.
The following year, the Later Zhao Emperor Shi Hu died, and the undercurrents in Later Zhao surged in the country, and Shi Hu's sons staged a big blood rush like the "Rebellion of the Eight Kings" in the Western Jin Dynasty, which was chaotic into a pot of porridge.
Therefore, Murong Juan decided to fish in muddy waters, do a big vote, send troops to destroy Later Zhao, and advance into the Central Plains.
With Murong Ke as the general of the auxiliary state, Murong Jue as the general of the auxiliary state, Yang Yuan as the general of the auxiliary yi, and Murong Chui as the forward governor and the general of Jianfeng, more than 200,000 elite soldiers were selected to wait for the opportunity.
In the sixth year of Yonghe (350), Murong Juan led a three-way army to march south against Later Zhao, departing from Lulong, and Later Zhao Youzhou abandoned the city at noon and fled, leaving Wang he to guard Jicheng. Unexpectedly, Wang He did not give strength, and Murong Juan attacked Jicheng in three strokes and five divisions, killed Wang He, and moved the capital to Jicheng.
In the same year, Later Zhao's civil unrest reached its extreme, several emperors were killed, and Shi Hu's adopted grandson Ran Min killed Shi Qi and established himself as emperor. At the same time, an order was issued to kill Hu, and for a time, Yecheng became a hell on earth, and more than 200,000 Hu people's corpses were scattered all over the field, with their heads in different places, causing the Hu people to panic and flee in all directions.
In the seventh year of Yonghe (351), Murong Juan sent Murong Ke to lead an army to attack Zhongshan, and sent Murong Jue to Lukou to attack Wang Wu. Zhongshan was finally conquered, and in the same year, the Zero clan Zhai Rat and Ran Min led the troops liu zhun and others to surrender to Murong Juan.
In the eighth year of Yonghe (352), Murong Juan sent Murong Ke and Feng Yi to attack Ran Min, and he personally led a large army to respond to Murong Ke and Feng Yi's army, ran Min was frightened and fled to Changshan, and Murong Ke caught up with him at Shuishui.
Although Ran Min fled, his prestige still made Murong Ke's generals shudder.
Therefore, Murong Ke said to them: "Although Ran Min's army is full of elite soldiers and strong generals, but after many years of conquest abroad, the soldiers are tired, and Ran Min has always been brave and unscrupulous, we can divide into three armies to attack them, and great things will be accomplished!" ”
As a result, Murong Ke's army killed the red eye one by one like chicken blood, and ran Min's army was defeated, beheading more than 7,000 people, ran min was captured, and finally, killed.
Then, Murong Ke then attacked Yecheng, which could not be attacked for a long time, and Murong Juan sent Murong Juan to lead 10,000 elite troops to attack Yecheng, and in the end, Yecheng was breached and Ran Min perished.
In the same year (352), Murong Juan assumed the throne as emperor, with the title of Yuan Xi (元玺), his wife Kezuhun (可足浑氏) as empress, and Murong Ye (慕容晔) the crown prince. Officials and generals of all sizes under their command are rewarded one by one according to their merits.
2. Crusade to the West
In the ninth year of Yonghe (353), the Eastern Jin general Rong Hu surrendered to Murong Juan with Pengcheng and Lu Commandery. In the same year, Murong Ke marched on Lü, and all of Lü's men surrendered.
In the third year of Yuan Xi (354), Later Qin Yao Xiang took the State of Liang and surrendered to Murong Juan
In the fourth year of the Yuan Xi (355), Former Qin's subordinates Hanoi Taishou Wanghui and Liyang Taishou Han Gao submitted the counties under murong juan.
The Eastern Jin Dynasty Lanling Taishou Sun Hei, the Jibei Taishou Gaozhu, and the Jianxing Taishou Gao Ang each attached themselves to Murong Juan with the counties under their jurisdiction.
In the fifth year of yuanxi (356), Murong Juan sent the Fujun general Murong Chui, the Chinese general Murong Qian, and the escort general Pingxi to lead 80,000 infantry cavalry to attack Ding Zhi's troops, defeating the enemy, killing and capturing more than 100,000 people, capturing 130,000 horses, and countless cattle and sheep.
In October of the second year of Guangshou (358), Murong Ke invaded the area south of the Yellow River, and Ru, Ying, Tan, and Peiquan were conquered and owned by Former Yan.
3. End with regrets
At this moment, Qian Yan's career has reached an unprecedented peak, almost repeatedly victorious, and the four sides are invincible. Former Yan and Former Qin, Eastern Jin Dynasty three-legged standing.
Murong Juan always wanted to unify the world and eliminate Former Qin and the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
In the third year of Guangshou (359), Murong Juan attempted to attack the Eastern Jin Dynasty again and eliminate Former Qin, so he counted the soldiers in each state, leaving only one adult in each household, and all the others were conscripted into the army, hoping to bring the infantry to 1.5 million, and then the next year they would gather all their troops and march on Luoyang.
Liu Gui, a native of Wuyi, wrote a letter of strong advice, saying that Chen said that the people's lives were poor, and he was afraid that the people would be overwhelmed and that there would be great chaos in the world, so Murong Jun read the letter and agreed with Liu Gui's opinion to change to the five-ding-drawn three system, and planned to rush to the capital of Yi at the end of the following winter to assemble.
On the twentieth day of the first month of the fourth year of Guangshou (360), Murong Juan conducted a military parade against the army at Yecheng.
Unfortunately, his illness worsened, and he immediately summoned Murong Ke, Yang Hu, Murong Jue, and others to accept the edict to assist the imperial government.
On the twenty-first day of the first month, Murong Juan died, and the dream of unifying the world came to an end.