"The River of Theory, under the Yin Mountains." The sky is like a vault, and the cage covers the four fields. The sky is clear and the wilderness is vast. Wind blowing grass low to see cattle and sheep. "This song must be familiar to everyone. However, for the Shuler people, many people may have questions, what kind of ethnic group is this? The Shuler people first lived near Lake Baikal. The Xiongnu called it Ding Zero, and the Xianbei people called it a high car because of their use of tall wheels. After the Han Dynasty defeated the Northern Xiongnu, the territory of the Shule people began to move south and interacted with the Han people in the Central Plains. The Jin Dynasty, who moved south into the Central Plains, also referred to them as Ding Zero.
For Murong Chui, Ding Zero and he also had a deep relationship. After the Battle of Shuishui, it was Ding Zhiren Zhai Bin who rebelled against Former Qin, providing an opportunity for Murong Chui to leave Jianjian and return to Guandong. When Murong Chui also betrayed Former Qin, Zhai Bin became his partner. However, Zhai Bin was proud of his merits, arrogant and indulgent, invited officials to ask for rewards, and was insatiably greedy, making this level of cooperation precarious. Later, because the city could not be attacked for a long time, Zhai Bin's request to serve as Shang Shuling was rejected, making him prepare to betray Murong Chui, but the matter was revealed, and Murong Chui killed Zhai Bin and his brothers Zhai Tan and Zhai Min, and the rest were pardoned. Even so, The Ding Zeros chose to make enemies of Murong Chui, and Zhai Zhen Zhai Cheng successively became Ding Zero's new leaders, but these people all failed in the end. Zhai Zhen's son Zhai Liao was forced to surrender to the Eastern Jin Dynasty. This Zhai Liao was not a fuel-saving lamp, first betraying the Eastern Jin Dynasty to occupy Liyang, and then surrendering to Later Yan, and not long after surrendering, Yan chose to betray. In March of the thirteenth year of Taiyuan (388 CE), Zhai Liao, under the blows of Murong Chui's father and son, once again prepared to surrender to Later Yan, and sent Sima Xiaoqiong to apologize to Murong Chui for his sins. Because of his capriciousness, Murong Chui beheaded Qiu Qiong and refused his request. Zhai Liao then proclaimed himself King of Wei, changed his era name to Jianguang, established a hundred officials of civil and military affairs, and established the Zhai Wei regime. In May of the same year, Zhai Liao moved the capital to Shuitai, using the Yellow River as a barrier to resist Later Yan's attack.
Because of the domestic situation, Murong Chui did not initially use large-scale troops against Zhai Wei. However, this Zhai Liao could not idle, because sandwiched between the Eastern Jin Dynasty, later Yan, and Western Yan, Zhai Liao always liked to do something, and in April of the fourteenth year of Taiyuan (389 AD), Zhai Liao invaded Xingyang and captured Xingyang Taishou Zhang Zhuo. Then Zhai Liao started the idea of Hou Yan ji prefecture again. At this time, the assassin of Jizhou was Murong Wen the Prince of Lelang, murong Juan's son, and Zhai Liao sent his subordinate Ding Zhiren to Murong Wen to surrender. On the fourth day of October of that year, Gu Di assassinated Murong Wen and his chief Shi Sima Chai, and then fled to Western Yan with two hundred families guarding the troops, only to be known to Murong Nong, intercepted and defeated these people in Xiangguo, and all but the rest of the people were captured.
In the fifteenth year of Taiyuan (390 AD), Zhai Liao went farther and farther on the road to death. In the first month, Murong Yong of Western Yan led his army straight to Luoyang, and Zhu Xu, who played a key figure in the Battle of Shuishui, crossed the Yellow River from Heyin to the north to defeat Murong Yong. At this time, Zhai Liao was ready to take the opportunity to pick up the leak and attack Luoyang, and Zhu Xu, who learned the news, returned with his troops to defeat Zhai Liao, and Zhai Liao escaped overnight. Zhu Xu retired to Luoyang, leaving the Yingyang general Zhu Dang to guard the Stone Gate, while sending his son Zhu Liu to supervise Luoyang and asking Zhao Fan to assist him, after which Zhu Xu himself returned to Xiangyang. Zhai Liao's nightmare was far from over, and in August, the Eastern Jin Dynasty chose to take the initiative to attack Zhai Wei, and it was Liu Gaozhi who led the troops, who first defeated Zhai Liao's son Zhai Zhao at Zhencheng, and then attacked and defeated Zhai Liao, and defeated Zhai Liao, and defeated Zhai Liao's biggest partner, the Eastern Jin Dynasty, who surrendered Zhang Yuan. After this battle, Zhai Wei was devastated ever since.
In October of the sixteenth year of taiyuan (391 AD), Zhai Liao died of illness, and his son Zhai Zhao succeeded to the throne and changed his era name to Dingding. This Zhai Zhao had just succeeded to the throne as his father had died, and as soon as he ascended the throne, he began to attack the city of Yecheng in Later Yan, only to once again encounter Murong Nong, the nemesis of the Zhai family, and Zhai Zhao was defeated. Zhai Zhao's attack this time did not gain any benefits, but it angered Murong Chui. At this time, Later Yan's country was already stable, and Murong Chui was ready to take advantage of this to solve Zhai Wei and teach this bear child Zhai Zhao a lesson. What terrified Zhai Zhao even more was Murong Chui's imperial conquest, and on the fifth day of February in the seventeenth year of Taiyuan (392 AD), Murong Chui traveled from Lukou to Hejian, Bohai, and The Plains. Zhai Zhao sent his troops to invade Guantao and garrisonEdu at Su Kanglei. In March, Murong Chui led his troops south to attack Zhai Zhao and attack Su Kanglei. In April, Zhai Du retreated south to The Slide. At the same time, Zhai Zhao asked Western Yan for help, but Murong Yong chose to listen to Bao Zun's advice, chose to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and refused to rescue.
In June, Murong Chui's army marched to Liyang, and the two armies confronted each other, and Murong Chui's generals were worried that Zhai Zhao's soldiers were strong in combat and thought that it was not appropriate to cross the river, but Murong Chui laughed and said, "What can I do, I am now a carp and others to kill." On June 16, Murong Chui moved his camp to Xijin, forty miles from Liyang, and made more than a hundred cowhide warships, pretending to load the pawns on board and going up against the current. Zhai Zhao hurriedly led his troops directly to xijin defense. Murong Chui then secretly sent Murong Zhen, the king of Guilin, to cross the Yellow River from Liyangjin at night and set up a camp on the south bank. When Zhai Zhao heard the news, he hurried back and attacked murong zhen and the others' military camps, while Murong Chui ordered Murong Zhen and others to hold out without fighting. Zhai Zhao's soldiers and horses were exhausted from running back and forth, and they could not take the Houyan army camp, and Zhai Zhao was ready to lead the troops to retreat. Murong Zhen and the others seized the fighter plane and led the troops out of the camp, at the same time, Murong Nong crossed the Yellow River from Xijin and attacked Zhai Zhao with Murong Zhen and others, and Zhai Zhao fled back to The Slippery Platform in a big defeat. Zhai Zhao, who returned to the slippery platform, took his wife and children, collected the remnants of the defeated generals, crossed the Yellow River to the north, and climbed the White Deer Mountain, relying on the danger to defend himself so that the Yan army could not attack repeatedly. In this regard, Murong Nong said: "Zhao has no grain and cannot live in the mountains for a long time" And then led his troops back to the camp, leaving only some cavalry to wait and watch Zhai Zhao's movements. Not long after Zhai Zhao did indeed descend the mountain, Murong Nong immediately returned to the army to raid and captured all of Zhai Zhao's men, and only Zhai Zhao fled on horseback to the eldest son of the Western Yan capital, surrendered to Murong Yong, and Zhai Wei was destroyed. Zhai Zhao was made a cheqi general by Murong Yong, a yanzhou mu, and the king of Eastern County, but more than a year later, Zhai Zhao once again plotted against Western Yan and was killed by Murong Yong.
Zhai Wei was destroyed, and there was a Western Yan to the west, which was even more a problem for Murong Chui. Although they were all children of the Murong family, there was only one day in the Yan kingdom, and there could only be one orthodoxy in the Murong family. From the perspective of bloodline, Murong Chui was the uncle of Murong Wei of Former Yan, while Murong Yong was only a side branch, and it seemed that Murong Chui had an advantage. But don't forget that Murong Hong, the founder of Western Yan, and even his successor Murong Chong, were Murong Wei's younger brothers, and Murong Wei even wrote to Murong Hong to say that murong Hong could become emperor after his death, and from this point of view, Western Yan seemed to be more orthodox. As long as the two swallows exist, this kind of argument will not subside, and the best way is to eliminate the other. In the eighteenth year of Taiyuan (393 AD), Murong Chui began preparations to attack Western Yan. However, the later Yan generals believed that the Later Yan soldiers had been consulting for years, very tired, and needed to rest. Only Murong De, the king of Fanyang, agreed to attack Western Yan, and Murong Chui made up his mind to attack Western Yan: "My plan is decided. And I am old, buckle the bottom of the pocket wisdom, enough to overcome it, do not leave the thief to tired descendants also! ”
In November of the eighteenth year of Taiyuan (393 CE), Murong Chui sent 70,000 troops from Murong Miao and Zhang Chong, respectively, to attack Jinyang, where Murong Yong's brother Murong You of Wuxiang was stationed, and the other general Pinggui of Zhengdong attacked Shating. Murong Yong sent Diao Yun and Murong Zhong to lead 50,000 troops to guard Luchuan as a rescue. In February of the nineteenth year of Taiyuan (394 CE), Murong Chui left Murong Hui to defend the city of Yicheng, mobilized the forces of Sizhou, Jizhou, Qingzhou, and Yanzhou to continue the attack on Western Yan, ordering Murong Kai to attack from Fukou, Murong Nong from Huguan, and Murong Chui himself from Shating to jointly conquer Western Yan. To everyone's surprise, Murong Chui deliberately and openly assigned tasks and prepared the various armies. After Murong Yong received the news, he sent soldiers and horses to guard the wall in several ways, gathered grain and grass supplies at Taibi and sent more than 10,000 people to defend Taibi.
By April of that year, Murong Chui was stationed in the southwest of Yecheng, and he did not advance for more than a month. Murong Yong was very surprised by Murong Chui's move, believing that Murong Chui was planning to secretly attack through the wide Taihang Road, so he mobilized several armies to garrison Xuanguan to block the Taihang junction, leaving only the troops guarding the taibi wall. On April 20, Murong Yong saw that Murong Yong had been deceived, and immediately led a large army from Fukou and entered the Tingting Pass. In May, the Later Yan army reached Taibi, broke through the Western Yan army, killed le maju, captured Wang Ciduo alive, and surrounded Taibi. Murong Yong hurriedly transferred back the troops stationed at Taihang, and he himself commanded an elite army of more than 50,000 people to resist Later Yan. Diao Yun and Murong Zhong, who were stationed at Luchuan, were intimidated by Later Yan's offensive momentum and led their men to surrender to Later Yan. Murong Chui set up a position south of Taibi and sent Murong Guo to lead more than a thousand cavalry to ambush under the mountain stream. The next day, Murong Chui and Murong Yong launched a decisive battle, Murong Chui pretended to be defeated, Murong Yong led his troops to chase a few miles, Murong Guo's cavalry troops suddenly attacked from the mountain stream, cutting off Murong Yong's rear road, and Later Yan's various armies attacked Murong Yong from all directions, defeating Western Yan's troops and killing more than 8,000 Western Yan troops. Murong Yongcang fled back to his eldest son. The Jinyang defenders of Western Yan heard of their defeat and abandoned the city and fled, and Murong Zhan and others took the opportunity to capture Jinyang.
In June, Murong Chui led an army to besiege the eldest son. Faced with a dangerous situation, Murong Yong planned to defect to Later Qin, but was stopped by The Servant Lan Ying, and after some advice, Murong Yong gave up and defected to Later Qin. In August, Murong Yong's situation became more and more critical, and Murong Yong hurriedly sent his son Murong Hong and others to assassinate Shi Xi in Yongzhou in the Eastern Jin Dynasty for help, and offered a jade seal as a gift to enter the sight. In response to Murong Yong's request for help, Xi Hui said: "If you are eternal, for the sake of suffering, it is better to survive twice, and you can take the opportunity to die twice." Sima Yao, emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, agreed with this, and ordered Qing, Yan'erzhou Assassin Shi Wang Gong, and Yuzhou Assassin Shi Yukai to rescue Murong Yong. Fearing that the Eastern Jin Dynasty would not send troops, Murong Yong sent his crown prince Murong Liang to the Eastern Jin Dynasty as a hostage. However, Murong Liang's whereabouts were discovered by Hou Yan, and Pinggui captured Murong Liang at Gaodu. In order to ensure a smooth break of the siege, Murong Yong again asked Northern Wei for help, and Tuoba Jue sent Tuoba Qian and Yu Yue to lead 50,000 cavalry to cross the Yellow River to the east and gather in the Xiurong area to prepare to rescue Murong Yong. While Murong Yong was waiting for reinforcements from the Eastern Jin Dynasty and Northern Wei, Murong Yidou's general Fa Qin and others opened the city gates to let the Later Yan army in, and Murong Yong and others became Murong Chui's subordinate prisoners, and Murong Yong and Western Yan's ministers, Murong Chui ordered all of them to be beheaded, and Western Yan perished.
Beginning with his return to Kwantung after the Battle of Shuishui, Murong Chui defeated Pi Pi, defeated Liu Gaozhi, defeated Ding Zero, repelled Goguryeo to stabilize Liaodong, conquered the Xianbei Helanbu Wei and northern Yan, destroyed Zhai Wei and Western Yan, and almost restored the territory of Former Yan at its peak. Murong Chui came to the peak of his life, and according to this trend, Murong Chui's hegemony was far from this, but at this time, Murong Chui was already sixty-eight years old, how much time was left for him? #Wei Jin Southern and Northern Dynasties ##历史 #