A famous general of the past generations - a generation of tyrants Murong Chui

Murong Chui, also known as Murong Ba, was born in Changli Thorn City (present-day northwest of Yi County, Liaoning), a member of the Xianbei ethnic group. He was the founding emperor of Later Yan during the Sixteen Kingdoms period of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, a military general, who was known as a generation of tyrants by posterity for his bravery and resourcefulness. At the age of 13, Murong Chui fought with his father and participated in hundreds of battles, almost none of which were lost, thus creating the "myth of undefeated".

Murong Chui was clever from an early age and was deeply favored by his father, Murong Juan (慕容皝), the Former Yan king, which also caused jealousy among Murong Juan, who later became the lord of Yan. Murong Juan hated him so much that once Murong Chui broke his front teeth on horseback, And Murong Juan forced him to change his name to Murong Que, in fact, to humiliate him. Murong Chui did not want to be humiliated by this, and changed Murong Ba's name to Murong Chui.

In 360, Murong Huan died and was succeeded by his son Murong Wei. Due to Murong Wei's young age, murong Wei was assisted by murong ke, the fourth uncle of murong wei, the birth mother, and Murong Wei. Murong Ke greatly respected his brother Murong Chui and strongly recommended Murong Chui to Murong Wei, saying that "The King of Wu (Murong Chui's title) will be ten times more talented than his subjects." He had Murong Chui succeed him after his death, leaving all political affairs to Murong Chui to handle. In 368, Murong Ke fell ill and died, and Murong Chui's cousin Murong Jue (慕容評) was made a taifu (太傅).

In 369, the Eastern Jin general Huan Wen sent an army to Former Yan, and Murong Wei and Murong Jue were alarmed and wanted to flee back to their hometown of Longcheng for refuge. Murong Chui was not afraid of danger, took the initiative to ask for battle, sent a successful division, repelled Huan Wen, and avoided the disaster of destroying the country, which was also Murong Chui's battle for fame. However, this great achievement made The Empress Dowager Rongjue very jealous, and tried to destroy Murong Chui in front of Murong Wei, and the Empress Dowager Kezuhun was also disgusted with Murong Chui on weekdays, so she also followed Murong Chui and discussed with Murong Chui to kill Murong Chui. When Murong Keke's son Murong Kai and Murong Chui's uncle Lan Jian heard the news, they immediately told Murong Chui and advised Murong Chui to strike first, and Murong Chui smiled and said, "How can flesh and bones kill each other?" Murong Chui had no choice but to defect to Former Qin.

Former Qin's Heavenly King Jian Jian was very happy to learn of Murong Chui's coming and personally greeted him, but Murong Chui's adviser Wang Meng did not have a good feeling for Murong Chui, and he advised Murong Chui to kill Murong Chui as soon as possible. Instead of killing Murong Chui, Jian Jian appointed him as a champion general and a guest of honor. Wang Meng was very annoyed and designed to frame Murong Chui. Murong Chui felt that he would eventually be plotted by Wang Meng, so he secretly fled Chang'an and fled eastward, and when he reached Lantian, he was captured by Former Qin's cavalry. Jian Jian did not blame Murong Chui and still trusted him.

After the collapse of Former Qin, Murong Chui combined the Xianbei and Wuhuan forces with the remnants of the previous ones to establish a new Yan army. He personally led the newly formed 200,000 Yan army to attack the old capital of Former Yan, Yecheng, and engaged in a year-long battle with Yi Pi, and in August 385 AD, Zhi Pi abandoned the defense of Ye City, and the Yan army finally successfully occupied Ye City. In 386 AD, Murong Chui declared himself emperor and made his capital Zhongshan (定州, in Hebei). Seven years later, Murong Chui led an army to destroy Western Yan and unify the Central Plains.

At the moment when Murong Chui was attacking everywhere and winning one victory after another, the north killed a new opponent, that is, the Northern Wei state established by Tuoba Si, who was also a Xianbei tribe.

Tuoba Si was originally Murong Chui's grandson, and at first Murong Chui sent him to northern Saibei to expand his territory. Later, however, Tuoba Si tried to get rid of Later Yan's control, refused Murong Chui's request for him to contribute famous horses, and simply established himself as a state. A ruling center was established at Shengle (present-day Inner Mongolia and northwestern Linger), initially named Daiguo. Later, the name of the country was changed to Wei, and the history was called Northern Wei. As a result, the two sides formed a vendetta.

In the autumn of 395, Murong Chui sent his son Murong Bao (慕容宝) to lead 80,000 horsemen and set out from Zhongshan to attack Wei. Tuoba Si adopted the strategy of temporarily avoiding the enemy's front and luring the enemy to go deeper, and led his army to retreat west from the capital city of Shengle. Murong Bao drove straight in, marched for more than 800 miles, and as if entering no man's land, reached the north bank of the Yellow River, saw no enemy track, and the two sides held each other across the river for several months. Tuoba Si sent troops to intercept the messenger of the Yan army, knowing that Murong Chui was ill, and ordered the messenger to falsely spread the news that Murong Chui was dead. Murong Bao did not receive information about the capital for several months and believed it to be true.

Before October, Murong Bao saw that the situation was unfavorable and took advantage of the night to burn the boats and retreat, when the river was not frozen, Murong Bao believed that the Wei army was unable to cross the river in pursuit and neglected to be on guard. In November, the storm caused the temperature to drop sharply, the river froze, Tuoba Gui immediately led more than 20,000 elite troops to cross the river and pursue the Yan army.

The Wei army rushed day and night, and after six days, the Wei army pursued the main force of the Yan army in the west of Sanhepi, and Murong Bao's garrison camped on the river next to Sanhepi, and the Wei army was completely unaware of the pursuit of the Wei army. After dawn, the Northern Wei army was condescending, and the horses rushed to kill, and the momentum was like a bamboo. The Later Yan army was raided and chaotic, and was beheaded by the Wei army for 40,000 people. The remaining 40,000 people threw themselves into the armor and tied their hands. Tuoba Si was terrified of so many Later Yan prisoners, so he killed all these descendants. Murong Bao led more than a thousand people to break through desperately and fled in a hurry. The battle ended with a complete victory for the Northern Wei army.

Murong Chui, who was in Zhongshan City, heard the news, became ill, and vowed to take revenge. In April of the following year, the whole country poured its troops into the army, and at the age of 71, he was sick and enlisted. The army walked along the old road of last year, and along the way, there were white bones of 80,000 soldiers who died in last year's battle, and they piled up like mountains. The soldiers saw the sight and cried our fathers and brothers, and the sound shook the world. Murong Was ashamed of his pain, spat out blood, and his condition worsened. He quickly turned around and returned to the army, and walked to Shanggu Depression Yang (上谷沮陽, in present-day huailai County, Hebei), that is, in the army of illness and death. Murong Bao took the throne on the road.

For Murong Chui, he led the army at the age of 13 and died in the army at the age of 71, experiencing countless wars in his life, but ended Xiao Yong's life with such a miserable war. The cries of Sam hepi, along with Murong Chui's name, have been passed down to this day.