The legendary figure of the Xianbei Murong clan, Murong Chong

Among the Five Hus, there was a regime established by Murong Xianbei of the Western Yan Dynasty, which lasted for ten years and had seven lords. There are constant wars and civil strife. Although it is not included in the Sixteen Kingdoms. However, there was a fascinating and legendary historical figure, Murong Chong, the second emperor of Western Yan.

First, the country was destroyed and entered qin

In that year, the famous Former Qin general Wang Meng pacified Former Yan, and according to the intentions of Former Qin Emperor Fu Jian, he moved former Yan Emperor Murong Wei with his harem, relatives, hundred officials, and more than 40,000 Xianbei tribes into Guanzhong. Preferential treatment. And placement, among which Junhao, the amount of talent entrusted.

Murong Chong was twelve years old at the time, and was the younger son of Murong Juan, the Emperor of Jingzhao, with a handsome face like a crown jade and a posture of Longyang. The mood of the teenager should not feel the smell of the destruction of the country and the death of the family.

At that time, Murong Chong's sister Princess Qinghe was fourteen years old, unique in color, fragrant with bean leaves, beautiful as Hibiscus, Fu Jian forced the attendants to sleep, and the sons and daughters of the subjugated country had no choice but to be at the mercy of others. And Murong Chong and his sister were on a par with each other, and Fu Jian regarded him as a child prostitute, and brought them into the palace together, deep in the palace, not knowing the years outside, indulging in the two brothers and sisters all day long, day and night, "confusing males and females, confused and indistinguishable", and enjoyed it tirelessly. Two people for a while, spoiled the harem, the limelight is the same. It overshadowed the harem with many beauties. And because the two brothers and sisters entered the palace together, they were much favored and became the talking points after the tea and dinner. At that time, there was a song in Chang'an that said: "One female and one male, both fly into the Purple Palace." The whole court was worried that they would cause trouble, and there was much discussion. Wang Meng, who was a former Qin courtier, was worried that his master would be mistaken, so he tried his best to advise. Fu Jian was unable to help himself and directly sent Murong Chong out of the palace, and there was a song in Chang'an that said: "Phoenix, Phoenix, And Zhi Afang", and Murong Chong's small characters happened to be called Phoenix, and later he became a thief of Former Qin, occupying the city of Afang and claiming the title of emperor.

Second, Afang is called emperor

After Murong Chong left the palace, and when he grew up, he was appointed by Fu Jian as the Taishou of Pingyang, and he endured humiliation and burden to secretly develop his own power. And Fu Jian's southern expeditionary army was defeated at Shuishui, the situation in Former Qin was turbulent, Murong Chui raised troops to restore the country, and Yao Cang rebelled in northern Weibei. Murong Wei (慕容暐) inside Chang'an Secretly had his brothers outside the city of Chang'an (長安城) secretly contact his brothers outside to start a rebellion and prepare for the internal and external cooperation to capture Chang'an. Therefore, Murong Chong immediately raised an army in Hedong, gathered 20,000 people, attacked Pusaka, and was defeated by Fu Chong, and had no choice but to lead the remnants of 8,000 Xianbei cavalry to defect to his brother Murong Hong.

At that time, Murong Hong occupied a side, with hundreds of thousands of people, and the momentum was huge. And his subordinates Gao Gai admired Murong Chong's demeanor and arrogance, and had the degree of a king. Believing that Murong Hong was harsh and widowed, he killed Murong Hong and installed Murong Chong as the emperor's brother-in-law, giving him full power and cheap behavior.

So Murong Chong led his troops into Chang'an, Fu Jian dispatched troops to snipe, Murong Chong, because of the weakness of his troops, used women riding cattle on horseback to fill the numbers, raising poles as banners, raising the soil into dust, bluffing and exhorting the local pawns to move forward courageously, and finally captured and entered Afang City. It corresponds to the song of "Phoenix, Phoenix Stop Afang".

Fu Jian was surprised to see Murong Chong at the head of Chang'an City, not rabbits, at this time should be a mixture of feelings, the bed of the bed, the enemy of the battlefield, at the moment in a condescending tone scolded: "You slaves should herd cattle and sheep, why come here to send death." Murong Chong replied unashamedly, "A slave is a slave, but he can't stand the pain of being a slave, so he wants to replace you." Fu Jian hoped that Murong Chong would be grateful for his kindness at that time and postpone the truce. Send an emissary to deliver a brand new brocade robe and send a book saying, "... Today I send a collar of the brocade robe to show my true heart, the kindness of the conversation, why did such a change occur overnight." Murong Chong recalled the humiliations of that year, and with his heart in the world, he was not bound by small favors and small favors, and asked Fu Jian to send back the emperor (Murong Wei), and the two sides boycotted and reconciled.

Fu Jian saw that Murong Chong was so arrogant, he was unreasonable, and he was remorseful. Later, sensing that Murong Xiao was in the city and had signs of plotting against him, he killed all of his relatives of more than a thousand people.

Murong Chong officially proclaimed himself emperor at Afang City, and the two sides met each other with swords and soldiers, fierce battles continued, and there was a great potential of immortality, protracted, and mutual victory and defeat. The Western Yan soldiers became more and more courageous in the war, and Fu Jian had no choice but to abandon the city and flee. Murong Chong finally got his wish and occupied Chang'an City. Sometimes the warlock Wang Jia said, "The phoenix and the phoenix did not fly back to their hometown and perish here for no reason", and the consequences were fulfilled.

Third, Chang'an died

Murong Chong became self-righteous after occupying Chang'an, and gradually became arrogant, making enemies of Later Qin and defeating Yao Cang. However, arbitrary rewards and punishments, chaotic government decrees, led to the cut off of roads, the loss of population and still coveting comfort and fun, and fearing the strong power of Murong Chui in the Kanto area, they were ready to occupy Guanzhong for a long time, unwilling to lead their troops back to their hometown in Kanto, and gradually lost popularity. At that time, murong sheng, a brother of the clan, who was twelve years old, looked down on Murong Chong's arrogance and said to people: "Murong Chong's talent is not outstanding in the family, and he is proud and arrogant without giving favors to others, and such people rarely fail." Later, the generals Han Yan and Duan Sui knew that the three armies were thinking of their hearts, and in accordance with the wishes of the people, they took the opportunity to lead people to kill Murong Chong. Chong died at the age of twenty-seven, and his posthumous title was Emperor Wei.

In the ten years since the founding of the Western Yan Dynasty, there has been no end to the struggle, civil strife has continued, the seven lords have been abused, and none of them have died well. Throughout Murong Chong's life. Full of legend, with the beauty of Favoring Fu Jian and finally destroying his country, but unfortunately in Chang'an and Fu insisted on a long attack, both sides were defeated and injured and their vitality was greatly damaged, and the clam cranes fought, and then Qin Yao Cang sat on the benefits of the fisherman, and the Western Yan returned to the east, while Yao Cang easily captured Chang'an and was involved in the middle.

Reference: Book of Jin

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