There are countless unrevealed stories in the world, and the most touching of them is the Murong family's 700-year road to recovery. They have been passed down from generation to generation, and they have continued to struggle, but they have never been able to achieve their wishes.
However, whenever the waves of history came, the people of the Murong family would once again straighten their already dilapidated bodies and chase after the lost glory again and again.
The ancient Xianbei people once lived in the vast land of northeast China and lived a nomadic life. However, in the early years of the Western Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu single-Yu Maodun's iron hooves leveled the entire northern grassland, and the Xianbei people were forced to flee everywhere.
In the midst of this chaos, a part of the Xianbei people migrated to the Xianbei Mountains of Inner Mongolia, where they established their own state, the Xianbei State. Therefore, the Xianbei people were also called the place where they lived by the people of later generations.
A hundred years later, in the early Eastern Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty was at its peak, and the Xianbei tribe also took this opportunity to breathe. Tan Shi Huai, a brave and clear-headed young man, gradually rose to prominence in the tribe and won the admiration of the tribe.
With his superior courage and resourcefulness, Tanshi Huai successfully unified the surrounding ethnic groups, and his momentum was unmatched for a while. According to the "Zizhi Tongjian", he led his troops to harass the border of the Han Dynasty many times, causing Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty a headache.
At one point, a Han minister offered to marry him to resolve the conflict, but the young tribal leader showed no interest. People at the time predicted that if he had not died young, the northern frontier of the Eastern Han Dynasty might have been in turmoil for a long time.
During the Wei and Jin dynasties of the Three Kingdoms, the largest Mohuba tribe of the Xianbei tribe gradually surrendered with the support of Cao Wei and the Western Jin regime. This relationship lasted until the "Rebellion of the Eight Kings" in the last years of the Western Jin Dynasty, which led to extreme chaos in the country, which promoted the rise of the Murong family.
The founder of the family is Murong Diao, the great-grandson of Mo Huba, who is keenly aware of the continuous wars in the Central Plains and the loss of many **, so he led the troops of the Xianbei tribe south to the Central Plains to recruit refugees.
Soon, he had enough strength to lay the foundation for the development of the Murong family. Since then, his descendants have taken "Murong" as their surname to show respect for their ancestors.
Murong Hao, the descendant of Murong Diao, inherited his father's business and made it more brilliant. According to the "Book of Jin", Murong Hao's body was as tall as seven feet eight inches, which was particularly tall compared to the people at that time.
He not only has a mighty appearance, but also inherits the open-mindedness of the Huairou Mountains, has both civil and military skills, and is good at strategizing. In 337 AD, in the third year of Xiankang in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, he officially established the Yanwang regime in the Chaoyang region of Liaoning, laying a solid foundation for the Murong regime.
Under the leadership of Murong Hao and his son Murong Jun, the strength of the Xianbei Murong Department grew rapidly in the 15 years after the founding of the Former Yan Dynasty. In 352, Murong Jun seized the opportunity and officially proclaimed himself emperor, with the country name of"Big Swallow", which was also the first emperor of the Murong clan, so it was called by later generations"Former swallow"。
The capital was located in the area of present-day Anyang City, Henan Province, and this city was known as Yecheng at the time. Murong Jun was a wise emperor, and under his rule, Former Yan's power reached its peak.
All these achievements are of course inseparable from his younger brother Murong Ke. This great general of the brave three armies has established countless military exploits for his brother and is deeply trusted by Murong Jun. In the winter of one year, Murong Jun suddenly fell ill and his condition was very critical.
In this case, he decided to pass the throne to his 10-year-old son Murong Wei, and entrusted the throne to Murong Ke.
It turned out to be a wise decision! With Murong Ke's assistance, the young Murong Wei continued to push for Qianyan's territorial expansion in the north. Unfortunately, this happy day did not last long, and in 367 AD, Murong Ke unfortunately died young, leaving us with regret.
When he was dying, he recommended his younger brother Murong Chui to his nephew to assist in the government. However, the newly appointed Xiangguo was not favored by Emperor Wei. Later, the army of the Eastern Jin Dynasty marched north, and Murong Chui led 8,000 cavalry to the expedition and successfully repelled the enemy army.
He longed to win his nephew's trust and reuse through his military exploits, but he never succeeded. This made him feel very unwilling, so he chose to leave his country and defect to Qianqin, never to return.
After the demise of Qianyan, Murong Chui began the journey of recovering the country through the reuse of Qianqin. In the Battle of Weishui in 383, the Eastern Jin Dynasty narrowly defeated the 800,000 troops of the Former Qin.
After the defeat, the Former Qin army, led by Fu Jian, returned to their base in Yongzhou. In this defeat, Murong Chui personally escorted Fu Jian, showing his loyalty and courage.
On the next road to recovery, Murong Chui's first step was to recapture Yecheng, the former capital of Qianyan. Fu Pi, the son of Fu Jian, who defended the city, was well aware of the disparity in strength between himself and Murong Trai, so he decided to surrender to the Eastern Jin Dynasty, hoping to use their strength to resist Murong Trai.
At the beginning, the Eastern Jin Dynasty fell into Murong Chui's trap, but he was raided by him and returned defeated. A year later, in 384 AD, Murong Chui rebuilt the "Great Yan" in Yecheng, which was called "Hou Yan" by the history books.
He was the younger brother of Murong Jun, the founder of the former Yan, and was therefore in fact the second monarch of the "Great Yan" Empire. Under Murong Chui's leadership, Hou Yan reached its heyday in the next decade.
The Yan army was invincible, recovering lost territories such as Qingzhou, Yanzhou, and Xuzhou, and the front of the army even pointed to the Korean Peninsula, and was invincible. The entire northern region was basically occupied by the Yan army, except for the rising Northern Wei Dynasty, which could compete with it, and the Later Yan could be said to be outstanding during this time.
After ten years of bloody battles, Murong Trai not only revived the glory of his ancestors, but also made the strength of the Murong clan climb to the peak of history. However, just as he was preparing to expand further, the Northern Wei Tuoba Jue suddenly rose up, which became a lingering pain in his heart.
The two countries fought a life-and-death battle for hegemony in North China. However, the outcome of the battle was unexpected, and the Northern Wei won a complete victory, and the Later Yan was devastated as a result.
On the battlefield, Murong Chui, who witnessed the slaughter of his clan, was surging with blood and vomited blood. Since then, this god of war, who has been full of legends all his life, has been sleeping on the battlefield for a long time, and his lonely back looks particularly desolate.
And after his death, the Dayan Empire was also like a falling leaf in the autumn wind, rapidly declining and falling.
From the fall of the Northern Yan to the fall of the Southern Yan, it took only 50 years for the Murong clan to establish five regimes with the name of "Great Yan", but the echoes of their dreams gradually disappeared with their fall.
From that moment on, the Murong clan had to leave their homeland, run around, and suffer from the cruel liquidation of the Northern Wei Dynasty. In order to preserve their clansmen, they changed their family names and lived incognito for a long time.
It was not until the end of the Northern and Southern Dynasties and the fall of the Northern Qi Dynasty that some clansmen dared to reactivate the surname "Murong" to find the glory of their ancestors.
Despite the hardships of life, the belief in the restoration of the country has taken deep root in their hearts. In the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin's subordinates had a fierce general named Murong Yanzhao, who was a descendant of the Murong clan.
History records that during the Song Dynasty, there was a foreigner surnamed Murong in Suzhou who tried to rebel in order to rebuild Dayan. However, due to weak forces, his plan ultimately failed to materialize.
Their story proves that for 700 years, the Murong family has been working hard for a dream for generations, and this perseverance is deeply admirable.
Although all dreams will eventually be disillusioned, the tide of history does not stop for anyone, it continues to wash away the traces of the world. The once glorious Dayan Empire has now disappeared into the dust of history.
However, their 700-year-old belief will become a legend. We are also time travelers, and we only hope that in our lifetime, we can also find the faith and dream that is worth pursuing.