The emperor's prison prison, the last words of the prison are hidden in the general
During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, Emperor Shenwu said to his son affectionately before his death: "The reason why I put the famous general of your father's reign in prison is so that you can reuse him in the future, because he is the only general who can defeat our current powerful enemy." ”
This story not only expresses the emperor's deep expectations for his son, but also reveals his deep appreciation and trust for this general.
In the troubled times, Murong Shaozong became a famous general who assisted the emperor with his outstanding military exploits. However, the legendary general drowned in a war, which makes people sigh.
It is said that before he died, he dreamed many times that he was about to drown, and trained many times to save his life. However, fate did not favor him. This famous general is the founding hero of the Northern and Southern Dynasties - Murong Shaozong.
More legendary stories about him and Emperor Shenwu's deep trust in him, as well as that sentence full of wisdom, are all worth exploring.
Murong Shaozong, Emperor Shenwu, has shown the demeanor of a famous general since he was a child. This was not only due to his aristocratic background, but also because of his father, Murong Ke, a famous clan minister and strategist during the Northern Wei Dynasty.
At the age of fifteen, Murong Ke began to lead the army into battle, and fought many battles with Goryeo and won victories. He consolidated the Murong clan's supremacy in Liaodong, making his neighbors fearful of him.
Therefore, the saying "If there is a father, there must be a son" has been verified in Murong Shaozong. When he grew up, he also inherited his father's heroic martial arts, led the army many times, won many battles, and lost few times.
In Murong Ke's book "On the Talent of the Princes", he mentioned a number of famous generals in ancient times, with special emphasis on the talent of Murong Shaozong. He is known as a talented general along with the god of war Bai Qi and others, showing his outstanding military talent.
However, in his early years, Murong Shaozong was not a subordinate of Emperor Qiwu, but because of the war in the north, he took his family to his cousin Er Zhurong.
Er Zhurong had planned to lead his troops to attack Luoyang, and he privately told Murong Shaozong that the people of Luoyang were numerous and arrogant, and if they were not contained, they would be difficult to control.
Er Zhurong planned to kill all the hundred officials when they welcomed the new emperor to the throne. However, Murong Shaozong was resolutely opposed, believing that he held military power and was loyal, and if he suddenly killed hundreds of officials, it would not be a long-term solution.
However, Er Zhurong did not listen to his advice, but insisted on killing a lot of ** in Heyin, which is the famous "Heyin Change" in history.
"In the first year of Yong'an, Er Zhurong led the army to establish the son of King Changle as Emperor Xiaozhuang of the Northern Wei Dynasty, but as Er Zhurong's brutality became more and more, Emperor Xiaozhuang began to be wary of him and wanted to eradicate him.
In the first year of Jianming, Emperor Xiaozhuang ordered people to kill the ministers, and sent troops to attack Er Zhurong's cousin Er Zhu Zhao, but Er Zhu Zhao was repeatedly defeated, and he had no choice but to ask Gao Huan for support.
However, Murong Shaozong saw through the situation and thought that Gao Huan could not be given a chance to expand his power, but his words were ignored by the stubborn Er Zhu Zhao and he was imprisoned. In the first year of Putai, Gao Huan was powerful, led the army to crusade against the Erzhu clan, and supported the clan Yuen Long to ascend the throne as emperor.
Er Zhu Zhao ordered Murong Shaozong to defend against the enemy army, but Gao Huan's army was strong, and Murong Shaozong could not resist and could only retreat.
In the second year of Yongxi, Emperor Xiaozhuang surrendered to Gao Huan, a famous general who performed well in military affairs. However, Erzhu Zhao was unable to resist Gao Huan's onslaught, and eventually committed suicide while escaping.
After that, Murong Shaozong also fled, but the pursuers followed, and he was forced to surrender with his wife and daughter. Fortunately, Gao Huan took a fancy to his shrewd strategy and excellent military talents, and not only put him to good use, but also retained all his official positions, allowing him to continue to play a role on the battlefield.
However, this peaceful situation did not last long, and the ** of Emperor Xiaowu and Gao Huan soon broke out. At that time, Gao Huan had already moved the capital of the Northern Wei Dynasty to Yecheng, and Murong Shaozong became the person in charge of affairs such as the treasury and books.
When Gao Huan was alive, he relied on Guanzhong Yuwen Qin to contend with the Northern Wei regime. However, at this time, the Northern Wei Dynasty had already been ** for the Eastern and Western Wei. On his deathbed, Gao Huan said to his successor, Gao Cheng: "I have raised Hou Jing for fourteen years, but he has always had the ambition to fly high.
If I hadn't been able to control him, he wouldn't be of your own hands. The only one who could defeat him was Murong Shaozong. But the reason why I haven't reused Murong Shaozong is to keep him to defeat Hou Jing. ”
This passage is full of Gao Huan's wisdom and thoughtfulness, and it also hints at his worries and expectations for the future.
In the face of the Henan rebellion, Emperor Xiaowu had no choice but to ask for help from the Western Wei, and Emperor Wu of Liang ordered Xiao Yuanming to go to support. Gao Cheng ordered Murong Shaozong to be the Duke of Yan County and work with Gao Yue to aid Pengcheng.
Gao Huan was shocked when he heard that Murong Shaozong was coming, thinking that only Murong Shaozong could defeat him. In the end, Murong Shaozong defeated the Liang army, captured Xiao Yuanming alive, and also defeated Hou Jing.
It was a bleak winter, Murong Shaozong led 100,000 troops, arranged troops, and the battle situation was urgent.
Hou Jing used a strange trick to send soldiers to cut off the enemy's feet and horse legs, which caused Murong Shaozong to fall from his horse and be injured. Murong Shaozong was obedient and began to adopt a protracted war strategy, hard consumption of Hou Jing, and finally let Hou Jing run out of ammunition and food in the city, so he could only surrender.
But Hou Jing still fled with some of the soldiers, and he said to Murong Shaozong: "If I am caught by you today, what use are you to the Gao clan?" Murong Shaozong heard the meaning of his words and let Hou Jing go.
Gao Cheng therefore named Murong Shaozong the son of Yongle County in recognition of his merits.
After Hou Jing Murong Shaozong drowned Yingchuan, although he was appointed as the southern road governor and led Liu Fengsheng and others to attack Yingchuan, the progress was not smooth. At this time, he often had nightmares in which he dreamed that he was about to drown.
It is said that during the battle, he dreamed that his hair was gray in his dreams and kept falling out. The ancients believed that hair loss was an ominous omen, and he therefore believed that it was a sign that his fate was coming to an end.
As the war progressed, his nightmare continued. He had a premonition that he would drown, and in order to escape this fate, he frequently jumped into the water to practice his water nature.
Even in the face of bad luck, Murong Shaozong's subordinates still believed that the will of heaven was difficult to disobey and could not be changed through manpower. Murong Shaozong lamented that even if he was brave and fearless, he could not defeat the fate of heaven.
In the end, when he was inspecting Wuding for seven years, he encountered a strong wind and capsized and unfortunately drowned.
Faced with the crisis in Yingchuan City, Murong Shaozong was so anxious that he had to take diving as a way out. However, he may not have expected that his prophecy would be fulfilled at this moment. Although he has always been good at water and has practiced diving many times, he did not survive this time and eventually drowned in the water.
When this news came, all the soldiers deeply regretted it, and no one could not help but sigh for his calamity. Gao Cheng was also extremely sad, posthumously named him an envoy, a scholar, etc., and gave him the nickname of Jinghui.
In the first year of the emperor's construction, Emperor Xiaozhao of the Northern Qi Dynasty introduced Murong Shaozong into the Taimiao Temple to show his respect. Since then, many emperors have also worshiped him in the temple many times.
Although Emperor Murong Shaozong of Xiaozhao eventually drowned in Yingchuan, this did not affect his position in history as a military strategist with great military achievements. His life, through several generations of emperors, has been praised and admired.
Li Baiyao once commented on him: Murong Shaozong's military strategy was widely valued at that time. He once served the Erzhu family loyally and righteously, although he did not take Fan Zeng's advice, he still used his courage and invincibility to defeat Hou Jing and made great contributions to the country and the people.
However, fate doesn't seem to be kind to him, and his doom eventually strikes. Despite his life's best efforts and wisdom, he could not avoid this fateful arrangement, which is really sad and deplorable.
However, Murong Shaozong's loyalty and bravery are still praised by later generations. His story is still circulated in the Book of Northern Qi - The Biography of Murong Shaozong, the History of Northern Qi and the Book of Wei.