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When Murong Shaozong was young, he was tall and strong, taciturn, but very courageous.

Due to the chaotic situation in the north, he took his family to Jinyang and took refuge with his cousin Erzhu Rong, who valued him highly.

In the first year of the Yong'an reign, Erzhu Rong led his army into Luoyang and established Prince of Changle Yuan Ziyou as emperor, who was known as Emperor Xiaozhuang of the Northern Wei Dynasty.

He planned to kill all the officials when they came to welcome the new emperor.

"Murong Shaozong tried his best to dissuade him, believing that killing court officials without reason would lose the support of the world."

"Erzhu Rong refused to listen and massacred all officials in Heyin, causing the Heyin Incident."

"In the second year of Yong'an, Murong Shaozong was granted the title of Suolu County Prince for his military merits, and was soon promoted to County Marquis."

"He followed the army to pacify Yang Kan and Xing Gao, and was promoted to the governor of Bingzhou."

"In the first year of Jianming, Emperor Xiaozhuang executed the powerful official Erzhu Rong and ordered the Hexi bandit leader Hedouling Bufan to lead his troops south to Jinyang and attack his cousin Erzhu Zhao."

"Erzhu Zhao was defeated repeatedly in battles, so he sent envoys to Gao Huan to appeal for help."

"Murong Shaozong tried his best to dissuade him, believing that Gao Huan should not be given the opportunity to expand his power. As a result, he was imprisoned by Erzhu Zhao instead."

"In the first year of Putai, Gao Huan raised an army in Xindu, openly denounced the Erzhu clan, broke off relations with them completely, and enthroned Yuan Lang, a member of the imperial clan, as the emperor, who became Emperor Jiemin of the Northern Wei Dynasty."

"Erzhu Zhao appointed Murong Shaozong as the chief secretary and acting governor, and ordered him to lead the army to garrison Huguan to resist Gao Huan."

"In the first year of Yongxi, Erzhu Zhao was defeated by Gao Huan in the Battle of Hanling. As his soldiers fled, he wanted to lead the light cavalry to flee westward."

"Murong Shaozong ordered his men to raise the general's flag and blow the horn to gather the scattered soldiers and reorganize the army, and then he and Erzhu Zhao retreated to Jinyang."

"Later, Gao Huan made Prince of Pingyang Yuan Xiu the emperor, who became Emperor Xiaowu of Northern Wei."

"In the second year of Yongxi, Gao Huan invaded Jinyang, and Erzhu Zhao hanged himself in Chizhen on his way to escape north."

"Murong Shaozong fled to Wutu City, but when he saw his pursuers approaching, he surrendered to Gao Huan with the remaining troops of Erzhu Zhao and Erzhu Rong's wife and children."

"Gao Huan admired Murong Shaozong very much, retained his original official title, and often let him participate in military discussions."

"In the first year of Tianping, Gao Huan moved the capital of Northern Wei to Yecheng and ordered Murong Shaozong and Gao Longzhi to jointly manage the government treasury and books and other affairs."

"That year, Emperor Xiaowu broke with Gao Huan and fled to Guanzhong to join Yuwen Tai."

"Gao Huan appointed another member of the royal family, Yuan Shanjian, as emperor, who became Emperor Xiaojing of Eastern Wei. The Northern Wei split into Eastern Wei and Western Wei."

"In the second year of Tianping, Li Yansun, a commoner from Yiyang, gathered a crowd to rebel."

"Murong Shaozong was appointed as the commander of the Southwest Road Army, commanding the governor-general Shedi Ansheng to fight against Li Yansun."

"He suppressed the rebellion and was appointed governor of Yangzhou, and soon after was transferred to governor of Qingzhou."

"At that time, Sun Qian, the secretary of the Prime Minister's Office, asked Murong Shaozong to let his brother serve as the chief clerk of Qingzhou, but Murong Shaozong refused."

"He harbored a grudge and falsely accused Murong Shaozong to Gao Huan, saying that Murong Shaozong had ambitions to restore his ancestral heritage. Gao Huan then recalled Murong Shaozong to the court."

"In the first year of Yuanxiang, bandits rose up in Henan, and the Western Wei general Dugu Xin took advantage of the opportunity to occupy Luozhou."

"Murong Shaozong led his army to Hulao, and together with Xingtai Liu Gui and others, he defeated Dugu Xin and was promoted to Duke of Suolu County."

"He served successively as Minister of Finance, Governor of Jinzhou, and Lieutenant Censor."

"In the second year of Wuding, Murong Shaozong was appointed as the governor of Xuzhou. He suppressed the Liu Wuhei uprising and captured and killed the bandit leader Liu Wuhei. He was later promoted to Shangshu Zuo Pushe."

"In the fifth year of Wuding, Gao Huan died of illness, and his eldest son Gao Cheng took over the government of the Eastern Wei."

"Hou Jing, the general guarding Henan, started a rebellion and asked for surrender to the Western Wei and Southern Liang, seeking reinforcements."

Su Shi: There are many handsome men in the Murong family, and Murong Shaozong was also born with a good-looking appearance.

He is handsome and tall, but the only flaw is that he has premature graying hair. He has already started to turn gray when he is only in his early twenties.

Murong Shaozong is usually taciturn, like an old man.

But he has great foresight and extraordinary courage when dealing with things.

Although Murong Shaozong's father and grandfather were both provincial governors, in that chaotic time when human life was worthless, the landlords had no surplus food.

Moreover, his father died early and did not leave much inheritance to him, his mother and his brothers, so Murong Shaozong's life was not easy.

Seeing that there was no end in sight to the chaos in the north, Murong Shaozong felt that he had to hook up with a wealthy man in order to preserve his clan.

He looked around and saw that in the crumbling Northern Wei Dynasty, the only one who could be called a hero was the Xiurong chieftain Erzhu Rong.

Since Murong Shaozong's mother, Erzhu, was Erzhu Rong's aunt, Murong Shaozong and Erzhu Rong could be considered distant cousins.

Since he had such a good relative, Murong Shaozong led his clansmen to join Erzhu Rong.

Erzhu Rong had long heard that his cousin was a talented person. When he saw him, he found that he was indeed extraordinary. Therefore, he valued him very much and entrusted him with important tasks.

Murong Shaozong gradually emerged under Erzhu Rong and won the recognition of the bigwigs.

Erzhu Rong led his army into Luoyang and enthroned Prince of Changle Yuan Ziyou as the emperor, who was Emperor Xiaozhuang of Northern Wei.

Faced with those Northern Wei dignitaries who always looked at him with tinted glasses and Erzhu Rong, who was never afraid of thousands of troops, felt really unhappy.

There is no way to solve this problem as long as the human chain of contempt exists and as long as the wheel of power does not stop.

The powerful people in Luoyang, who have been accustomed to the good life of being high and mighty, would not truly look at Erzhu Rong as an equal, nor would they be at ease to bow down to Erzhu Rong's power.

Erzhu Rong was looked down upon by the powerful people in Luoyang, so he decided to go on a rampage in order to establish his authority.

Therefore, he planned to kill all the powerful people in Luoyang when they collectively welcomed the new emperor, and use the bloody facts to warn the officials of the Northern Wei Dynasty that if they did not change their attitude, they would be replaced.

Upon hearing that Erzhu Rong had such a crazy plan, Murong Shaozong became anxious and hurried to find his cousin to persuade him, believing that killing court officials without reason would surely lose the support of the people.

But cousin Erzhu, whose heart was already blinded by greed, would not listen to such advice. As a descendant of the Qihu, once he was filled with murderous intent, no one could stop him.

Although Murong Shaozong enjoyed Erzhu Rong's trust, he had not yet reached the point where he would obey his orders. At least there was still a big gap between him and Erzhu Rong's half-brother Yuan Tianmu.

Erzhu Rong did not listen to Murong Shaozong's advice. On April 13 of that year, he drowned more than 2,000 members of the Northern Wei royal family and court officials at Taozhu in Heyin. Even Empress Dowager Hu and the young emperor Yuan Zhao were killed.

Murong Shaozong was always unhappy about this.

To be honest, the Xianbei Murong clan who established the Later Yan and the Xianbei Tuoba clan who established the Northern Wei had a deep hatred for each other.

In the Battle of Chanhebi, many Murong clan members died at the hands of Tuoba clan. Later, many Murong clan members were ruthlessly slaughtered in the war of annihilation launched by Tuoba clan.

As time passed, when Murong Shaozong's great-grandfather defected to the Northern Wei Dynasty, the Murong descendants who had survived the disaster had already been integrated into the Northern Wei family.

Doesn't Murong Shaozong's advice at this time show that the ethnic integration policy of the Northern Wei Dynasty since Emperor Xiaowen has achieved great results?

"Emperor Wu of Liang ordered Xiao Yuanming, Marquis of Zhenyang, to lead an army of 100,000 to the north to rescue Hou Jing."

"Xiao Yuanming stationed his troops in Hanshan to form a pincer attack with Hou Jing, and built the Hanshan Weir to flood Pengcheng."

"Gao Cheng changed Murong Shaozong's title to Duke of Yan County, appointed him as the governor of the Southeast Road, and granted him the power to establish a government office."

"Let him command the military affairs of the three Xu and two Yan states, and help rescue Pengcheng together with the Grand Commander Gao Yue."

"Murong Shaozong defeated the Liang army in Hanshan, captured Xiao Yuanming alive, and then returned to attack Hou Jing." "In December, Murong Shaozong and Hou Jing fought a decisive battle in Woyang."

"At that time, Murong Shaozong led 100,000 elite soldiers, beat drums and marched straight ahead, and deployed his troops in the direction of the wind."

"Hou Jing closed the camp tightly and waited until the strong wind died down before going out to fight."

"He ordered his soldiers to charge into the battle with short swords, aiming to cut off the feet of the soldiers and the legs of the horses. The Eastern Wei army was badly defeated."

"Murong Shaozong also fell off his horse and was injured, and led his troops to retreat to Qiaocheng."

"He changed his strategy, dug deep trenches and built strong fortifications, and adopted a protracted tactic to confront Hou Jing."

"Finally, Hou Jing's army ran out of food and fodder, and his general Sima Shiyun surrendered."

"In the first month of the sixth year of Wuding, Hou Jing tried to lead his troops to break out and cross the river to the south, but was attacked by Murong Shaozong's 5,000 cavalrymen."

"He deceived his subordinates, falsely claiming that their family members had been killed by Gao Cheng."

"Murong Shaozong stood in front of the battle array with his hair loose and his sword drawn, swearing to the Big Dipper to ensure that their relatives were still alive."

"Hou Jing's followers were all from the north and were unwilling to cross the river to the south. They surrendered one after another under the leadership of generals such as Bao Xian."

"Hou Jing led 800 remaining soldiers across the Huai River to the south and defected to Southern Liang."

"He sent someone to tell Murong Shaozong, who was pursuing me, that if I were captured, what use would I be to the Gao family?"

"Murong Shaozong knew the principle of putting away the bow after the bird is killed, so he stopped the pursuit and let Hou Jing escape to the south of the Yangtze River."

"Later, Gao Cheng rewarded Murong Shaozong for his merits and conferred him the title of Prince of Yongle County."

"In the early days of Hou Jing's rebellion, he asked for surrender to the Western Wei."

"Yuwen Tai sent troops eastward and lifted the siege of Hou Jing by the Eastern Wei army."

"Then he ordered General Wang Sizheng to station troops in Yingchuan and gradually erode the territory of Henan."

"After the Battle of Woyang, Gao Cheng appointed Murong Shaozong as the governor of the Southern Circuit and ordered him to besiege Yingchuan together with the Grand Commandant Gao Yue, the Imperial Guardian Liu Fengsheng and others."

"The Eastern Wei army besieged Yingchuan for nearly a year, but it was defended by Wang Sizheng."

"They were unable to capture the city, so they built a dam on the Wei River, preparing to flood the city."

"In April of the seventh year of Wuding, Murong Shaozong took a boat to inspect the weir and spy on what was going on in the city."

"At this time, a strong wind suddenly blew from the northeast, breaking the ropes of the ship and blowing the ship to the foot of Yingchuan City."

"The defenders on the city wall quickly used long hooks to hook the boat and fired arrows at the same time."

"Murong Shaozong jumped into the water to escape in a hurry, but ended up drowning. He was 49 years old."

"Gao Cheng was deeply saddened and posthumously awarded him the titles of envoy with special powers, commander-in-chief of the military affairs of Qingzhou and other seven states, minister of the Chancellery, grand marshal, and governor of Qingzhou, and gave him the posthumous title of Jinghui."

"Emperor Xiao Zhao of Northern Qi enshrined Emperor Murong Shaozong in the Imperial Ancestral Temple and offered sacrifices in the Temple of Emperor Shizong."

"As a famous general of the previous generation, Murong Shaozong was enshrined in the Temple of Martial Arts and was listed among the sixty-four generals in the Temple of King Wucheng."

Du Mu: Murong Shaozong continued to follow Erzhu Rong in his conquests across the country. Due to his military merits, he was granted the title of Marquis of Suolu County and was soon promoted to Marquis of County.

Due to the lack of historical records, the author does not know the specific military achievements of Murong Shaozong.

But the speed of his promotion was so impressive, which shows that Murong Shaozong, who was not yet thirty years old, had become more and more skilled in fighting.

He was obviously an important general under Erzhu Rong, and even Erzhu Rong's vanguard Hou Jing came to learn military tactics from him.

Just when Murong Shaozong was making great achievements in the war, the Northern Wei General Yang Kan launched a rebellion.

Yang Kan had been doing very well in the Northern Dynasty, constantly defeating monsters and leveling up, but his father Yang Zhi always had a dream of returning to the South.

In the old man's mind, the Southern Dynasty was the legitimate one, so he always taught Yang Kan that he could not live in a foreign country for long and must return to the Celestial Empire.

At this time, the political situation in the Northern Wei Dynasty was in chaos, warlords were rising up, and the people were living in misery, which also made Yang Kan very disappointed with the Northern Wei Dynasty.

With the persuasion of others, he finally made up his mind to rebel against Wei and return to Liang.

Faced with Yang Kan's rebellion in the city, the Northern Wei sent heavy troops to besiege it.

Yang Kan waited in vain for reinforcements from the Liang Dynasty, but none of his soldiers came. His soldiers suffered heavy casualties and they had run out of arrows. He was completely helpless.

He had no choice but to lead a few people to escape from the siege and flee to Jiankang. Emperor Wu of Liang treated Yang Kan favorably for his risky return.

Later, when Hou Jing rebelled, Yang Kan defended Jiankang to the death, leaving Hou Jing with nothing but sighs in despair.

Unfortunately, Yang Kan died of illness due to overwork in the army, which gave Hou Jing the opportunity to break into the city.

Although both were surrendered generals, why was there such a huge gap between Yang Kan and Hou Jing?

Xing Gao, who also revolted at the same time, was even more evil than Yang Kan. He was originally from a Hejian noble family and had served as the chief clerk of Youzhou.

Because of the war, he was stranded in Qingzhou and bullied by local nobles. He rose up in anger, established his own kingdom, and at one point had an army of more than 100,000, which made the Northern Wei Dynasty very worried.

Later he was defeated by Yuan Tianmu, Gao Huan, Erzhu Zhao and others.

Murong Shaozong participated in the military operations to pacify Yang Kan and Xing Gao, and his performance was quite eye-catching, which is why he was able to be promoted quickly.

He was promoted to the position of Governor of Bingzhou and finally became a powerful official.

Just when Murong Shaozong was following Erzhu Rong to rise step by step, Emperor Xiaozhuang, who was unwilling to be bullied, swung his sword and slashed at his father-in-law.

Erzhu Rong and Yuan Tianmu, two old friends, traveled together, so they were not alone.

But Yuan Tianmu is a traitor. I wonder how he will face his ancestors after his death?
Fortunately, he was not a descendant of Tuoba Gui. His ancestor Tuoba Gu was the fourth brother of Tuoba Gui’s grandfather Tuoba Shiyijian, and they had separated and lived separately long ago.

A distant relative of the Northern Wei royal family like Yuan Tianmu would never have become the King of Shangdang if he had not teamed up with Erzhu Rong.

The young and energetic Emperor Xiaozhuang thought that everything would be fine if he killed Erzhu Rong. Unexpectedly, this move opened the blind box of deep turmoil in the Northern Wei Dynasty. From then on, the Northern Wei Dynasty became even more chaotic.

Emperor Xiaozhuang took action unexpectedly and indeed gained the upper hand.

But Erzhu Rong's power was huge, and the men in the Erzhu family were all in charge of troops. How could they sit idly by and watch their boss being killed?

Emperor Xiaozhuang wanted to make further efforts to completely eliminate the Erzhu clan, so he ordered the Hexi bandit leader Hedouling Bufan to lead his troops to attack Erzhu Zhao in Jinyang.

Hedouling Bufan was a guy with a long name, and he was also good at fighting. He once beat the new leader of the Erzhu family into a pulp.

Erzhu Zhao, a brave man who could beat wild beasts with his bare hands, had no choice but to send someone to ask Gao Huan for help.

Murong Shaozong was very dissatisfied with this. He was especially opposed to Erzhu Zhao handing over the surrendered soldiers from the Six Garrisons to Gao Huan.

But Erzhu Zhao refused to listen and instead imprisoned Murong Shaozong. It's really hard to persuade a damned man with good advice.

Later, Erzhu Zhao joined forces with Gao Huan to eliminate Hedouling Bufan.

But after Gao Huan had a solid base, he was no longer a younger brother that the Erzhu family could control. (End of this chapter)