Murong Nan nodded: "Yes, the Tuoba tribe participated, but they did not join the princes, and only had the job of guarding the fire. After all, compared with the various princes in the Central Plains, the Tuoba tribe at that time The tribe is still too weak, not even a vassal."
"Later, during the Warring States Period in the Central Plains, the Tuoba clan on the grassland was just a member of the Donghu alliance in the east. When the Xiongnu rose, they defeated the Donghu, while the Tuoba clan fled eastward and entered the Daxianbei Mountains. From then on, the Huns, the overlords of the grassland, submitted to them and regularly paid tribute to them with cattle, sheep, war horses and women.”
"Oh, by the way, the Han general Li Ling from your Han Dynasty surrendered to the Huns. The Xiongnu Chanyu married him a woman from the Tuoba clan as his wife. She was probably a tribute from the Tuoba tribe."
Liu Yu smiled and said: "I have heard about this too. Fortunately, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty fought back against the Huns. The Hundred Years of Han-Hungarian War finally defeated the Huns. Otherwise, how could there have been the rise of Xianbei?"
Murong Nan nodded: "Yes, but during the melee between the Five Chanyus of the Later Han Dynasty, the Tuoba tribe was still hiding in the deep mountains and old forests of the Xianbei Mountains. At this time, the Donghu tribe, which had been dispersed, gradually emerged from the forests of Baishan and Heishui. When they came out, there was a powerful tribal leader named Tan Shihuai who unified all tribes in the grassland. He used the name Xianbei as the collective name for his tribe to distinguish him from the Xiongnu."
Liu Yu frowned: "This is what we Han people call Xianbei.
Murong Nan sneered and said: "You Central Plains Han people just regard yourselves as the proud sons of heaven. There are barbarians everywhere. Even the names you give them are all kinds of despicable names. Xianbei and Xiongnu are not good words. Forget it, don't mention it. This. Tan Shihuai was a hero of his generation. He defeated the Eastern Han army one after another. He was so powerful outside the Great Wall that all the tribes in the grassland who did not move westward with the Xiongnu headquarters all called themselves Xianbei. Even the former Xiongnu Zuoxian King The descendants of the Yuwen tribe also changed their name to Xianbei people."
Liu Yu softly said "Oh": "The Yuwen tribe turned out to be Hun nobles?"
Murong Nan nodded: "Yes, they are the descendants of King Zuoxian of the Xiongnu and Nan Chanyu. Therefore, during the Tanshihuai period, they were granted the title of Lord of the East and commanded Liaodong. At that time, our Murong tribe was also their subordinates. A small tribe in China did not become popular. As for the Tuoba tribe, it was around this time that they left the Xianbei Mountains and went to the grasslands of Hulunbuir to become a nomadic tribe again."
"In the middle of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Yuwen tribe had a powerful leader named Yuwen Mona. He moved from the Yinshan area with twelve subordinate tribes to the western Liaoning area. His subordinates persuaded him to call him the king of heaven, and he was also the highest leader among us Hu people. He was worried that the Han people would send troops to attack, so he only used the word "Heavenly King" in Xianbei language, which was transliterated as Yuwen. This is the origin of the Yuwen tribe."
Liu Yu said with a smile: "It seems that this Yuwen and your Murong tribe are named Murong because they are closely related to each other."
Murong Nan smiled slightly: "Yes, because after Tan Shihuai's death, the grassland became ownerless again. Although each tribe called themselves Xianbei people, there was no unified core tribe that could order everyone. The Yuwen Department and our Murong family started from Liao land, and the Tuoba tribe came out of the Xianbei Mountains. Starting with their leader Tuoba Mao, after more than ten generations, they finally formed a climate in Mobei and became the overlord outside the Great Wall."
"Our Murong family has gone through many years of struggle, defeated the Yuwen clan, and unified Liaodong, while the Tuoba clan took advantage of the Eight Kings Rebellion. Liu Kun, the last loyal minister of the Jin Dynasty, defended Jinyang and invited Xianbei soldiers and horses many times. They came to help defend, and they took the opportunity to expand their power from Mobei to Monan, becoming a powerful country thousands of miles away from the Great Wall and controlling hundreds of thousands of people. And they also took the name of Jianguo, and they can be regarded as a force in the world."
"But the Tuoba family never waited for a good opportunity to take control of the Central Plains like our Murong family. On the contrary, they fought for power and had constant vendettas among themselves. For example, the previous leader of the Dai Kingdom, Tuoba Shi Yijian, successively gave birth to his subordinates The general Sun Jin and his son Tuoba Yanjun assassinated him, and the country also fell into division and disputes. Only then did Qin take the opportunity to send troops to destroy him."
Liu Yuqi said: "It is understandable to say that the general assassinated the lord and wanted to usurp the throne, but what about this son killing his father?"
Murong Nan said sternly: "That Lord Tuoba Yan is the eldest son of a concubine and has not inherited the power of the country, but he is a brave man and has made many military exploits, so he feels resentful. The person who instigated him to rebel and kill his father was his cousin Tuoba Yan. Bajin."
"Back then, Tuoba Shiyi was the crown prince and eldest son of the Dai Kingdom. However, because the Dai Kingdom was weak and the Shizhao Empire in the Central Plains was powerful, he went to the Zhao Kingdom as a hostage. His father, the previous king, died violently and was elected by all the ministers in the country. His younger brother Tuoba Gu was the monarch, but Tuoba Gu welcomed Tuoba Shi Yijian back from Zhao and gave the monarch to his brother. Tuoba Shi Yijian was very moved and vowed in public that he would give half of his kingdom to Zhao in the future. The land will be distributed to Tuoba Gu’s sons.”
"Decades have passed, Tuoba Gu has been dead for many years, but Tuoba Shi Yijian did not return half of the land to his son Tuoba Jin as promised back then, so this man harbored resentment and deliberately Get close to Tuoba Yanjun, who also has grievances, and instigate him to rebel."
"Tuoba Yanjun was born to Tuoba Shi Yijian when he was a hostage in Zhao State and his maidservant. He was of low status, but he was the eldest son of a concubine. Later, after Tuoba Shi Yijian came back from Zhao State, I, the Murong clan, became powerful and took over. In the Central Plains, Tuoba Shi Yijian proposed to me, Dayan, and married the princess of Murong's clan as his wife, and gave birth to several sons. Tuoba Jin then instigated, saying that Tuoba Shi Yijian wanted to make Princess Murong's son happy After ascending the throne, he prepared to get rid of Tuoba Yanjun, but this Tuoba Yanjun was defeated when he faced the Qin army. He was afraid of being held accountable, so he simply killed his father and his brother."
"Since then, there has been civil strife in the dynasty, and all the tribes are no longer willing to listen to Tuoba Yanjun, the murderer of his father, and have rebelled and returned to Qin. The Qin army, led by Liu Weichen, the leader of the Tiefu tribe of the Xiongnu who was defeated by the Tuoba family, led the army with a large army. Attack Dai, destroy them in one fell swoop, capture Tuoba Yanjun and Tuoba Jin, and send them to Chang'an to be broken into chariots and executed in order to warn the world about the fate of the murderers who killed their kings and their fathers."
Liu Yu laughed and breathed a long sigh of relief: "What a wonderful story. Lord Tuoba Yan really deserves his punishment. It's a pity that more than ten generations of Daiguo's people and hundreds of years of struggle were ruined by this idiot. By the way." , you Murong family united with the Yao family and the Qiang people, didn’t you want to find the descendants of the Tuoba family to restore the country together?”
