What is the historical significance of the Battle of Shenhe North?

In Jin Yong's novel Tian Ba Long Bu, the Murong family, the emperor of the Great Yan State in Gusu, lived in Shenhe Village, and their ancestral stunt was called "Shenhe Finger", both of which came from a very famous battle in ancient China-the Battle of Shenhe Skin. In Wen Rui 'an's novel Hero, the stunt "Ginseng Finger" of Master Tu Yan borrowed Jin Yong's invention. Huang Yi once adapted this vicious cycle of fighting into a fantasy martial arts novel "The Legend of Bianhuang". Literary writers seem to have a soft spot for this activity, so what can attract the introduction of major writers?

The Battle of Shenhe North happened because there was a conflict between the Northern Wei Dynasty and Houyan, two countries that had always been good friends. Houyan took the initiative to start the war and eventually lost.

Tuoba was the ruler of the Northern Wei Dynasty and Mu Rongchui was the ruler of Houyan. The two countries were established at the same time in 386 A.D., and there has always been a connection between them. Strictly speaking, Mu Rongchui, the queen of Yan State, was also the nominal uncle of Tuo Domineering in the Northern Wei Dynasty.

The strength of the newly founded Northern Wei Dynasty was far weaker than that of Hou Yan. Therefore, just after the establishment of the Northern Wei Dynasty, when there was civil strife in Helan Department of the Northern Wei Dynasty, the Northern Wei Dynasty took the initiative to turn to Hou Yan's uncle for help. Hou RongChui also lend a helping hand to Tuoba GUI every time. It was because of Mu Rongchui's joining that Tuoba was able to quickly pacify the domestic situation, and later pacify the Xiongnu Dugu Department and Helan Department, and gained a large number of horses, cattle and sheep, which greatly enhanced the national strength of the Northern Wei Dynasty.

The sons of Hou Yan Mu Rongchui were very jealous of the war achievements of the Northern Wei Dynasty. After the civil strife in the Northern Wei Dynasty, Tuoba GUI sent his younger brother Tuoba Gui as an envoy of the Northern Wei Dynasty to pay homage to Hou Yan's uncle Mu Rongchui. After seeing Mu Rongchui in the palace, Tuoba GUI was ready to return to the Northern Wei Dynasty, but was stopped by Mu Rongchui's sons. They asked Tuoba GUI if he could give Hou Yan some good horses. Tuoba Zhang reported their request to Tuoba Gui of the Northern Wei Dynasty. Tuo Juhu felt that the request made by Hou Yan's relatives was really rude and refused to send Hou Yan a good horse. Mu Rongchui has been detaining Tuoba Zhang, the messenger of the Northern Wei Dynasty, since he learned of this incident.

Hou Yan and the Northern Wei Dynasty were torn by good horses. Hou Yan Mu Rongchui held a grudge against this matter, and in 395 AD, she provoked a vicious circle war.

This is the superficial reason. In addition to the disagreement between the two countries on the issue of good horses, another reason is that the comprehensive national strength of the Northern Wei Dynasty is getting stronger and stronger. We can see that Hou Yan started this war. Why? Because the Northern Wei Dynasty became stronger. At the beginning, Houyan was stronger than the Northern Wei Dynasty, but the Northern Wei Dynasty turned to Houyan for help many times. Houyan helped them, but now that she is stronger, they don't care about Houyan. In fact, there is indeed a phenomenon in this regard. If the Northern Wei Dynasty had helped his kindness in Houyan, he wouldn't have turned against Houyan because of such good horses. It should be that the Northern Wei Dynasty developed and wanted to get rid of the suppression of Houyan, so Tuoba's attitude was so tough.

The war ended with the victory of the Northern Wei Dynasty and successfully defeated this country that was once stronger than itself. What is the historical significance?

For Hou Yan, the defeat of the Battle of Shenhe North made the decline of Hou Yan, the biggest force in North China, more obvious, and her strength suffered great success. Hou Yan's influence also began to gradually withdraw from the Central Plains.

For the Northern Wei Dynasty, the victory of the Battle of Shenhe North made the Northern Wei Dynasty quickly replace Houyan as a new force in North China, and the forces began to enter the Central Plains, laying the foundation for the Northern Wei Dynasty to unify northern China.

In addition, the Northern Wei Dynasty could also rely on this war to stabilize its position as the northern hegemon. Since then, the Northern Wei Dynasty began to seek Houyan's sphere of influence in the Central Plains. Hou was defeated by Rong Feng in this war, and later he took the initiative to launch the second war. However, Mu Rongchui was already ill before he entered the war. On the way to war, Mu Rongchui was very angry when he saw the place where the soldiers of the Northern Wei Dynasty robbed Houyan, and the morale of the soldiers of Houyan was high. But Mu Rongchui still failed to survive and died of a serious illness during the war. Houyan's soldiers lost their backbone and their morale dropped. Finally, I was defeated.