Editing Former Yan (section)

=== Reign of Murong Jun ===
After Murong Huang's death in 348, his son [[Murong Jun]] took the throne. In 349, the Later Zhao descended into civil war between members of the imperial family. Taking advantage of the confusion, Murong Jun began an invasion of the [[Zhongyuan|Central Plains]], during which he moved the capital to [[Jicheng (Beijing)|Jìcheng]] (薊城; modern day [[Beijing]]) in 350. Soon, the Former Yan went head-to-head with the [[Ran Wei]] state, which superseded the Later Zhao, and in 352, the Wei emperor, [[Ran Min]] was captured by Murong Jun's brother, [[Murong Ke]] at the [[Battle of Liantai]]. A few months later, Ran Min's Crown Prince, [[Ran Zhi]], surrendered to Former Yan at [[Ye (Hebei)|Ye]].

The destruction of Ran Wei established Former Yan as a regional power on the [[North China Plain]], competing with the [[Di (Five Barbarians)|Di]]-led [[Former Qin]] in the west and the Eastern Jin in the south. In 353, Murong Jun declared himself emperor and formally broke away from Jin. He continued to entrust Murong Ke with defeating the remnants of the Later Zhao, including the [[Duan Qi]] state in [[Shandong]]. As the situation stabilized on the Central Plains, Jun once again shifted his capital, this time to [[Ye (Hebei)|Ye]] in 357. Jun also had ambitions to conquer Jin by mobilizing an army of 1.5 million strong, but died of illness before realizing it in 360.