Wei-Xianbei war

In 350 CE, Ran Min restored native rule to North China and issued a cull order. Thousands of Wu Hu barbarians, as a result, were killed and uprisings of Wu Hu tribes were suppressed with the exception of the Xianbei tribe in Northeast China. In 352 CE, the Murong Xianbei invaded Ran Wei with generals and soldiers from both Xianbei and Chinese backgrounds.[1]

Although initially successful, the Ran Wei army was ambushed by the Former Yan forces, who used Xianbei heavy cavalry to charge into Wei infantry lines. Ran Min himself was captured after single handedly killing more than a hundred enemy soldiers, and when asked why he had usurped Later Zhao, Ran Min replied: "If beastly barbarians like you can be emperor, why not me, a heroic descendant of the Hua Xia (true Chinese)!" Murong Jun was furious that Ran insulted him as a barbarian and ordered him to be executed.

With the fall of Ran Wei, Xianbei forces now controlled much of North China and native rule would not be restored until the Liu Song dynasty.

• Li, Bo; Zheng Yin (Chinese) (2001) 5000 years of Chinese history, Inner Mongolian People's publishing corp, ISBN 7-204-04420-7,