What was Murong family's plan to restore its dynasty?

[PJ]

Back to the topic, why did MRB faked his own death?

He did it, at least partly, to avoid being hunted down by people whom he fooled into "killing" Xiao Yuanshan.

[Swordwiz]

Actually, quite. Sun Ce borrowed troops from Liu Baio and that's how he started the kingdom of Wu. At least according to the novel. I don't know about real history, but I'm guessing it wouldn't be off when it comes to something like this.

The Sun family was able to start their empire because all of China was in chaos. So, he can use the soldiers to take over another weak empire. However, this isn't the case in DGSD.

[PJ]

That explains it! (why Murong Bo wanted to kill Xiao Yuanshan in order to disrupt peace)

[Candide]

Yeah that now certainly makes sense. Before you would wonder why they bothered with murdering some random Khitans.

[Bai Qi44]

You mean Yuan Shu, don't you? Because Liu Biao was responsible for the death of Sun Jian, father of Sun Ce. Sun Ce borrowed 3000 soldiers from Yuan Shu and used the imperial seal as a deposit.

Right! My bad. I meant Yuan Shu. How could I get the Sun family's No 1 nemisis pre-Cao Cao mixed up with Yuan Shu. It's been too long since I've read the novel or played any Dynasty Warrior games.

The Sun family was able to start their empire because all of China was in chaos. So, he can use the soldiers to take over another weak empire. However, this isn't the case in DGSD.

Yup. So, I guess now it makes more sesne with the 3rd edition changes. Instead of XYS being just a no name somebody, he now has ties with Khitan royalty. I guess that's why MRB wanted the 30 men to ambush him. Stll, I wondered why the Khitan emperor never did anything about XYS's "death"? Then again, MRB really didn't have enough men to start an empire even if all of China was in chaos.