The Guanlong Group is a term put forward by Mr. Chen Yinke in "Review of the Political History of the Tang Dynasty". It refers to the powerful military forces whose main origins were located around Guanzhong, Shaanxi and Longshan, Gansu during the Northern Wei Dynasty.

Guanlong Group is a statement put forward by Mr. Chen Yinke in "Political History of the Tang Dynasty". It refers to The main places of origin during the Northern Wei Dynasty were located in Guanzhong, Shaanxi and Longshan, Gansu (or Six Panshan ) surrounded by powerful military forces. The emperors of the Western Wei , Northern Zhou , Sui, and Tang dynasties all came from the Guanlong Group. It can be said that they had a huge impact on the ancient history of our country.

After the Eight Kings Rebellion, the Xianbei tribe, which was originally active in the Mongolian grassland , also followed other ethnic minorities southward into the Central Plains, and established Former Yan , Hou Yan , Xiyan , Nan Yan , Southern Liang , Western Qin and other countries. In 386 AD, the Tuoba tribe of Xianbei established the Northern Wei Dynasty and unified the north in 439 AD. However, at this time, another nomadic tribe began to rise on the grassland and continued to invade the borders of the Northern Wei Dynasty. This was Rouran . In order to defend the safety of the capital and fight against Rouran, the Northern Wei Dynasty established six military towns in the border areas, which are now northern Hebei and southern Inner Mongolia. From west to east they are Woye, Huaishuo, Wuchuan, Fuming, Rouxuan, Huai. Huang, collectively known as and the six towns .

In 494 AD, Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty Tuoba Hong moved the capital from Pingcheng (today's Datong, Shanxi) to Luoyang. The role of the six towns in the north gradually declined, and the preferential treatment and policies they originally enjoyed were cancelled. Coupled with geographical constraints, the six towns' economy was unable to be self-sufficient, and conflicts continued to accumulate, and eventually the Six Towns Uprising broke out.

Although the final six-town uprising failed under the joint suppression of the Northern Wei and Rouran, the national power of the Northern Wei had inevitably declined. At the same time, Er Zhurong, the chief of the Qihu tribe who participated in the suppression of the uprising in the six towns, took the opportunity to rise and seize the power of the court. In 530 AD, Emperor Xiaozhuang of the Northern Wei Dynasty Yuanzi You, who was not willing to be a puppet, set up an ambush in the palace to kill Er Zhurong. However, not long after, Emperor Xiaozhuang was killed by Er Zhurong's son Er Zhu Zhao.

In 531 AD, Jinzhou Governor Gao Huan invaded Luoyang, overthrew the Erzhu Group, and supported Emperor Xiaowu Yuan Xiu to the throne. Emperor Xiaowu Yuanxiu was not willing to be manipulated by Gao Huan, so he issued an edict to appoint Guanzhong Daxingtai He Batayue as Commander-in-Chief of the 2 Yong 2 Hua 2 Qi Bin 4 Liang 3 Yi Ba 2 Xia Weining Jing 20 prefectures of military and military affairs. So He Bayue integrated the military forces in the Guanzhong area, and this was the prototype of the Guanlong Group.

In 534 AD, at the instigation of Gao Huan, He Bayue was killed by the general Hou Mo Chenyue. After that, He Bayue's tribe elected Yuwentai as the leader. After Yuwentai inherited He Bayue's troops, he eliminated Hou Mo Chen Yue and continued to establish his foothold in Guanlong to fight against Gao Huan.

After that, Gao Huan, who was born in Huaishuo Town, and Yuwentai, who was born in Wuchuan Town, each established their own emperors. The Northern Wei Dynasty split into the Eastern Wei and the Western Wei Dynasty. Yuwentai organized the Wuchuan people into an army and led the army with Wuchuan people, firmly controlling the power of the Western Wei Dynasty. In order to fight against the Eastern Wei Dynasty, Yuwentai created the government military system , abolished the previous clan system, and re-established a new ranking sequence of officials based on military merit, with twelve generals and eight-pillar states as its generals. At this point, the originally loose forces have officially condensed into the powerful Guanlong Group.

In order to maintain internal interest relationships, the Guanlong Group intermarryed with each other. For example, Duguxin, one of the Eight Pillar Kingdoms, whose eldest daughter was the queen of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and the fourth daughter married Tang Guogong Li Zhen, who was Li Yuan Mother, seventh daughter married Yang Jian. And Li Shimin 's mother, Dou, is the granddaughter of Yu Wentai.

After Yuwentai's death, in 557, his nephew Yuwenhu forced Western Wei Gong Emperor Tuoba Kuo to abdicate, and supported Prince Yuwentai Yuwenjue to proclaim himself emperor and established the Northern Zhou Dynasty. In 577 AD, Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Yuwen Yong, destroyed the Northern Qi Dynasty and unified the north. The Guanlong Group controlled the entire northern region.

Soon after, Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty Yuwen Yong and his son Emperor Xuan of the Northern Zhou Dynasty Yuwen Yun died of illness one after another, and his relative Yang Jian began to rule. In 581 AD, after Yang Jian eliminated the opposition forces, he replaced the Northern Zhou Dynasty and changed the name of the country to Sui Dynasty. At this time, the Guanlong Group reached its peak, because Yang Jian's father Yang Zhong was one of the twelve generals of the Western Wei Dynasty. Among the 18 senior officials of the Sui Dynasty, 15 of them, including the emperor, were from the Guanlong Group. In 589 AD, the Sui Dynasty destroyed the Chen Dynasty, and the Guanlong Group became the master of China.

In 618 AD, Li Yuan, who was born in the Guanlong noble family, established the Tang Dynasty and made its capital Chang'an . Li Yuan, who proclaimed himself emperor, would not allow the Guanlong Group to threaten the throne, so he began to formulate a series of policies to suppress the Guanlong Group. After that, Li Shimin came to the throne and put more emphasis on the generals who had made great military achievements with him in conquering the world. The Guanlong Group began to decline.

When Tang Gaozong and Wu Zetian were in power, they vigorously suppressed the Guanlong Group. In 659 AD, the leader of the Guanlong Group, Changsun Wuji, hanged himself and died after being exiled to Lingnan. The Guanlong Group suffered heavy losses. With the establishment of the imperial examination system, a large number of scholars from poor families began to enter the political arena. The Guanlong Group gradually moved away from the center of power, and completely disappeared during the Xuanzong dynasty.

As a product of a specific historical era, the Guanlong Group, a multi-ethnic political and military group, has benefited from the great split in the Southern and Northern Dynasties and has continued to grow stronger. However, with the establishment of the unified dynasty of , the Guanlong Group, which threatened the imperial power, was bound to be abandoned by history.