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Cunxu was a ruler and Warlord.
IdentityHistorical · Male
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Zhuangzong |
莊宗 |
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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 29Volume 29 Book of Later Tang 5: Zhuangzong Annals 3 · 21 passages
天祐十九年春正月甲午，帝至新城，契丹前鋒三千騎至新樂。
On jiawu in the first month of Tianyou 19 Cunxu reached Xincheng as three thousand Khitan van horse reached Xinle.
又聞梁人內侵，鄴城危急，皆請旋師，唯帝謂不可，乃率親騎至新城。
hearing Liang had struck within and Ye was in peril, all urged retreat—only Cunxu refused, and he led his personal horse to Xincheng.
契丹萬餘騎，遽見帝軍，惶駭而退。
Ten thousand Khitan horse sighted Cunxu's line and bolted in panic.
帝分軍為二廣，追躡數十里，獲安巴堅之子。
He split his force in two wings, chased tens of li, and took Anbajian's son.
帝至定州，王都迎謁。
Cunxu reached Ding and Du came out to greet him.
帝身先士伍，馳擊數四，敵退而結陣，帝之徒兵亦陣於水次。
Cunxu led from the front, charged again and again until the Khitan drew up, and his foot formed line on the riverbank.
時歲且北至，大雪平地五尺，敵乏芻糧，人馬斃踣道路，累累不絕，帝乘勝追襲至幽州。
With the solstice near, snow stood five feet deep on the plain; the Khitan ran out of fodder and horses and men dropped along the road; Cunxu chased in triumph to Youzhou.
〈（《契丹國志》：晉王趨望都，為契丹所圍，力戰，出入數四，不解。
(The 《Records of the Khitan Kingdom》 says the Prince of Jin pressed on Wangdu, was ringed by the Khitan, and fought in and out four times without breaking free.
李嗣昭引三百騎橫擊之，晉王始得出，因縱兵奮擊，太祖兵敗，遂北至易州。
Li Sizhao charged in with three hundred horse and cut the Prince of Jin free; he then drove the attack home, routed the Liang Taizu's host, and chased them to Yi.
李存審極力拒守，城中危急。
Li Cunxu held with everything he had, and the city was in grave danger.
帝自幽州聞之，倍道兼行以赴，梁人聞帝至，燒營而遁。
Word from Youzhou brought the Emperor at forced march; the Liang heard he was near, torched their camp, and ran.
帝聞失律，即以昭義節度使李嗣昭為北面招討使，進攻鎮州。
Hearing of the defeat, the Emperor made Li Sizhao of Zhaoyi northern campaign commander and sent him back on Zhenzhou.
存儒，本俳優也，帝以其有膂力，故用為衛州刺史。
Cunru had been a performer; the Emperor valued his brawn and made him prefect of Wei.
〈（《九國誌·趙季良傳》：莊宗入鄴，時兵革屢興，屬邑租賦逋久。
(The 《Nine States Chronicle · Biography of Zhao Jiliang》 says when Zhuangzong entered Ye the armies had been in the field for years and district taxes were far in arrears.
一日，莊宗召季良切責之，季良對曰：「殿下何時平河南？」
One day Zhuangzong called Jiliang in and rebuked him sharply. Jiliang said, "When will Your Highness finish the south of the River?"
莊宗正色曰：「爾掌輿賦而稽緩，安問我勝負乎！」
Zhuangzong's face hardened: "You hold the grain rolls and drag your feet—who are you to ask me about the war?"
季良曰：「殿下方謀攻守，復務急征，一旦眾心有變，恐河南非殿下所有。」
Jiliang said, "You are fighting for the south yet squeezing the districts—if the army turns in a day, the south of the River may not be yours."
莊宗斂容前席曰：「微君之言，幾失吾大計！」）〉
Zhuangzong softened and leaned forward: "Without your counsel I would have wrecked the whole plan!"）〉
是役也，李存進戰歿於師，以蕃漢馬步總管李存審為北面招討使，以攻鎮州。
Cunjin fell in the fight; Li Cunxu, overall commander of Tangut and Han horse and foot, became northern campaign commander and pressed Zhenzhou.
帝以符習為鎮州節度使，烏震為趙州刺史，趙仁貞為深州刺史，李再豐為冀州刺史。
The Emperor made Fu Xi commissioner of Zhen, Wu Zhen prefect of Zhao, Zhao Renzhen prefect of Shen, and Li Zaifeng prefect of Ji.
鎮人請帝兼領本鎮，從之，乃以符習遙領天平軍節度使。
Zhen asked the Emperor to hold the circuit himself; he agreed and kept Fu Xi as titular commissioner of Tianping.