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Dunhuang Garrison Commander was an Unnamed Frontier Garrison Commander.
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Book of Sui, Chapter 53Volume 53 Biographies 18: Daxi Zhangru, Helou Zigan, Shi Wansui, Liu Fang · 1 passage
爾朱勣以謀反伏誅，萬歲頗相關涉，坐除名，配敦煌為戍卒．其戍主甚驍武，每單騎深入突厥中，掠取羊馬，輒大剋獲．突厥無眾寡，莫之敢當．其人深自矜負，數罵辱萬歲．萬歲患之，自言亦有武用．戍主試令馳射而工，戍主笑曰：「小人定可．」萬歲請弓馬，復掠突厥中，大得六畜而歸．戍主始善之，每與同行，輒入突厥數百里，名讋北夷．竇榮定之擊突厥也，萬歲詣轅門請自效．榮定數聞其名，見而大悅．因遣人謂突厥曰：「士卒何罪過，令殺之，但當各遣一壯士決勝負耳．」突厥許諾，因遣一騎挑戰．榮定遣萬歲出應之，萬歲馳斬其首而還．突厥大驚，不敢復戰，遂引軍而去．由是拜上儀同，領車騎將軍．平陳之役，又以功加上開府．
Erzhu Ji was executed for treason; Wansui was somewhat implicated, stripped of rank, and sent to Dunhuang as a garrison soldier. The garrison commander was a fierce fighter who often rode alone deep into Turk lands for sheep and horses and always returned with rich spoils. No Turk band, large or small, dared face him. Proud and overbearing, he repeatedly abused Wansui. Wansui, resenting this, said he too had martial skill. The commander tested him at mounted archery and found him expert. The commander laughed, “The fellow will do.” Wansui took bow and horse, raided the Turks again, and came back with great herds. The commander then favored him and often rode with him hundreds of li into Turk territory until his name terrified the northern tribes. When Dou Rongding attacked the Turks, Wansui came to the camp gate and offered to prove himself in service. Rongding had often heard of him and was delighted. He sent word to the Turks: “What crime have ordinary soldiers committed that you kill them? Let each side send one champion to decide the matter.” The Turks agreed and sent a challenger. Rongding sent Wansui out; he galloped forward, struck off the man’s head, and returned. The Turks were terrified, would not fight again, and withdrew. For this Wansui was made director with equal standing of the first rank and general of chariots and cavalry. In the conquest of Chen he was again promoted to superior director of the bureau for his merit.