Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · General

Erzhu Tumener 尒朱吐沒兒

Attested AD 527 - AD 529

Passages: 6
Chapters: 2
Histories: 2

Overview

Erzhu Tumener was a general.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 527 to AD 529 大通初
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 32, passage 52
AD 529 五月戊辰
Dated from the passage context · zizhitongjian:153:s0035e
AD 529 五月癸酉
Dated from the passage context · zizhitongjian:153:s0035s

Key source chapters

Book of Liang, Chapter 32 Volume 32: Chen Qingzhi; Lan Qin 4 passages
Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance, Chapter 153 Volume 153 Liang Records 9 2 passages

Career and standing

Cavalry General 驃騎將軍
AD 527 to AD 529 大通初 · Held
Directly stated · Book of Liang 32, passage 52
General of Agile Cavalry 驃騎將軍
Held
Directly stated · zizhitongjian:153:s0035e

Places and affiliations

Polity Wei 魏 · Relation Served
Directly stated · zizhitongjian:153:s0035e

Events and relationships

Arrived with army
Military · Commander
Directly stated · zizhitongjian:153:s0035e
Fled
Military · Commander · With Chen Qingzhi (陳慶之)
Directly stated · zizhitongjian:153:s0035s
Led five thousand cavalry to reinforce Yingyang and escaped the defeat alone
AD 527 to AD 529 大通初 · Military · Commander · With Chen Qingzhi (陳慶之)
Directly stated · Book of Liang 32, passages 52, 54, 61

References in the histories

Book of Liang, Chapter 32Volume 32: Chen Qingzhi; Lan Qin · 4 passages

魏將元天穆大軍復將至，先遣其驃騎將軍尒朱吐沒兒領胡騎五千，騎將魯安領夏州步騎九千，援楊昱； Yuan Tianmu's main army was closing in. He first sent Cavalry General Erzhu Tumener with five thousand barbarian horse and Cavalry Commander Lu An with nine thousand mixed troops from Xia province to reinforce Yang Yu;

天穆、吐沒兒前後繼至，旗鼓相望。 Tianmu and Tumener arrived in succession until enemy banners filled the horizon.

俄而魏陣外合，慶之率騎三千背城逆戰，大破之，魯安於陣乞降，元天穆、尒朱吐沒兒單騎獲免。 Soon the Wei encirclement closed. Qingzhi led three thousand horse out from the city and shattered them. Lu An surrendered in the field; Tianmu and Tumener fled alone on horseback.

魏天柱將軍尒朱榮、右僕射尒朱世隆、大都督元天穆、驃騎將軍尒朱吐沒兒、榮長史高歡、鮮卑、芮芮，勒衆號百萬，挾魏主元子攸來攻顥。 Wei's Pillar of Heaven Erzhu Rong, Erzhu Shilong, Grand Commander Yuan Tianmu, Erzhu Tumener, Rong's chief clerk Gao Huan, and Xianbei and Rouran allies marched with a host they claimed numbered a million, bringing Emperor Ziyou along to crush Hao.

Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance, Chapter 153Volume 153 Liang Records 9 · 2 passages

元天穆與驃騎將軍爾朱吐沒兒將大軍前後繼至，梁士卒皆恐。 Yuan Tianmu and the General of Agile Cavalry, Erzhu Tumener, brought up great armies one after another, and the Liang troops were seized with fear.

俄而天穆等引兵圍城，慶之帥騎三千背城力戰，大破之，天穆、吐沒兒皆走。 Soon Tianmu and the others invested the city; Qingzhi led three thousand horsemen in a fight with their backs to the wall and smashed them; Tianmu and Tumener both fled.