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Gao Chongwen was a general.
IdentityHistorical · Male
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- Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
- At West River Circuit 西川 · Relation Proposed posting
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New Book of Tang, Chapter 146Volume 146 Biographies 71: Two Li's · 5 passages
高崇文圍鹿頭未下，嚴礪請出并州兵，與崇文趨果、閬，以攻渝、合，吉甫以為非是，因言：「漢伐公孫述，晉伐李勢，宋伐譙縱，梁伐劉季連、蕭紀，凡五攻蜀，繇江道者四。
Gao Chongwen had besieged Lutou without success; Yan Li proposed sending Bingzhou troops to join Chongwen in marching on Guo and Lang to attack Yu and He. Jifu objected, saying, "When Han attacked Gongsun Shu, Jin attacked Li Shi, Song attacked Qiao Zong, and Liang attacked Liu Jilian and Xiao Ji—in all five campaigns against Shu, four went by the Yangtze route.
且宣、洪、蘄、鄂強弩，號天下精兵，爭險地兵家所長，請起其兵搗三峽之虛，則賊勢必分，首尾不救，崇文懼舟師成功，人有鬥誌矣。」
Moreover the crossbowmen of Xuan, Hong, Qi, and E are reckoned the finest troops in the empire, and seizing strategic ground is what soldiers do best. Raise their forces to strike the undefended Three Gorges; the rebels will be divided and unable to aid each other, and Chongwen, fearing that the river fleet will win the glory, will fight all the harder."
礪復請大臣為節度，吉甫諫曰：「崇文功且成，而又命帥，不復盡力矣。」
Yan Li again asked that a senior minister be made military commissioner; Jifu remonstrated, "Chongwen's victory is nearly won; if another commander is appointed over him, he will no longer give his full effort."
因請以西川授崇文，而屬礪東川，益資、簡六州，使兩川得以相制。
He therefore proposed giving West River Circuit to Chongwen while assigning Yan Li East River Circuit with the six prefectures of Yi, Zi, and Jian added, so that the two circuits could keep each other in check.
由是崇文悉力。
Thereupon Chongwen gave his full effort.