Guo Yan (郭言) | 24 Histories

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Guo Yan was a general.

PeriodSui and Tang

IdentityHistorical · Male

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AD 884 to AD 887 至陝應接
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 19, passage 199

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 19Volume 19 Book of Later Liang 19: Biographies 9: Shi Shucong, Zhu Yougong, Wang Zhongshi, Zhu Zhen, Li Si'an, Deng Jiyun, Huang Wenjing, Hu Gui, Li Dang, Li Zhongyin, Fan Jushi · 1 passage

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又令與李讜率騎軍至陝，應接郭言，回次澠池，破賊帥黃花子之眾，改滑州夾馬指揮使。 He was again ordered with Li Dang to lead cavalry to Shan to link with Guo Yan; on the return march he stopped at Mianchi and broke the band of the rebel chief Huang Huazi, then became Jiamma commander at Huazhou.