Sui and Tang · Rebel Commander

Li Guiren 李歸仁

Attested AD 757

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Li Guiren was a rebel Commander.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 757 香積之戰
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 138, passages 36, 40

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Rebelled against
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 36

Events and relationships

Attacked and was defeated
Military · Rebel commander · At Xiangji Shrine 香積祠
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passages 36, 40

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 138Volume 138 Biographies 63: · 2 passages

賊酋李歸仁擁精騎薄戰，王師注矢逐之，走未及營，賊大出，掩追騎，還蹂王師，於是亂不能陣。 The rebel commander Li Guiren led elite cavalry to press the attack. Imperial archers loosed a storm of arrows in pursuit, but before the pursuers reached the enemy camp the rebels poured out, enveloped them, and wheeled back to crush the imperial line—the army broke ranks and could not reform.

歸仁匿兵營左，覘軍勢，王分回紇銳兵擊其伏，嗣業出賊背合攻之，自日中至昃，斬首六萬級，填澗壑死幾半，賊東走，遂平長安。 Guiren had hidden troops to the left of his camp to watch the imperial line. The prince sent Uyghur elite cavalry against the ambush while Siye struck from the rear. From noon until dusk they took sixty thousand heads; nearly half the enemy died filling the ravines. The rebels fled east, and Chang'an was recovered.