Li Maozhen (李茂貞) | 24 Histories

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Li Maozhen was a warlord.

PeriodFive Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Male

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AD 914 to AD 915 乾化末
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 64, passage 10

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 64Volume 64 Book of Later Tang 40: Biographies 16: Hou Yanwei, Wang Yanqiu, Dai Siyuan, Zhu Hanbin, Kong Qing, Liu Qi, Zhou Zhiyu · 2 passages

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乾化末，邠州留後李保衡背李茂貞以城歸梁，梁以彥威為邠州節度使。 Late in Qianhua, Li Baoheng, regent of Bin, broke with Li Maozhen and surrendered the city to Liang, which appointed Yanwei military governor of Bin.

其年五月，茂貞遣將劉知俊率大軍攻之，彥威固守逾年，竟不能下； That May, Maozhen sent General Liu Zhijun with a large army to attack, but Yanwei held out for more than a year and the city could not be taken;