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Li Wei was a Northern Zhou and Sui General.
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- Polity Northern Zhou
- Polity Sui
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Book of Sui, Chapter 53Volume 53 Biographies 18: Daxi Zhangru, Helou Zigan, Shi Wansui, Liu Fang · 1 passage
開皇時，有馮昱、王𢶏、李充、楊武通、陳永貴、房兆，俱為邊將，名顯當時．昱、𢶏，並不知何許人也．昱多權略，有武藝．高祖初為丞相，以行軍總管與王誼、李威等討叛蠻，平之，拜柱國．開皇初，又以行軍總管屯乙弗泊以備胡．突厥數萬騎來掩之，昱力戰累日，眾寡不敵，竟為虜所敗，亡失數千人，殺虜亦過當．其後備邊數年，每戰常大克捷．𢶏驍勇善射，高祖以其有將帥才，每以行軍總管屯兵江北，禦陳寇．數有戰功，為陳人所憚．伐陳之役，及高智慧反，攻討皆有殊績．官至柱國、白水郡公．充，隴西成紀人也．少慷慨，有英略．開皇中，頻以行軍總管擊突厥有功，官至上柱國、武陽郡公，拜朔州總管，甚有威名，為虜所憚．後有人譖其謀反，徵還京師，上譴怒之．充性素剛，遂憂憤而卒．武通，弘農華陰人，性果烈，善馳射．數以行軍總管討西南夷，每有功，封白水郡公，拜左武衛大將軍．時党項羌屢為邊患，朝廷以其有威名，歷岷、蘭二州總管以鎮之．後與周法尚討嘉州叛獠，法尚軍初不利，武通率數千人，為賊斷其歸路．武通於是束馬懸車，出賊不意，頻戰破之．賊知其孤軍無援，傾部落而至．武通轉鬥數百里，為賊所拒，四面路絕．武通輕騎接戰，墜馬，為賊所執，殺而噉之．永貴，隴右胡人也，本姓白氏，以勇烈知名．高祖甚親愛之，數以行軍總管鎮邊，每戰必單騎陷陣．官至柱國、蘭利二州總管，封北陳郡公．兆，代人也，本姓屋引氏，剛毅有武略．頻為行軍總管擊胡，以功官至柱國、徐州總管．並史失其事．
In the Kaihuang era Feng Yu, Wang Biao, Li Chong, Yang Wutong, Chen Yonggui, and Fang Zhao were all frontier generals famous in their day. Yu and Biao’s origins are unknown. Yu was full of stratagems and martial skill. When Gaozu was first chancellor he was commander on campaign with Wang Yi and Li Wei against rebellious tribes and was made pillar of state. At the start of Kaihuang he garrisoned Yifu Po against the barbarians. Tens of thousands of Turk horsemen surprised him; he fought for days but was outnumbered, was defeated, and lost several thousand men—though the enemy dead were equally great. He guarded the frontier for years afterward and won great victories in every fight. Biao was fierce and skilled in archery; Gaozu saw commander’s talent in him and repeatedly posted him north of the River against Chen raiders. He won repeated honors and was feared by Chen. In the conquest of Chen and the suppression of Gao Zhihui he won outstanding merit, rising to pillar of state and duke of Baishui. Chong came from Chengji in Longxi; from youth he was generous and strategically minded. In Kaihuang he repeatedly struck the Turks with merit, rose to pillar of state of the first rank and duke of Wuyang, and commanded Shuozhou with a name the barbarians feared. Later someone accused him of treason; summoned to the capital, he was rebuked by the emperor. Stubborn by nature, he died of grief and anger. Wutong came from Huayin in Hongnong, resolute and skilled at mounted archery. He repeatedly campaigned against the southwestern Yi with merit, was duke of Baishui, and general of the left martial guard. The Tangut Qiang troubled the border; the court posted him to Min and Lan for his renown. With Zhou Fashang he attacked rebel Liao of Jiazhou. Fashang’s army faltered; Wutong led several thousand men cut off from retreat. He bound the horses and lowered the carts, took the enemy unawares, and broke them repeatedly. Knowing his isolated force had no relief, the enemy brought their whole tribes against him. Wutong marched for hundreds of li among the hills until every road was cut. He fought on light horse, fell, was seized, killed, and eaten. Yonggui was a Hu man of Longyou, originally surnamed Bai, famed for courage. Gaozu favored him and repeatedly posted him to the frontier; in every battle he charged alone. He rose to pillar of state, commander of Lan and Li, and duke of Beichen. Zhao came from Dai, originally of the Wuyin clan, firm and strategically minded. He repeatedly campaigned against the barbarians and rose to pillar of state and commander of Xuzhou. For all of them the history has lost the details.