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Li Yuanli was a Bandit.
IdentityHistorical · Male
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History of Song, Chapter 410Volume 410 Biographies 169: Lou Ji, Shen Huan, Shu Lin, Cao Yanyue, Fan Yingling, Xu Jingsun · 7 passages
時盜羅世傳、李元礪、李新等相繼竊發，桂陽、茶陵、安仁三縣皆破，環地千里，莽為盜區。
Bandits led by Luo Shichuan, Li Yuanli, Li Xin, and others rose in succession. Guiyang, Chaling, and Anren counties were overrun, and a thousand-li region became bandit territory.
時江西言欲招安李元礪，朝命下湖南議招討之宜，彥約言：“ 今不行討捕，曲徇招安，失朝廷威重。
Jiangxi proposed offering amnesty to Li Yuanli. The court ordered Hunan to discuss the policy. Cao Yanyue argued, "If we do not pursue and suppress the bandits but bend to amnesty, we lose the court's authority.
若無礪設疑詞以款重兵，則兵不可撤戍，民不得安業。”
If Yuanli uses delaying tactics to hold our troops in place, the garrisons cannot withdraw and the people cannot return to their livelihoods."
元礪果不可降，彥約乃督諸將逼賊巢而屯，擊破李新於酃洣，新中創死，眾推李如鬆為首，如鬆降，遂復桂陽。
Yuanli indeed would not surrender. Cao Yanyue then directed the generals to press the bandit strongholds. Li Xin was defeated at Ling and Mi and died of his wounds. The bandits made Li Rusong their leader; Rusong surrendered, and Guiyang was recovered.
世傳素與元礪有隙，至是密請圖元礪以自效，彥約錄賞格報之，且告於朝，又予萬緡錢犒其師。
Shichuan had long been at odds with Yuanli and now secretly offered to capture him. Cao Yanyue recorded the reward regulations, reported to court, and gave ten thousand strings of cash to reward his troops.
世傳遂禽元礪。
Shichuan then captured Yuanli.
時池州副都統許俊駐兵吉之龍泉，厚賂以結世傳，超格許轉官資，世傳遂以元礪解江西。
Xu Jun, vice commander-in-chief of Chizhou, was stationed at Longquan in Ji. He bribed Shichuan heavily and promised him promotion beyond regulations. Shichuan then handed Yuanli over to Jiangxi.