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Li Zitong was a warlord.
IdentityHistorical · Male
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- Polity Sui 隋 · Relation Rebelled against
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New Book of Tang, Chapter 92Volume 92 Biographies 17: Du, Kan, Wang, Li, Yuan, Luo, Wang · 9 passages
杜闞王李苑羅王
Du, Kan, Wang, Li, Yuan, Luo, and Wang
又遣將王雄誕討李子通於杭州，禽以獻。
He also sent his general Wang Xiongdan to attack Li Zitong at Hangzhou and took him prisoner for presentation at court.
初，伏威度淮與李子通合，後子通憚其才，襲之，伏威被創墮馬，雄誕負逃葭澤中，裒嘯散亡，又為隋將來整所窘，眾復潰。
At first, when Fuwei crossed the Huai to ally with Li Zitong, Zitong later grew afraid of his talent and turned on him. Fuwei was wounded and thrown from his horse. Wang Xiongdan carried him on his back into the reed marshes, gathered the scattered troops, and fought on—only to be cornered again by the Sui general Lai Zheng, whereupon the army collapsed once more.
後伏威令輔公祏擊子通，以雄誕、棱為副，戰溧水，子通敗，公祏乘勝追之，反為所擠，士皆走壁。
Later Fuwei ordered Fu Gongshi to attack Li Zitong, with Wang Xiongdan and Kan Ling as his deputies. They fought at Lishui. Li Zitong was defeated, and Fu Gongshi pressed the pursuit—but was in turn driven back, and his men fled to the city walls.
雄誕曰：「子通狃於勝，無營壘，今急擊之，必克。」
Wang Xiongdan said, "Li Zitong is drunk on his victory and has pitched no camp defenses. If we strike him now, hard and fast, he is sure to fall."
雄誕獨提私卒數百，銜枚夜往，乘風火之，子通大敗走，度太湖。
Wang Xiongdan took several hundred of his own men, had them gag their mouths, and marched by night. He attacked with wind and fire. Li Zitong was routed and fled across Lake Tai.
武德四年，與子通戰蘇州，卻之。
In the fourth year of Wude he fought Li Zitong at Suzhou and drove him back.
子通以精兵保獨松嶺，雄誕遣將陳當率千兵出不意，乘高蔽崦，張疑幟，夜縛炬於樹，遍山澤。
Li Zitong held his crack troops on Dusong Ridge. Wang Xiongdan sent Chen Dang with a thousand men to take an unexpected route, stationing them high on the shaded slopes with many decoy banners. By night they bound torches to the trees until the hills and marshes blazed with light.
子通懼，燒營遁，保余杭，雄誕追禽之。
Li Zitong was terrified, burned his camp, and fled to Yuhang. Wang Xiongdan pursued him and took him prisoner.