Sui and Tang · Warlord

Liu Wuzhou 劉武周

Died AD 619

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Liu Wuzhou was a warlord.

Life and dates

Death

AD 619 to AD 622 劉武周以兵入寇
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 92, passage 99

Attested activity

AD 619 to AD 622 劉武周以兵入寇
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 92, passages 95, 99

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · With Yuan Junzhang (苑君璋) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 92, passage 97

Events and relationships

Invaded south and was defeated
Military · Commander · With Yuan Junzhang (苑君璋)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 92, passage 97

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 92Volume 92 Biographies 17: Du, Kan, Wang, Li, Yuan, Luo, Wang · 3 passages

劉武周以兵入寇，君璋曰：「唐以一州兵掇取三輔，所向風靡，此殆天命，非人謀，不可爭也。 When Liu Wuzhou invaded with his army, Yuan Junzhang said, "Tang took the capital with the forces of a single province and swept all before them wherever they marched. This looks like Heaven's mandate, not mere human scheming. It cannot be opposed.

武周不聽，使君璋守朔州，引眾內侵，未幾敗，泣曰：「廢君言，乃至此！」 Liu Wuzhou would not heed him. He left Yuan Junzhang to guard Shuozhou and led his main force south to invade. Before long he was defeated. Weeping, he said, "I ignored your counsel, and now it has come to this!"

武周死，突厥以君璋為大行臺，統武周部曲，使郁射設監兵，與舊將高滿政夜襲代州，不克。 After Liu Wuzhou died, the Turks appointed Yuan Junzhang Grand Executive and placed him in command of Wuzhou's former troops. They sent Yushe Shad to oversee the army; together with the veteran general Gao Manzheng, he launched a night attack on Dai Prefecture but failed to take it.