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Liu Xun was a general.
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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 28Volume 28 Book of Later Tang 4: Zhuangzong Annals 2 · 22 passages
是月，劉鄩潛師由黃澤西趨晉陽，至樂平而還，遂軍於宗城。
That month Liu Xun stole west by Huangze toward Taiyuan, turned back at Leping, and camped at Zongcheng.
初，鄩在洹水，數日不出，寂無聲跡。
While Xun lay at Huanshui he stayed quiet for days without a sound.
帝曰：「我聞劉鄩用兵，一步百變，必以詭計誤我。」
The Emperor said, "Liu Xun changes his moves every step—he must be tricking us."
既而有人自鄩軍至者，言兵已趨黃澤，帝遽發騎追之。
A man from Xun's camp said they were already on Huangze; the Emperor sent cavalry after them at once.
時霖雨積旬，鄩軍倍道兼行，皆腹疾足腫，加以山路險阻，崖穀泥滑，緣蘿引葛，方得少進。
After weeks of rain Xun's men forced the march with belly sickness and swollen feet on muddy cliffs, hauling themselves along by vines.
鄩收合其眾還，自邢州陳宋口渡漳水而東，駐於宗城。
Xun turned back, crossed the Zhang east from Chen Song Ford, and camped at Zongcheng.
時魏之軍儲已乏，臨清積粟所在，鄩欲引軍據之。
Wei stores were empty and grain lay at Linqing; Xun meant to seize it.
周德威初聞鄩軍之西，自幽州率千騎至土門。
When Dewei first heard Xun had gone west, he raced a thousand horse from Youzhou to Tumen.
及鄩軍東下，急趨南宮，知鄩軍在宗城，遣十餘騎迫其營，擒斥候者，斷其腕，令還。
When Xun turned east Dewei rushed to Nangong, found him at Zongcheng, seized scouts, cut off their wrists, and sent them back.
德威至臨清，鄩起軍駐貝州。
Dewei reached Linqing; Xun broke camp and held Bei.
帝率親騎次博州，鄩軍於堂邑，周德威自臨清率五百騎躡之。
The Emperor camped near Bo while Xun was at Tangyi; Dewei from Linqing followed with five hundred horse.
是日，鄩軍於莘縣，帝營於莘西一舍，城壘相望，日夕交鬥。
Xun lay at Shen; the Emperor camped a stage west; the camps faced each other and skirmished every evening.
冬十月，有軍士自鄩軍來奔，帝善待之，乃劉鄩密令齎鴆賂帝膳夫，欲置毒於食中，會有告者，索其黨誅之。
In the tenth month of winter a deserter from Xun was well treated and revealed a plot to poison the Emperor's food; the men involved were seized and killed.
天祐十三年春二月，帝知劉鄩將謀速戰，乃聲言歸晉陽以誘之，實勞軍於貝州也；
In the second month of Tianyou 13, knowing Xun wanted a quick fight, he announced a return to Taiyuan but rested his army at Bei;
鄩謂帝已臨晉陽，將乘虛襲鄴。
Xun thought the Emperor was in Taiyuan and meant to strike empty Ye.
三月，鄩遣其將楊延直自澶州率兵萬人，會於城下。
In the third month Xun sent Yang Yanzhi from Chan with ten thousand men to the walls.
遲明，鄩自莘引軍至城東，與延直兵會。
At dawn Xun came from Shen to the east wall and joined Yanzhi.
鄩之來也，李存審率兵踵其後，李嗣源自魏城出戰。
Cunshen followed Xun's rear while Li Siyuan sallied from Weicheng.
俄而帝自貝州至，鄩卒見帝，驚曰：「晉王耶！」
Soon the Emperor came from Bei; Xun's men cried, "The Prince of Jin!"
再合，鄩引騎軍突西南而走。
on the second, Xun broke southwest with his horse.
劉鄩自黎陽濟，奔滑州。
Liu Xun crossed from Liyang and fled to Hua.
時鄩敗於莘縣，王檀遁於晉陽，梁主聞之，曰：「吾事去矣！」
When news came of Xun's defeat at Shen and Tan's flight from Taiyuan, the Liang Founder said, "My cause is lost!"