太祖初起兵，珍與龐師古、許唐、李暉、丁會、氏叔琮、鄧季筠、王武等八十餘人，以中涓從，摧堅陷陣，所向蕩決。 When the Founder first took up arms, Zhen and more than eighty comrades—including Pang Shigu, Xu Tang, Li Hui, Ding Hui, Shi Shucong, Deng Jiyun, and Wang Wu—rode at his side and broke every line they met.
始尚讓以驍騎五千人至繁臺，珍與龐師古、齊奉國等擊退之。 When Shang Rang brought five thousand horsemen to Fantai, Zhen, Pang Shigu, and Qi Fengguo beat them back.