Overview
Tai Meng was a general.
IdentityHistorical · Male
Life and dates
Attested activity
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- Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Events and relationships
Ambushed and routed
Military
· Commander
· With Yun (頵) · At Huangchi
黃池Appointed and crossed river
Military · Commander
Defeated
Feigned weakness then counterattacked
Military
· Commander
· With Yun (頵)Used narrow camps deception
Military · Commander
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New Book of Tang, Chapter 189Volume 189 Biographies 114: Gao, Zhao, Tian, Zhu · 8 passages
行密召其將臺濛泣語曰：「人嘗告頵必反，我不忍負人，頵果負我。
Xingmi summoned his general Tai Meng and said through tears, “Men warned me Yun would rebel, but I could not bear to wrong him—and he has wronged me.
濛頓首謝，率騎度江，為陣以行。
Meng kowtowed, led his cavalry across the river, and advanced in battle order.
士笑其怯，濛曰：「頵宿將多謀，備之何害？」
His men laughed at his caution. Meng said, “Yun is a seasoned commander and full of stratagems—what harm is there in being ready?”
與王壇等戰廣德，濛以行密書遺壇諸將，皆再拜氣奪。
At Guangde he fought Wang Tan and sent Xingmi’s letter to Tan’s officers. They all bowed low, their spirit broken.
濛麾兵擊之，壇走。
Meng ordered the attack and Tan fled.
濛之行，為狹營小舍，覘者以為才容二千人，頵輕之，不復召兵。
On the march Meng pitched narrow camps and small shelters. Scouts thought he had barely two thousand men. Yun despised him and did not call up reinforcements.
與戰黃池，矢石始交而濛遁，兵爭逐北，遇伏，頵大敗，召蕪湖兵，不得入。
At Huangchi, as arrows and stones first flew, Meng feigned retreat. Yun’s men rushed in pursuit, ran into an ambush, and were routed. Yun called for his Wuhu troops but they could not reach him.
濛退軍示弱，士超隍，濛殊死戰，軍潰。
Meng drew back as if beaten. Yun’s men crossed the moat; Meng turned and fought desperately. Yun’s army broke.