Taizu of Later Liang (太祖)

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Taizu of Later Liang was a ruler.

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AD 897 to AD 903 攻淮南…攻朱瑾
Strongly inferred · New History of the Five Dynasties 21, passages 118, 144

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New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 21Volume 21 Later Liang Biographies 1: Jing Xiang, Zhu Zhen, Pang Shigu, Ge Congzhou, Huo Cun, Zhang Cunjing, Fu Daozhao, Liu Han, Kou Yangqing · 10 passages

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太祖已下兗、鄆，乃遣師古與葛從周攻楊行密於淮南，師古出清口，從周出安豐。 Once Yan and Yun had fallen, Taizu sent Shigu and Ge Congzhou against Yang Xingmi in Huainan—Shigu from Qingkou, Congzhou from Anfeng.

師古自其微時事太祖，為人謹甚，未嘗離左右，及為將出兵，必受方略以行，軍中非太祖命，不妄動。 Shigu had served Taizu from the beginning, careful and close, never far from his side. As a field commander he moved only on orders; without Taizu’s word the army did not stir.

師古營清口，地勢卑，或請就高為柵，師古以非太祖命不聽。 At Qingkou Shigu camped on low ground. Some urged him to fortify higher ground; he refused—Taizu had not ordered it.

其後太祖自將出光山，攻壽春，然亦敗也。 Later Taizu himself marched from Guangshan against Shouchun—and lost there too.

從太祖攻蔡州，太祖墜馬，從周扶太祖復騎，與敵步鬥傷面，身被數瘡，偏將張延壽從旁擊之，從周得與太祖俱去。 At Caizhou Taizu was thrown from his horse. Congzhou helped him remount, fought on foot with the enemy, took wounds to the face and body, and with Zhang Yanshou’s help fought free with Taizu.

太祖盡黜諸將，獨用從周、延壽為大將。 Taizu dismissed every other general and kept only Congzhou and Yanshou as his chief commanders.

張全義襲李罕之於河陽，罕之奔晉，召晉兵以攻全義，全義乞兵於梁，太祖遣從周、丁會等救之，敗晉兵於沇河。 Zhang Quanyi struck Li Hanzhi at Heyang. Hanzhi fled to Jin and called Jin armies against Quanyi. Taizu sent Congzhou and Ding Hui to his aid and beat the Jin at the Yan River.

潞州馮霸殺晉守將李克恭以降梁，太祖遣從周入潞州，晉兵攻之，從周不能守，走河陽。 At Luzhou Feng Ba killed the Jin commander Li Kegong and surrendered to Liang. Taizu sent Congzhou in; Jin attacked; Congzhou could not hold and fled to Heyang.

太祖攻魏，從周與丁會先下黎陽、臨河，會太祖於內黃，敗魏兵於永定橋。 Taizu attacked Wei. Congzhou and Ding Hui first took Liyang and Linhe, joined Taizu at Neihuang, and broke Wei at Yongding Bridge.

太祖攻朱瑾於兗州，未下，留從周圍之，瑾閉壁不出，從周詐言救兵至，陽避之高吳，夜半潛還城下，瑾以謂從周已去，乃出兵收外壕，從周掩擊之，殺千餘人。 Taizu besieged Zhu Jin at Yanzhou without success and left Congzhou to hold the siege. Jin shut the walls. Congzhou feigned that relief had come and openly withdrew toward Gaowu; at midnight he stole back. Jin thought him gone and sent men to clear the outer ditch—Congzhou sprang the trap and killed more than a thousand.