Sui and Tang · Tribal Leader

Tardu 達頭

Datou

Attested AD 597 - AD 598

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Tardu was a Tribal Leader.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 597 十七年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passage 163
AD 597 to AD 598 達頭
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passages 163, 174

Origins and identity

Turk 突厥
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passages 163, 168

Places and affiliations

Polity Turks 突厥 · Relation Led
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 163

Events and relationships

Dared not press
AD 597 十七年 · Military · Attacker · With Zhao Zhongqing (趙仲卿)
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passage 163
Fled in defeat
AD 597 其年 · Military · Commander
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passage 169
Raided with a hundred thousand horsemen
AD 597 達頭騎十萬來寇 · Military · Raider · With Han Hong (韓洪)
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passage 174

Source notes

Value historical
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 163

References in the histories

Book of Sui, Chapter 74Volume 74 Biographies 39: Cruel Officials · 4 passages

仲卿率騎千餘馳援之，達頭不敢逼。 Zhongqing rode with more than a thousand cavalry to relieve him; Tardu dared not press the attack.

其年，從高熲指白道以擊達頭。 That year he followed Gao Jiong along the White Road to strike Tardu.

朝廷慮達頭掩襲啟民，令仲卿屯兵二萬以備之，代州總管韓洪、永康公李藥王、蔚州刺史劉隆等，將步騎一萬鎮恆安。 The court feared Tardu would strike Qimin by surprise and ordered Zhongqing to station twenty thousand troops in reserve; Han Hong, Area Commander-in-chief of Daizhou, Li Yaowang, Duke of Yongkang, Liu Long, Governor of Yuzhou, and others led ten thousand infantry and cavalry to garrison Heng'an.

達頭騎十萬來寇，韓洪軍大敗，仲卿自樂寧鎮邀擊，斬首虜千餘級。 Tardu raided with a hundred thousand horsemen; Han Hong's army was routed; Zhongqing intercepted from Lening Fort and beheaded more than a thousand.