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New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 46 Volume 46 Miscellaneous Biographies 26: Zhao Zaili, Huo Yanwei, Fang Zhiwen, Wang Yanqiu, An Zhongba, Wang Jianli, Kang Fu, Guo Yanlu · 10 passages
定州王都反，以晏球為招討使，與宣徽南院使張延朗等討之。
Wang Du of Dingzhou rebelled. Yanqiu was made pacification commissioner and campaigned against him with Zhang Yanlang of the Southern Court and others.
都遣人北招契丹，契丹遣禿餒將萬騎救都。
Du sent north for the Khitan. They sent Tujie with ten thousand horse to save him.
而契丹從他道入定州，與都出不意擊延朗軍，延朗大敗，收餘兵會晏球趨曲陽，都乘勝追之。
The Khitan came by another road into Dingzhou, joined Du, and struck Yanlang by surprise. Yanlang was routed, gathered the remnant, and joined Yanqiu toward Quyang. Du pursued in victory.
晏球先至水次，方坐胡床指麾，而都眾掩至，晏球與左右十餘人連矢射之，都眾稍卻，而後軍亦至。
Yanqiu reached the river first and sat on a camp chair giving orders when Du’s masses closed in. Yanqiu and a dozen at his side shot in succession. Du’s men fell back a little; then the rear guard came up.
符彥卿以左軍攻其左，高行珪以右軍攻其右，中軍騎士抱馬項馳入都軍，都遂大敗，自曲陽至定州，橫屍棄甲六十餘里。
Fu Yanqing struck their left; Gao Xinggui their right. Center horse hugged their mounts’ necks and charged into Du’s host. Du was routed. From Quyang to Dingzhou corpses and cast armor lay across more than sixty li.
都與禿餒入城，不敢復出。
Du and Tujie entered the city and did not dare come out again.
久之，都城中食盡，先出其民萬餘人，數與禿餒謀決圍以走，不果，都將馬讓能以城降，都自焚死。
Long after, the city ran out of food. They sent out more than ten thousand civilians, plotted with Tujie several times to break out, and failed. Du’s officer Ma Rangneng surrendered the city. Du burned himself to death.
其擊禿餒，既因敗以為功，而諸將皆欲乘勝取都，晏球返，獨不動，卒以持久弊之。
He had turned defeat into merit against Tujie, yet every general wanted to press on and take Du. Yanqiu held back alone and in the end wore them down by waiting.
自天成三年四月都反，明年二月始克之，軍中未嘗戮一人。
From Du’s rebellion in Tiancheng 3, month 4, until the city fell in month 2 of the next year, the army executed not one man.
以破都功，拜天平軍節度使。
For breaking Du he was made military governor of Tianping.