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Zhou Dewei was a general.
IdentityHistorical · Male
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- Polity Jin 晉 · Relation Served
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Drove to Chan and Wei
Military · Cavalry commander
Offered battle at Baixiang and drew Liang out
Military · Commander
Swept Xing and Wei with proclamation
Military · Commander
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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 27Volume 27 Book of Later Tang 3: Zhuangzong Annals 1 · 6 passages
天祐八年正月丁亥，周德威、史建瑭帥三千騎致師於柏鄉，設伏於村塢間，遣三百騎直壓其營。
On dinghai in the first month of Tianyou 8, Dewei and Jiantang led three thousand horse to Baixiang, hid men in the hamlets, and sent three hundred to ride straight at the Liang camp.
梁將怒，悉其軍結陣而來，德威與之轉戰至高邑南，梁軍列陣，橫亙六七里。
The Liang commander came out in full array; Dewei sparred with him south of Gaoyi until the Liang line stretched six or seven li.
自巳及午，騎軍接戰，至晡，梁軍欲抽退，塵埃漲天，德威周麾而呼曰：「汴人走矣！」
Cavalry fought from si to noon; by you the Liang line tried to break off; dust filled the sky; Dewei turned in his saddle and cried, "The Bian men are running!"
己亥，遣史建瑭、周德威徇地於邢、魏，先馳檄以諭之。
On jihai he sent Jiantang and Dewei to overrun Xing and Wei with proclamations sent ahead.
天祐八年正月，周德威等破賊，徇地邢、洺，先馳檄諭邢、洺、魏、博、衛、滑諸郡縣曰：「王室遇屯，七廟被陵夷之酷；
In the first month of Tianyou 8, after Dewei's victory, a proclamation to Xing, Ming, Wei, Bo, Wei, and Hua ran: "The throne is in peril and the ancestral temples have been violated;
張承業、李存璋以三鎮步兵攻邢州，遣周德威、史建瑭將三千騎，長驅至澶魏，帝與李嗣源率親軍繼進。
Zhang Chengye and Li Cunzhang besieged Xing with foot from the three circuits while Dewei and Jiantang raced three thousand horse to Chan and Wei; the Emperor and Li Siyuan followed with the guard.