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Overview Zhu Zhen was a general.
Identity Historical · Male
Life and dates Attested activity Career and standing Prefect of Zizhou 淄州刺史
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Places and affiliations Polity Later Liang 梁 · Relation ServedAt Feng, Xuzhou 徐州豐 Events and relationships Executed Zhang Renyu for seeking power to kill
Fell for Zhu Yu trap; army destroyed at Yanzhou
Military · Commander
Night attack at Shangyuan Post
Returned with 10000+ recruits enabling defeat of Qin Zongquan
Military · Commander
Seized Hua/Yicheng in snow
Military · Commander
Took Caozhou; captured Qiu Hongli
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New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 21 Volume 21 Later Liang Biographies 1: Jing Xiang, Zhu Zhen, Pang Shigu, Ge Congzhou, Huo Cun, Zhang Cunjing, Fu Daozhao, Liu Han, Kou Yangqing · 19 passages
朱珍
Zhu Zhen
朱珍，徐州豐人也。
Zhu Zhen came from Feng in Xuzhou.
珍為將，善治軍選士，太祖初鎮宣武，珍為太祖創立軍制，選將練兵甚有法。
As a commander Zhen excelled at discipline and choosing men; when Taizu first held Xuanwu, Zhen built his army system, picking officers and drilling troops with real art.
太祖得諸將所募兵及佗降兵，皆以屬珍，珍選將五十餘人，皆可用。
Every recruit the generals raised and every surrendered unit Taizu handed to Zhen; Zhen picked out more than fifty commanders, all of them good.
梁敗黃巢、破秦宗權、東並兗鄆，未嘗不在戰中，而常勇出諸將。
Through Liang’s defeat of Huang Chao, breakup of Qin Zongquan, and eastward swallowing of Yan and Yanzhou, Zhen was always in the fight and often outshone the rest in courage.
太祖與晉王東逐黃巢，還過汴，館之上源驛，太祖使珍夜以兵攻之，晉王亡去，珍悉殺其麾下兵。
When Taizu and the Prince of Jin chased Huang Chao east and passed Bian, they stopped at Shangyuan Post; Taizu sent Zhen by night to strike the Jin prince; the prince escaped, and Zhen slaughtered his escort.
太祖遣珍以兵趨滑州，道遇大雪，珍趣兵疾馳，一夕至城下，遂乘其城。
Taizu sent Zhen racing toward Hua Province; snow fell hard on the march, but Zhen drove the men at a gallop and reached the walls in a single night, seizing the city by surprise.
太祖乃拜珍淄州刺史，募兵於淄青。
Taizu made Zhen prefect of Zi and sent him to raise troops in Zi and Qing.
珍偏將張仁遇白珍曰：「軍中有犯令者，請先斬而後白。」
Zhen’s lieutenant Zhang Renyu said: “If anyone in the ranks breaks orders, let me cut off his head first and report after.”
珍曰：「偏將欲專殺邪？」
Zhen said: “Does a lieutenant mean to kill at will?”
珍得所募兵萬餘以歸，太祖大喜曰：「賊在吾郊，若踐吾麥，奈何！
Zhen came back with more than ten thousand fresh recruits; Taizu was overjoyed: “The rebels are at our gates—if they tread our wheat, what then!
今珍至，吾事濟矣！
Now Zhen is here, my cause is saved!
且賊方息兵養勇，度吾兵少，而未知珍來，謂吾不過堅守而已，宜出其不意以擊之。」
And they are resting and regrouping, counting our small force and not knowing Zhen has arrived—they think we’ll only sit tight; we should hit them unawares.”
乃出兵擊敗至等，宗權由此敗亡，而梁軍威大振，以得珍兵故也。
He marched out, smashed Zhang Zhi and the rest, and Zongquan collapsed; Liang’s prestige soared—all from the army Zhen brought home.
珍從太祖攻朱宣，取曹州，執其刺史丘弘禮。
Zhen followed Taizu against Zhu Xuan, took Caozhou, and seized its prefect Qiu Hongli.
太祖乃還汴，留珍攻鄆州。
Taizu went back to Bian and left Zhen to besiege Yanzhou.
珍去鄆二十里，遣精兵挑之，鄆人不出。
Twenty li from Yan, Zhen sent elite troops to taunt them; Yan’s garrison stayed shut.
朱裕詐為降書，陰使人召珍，約開門為內應。
Zhu Yu faked a surrender and secretly called Zhen, promising to open the gate from within.
珍信之，夜率其兵叩鄆城門，朱裕登陴，開門內珍軍，珍軍已入甕城而垂門發，鄆人從城上磔石以投之，珍軍皆死甕城中，珍僅以身免，太祖不之責也。
Zhen believed him; at night he led his men to the gate; Zhu Yu appeared on the wall, opened it, and let them into the barbican—then dropped the outer gate; Yan’s defenders rained stones from above; Zhen’s force died to the last man in the trap; Zhen alone got out alive; Taizu did not punish him.