However, before Luo Shang arrived in the province, the refugee leader, Li Te, had ousted Zhao Xin from power.
31 Facts About Luo Shang
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Luo Shang continued to resist Cheng-Han from Ba Commandery, but after his death in 310, Cheng was able to consolidate its power in southwest China.
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Luo Shang was from Xiangyang and his father Luo Shi, who was Administrator of Zangke, died when he was still very young.
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Luo Shang was thus adopted by his uncle Luo Xian, the famed general of Shu Han who defended Yong'an from 30,000 Eastern Wu soldiers.
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Luo Shang inherited his uncle's talents in writing articles and found himself a position as Army Adviser under the Inspector of Jingzhou, Wang Rong.
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Luo Shang partook in Jin's conquest of Wu in 279, in which he was ordered to attack Wuchang.
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The court agreed, and Luo Shang was made the new Inspector of Yizhou.
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However, Luo Shang would not be the one to defeat Zhao Xin, rather it was a Ba-Di refugee named Li Te, who had originally joined Zhao but later turned on him.
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Along the way to Chengdu the following year, Luo Shang was openly welcomed by Li Te and presented with gifts.
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Luo Shang accepted the gifts and later made Li Te's brother, Li Xiang as his Cavalry Commander.
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Luo Shang chose to ignore them, but suspicion between the two sides persisted.
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Li Te decided to send his subordinate Yan Shi along with bribes to Luo Shang to negotiate their stay until autumn, which Luo Shang permitted.
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Luo Shang's popularity deteriorated further after he followed Xin Ran's advice of introducing checkpoints in Zitong to confiscate goods held by the refugees, with the reasoning that the refugees had stolen the goods from Chengdu when ousting Zhao Xin.
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Luo Shang ordered Li Bi and Fei Yuan to rescue Xin Ran but they were defeated.
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Luo Shang sent an army to fight him, but they were routed.
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Luo Shang had his general Zhang Xing to feign surrender and scout Li Te's army.
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Many of Luo Shang's men died that night, and most their equipment were abandoned.
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Luo Shang had their bodies burnt and sent their heads to the capital.
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Luo Shang took advantage of the confusion by sending He Chong and Chang Shen to attack Chizu.
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Luo Shang refused, and this backfired as Xu Yu defected in anger to Li Liu, who told Liu about Changsheng.
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Luo Shang ordered Kui Bo to attack the city during the night but he was defeated by Li Xiang.
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Luo Shang holed himself up in the Greater City section of Chengdu.
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In 304, Luo Shang entrusted Zhang Luo to hold the city while he fled during the night.
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Luo Shang reached Jiangyang, where he sent a letter to the Jin court about the situation in Yizhou.
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Luo Shang asked the Inspector of Jingzhou, Liu Hong for supplies.
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Luo Shang sent his men to raid the Shu region and captured Li Xiang's wife Lady Zan and their child Li Shou in the process.
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In 309, Luo Shang began a campaign against Cheng after he received the surrender of Zitong Commandery.
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Li Xiong sent Li Xiang, Li Yun and Li Huang to retake the commandery, but Luo Shang defeated them and killed Li Yun and Li Huang.
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Luo Shang sent Xiang Fen to camp at Anhan, where Li Xiong attacked him but to no avail.
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In 310, Luo Shang received the surrender of Baxi Commandery from Wen Shi.
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However, after arriving, Luo Shang Yu killed Pi Su, and Luo Shang Yu was then killed by the Commandant of Jianping, Bao Zhong.