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308:), mistakenly believed that Wuyue had abandoned Fu Prefecture and that he could take it over. Cha therefore took his army and headed toward Fu. Hearing that Cha was approaching, Wu decided to mislead him by sending soldiers out of the city to welcome Cha. Cha thereafter entered the city and fell into an ambush set by Wu, and was captured. Wu delivered Cha to Qiantang, where Qian Hongzuo's younger brother and successor
347:) serving under Wu. Wu told the soldiers, "Chancellor Yuan does not want to launch the attack." The soldiers became angry and tried to attack Yuan. Qian Hongchu hid Yuan in his palace and ordered that those advocating assaulting Yuan be arrested, while sighing, "Just as the army is launched, the soldiers want to attack the chancellor. This is a sign of misfortune."
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had previously sent to Wuyue, back to
Southern Tang. Wu did not appreciate the risk and took no precautions. When Chai then launched a surprise attack on the Wuyue camp, Luo did not engage fully and allowed the Southern Tang army to head toward Wu's headquarters. Wu barely escaped the attack, but
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As Wu Yue's commission as secretary general was mentioned specifically to be "of
Zhendong," rather than of Zhendong's former name Weisheng, this implied that his commission was after the renaming in 896, by which time Zhendong was under Qian Liu's control. See
129:(later receiving the greater title King of Wuyue in 923 and posthumously known as King Wusu). Sometime during Qian Liu's reign, Wu Cheng, apparently on account of his father's service to the king, was given the offices of
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era (890-891). After passing the imperial examinations, Wu Yue was made the secretary general of
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