Zhang, nine generals of Xuanwu gate

Yong Guo Xiang Gong Zhang has a generous and prudent word. Weizhou Fanshui (now Bianma area, Weixian County, Hebei Province) people. Began to be an official under the king. Emperor gaozu Li Yuan founded the Tang Dynasty, and Zhang returned to China. Later, he was recommended by Wei Chijingde and others to Li Shimin and introduced to the shogunate. Later, he participated in the change of Xuanwu Gate and helped Li Shimin win the throne. In the first year of Zhenguan, one hundred generations were satrap. Later, he helped Li Jing crusade against the Turks, captured Yizhou, made many meritorious deeds, and sealed Zou Guogong. In the sixth year of Zhenguan, on the eighth day of April (May 2, 632), Zhang died of illness at the age of 39. Item. In the thirteenth year of Zhenguan, it was renamed Yongzhu.