He also rejected the proposal by Shou's commander Liu Renzhan (***) for Liu to lead his army out of the city for a pitched battle with the Later Zhou army. Faced with the continuing siege, Liu fell ill. Further, at this time, Chen tried to strip the successful, but often disobedient general Zhu Yuan (**) of his command, causing Zhu to surrender to Later Zhou and further weakening the Southern Tang position.
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