Li Shibin

Li Shibin

Li Shibin, a general of the Northern Song Dynasty, was the governor of Jinming village. In March of the first year of Kangding (1040) in the Northern Song Dynasty, Li Yuanhao in the Western Xia Dynasty sent someone to feign surrender to Li Shibin, and pretended to be defeated by Li Shibin to show his pride. Then he took the surrender as his inner part, raided Jinming stronghold, broke it at one stroke, and captured Li Shibin.

Li Shibin, a general of the Northern Song Dynasty, was the governor of Jinming village. In March of the first year of Kangding (1040) in the Northern Song Dynasty, Li Yuanhao in the Western Xia Dynasty sent someone to feign surrender to Li Shibin, and pretended to be defeated by Li Shibin to show his pride. Then he took the surrender as his inner part, raided Jinming stronghold, broke it at one stroke, and captured Li Shibin. Li Shibin's loss of Jinming village directly led to the disastrous defeat of the Song Dynasty in the "battle of sanchuankou" against Xixia, and thus laid the foundation of Li Yuanhao's founding.