平 章 事 ). ▁ ▁Meanwhile , ▁it ▁was ▁said ▁that ▁he ▁kept ▁in ▁Emperor ▁Dez ong ' s ▁good ▁gra ces ▁by ▁offering ▁daily ▁t ributes ▁to ▁Emperor ▁Dez ong . ▁ ▁In ▁ 8 0 1 , ▁with ▁Emperor ▁Dez ong ▁ordering ▁him ▁to ▁attack ▁T uf an ▁to ▁di vert ▁T uf an ' s ▁att ent ions ▁from ▁the ▁northern ▁regions , ▁he , ▁in ▁joint ▁operation ▁with ▁Y im oux un , ▁attacked ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁T uf an ▁out posts ▁and ▁burn ed ▁them , ▁killing ▁over ▁ 1 0 , 0 0 0 ▁T uf an ▁soldiers ▁in ▁the ▁process . ▁ ▁To ▁reward ▁Wei , ▁Emperor ▁Dez ong ▁gave ▁him ▁honor ary ▁titles ▁of ▁acting ▁Situ ▁( 司 <0xE5> <0xBE> <0x92> , ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁Three ▁Ex cell encies ) ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁Zh ong sh u ▁L ing ▁( 中 書 令 ), ▁and ▁created ▁him ▁the ▁Prince ▁of ▁N ank ang . ▁ ▁Sub sequently , ▁Wei ▁put ▁Wei ▁Pref ect ure ▁and ▁Kun ming ▁( <0xE6> <0x98> <0x86> 明 , ▁in ▁modern ▁Li ang sh an , ▁not ▁modern ▁Kun ming ) ▁under ▁sie ge ; ▁when ▁a ▁T uf an ▁army ▁under ▁the ▁command ▁of ▁the ▁general ▁L un ▁Mang re ▁( 論 <0xE8> <0x8E> <0xBD> <0xE7> <0x86> <0xB1> ) ▁came ▁to ▁try ▁to ▁lift ▁the ▁sie ge , ▁Wei ▁engaged ▁him ▁and ▁captured ▁him . ▁ ▁However , ▁with ▁Wei ' s ▁own ▁army ▁suffering ▁major ▁losses , ▁he ▁was