Is “Zhu Tong later followed Liu Guangshi in a great victory over the Jin soldiers, rose to the position of Military Commissioner of Taiping Prefecture, and met a good end.” true?

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In the ending of "Water Margin", Zhu Tong is one of the very few heroes who gained the court's重用 and could achieve merits. Chapter 120 of "Water Margin" states: "只有朱仝在保定府管军有功,后随刘光世破了大金,直做到太平军节度使。" However, consulting official historical records such as "History of Song: Biography of Liu Guangshi" that describe the anti-Jin wars in the early Southern Song, there is no military governor named Zhu Tong among Liu Guangshi's subordinate generals. The novel's arrangement of his ending as a hero in the anti-Jin campaign mainly catered to the Southern Song folk's loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, and is not the true fate of a historical figure.

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