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Li Tingzhi

Type Figure Region China Time c. 1230–1276

A famous late Southern Song general and pacification commissioner of Huaidong who defended Yangzhou against the Yuan, holding out until the city fell…

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  1. 1261–1270Yangzhou · JiangsuAs pacification commissioner of Huaidong during the Xianchun era he garrisoned Yangzhou, directing the Jianghuai forces, repairing defenses and stockpiling grain and weapons, strengthening the Northern Song's northern bulwark and laying the defensive groundwork for the isolated-city resistance against Yuan in the first year of Deyou.

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