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Hong Chengchou

Type Figure Region China Time 1593–1665 Also known as Yanheng、Hengjiu

A famous late Ming general from Nan'an, Fujian, who served as governor-general of the Three Borders and of Ji-Liao, was captured and defected to the …

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  1. 1631–1635Xi'an · Xi'anIn the fourth year of Chongzhen he became governor-general of the Three Borders, suppressing peasant uprisings in Shaanxi and repeatedly defeating the forces of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, one of the main Ming commanders pacifying internal rebellion in the late Ming.
  2. 1636–1640Ningyuan · LiaodongTransferred in the ninth year of Chongzhen to governor-general of Ji-Liao, overseeing Liaodong military affairs, he defended jointly with famous generals such as Zu Dashou, and in the later 1630s directed defenses along the Songshan-Jinzhou line against Qing incursions into the passes and Liaodong offensives.
  3. 1640–1642Songshan · LiaodongFrom 1640 he led armies to relieve Jinzhou; in 1642 he was defeated at the Battle of Songshan and captured by Qing forces, promptly defecting to the Qing. Previously he had been the most important frontline Ming commander resisting the Qing in the late Ming.

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