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Zu Dashou

Type Figure Region China Time 1579–1656 Also known as Zu Fuyu、Zu Tianshou

Zu Dashou (1579–1656), courtesy name Fuyu, was a famous late-Ming Liaodong general from Ningyuan and a core commander of the Guanning Iron Cavalry, w…

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  1. 1579–1620Ningyuan · NingyuanBorn into a Liaodong military family, his father Zu Chengxun was vice general of Liaoyang. He trained with the army, participated in fighting Mongols and Later Jin, and gradually became a backbone of the Guanning army.
  2. 1621–1629Ningyuan, Beijing · LiaodongHe earned merit defending Ningyuan and commanded the Guanning Iron Cavalry. In 1629 Huang Taiji bypassed the passes into China; Yuan Chonghuan dispatched him with 20,000 elite troops, who defeated Later Jin outside Guangqu Gate in Beijing, lifting the siege of the Gisi Incident.
  3. 1630–1656Jinzhou, Beijing · LiaodongHe defended Jinzhou for a long time; after the Battle of Song-Jin, with provisions exhausted and relief cut off, he surrendered to Qing again in 1642. After Qing entered the passes he served as generalissimo and died in Beijing in 1656.

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