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He Luohu

Type Figure Region Ming China Time c. 1620–1654 Also known as He Luohu、He Luhu

A Southern Ming general under the Yongli court who fought alongside Li Dingguo and other southwestern anti-Qing forces, dying in battle in 1654.

Timeline

  1. c. 1640–1644Huguang · HuguangEntered military service in the late Ming, active in Huguang and Guangxi. After the fall of Ming he did not surrender to the Qing, instead joining the southwestern Southern Ming regimes, becoming one of the generals relied upon by the Yongli court and participating in military operations defending the wandering regime of the Prince of Gui (the Yongli Emperor).
  2. 1651–1654Guangxi · GuangxiIn the early 1650s, alongside famous generals such as Li Dingguo, he led troops resisting the Qing southward advance on the Guangxi-Yunnan border. He was killed in action in an anti-Qing campaign in 1654; his death symbolized a further weakening of the backbone of Ming forces in the southwest, as the Yongli regime's last resistance in South China grew increasingly difficult.

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