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Deng Yu

Type Figure Region China Time 1337–1377 Also known as Deng Youde、Deng Boyan、Duke of Wei、Prince of Ninghe

Deng Yu (1337–1377), style name Boyan, born Youde, from Hong County, Sizhou, was a founding general of the Ming dynasty who led troops against the Yu…

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  1. 1355–1369Hongdu (present-day Nanchang, Jiangxi) · JiangxiDeng Yu led his troops to join Zhu Yuanzhang, campaigned across Jiangnan, and held Hongdu against Chen Youliang's massive army for three months. Later appointed pacifying commissioner of Huguang, he farmed and fought at once, combining authority with benevolence, becoming one of the key generals in the early Ming unification of Jiangnan and Huguang.
  2. 1370–1377Gansu, Shouchun (present-day Shou County, Anhui) · HuainanIn the third year of Hongwu he was created Duke of Wei, campaigning westward in Gansu with Xu Da, defeating Northern Yuan forces and winning over Tibetan and Ü-Tsang tribes. He continued commanding troops on the western frontier in the 1370s; in 1377 he fell ill while campaigning against Tibet, returned, and died at Shouchun at only forty-one.

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