Liang Chengfu | |
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Born | 1 January 1820 Yulin, Guangxi, Guangxi, Qing Empire |
Died | 26 June 1865 Chengdu, Sichuan, Qing Empire |
(aged 45)
Allegiance | Qing Empire (to 1849) Taiping (to 1864) |
Years of service | 1850–1865 |
Rank | Taiping‘s Lieutenant General |
Battles/wars |
Western Front |
Awards | King of Discover from 1861 |
Liang Chengfu(梁成富 ?---26 June 1865), eminent military leader of the Taiping Rebellion, and known during his military tenure as the King of Chi (啟王) (means Revealer Prince). He led Taiping forces to many military victories especially the Hubei and Shaanxi in middle and northernwest China. He join in the Nien Rebellion too and executed by Viceroy of Sichuan Luo Bingzhang after interrogation in 1865, Liang is important general for late-Taiping even after Taiping had ended he alive, broke out the Hubei Pocket in August 1864 till 1865.
Western Front