Battle of Hubei

The Battle of Hubei (Chinese: 湖北包圍戰) was a battle of encirclement that took place between late July and early December 1864, near the end of Taiping Rebellion,[1] in Hubei, China. It was, for all intents and purposes, the last desperate attempt in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's war effort to win the war against the Qing dynasty, as more than 200,000 troops were taken prisoner, but a remainder of 19,000 Taiping troops led by Lai Wenguang broke out and marched into southern Henan and combined with 150,000 troops from the Nian Rebellion.

Hubei Pocket
DateJune,1864--November 1864
Location
Whole Hubei and border southern Anhui
Result Qing victory,
Territorial
changes
Qing recover whole Hubei and southern Anhui
Belligerents
Qing dynasty Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
Commanders and leaders
Viceroy of HuGuang Guam Wing
Sengge Rinchen
Lai Wenguang
Chen Decai(陳得才)
Liang Chengfu(梁成富)
Ma Zongher(馬融和)
Lan(藍成春)
Fan Ruzeng(范汝增)
Strength
440,000 Green Standard Army 300,000 Taipings
Casualties and losses
unknown;

60,000 deaths, 200,000 surrender, Chen Decai suicide

but only remained 19,000 Taiping broke out to southern Henan and join in Nian Rebellion

References

  1. "Taiping Rebellion - Facts & Summary - HISTORY.com". HISTORY.com. Retrieved 2018-09-03.
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