Cao Kezhong (曹克忠)

Overview

Cao Kezhong was a general.

Life and dates

Death

AD 1896 光緒二十二年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 430, passage 97

Attested activity

AD 1883 光緒九年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 430, passage 93
AD 1896 光緒二十二年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 430, passage 97
AD 1894 光緒二十年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 430, passage 96
AD 1885 光緒十一年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 430, passage 95
AD 1884 光緒十年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 430, passage 94
AD 1864 同治三年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 430, passage 76

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AD 1863 同治二年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 430, passage 70
AD 1866 同治五年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 430, passage 86
AD 1872 同治十一年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 430, passage 90
AD 1871 同治十年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 430, passage 89
AD 1865 同治四年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 430, passage 79

Career and standing

Guangdong Navy provincial military commissioner 廣東水師提督
AD 1884 光緒十年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 430, passage 94
brigade general of Hezhou Garrison 河州鎮總兵
Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 430, passage 74
Gansu provincial military commissioner 甘肅提督
Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 430, passage 83
yellow riding jacket 黃馬褂
Awarded
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 430, passage 78
posthumous honors 賜卹
Granted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 430, passage 97

Places and affiliations

Polity Qing 清 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 430, passage 69

Events and relationships

Executed
Military · Commander · With Ding Chongxuan (丁重選)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 430, passage 86
Joint attack
Military · Commander · With Lei Zhengwan (雷正綰) · At Jinjibao 金積堡
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 430, passage 81
Relation Subordinate of · Person Duolonga (多隆阿)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 430, passage 69
Relation Ordered by · Person Yang Yuebin (楊岳斌)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 430, passage 87

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History

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 430Volume 430 Biographies 217: Lei Zhengwan, Tao Maolin, Cao Kezhong, Hu Zhonghe, He Shengbi, Xiao Qinggao, Yang Fudong, Zhou Dawu, Li Huiwu, Tang Yougeng · 9 passages

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二年，攻羌白鎮，克忠單騎往諭賊，賊請降，察其詐，潛師會攻，下之，乘勝奪王閣村，予一品封典。 In the second year, attacking Qiangbai Town, Kezhong rode out alone to address the rebels. They offered to surrender, but discerning their treachery he secretly massed troops for a coordinated assault, took the town, pressed on to seize Wangge Village, and was granted a second-rank fief privilege.

光泰廟為入省要衝，賊踞之以扼糧路，克忠擊走之。 Guangtai Temple was the key gateway into the province. Rebels held it to choke the supply route, and Kezhong drove them away.

輕進，為賊所包鈔，正綰軍先潰，克忠亦退。 Advancing too boldly he was surrounded by rebels. Zhengwan's army broke first, and Kezhong withdrew as well.

時陶茂林、雷正綰軍相繼譁變，回氛益熾，自楊岳斌楚軍外，僅克忠一軍與之相持。 At that time the armies of Tao Maolin and Lei Zhengwan mutinied one after another and the Muslim rebellion burned hotter than ever. Apart from Yang Yuebin's Chu Army, only Kezhong's force still held the line against the rebels.

克忠援鞏昌，賊敗走，又毀董家堡賊巢。 Kezhong relieved Gongchang. The rebels were routed and fled, and he destroyed the rebel nest at Dongjiabao.

五年，援洮州，次李岐山，回目馬芳乞降，誅其酋丁重選等而還。 In the fifth year he marched to relieve Taozhou and encamped at Li Qishan. The Muslim leader Ma Fang begged to surrender; Kezhong executed chiefs including Ding Chongxuan and withdrew.

蘭州標兵變，楊岳斌令克忠移軍鎮懾。 The standard battalions of Lanzhou mutinied. Yang Yuebin ordered Kezhong to move his army there to overawe them.

克忠至，人心稍定，然糧餉俱竭，乞病回籍。 When Kezhong arrived the people's hearts steadied somewhat, but provisions were wholly exhausted. He pleaded illness and returned to his native place.

十一年，所部有結會匪者，甘軍馬世俊騎兵亦變，降捻多叛應，克忠遣兵平之。 In the eleventh year some of his troops joined secret societies, the Gansu cavalry under Ma Shijun also mutinied, and many surrendered Nian bandits rose in response. Kezhong sent troops to suppress them.