Kang Huaiying (康懷英)

Overview

Kang Huaiying was a general.

PeriodFive Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 907 to AD 910 Luzhou siege after Liang accession
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 21, passage 78

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 21Volume 21 Book of Later Liang 21: Biographies 11: Pang Shigu, Huo Cun, Fu Daozhao, Xu Huaiyu, Guo Yan, Li Tangbin, Wang Qianyu, Liu Kangyi, Wang Yanzhang, He Delun · 1 passage

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太祖受禪後，委兵柄，與康懷英等攻潞州，以「蚰蜓塹」繚之，飛鳥不度。 After the Founder took the throne he was given command; with Kang Huaiying and others he besieged Luzhou behind the "Millipede Trench," so tight that no bird could cross.