Luo Guozhong (駱國忠)

Overview

Luo Guozhong was a general and Military Officer.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Posthumous name	Yongsu	勇肅	Yongsu

Life and dates

Death

AD 1873 同治十二年
At Qianzhou camp 乾州軍中
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 242

Attested activity

AD 1864 同治三年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 237
AD 1870 同治九年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 241
AD 1863 同治二年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 230
AD 1866 同治五年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 239
AD 1862 同治元年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 217
AD 1862 同治元年十二月
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 225

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AD 1867 同治六年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 240
AD 1873 同治十二年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 242

Family

Sibling of Luo Guoxiao (駱國孝)
younger brother 弟 · Full siblings
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 220

Career and standing

deputy commander with brevet major general 副將，加總兵銜
AD 1863 同治二年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 234
acting deputy commander of Jingkou fleet 京口水師副將
Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 236
major general, recorded 總兵記名
AD 1864 同治三年 · Recorded
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 237
provincial military commander, recorded 提督記名
AD 1867 同治六年 · Recorded
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 240
Stalwart Brave Baturu 勁勇巴圖魯
AD 1863 同治二年 · Granted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 235
yellow riding jacket 黃馬褂
AD 1867 同治六年 · Granted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 240

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Returned home
AD 1864 同治三年 · On leave · Reason wounds from overwork
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 238

Places and affiliations

Polity Qing 清 · Relation Served · after defection
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 217
Polity Taiping Heavenly Kingdom 太平天國 · Relation Served · before defection
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 215
At Fengyang, Anhui 安徽鳳陽
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 214
AD 1863 同治二年
Organization Zhong Character Eight Battalions 忠字八營 · Relation Commander of
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 234

Events and relationships

Captured
AD 1863 同治二年 · Military · Commander · With Zhuyidian (硃衣點) · At Changshu 常熟
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 232
Defended
AD 1862 同治元年十二月 · Military · Commander · At Changshu 常熟
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passages 225, 229
Killed
AD 1862 同治元年 · Military · Commander · With Hou Delong (侯得龍)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 220
Surrendered
AD 1862 同治元年 · Military · Defector · At Changshu 常熟
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 217
Took Fushan
AD 1862 同治元年 · Military · Commander · With Zhou Xinglong (周興隆)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 220
AD 1866 同治五年
Relation Followed · Person Liu Mingchuan (劉銘傳)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 239

Assessments and attributes

Assessment shrewd, brave, steadfast; read the moment; name known throughout Jiangnan · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 246

References in the histories

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History

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 431Volume 431 Biographies 218: Guo Songlin, Li Changle, Yang Dingxun, Tang Diankui, Tang Dingkui, Teng Siwu, Luo Guozhong · 16 passages

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駱國忠，安徽鳳陽人。 Luo Guozhong was from Fengyang in Anhui.

常熟久為賊踞，福山與狼山夾江對峙，賊設屯以扼後路，國忠任城守。 Changshu had long been in rebel hands. Fushan and Langshan faced each other across the river, and the rebels posted garrisons to block the rear. Guozhong was put in charge of the city's defense.

同治元年，李鴻章蒞江蘇，兵威日振，國忠因水師游擊周興隆舉城薙發降。 In 1862 Li Hongzhang took command in Jiangsu and government power grew daily. Through Naval Battalion Commander Zhou Xinglong, Guozhong shaved his head in submission and surrendered the city.

鴻章令興隆、國忠選驍健萬人，分守水陸要衝，以防蘇州竄賊。 Hongzhang ordered Xinglong and Guozhong to pick ten thousand picked men and post them at the key land and river crossings to block rebel breakouts from Suzhou.

福山守賊胡經元、江勝海原約俱降，國忠遣人召之，比至福山，不得入。 The Fushan garrison commanders Hu Jingyuan and Jiang Shenghai had agreed to surrender with him, but when Guozhong's messengers reached Fushan they could not get in.

國忠夜率兵往，令其弟國孝攻其南，自與興隆攻其北，斷賊登舟之路，槍殪賊將侯得龍，賊舟師遁走。 Guozhong marched by night, sent his brother Guoxiao against the south wall, and with Xinglong struck the north, cutting off escape to the boats. He shot the rebel general Hou Delong, and the rebel fleet fled.

經元、勝海殺賊渠數人，率所部出，與國忠合。 Jingyuan and Shenghai killed several rebel leaders, brought their men out, and joined Guozhong.

國忠乞濟師，常勝軍五百人自海道往援，而賊由江陰再陷福山，聲援隔絕。 Guozhong pleaded for reinforcements. Five hundred Ever-Victorious Army men came by sea, but rebels from Jiangyin retook Fushan and cut him off from help.

常熟被圍愈亟，國忠斂兵入城，興隆屯城西虞山相犄角，為死守計。 As the siege of Changshu tightened, Guozhong pulled his men inside the walls while Xinglong camped on Yushan to the west so the two posts could support each other in a fight to the last.

二年，賊以砲壞城東垣，國忠力拒不得入，樹雲梯緣城，亦擊卻之。 In 1863 rebel artillery smashed the eastern wall, but Guozhong held them out. When they raised scaling ladders he drove them back again.

會鼎新、銘傳諸軍急攻福山，賊分兵赴援，留者僅數千，國忠乃開城出戰，毀賊壘，擒其渠硃衣點。 While Dingxin and Mingchuan hammered Fushan, the rebels split off a relief column and left only a few thousand men before Changshu. Guozhong sallied out, smashed their forts, and captured the rebel chief Zhuyidian.