Teng Siwu (滕嗣武) | 24 Histories

Overview

Teng Siwu was a general and Military Officer.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Posthumous name	Wushen	武慎	Wushen

Life and dates

Death

AD 1872 同治十一年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 213

Attested activity

AD 1868 同治七年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 210
AD 1864 同治三年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 208
AD 1863 同治二年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 197
AD 1862 同治元年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 195
AD 1869 同治八年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 212
AD 1872 同治十一年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 213

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AD 1851 to AD 1853 咸豐初
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 191
AD 1861 咸豐十一年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 194
AD 1860 咸豐十年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 192

Career and standing

major general of Yunyang garrison, Hubei 湖北鄖陽鎮總兵
AD 1869 同治八年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 212
brevet provincial military commander 提督銜
AD 1863 同治二年 · Granted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 206
brigade commander (canjiang) 參將
AD 1861 咸豐十一年 · Promoted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 194
company commander (dusi) 都司
AD 1860 咸豐十年 · Promoted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 192
provincial military commander, recorded 提督記名
AD 1863 同治二年 · Recorded
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 207
major general, recorded 總兵記名
AD 1862 同治元年 · Recorded
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 196

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Mighty Brave Baturu 偉勇巴圖魯
AD 1862 同治元年 · Granted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 195
mourning honors 賜卹
AD 1872 同治十一年 · Granted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 213

Places and affiliations

Polity Qing 清 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 191
At Mayang, Hunan 湖南麻陽
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 190
AD 1862 同治元年
Organization Huai Army 淮軍 · Relation Member of
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 195

Events and relationships

Defeated
AD 1863 同治二年 · Military · Commander · With Li Shixian (李世賢) · At Wuxi 無錫
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passages 204-205
Held batteries
AD 1860 咸豐十年 · Military · Commander · At Anqing 安慶
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 193
Held south gate
AD 1864 同治三年四月 · Military · Commander · At Changzhou 常州
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 209
Routed
AD 1863 同治二年 · Military · Commander · With Cheng Xueqi (程學啟) · At Zhengyi 正義鎮
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 197
AD 1862 同治元年
Relation Followed · Person Li Hongzhang (李鴻章)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 195

Assessments and attributes

Assessment distinguished record pacifying Wu and the Nian after transferring from Hunan-Hubei forces to Huai Army · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 243
wounded in the right thigh
Wound
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 208

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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 · 11 passages

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滕嗣武，湖南麻陽人。 Teng Siwu was from Mayang in Hunan.

從攻安慶，嗣武率所部扼要築砲壘，壘未成，賊突出萬餘來爭，嗣武力擊破之。 In the assault on Anqing he seized a key point and began building batteries. Before the works were finished, more than ten thousand rebels rushed out to take them; Siwu beat them back.

同治元年，改隸淮軍，從李鴻章至上海，解松江圍，賜號偉勇巴圖魯。 In 1862 he joined the Huai Army, followed Li Hongzhang to Shanghai, raised the siege of Songjiang, and received the title Mighty Brave Baturu.

地當要衝，以嗣武守之，輔以水師，分軍伏橋口伺賊。 The town stood on a key crossing. Siwu held it with naval support while a detachment lay in ambush at the bridge.

軍分三路進，嗣武率八營當中路，攻麥市橋，以輕兵伏河堤，燃砲毀賊壘，賊潰走，追及之三巴橋，殲獲殆盡。 The force advanced in three columns. Siwu led eight battalions up the center against Maishi Bridge, with light troops hidden on the riverbank. Cannon fire smashed the rebel forts; the enemy broke and fled, and the pursuit to Sanba Bridge killed or captured nearly the entire force.

嗣武身先士卒，怒馬突陣，敗之謝家橋，又敗之蕩口。 Siwu led from the front, charging the enemy line on a spirited horse. He routed them at Xiejia Bridge and again at Dangkou.

賊退據硃王橋堅守，嗣武出奇兵襲擊，擒斬千餘，加提督銜。 The rebels fell back to hold Zhuhuang Bridge. Siwu sent a surprise column, killed or captured more than a thousand, and received brevet provincial military commander.

三年，會攻常州，破援賊於奔牛鎮，攻下宜興、荊溪，嗣武傷右股。 In 1864 he joined the assault on Changzhou, beat the relief force at Benniu, and took Yixing and Jingxi. Siwu was wounded in the right thigh.

四月，會圍常州，嗣武當南門，砲毀城垣，克之。 In the fourth month he joined the siege of Changzhou. Siwu held the south gate until artillery breached the wall and the city fell.

十一年，卒，賜卹，諡武慎。 He died in 1872. The court granted mourning honors and the posthumous title Wushen.

論曰：郭松林、李長樂、楊鼎勳、滕嗣武皆由湘、楚舊部改隸淮軍，平吳、平捻，卓著聲績。 The historians remark: Guo Songlin, Li Changle, Yang Dingxun, and Teng Siwu all came from old Hunan and Hubei units before joining the Huai Army. In pacifying the lower Yangtze and the Nian they won outstanding fame.