Qing · Military Officer

Zhou Xinglong 周興隆

Attested AD 1862

Passages: 5
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhou Xinglong was a Military Officer.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1862 同治元年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 217

Career and standing

naval battalion commander (youji) 水師游擊
AD 1862 同治元年 · Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 217

Places and affiliations

Polity Qing 清 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 217

Events and relationships

Facilitated surrender
AD 1862 同治元年 · Military · Intermediary · With Luo Guozhong (駱國忠)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 217

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 431Volume 431 Biographies 218: Guo Songlin, Li Changle, Yang Dingxun, Tang Diankui, Tang Dingkui, Teng Siwu, Luo Guozhong · 5 passages

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.

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.

興隆等分兵盡拔許浦、白茅、徐涇諸壘，賊將錢壽仁亦自太倉率所部二千詣鴻章降。 Xinglong's columns took the forts at Xupu, Baimao, and Xujing one by one, and the rebel general Qian Shouren brought two thousand men from Taicang to surrender to Hongzhang.

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.