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Volume 429 Biographies 216: Jiang Zhongyi, Zhou Kuanshi, Shi Qingji, Yu Jichang, Lin Wencha, Zhao Deguang, Zhang Wende

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Biographies 216
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Jiang Zhongyi, Zhou Kuanshi, Shi Qingji, and Yu Jichang
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Lin Wencha, Zhao Deguang, and Zhang Wende
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Jiang Zhongyi, styled Weigen, came from Xinning in Hunan and was a younger cousin of Jiang Zhongyuan. In 1852, when Zhongyuan led Hunan volunteers to the relief of Changsha, the eighteen-year-old Zhongyi took the field with him and campaigned through Hubei and Jiangxi. After Zhongyuan fell at Luzhou, he took over part of the army. In 1855 he served under Grand Secretary He Chun in the recovery of Luzhou and was promoted to district magistrate. In 1857, when Liu Changyou's relief of Jiangxi stalled at Linjiang, Zhongyi was at home; Governor Luo Bingzhang summoned him with a thousand fresh recruits, and he routed Shi Dakai at Pingxu. When Linjiang fell, he was made prefect and given the peacock feather. In 1858 he captured Chongren, pressed the attack on Xincheng, won five battles in a row, and received the rank of circuit intendant. When Jiangxi was cleared, he marched home in triumph.
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In 1859, when Shi Dakai struck Yongzhou, Zhongyi hurried to its defense, beat him in a series of engagements, and was promoted to circuit intendant. He routed the rebels again at Mohe Ridge in Xinning and sealed off Wugang. When rebels besieged Baoqing, he marched to its relief; allied forces fought them off in a series of battles, and he was given the Mongol title Erde Muturu. In 1860 he was posted to Suijing, but returned home when his mother fell ill. The rebels then overran Suining and Chengbu and laid siege to Wugang. At the alarm Zhongyi left a detachment in Xinning and led the rest to Wugang, where he broke the enemy. The Xinning rebels fled into Dong'an; he seized the place in a single battle and was given the rank of provincial judicial commissioner. He defeated them again at Siguang Bridge in Ningyuan. In the spring of 1861 he won successive victories at Baimang Camp in Quanzhou and Liyuan Fort in Yizhang, withdrew to Xinning, and sent Brigadier Jiang Zhongchao to hold Quanzhou, where the rebel officer Yu Chengyi killed his leader and submitted. He received the second-rank cap and was specially appointed acting governor of Guizhou. When Shi Dakai again swept from Guangdong into Hunan at the head of a force said to number a hundred thousand, Zhongyi met him at Huitong with three thousand men and shattered his army. He drove off rebel allies from Laifeng in Hubei who had been raiding the countryside, then captured Laifeng itself. Dakai withdrew into Sichuan. In the twelfth month he went into mourning for his mother and asked to complete the full period of filial leave; the court allowed him to keep his acting post vacant while he continued to fight rebels in Hunan.
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調西 調西西 西調 西西
In 1862 he marched into Guizhou, captured Tianzhu, and was appointed provincial military commander of Guizhou. Transferred to Guangxi, he took Xiuren and killed the rebel chieftain Zhang Gaoyou. When rebels flared in southern Anhui, Zeng Guofan asked for him; Liu Changyou, governor of Guangxi, pleaded to keep him, and he was ordered to serve as acting provincial military commander of Guangxi. In 1863 both Jiangxi and Guangdong sought his help, and each request was approved in turn; Zhongyi argued that Guangdong had ample supplies and other commanders enough to deal with the rebels there; whereas Jiangxi was short of pay and men while facing rebels said to number in the hundreds of thousands—if it gave way, the whole southeast would unravel—and he therefore asked leave to throw his full weight into Jiangxi. He sent Circuit Intendant Xi Baotian ahead with the vanguard to join the action at Taojia Ford, then led the main body against Hukou, harrying the rebel camps with repeated flanking strikes, severing Wen Bridge and storming Taiping Pass until the rebel chief Huang Wenjin was badly wounded and fled; for this he received the yellow riding jacket. Moving to relieve Qingyang, he attacked in three columns, stormed the rebel forts, and raised the siege; rebels in Taiping, Shidi, Ningguo, and neighboring towns surrendered in succession, and the court commended him with preferential honors. He fell ill on the march; bound for medical care at Nanchang, he died at Wucheng before he arrived, aged only thirty. The throne mourned his loss, granted condolence on the scale reserved for governors-general, posthumously gave him ministerial rank and the posthumous name Chenke, and ordered a shrine built where he had won his fame. In 1885 he was further posthumously made Junior Guardian of the Heir Apparent.
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His younger cousin Zhongpo held the rank of provincial military commander on the register. In 1869, campaigning against the Miao in Guizhou, he captured Zhenyuan and Fuwei but was killed by artillery; he was posthumously named Wumin.
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Zhou Kuanshi, styled Houzhai, came from Xiangxiang in Hunan. Early in the Xianfeng reign he joined the Hunan Army and served under Li Xubin. He distinguished himself at Chenglingji, Huayuan, and Banbishan and was promoted to company commander. On the Jiangxi campaign he fought at Wushi Mountain during the assault on Guangxin; Kuanshi led the left wing in the charge, was first into the field, recovered the city, and was made garrison commander. He routed the rebels at Yining and was promoted to battalion commander. On the march to relieve Wuhan he fought at Tongcheng, where Kuanshi charged down three mounted rebels and took seven prisoners, earning appointment as acting regimental commander. During the assault on Wuchang, in 1856 Li Xubin went out one night to scout Shuangfeng Mountain and was drawn into a sudden fight; Kuanshi slipped around the mountain's base and hit the rebels in the flank, sending them fleeing; at Eagle Beak he was wounded by gunfire and went home on leave. His accumulated merit won him promotion to brigadier and the peacock feather.
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When Luo Zinan died in the field, Xubin succeeded to command and recalled Kuanshi to camp. He beat the rebels in turn at Shuangfeng Mountain, Lujia Harbor, and Little Tortoise Hill, captured Wuchang, recovered Daye and Xingguo, and was made deputy commander. In 1857, during the siege of Jiujiang, he routed rebel reinforcements at Tongsi Pai, destroyed their forts, and received the title Yiyong Baturu. He stormed the rebel camp at Xiaochikou, helped take Hukou, and recovered Pengze. When rebels from Linjiang struck Xingguo, Kuanshi with sixteen hundred men beat them back. In 1858 he returned to Hubei and fought at Doupo Mountain southwest of Macheng. The rebels laid an ambush and sent cavalry to draw him on; Kuanshi held his men until they were close, then charged, broke the ambush, took Huang'an, and Macheng fell as well. When the main army captured Jiujiang, his merit earned him a place on the register as provincial military commander.
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He followed Li Xubin into Anhui, fighting at Fengxiangpu and Xiaochi Post, capturing Taihu and Qianshan, and raiding Shucheng, with Kuanshi leading the van throughout. In the tenth month, during the assault on Sanhe, Xubin was killed; Kuanshi rallied the survivors, held out two days until their ammunition was gone, then broke out by night at the head of his personal guard and was badly wounded. That winter he was appointed commander of the Yongzhou garrison in Hunan. In 1859, when Shi Dakai invaded Hunan, Governor Luo Bingzhang ordered Kuanshi to raise two thousand fresh troops for the relief of Qiyang. He routed them at Changqing Bridge and again at Changye Ridge. Marching to relieve Baoqing, he encamped east of the city and won successive victories at Changchongkou and Wulipai. When Li Xuyi's relief column arrived, the allied forces struck from inside and outside the lines, and the rebels broke the siege and withdrew. He returned to Yongzhou, suppressed the local bandits, and pacified the region. In 1861 he was made provincial military commander of Hunan.
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In 1862 he went to Anhui to join the campaign and garrisoned Tongcheng. In 1863, when the Nian leader Ma Ronghe struck Tongcheng, he beat them back and moved his garrison to Lu'an. As northern Anhui quieted, he was transferred to guard Anqing. In 1864 he marched to Jiangxi's aid and captured Dongxiang. In 1865 he crushed mutineers from the Ting Army, pursued the rebels into Guangdong, and with the allied forces destroyed them at Jiaying. In 1866 he resumed his post as provincial military commander of Hunan. When his old wounds reopened, he asked to retire. He died in 1887.
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Shi Qingji, styled Xiangrui, came from Shahe in Zhili. A military jinshi of 1841, he served as a third-rank imperial bodyguard. Early in Xianfeng he was posted as garrison commander at Yunyang in Hubei, campaigned at Huangpi, Chongyang, and Yingcheng, and rose step by step to brigadier. He won credit in the capture of Anlu and Jingshan, earned a reputation for valor, and commanded a force known as the Flying Tiger Army. He was soon attached to General Duxing'a's command and campaigned repeatedly under Duolong'a. In 1857 he relieved Qizhou, captured Taihu, and joined the attack on Anqing. In 1858, falling back from Anqing to Susong, he fought a major battle and routed the rebels. In 1859 he attacked Taihu. In 1860 he fought a major battle at Xiaochi, captured Taihu, and ranked first in merit throughout. In 1861, after Anqing fell, he joined the allied forces in the capture of Tongcheng.
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In 1862, during the siege of Luzhou, Qingji encamped northwest of the city, stormed the rebel forts, and killed or captured several thousand. He pushed forward, tore down the palisades, and raised scaling ladders while the defenders fought to the last; then Chen Yucheng's army was routed and fled, and Qingji entered through the west gate and took Luzhou. For repeated victories Qingji received the title Ganyong Baturu, was made provincial military commander, and given provincial commander rank. When Duolong'a marched to Shaanxi, Qingji was left with five thousand men to hold Luzhou. In 1863, when Miao Peilin rebelled again and bandits swarmed through Lu, Shou, and Kai, Qingji stamped them out. When Guangdong and Nian rebels together raided the Henan-Hubei border, Qingji marched to Hubei's aid, encamped at Xiaogan and Huanggang, and rescued nearly ten thousand civilians.
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In the ninth month of 1864 the bandit leaders Chen Decai and Ma Ronghe jointly attacked Qishui and besieged Vice Commander Fusenbao at Guankou. Qingji hurried to the rescue; a thick fog descended, and tens of thousands of rebel horse and foot closed in around him. At Yaoshan the rebels crossed the river behind him, wrapped him in ring after ring of encirclement, and cut his four camps in half. From morning until noon he fought hand to hand, took nine wounds, and fell on the field. Deputy commanders Jiang Xingnan and Gu Mingfa and regimental commanders Zeng Zhanbiao and Duan Huiyuan fell with him. The throne granted him the honors due a provincial commander killed in battle, enshrined him in the Capital Shrine of Loyalty, gave his family a hereditary Commandant of Cavalry, posthumously named him Weiyi, and ordered a shrine built in his memory.
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Yu Jichang came from Gucheng in Hubei. He enlisted early in Xianfeng, rose through bandit suppression to garrison commander, served as acting regimental commander of the governor's right battalion, and won the patronage of Governor Hu Linyi. In 1857 he fought at Huangmei and Guangji. In 1858, when Chen Yucheng broke out of Taihu toward Qizhou, Jichang was ordered to hold the Anhui-Hubei border; he routed the rebels at Nanyang River, destroyed more than thirty forts, and took a rebel officer prisoner. He pursued them to Yingshan, recovered the city, and was promoted to regimental commander. He defeated them again at Mituo Temple and was advanced to brigadier. After Li Xubin's army was destroyed at Sanhe and Qianshan and Taihu fell again, Jichang held Yingshan and blocked the corridor between Qianshan and Taihu. In 1859 he advanced and captured Tiantang. The rebels came up in force to retake the ground; Jichang routed them at Wangpo'ao, pursued them to Jiguan Ridge, and withdrew. He defeated them again at Chashui Fan, killing more than a thousand. While the main Qing force pressed the siege of Taihu, Chen Yucheng rallied more than a hundred thousand men and held them at bay at Xiaochi Post. In the first month of 1860, Jichang and Jin Guochen stole over Mount Gaohheng by a hidden route, struck the rebels with converging forces, and won a crushing victory; Taihu was recovered, Qianshan fell in the same advance, and Jichang was made deputy commander and acting deputy commander of the Hubei governor's central battalion. Chen Yucheng turned back from Lu'an to relieve Anqing, and Huoshan was lost again. Jichang and provincial commander Cheng Daji routed him, retook Huoshan, and Jichang received provincial commander rank. In 1861, Chen Yucheng entered Huoshan and, crossing at Heishi Ford, drove at Le'er Ridge. Jichang's force was broken, the rebels fled up into Huangzhou, and he was stripped of rank but kept on with the camp. He soon took part in the recovery of Huangzhou, then led five newly raised Changsheng battalions to aid Henan.
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In 1862 he encamped at Chenliu. When Nian bandits massed at Qixian, Jichang rode out, smashed them, and took the Jiao and Zhao stockades; his former rank was restored and he received the title Weiyong Baturu. In the tenth month he fought the Nian at Runing, stormed Pingyu Stockade, took the rebel chief Chen Wen alive, and was entered on the rolls as provincial commander. Sengge Rinchen commended his courage, made him a wing commander, and sent him against the Guo River bandits, where he cut down the ringleader Yang Xingtai and others. In the spring of 1863 he pursued and defeated Chen Daxi at Wulaozhuang in Fuyang. When the Nian chief Zhang Zongyu slipped into Houji, Jichang and Zhang Yao raided the camp by night, seized his lieutenants Dujiaohu and Zhou Ma, and Jichang was made provincial commander of the Hebei garrison. That summer he chased rebels across the Hubei-Henan border, routed them at Macheng, and followed them to Fangjia Stockade, where he walked into an ambush, fought on through more than thirty wounds, and fell. He was posthumously promoted to provincial commander, his family received a hereditary Commandant of Cavalry, and he was given the posthumous name Weiyi.
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Lin Wencha, styled Ziming, came from Taiwan in Fujian. In 1858 he helped suppress Tamsui bandits in Taiwan, donated supplies to the army, and was kept in Fujian for appointment as regimental commander. In 1860 the Jiulong Mountain bandit Guo Wancong raided between Jianning and Shaowu, and the Tingzhou and Longyan bandit Hu Xiong troubled Ningyang and Yong'an. Wencha marched with the punitive force and took more than a hundred of their followers prisoner. Guo Wancong fled to Shangshanfang in Shaowu; Wencha closed in with united forces and accepted the mass surrender, then broke Hu Xiong at Dongban Tuzhai and took him alive; Wencha was made brigadier and given the title Guyong Baturu. In 1861 he went to aid Zhejiang, captured Jiangshan, was promoted to deputy commander, and received the advanced title Uneesiqi Baturu. When Tingzhou and Liancheng fell in turn, Wencha hurried back, routed the rebels at Jinji Ridge, ambushed them along the river line, retook Liancheng, and pressed on to capture Tingzhou; he was entered on the rolls as provincial commander. That winter, after Hangzhou fell, he was sent again to Zhejiang with two thousand Taiwan braves and stationed at Quzhou. In 1862 he smashed the rebel camps at Chuzhou, but Suichang then fell, and Wencha marched in to press the enemy. Li Shixian marched from Jiangshan to relieve them, but Wencha had laid ambushes around Dazhe, Damiao, and Mount Shilian and drove the rebels back when they arrived. That night the rebels tried to storm the camp and were beaten again by the ambush force; Wencha retook Suichang and went on to capture Songyang. When provincial commander Qin Ruhu attacked Chuzhou the rebels abandoned the city; Jinyun fell as well, and Wencha was appointed provincial commander of the Funing garrison. He was soon promoted to provincial commander of Fujian.
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In 1863, when Taiwan was in turmoil, Governor-General Zuo Zongtang ordered him to cross the strait, rally his old troops, and take command of the field armies. Wencha split his force, attacked Changhua and Douliu, and took both. He induced many villages to submit, while the rebel chiefs Dai Wansheng and Lin Gansheng fled. In 1864 he stormed the rebel village at Qiaoxikou, killed its chief Lin Chuan, destroyed the nests at Zhangcuo Village and Sikuaicuo, and Dai Wansheng and Lin Gansheng were both put to death.
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When Guangdong rebels Li Shixian and Wang Haiyang together seized Zhangzhou, Wencha hurried back across the strait with only two hundred men, met the enemy at Wansong Pass, and fell in battle; he was posthumously made Junior Guardian of the Heir Apparent, his family received a hereditary Commandant of Cavalry, and he was given the posthumous name Gangmin. Shrines were erected in his native district and at Zhangzhou.
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His son Chaodong, during the Guangxu reign when French forces invaded Taiwan and took Keelung, led family troops into the fight with distinction, gave a large donation, received the rank of Fourth Rank Capital Official, and won a wide reputation.
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Zhao Deguang, whose original surname was Zhang, came from Langdai in Guizhou. He campaigned through Yunnan under deputy commander Zhao Dechang, was raised by Dechang's younger brother, and therefore bore the Zhao surname in name only. He was selected for company command and later promoted to battalion commander. In 1860 he took command of his own force, fought at Dushan, repeatedly routed the rebels, and was made regimental commander. In 1861, when rebels probed the provincial capital, Deguang beat them back. He defeated them again at Yangchangping Stockade, laid an ambush at the foot of Mount Zhurong, and cut down rebels beyond counting; he was made brigadier and given the title Haoyong Baturu. Teaching-cult rebels held Yuhua and Shangdaping, using Wangka as their cover. Deguang led his troops in storming the rebel camps at Yangyisi, Guojiazhuang, and Malongkou, severed their relief lines, then broke the passes at Yaoluoxi and Xinzhaiyan and closed on Wangka. Deguang was the first over the wall; the rebels collapsed, and he freed several thousand captive men and women before being promoted to deputy commander.
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In 1863 the Baman bandit chief Pan Mingjie moved from Longli to probe the provincial capital. Deguang met them at Sanjiang Bridge and put them to flight. He pressed the attack on the rebel stronghold at Jiaxiu Pavilion, recovered old Longli district, was appointed deputy commander of the Duyun garrison, and was entered on the rolls as provincial commander. In 1864, when Shangdaping rebels assaulted the provincial capital, Deguang and Administration Commissioner Gong Zihong held the city until the enemy withdrew; he received provincial commander rank and served as acting commander of the Guzhou garrison. He soon relieved Qingzhen, captured Longli, Guangshun, Dingfan, and Changzhai, and was entered on the rolls as provincial commander. In 1865 the bandit chief He Erjiu held Kaizhou and Shangdaping and kept the neighboring prefectures in turmoil year after year. Deguang picked elite troops and crossed the Qingshui River to hunt them down. The rebels rallied Miao and teaching-cult bandits along the river to block him, then slipped across and struck Kaizhou. Deguang held out for more than ten days, killed eight or nine hundred rebels, then pursued them and captured the river strongholds at Shizidian, Zhenjiangdian, and Sanlongying. He pushed on to storm the riverside rebel nest, killing more than two thousand; He Er abandoned Shangdaping and fled; Deguang was specially rewarded and appointed acting commander of the Anyi garrison.
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In 1866 he served as acting provincial commander of Guizhou. He took Yongning and relieved the siege of Anshun. In 1867 he went to relieve Dingfan, used a thunderstorm to smash the rebels, killed the chiefs Xu Baishi and others, cleared the camps at Huashan, uprooted the nest at Diji, and received the advanced title Boqi Baturu. Soon afterward, while suppressing rebels at Anping Ludi Shao, he pushed deep into an ambush, was shot, and fell in battle. The throne granted him the honors due a provincial commander killed in battle, posthumously made him Grand Guardian of the Heir Apparent, gave his family a hereditary Commandant of Cavalry with an additional Commandant of the Cloud Cavalry, named him Gangjie, and ordered a shrine built in his memory. A posthumous son, Bingjun, was born; he inherited the hereditary office and restored the Zhang surname.
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Zhang Wende came from Fenghuang Subprefecture in Hunan. Raised from childhood by the Wen family, he took the surname Wen and the name Longde. He entered military service and was assigned to the Zheng'gan garrison. Early in Xianfeng he campaigned at Jiangning and Luzhou and was recorded as platoon leader. In 1856, when Grand Secretary He Chun's assault on the rebel fort at Sanhe stalled, Wende volunteered to go in alone with a surrender proclamation; defectors came over one after another, and Sanhe fell. In 1857 he took part in the recovery of Zhenjiang and was promoted to battalion commander. In 1858 he went to aid Fujian, took Pucheng, Songxi, Zhenghe, and Chong'an, and received the peacock feather. In 1859 his service in aiding Zhejiang was recognized and he was promoted to regimental commander. In 1860 he served under Zhang Guoliang in relieving Zhenjiang; when rebel reinforcements returned, Wende held the water palisade for seven days and nights until they withdrew, and he was made deputy commander. Thereafter he defended Zhenjiang under General Badong'a and provincial commander Feng Zicai. In 1861 he was appointed deputy commander of the Luoding garrison in Guangdong.
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In 1862 the rebels attacked Zhenjiang again and again, and each time he beat them back. Feng Zicai memorialized: "Wende has repeatedly broken the rebel assault, lifted one siege after another, and is plainly a man of exceptional ability." He was appointed provincial commander of the Zhenyuan garrison in Guizhou and given the title Yiyong Baturu. Raised as Wen Longde, he petitioned to restore the Zhang surname and take the name Wende because his biological father at seventy had no son while his adoptive Wen family already had two. In 1863 he routed the rebels at Mumakou and Xue Village, stormed the fort at Bolin Village, and received provincial commander rank. When rebels struck from the east, Wende met them at Haixi and Jianbi; a cannon ball tore open his belly, yet he wrapped the wound and kept fighting until reinforcements came and the enemy withdrew; He then defeated them at Boluo Village, attacked Danyang, destroyed their forts, and took several rebel officers prisoner. In 1864 he took Baichu Town and Baoyan, and rebel bands surrendered in large numbers. When Bao Chao besieged Danyang with the rebel chief Jiang Jian as an inside contact, the city fell; rebel chief Chen Shiyong was killed, Lai Guifang was captured, and Wende was entered on the rolls as provincial commander. After Jiangnan was pacified, he received first-rank enfeoffment honors and was ordered to take up his post at the Zhenyuan garrison.
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In 1865 Governor-General Luo Chongguang ordered him to raise Hunan braves for operations toward Libo and Dushan. He left office to observe mourning for his father. In 1867 he served as acting provincial commander of Guizhou. In 1868 he took Kaizhou, stormed the stockade on Mount Dingzhao, recovered Longli and Guiding, killed the rebel chief Pan Mingjie, accepted the surrender of most of the rest, and received special honors from the court. He pressed the attack on Pingyue, captured Jin Dawu, took Maha and Duyun in succession, received the yellow riding jacket, and was given the advanced title Dasang'a Baturu. He took leave to bury his parent at home, and once Wende was gone the rebels flared up again. In 1869 he returned to Guizhou, but shortages broke his army and Duyun was lost again. The throne pardoned him, waived disciplinary action, and restored him as acting commander of the Guzhou garrison. In 1871 he was made provincial commander of the Weining garrison and led the campaign against the Guzhou Miao. He split his forces along routes through Jiujia, Mount Wutai, Mount Biandan, Guzhou, and Danjiang; after more than a year the Miao chiefs were hunted down and executed. In 1874, when all Guizhou was pacified, he received a hereditary Commandant of the Cloud Cavalry. In 1875 he received the first-rank hat button, was promoted to provincial commander of Guizhou, and pacified the Dong bandits of Liping. In 1881 he died; the court granted condolence honors and ordered a shrine built for him at Guiyang.
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The historian remarks: Jiang Zhongyuan's brothers all took up arms under him, and Zhongyi stood out for loyalty and courage; he was on the verge of high appointment when he died young, to the regret of his contemporaries. Zhou Kuanshi was a man Li Xubin trusted and he followed him in every campaign, but when he commanded on his own he never won any striking success. Shi Qingji, Yu Jichang, Chen Dafu, Lin Wencha, Zhao Deguang, and others all spent long years in the field and died in the service of the state. Zhang Wende aided Feng Zicai in the defense of Zhenjiang with the greatest distinction, helped pacify Guizhou, and had a large share in that accomplishment.
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