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205:. In 1633, Kong and Geng fled Shandong via the sea. After fighting several naval battles against Ming and Korean forces along the way, they landed in Liaodong with about 14,000 followers. They then switched allegiance to the Manchu Later Jin dynasty, and presented their Dengzhou artillery to the khan, 147:
trapped and executed Mao Wenlong in 1629. Although Yuan had hoped to recruit Mao's followers into the regular Ming army, some including Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming refused to join him. Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming had close relationship, some historical sources indicate that they were sworn
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instead. In February 1632, Kong Youde attacked Sun's garrison at Dengzhou, where Geng Zhongming was stationed. Geng turned on Sun Yuanhua, and Dengzhou fell to Kong Youde's assault. Among the casualties of the battle were several of the Portuguese artillery specialists from Macau who had been
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training the Ming troops. Kong and Geng took the Western cannons. Sun was allowed to leave unharmed, but was subsequently executed for desertion after arriving at the Ming capital of
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Kong Youde was illiterate, but was known for his ferocity and martial skills in battle. He was a loyal follower of the semi-independent warlord Mao Wenlong, who operated in
126:. Together, the three were known as the "Three Miners from Shandong" and participated in many campaigns under the Qing dynasty, hastening the demise of the Ming. 277: 209:. Their former associate under Mao Wenlong, Shang Kexi, soon joined them in 1634. Hong Taiji renamed the Later Jin dynasty to the Qing dynasty in 1636. 565: 264:. But it is unclear what he introduced as Zhanyi Gate exactly was, and in fact Kong's body was buried outside Fucheng Gate(阜成門) in Beijing. 533: 276:. This claimed descent, repeated in his Qing era biographies, was likely a fabrication. It was rejected by the officially recognized 143:
under nominal Ming supervision. In an effort to unify Ming forces on the northern frontier under a single command structure, general
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In 1652, Kong Youde was battling Southern Ming armies in Guangxi when he was outflanked by the Ming loyalist general
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to work for Sun Yuanhua. While serving in Dengzhou, Kong and Geng were among the officers who learned to use the new
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Statecraft and Intellectual Renewal in Late Ming China: The Cross-Cultural Synthesis of Xu Guangqi (1562–1633)
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forces throughout the 1640s as the Qing dynasty consolidated its control over China proper, notably in
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laid siege to the northern fortress of Dalinghe. Sun ordered Kong Youde to reinforce Ming general
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The Great Enterprise: The Manchu Reconstruction of Imperial Order in Seventeenth-century China
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married General Sun Yanling and supported his participation of the
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After capturing Dengzhou, Kong Youde besieged the Ming garrison at
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in Shandong, and he was barred by the family from entering the
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in 1634. Kong, Geng, and Shang Kexi all participated in the
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Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient
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until Mao's death in 1629. Subsequently, he worked for
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Chinese name
family name
Kong
Chinese



pinyin
Manchu
Transliteration of Manchu
Ming dynasty
Mao Wenlong
Sun Yuanhua
Shandong
Geng Zhongming
Zu Dashou
Battle of Dalinghe
mutinied
Dengzhou
Qing dynasty
Shang Kexi
Liaodong
Yuan Chonghuan
Dengzhou
European cannons
Macau
Later Jin dynasty
Zu Dashou
loot the surrounding countryside
Beijing

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