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COMMANDER // 1793–1853

Yijing

Minister of JusticeQing dynasty1 battle1 war

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17931853

180018101820183018401850First Opium War · 1839-1842Battle of Ningpo — March 10, 1842 · Qing China · First Opium War

Active service 18421 battle across 1 war; first command at age 49.

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Yijing was a Manchu prince of the Qing Dynasty. He was a cousin of the Daoguang Emperor. In 1826, he served at Kashgar as a junior officer in the campaign against Jahangir Khoja. During the First Opium War, after the British captured Zhenhai and Ningbo, the emperor ordered Yijing to go to Zhejiang on 18 October 1841 and take command of a counter-offensive. In the Battle of Ningpo on 10 March 1842, Yijing's troops attempted to retake the city, but the British successfully repelled the attack.

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