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Qi Kerang (齊克讓) was a general of the Chinese dynasty Tang Dynasty, who was part of Tang's resistance against the major agrarian rebel Huang Chao, as the military governor (''Jiedushi'') of Taining Circuit (泰寧, headquartered in modern Jining, Shandong). After his failures against Huang, he returned to Taining, but in 886 was displaced in a surprise attack by Zhu Jin. == Resistance against Huang Chao == Little is known about Qi Kerang's background, as he did not have a biography in either of the official histories of Tang Dynasty, the ''Old Book of Tang''〔''Old Book of Tang'', Table of Contents.〕 and the ''New Book of Tang''.〔''New Book of Tang'', Table of Contents.〕 As of 880, he was serving as the military governor of Taining Circuit, when then-reigning Emperor Xizong ordered the troops of several eastern circuits to be stationed at Yin River (溵水, a major branch of the Shaying River), and Qi Kerang's Taining troops to be stationed at Ru Prefecture (汝州, in modern Pingdingshan, Henan), to block off the northwestward advance by the major agrarian rebel Huang Chao.〔''Zizhi Tongjian'', vol. 253.〕 In fall 880, Huang arrived in the region and, due to sheer numerical advantages (150,000 to 6,000), defeated Qi Kerang's colleague Cao Quanzhen (曹全晸) the military governor of Tianping Circuit (天平, headquartered in modern Tai'an, Shandong). Further, around the same time, Xue Neng (薛能) the military governor of Zhongwu Circuit (忠武, headquartered in modern Xuchang, Henan) was killed in a mutiny led by Zhou Ji. Qi, worried that Zhou would ambush him, abandoned his defensive position and returned to Taining's capital Yan Prefecture (兗州); following his lead, the other circuits' forces also abandoned their defensive position at Yin River, allowing Huang an open path toward the eastern capital Luoyang and the imperial capital Chang'an.〔 Qi soon regrouped and returned to the vicinity of Luoyang, but faced with Huang's growing strength, decided to withdraw to Tong Pass to defend it against Huang's further advance toward Chang'an. At that time, he still had more than 10,000 soldiers, but his troops had no food supplies. When Emperor Xizong commissioned the imperial guard general Zhang Chengfan (張承範) to reinforce Qi with a few thousand troops, Zhang objected on the basis that neither his troops nor Qi's troops had food supplies; Emperor Xizong sent Zhang on his way anyway, claiming that the food supplies would follow, but none did.〔''Zizhi Tongjian'', vol. 254.〕 On January 4, 881,〔(Academia Sinica Chinese-Western Calendar Converter ).〕 Zhang's relief troops arrived at Tong Pass, as did Huang's forward troops. Qi's troops and Huang's troops battled for most of the morning, and initially were able to fight off Huang's troops. However, around noontime, Qi's troops, in hunger, collapsed, and the soldiers trampled through ''Jinkeng'' (禁坑), a valley full of thorns that served as part of the defensive perimeter for Tong Pass, destroying the thorns and therefore leaving Tong Pass open to attack. Qi fled, while Zhang continued to try to defend Tong Pass, but it fell, allowing Huang to continue on and capture Chang'an, forcing Emperor Xizong to flee to Chengdu.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Qi Kerang」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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