| Battle of Fujian | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Qing Dynasty | Taiping Heavenly Kingdom | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| Zuo Zongtang | Li Shixian | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 130,000 Xiang Army | 280,000 Taipings | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| unknown | unknown | ||||||||
The Battle of Fujian (August 1864 – June 1865) was fought between forces of the Qing Dynasty and rebels from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. By October 1864 around 12,000 pro-Taiping forces commanded by the Shi King Li Shixian had captured Jianning, Shaowu, Tingzhou and Zhangzhou.[1] They held the city for several months until surrendering in the next summer. The Qing recovered territories in Fujian previously lost to the rebels.