Western campaign Chen Kunshu (Chinese: 陳坤書; died May 1864), prominent military leader of the Taiping Rebellion, and known during his military tenure as the King of Hu (護王; Hu Wang).
[1] He led Taiping forces to many military victories especially the Second rout the Army Group Jiangnan.
[2] Chen was an important General and was the sole person responsible for the late Taiping Rebellion.
[citation needed] Li Hongzhang used Chen to balance Li Xiucheng's power, which was originally justified, but grew too large.
Eastern campaign It made Zeng Guofan offer a reward of 50,000 silver tael to arrest alive Chen and death 25,000 tael (then a soldier salary was 2 silver tael one month).