The Suzhou massacre was an incident involving the

Huai Army The Huai Army (), named for the Huai River, was a military force allied with the Qing dynasty raised to contain the Taiping Rebellion in 1862. It was also called the Anhui Army because it was based in Anhui province. It helped to restore the stabil ...

() led by Li Hongzhang in

Suzhou Suzhou (; ; Suzhounese: ''sou¹ tseu¹'' , Mandarin: ), alternately romanized as Soochow, is a major city in southern Jiangsu province, East China. Suzhou is the largest city in Jiangsu, and a major economic center and focal point of trade ...

. The

Taiping Army The Taiping Rebellion, also known as the Taiping Civil War or the Taiping Revolution, was a massive rebellion and civil war that was waged in China between the Manchu-led Qing dynasty and the Han, Hakka-led Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. It laste ...

200,000 surrendered to Li Hongzhang in December 1863, but Li ordered the deaths of 10,000

POWs A prisoner of war (POW) is a person who is held captive by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict. The earliest recorded usage of the phrase "prisoner of war" dates back to 1610. Belligerents hold prisoners of war ...

on the Temple of Two Towers ( Luohan Twin Towers) in

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* Draft History of Qing {{coord missing, Jiangsu Massacres in 1863 Military history of the Qing dynasty 19th-century military history of China Massacres in China History of Jiangsu 1863 in China 1863 in military history December 1863 events Prisoner of war massacres Taiping Rebellion 1863 disasters in China

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