Li Rongfa

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{{Infobox military person

|name=Li Rongfa

|birth_date={{birth date|1845|1|9|df=y}}

|death_date={{death date and age|1891|1|1|1845|1|9|df=y}}

|birth_place=Tengxian, Guangxi, Qing Empire

|death_place=Jiangning District, Nanjing, Qing Empire

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|caption=Li Rongfa |

|allegiance= Qing Empire (to 1849)
Taiping Heavenly Kingdom (to 1864)|

|serviceyears=1859–1864 |

|rank=Lieutenant General |

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|battles=Eastern Front

Second rout the Army Group Jiangnan (1860)
Battle of Shanghai (1861–1863)
Battle of Cixi (1862)
Determined battle of Northern Jiangsu (1863)
Third Battle of Nanking (1864)

|awards=King of Zhong second(忠二王)|laterwork=}}

Li Rongfa ({{zh|t=李容發|s=李容发|p=Lǐ Róngfā}}) (1845–1891) was a military rebel leader of the Taiping Rebellion. He was the second son of Li Xiucheng.

Name

He was also known during his military tenure as Zhong Erwang or King Zhong II (忠二王).

History

The Qing dynasty dispatched the Jiangnan Daying to quell the Taiping Rebellion in Nanjing. In March 1858, they deployed 200,000 soldiers, and by May 1860 had occupied all of Jiangsu province except for Shanghai. This would eventually lead to the Battle of Shanghai.

Li Rongfa was just 14 years old at the time, and followed orders from his father, Li Xiucheng who was also involved in this battle.