Ren Zhu
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{{Infobox military person
| name = Ren Zhu
| birth_date = ?
| death_date = 19 November 1867
| birth_place = Mengcheng, Anhui, Qing Empire
| death_place = Ganyu, Jiangsu, Qing Empire
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| allegiance = Qing Empire (to 1855)
Nien Rebellion (to 1867)
| serviceyears = 1856–1867
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| battles = *Battle of Sanhe (1858)
- Battle of Guanzhong (1861)-1863
- Battle of Hubei (1864)
- Battle of Inlon river(1867)
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Ren Zhu ({{zh|c=任柱}}; died 1867), born in Mengcheng Anhui, China{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}} was an eminent military leader of the Nien Rebellion who was known during his military tenure as the King of Lu ({{lang|zh|魯王}}). He led Nien ({{lang|zh|捻軍}}) forces to many military victories. Li Hongzhang praised Ren Zhu's ability to command hundreds of thousands of cavalry{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}. In May 1865, during a campaign against the Qing in Shandong, he shot the Qing general Sengge Rinchen during the Battle of Gaolouzhai, which sent a shock to the Qing Dynasty and resulted in the promotion of field marshal Zeng Guofan to commander of the Huai Army, Li Hongzhang.{{clarify|date=July 2018}}
In June 1865, he with Lai Wenguang, he commanded the Nien cavalry forces numbering 90,000 in surrounding and attacking the capital of Beijing, which was nearly successful.{{how|date=July 2018}} He died in battle in Ganyu, killed by the Qing dynasty general Liu Mingchuan.
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