Tang Yanhe

Tang Yanhe a Han chinese, was born Gansu, China. He commanded an army of Chinese Muslim soldiers along with Dong Fuxiang, and used them to crush the Muslim Rebellion of 1895.

Ma Yonglin of the Multicoloured Mosque mobilized crowds of Hui, Dongxiang, Baoan, and Salars against Qing in Xunhua, Qinghai. Brigadier General Tang sent troops to defeat the rebels. Tang was joined by loyalist Muslim troops to fight the rebel Muslims. The Muslim officers Ma Fuxiang, Ma Fulu, Ma Anliang, and Ma Guoliang served under Tang, and fought against the rebels at Jishi pass. When Tang's forces were defeated at Shuangcheng the Ma brothers fled south with him. They then massacred the rebel Muslims at Hezhou.