Li Quan (; ?–1231 AD) was a Chinese general of the Jin dynasty. Li Quan led the red-coat army, a group of nominally

Southern Song The Song dynasty ( ) was an imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 960 to 1279. The dynasty was founded by Emperor Taizu of Song, who usurped the throne of the Later Zhou dynasty and went on to conquer the rest of the Ten Kingdoms, ending ...

loyalist bandits-turned-rebels operating in Jin territory during the

Mongol invasion The Mongol invasions and conquests took place during the 13th and 14th centuries, creating history's largest contiguous empire, the Mongol Empire (1206–1368), which by 1260 covered large parts of Eurasia. Historians regard the Mongol devastati ...

. He eventually took command of Shangdong and played all three sides against each other, turning against the Song and joining the Mongols. He was subsequently killed during fighting Yangzhou. His wife Yang Miaozhen subsequently took control of his forces, retreated to Shangdong, and with the blessings of Mongols transferred control of Shangdong and Quan's former forces to their son Tan.

Footnotes

*大金國志 (''Daikin Records'') - Volume 25 *宋史 (''History of Song'') - Volume 475 Warfare and History, Peter Lorge. Page 70 to 72. Jin dynasty (1115–1234) generals 1231 deaths {{China-mil-bio-stub