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3 unusual facts about Lucheng


Beijing Tigers

Their stadium for the 2006 season was relocated to Lucheng, a rural area to the south of Beijing.

Shangdang Campaign

Realizing that their original plan would not be successful, Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping promptly changed their strategy from decimating the nationalist force to retaking lost territory, taking Xiangyuan (襄垣), Changzi (长子), Tunliu (屯留), Lucheng, Huguang (壶关) and other counties by September 19, 1945, annihilating over 7,000 Nationalist troops in the process.

Three Nationalist divisions were stationed in the largest city of the region, Changzhi, while the rest were stationed in the following cities/towns: Xiangyuan (襄垣), Changzi (长子), Tunliu (屯留), Lucheng, Huguang (壶关), and other counties; and, from these newly established bases, the Nationalists planned to take the entire southeastern Shanxi region from the Communists.


Cheng Mouyi

When Zhejiang Lucheng renamed themselves Hangzhou Greentown in the 2008 Chinese Super League season and move to Hangzhou, Cheng would follow them and continue to be an important member of the team when he played in a further 23 league games to help establish his team in the top tier.He was released by Hangzhou at the end of 2009.


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