Trương Ngọc Thái Bình
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| Born | 15 June 1905 Uông Hà, Marquessate of Tuyên Xoài, Quenmin |
| Died | 9 October 2012 (aged 107) Haigia, Tuy Ngãi Province, Quenmin |
| Allegiance |  Quocvangist Quenmin |
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| Service number | 1926 – 1975 |
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Trương Ngọc Thái Bình, Margrave of Tuyên Xoài (15 June 1905 – 9 October 2012) was a general officer of the Imperial Quenminese Army. He is known for his handling of the defensive forces during the Trongsa Campaign, and the Liberation of Tibetia—specifically, in the Nagarze Campaign, and the Siege of Lhasa. His defenses, especially on the emphasis on employing them on mountains, and situating his command post on such led his colleagues, subordinates, and his adverseries to bestow him the nicknames the "Marquess of the Mountains" and "Nobleman of the Peaks."
Thái Bình served in the Conquest of Tibetia during the Fifth Lorican-Quenminese War, which would be completed by the beginning of the Second Europan War. He then was appointed military commander of the Himalayan Imperial Military Command, and served in a reserve role. When the Nepali-Bhutania Campaign was underway, he was transferred to serve under Mạc Hiếu Quang, and supplemented his forces to the Western Combined Expeditionary Front. Thái Bình applied them to great effect in the first phase of the campaign, but he would see himself being cut off at the Battle of Thimphu in an attempt to reinforce Quang. During the Trongsa Campaign, Thái Bình employed defenses that delayed the Allied advances in Northern Bhutania, which were then dismantle due to the actions of the Special Operations Executive and other Allied formations such as the Maoru. After his superior La Ðình Chương was killed in Lorica, Thái Bình was brevetted to Imperial Marshal. He further proved himself a stuanch adversary with his innovative applications of mountain warfare during the LIberation of Tibetia, more so in the Nagarze Campaign and the Siege of Lhasa. He surrendered when the Quenminese Surrender was announced. Thái Bình served with the Quenminese military subsequently during the Post Second Europan War Crisis of 1945 and the War of Lorican Aggression, and his mountain warfare tactics and defenses proved invaluable in the latter conflict. He retired from military service in 1975, and died of natural causes in Haigia on 9 October 2012.
Thái Bình is known to speak Tibetian and Dzongkha.