Ying Bu
Ying Bu 英布 (? - 195 BC), A former criminal whom later become a general for the Chu and later the Han in Chu-Han Contention. He begun his career as a bandit warlord after escaping from his prison during the crisis of Chen Sheng and Wu Guang rebellion against the Qin. He was noted to have a prison tattoo and was sentenced to hard labour.
Service under Xiang Yu
Xiang Liang personally recruited him after witnessing his bravery in battle during his early wars against the Qin state where he served with distinction in the Battle of Julu. He also personally executed the Emperor Yi of Chu under Xiang Yu orders. He was granted the Jiujiang kingdom for his service.
Defection to Liu Bang
During the 5 year Chu-Han Contention Liu Bang and his adviser Chen Ping used divide and conquer strategy by creating discontent among Xiang Yu's men (among those whom he later tricked was Fan Zeng), fearing for his life Ying Bu defected to Liu Bang after Xiang Yu starting to mistrust his men.
Aftermath and death
After the Chu-Han contention, he was granted the Huainan fief for his services. However in 195 BC Ying Bu was later defeated and executed by Liu Bang after a failed armed rebellion in order to protect himself after Empress Lü started to assassinate most of Liu Bang's former subject, among them where Han Xin and Peng Yue.