The "Battle of Siwang", also known as the "Battle of the Lord", was not only the first battle between the real sword and the real gun of the Worship god Society and the Qing army, but also the battle that officially opened the curtain of the Taiping Army's magnificent Jintian Uprising, and at the same time, this battle was also the only battle in which hong Xiuquan, the leader of the God Cult, personally carried the demon sword. According to historical records, in the "Battle of Siwang", the only one in which Hong Xiuquan personally fought, he took the lead in rushing towards the Qing army with extraordinary courage, not only did the "demon soldiers" scatter and flee, but he also personally beheaded several "demon heads".
However, the deep reason for the "War of Siwang" is the power struggle between the upper echelons of the God Worship Society. The main reason for this was that Yang Xiuqing and Xiao Chaogui, who had the divine power to speak on behalf of Heavenly Father and Heavenly Brother, wanted to seize the command of the Jintian Uprising that was ready. So, why is there a power struggle between the upper echelons of the Baishangkai and the upper echelons of the Jintian Uprising? This has to start with the dualistic system of the Church of God.
Among the upper backbone of the God Worship Society, Hong Xiuquan is the leader and the second son of God, Feng Yunshan is the actual operator of the God Worship Society and the third son of God, Yang Xiuqing is the fourth son of God, Xiao Chaogui is God's son-in-law, Wei Changhui is God's fifth son, and Shi Dakai is God's sixth son.
This ranking was designed by Feng Yunshan in advance, and once the worship of God would launch an anti-Qing uprising, the lord was Done by Hong Xiuquan, and the military division was done by Feng Yunshan. However, people are not as good as heaven, because Feng Yunshan was accidentally arrested, and Hong Xiuquan used the excuse to run away, and the believers of the God Worship Society in fear almost wanted to break up. At a time when the Worship of God Society was in crisis of dissolution, the shrewd Yang Xiuqing used the local people's convincing art of absolution to suddenly descend on the congregation as a heavenly father and stabilize the congregation in time. When Feng Yunshan was released from prison and he and Hong Xiuquan returned, in order to worship the further development of the God Society, they had to admit Yang Xiuqing's status as the acting father of Heaven.
However, the shrewd Feng Yunshan, in order to restrain Yang Xiuqing's divine power, encouraged Xiao Chaogui to brew the Heavenly Brother Linfan. However, what Feng Yunshan did not expect was that Xiao Chaogui, who seemed to be thick and shrewd, would suddenly order Hong Xiuquan and Feng Yunshan to go to the Siwangxu Hu family in the mountain village to "avoid luck" (to avoid disaster) in the name of the Jintian Uprising before the Jintian Uprising.
In July 1850 (June of the 30th year of Daoguang), Hong Xiuquan ordered the worshippers to gather in Jintian Village to prepare for an anti-Qing uprising. According to the plan, the commander-in-chief of the Jintian Uprising was The Sect Leader Hong Xiuquan, and the deputy commander-in-chief was Feng Yunshan. At this time, "Heavenly Father" Yang Xiuqing was ill (probably pretended). At this critical moment, Xiao Chaogui suddenly ordered Hong Xiuquan and Feng Yunshan to go to Hu Yihuang's house in the name of Brother Tian. In this way, Xiao Chaogui easily seized the command of the Jintian Uprising from Hong Xiuquan and Feng Yunshan.
At this time, the Qing Dynasty had already seen the harm of the Worship of God to their regime, and in order to quickly extinguish the fire that was about to start a fire in the Worship of God Society, the Qing court specially raised Fu Lin ze Xu to go to Guangxi to supervise military affairs with the injury of the Inspector of Guangxi. After Lin Zexu fell ill and died on the way, the Qing court changed the order of Zhou Tianjue, the governor of Caoyun, to be the governor of Guangxi. At the same time, Li Xingyuan, the former governor of Liangjiang, was appointed as the minister of Chincha, and together with Zhou Tianjue, he suppressed the worship of God.
In December 1850 (November of the 30th year of Daoguang), Li Dianyuan, the deputy general of the Xunzhou Commandery of the Qing Army, discovered that Hong Xiuquan and Feng Yunshan were in Siwangwei, and he immediately led his troops to Siwangxu in Pingtian County, trying to capture the king once and for all, and strangle the worship of God in the early stage.
Hong Xiuquan, who received the news, organized a congregation in Siwangwei to prepare to fight against the Qing army, and on the other hand, sent people to warn Yang Xiuqing, Xiao Chaogui, and others in Jintian Village.
The Qing army's plan disrupted Yang and Xiao's original deployment, although they both had supreme divine power, but once the Sect Master and Mr. Feng were captured by the Qing army, then any of their deployments would be empty.
Time was urgent, and after Yang and Xiao received the news, they immediately ordered Meng De'en to lead 3,000 elite soldiers to rush to Siwangwei.
When Monte'en led the institute to the rear of the Qing army camp, he immediately commanded the congregation to launch a fierce attack on the Qing army camp. Li Dianyuan immediately led the Qing army to meet the enemy. After Hong Xiuquan heard the sound of fighting, he immediately personally raised his sword and attacked the Qing army with the congregation of Si Wangxu led by Hu Yihuang.
The leading Hu Yihuang was worthy of being born as a martial artist, and the head of the Qing army rolled to the ground under his big sword swing. Not to be outdone, sect leader Hong Xiuquan also swung his sword and beheaded several demons under the protection of the congregation. When the congregation saw that the Sect Leader was so brave, their fighting spirit suddenly increased greatly, and they rushed towards the Qing army one by one, waving their swords and guns without fear of life and death. The corrupt Qing army had never seen such a person who was not afraid of death, and one by one, in disregard of the officers' orders, they threw away their swords and guns and fled. Qing Inspector Zhang Yong, Wu Shangxian, and Supervisor Zhu Mingyang landed on their heads, and Ni Tao of Zhixian County, Pingnan County, burrowed into the dense forest before fleeing for his life. Li Dianyuan left the centaurs faster than the dogs. The worshippers of the Church of God surrounded Hong Xiuquan and Feng Yunshan and returned to the Jintian base camp in a cheer.
This "Battle of Siwang" was personally commanded by Hong Xiuquan, also known as the "Battle of the Lord", and the victory of the Qing army in the first battle of the Congregation of God was the prelude to opening the curtain of the Jintian Uprising.