At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement broke out, and the Qing Dynasty after that was even worse. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom defeated most of the Qing Dynasty in a short period of time, and Empress Dowager Cixi at this time could not sit still. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, Zeng Guofan formed the Xiang Army, and the power of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was greatly reduced. In this way, the development of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was doomed.
In the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement, Shi Dakai was certainly one of the indispensable figures, he was the wing king of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Therefore, Shi Dakai held the military power and was an important figure in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. The turning point of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was after the Tianjing Incident, after which the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom collapsed, and there was no chance to reach the peak. The Tianjing Incident broke out in 1856, after which the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom turned from prosperity to decline.
After the failure of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Shi Dakai had the idea of making a comeback, and if he wanted to make a comeback, Shi Dakai was not completely without a chance. However, after Shi Dakai's plan to cross the Dadu River failed, he had completely lost his chance. However, at this time, the Qing government wanted to open up to Shi Dakai and did not want to kill Shi Dakai, in order to make Shi Dakai surrender as soon as possible, the Qing government sent Yang Yinggang to persuade him.
In order to show its sincerity, the Qing government brought some military food to Shi Dakai's military camp. At this time, what Shi Dakai lacked most was military food, so Shi Dakai must have seen the sincerity of the Qing government. The negotiations between the Qing government and Shi Dakai are not recorded in the history books, but there are two kinds of folk sayings, and the situation at that time can be judged according to these two statements.
First, 4,000 of the 6,000 Taiping troops returned to their places of origin, and they immediately returned rations and documents to their places of origin. Second, the remaining 2,000 men needed to continue to carry weapons and follow Shi Dakai's men to the Big Boat Fort from Ximagou to The Great Boat Fort next week. On June 10, 1863, Shi Dakai made a third attempt to cross the Dadu River, but failed. In the face of the Qing government troops and the local soldiers who suppressed them, Shi Dakai had a heavy heart.
This heaviness includes helplessness toward oneself, confusion about the future, and anxiety about the safety of soldiers. In order to avoid being bullied by the Qing government army, Shi Dakai's three wives did not want to be a burden to Shi Dakai. After Shi Dakai was escorted to Chengdu, the Qing army ran to Dashu Fort. Of the remaining 1,000 people, all but 300 elderly and children were killed by Qing forces. After that, Shi Dakai was publicly censored. He said boldly that he could not say a word, and that the presiding judge had forced it out. In the end, Shi Dakai was executed by Ling Chi.
On June 27, 1863, Shi Dakai was tried in Chengdu. In the General Assembly Hall, Shi Dakai delivered an enthusiastic speech. It is said that the chief examiner was speechless. But in the end, Shi Dakai was sentenced to death. In the process of being slashed more than 100 times, Shi Dakai did not say a word. This awe-inspiring justice and strong will shocked the Qing army. All the people at the scene moved to call him "Weirdo".
Shi Dakai was killed by Ling Chi. Of course, his family was also implicated. At that time, Shi Dakai had a 5-year-old son, and the Qing government was "extremely generous", and the Qing government's approach was "his son Shi Dingzhong, now five years old, routinely imprisoned, and handled as usual when he was old", which means that he waited until he was raised and then executed later.
For the whereabouts of Shi Dakai's son, it can be inferred that there are two kinds. The first is that Shi Dakai's son is held in prison, but in prison he always cries and makes noise, and the Qing army cannot bear it and strangles him to death in prison; the second is that Shi Dakai's son was raised by Luo Bingzhang. There may also be other cases, which will not be enumerated here.