#What happens if Shi Dakai crosses the Dadu River#
After the Tianjing Incident, Shi Dakai, due to Hong Xiuquan's selfishness and suspicion, had to leave the administration center of the regime and leave Tianjing alone with his own people and some people who had originally followed him.
The Tianjing Incident was a fatal event for the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the most serious on the surface was the death of a number of important and capable generals; the inner essence was the collapse of the ruling power of the supreme political center of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom; the Tianjing Incident caused many warriors of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom to be hit with a big stick and sober their heads, the original faith in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was foolish, the prestige of the leading figures, the inflated goals, the false equality... All have raised doubts, generated distrust...
Although Shi Dakai left Tianjing, he naturally took the road of fighting for his own life and career, and the Qing army took advantage of the Tianjing Incident to attack the Tianping Army everywhere. Although Shi Dakai left Tianjing, he still sent many important generals of his own to support Tianjing and carried out the defense of Tianjing.
He also marched all the way, rescuing the Taiping Army in many places to fight against the Qing army. Instead, his own headquarters suffered heavy losses, and the whole army was exhausted and lacked material supplies. The root cause is that there is no base camp and a foothold of its own. The land of Sichuan and Shu is actually to find a base area, recuperate, and win time to recover.
The land of Sichuan and Shu is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and is rich in products, as long as you cross the Dadu River. Just like a tiger entering the mountains and forests, it is difficult for the Qing army to surround and suppress them, and the cultivation and restoration in the deep mountains and dense forests is the time when they need it most. This seems to be imitating the actions of Zhang Xianzhong, an insurgent army at the end of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, if Shi Dakai crossed the Dadu River, the situation was the same as that of Zhang Xianzhong when he jumped into Sichuan, and in the later period, Shi Dakai did a better job than Zhang Xianzhong. Let's also count Shi Dakai's military strategic action based on history!