The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was established by the peasant revolt at the end of the Qing Dynasty in China, but although it was full of momentum, it was later suppressed by the Qing Dynasty one by one. At that time, the taiping heavenly kingdom's army captured Nanjing in one fell swoop, and then Hong Xiuquan made Nanjing the capital of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and then Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing also made plans for the Northern Expedition for the stability of the Taiping Heavenly regime.
However, the Northern Expedition of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was not very smooth, among which in the "Ten Mistakes of the Heavenly Dynasty" summarized by Li Xiucheng, the king of Zhong, the first three mistakes of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom were committed during the Northern Expedition, and during the Northern Expedition, Qin Rigang, the King of Yan, also suffered a major defeat in Yangjiadian in Shucheng, which is also the third mistake in the "Ten Mistakes of the Heavenly Dynasty", so what is the matter, and why did Qin Rigang, the King of Yan, return home in a big defeat?
When the Northern Expedition of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom had just begun, more than 20,000 people led by Li Kaifang were sent to the Northern Expedition, and then the Taiping Army led by Li Kaifang was very smooth, starting from Yangzhou and driving all the way into Hebei, and the Qing court was shaken. However, in October of the same year, the Taiping Army had already occupied Tianjin at this time, but at that time, it was the cold winter month in the north, and the Taiping Army also had little food left because of the long march and battle, so it had to temporarily go south to suspend the Northern Expedition.
However, after only 4 months, the situation was reversed, at this time in Fucheng, the Taiping Army led by Li Kaifang was surrounded by Qing Dynasty troops, and in desperation, Li Kaifang could only send people to Nanjing for help.
Knowing that Li Kaifang was trapped, Yang Xiuqing appointed Zeng Lichang as the main general of the reinforcements, led 7500 people to help Li Kaifang, the initial reinforcement march was very smooth, along the way the Qing army lost its armor and armor, it took only one month, Zeng Lichang's army arrived in Linqing, Shandong, and Linqing was only 200 miles away from Fucheng, where Li Kaifang was trapped.
However, what was not expected was that the Qing Dynasty sent Guarjia Shengbao, a fierce general, who led the Qing army to fight a bloody battle, and Zeng Lichang led too few reinforcements, and had no choice but to withdraw from Linqing City. At this time, Zeng Lichang still wanted to support Li Kaifang's troops, but under the persuasion of Chen Shibao, Zeng Lichang's reinforcements could only withdraw south.
Zeng Lichang went all the way south to the Yellow River, did not expect that the sky was not beautiful, that year was the Rise of the Yellow River, Zeng Lichang could only fight with the Qing army on the north bank of the Yellow River, and finally Zeng Lichang fell into the Yellow River and died heroically. Guarja Katsuho, on the other hand, was promoted because of his exploits in suppressing bandits.
Zeng Lichang's 7,500-strong reinforcements not only failed to break the siege for Li Kaifang, but also took themselves in, and finally only more than 300 people were left with this reinforcement army and fled back to Nanjing.
Yang Xiuqing was no longer soft this time, and sent Qin Rigang, a fierce general in the Taiping Army, who was also the King of Yan among the Eight Kings. Moreover, Yang Xiuqing also promised Qin Rigang that as long as Qin Rigang could save the Northern Expeditionary Army and take Yanjing, then Yanjing would be the fiefdom of Qin Rigang in the future.
When Qin Rigang arrived at Shucheng, he was met with desperate resistance from the Qing Dynasty general Qin Dingsan, and in the end Qin Rigang was still outnumbered and forced to retreat south. In fact, this battle is not that Qin Rigang's ability is insufficient, but that the front line of the Ping Army is too long, resulting in Qin Rigang's troop strength being too short, and Qin Rigang's army is certainly a lack of people along the way, and certainly not an opponent of the large-scale Qing Dynasty army.
Later, Qin Rigang withdrew to Anqing, and then Qin Rigang received Hong Xiuquan's secret instructions, returned to Nanjing, and killed Yang Xiuqing, the Eastern King, and also slaughtered all the more than 20,000 people in the Eastern King's cronies and family.
This is also the famous Tianjing Incident, that is, after experiencing this incident, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has since embarked on a downward spiral. Later, Shi Dakai demanded to deal with the culprits of this incident, and Hong Xiuquan could only order the execution of Wei Changhui, the King of the North, for his own benefit, and at Shi Dakai's strong request, Qin Rigang, the King of Yan, was also executed.
After this, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom experienced this infighting and completely walked off the altar. This group of peasant-dominated rebels, from the initial enthusiasm to the final drunken gold fans, is a very natural result.
In prison, Li Xiucheng was full of remorse, and Li Xiucheng's self-description in prison, saying that these rulers who enjoyed glory and wealth in Tianjing had always said that the Northern Expedition was a misguided move, although Zeng Lichang and Qin Rigang had suffered great defeats, but this was also caused by the incompetence of the rulers. One of the biggest mistakes was that the rulers of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom should not be content with the glory of a remote corner and forget why they had embarked on this path.
It can be seen from this that it is not that there are no people in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, but that the rulers above were carried away by the victory, which made the vigorous 14-year Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement fail in this way, which is really regrettable. Perhaps this is the limitation of the peasant uprising.