In November 1856, two months after the outbreak of the Tianjing Incident, Shi Dakai, the wing king who was supervising the Hubei front, hurried back to Tianjing, with only Zhang Suimou and Zeng Jinqian around him. Shi Dakai returned to Beijing, naturally not to talk to Hong Xiuquan, but to dissuade Wei Changhui and ask him not to kill innocents indiscriminately. Li Xiucheng, the King of Zhong, said: "King Yi was the overseer of Hongshan in Hubei Province, and he rushed back to Tianjing with Zeng Jinqian and Zhang Suimou to avoid killing. ”
As an ally, Shi Dakai needed to dissuade Wei Changhui, but the Northern King did not appreciate it. There was a conflict of words between the two sides, Wei Changhui hated Shi Dakai for being "late", and Shi Dakai was dissatisfied with Wei Changhui's indiscriminate killing of innocents. Without speculating for more than half a sentence, the two fell out on the spot, Shi Dakai saw that the other party had a murderous intention, so he fled the Beijing Division overnight, and Wei Changhui ordered the slaughter of the Yiwang Palace, killing more than a thousand people, and sending Qin Rigang to pursue Shi Dakai.
He wanted to return to Beijing to dissuade his allies, but instead he was hunted down and killed, and Shi Dakai was very annoyed. Thinking that his family had been killed, Shi Dakai decided to form the "JingNan Legion" and return to Beijing to fight Wei Changhui. At this time, almost all of the troops under Shi Dakai's control were in Hongshan, Hubei, and his main task was to decisively fight the Hubei Patrol Hu Linyi, rescue Wei Zhijun, lift the siege of Wuchang, and ensure the stability of the situation in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
Wei Zhijun, the younger brother of Wei Changhui of the Northern King, Xiao Yong was good at war, and Luo Zenan, the second most important person in the Xiang Army of Zeng Guofan, was killed by him. For the sake of the overall situation of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Shi Dakai should stay in Hongshan to fight against the Xiang army; from the perspective of personal revenge, Shi Da held a meeting to draw Hongshan soldiers and horses and return to Beijing to "Jing difficulty". Apparently, Shi Dakai chose the latter, he withdrew his army from Hongshan and formed the "Jingnan Army" to fight against the Northern King and continue the civil war.
The so-called "division is famous", how should Shi Da raise the banner when he returns to Beijing to "jing difficulty"? The answer is to avenge Yang Xiuqing, the Eastern King, not to avenge himself. The Chronicle of the Kingdom of Heaven records: "The Wing King returned from Hubei to his division, calling for revenge on the Eastern King and passing on the Northern King. The Northern King, the King of Heaven, ordered the Emperor of the Wing to purchase the head of the Wing King, and ordered Qin Rigang to command the army. "Why?
"Revenge for the Eastern King Yang Xiuqing" is interesting? Li Xiucheng, the King of Zhong, said in his own account: "The Eastern King was honored and forced to seal long live, and the Northern King and the Yi King were dissatisfied, and secretly discussed the murder of the Eastern King and his brothers, Yuan Qing and Fu Qing, and the rest were not allowed to kill more." This means that Yang Xiuqing was arrogant and wanted to force Hong Xiuquan to abdicate and give way to Xian, Wei Changhui and Shi Dakai were not satisfied, and they joined forces to support Hong Xiuquan and kill Yang Xiuqing.
According to Li Xiucheng, Wei Changhui and Shi Dakai are allies, and Yang Xiuqing is their enemy and must be destroyed. In addition, more than a thousand people under the Wing King's Mansion all died at the hands of Wei Changhui, and Shi Dakai's wife and children were all killed by the Northern King, and there was a bloody vendetta between them. Both an ally and an enemy, Wei Changhui and Shi Dakai had a very special relationship.
In this way, it is understandable that when Shi Da drove back to Beijing to "Jing Difficulty", he carried the banner of "revenge for the Eastern King". It is to "withdraw" himself from the Tianjing Incident, indicating that Yang Xiuqing's death has nothing to do with himself. In this way, Shi Dakai had the opportunity to succeed in "JingNan", so as to kill Wei Changhui and avenge himself.
Withdrawing from the Tianjing Incident and under the banner of "revenge for the Eastern King", Shi Dakai could obtain huge resources and lay the foundation for the final defeat of Wei Changhui. Yang Xiuqing, the Eastern King, is not an ordinary person. In the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Yang Xiuqing was not only a "man", he was also a "god", and Hong Xiuquan's "father" in the heavenly court. In 1848, Yang Xiuqing gained the power of "God Rumor" by virtue of the "Jumping God" kung fu, and Hong Xiuquan was his "son".
Enjoying the power of "God Rumors", Yang Xiuqing gradually controlled the political, military, and religious powers, and then coveted the position of Heavenly King, forcing Hong Xiuquan to seal "Long Live", which eventually led to the Tianjing Incident. Without Hong Xiuquan's support, Wei Changhui and Shi Dakai did not dare to launch an incident and attack the Eastern King, because without the Heavenly King's Holy Will, their actions would not have legitimacy, and the consequences would be very serious.
Hong Xiuquan did not dare to rebuke Yang Xiuqing for being guilty, because he was afraid of the collapse of the worship of God. In this way, Wei Changhui had to bear the responsibility of killing "God" alone, isolated, and became the object of everyone's crusade. At this point, Hong Xiuquan and Shi Dakai were very clear, and Wei Changhui could only be a scapegoat.
Blessed with the status of "God", Yang Xiuqing, whose family background was weak, jumped up and became the largest powerful faction in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, with many soldiers and horses under his command, and his fierce generals were like clouds. Wei Changhui raided the Eastern King's Mansion and won, executing Yang Xiuqing, but he was unable to deal with the Eastern King's Yu Dang, especially the 6,000 Tiger Army stationed in the Beijing Division, which made the Northern King extremely jealous. Fortunately, when the Northern King and the Eastern King soldiers fought, qin Rigang, the King of Yan, arrived in time, and Wei Changhui finally won.
Fearing that the Eastern King's soldiers would counterattack, Wei Changhui wantonly slaughtered the Eastern King's Yu Dang, causing panic among the people. At this time, Yang Xiuqing was not "charged" by being killed, he was an innocent victim, and the vast number of soldiers who did not know the truth hated the Northern King, hated him for killing "God", and indiscriminately killed innocents. In this way, Wei Changhui was in an unprecedented isolation and became an enemy of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and everyone was cursed.
Wei Changhui is isolated, but Yang Xiuqing is becoming more and more "market", how can Shi Dakai let it go? When returning to Beijing, under the banner of "revenge for the Eastern King", he could win the support of the army, especially the strong support of the Eastern King's soldiers, which was the key to defeating Wei Changhui. You must know that Wei Changhui and Qin Rigang joined forces, and without the support of the soldiers of the Eastern Palace, Shi Dakai might not be able to win, and it was not yet known whose hand the deer would die.
To sum up, under the banner of "revenge for the Eastern King", Shi Dakai was not only able to smoothly withdraw from the Tianjing Incident, but also won the strong support of the vast number of soldiers, especially the Eastern King's soldiers, which was the key to his defeat of Wei Changhui and Qin Rigang's clique. In order to "avenge the Eastern King" rather than to avenge the "Wing King's Palace", Shi Dakai gave a very good impression of the generals, believing that he was selfless and was willing to follow and swear to die.
Bibliography: Chronicles of the Kingdom of Heaven