Hong Tianguifu was the eldest son of Hong Xiuquan, and after the fall of Tianjing, he was forced into exile in Zhejiang. He had planned to go to Jiangxi Province to join the remnants of the Taiping Army, but he was pursued and killed by the Qing army and was soon defeated. In the end, he was captured by the Qing army in the chaotic and barren mountains, and later killed in Nanchang. At the time, he was only 16 years old.
At that time, the Qing army was implementing the strategy of encircling Tianjin, and tianjin was in short supply. They were forced to go to Jiangxi in search of food and then deal with the crisis in Tianjing. Because, without food, they can't fight. They were forced to divide the troops into four routes to collect food. But before the end of the operation, Hong Xiuquan died, and Hong Tianguifu took the throne. After arriving in Jiangxi, they did not collect enough food, but were defeated. Naturally, there was no one to save Tianjing, only to let Tianjing fall.
Under the strong attack of the Xiang army, Tianjing was burned and plundered, King Zhongwang was captured, and the young emperor chose to flee. At that time, Zeng Guofan said at the imperial court that Hong Xiuquan was poisoned and died, and the young emperor chose to set himself on fire. After investigation, they found that the alleged self-immolation was not true. After interrogation, King Zhong admitted that the young emperor had been escorted out of Tianjing City. As we all know, Zeng Guofan has always been strict and rarely makes mistakes, which is one of the things he made wrong.
Speaking of what happened to the young emperor at that time, it is said that the city gate was breached, the Qing army swarmed in, they all began to flee from the city, and King Zhong led more than a thousand people to escort them through the siege. After the defeat, he returned to his palace with the young emperor. On the way, he saw that the young emperor's mount was inconvenient, so he changed into his own horse.
When they arrived at the palace, their relatives said goodbye to each other, and King Zhong took him to the area around Qingliangshan to escape the storm. Late at night, King Zhongwang led nearly a thousand officers and soldiers to put on the uniforms of the Qing soldiers and continue to break through. Although they were fully prepared, unfortunately, in the dead of night, they needed to break through a series of obstacles, and finally they were scattered. Due to too many obstacles, King Zhong was stopped by the Qing army and eventually captured, while the young emperor successfully escaped from Tianjing City.
After separating from King Zhong, the young emperor fled to the east. On the way, he encountered a fierce pursuit by the Xiang army. Later, he was pursued and killed many officers and soldiers many times. Fortunately, when the young emperor finally met the Dry King in Lishui, he was finally out of danger. At that time, there were only a few hundred people around.
However, although The Gan King and others were kings, there were not many of them, and they could not build a new capital on this basis. Therefore, they had no choice but to continue to meet with other kings, hoping to reconcile with other members of the Taiping Army in order to have the capital to fight the Qing Dynasty.
At that time, their destination was to reconcile with Fu Wang, but they were blocked by the Qing army on the way. Subsequently, they lost the war, many of them lost their lives, and once again inflicted heavy losses on the already decaying army. The next day they reached Huangshitan and fought another battle, destroying all the pavilions along the way. In the end, they decided to wade across the river. At that time, more than 10,000 people passed by, and more than 20,000 people could not pass. At this critical moment, the Qing army launched another attack on them.
They had no advantage in terrain and were unprepared, and they were quickly defeated. Among them, the kings were killed here, and several high-ranking generals were captured by the Qing court. In addition, the first king fled with serious injuries, and thousands of people were captured. In the next few days, the Qing army fought them several times. After the baptism of high-intensity war, several kings chose to abandon resistance and surrendered to the Qing court, with a total of more than 20,000 people.
In addition, King Gan and others also protected the little emperor from continuing to flee south. During this period, the battles between the Qing army were no less than those between the Qing army. At that time, several kings were killed or captured in battle. Finally, in Jiangshan County, some generals led thousands of people to surrender.
Seeing that the Qing army was getting stronger and stronger, Gan Wang and others had no choice but to divide the troops into two routes. Later, they met with Peace in Jiangxi New Town. In the process, they were blocked several times. By the time of the meeting, more than 10,000 soldiers from both armies remained.
Not long after, the two kings of Gan Zhao were captured, and the march came to an end. Fortunately, the young emperor chose to hide in the darkness, so he survived. Later, he fled to a village at the foot of the mountain and hid for a few days. Because, he's still young and doesn't know how to handle things.
In the end, King Zhong's BMW was discovered by the Qing army, and subsequently, Hong Tianguifu was captured. At the same time, King Zhong's second son was also captured. With the capture of the little emperor, the only remaining hope of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was also annihilated, and the embers were completely wiped out in the ensuing period, and this rebel group became history.
Resources:
[History of the Founding of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, The Complete Works of Zeng Guofan, Volume II, History of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Volume II, Political System of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom]