In this incident, East Wang Yang, North Wang Wei Changhui and Yan Wang Qin Rigang were killed successively, and a total of 20,000 people were killed, including the families of the above three kings and Wing Wang Shidakai.
This event was the turning point of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom movement from prosperity to decline. After the incident subsided, Hong Xiuquan called Shi Dakai back to Tianjing Fuzheng and named him? Commander of the army, king of justice? (What was the original intention? Commander-in-Chief wangyi? , avoid? All of them? And change? Pass? Words).
Shi Dakai is only twenty-five years old this year, but he is the material of the same team. In the case of the fall of Wuchang and the emergency of Jiujiang, plan the offensive and defensive, vigorously use Chen Yucheng and other generals, and make reasonable arrangements. On the western front, he ordered the Taiping Army to stick to the Yangtze River waterway below Jiujiang; The southwest adheres to Jiangxi; On the eastern front, stick to Jurong and Lishui; Under the guidance of Shi Dakai's correct military thought, the Taiping Army joined Yecheng, Lu 'an, Zhengyangguan and Huoqiu, and in the early summer of 1857, it pushed the front to Huangmei, Guangji and qi zhou in Hubei Province, which was very likely to recapture Wuchang. It is particularly worth mentioning that after the Tianjing Rebellion, due to good command, almost all Taiping troops repelled the Qing army attacks again and again in major towns in Jiangxi, such as Jiujiang, Ruizhou, Fuzhou and Ji 'an. Is there any guarantee? Cream? The supply of grain and rice on the land.
Unfortunately, what happened after that? Tianjing incident? Hong Xiuquan became more suspicious, fearing that Shi Dakai's monopolization of power would be bad for him, and began to consciously muzzle and overhead Shi Dakai, sometimes with the meaning of injury.
Hong Xiuquan even ordered Shi Dakai not to leave the city, similar to house arrest.
Shi Dakai is extremely clever and versatile. How can he ignore Hong Xiuquan's performance? But he didn't want to make mistakes or be passive, so he finally made a third choice and left Beijing for refuge.
1in may 857, Shi Dakai borrowed soldiers from Tianjing south gate? Be reasonable? Machine, avoid the eyes and ears of Hong Xiuquan, dive out of Tianjing City.
Historians define this as? Shi Dakai ran away angrily? Shi Dakai's irresponsible behavior greatly split the power of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and led to its rapid decline.
So, how many people did Shi Dakai take away in this separatist action?
Unfortunately, so far no one can tell the exact number, just a rough figure, more than 200,000,100,000, or? A big team? A brush.
In fact, although there is no way to verify the specific number of people left by Shi Dakai, judging from the relevant historical materials, there are actually not many.
For example, He Guiqing, then governor of the two rivers in the Qing Dynasty, said in the memorial "The role of He Guiqing in preparing for the recent suppression of Jiangnan" by Emperor Xianfeng. (June 2) Shi Dakai, the false wing king, has fled from Tongjing Town to Jiangbei. The flood rebellion made the thieves hunt down and the thieves fled. ?
Tongjing is a small town on the outskirts of Nanjing. Shi Dakai's whole army completed crossing the river in one day, and obviously there won't be too many troops following him. And because there are not many people in Shi Dakai, Hong Xiuquan also sent Meng Deen and others to kill Shi Dakai.
Fu Ji, the governor of Anhui Province in the Qing Dynasty, also called "Fu Ji and others played the infighting in Jinling, and asked the cameras in Hubei and Jiangxi to prevent folding". On June 9th, Shi Inverse led thousands of party members from Jinling to the upper reaches of the state (inaction), and posted fake signs everywhere to tell thieves that they were afraid of the flood and fled. ?
When Fu Ji went to this discount, Shi Dakai was on his way to Anqing to issue a proclamation, telling the people and the army? Or do you keep your duty and make contributions, or do you follow the Lord and make contributions to unify Taiping and invite Tianen to honor you? . Especially at the end of the proclamation, Shi Dakai also issued a statement? Seven years after the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom? Words, said still under the jurisdiction of the king.
According to this discount, Shi Dakai's army at that time already existed? Thousands? When I left Tianjing, the number of people I took plus the sum of the number of people I received these days.
Dexing' a, an imperial envoy of the Qing Dynasty, said in his memorial on July 2nd? Hong was in a panic because he closed the city gate and Shi was still in Anqing. In order to consolidate people's hearts, he was invited to stay overnight. ?
Because Shi Dakai already has it? Thousands? Hong Xiuquan became afraid that Shi Dakai would come back to attack Tianjing, so he ordered the gate of Tianjing to be closed, turning the pursuit of Shi Dakai into? Multiple invitations? , which can foil the thin team when Shi Dakai just left Tianjing, maybe just three or four hundred people.
In the summer of this year, Xiang took the opportunity to invade the Taiping Army's territory in Jiangxi and captured Ruizhou, an important town in Jiujiang, Linjiang and Ji 'an.
In September, under the double pressure of the situation and public opinion, Hong Xiuquan sent someone to deliver it? Wang Yi's gold medal? Shi Dakai is cordially invited to return to Beijing to take charge of Shuaiyin.
Shi Dakai certainly can't trust Hong Xiuquan? Sincerity? In fact, Hong Xiuquan had just severely punished Li Xiucheng before, because Li Xiucheng kept saying? Also reuse the wing king? . That is, it invited Shi Dakai? Sincerity? It can be seen.
Shi Dakai declined Hong Xiuquan's invitation? Invited? , hold on? Will your life be taken away? Credo, according to their own strategic thinking to command operations.
After four months of army consolidation, by the month of 10, Shi Dakai had gradually assembled an army of 50,000-70,000 people from the early thousands. These people are all soldiers who came to follow because they were dissatisfied with what Hong Xiuquan did.
Do you want to save Jiujiang, Linjiang and Ji' an, the major towns around the Qing army?
Many people think that Shi Dakai has turned against Hong Xiuquan and it is impossible to send troops to rescue him.
And judging from Shi Dakai's next series of performances, Shi Dakai is really going to fly solo in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
On October 5th, 65438/KLOC-0, Shi Dakai left Anqing with his army. Instead of rescuing Jiujiang, he bypassed Fuzhou and went to Linjiang and Ji 'an.
Because of this, people accuse Shi Dakai of ignoring the overall situation and only engaging in separatism and independence. That was not the case.
Let's see how many troops Shi Dakai led when he left Anqing.
It should be said that when Shi Dakai left Anqing, how many troops were there? Not too much, maybe 50 thousand or 60 thousand
It turns out that the army led by Chen Yucheng belongs to the elite troops deployed by Shi Dakai in Jiangxi and Anqing; The troops stationed in Jurong area also belonged to Shi Dakai, but Shi Dakai didn't take them away nearby.
According to Li Zhongwu's suicide note, Liang Dong Mountain is also a subordinate of Shi Dakai. When they came to follow Shi Dakai, Shi Dakai? Advise everyone to spread out? .
That is, Shi Dakai persuaded some teams who volunteered to follow him to return to their original headquarters.
Zhang Chaojue, Wu Wei Zhu Fengkui, Peng Zelai, Qian Shan Ye, and Liang and Chen Kunshu are all old employees who have been held back by Shi Dakai for many years. Shi Dakai didn't greet them, only Mou, Lai Yuxin, Fu Zhongxin and Yu Zhongfu accompanied them.
It can be seen that Shi Dakai's purpose is to take care of Tianjing's defense.
After the fall of Tianjing, Li Xiucheng was captured. In order to pass the buck, he said in Li Xiucheng's readme that Shi Dakai would? Is he good at civil and military affairs? Taking them all away is totally untrue.
Instead of rescuing Jiujiang, Shi Dakai bypassed Fuzhou and went to Linjiang and Ji 'an.
Zhao Sanjun analyzed in the article "Shi Dakai's departure is intended to reverse the crisis in Tianjing battlefield" that Shi Dakai would wait for his head because of Jiujiang's heavy forces and the long-term strength of the Qing army. Once he puts his limited forces into Jiujiang at the gates, he is likely to fall into a scuffle with the other side and cannot extricate himself. So? Insert from Fengcheng, Xingan and other places between Ruizhou and Linjiang, Linjiang and Yuanzhou, and recover the lost land here first. If this plan can be realized, it can not only solve the siege of Linjiang and recapture the lost Yuanzhou and Ruizhou, but also seize the initiative of Jiangxi battlefield in one fell swoop: the siege of Ji' an can be easily solved in the south, Nanchang is threatened in the east, and Jiujiang is threatened in the north. In this way, Hubei will be captured by Chen Yucheng in northern Anhui, and then explore Wuhan to the west, and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom will return to its heyday when Shi Dakai presided over the Western Expedition. This is a strategic plan that can save Chen Yucheng, Jiangxi and Tianjing. This plan is better than saving Zhenjiang or Jiujiang first and leading the enemy to the capital of Tianjing. ?
It's a pity that Shi Dakai met the storm of the Qing army in Jishui and played very hard. Finally, I had to give up the plan to rescue Linjiang and Ji' an and transfer to Zhejiang and then to Fujian.
On Shi Dakai's March into Zhejiang and Fujian, Su Shuangbi commented on Shi Dakai. This is the least desirable route. There is no clear strategic purpose to enter Zhejiang and Fujian. Lack of confidence shows that Shi Dakai's entry into Zhejiang and Fujian objectively eased the pressure of the Qing army on Tianjing, but this was not Shi Dakai's original intention. Just because Shi Dakai entered Zhejiang, the Qing army fought, which objectively eased the pressure of Tianjing. ?
In fact, Shi Dakai marched into Zhejiang and Fujian in order to relieve the pressure of the Qing army on Tianjing, which was precisely what Shi Dakai deliberately did after he made a decision.
Dexing, the imperial envoy who replaced Tomin Arjen, mentioned in his memorial to Emperor Xianfeng:? I also copied a piece of paper, which said that the thief Li Shoucheng (that is, Li Xiucheng) met Zhang Luoxing and led hundreds of thousands of thieves to distract the downstream, and dispatched thieves Chen Yucheng, Hong Renchang, Hong Chunyuan, Wei Zhijun and Yang Laiqing to return to Jinling with tens of thousands of thieves ranging from five to six thousand. He wanted to go to Jiangxi to harass the language in Zhejiang and other places, and seemed to show restraint. ?
Visible Shi Dakai exercises himself in Anqing? Commander in chief of the army? Power, mobilize Chen Yucheng, Hong Renchang, Hong Chunyuan, Wei Zhijun, Yang Laiqing and others all to defend Tianjing, at the same time to aid Jiangxi, and raid Zhejiang, in order to reduce the pressure of Tianjing, disrupt the deployment of the Qing court, make fighters for the Qing Dynasty's Qing Dynasty, and cooperate with internal and external lines to solve the siege of Tianjing. After he submitted this opinion to Hong Xiuquan, he was recognized by Hong Xiuquan. However, Hong Xiuquan's reply was intercepted by Dexing A on the way back.
Fu Xing Le Duan in the Xianfeng Volume of Donghua Lu also said that according to the captured Taiping soldiers, the heavenly king was besieged by Tianjing and sent people to Fuzhou for help many times in Shi Dakai. Dakai is divided into six armies, claiming to be more than 100,000. Is it planned to attack Suzhou and Hangzhou directly to divide Jinling? .
Visible, blindly accused Shi Dakai regardless of the overall situation, single-minded, deliberately undermine Hong Xiuquan, is groundless. Say that Shi Dakai is short-sighted, far away from the jurisdiction of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and dedicated to the people? A rogue? That is even more wrong.
Honestly. Divide the trend of Jinling? Attacking Zhejiang is not the only goal of Shi Dakai's strategy. Shi Dakai itself has the intention of establishing a long-term base area in Zhejiang, and its four-month attack at the gates of Quzhou illustrates this fact.
In Shi Dakai's strategic planning, attacking Zhejiang can not only attract the troops of the Qing army and reduce the pressure on the Tianjing battlefield, but also open up the eastern front and establish the Zhejiang-Fujian base area, thus expanding the territory of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and making the Taiping Army in Jiangsu, Anhui, Hubei, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Fujian and other provinces exchange needed goods.
Shi Dakai thought more, must give up the base area centered on Tianjing, to avoid because? Territory? Disputes intensified internal contradictions, established long-term base areas in neighboring Zhejiang and Fujian areas, opened up a second battlefield, and became a corner with Tianjing.
1On April 5th, 858, Shi Dakai conquered Jiangshan County, Zhejiang Province and entered Quzhou. In just over two months, 12 counties were conquered, covering Quzhou, Yanzhou, Jinhua and Chuzhou.
Basically, Yang Fuqing, who once fought alongside Shi Dakai, led the troops to Fujian; The Taiping Army of the two places contacted each other and helped each other.
If this situation continues, Shi Dakai's strategic plan will be fully implemented.
However, before Shi Dakai entered Zhejiang, Jiangxi Fuzhou and Jianchang, which Yuzi 'an was guarding, fell one after another, and the rear area fell, so he had to give up the plan of Zhejiang and withdraw from Fujian.
Yang Fuqing of Fujian accepted Hong Xiuquan's bribe, quit before Shi Dakai entered Fujian, and finally made Shi Dakai? East into Zhejiang and Fujian? This strategy was wasted.
For Hong Xiuquan, even if Shi Dakai is far away from Tianjing, it is not enough to give up Tianjing and Anqing, which have been in business for many years. He also worried that Shi Dakai would pose a threat to himself after gaining a foothold in Zhejiang and Fujian, and finally drove Shi Dakai away, becoming a loner and a rogue.