On March 15, 1859, Chen Yucheng's former army reached Pukou. Forty thousand troops faced each other from the west of Pukou to the east of Jiangpu; Li Xiucheng also ordered the Jiuli Mountain army to swoop down; the Jiusuzhou Taiping Army , pouring out thousands of troops to control the southwest.
Zhang Guoliang was defeated and all the fortresses outside Jiangpu City were breached. Lieutenant General Zheng Chaodong, guerrilla Zhang Zhankui and three thousand soldiers were all killed.
Hechun urgently dispatched General Feng Zicai, Zhang Desheng, and Xiong Tianxi with seven thousand troops to assist Jiangpu; he also ordered Commander Chen Shizhong to lead the navy to sail up to the mouth of the Xijiang River to assist. Shengbao also sent Li Zhaoshou's troops back to protect Chuzhou.
He Chunfei reported to Emperor Xianfeng: Chen Yucheng gathered evil parties with the intention of breaking through the Jiangpu Pass and joining Jinling. His momentum was sudden and unstoppable. We can only follow the blockade and suppress it, attack the key points with all our strength, first consolidate the overall situation, and then move forward to sweep away.
Feng Zicai and other reinforcements arrived, and Zhang Guoliang left the city to fight again, gradually reversing the decline.
Chen Yucheng said to Li Xiucheng: "Zhang Yao Guoliang is also a powerful enemy." Our regiment is concentrated in two villages, and it is difficult to expand our military strength. My brother is guarding Pukou. I go out to attack. I divide my troops and use my camera to surround and kill them.
Li Xiucheng said: Yes. I immediately went to the southeast of Pukou and reached Jiusuzhou, where I built a long wall to connect Jinling to provide relief.
On April 30, Chen Yucheng arrived in Liuhe, and internal and external forces joined forces to injure Fu Ming'a, Jiangbei's assistant minister, and Zhang Yuliang, the commander-in-chief.
Zhang Guoliang quickly mobilized the commander-in-chief Feng Zicai, Xiong Tianxi, and the general Deng Lianke to join forces for reinforcements. Shengbao also sent Zhang Desheng, the commander-in-chief of Yichang Town, with 4,000 troops, to rush forward from Chajian Town to attack him. He also ordered Li Zhaoshou's troops to rush to Chajian to support him. He then sent Hubei Admiral De'an to rush to the south from Tianchang. Enter Liuhe.
Most of the Qing troops gathered in Liuhe, but Chen Yucheng did not want to waste his life, so he left one to garrison Zhuzhen. He led the main force across Lingyan Mountain and entered Yizheng territory. He threatened to attack Tianchang, Yizheng and Yangzhou, and also threatened to cross the river from Yizheng to rescue Jinling.
Fuming couldn't afford his serious injury, and He Chun couldn't figure out Chen's intentions, so he ordered the four of them, Admiral Ju Dianhua, Commander-in-Chief Zhang Yuliang, Xiong Tianxi, and An Yong, to join forces to temporarily handle military affairs in Jiangbei.
Zhang Guoliang reported: Ju Dianhua is violent and unruly. He is unfavorable in every battle and insults the soldiers at every turn. He should not be reused.
He Chunfu listened.
On May 10, 1859, Chen Yucheng led the army, passed through Yizheng along the path, broke into Yangzhou, and besieged it on all sides.
He Chun was afraid and ordered Zhang Yuliang and Ma Dezhao to rush to help. Then he played again: Yangzhou is in danger, Shao Bo, Gaudí and above are under martial law everywhere, and the land is heavily depleted. Only the existing soldiers in Liuhe were brave enough to retreat step by step and retreat to Yangzhou. They were arranged separately to guard the county and city for a total period of time to maintain the key to the north and south.
On the 12th, Zhang Yuliang arrived in Yang. Chen Yucheng left some troops behind to block the attack, and led the main force to march northward.
Tianchang was in a hurry, and Shengbao urgently ordered Li Zhaoshou to rush from Chajian to the outside of Tianchang Wall to set up defenses. Shengbao led the main force to attack Zhuzhen as a response.
On the 14th, Chen Yucheng led his army to Tianchang. Yucheng was delighted to see De'an and Li Zhaoshou stationed outside the city. After personally leading a detour to De'an's camp, a burst of gunfire killed Hubei Admiral De'an in front of the battle. Yucheng took advantage of the victory to attack Li Zhaoshou's camp. As soon as Zhaoshou arrived, the camp was not established. He was caught off guard and was defeated. Shengbao came to fight in person and was defeated. Shengbao withdrew to Jiupu and ordered Li Zhaoshou to garrison Bantaji. He also said to Li: "There is Hechun cuisine on the south road. The thieves attacked Jiupu, occupied Xuyi again, and entered uninhabited territory in the north. The only urgent need now is to have the strength to do so." Consolidate the way forward.
Chen Yucheng left a force to defend Tianchang, raiding day and night to contain Shengbao. Yucheng led the main force, turned back south, conquered the branch again, and re-encircled Liuhe.
Shengbao stood alone in the north, panicking and playing: Chen Yucheng's 670,000 buddies gathered in Anhui Province, planning to reach from Liuhe to the sky, spreading horizontally, and it is difficult to control. Once they break out, all roads can be passed. The ministers who advanced to suppress the attack had less than 5,000 infantry and no more than 800 cavalry. They galloped eastward and westward, exhausted from running for their lives. They acted as the enemy of the enemy, blocking the four-pronged attack, and they felt that they should not miss it. The ministers kowtowed to invite him, and played the tune and sent the spring order to the north to guard Chen Ni.
Emperor Xianfeng took over and ordered Hechun: If Xuyi is defeated, Guangdong and Nian will rebel, and they will definitely join forces and wreak havoc on the Jianghuai River. Quickly dispatch the elite soldiers from Jiangbei to Tianchang to join forces with Shengbao to suppress the traitors and rebels. Then he ordered Guiliang, a scholar of Dongge University, to stay in Shanghai with the British, French, American and Russian barbarians in exchange for the ruling on the "Tianjin Treaty".
Sushun said: It is the nature of the Yi people to change the contract with the capital. If you are a slave, please make plans in advance.
Emperor Xianfeng said: Ruilin, the Minister of Rites, rushed to Tianjin to assist the imperial minister Seng Gelinqin and defend Dagu coastal defense to the death.
Hechun received the order, but refused to obey, and reported: On April 27, the main force of the rebels was divided into groups from Tianchang, and drove down in three directions. They gathered in Lingyan Mountain, Babu Bridge, Chenjiaqiao and other places in the northeast, and divided their positions. In the area around Donggou in Yizheng, from the northeast of Liuhe to the main part of the Donggou River, we camped continuously for hundreds of miles. We were defeated after repeated defeats. We were eager to attack Hongshan Kiln and wanted to cut off our salary route. Hongshan Kiln is more than 20 miles away from Liuhe, close to Donggou, bypassing Guabu, and is the throat of Daying Pay Road. If the thief attacks, Liuhe will be destroyed. After carving out the form, Yangzhou and Yizheng were slightly relaxed, so I immediately ordered the deputy general Zhu Chengxian who was assisting Yangcheng to go to Liuhe, and the general Zhang Yuliang also rushed from Yizheng to attack Donggou. The momentum is set, the weak ministers camp in the south, the army will do its best, and the troops to support the north cannot be mobilized.
Chen Yucheng raised troops in Liuhe, and was about to attack again, when he suddenly received the imperial decree from the King of Heaven to enter the capital.
Liu Xuanlin said: "Recently, there has been a lot of discussion among the whole army. Who is Hong Renxuan? After entering the capital for half a month, he became the loyal military advisor of the Celestial Dynasty and supported King Gang Qian. King Qian added military advisors. This was unique to the East Palace before!" Li Zhaoshou and Xue Zhiyuan rebelled one after another. The king of heaven also suspected Xiucheng and detained his mother and wife, sealing off the river and cutting off the relationship. If Li Xiucheng had a rebellious intention, half of the kingdom of heaven would be lost.
Chen Yucheng said: Things must turn against each other at their extremes. This move by the King of Heaven may force good people to become prostitutes.
Liu Xuanlin said: "You must be on guard against others. When entering Beijing at this time, do not pass by Pukou."
Chen Yucheng said again: "If Li Xiucheng rebels, why should we wait until the end of the mountain and the water is exhausted? We will worry too much!"
On June 15, 1859, Chen Yucheng crossed the river to pay homage to the King of Heaven, Hong Xiuquan.
Hong Xiuquan said: When Brother Chen was crowned loyal and brave, he was specially awarded the title of King of England. In my dynasty, below the King of Qian, brothers of the King of England can be dispatched upon request. Brother Qian Wang and Hong were very familiar with me and King Nan in the past; Brother Qian Wang’s new work "Zi Zheng New Film" has a novel concept; Brother Ying Wang can take a closer look. It's just that the deputy Zhang led Li Xiucheng and repeatedly failed to observe. Li Yao Zhaoshou's wife and mother were also released without authorization. Recently, they had frequent contacts with Li Yao. How unbecoming! The heart is separated from the belly, how can I not guard against it! Wei Jun, the younger brother of the Northern Tragedy, has done very little for the past year and has repeatedly disobeyed orders. Is his heart full of grass? Recently, Wei Jun and Li Xiucheng have frequently sent letters to each other, and they are very close.
Chen Yucheng said: Li Zhaoshou's rebellion was known to all the ministers; the military situation was critical at that time and there was no time to take care of it. Xue Zhiyuan was in charge of guarding Liangpu, and I gave him advice. Bodhisattva Li Xiucheng's thoughts are to be kind to others; I can guarantee that he has no intention of turning back. Previously, Wei Jun was well-organized in attack and defense and decisive in killing; recently, he has been absent-minded and seems to have his own thoughts.
Hong Xiuquan said: The British brothers can maneuver between Liuhe, Xuyi and Dingyuan to kill monsters at their leisure and watch the progress of the show. Wei Jun's army must also be on guard. I have ordered Yang Fuqing to march into Huizhou and Chizhou to give him good advice. We are brothers in heaven, why should we fight against each other?
Chen Yucheng said: The teachings of the Heavenly King should always be kept in mind. I have just received my report. In the east of Liuhe City, all of my forty camps were destroyed by monsters. The front line is in danger, and I need to rescue you immediately!
Hong Renxuan, the king of Qian, said: Shi Da sent out more than 100,000 troops to attack southern Hunan and led many demons. He seemed to be more effective than Li Zhaoshou and Xue Zhiyuanliu.
Hong Xiuquan said: Shi Dakai has left the Kingdom of Heaven. His life and death have nothing to do with the affairs of the Heavenly Kingdom.
Hong Renxuan said: The brothers of the King of England are famous all over the world for being good at destroying powerful enemies. They are rarely matched in the world. I saw it today, and it turned out to be true. The two armies are engaged in a battle, which is true and false, and false and true. I think that only by pointing the guide to the north and not daring to look north will we be able to achieve success.
Chen Yucheng cupped his hands and said, "Long live the King of Heaven, long live the King of Qian. His words are wise, so he asked the King of Heaven to dispatch Li Shixian's troops to cross the Yangtze River and return to the south, and pretend to enter southern Jiangsu at Dongba to contain He Chun Yao'er."
Hong Xiuquan said: Brother Qian Wang is already a loyal military advisor, and the army of the Kingdom of Heaven is dispatched by him. From now on, if foreign affairs are not decided, ask the King of England, and if internal matters are not decided, ask the King Qian. If the two are not decided, I will solve it.
On June 19, Yucheng returned to Liuhe, cleaned up his defeat, suddenly withdrew from the siege, and attacked Xuyi in the north. On the 25th, Chen Yucheng's army arrived at Shishili Bridge.
The Shishili Bridge is the key pass in the southeast of Xuyi. If this is lost, the city of Xuyi will be difficult to protect. Shengbao made a desperate move, leaving 300 regiments to practice defending the city, and led 600 horsemen to rush to the rescue.
When Chen Yucheng heard that Xuyi was outnumbered, he immediately sent a detour to attack and defeated them in half an hour.
Shengbao became angry from shame and hurriedly sent troops to the defense: Now the armies from the north, south and south of the Yangtze River are surrounded on three sides, southeast and west, but the north is only missing. How can we open one side of the net and let them escape and die? The cities in the north do not belong to them, but the country they lead is a plunder! This is not only the case in Jinling, but also in the siege of Liuhe. Last time, a large force of Guangdong rebels invaded Tianchang. I used my lone army to beg from the north and south of the Yangtze River, divided the divisions and joined forces to suppress it, but there was no response for a long time. I hereby entrust you with an edict, because the thieves are so fierce that I have ordered He Chun and others to come close to the armies commanded by Zhang Yuliang, Xiong Tianxi and others, and send thousands of them to attack and suppress them together with the ministers Shengbao. The holy will is sincere and I miss you deeply. However, He Chun and others were always worried about escaping, but they turned a deaf ear and stood still. It has been several months, but how have they ever seen one of their brigade troops come to respond? This is a gangster who regards the minister's consultation as a story, and the holy precepts as a piece of fashion! It is difficult to encircle the 70,000 soldiers south of the Yangtze River and seize a corner of Jinling. Anhui has only 20,000 troops, spanning more than 700 miles, and living in a land full of thieves. It attacks the Nian bandits in the north and suppresses the Guangdong rebels in the south. The troops are divided and the singles are strengthened. Today's official text states that Chu divisions were divided to support Hunan, but failed to suppress them; He Chun only supported a large number of troops, and only trapped the bandits in Jiangcheng. They could not send more troops to each other. As for the surrounding bandits, they all lacked the north, and the generals Let the North commit crimes. Bikong, with its troops from the north and south of the Yangtze River, is still unable to encircle it! What I have said are all spoken from the bottom of my heart; there is a lump in my chest, and I can spit it out quickly. I immediately rushed to Jiangba, tried my best to rectify the situation, and looked for an opportunity to defeat Xuyi and stop the thieves from going north.
