Characters' Life in Qin Rigang's Works

Qin Rigang's family was poor and the teenager dropped out of school. In order to make a living, he makes tofu. He used to work in Xiang Yong, and then he came to Longshan in your county to dig mines. He is honest and loyal and has high prestige among miners. Qin Rigang is just nearly 30 years old and unable to get married and start a family. Like many workers, he struggled for food and clothing and lived a miserable life. There is a strong desire to resist cruel oppression buried in his heart. In the 27th year of Daoguang (AD 1847), in December, Hong Xiuquan sneaked into pingtian mountain to teach hidden miners and got to know Qin Rigang. Hong Xiuquan knew that he was a rare talent, so he strengthened his contact with him and plotted an uprising. Thus, Qin Rigang became one of the pioneers of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

On September 25th, the first year of Xianfeng (A.D. 185 1 year), the Taiping Army captured Yong 'an County, and Qin Rigang was ordered to lead troops to station in the water sinus outside Yong 'an, killing the invasion of Wulantai, the capital of the Qing court, for three consecutive times. In the same year1February 17, Tianwang canonized the hero of jintian uprising and was promoted, and 65438+February 17 was the right time to canonize him. The time when Qin Rigang appointed Tianguan as Prime Minister was not necessarily in Yong 'an 65438+ February 65438+ July. After Qin Ri was just appointed as Prime Minister of Celestial Officials.

In the second year of Xianfeng (AD 1852), on May 4th, the Taiping Army broke through Yong 'an County, and Qin Rigang led the main force to retreat. In this battle, more than 5,000 people were wiped out, and four company commanders, including Chang Rui, Changshou, Dong and Shao, were killed.

On February 8, the third year of Xianfeng (AD 1853), hundreds of thousands of Taiping troops set off from Wuhan and traveled eastward by land and water. On a roll, Nanjing was won in just over 20 days. On merit, Qin Rigang is really loyal to serving the country.

In the fourth year of Xianfeng (AD 1854), the first wing of Wang Shida opened in Anqing, which won the hearts of the people and made remarkable achievements, causing Yang's jealousy. Yang ordered Wang Shouanqing, the first generation wing of Qin Rigang, to send more than 3,000 troops in Anqing, Qin Rigang. His military ability was very strong, which aroused Yang's suspicion. In November of the same year, Qin Rigang defeated Tianjia Town. In February of the fifth year of Xianfeng (AD 1855), Zeng Guofan saw that the Taiping Army was losing ground and led the Xiang Navy to attack Jiujiang. Qin Rigang cooperated closely with Shi Dakai to confront Xiang, and Xiang was defeated. Zeng Guofan almost died, and Hu Linyi, the company commander, tried to commit suicide by throwing himself into the river. The Taiping Army's morale was high. On April 3rd of the following year, it conquered Wuchang, a major town. When the Taiping Army defeated the powerful camps in the north and south of the Yangtze River and won the national victory, all kinds of contradictions of the leading group in the kingdom of heaven began to intensify, and the tragedies of tragedies were interpreted, suspected, harmed and killed. Qin Rigang, who had extraordinary military talent and made brilliant achievements for the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, was executed by Hong Xiuquan. Although the possibility of Shi Dakai persecuting Hong Xiuquan is not ruled out, the tragedy of Qin Rigang was caused by Hong Xiuquan. Among the eight people who died in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Hu Yihuang was the richest and Qin Rigang was the poorest. It is said that Yang was miserable all his life. He has no parents, but he doesn't necessarily have no money. Xiao Chaogui did have no money, but he married a good wife and lived a lot better from then on. Only Qin Rigang, who seemed unlucky before joining God, is the real proletarian.

He is from your county, which township. It is impossible to verify it now, but many records say that he is a worker in Beishan silver mine. Beishan silver mine is a famous large mine in Guangxi, but it was banned for a long time in Qing Dynasty. It was not until the defeat of the Opium War that the Qing court had to reopen because of the serious lack of silver in a large number of reparations. According to local records, Beishan Silver Mine was reopened in the 22nd year of Daoguang (1842), and was ordered by Wang Ji, the county magistrate of Guixian County. However, due to the frequent occurrence of a series of miners' incidents and close contact with the Heaven and Earth Club, Qin Rigang was repeatedly dismissed and recalled.

On 1844, Feng Yunshan began to arrange sacrifices to the gods. When Qin Rigang joined, there is no exact record. Considering that most of the religions recruited by Feng Yunshan in the early days were intellectuals, and most of the non-intellectuals were from Guiping County, Qin Rigang, as a miner in Guixian County or a brave man in the countryside, did not seem to join too early.

The existing "Heavenly Brother's Imperial Decree" was recorded in Wuxian in September (1848), and Qin Rigang's name did not appear until Geng Xu in June (1850). On June 20, Xiao Chaogui "promoted" a large number of backbones in the name of Tian Ge, including Qin Rigang's name. In August of this year, Lin Fengxiang of Baisha Village in Gui County clashed with the local "natives" Yong Ying, and Qin Rigang led a crowd to help him break Yong Ying and recapture the cattle. It is said that Qin Rigang and others pursued thousands of natives with more than 10 in this campaign, but the natives were afraid to leave behind closed doors. Although it is obviously exaggerated, it is not difficult to see that Hong Rengan, who is far away in Hua County, Guangdong Province, soon knew the story. This battle greatly inspired the morale of worshipping God and made a beautiful start for jintian uprising. After this battle, Lin Fengxiang, a vagrant from Jieyang, Guangdong Province, who was originally unknown in the God's Fair, became the backbone, while Qin Rigang, who barely made it into the backbone, naturally became the backbone of the backbone. Miners are different from farmers. They are well organized and can bear hardships. Because they have no land or real estate, they are not afraid of property and migration. Qin Rigang had a high prestige among miners, worked as a brave man in the countryside, had certain organizational ability and military experience, and soon pulled up a team of thousands of people. Jintian uprising and Guixian Mountain should be second only to Guiping Mountain in number. Cousins of Shi Dakai, Qin Rigang and Hong Xiuquan gave Gu Wang a large-scale cast. Because the Wangs were excluded by Xiao Chaogui, they had been in a marginal position before the Tianjing Incident. With the strength of his family and his personal military and political talents, Shi Dakai stood out as the first five Wang Zhiyi, contributed more than a thousand elite soldiers and made contributions to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. be well-equipped

The title of Jintian period is unknown. The thieves' collection says that he is "an athlete under Hong Xiuquan", which is estimated to be a role of Kingsguard. His position is not high, but he is a "trusted minister of the emperor" with many opportunities. In Yong 'an, Hong Xiuquan became an official. In the first year of Xinkai (185 1), on October 25th, he established the Five Barons. On or after that day, he made friends with a large number of senior officials below the prime minister. Among them, the highest position is Qin Rigang, who became an official and a prime minister. According to Yang, it is "the best official residence".

Although there are as many as 24 prime ministers of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, there are only two in Yong 'an, Qin Rigang and Prime Minister Hu Yihuang, and no matter how many prime ministers there are, the status of Tianguan and Prime Minister is unusual. They are called "the head of the court's hundred officials" and the seal is made of silver-plated wood (the other 23 prime ministers can only use wood). Thus, Qin Rigang's position at this time is very prominent. Not only high status, but also heavy tasks. In Yong 'an, the territory controlled by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is very small. There is only one village in Dongping, just outside the city, with a total area of ***400 square miles. The tactics they adopted to defend the city were "guarding the risks and not guarding the pheasant", and they concentrated their main forces in several strategic locations outside the city, namely Shuidou in the south of the city, Longyan Pool in the north of the city, and Mojia Village near the city wall. The reason why the forces were so concentrated was that Shuidou was the Ulan Taiwan Department with the largest face-to-face forces of the Qing army, with a total force of 10000 people (all soldiers) and the Qing army was the best.

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During the six-and-a-half-month attack and defense in Yongan, Shuidou Fortress withstood the onslaught of Wulantai and never fell. Qin Rigang overcame the disparity in firepower (the Taiping Army seldom fired guns in the later period, because there was no gunpowder and guns, and even if it fired, it could only fire stones and copper coins. ) and poor foreign aid, and "walking naked to the enemy, not advancing or retreating", firmly holding the South Gate of Yongan with flesh and blood. Due to the shortage of ammunition and food,1in April, 852, Taiping Army deployed a breakthrough. On the evening of the 5th, the Taiping Army braved the downpour and rushed to Zhaoping via Gusu in the east of the city. The water bucket defenders led by Qin Rigang were ordered to stay until after midnight. In the early morning of the next day, because there were still many family members, the old and the weak left behind in the front team, two lines had to be formed in Gusuchong and Longliaoling.

Although it took only 1 day for the Taiping Army to retaliate with a big cave annihilation war that wiped out thousands of enemies and killed four company commanders, the fiasco of Longliaoling still left a shadow on many Taiping Army soldiers. The legend of Qin Rigang's "no talent" probably came out at this time. Since then, Qin Rigang has never had the opportunity to fight alone until Nanjing, its capital, fearing that it was because of this battle. The actual person in charge of the Battle of Longliaoling was Qin Rigang, not Xiao Chaogui, so Qin Rigang was responsible for the failure of the Battle of Longliaoling.

In this campaign, Qin Rigang arranged a few troops into two roads and failed to stop Xiang Rong from attacking the commanding heights, resulting in thousands of troops being passively beaten in narrow and muddy canyons, and the responsibility could not be shirked. However, it was Xiao Chaogui, not Qin Rigang, who directly commanded the war. The disposal that led to passive beating was also instructed by Xiao Chaogui. Otherwise, with Yang's strict law enforcement, Qin Rigang would have been dismissed for investigation, but the actual situation is that although he no longer leads troops and Tiangong is the prime minister, he is safe and sound. From Yong 'an to Tianjing, he didn't make any contribution and certainly didn't make any mistakes. When he arrived in Tianjing, he lived in the house assigned to him and drew a pair of striking elephants at the door (under the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom system, the gate of the Temple of the King of Heaven was painted with two dragons and two phoenixes, the East King, the West Wang Yilong Phoenix, the Marquis and the Dragon Tiger, and the Prime Minister painted elephants, while the following was painted with leopards with different postures). You know, when the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom banned the reunion of husband and wife, only eight families, including Qin Rigang, could live in such a big city with their wives. In May of the fourth year of Jiayin, the Northern Expedition reinforcements led by Zeng and others were defeated in Linqing Prefecture, Shandong Province. The Japanese commander ordered the second Northern Expedition reinforcements to go to Zhili to reinforce, and was named the prince. When Rigang was defeated in Yangjiadian, Shucheng, he said to Dongwangyang, "There are many demon soldiers in the north road, so it is difficult to walk alone." Xuan was ordered to still go to Anqing to coordinate with the Japanese army in the cities of Anqing and Chizhou.

Return to Tianjing in June. In August, he was ordered to visit the river course in Hubei and make use of it. When I first arrived in Jiujiang, I had fallen into the trap of Wu, Han, Shoujiang Shi Fengkui and Huang Zaixing, and retreated to Tianjia Town. The Japanese outline issued a decree, denouncing Shi Fengkui and Huang Zaixing for missing the opportunity, and ordered the garrison Tianjia Town to wait for the deployment and beat Yang at the same time. The disposal of the Japanese program coincides with Yang's, but before the report was delivered, Shi Fengkui and Huang Zaixing were ordered to return to Tianjing, and the Japanese program was supervised by the Daying Military Affairs Committee of Tianjia Town. Tianjia Town is located on the north bank of the Yangtze River, 40 miles southeast of qi zhou, Hubei, and 50 miles south of Guangji County, facing half of Xingguo State, bordering Jiujiang in the south and Anqing in the east. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has built an upstream defensive fortress here. From qi zhou to Tianjia Town, Tucheng was built along the coast and artillery positions were set up. From Tianjia Town to Banbi Mountain, cross the river with iron locks to stop the enemy navy. 1October 18 (Gregorian calendar1October 4), Rigang commanded his troops to fight the enemy in Banbanshan, winning first and then losing, and returning to Tianjia Town. The chain of Hengjiang at the foot of Banbi Mountain is broken. When we cross the river again tomorrow, Shi Zhenlun and Wei Yide are both dead, and half of the mountain has collapsed. The method of placing chains on the river defense in Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is different from that of Wu in the Three Kingdoms period. The State of Wu cut stones and pierced iron on both sides of the river, and there was nothing to transport in the river, so one place melted, and "Chihiro iron lock sank to the bottom of the river". The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom used one ship after another to transport ships, and arranged three big ships in the middle of the river as the general transport ship. The ship's head and tail are hooked to the bottom of the river with big anchors, and four iron locks are placed across the ship and tied with iron yards. So although the south bank is broken, dozens of other sections are firmly fastened. After 20th (Gregorian calendar1October 6th), a section on the south bank connects with the foot of Banbi Mountain, and two gunboats are installed and artillery teams are arranged to prevent the enemy navy from attacking. Sprinkle sand on the ship and store water on the ship to prevent the enemy's incendiary bombs from burning. There are about 5,000 military transport ships in the upper reaches of Tiesuo, with Wei's warships No.3 and No.40 and the lower reaches of Tiesuo, sometimes firing guns to cheer. On the north shore, there is a tucheng outside Tianjiazhen Street, which is about two miles long. At the end of the street, there is a construction camp tied to the roots of the north shore with chains, and Japanese gangs are stationed in it to command. Above the street, there is a mouse mountain, a building camp, a mopan mountain, a building camp and a fortress. From Niuganji to Wuwang Temple, about six or seven miles long, closely arranged holes bombarded the center of the river. The fortress is fortified and the layout is extremely tight. It is precisely because there is no navy, and the enemy is a refined navy, and it depends on the navy to fight on the river, so it is impossible to defeat the enemy On 27th (Gregorian calendar1October13rd), the enemy navy division was informed of the attack. The first team cut the iron locks at will and fused them with charcoal stoves and iron axes. The second team specializes in gunboats and covers the first team. After the iron lock was opened, the third team rushed downstream and set fire to the military ship to prevent the iron lock from being broken. At four o'clock at night, the Japanese just led the troops back to Huangmei County and Xiaochikou on the other side of Jiujiang, and ordered Luo Outline, Kai Wing Lam, Chen Yucheng and other generals to stay temporarily, so that the enemy could not enter. Then Shi Dakai commanded reinforcements to arrive. In the first month of the following year, he defeated the enemy navy in Jiujiang and recovered Wu and Han. On the crime of losing Banban Mountain and Tianjia Town, renamed as "Tianyan". However, Qin Rigang did not really become a slave for three years, but continued to be a director with the title of "slave". He was a slave of Yi Rong in the first month of the fifth year (1855). On August 17 of that year, he announced that he would give up his slave name and call it "Tianyan" to restore the following five kings. Shortly after the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom made Tianjing its capital, the Qing army successively established Jiangnan Camp and Jiangbei Camp outside Tianjing and Yangzhou. They are like two steel nails, nailed to the heart of heaven, which seriously threatens the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. In Qin Rigang's military career, the most brilliant victories were1the battle of Yangzhou, which broke camp in Jiangbei in April, 856, and the battle of Tianjing, which broke camp in Jiangnan in June of the same year.

1853 Shortly after the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom made Tianjing its capital in March, the Qing army established Jiangnan and Jiangbei camps in Tianjing and the eastern suburbs of Yangzhou respectively, which echoed each other, threatening Tianjing, Zhenjiang and Guazhou and preventing the Taiping Army from moving eastward into Suzhou and Changzhou. After 1855, the Taiping Army was at a disadvantage and the Northern Expeditionary Army was wiped out. Although the Western Expedition Army turned around in Hubei and Jiangxi, Anhui Taiping Prefecture (now Dangtu), Wuhu and Luzhou (now Hefei) fell one after another, and Tianjing was trapped in water transportation, and the waterway was also cut off by the Qing army. The Shanghai Knife Uprising was suppressed, the Qing army moved to Zhenjiang, and the foreign aid of the defenders was cut off. In order to get rid of the unfavorable situation, the leaders of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom decided to concentrate their forces, attack the camps in Jiangbei and Jiangnan, and eliminate the elbow nest. At the beginning of 1856, Dongwangyang mobilized tens of thousands of people from Anhui, and under the command of Yanwang Qin Rigang, on February 1856, he moved eastward from Qixia and Shibuqiao to help Zhenjiang. An imperial envoy, Xiang Rong, commander-in-chief of Jiangnan camp, and Jill Hang 'a, governor of Jiangsu Province, sent troops to stop the blockade. The two sides fought fiercely in Longtan, Dongyang, Cangtou, Xia Shu and Tangtou for more than 40 days, regardless of the outcome. Wu Ruao, the commander-in-chief of Zhenjiang, sent troops to meet the west many times, but they were all stopped by the Qing army. In order to break the deadlock,1in late March, 856, Qin Rigang sent Chen Yucheng, the winter official and prime minister, to break through the blockade of the Qing army by boat, and arrived in Zhenjiang to meet Wu Ruao, who made an appointment to attack on something. /kloc-in April, 2000, Qin Rigang led the army eastward and fought fiercely with the Qing army in Tangtou, which was deadlocked. Before the war, Li Xiucheng, a local official and deputy prime minister who detoured to the rear of the Qing army, suddenly launched an attack. The Qing army was caught between Scylla and Charybdis, and the situation was in chaos. At this point, Chen Yucheng and Wu Ruao also led troops to attack from Zhenjiang to the west, and the two Taiping rebels joined forces successfully. On March 2 1856, the Qing army was defeated by Abougit and Hangzhou, and even the battalion broke to 16, reaching Zhenjiang. That night, Qin Rigang crossed the river from Jinshan to meet the defenders in Guazhou. 1at dawn on March 3rd, 856, under the condition that the Qing army neglected to take precautions, the Taiping army stormed the earthen bridge, broke through the long wall built by the Qing army to besiege Guazhou, and even broke the Qing army camps such as Hongqiao and Pu Shu Bay. Most of the Qing army was scattered, and the imperial envoys and commander-in-chief of Jiangbei Camp Tomina fled to Sanchahe. The next day, the Taiping Army got up the momentum and wiped out more than 120 Qing army camps on the Sanchahe River. Toming led the remains to Shaobo Town in the northeast of Yangzhou. 1On March 5, 856, the Taiping Army occupied Yangzhou, and the Jiangbei camp operated by the Qing army for three years was destroyed. After collecting a large amount of grain, Qin Rigang left only a small number of troops to defend Yangzhou in order to return to the army and attack the Jiangnan camp, and returned to the south on March 1856. Originally planned to cross the river from Guazhou, Xia Guan and Prime Minister Zhou Shengkun who stayed in the warehouse were defeated by the Qing army, and the road to the south was cut off. March 1856, 14, led the army to the west, March 1856, the team captured Pukou and prepared to cross the river. Before the assembly of the brigade, the Qing army fell into Pukou again on March 22 1856, and Qin Rigang had to lead his troops back to Guazhou. After a short rest, we crossed the river on May 27th 1856. 1On May 29th, 856, Huangnizhou was captured, and the high-level Qing camp stormed with victory and planned to open the road back to Tianjing. It is said that Jierhang led troops from Jiuhuashan camp in Zhenjiang to help. 1 June, 8561day, Qin Rigang surrounded the Qing army in Yandun Mountain, and Gilhanga knew that it was difficult to escape and committed suicide. 1On June 3rd, 856, Qin Rigang led an army to attack Jiuhuashan Qing camp.1On June 6th, 856, he broke the camp of Jingxian Mountain of Qing army and liberated Zhenjiang. 1On June 3rd, 856, Qin Rigang abandoned the camps of Xiaomaoshan, Jiuhuashan, Yandun Mountain and Huangnizhou, and passed through Gaozi, Xia Shu, Dongyang and Shibuqiao to retreat to Yanziji and Guanyin Gate in the northeast of Tianjin. When Qin Rigang's army came to Zhenjiang in the east, Wang Shi Dakai led an army of 20,000 to 30,000 from Jiangxi to Li Jinfa. 1856 arrived in Molingguan area in the south of Tianjin in late May. When Xiang Rong was divided, there were less than 5000 soldiers in Jiangnan camp. In order to mobilize the Qing army, Shi Dakai adopted the tactics of moving eastward and westward. On June 1856, he divided his troops and captured Lishui, the main road that moved eastward to Jiangsu and Changzhou. When he heard the news, Zhang was sent to rescue him. Jiangnan camp forces more empty, the East King even ordered Qin Rigang to attack Shi Dakai. 1856 June 17, Qin Rigang moved from Yanziji to Xianhemen, and a team of thousands of people from Tianjing Taiping Army crossed the Dragon Neck. Another team of 7,000 or 8,000 people went out of the city from the toilet gate and the emergency gate, occupied Shuiguan and Fengjiabian, and formed a trend of attacking the Qing army from east to west with the Qin Rigang Department. Xiang Rong urgently sent Wang Jun, the deputy commander, to lead 2,000 people to Xianhemen to prevent blocking. 1856 June18, Shi Dakai also arrived at Yaohuamen; Dozens of road barriers were built around Xianhemen, and the striker reached Huang Ma Group in Zijin Shandong, cutting off the connection between Jiangnan Camp and Xianhemen. Seeing that the camp was in danger, Zhang Xingye rushed back from Lishui and sent troops from Danyang and Moling to rescue him. 1June 856 19 Before dawn, Shi Dakai and Qin Rigang sent four or five thousand men to attack Wang Jun Camp in Xianhemen. Later, thousands of men were sent to outflank and fought fiercely until late, defeating the Qing army. On that day, Zhang rate 1200 people returned to camp and camped in Qingma Group overnight, trying to stop the Taiping Army from attacking westward. On the morning of the 20th, Taiping Army stormed the Qingma Group in Dushi Road. At the same time, Yang sent thousands of men out of Tongji and other gates and went straight to the Seven Bridges urn. Xiang Rong led 65,438+0,200 people from Xiaolingwei camp to help, but in fact they were preparing to flee to the south. In the afternoon, Qin Rigang divided four or five thousand troops from Linggu Temple to break through the camp of the Qing cavalry, which matched the Xiaoling Guards. Hongwu and Chaoyangmen Taiping troops split up and attacked more than 20 Qingying camps near Xiaolingwei. Then, all the Taiping armies jointly attacked Xiaolingwei, and after several fierce battles, they broke through Xiangrong Camp and annihilated more than a thousand Qing troops. Zhang and Zhang broke through chunhua town overnight and fled to Danyang on1June 2, 8561day. At this point, the Jiangnan camp, which threatened Tianjing for three years, was also breached by the Taiping Army. After Qin Ri just joined the membership, he actively developed the congregation in Beishan Silver Mine in your county. Thousands of workers gathered in Beishan silver mine. Most of them are farmers, or because the land was annexed by landlords, or because they escaped from exorbitant taxes, they fled to the mines and were brutally exploited by silver miners. As the leader of miners, Qin Rigang "persuaded" them to worship God, which made miners flock to it. During the Taiping Rebellion, there were about 3,000 miners in Jintian "Tuanying", including more than 0/0,000 silver miners in Beishan, Gui County led by Qin Rigang.

After jintian uprising, Qin Rigang led the miners' Tiejun, and fought with officers and men many times, making great achievements. After the Taiping Army conquered Yong 'an County (present-day mengshan county), Hong Xiuquan rewarded him for his achievements and made Qin Rigang the Tianguan and Prime Minister, ranking first among ministers. Later, the Taiping Army sent him to lead the elite soldiers to guard the portal water sinus in the south of Yongan Prefecture. Qin Rigang gave full play to the miners' expertise and dug trenches and built villages on Shuidou Mountain, which was covered with underground mines. The fortifications were extremely strong and the Qing army could never break them.

Such as Qin Rigang, Feng Yunshan, Shi Dakai and Luo Outline. Led the troops to fight hard with Wulantai and Xiang Rong Qing soldier wyndell dichinson, which won the Taiping Army precious time for half a year, and made it easier to formulate laws and regulations and carry out political power construction. 1852 At the beginning of April, the Taiping Army broke through Yong 'an House, and the Qin Rigang Department took on the guard of the whole army and stopped the pursuers. Because there are a large number of women and children in the army, and it is raining heavily, a large group of people are crowded on muddy mountain roads, and the action is very slow. It is difficult to accomplish this arduous task. In Yulong Pass and Heping Chong, Qin Rigang's army fought fiercely with the Qing army, which was superior in quantity and equipment, for two days. The enemy suffered huge losses and paid a heavy price, killing more than 2,000 people, which was the biggest loss of Taiping Army since the uprising.

In the early morning of April 8, Qin Rigang rode through the collapsed hillock and rushed to Dachong in the dense fog, where he met a large team lying in ambush on the hill. At first light, Ulantai led the Qing army in pursuit. Other Qing troops, fearing that Wulantai would monopolize the pursuit of the first prize, also set out in succession to advance towards the collapse. The enemy entered the ambush circle, the Taiping army was in command, and rockets, soil cannons, nitrate barrels, stones, mines, logs and so on were rolling down. The Qing army that rushed to the bottom had nowhere to hide, and suddenly it was a mess. Coupled with the steep and narrow mountains and crowded people, there is no way to escape. Taiping troops swooped down from the top of the mountain and surrounded the enemy to fight. In half a day, the Qing army lost more than 5000 soldiers. Chang Rui, commander-in-chief of Tianjin Town, Chang Shou, commander-in-chief of Liangzhou Town, Dong, commander-in-chief of Hebei Town and Shao, commander-in-chief of Yunyang Town were killed, and more than 20 generals including Colin were also killed, and ordnance, flags and clothes were discarded. Wulantai was injured when he fled, and Xiang Rong and a few other defeated soldiers fled in the direction of Longliaoling.

Qin Rigang played an important role in the Taiping Army's "Yong 'an Breakthrough" and "Three Strikes and Great Victory".

1854 65438+ In October, Qin Rigang was named as "True Loyalty to Serve the Country and Serve Heaven", replacing Wing King Shi Dakai to guard Anqing. In May of the same year, he was made the Prince of Yan and was ordered to lead the second Northern Expedition reinforcements. After Lin defeated the Taiping Army in Xiangtan in April; After the Xiang army burned down more than 2,000 warships, Zeng Tianyang, a veteran and prime minister of Taiping Army, was killed in Chenglingji in August. 10 June 14, Wuchang fell and Taiping Army retreated to Tianjia Town. The situation is sinister, and Qin Ri has just arrived in Tianjia Town to supervise the work. While denouncing Shi Fengkui and Huang Zaixing, who lost Wuchang, he strengthened fortifications, camped five on the dangerous mid-mountain, and placed two chains on the other side of Tianjiazhen River. Dozens of ships are lined up under chains and covered with guns. In addition, a tucheng was built from Tianjia Town to the north bank of the Yangtze River in qi zhou, which was covered with artillery positions.

165438+1On October 23rd, Qin Rigang's army fought fiercely with Xiang and Li in Banban Mountain and lost. In the evening, Wei Jun, Shi Zhenlun and Wei Yide arrived at Tianjia Town together. The next day, Qin Rigang led the two armies to cross the river, and then fought fiercely with the Luo Zenan army for one day. Both roads were defeated, Shi Zhenlun and Wei Yide died, and half of the mountains fell.

Qin Rigang had to retreat to Tianjia Town. On February 2, 65438, Yang Zaifu and Peng Yulin, the navy division of Xiang Army, cut off his chain with a big axe and set it on fire. Lushi Luo Zenan and Taqibu led more than 6,000 people, distributed in the south bank to assist. In this campaign, the Taiping Army suffered heavy losses, burning more than 4,000 ships and robbing more than 500 ships. Knowing that the family couldn't keep the fort, Qin Ri just set himself on fire, retreated to Huangmei, and then went to Jiujiang, where he was separated from Luo Outline and Chen Yucheng.

The defeat of Tianjia Town of Taiping Army was due to objective factors such as the strong guns and strong ships of Xiang Army and the improper command of Qin Rigang.

In view of the defeat of the Western Expedition Army, Hong Xiuquan urged Shi Dakai to support him. Shi Dakai summed up the lessons of Taiping Army's failure, held his ground and did not fight the Qing army. He just disturbed the enemy with rockets and fire every night, and made the enemy martial law for one night, exhausted. At loggerheads for more than a month, Shi Dakai took advantage of the enemy's emergency, lured the elite navy troops into Poyang Lake, then blocked the water card at the mouth of the lake, sent people to paddle and set fire to it, and attacked and burned more than 40 enemy ships overnight. 1855 February 1 1 Sunday night, Shi Dakai commanded more than 30 canoes to attack the enemy, burned more than 5,000 enemy ships, and almost captured Zeng Guofan, the coach of Xiang army. Qin Rigang just took the opportunity to attack from Susong and Taihu Lake to the west, and all the way was sweeping, even Keguangji, qi zhou and Huangzhou were spared. On February 23rd, Chen Yucheng and others occupied Hankou and Hanyang. On March 16, Qin Rigang led all the troops to storm Wuchang. On April 3, the Taiping Army conquered Wuchang for the third time.