Taiping Army hits Yongzhou: More than 3,000 Taiping Army committed collective suicide in Ningyuan, Hunan.

In the first year of Xianfeng (1851)11,Hong Xiuquan launched an uprising in Jintian Village, Guangxi, and established the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. The rebels are called "Taiping Army".

In April of the second year of Xianfeng, the Taiping Army set out from Yong 'an, Guangxi, and began a great March to sweep the north and south. 1On April 22nd, 852, Taiping Army entered Yongzhou for the first time.

Taiping Army arrived at the west bank of Xiaoshui outside Yongzhou, ready to cross the river, which coincided with the surge of Xiaoxiang's second water. Bao Qibao, the magistrate of Hunan Province, is heavily guarded here. Taiping army failed to swim several times, so it detoured to Daozhou.

Daozhou magistrate abandoned the city and fled. On April 25, the Taiping Army occupied Daozhou City as easy as blowing off dust.

Emperor Xianfeng sent the prefect, with the title of General Hechun, and led1.5000 Guangxi soldiers to "pursue" Daozhou, stationed in Xiepidu area, 20 miles north of the city. On May 5, the Qing army attacked the city from the north of the city in four ways, and the Taiping army divided its forces to fight, repelling the first attack of the Qing army.

19 In May, Taiping Army dispatched more than 2,000 people to attack the Qing army who built a city in Wu Liting, killing the Qing army 1 commanders. On may 2 1 day, Taiping army defeated the Qing army's attack, took advantage of the situation to cross Xiaoshui, occupied Shuinan area, and moved its base camp and main force southward.

After repeated battles and defeats, the Qing army changed its attack to a tactic of "siege at different levels and cutting off support" in an attempt to make the Taiping Army "die without fighting".

/kloc-on June 65, 2000, Cezanne A, an imperial envoy, moved from Guangxi to Yongzhou and took control of the town. Ningyuan returned from Changsha, recruited 1000 rural volunteers, set up a suspected brave camp, and went to Yongzhou to defend the city. (after the suspected brave camp, it was changed to the bird brave camp. ) Cheng Yincai, governor of Huguang, dispatched thousands of reinforcements from Hengzhou and Yongzhou to Daozhou, and the total strength of the Qing army reached more than 20,000.

On June 8, the Taiping Army disguised itself as a soldier of the Qing army, took rivers from the south and killed Liu Xinghuan, the magistrate of a county, in the rivers, which taught Ouyang Fu a lesson. /kloc-in June of 0/3, Jiangyong was captured, and the riverside was connected with the fellow state. At the same time, 20,000 soldiers were recruited here.

After short-term training, an elite "Daozhou Banner" was formed, which made outstanding achievements in the later Taiping Army's western expedition and northern expedition.

On the evening of 25th, Taiping Army voluntarily gave up Daozhou, broke through the encirclement of the Qing army, entered Ningyuan Shuidapu from Siyanqiao Temple, 40 miles south of the city, arrived in Shimonoseki the next day, entered the northern part of Lanshan County, and headed for Chenzhou via Village 46, Nanmuqiao and Tuqiaowei in Daci Township (now ancestral temple fair).

The Taiping Army invaded Yongzhou for the second time several years later 1859. At the beginning of the first month, the Shi Dakai Expeditionary Force conquered Nan 'an, Jiangxi, and planned to enter Sichuan via Hunan and Guizhou. To this end, he joined forces with the rebels of the Hunan-Guangdong-Jiangxi Heaven and Earth Society to capture the Hunan border.

Shi Dakai's main force passed through Chenzhou and Guiyang, pointing to Yongzhou. /kloc-February, Shi Dakai led the troops into Ningyuan county.

After learning this news, Lei Shounan, the magistrate of Ningyuan County, urged Shi and others to recruit more than 800 people to defend the county. In view of the situation at that time, Shi Dakai decided to avoid the reality. He mainly bypassed Yongzhou and headed for Baoqing (now Shaoyang City) via Qiyang.

To this end, Taiping soldiers are divided into three roads: the south road led by Lai Yuxin starts from Panshixu and reaches the southeast of Ningyuan County; The middle road, led by Zhang Shimou, runs from Baoan via Huaqiao, Qingshuiqiao and Majiang to Lingling.

The main force of the North Road Army, led by Shi Dakai himself, went to Qiyang via Shijiadong and Don Juan. In this way, the south road caused an attack on Daozhou and Jianghua, and the middle road caused an attack on Lingling. Its purpose is to cover the main force of North Road to March into Qiyang and send troops to Baoqing.

The battle between Taiping Army and Shi Dakai in Qiyang started without much resistance, and the March went smoothly. However, when the troops marched to the mountain pass, they were ambushed by the Bird Brave Battalion organized by Stone, and killed more than 700 Taiping troops, including Fang Fang, with rolling logs and stones.

The remaining Taiping Army broke through the tight encirclement, marched through the source of loess and entered Qiyang County on March 9. On March 12, the Taiping Army marched in and arrived in Baishui area. 13, arrive at Shili, Liaojiaqiao and Guanyin Beach.

Ying Tian, Qing Anziying Section and Renziying He Shaocai crossed Xiangjiang River on the same day to challenge Taiping Army, and were defeated by Taiping Army.

In the evening, the Taiping Army crossed the Xiangjiang River on a raft docked by a timber merchant and camped in Mubutou, Sanmentan and Pailou Bay. In June of 5438+05, Shi Dakai's troops fought fiercely with the Qing army outside Qiyang County, and Wang Tongshan, the general of Taiping Army, was killed.

Since then, the Qing army has strengthened its defense against Qiyang County. Liu Dashan, the magistrate of a county, organized the gentry and the people to defend, and local Ying Yong also came to Qiyang to reinforce. At the same time, reinforcements from all walks of life of the Qing army gathered outside Qiyang city one after another and camped beside the city. The victorious armies Liu, Chen Di, Yang, Sanqing and Liu Kunyi led the new Chu Yong, Yong and Xin Di.

Zhao Huanlian of He Zi camp and Wei of camp are located in Lingguan Hall under Xiongpiling to prevent Taiping Army from attacking Hengyang. Navy division Xiao Hanqing led warships and patrolled along the river.

In order to break the defense of the Qing army, Shi Dakai stationed the old camp in Yongchang Academy, and soon changed it to Maple Shop, and adjusted the deployment of troops. On March 22, the Taiping Army and the Qing Army fought fiercely in Dongxiang, Qiyang, killing Luo Shirong, general manager of the Qing Army, Zhang Youyuan, minister of foreign affairs, and hundreds of soldiers.

At the beginning of April, Governor Luo of Hunan ordered Taoist priests to rescue Qiyang, stationed in Xiongpiling, joined forces with the No.2 Heping Battalion, and fought fiercely with Taiping Army in Lingguantang for more than 0/0 days. Especially in April 15, World War I was the worst. The two armies engaged 12 hours. Although Chen Shijie destroyed thousands of Taiping rebels, the Qing army suffered heavy casualties and had to retreat to Hongqiao. This time, Shi Dakai won a great victory in Qiyang Conference.

However, because a large number of Qing troops gathered in Qiyang area, Shi Dakai's purpose was not here, and Fu Zhongxin's attack was blocked, so on the evening of April 17, he led his troops to the northwest of Qiyang.

Zhang Shimou led the Taiping Army on the way to Lingling. When he arrived at Ningyuan Huaqiao, he met Shi's group. The two sides fought fiercely, and more than 200 people died in Taiping Army. Zhang Shimou had to lead his troops to retreat to Jiahe, and then headed for Lingling via Ningyuan, Wan Lishi.

On March 3, the Taiping Army attacked Lingling County and launched an siege war, which lasted for several days. Yongzhou magistrate Han Yang and company commander Hou Guangyu closed the city and asked Xinning Taoist Liu Changyou and magistrate Jiang Zhongyi for help.

On March 6th, Lu Changyou and Jiang Zhongyi arrived at the army. On the 8th, the Qing army reinforcements She Xingyuan and Yang Hengsheng also arrived at the gate, echoing the horn of the Qing army guarding the city. On the 9th, Taiping Army and Liu Changyou Army fought fiercely in the border bridge, Tianzidi and Mupu, which hit the Qing army hard.

/kloc-on 0/2, Liu Changyou and other departments acted in concert and launched a fierce attack on the Taiping Army besieged on three sides. Han Yang took advantage of the situation to drive the defenders to attack the Taiping Army barracks with rockets and incendiary bombs. The Taiping rebels under siege were attacked on all sides, and the situation was very urgent. Xiao Hua Department (Xiao Hua is Zhang Shimou Department) led the army to break through and died of exhaustion.

The next day, the Taiping Army retreated to Lingjiaotang and Tianzidi. After a short break, the Taiping soldiers who attacked Lingling were divided into two ways: one led by Zhang Shimou into Qiyang and joined forces with Shi Dakai; A route led by Yu turned to Daozhou, occupied Jianghua County, stayed in the city for 14 days, and then entered Guangxi.

On March 5th (1859), Lai Yuxin was discharged from the army in Xianfeng, Guangxi. The South Shi Dakai Army led by Lai Yuxin marched into Ningyuan County, and fought fiercely with Tuan Yong led by Li Jinci and Shi in Gaoshui Cave and Dongsha. Lai Yuxin repelled Li and Shi's attack and surrounded Ningyuan County.

Lei Shounan and the magistrate of a county organized the county's military and civilians to fight. Lai Yuxin besieged the city for seven consecutive days and nights. Due to the tight defense of the county, it was impossible to attack, so we had to withdraw our troops on March 12 and enter Guangxi along the Huapseudo Road along the river.

In the ninth year of Xianfeng (1859) and in May of 1, Shi Dakai led Shi Guozong from Linwu to Lanshan. Luo Xingkai, the magistrate of Lanshan County, heard the news and dispatched six regimental defense bureaus 1000 people near the county seat to guard the city. Shi Dakai attacked the northwest of the county seat with a small amount of troops, and was stubbornly resisted by the defenders in the city. Hundreds of Taiping rebels were killed or injured.

The next day, Shi Guozong organized troops to attack the city, and the city was tightly defended and could not be captured. On May 3, Shi Guozong led the troops to leave the Blue Mountain and enter Ningyuan. The main force attacked Ningyuan county near the east gate, and the guarding city group bravely fired artillery bombardment. Due to the unsuccessful siege, Shi Guozong led his troops to cross the river in Yutian Village, Jiangyong suburb, on May 10. Jiangyong county magistrate Tang Chuncan led a delegation to intercept the river.

Shi Guozong bypassed the Sanyuan Palace and attacked Jiangyong County, destroying the local armed forces inside and outside the city. After that, Shi Guozong rested his troops in Yongming, recruited soldiers and horses, raised food, repaired equipment, and made gunpowder, so that the troops recovered.

At the same time, Hunan Governor Luo transferred He Shaocai and Wei to Daozhou. Based in Jiangyong, Shi Guozong sent troops to attack Daozhou, Guanyang and Pingle in Guangxi, defeated Daozhou Tuanyong in Daozhou Tianguang Cave, and killed the Tuanshen Liu Guangming. However, when Shi Guozong's troops attacked Daozhou, they were stubbornly resisted by He Shaocai and Wei's Qing army, and the two sides were deadlocked.

In view of this situation, Shi Guozong decided to quit. When Shi Dakai's troops arrived in peace with the Western Wei Dynasty, they met Wei's Qing army, and there was a fierce battle between the two sides, resulting in more than 1 000 casualties of Taiping Army.

At that time, at the end of the same stream and in Zhang Xin, the river was red with blood. This battle weakened Shi Guozong's department, and the rest was held by Jiang Yong.

With Shi Guozong, He Mingbiao of Shi Dakai entered Blue Mountain County. After capturing the Blue Mountain and Ningyuan counties, He Mingbiao and Shi Guozong captured Jiangyong County. Then, He Mingbiao led his troops into Guangxi and joined forces with the Heaven and Earth Society to attack Guanyang, Pingle and Fuchuan counties.

On June 3rd, the 9th year of Xianfeng (1859), He Mingbiao led his troops from Fuchuan, Guangxi to Jianghua County, where he met Tuan Yong led by the magistrate Lin. After a short battle, He Mingbiao defeated Lin, who led his troops to retreat to Tuojiang Town, Jianghua County.

On July 2, He Mingbiao defeated the east garrison of Jianghualing to Dongsheng and hundreds of local corps conquered Jianghua County. On September 10, He Mingbiao led his troops from Tuojiang River, joined the Qing army in Niu Jiao Bay, killed Yuan Jiugao, the general of the Qing army, and then returned to Guangxi from Gougualing.

On September 22, He Mingbiao entered the river from Guilin, Guangxi and County, breaking the big tin regiment card, then conquered Jintian and killed Chen Daxun, the general of the Qing army.

Then, He Mingbiao sent his troops to the Blue Mountain, crossed the Blue Mountain Bridge to Baxianling and Zhumenlou, entered the Lu Guan area of Jiuyi Mountain in Ningyuan, then entered Lanpingwei in the Blue Mountain from Lu Guan, then passed through Xiao Yuan and Dayuan, and entered the Qingshan tail irrigated by ningyuan county.

At this time, the Qing army Renzi camp, He Shaocai, Bird Yong camp stone and so on. Led by Gui Yong of Chenzhou, they jointly led his troops to surround the famous Biao Department.

After a fierce battle, He Mingbiao suffered heavy casualties and it was impossible to break through. More than 3,000 Taiping rebels were forced to commit suicide by jumping off a cliff at Qingshan tail in Ningyuan, and more than 400 people were captured. He Mingbiao was also arrested and committed suicide by taking poison.

This was the worst casualty of Shi Dakai Expeditionary Force in Yongzhou. Since then, the Taiping Army has ended the battlefield in Yongzhou.

Shi (1815-1879), a native of Shijiadong Township (now town), ningyuan county, Hunan Province, Han nationality, is a general. From the first year of Xianfeng in the Qing Dynasty (185 1) to the eleventh year of Tongzhi (1872), for the Qing government to suppress the Taiping Army and the Miao uprising, the official was tired, and a mansion of Dr. Rong Lu and "Rong Lu No.1" was sealed.