Taiping Army Northern Expedition
In April (1May, 853), the Northern Expeditionary Army of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, which set out from Yangzhou and Pukou, met in Fengyang with about 20,000 people led by Vice Premier Tianguan, Vice Premier Li and Vice Premier Ji, in an attempt to overthrow the Qing Dynasty. In July, approaching Zhili (now Hebei Province), several people took the lead, secretly organized more than 40 people in the south of Tianjin, camped and traveled between Cangzhou and Jinghai, ready to attack Tianjin. On September 2nd and 7th, Taiping Army conquered Jinghai County. Jiang Anlan, a magistrate of a county, fled to the temple in Xizhaozhai village to escape, and was cut with a knife by two Yang Shengren to extort money and threw himself into the water. Lin Fengxiang then sat down in the county seat. At this time, the Taiping Army has reached 40,000, including more than 2,000 cavalry. Sailing on the flat ground is not conducive to attack when the flood is flooding.
On the 28th, Li led some troops to continue northward to conquer Guxi. Yangliuqing (now the western suburb of Tianjin) and more than twenty villages nearby, the striker arrived in the west of Tianjin and attacked Tianjin, losing ground one after another. The pioneer general "Mountain King" (surnamed Yan Xingsan, also known as "Save the Heavenly King", "Yaksa" and "Yan Sanbaldi") died in battle, more than 500 soldiers went to battle, and the rest were defeated.
The Qing court mobilized a large group of troops to attack the city. The imperial envoy, Shengbao Department, has been pursuing the Taiping Army and arrived on September 28th, threatening the Jinghai from the south. Ji took advantage of it and sent his troops to attack. The Qing army was powerful and failed to win. 10/day, Lin Fengxiang personally led seven or eight thousand soldiers to attack and defeated the Qing army. On the sixth day of the sixth lunar month, the counselor of the Qing court, Lin Qin, also arrived with a large army, set up a camp in Wangqing Institute (now Wuqing), and intercepted Taiping Army from north to south, with a total of 14 people with Shengbao Army.
On the seventh day of October, Shengbao and Tianjin soldiers bravely attacked Yangliuqing. Li ordered his men to load the grain into the boat, take the initiative to withdraw, concentrate their forces, and resolutely stay in Gu County. Shengbao camped in Liangwangzhuang on the same day, focusing on attacking Guxi. General Lin, Li and Ji sent people to Tianjing (now Nanjing) for help, while building fortifications at various poles to resist the Qing army. Wooden doors, rafters, millstones, jars, boxes and windows used by Li. Build a wooden city with trees, jars, jars, etc. Pretend to be an artillery position and confuse the enemy. Salt bags are piled up in the wooden city, surrounded by loess, 7 feet thick, with a total of three floors. The third floor is made of guns, so the building is strong and the guns can't be broken. There are six gates around the city, and trenches 7 feet deep and 7 feet wide are dug around the gates. Plant bamboo sticks and bury mines by the river. The main force will be stationed in Liu Du Town, and more than 0/0 small liaison camps will be built in Wulizhuang, Shilibao, Wang Jiaying, Goujiaying, Wangjiayuan, Li Jiayuan and Wangzhuangzi between Liu Du and the county, relying on each other. Frequent fighting, each with casualties.
In winter, the cold wind followed, and the Northern Expeditionary Army had no winter clothes, and the situation was even more difficult. All the rivers and lakes that it relied on for defense were frozen and lost the role of a barrier. Therefore, the soldiers designed and manufactured 24 ice fortress "Luba Bus", also known as "Ice Car", to defend against the enemy. Each frame is 5 feet high and 5 feet wide, with wooden boards inside, hollow 1 foot. It is full of books, with a hole 2 and a circular iron wheel 4 below. The iron ring is used to hook the pipe from left to right. 1 people push quickly, and the frame is connected together like a city wall, which can not only persist, but also recharge. The car is loaded with long wood, tied with some bundles of grass, and thrown into the water, which will soon freeze into an ice bridge, and then you can move on. The soldiers built ice cubes and walls to stop the Qing army. Take the initiative to attack whenever you have the opportunity, but because you are outnumbered, you can't break through the encirclement.
1October 24th, Shengbao commanded the Qing army to attack the east bank of the canal from the northwest and southeast respectively, and the 8000-Jin cannon on the canal boat bombarded the town continuously. Houses, watchtowers and Sun Palace in the town were destroyed. Carrying ladders and boards, the Qing army stormed the wooden city under the cover of artillery fire. The Taiping army fought back fiercely, and although it saved the wooden city, it suffered great casualties.
1 1 month 1 day, Xie Zicheng, a magistrate of Tianjin, led thousands of Tianjin soldiers to work in Baoding camp. 1 1 month 1 1 day, Shengbao transferred dozens of 5000kg, 8000kg and 5600kg cannons from Haikou, Tianjin, and bombed Liu Du continuously. Taiping Army led the South Canal levee and Mucheng to fight to the death. The next day, Shengbao attacked again, and Lin Fengxiang led his troops out of the county seat. Li divided himself into four groups to meet the enemy and was hit in the face in the fierce battle. 1 1 month 16, Shengbao stormed again with the Qing army in Dele Seleng and Dahonga, and the fighting intensified.
During the intermission of the fighting, the Taiping Army constantly publicized to the local people the idea of "dividing the officers without harming the people" and "only killing the soldiers bravely without harming the people, keeping the physiology unchanged and buying and selling equally". Many people are willing to trade with each other. Tianjin Jinghai area quenched "for the world, farmland, poor men are not afraid to come and go. When Yangliuqing was killed, the son of heaven fainted with fear. After Tianjin Wei was killed, the court quickly gave way. However, there are also many Xiang Kun, rich children, feudal literati and township leaders who fought against the Taiping Army and committed suicide or were killed.
The Qing army has been attacking the Taiping Army for a long time, and Emperor Xianfeng was very angry. He strictly ordered to win the battle, and Monk Qin wanted to "kill them all". 1 1 On 23rd, Sheng Bao took 100 Qing troops to Ziya River in the northwest of Liu Du to inspect the terrain. Taiping army detected and attacked in three ways. About 30,000 Qing troops from Tianjin, including Dahongga, Drake Seling and Xie Zicheng, rushed to meet them. The two sides scuffled until dusk, and the Taiping Army pretended to be defeated and retreated. Tong Jian, deputy commander of the Qing army, pursued. In order to prevent the Taiping rebels from retreating into the wooden city, he dismounted and went to the hanging plate outside Timu City, slipped on the ice and was surrounded by the Taiping rebels. Wang Xiaoyong, a young soldier, raised his gun and rewarded him for stabbing to death. Xie Zicheng took the leader and should come to rescue him forever. The horse got stuck in the mud and others stabbed him seven times and died. The Qing army was defeated and retreated. This battle was the biggest victory since the Taiping Army arrived in Jinghai. Hundreds of Qing officers and soldiers were killed and injured, and 3,000 Jin cannon, 5,500 Jin cannon, more than 20 guns, more than 70 pistols and 6 rockets were seized.
After the defeat of the Qing army, Shengbao and Delek Seling were each plucked by Emperor Xianfeng and demoted to four levels to remain in office: Da Honga was dismissed from office. Since then, Shengbao has built temporary forts in Yujiapu, Lijialou in the east and Dujiazui in the north of Liu Du, threatening the wooden city.
The Taiping army fought alone, consuming a long time and greatly reducing its personnel. Food, grass and ammunition are very difficult, and soldiers often get frostbite in the ice and snow. Lin Fengxiang and other generals constantly sent people to dress up as refugees, beggars, partners, peasant women, the Qing army and so on. , to dive out to spy on the enemy and explore the way to break through the south. 1 1 In late October, the troops were ordered to make small cloth bags and prepare for the Long March with dry food. Since then, many breakthrough attempts have failed.
On the sixth day of the twelfth lunar month, the Taiping Army in the county left the south gate to break through eastward, but it was still unsuccessful. /kloc-on 0/4, the Taiping Army attacked the Qing army, and the Qing army set up a camp in the nearby Pudiwa village at night and destroyed the camp. On the night of 26th, Taiping rebels in the county town ran west with torches and were blocked, and returned to the city at dawn. On the 29th and 32nd, heavy snow fell, regardless of the festival, the Taiping Army of the county moved westward again, occupying the first-class villages such as Liangtou, Sun Zhuangzi and Donghe. On the first day of the first month of the fourth year of Xianfeng, it occupied Liu Dong, Liu Xi, Nanliu, Shaominzhuang, Zhouzhuangzi and Xiaolizhuang and New Zhuangzi, north of Heilonggang River Liangtou. The Taiping rebels who fled also attacked the camp of the Qing army in the west. On the sixth day of the first month, Senggelinqin moved from Wang Qingsuo to wang kou zhen, blocking the way out for Taiping Army to the west. On the eighth day of the eighth day, it was snowing heavily, and the nearby Taiping Army assembled on the south canal levee of the county. Then he went west to wang kou zhen and returned from Yin. Instead, it broke south along the Heilonggang River, crossed Nanzhangzhuang, crossed Ziya Town and headed for Dacheng County. At this time, there are still more than thirty thousand troops. After Sanggelinqin discovered it, he led the cavalry in pursuit and left the county seat. The Shengbao Army entered Liu Du, burned the wooden city and killed all the Taiping Army patients who failed to evacuate.